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
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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]

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]

Team Previous appearances in tournament[a]
 Australia[10][11] 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 Austria 1 (2016)
 Belgium 2 (2014, 2016)
 Brazil 1 (2016)
 Canada 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 Catalonia 1 (2016)
 Czech Republic 0 (debut)
 Finland 0 (debut)
 France 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 Germany 1 (2016)
 Hong Kong[12] 0 (debut)
 Iceland 0 (debut)
 Ireland 1 (2016)
 Italy 1 (2016)
 Malaysia 0 (debut)
 Mexico 2 (2014, 2016)
 Netherlands 1 (2016)
 New Zealand 0 (debut)
 Norway 1 (2016)
 Poland 1 (2016)
 Slovakia 1 (2016)
 Slovenia 1 (2016)
 South Korea 1 (2016)
 Spain 1 (2016)
 Switzerland 0 (debut)
 Turkey 1 (2016)
 United Kingdom 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 United States 3 (2012, 2014, 2016)
 Vietnam 0 (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
Team Rank
 Australia W1
 United States W2
 Canada W4
 United Kingdom E1
 France E2
 Norway E3
 Belgium E4
Pot 2
Team
 Brazil
 Hong Kong
 Malaysia
 New Zealand
 South Korea
 Vietnam
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Germany E5
 Turkey E6
 Austria E7
 Italy E8
 Spain E9
 Catalonia E10
 Poland E11
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Slovakia E12
 Netherlands E13
 Ireland E14
 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
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
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 3 1 - - - 5
2  Poland 2 2 - - - 13
3  South Korea 1 3 - - - 19
4  Finland 0 4 - - - 27
Group B
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Belgium 4 0 - - - 4
2  Turkey 3 1 - - - 8
3  Slovenia 2 2 - - - 18
4  Hong Kong 1 3 - - - 24
Results
B
A
 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*

Group C vs. Group D

Group C
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Australia 3 1 - - - 6
2  Italy 3 1 - - - 8
3  Ireland 1 3 - - - 23
4  Brazil 0 4 - - - 28
Group D
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  United States 4 0 - - - 3
2  Austria 2 2 - - - 14
3  Vietnam 2 2 - - - 15
4  Netherlands 1 3 - - - 22
Results
D
C
 United States Vietnam Austria Netherlands
Australia 60–90* 170*–20 170*–10 220*–0
Brazil 0–220* 50–180* 20–100* 60–90*
Italy 20–160* 120*–30 120–50* 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 4 0 - - - 1
2  Canada 3 1 - - - 9
3  Malaysia 2 2 - - - 17
4  Iceland 0 4 - - - 29
Group F
Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP Seed
1  Spain 3 1 - - - 10
2  Norway 2 2 - - - 12
3  New Zealand 1 3 - - - 21
4  Switzerland 1 3 - - - 20
Results
F
E
 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*

Group G

Pos Team W L WSR LSR TP 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
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 2 0 +240 100% 27
27  Finland 1 1 +60 50% 28
29  Iceland 0 2 −300 0% 29
Finland  80 – 170*  Brazil
Brazil  150* – 0  Iceland
Finland  180* – 20  Iceland

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