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
Sport	Quidditch
Location	Florence, Italy
Dates	27 June–2 July 2018
Administrator(s)	International Quidditch Association
Tournament format(s)	Pool Play+Knockout
Host(s)	Associazione Italiana Quidditch
Teams	29
Final positions
Champion	United States
1st runner-up	Belgium
2nd runner-up	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	102

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 are expected to participate in the tournament:[9]

Team	Previous appearances in tournament[lower-alpha 1]
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
	80–130*	180*–0	120*–30	230*–50
	50*–180	180*–90	20–150*	110–160*
	20–130*	100*–30	70–160*	140*–60
	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
	60–90*	170*–20	170*–10	220*–0
	0–220*	50–180*	20–100*	60–90*
	20–160*	120*–30	120–50*	200–50*
	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
	120*–80	240*–0	50–70*	200*–0
	40–160*	150*–60	40–140*	160*–110
	110*–40	210–60*	100–40*	100–40*
	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 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Match 1

Germany

170

Match 13

Czech Republic

50*

Germany

50

Match 2

Turkey

100*

Turkey

130*

Match 23

Canada

110

Turkey

40

Match 3

Belgium

90*

Belgium

150*

Match 14

Poland

40

Belgium

170**

Match 4

France

140°°

France

110*

Match 32

Norway

30

Belgium

70

Match 5

United States

120*

United Kingdom

160*

Match 15

Vietnam

0

United Kingdom

80*

Match 6

Italy

60

Italy

90*

Match 24

Spain

20

United Kingdom

40

Match 7

United States

160*

Third place

United States

180

Match 16

Match 31

Austria

60*

United States

100*

Turkey

110*

Match 8

Australia

30

United Kingdom

60

Australia

110

Mexico

30*

Quarter-final consolation

	First round				5th place
	Match 21
	Germany	50
					Match 25
	France	120*
					France	80
	Match 22
					Australia	210*
	Italy	50
	Australia	180*
					7th place
					Match 26
					Germany	80*
					Italy	60

Round of 16 consolation

First round Second round 9th place                         Match 9      Czech Republic 0   Match 17    Canada 210*    Canada 110*   Match 10    Norway 80    Poland 120   Match 27    Norway 220*    Canada 160*   Match 11    Spain 50    Vietnam 70   Match 18    Spain 150*    Spain 90*   Match 12    Austria 10 11th place (canceled)    Austria 110*   Match 28    Mexico 90    Norway —      Austria —     Second round 13th place (canceled)                 Match 19      Czech Republic 90*   Match 29    Poland 150    Poland —   Match 20    Mexico —    Vietnam 50      Mexico 80*   15th place (canceled)     Match 30      Czech Republic —      Vietnam —

Lower bracket

Play-in games

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

17th place

Match L3

Malaysia

150

Match L1

Ireland

90*

Ireland

90*

Match L8

Hong Kong

80

Malaysia

100*

New Zealand

90

Match L4

Switzerland

80

New Zealand

110*

Match L13

Malaysia

90

Catalonia

120*

Match L5

Slovenia

100*°

Match L2

Catalonia

130°*

Slovakia

30

Match L9

Catalonia

80*

Catalonia

100*

Netherlands

50

19th place

Match L6

Match L12

South Korea

80

New Zealand

80

Netherlands

170*

Netherlands

150*

Lower bracket consolation

25th place     Match L7  Hong Kong 120*  Slovakia 50

=21st place     Match L10  Ireland 120*  Switzerland 90

=21st place     Match L11  Slovenia 180*  South Korea 50

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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