2018 IQA World Cup

The 2018 IQA World Cup was the fourth edition of the IQA World Cup, the international quidditch championship organized by the International Quidditch Association, the sport's global governing body. It was held in Florence, Italy between 27 June and 2 July 2018.[1][2][3] Australia were the defending champions. The United States won their third championship after beating Belgium in the final.[4] Over 800 athletes participated in competition.[5]

IQA World Cup
2018
Tournament information
SportQuidditch
LocationFlorence, Italy
Dates27 June–2 July 2018
AdministratorInternational Quidditch Association
Tournament
format(s)
Pool Play+Knockout
Host(s)Associazione Italiana Quidditch
Teams29
Final positions
Champion United States
1st runner-up Belgium
2nd runner-up Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played102

Bidding process

Seven nations expressed interest in hosting the tournament: Australia, Belgium, France, Italy, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States.[3][6][7][8] On 1 November, Florence, Italy was announced as the host.

Participating teams
     Champion      Runner-up      Third place      Participant

Twenty-nine participated in the tournament:[9]

TeamPrevious appearances in tournament[lower-alpha 1]
 Australia[10][11]3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 Austria1 (2016)
 Belgium2 (2014, 2016)
 Brazil1 (2016)
 Canada3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 Catalonia1 (2016)
 Czech Republic0 (debut)
 Finland0 (debut)
 France3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 Germany1 (2016)
 Hong Kong[12]0 (debut)
 Iceland0 (debut)
 Ireland1 (2016)
 Italy1 (2016)
 Malaysia0 (debut)
 Mexico2 (2014, 2016)
 Netherlands1 (2016)
 New Zealand0 (debut)
 Norway1 (2016)
 Poland1 (2016)
 Slovakia1 (2016)
 Slovenia1 (2016)
 South Korea1 (2016)
 Spain1 (2016)
 Switzerland0 (debut)
 Turkey1 (2016)
 United Kingdom3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 United States3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 Vietnam0 (debut)
  1. Bold: winner, Italics: host.

Draw

Teams are placed in drawing pots based on their geographical location and their standing in the previous World Cup and European Games as follows:[13]

  1. Pot 1 contains the non-European teams that finished 7th or better at the 2016 World Cup as well as the best ranked teams from the 2017 European Games, for a total of seven teams.
  2. Pot 2 contains the remaining non-European teams except Mexico.
  3. Pot 3 contains the European teams ranked 5th to 11th at the 2017 European Games.
  4. Pot 4 contains all remaining European teams.

Mexico is automatically assigned a spot as the 8th ranked team at the 2016 World Cup.

Pot 1
TeamRank
 AustraliaW1
 United StatesW2
 CanadaW4
 United KingdomE1
 FranceE2
 NorwayE3
 BelgiumE4
Pot 2
Team
 Brazil
 Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 New Zealand
 South Korea
 Vietnam
Pot 3
TeamRank
 GermanyE5
 TurkeyE6
 AustriaE7
 ItalyE8
 SpainE9
 CataloniaE10
 PolandE11
Pot 4
TeamRank
 SlovakiaE12
 NetherlandsE13
 IrelandE14
 Czech Republic-
 Finland-
 Iceland-
 Slovenia-
 Switzerland-

The teams are drawn from the pots into six groups of four teams (A, B, C, D, E, and F) and one group of five teams (G). Teams from Pot 1 are drawn into each group's first position. Mexico takes position G2 and the other second positions are taken from Pot 2. Pot 3 teams are drawn in each group's third position, and the remaining positions are drawn from Pot 4.

Group stage

In the group stage, teams compete in a cross-pool league system, whereby the teams in Group A play against the teams in Group B and similarly for Groups C and D, and Groups E and F. Only teams in Group G are playing against each other. At the end of the group stage, all teams are ranked together based on their performance.[14]

Bracket seeding
SeedTeam
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
Lower bracket
17 Malaysia
18 Slovenia
19 South Korea
20 Switzerland
21 New Zealand
22 Netherlands
23 Ireland
24 Hong Kong
25 Slovakia
26 Catalonia
Relegation round-robin
27 Finland
28 Brazil
29 Iceland

Group A vs. Group B
Group A
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  France 31 -- -5
2  Poland 22 -- -13
3  South Korea 13 -- -19
4  Finland 04 -- -27
Group B
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Belgium 40 -- -4
2  Turkey 31 -- -8
3  Slovenia 22 -- -18
4  Hong Kong 13 -- -24
Results
B
A
BelgiumHong KongTurkeySlovenia
France 80–130*180*–0120*–30230*–50
South Korea 50*–180180*–9020–150*110–160*
Poland 20–130*100*–3070–160*140*–60
Finland 20–240*50–70*30–140*40–100*

Group C vs. Group D
Group C
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Australia 31 -- -6
2  Italy 31 -- -8
3  Ireland 13 -- -23
4  Brazil 04 -- -28
Group D
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  United States 40 -- -3
2  Austria 22 -- -14
3  Vietnam 22 -- -15
4  Netherlands 13 -- -22
Results
D
C
United StatesVietnamAustriaNetherlands
Australia 60–90*170*–20170*–10220*–0
Brazil 0–220*50–180*20–100*60–90*
Italy 20–160*120*–30120–50*200–50*
Ireland 0–230*30–140*10–130*100*–80

Group E vs. Group F
Group E
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Germany 40 -- -1
2  Canada 31 -- -9
3  Malaysia 22 -- -17
4  Iceland 04 -- -29
Group F
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Spain 31 -- -10
2  Norway 22 -- -12
3  New Zealand 13 -- -21
4  Switzerland 13 -- -20
Results
F
E
NorwayNew ZealandSpainSwitzerland
Canada 120*–80240*–050–70*200*–0
Malaysia 40–160*150*–6040–140*160*–110
Germany 110*–40210–60*100–40*100–40*
Iceland 10–260*40–160*0–150*20–250*

Group G
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  United Kingdom 40 -- -2
2  Mexico 31 -- -11
3  Czech Republic 22 -- -16
4  Slovakia 13 -- -25
5  Catalonia 04 -- -26
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

Knockout stage

Upper bracket
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
              
Match 1
 Germany170
Match 13
 Czech Republic50*
 Germany50
Match 2
 Turkey100*
 Turkey130*
Match 23
 Canada110
 Turkey40
Match 3
 Belgium90*
 Belgium150*
Match 14
 Poland40
 Belgium170**
Match 4
 France140°°
 France110*
Match 32
 Norway30
 Belgium70
Match 5
 United States120*
 United Kingdom160*
Match 15
 Vietnam0
 United Kingdom80*
Match 6
 Italy60
 Italy90*
Match 24
 Spain20
 United Kingdom150
Match 7
 United States160* Third place
 United States180
Match 16Match 31
 Austria60*
 United States100* Turkey110*
Match 8
 Australia30  United Kingdom60
 Australia110
 Mexico30*

Quarter-final consolation
 
First round5th place
 
      
 
Match 21
 
 
 Germany50
 
Match 25
 
 France120*
 
 France80
 
Match 22
 
 Australia210*
 
 Italy50
 
 
 Australia180*
 
7th place
 
 
Match 26
 
 
 Germany80*
 
 
 Italy60

Round of 16 consolation
 
First roundSecond round9th place
 
          
 
Match 9
 
 
 Czech Republic0
 
Match 17
 
 Canada210*
 
 Canada110*
 
Match 10
 
 Norway80
 
 Poland120
 
Match 27
 
 Norway220*
 
 Canada160*
 
Match 11
 
 Spain50
 
 Vietnam70
 
Match 18
 
 Spain150*
 
 Spain90*
 
Match 12
 
 Austria10 11th place (canceled)
 
 Austria110*
 
Match 28
 
 Mexico90
 
 Norway—
 
 
 Austria—
 
 
Second round13th place (canceled)
 
      
 
Match 19
 
 
 Czech Republic90*
 
Match 29
 
 Poland150
 
 Poland—
 
Match 20
 
 Mexico—
 
 Vietnam50
 
 
 Mexico80*
 
15th place (canceled)
 
 
Match 30
 
 
 Czech Republic—
 
 
 Vietnam—

    Lower bracket
     
    		Play-in gamesQuarter-finalsSemi-finals17th place
     
    		              
     
     
     
     
    		Match L3
     
     
    		 Malaysia150
     
    		Match L1
     
    		 Ireland90*
     
    		 Ireland90*
     
    		Match L8
     
    		 Hong Kong80
     
    		 Malaysia100*
     
     
    		 New Zealand90
     
     
    		Match L4
     
     
    		 Switzerland80
     
     
    		 New Zealand110*
     
     
    		Match L13
     
     
    		 Malaysia90
     
     
    		 Catalonia120*
     
     
    		Match L5
     
     
    		 Slovenia100*°
     
    		Match L2
     
    		 Catalonia130°*
     
    		 Slovakia30
     
    		Match L9
     
    		 Catalonia80*
     
    		 Catalonia100*
     
     
    		 Netherlands50 19th place
     
     
    		Match L6Match L12
     
     
    		 South Korea80 New Zealand80
     
     
    		 Netherlands170*  Netherlands150*
     
     
     
     

    Lower bracket consolation
    25th place
      
    Match L7
     Hong Kong120*
     Slovakia50
    =21st place
      
    Match L10
     Ireland120*
     Switzerland90
    =21st place
      
    Match L11
     Slovenia180*
     South Korea50

    Relegation round-robin
    Seed Team W L PD S% Rank
    28  Brazil 20+240100%27
    27  Finland 11+6050%28
    29  Iceland 02−3000%29
    Finland  80 – 170*  Brazil
    Brazil  150* – 0  Iceland
    Finland  180* – 20  Iceland

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