US Quidditch Cup 9 – Columbia, South Carolina

USQ hosts eight regional championships that crown regional champions and are part of the qualification process for teams attending the annual US Quidditch Cup. All official teams in the region are able to attend their regional championship. The event dates and locations are available chronologically below.

 

Northeast Regional Championship

• October 31–November 1
• Rochester, New York
• Total Sports Experience

Great Lakes Regional Championship

• November 7–8
• West Chester, Ohio
• Voices of America MetroPark

Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship

• November 14–15
• Virginia Beach, Virginia
• The Hunt Club

Midwest Regional Championship

• November 21–22
• Macomb, Illinois
• Veterans Park

Northwest Regional Championship

• February 6–7
• Salem, Oregon
• Capital Futbol Club Soccer Complex

South Regional Championship

• February 13–14
• Auburndale, Florida
• Lake Myrtle Sports Park

Southwest Regional Championship

• February 20–21
• San Marcos, Texas
• West Campus Fields at Texas State University

West Regional Championship

•  February 27–28
• Los Angeles, California
• Intramural Fields at University of California, Los Angeles

Great Lakes

• Ball State Cardinals
• Bowling Green State University
• Central Michigan Quidditch Club
• Lake Effet Maelstrom
• Miami University
• Michigan Quidditch
• Michigan State Quidditch
• Ohio State University Quidditch Club
• Ohio University Quidditch Club

Mid-Atlantic

• Appalachian Apparators Quidditch
• District of Columbia Quidditch Club
• George Mason Club Quidditch
• Lock Haven University Quidditch
• Maryland Quidditch
• Penn State University Nittany Lions
• Rutgers University Quidditch
• The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Quidditch
• University of Richmond Quidditch
• Virginia Quidditch Club

Midwest

• Illinois State University Firebirds
• Kansas Quidditch
• Mezzo Quidditch
• Minnesota Quidditch

Northeast

• Boston University Quidditch
• Emerson College Quidditch
• New York Quidditch Club
• Quidditch Club Boston
• RIT Dark Marks
• Rochester United
• RPI Remembralls
• Syracuse University Quidditch Club
• Tufts University Tufflepuffs
• The Warriors

Northwest

• Boise State Abraxans
• Rain City Raptors
• University of British Columbia

South

• inTENNsity
• Tennessee Tech Quidditch
• The Southern Storm
• University of Miami

Southwest

• Gulf Coast Gumbeaux
• Lone Star Quidditch Club
• Oklahoma State University
• SHSU Quidditch
• Texas A&M Quidditch
• Texas Cavalry
• Texas Quidditch
• Texas State University - San Marcos
• Texas Tech Quidditch

West

• Arizona State University
• Cal Quidditch
• Crimson Elite
• The Fighting Farmers of America
• Los Angeles Gambits
• The Lost Boys
• Northern Arizona University Narwhals
• Silicon Valley Skrewts
• Silicon Valley Vipers
• University of California Los Angeles
• Utah State Quidditch Club

After three years of Texas Quidditch holding on to the title, a new champion was crowned. Quidditch Club Boston defeated Rochester United in a close final match in overtime after Rochester United caught the snitch to tie the game. The final score was 130*–140.