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The Scottish national quadball team[a] is the official national quadball team of Scotland. The team, which is organised by QuadballUK, was founded in 2018 and made its tournament debut at the 2019 IQA European Games in Bamberg.[1]

Team Scotland
Full nameScotland National Quadball Team
SportQuadball
Founded2018
LeagueInternational Quadball Association
ColoursBlue and White
   
OwnerQuadballUK
Head coachAlec Bruns
ManagerRebecca Norman
CaptainSam Frohlich
WebsiteQuidditchUK webpage
Quadball Scotland Facebook Page

History

Previously Team UK represented all the countries of the United Kingdom at international tournaments organised by the International Quadball Association. Team UK was founded in 2012, making their debut at the Summer Games in Oxford.[2][3] The first Scotland national team named the Scottish Thistles was formed in 2017 for the Quidditch Premier League, with trials held in Spring 2018.[4][5] In 2018, the IQA announced that national governing bodies could send regional teams to compete at the upcoming Continental Games and as a result Team Scotland was formed to compete at the international level at the 2019 European Games held in Bamberg.[6][7] This team would be separate from the UK team and managed and operated independently, however it still acted as representative of QuadballUK at international tournaments.[1]

The team had their debut on 17 November 2018 in Catalonia in a series of friendlies against the Catalan national team.[8][9] Team Scotland had their official tournament debut when they placed 14th of 20 teams at the 2019 European Games held on 28–30 June.[10]

In 2021 Team UK was officially disbanded and split into the three national teams Team England, Team Scotland and Team Wales.[2] Team Scotland later played at the 2022 European Games in Limerick, placing 15th of 20 teams.[11][12]

The team runs monthly trainings sessions that are open to anyone to attend across the 4 cities in Scotland home to local quadball teams (Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews and Stirling).[13]

Team Scotland aims to send a squad to the 2023 IQA World Cup being held in Richmond, Virginia which will be the first time Scotland has competed at the World Cup tournament as a separate team.[14]

Competitive record

2019 European Games

Scotland made their tournament debut at the 2019 European Games held on 28–30 June in Bamberg, placing 14th of 20 teams. They were coached by Gavin Hughes. In the group stage on day 1 they lost against Belgium, Germany and Austria but then won against Switzerland. On the second day they won against Finland and Slovenia but lost against Poland and The Netherlands.[15][16]

2022 European Games

Scotland placed 15th of 20 teams at the 2022 IQA European Games held on 22–24 July in Limerick. They were placed into group D along with Germany, The Netherlands, England and Czech Republic for the group stage on day 1, playing them in that order.[17] They lost the first 3 matches but won against Czech Republic with a snitch catch.[18][19] On the second day they won against Hong Kong, lost against Catalonia and Ireland and then won against Wales. The game against Wales went into overtime after Scotland caught the snitch with each team being one goal away from the set score for winning.[11][20]

2023 WISE Cup

Scotland hosted the inaugural 2023 WISE cup in Edinburgh, entering both their competitive squad (Scotland A) and development squad (Scotland B). WISE began with a Scotland A vs Scotland B game in which Scotland B won. Scotland A then played England, losing 20-220*. Scotland A then beat Ireland 110*-80 with a Sam Frohlich flag catch when the scores were level. In their final game, Scotland A lost 70-150*. Scotland B lost to Ireland 90-160*, lost to Wales 100-150* and forfeited their game vs England.[21] Scotland A finished 4th in the tournament and Scotland B 5th.[22]

Players

2022 IQA European Games

The squad for the 2022 IQA European Games held in Limerick was coached by Alec Bruns and placed 15th in the tournament out of 20 teams. It consisted of the following players:[23][24]

Name Number
Alex Christison 49
Alex Harrison 5
Ben Zinger 31
Bex McLaughlin 84
Brendan Head 47
Caroline Bruns 99
Eamonn Harrison (SC)[b] 28
Franzi Chyle 26
Hagi Batbayar 1
Ibrahim Khan 9
Iona Anderson 21
James King-Nicholl 19
Emma Humphrey 17
Josh Fogg 50
Laura Jamieson 57
Luis Teschner 23
Marco Lombardi 32
Marcos Andres Malvar Aguirre 79
Ollie Riley 96
Rebecca Norman 58
Rix Dishington 13
Sam Frohlich (C) 3
Sam Tulloch 69
Shaun Goodfellow 66
Titi Corbal 7

2023 WISE Cup

The quad for the 2023 WISE cup consisted of two teams, a competitive Scotland A squad and development Scotland B squad, coached by Kieran Newton.[25]

Scotland A Scotland B
Alex Christison Baird McIlwraith
Ben Zinger Brendan Head (C)
Charlie Smith Callum Dinnett
Colin Weir Charlie Mathews
Eamonn Harrison Charlotte Howcroft
Emma Humphrey Daniel Farrow
Iona Anderson George Young
James King-Nickol Hannah Glover
Jon Gray Josh Fogg
Khaliun Batbayar (VC) Kieran Newton
Kiki Dekkers Ofmat Austus Ofmat
Mairi Weir Rachel Sales
Marco Lombardi Robert Souders
Marcos Malvar Sam Tulloch
Natasha Meek Samantha Simmons
Sam Frohlich Shaun Goodfellow
Tom Cope Sumit Chakraborty (C)
Yanna Colmerauer

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "National Teams | QuidditchUK". QuidditchUK – Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  3. ^ "Team UK | QuidditchUK". QuidditchUK – Find Your Passion. Retrieved 2022-07-28.
  4. ^ "Harry Potter fans get Scotland's first national quidditch team". The Scotsman. 22 September 2017.
  5. ^ Dalziel, Magdalene (23 September 2017). "New Scottish Quidditch team launches - and they want players from Glasgow". GlasgowLive.
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  8. ^ Seleccions.cat (2018-11-15). "Històrics partits Catalunya-Escòcia de quidditch a Vic". Seleccions.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  9. ^ "Quadball Scotland - ROSTER ANNOUNCEMENT! The Scottish National Quidditch Team's roster for the upcoming #CatalunyaEscòcia match! We're ready to take on Catalonia! #TeamSCO #MonThenScotland | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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  20. ^ "IQA European Games 2022 - 24. Jul". quidditch.live. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  21. ^ "WISE CUP 2023 - Quadball UK Nations Tournament LIVE". Shot's On (Youtube). Shot's On. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  22. ^ "WISE Cup 2023 Statistics". Quadball Scotland (Instagram). Quadball Scotland. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
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Notes
  1. ^ Scots: Scotland National Buzzumbaw Team
  2. ^ Speaking captain, who is the only person who may speak for the team when conversing with officials
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