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Quidditch is a sport that has been played over hundreds of years - mostly in Europe. It never managed to catch on in America, but Canada plays. Asia isn't bothered by Quidditch.

Quidditch is played on brooms with fourteen players - seven on each team. Three per team try to get the Quaffle into one of three large hoops. One on each team blocks the hoops. Another two try to keep Bludgers (balls that fly around trying to knock you off your broom) away from their team and can direct them towards the other team. One player attempts to catch the Golden Snitch, a tiny golden ball that zooms around the pitch which is almost impossible to see.

Scoring

• 10 points for a goal
• 150 points if the Snitch is caught

The team with the most points at the end of the game wins.

The Players

There are seven players on each team. The players are this exactly:

• 3 Chasers - These players are trying to score goals with the Quaffle on the other team's hoops. 10 points per goal scored.
• 2 Beaters - These players have bats and try to keep Bludgers away from their team members. They can direct Bludgers towards the other teams.
• 1 Keeper - This player's job is to block their team's hoops.
• 1 Seeker - This player is supposed to find and catch the Golden Snitch. Doing so awards 150 points and ends the game, so the team who catches it almost always wins.

The Balls

The magical sport of Quidditch includes four balls. These include the following:

• 1 Quaffle - The Quaffle is the ball that is thrown around and scored by the Chasers. 10 points are awarded per goal.
• 2 Bludgers - Bludgers have the job of trying to hurt whoever they please, and that is anybody. They are hit by Beaters and can be made to change direction by doing so
• 1 Snitch - The Golden Snitch is the most important ball of the game. It's small and almost impossible to see, and flies around at a tremendous speed. It's the Seeker's job to catch this, and doing that signifies the end of the game and 150 points to the team who caught it.

Equipment

Like all sports, Quidditch requires things to use.

• 4 Balls - See "The Balls" above.
• 6 Goal Posts - There are 3 goal posts on each side. These are fifty-foot-high and are the main way of scoring.
• Broomsticks - Obviously, as Quidditch is played on Brooms, there is a need for them. Each player gets one broom.
• 4 Beaters' Bats - Each Beater gets a bat to knock around the Bludgers.

At Hogwarts

At Hogwarts, a Quidditch tournament is played each year. Each team plays every other team once - three matches per team, six matches total.

The Quidditch League

In Britain, the Quidditch League is held. The following teams participate:

Appleby Arrows
Ballycastle Bats
Caerphilly Catapults
Chudley Cannons
Falmouth Falcons
Holyhead Harpies
Kenmare Kestrels
Montrose Magpies
Pride of Portree
Puddlemere United
Tutshill Tornados
Wigtown Wanderers
Wimbourne Wasps

Broomsticks

The Broomstick industry has been constantly overridden by businessmen making the best broom. Below is our list of brooms:

Nimbus Series:
Nimbus 1000
Nimbus 1500
Nimbus 2000
Nimbus 2001

Comet Series:
Comet One-Forty
Comet One-Eighty
Comet Two-Sixty

Cleansweep Series:
Cleansweep One
Cleansweep Two
Cleansweep Three
Cleansweep Four
Cleansweep Five
Cleansweep Six
Cleansweep Seven

Other Brooms:
Firebolt
Moontrimmer
Oakshaft 79
The Bluebottle
Twigger 90
Swiftstick
Silver Arrow
Shooting Star
Tinderblast

Other Competitions

Other Quidditch competitions include:

Quidditch World Cup (held every four years)

Big thanks to Harry Potter Fan Zone for help with this page!

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