Quidditch World Cup 2018 – Florence, Italy

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Florence 2018

June 27–July 2, 2018

The fourth IQA World Cup was held in Florence, Italy, and had 29 participating teams. The United States came in first place, resulting in its third World Cup title.

Group Stage

The teams were drawn into seven groups of four or five teams. Groups A and B, Groups C and D, Groups E and F, and teams within Group G played each other.

Contents

Group A vs. Group B

Group A
Position Team W L Seed
1 France 3 1 5
2 Poland 2 2 13
3 South Korea 1 3 19
4 Finland 0 4 27
Group B
Position Team W L Seed
1 Belgium 4 0 4
2 Turkey 3 1 8
3 Slovenia 2 2 18
4 Hong Kong 1 3 24

 

Results
  Belgium Hong Kong Turkey Slovenia
France 80–130* 180*–0 120*–30 230*–50
South Korea 50*–180 180*–90 20–150* 110–160*
Poland 20–130* 100*–30 70–160* 140*–60
Finland 20–240* 50–70* 30–140* 40–100*

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Group C vs. Group D

Group C
Position Team W L Seed
1 Australia 3 1 6
2 Italy 3 1 8
3 Ireland 1 3 23
4 Brazil 0 4 28
Group D
Position Team W L Seed
1 United States 4 0 3
2 Austria 2 2 14
3 Vietnam 2 2 15
4 Netherlands 1 3 22

 

Results
  United States Vietnam Austria Netherlands
Australia 60–90* 170*–20 170*–10 220*–0
Brazil 0–220* 50–180* 20–110* 60–90*
Italy 20–160* 120*–30 120–50* 200–50*
Ireland 0–230* 30–140* 10–130* 100*–80

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Group E vs. Group F

Group E
Position Team W L Seed
1 Germany 4 0 1
2 Canada 3 1 9
3 Malaysia 2 2 17
4 Iceland 0 4 29
Group F
Position Team W L Seed
1 Spain 3 1 10
2 Norway 3 1 12
3 New Zealand 1 3 21
4 Switzerland 1 3 20

 

Results
  Norway New Zealand Spain Switzerland
Canada 120*–80 240*–0 50–70* 200*–0
Malaysia 40–160* 150*–60 40–140* 160*–110
Germany 110*–40 210–60* 100–40 100–40*
Iceland 10–260* 40–160* 0–150* 20–250*

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Group G

Group G
Position Team W L Seed
1 United Kingdom 4 0 2
2 Mexico 3 1 11
3 Czech Republic 2 2 16
4 Slovakia 1 3 25
5 Catalonia 0 4 26

 

Results
United Kingdom 160 – 50* Slovakia
Mexico 80* – 30 Catalonia
Catalonia 30* – 200 United Kingdom
Slovakia 80 – 150* Czech Republic
Czech Republic 90* – 80 Catalonia
United Kingdom 160* – 20 Mexico
Mexico 150* – 40 Czech Republic
Catalonia 50 – 110* Slovakia
Slovakia 30 – 110* Mexico
Czech Republic 30* – 180 United Kingdom

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Bracket Phase

After the group stage, all teams were seeded and moved on to the bracket phase.

Contents

Upper Bracket

Seed Team
1 Germany
2 United Kingdom
3 United States
4 Belgium
5 France
6 Australia
7 Italy
8 Turkey
9 Canada
10 Spain
11 Mexico
12 Norway
13 Poland
14 Austria
15 Vietnam
16 Czech Republic

 

 

Quarterfinals consolation

 

Round of 16 consolation

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Lower Bracket

Seed Team
17 Malaysia
18 Slovenia
19 South Korea
20 Switzerland
21 New Zealand
22 Netherlands
23 Ireland
24 Hong Kong
25 Slovakia
26 Catalonia

 

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Relegation Round-Robin

Seed Team W L Rank
27 Finland 1 1 28
28 Brazil 2 0 27
29 Iceland 0 2 29

 

Results
Finland 80 – 170* Brazil
Brazil 150* – 0 Iceland
Finland 180* – 20 Iceland

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Final Ranking
Rank Team
1 United States
2 Belgium
3 Turkey
4 United Kingdom
5 Australia
6 France
7 Germany
8 Italy
9 Canada
10 Spain
11 Austria or Norway
(Game canceled)
12
13 Mexico or Poland
(Game canceled)
14
15 Czech Republic or Vietnam
(Game canceled)
16
17 Catalonia
18 Malaysia
19 Netherlands
20 New Zealand
21 Ireland or Slovenia
(No game scheduled)
22
23 South Korea or Switzerland
(No game scheduled)
24
25 Hong Kong
26 Slovakia
27 Brazil
28 Finland
29 Iceland