Quidditch World Cup
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- For the video game "Quidditch World Cup", see Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup
The Quidditch World Cup has been held every four years since 1473. The competition sees Quidditch teams representing countries around the world compete for the World Cup.
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[edit] Recorded World Cups
[edit] 1473 Quidditch World Cup
The first ever Quidditch World Cup, the final was contested between Flanders and Transylvania. During the match, all 700 known fouls were committed, including the Transfiguration of a Chaser into polecat, the attempted decapitation of a Keeper with a broadsword, and the relase of hundred vampire bats from underneath the robes of the Transylvanian Captain.
[edit] 1994 Quidditch World Cup
The 1994 Quidditch World Cup final was held in England, between Ireland and Bulgaria. Ireland flattened Peru in the semi-finals to set up a meeting with Bulgaria. The British nations didn't fare well; England was beaten three-hundred and ninety to ten by Transylvania, Scotland lost to Uganda, and Wales lost to Peru.
The final score between was Ireland 170, Bulgaria 160. However, the Bulgarian Seeker, Viktor Krum caught the Golden Snitch to end the match on his own terms.
[edit] Known Competing Teams
- Bulgaria (runners-up in 1994)
- England
- Ireland (tournament winners in 1994)
- Luxembourg
- Peru (semi-finalists in 1994)
- Scotland
- Transylvania
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Wales
[edit] Behind the scenes
- The mathematics relating to the Quidditch World Cup are contradictory. If the Cup is held every four years and Harry is attending the four hundred and twenty second match, it should have started in 422 rather than 1473. It is perhaps possible that early in the origins of the Cup, the competition was played more often than every four years. If this is the case, it seems that the Quidditch World Cup could possibly have been held annually until 1862 (the three hundred and eighty-ninth World Cup), after which it was held every four years, correctly placing the four hundred and twenty-second Quidditch World Cup in 1994. But calculated correctly, beginning in 1473 and occuring every four years, the World Cup Harry attended should be the 131st, and it should have been held in the summer of 1993, before he began his third year at Hogwarts.
