European Quadball Cup

The European Quadball Cup, also known as EQC and formerly as the European Quidditch Championship, is the culminating championship tournament for the sport of quadball in Europe. It began to be legitimised in 2014 when the International Quadball Association became an international federation for quadball. The first tournament took place in 2012 in France as quidditch began to develop across Europe. Today, the tournament is the highest level of championship in Europe besides the European Games with league-level tournaments being the qualifying competitions. In 2026, Division 1 of EQC was held in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany, where the Ghent Gargoyles Quadball club won the championship for the first time in their history. Antwerp QC remain the most successful team in the tournaments history with 4 championships and 2 second places.

History Originally held in Lesparre-Médoc, France, EQC has since grown into the largest quadball tournament in Europe. EQC 2014 saw teams from almost more countries than the 2014 Global Games, and EQC 2015 received teams from at least twelve different quadball-playing nations.

Qualification EQC 2015 saw a different form of qualification than its predecessors that introduced a team limit to the tournament as well as qualification guidelines. The Quadball Europe committee has planned to change the qualification format for EQC 2016 and onward. Currently, the committee for EQC is distributing bids to individual nations based on discussions with NGBs' representatives and team pre-registration. It is for each national governing body of quadball to determine how individual bids will be partitioned to teams under their jurisdiction.

Going forward starting with the 2018–19 season, the European Quadball Cup is held in two divisions, Division 1 and Division 2, in order to facilitate both highly competitive gameplay at the top end, and the ever-growing player base in Europe overall.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there was no event in 2020.

Hosts

EQC 2018 was held in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany.

2017's edition of the tournament was held in the Belgian city of Mechelen after Gallipoli 2016.

EQC 2015 was being hosted by Oxford University's quadball club and QuidditchUK. EQC 2014 was hosted by the then-Belgium Muggle Quidditch (current: Belgian Quadball Federation) and the Brussels Qwaffles. The first EQC was hosted by the then-French Quidditch Association (current: Fédération du Quadball Français).

Selection procedures Interested teams or NGBs submit a bid proposal outlining their location, the cost and the benefits attached to their bid to a sub-committee composed of Quadball Europe members. The sub-committee then chooses the bid and selects from an applicant pool the tournament director.

Past champions of Division 1

Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams 2012 Lesparre-Médoc Paris Phénix 50*–20 Paris Frog Milano Meneghins 120*–70 Anthéna Lesparre 6 2014 Brussels Radcliffe Chimeras 100*–30 Paris Phénix Brussels Qwaffles 50*–20 Lunatica QC 12 2015 Oxford Paris Titans 150*–80 Radcliffe Chimeras Not played Southampton QC1 vs. Nottingham Nightmares 32 2016 Gallipoli Paris Titans 120*–60 Antwerp QC Not played METU Unicorns vs. Nottingham Nightmares 402017 Mechelen Antwerp QC 120*–110 METU Unicorns Werewolves of London 80*–60 NTNUI Rumpeldunk 322018 Pfaffenhofenan der Ilm Paris Titans 130*–70 Antwerp QC METU Unicorns 160°*–140*° Velociraptors QC 322019 Harelbeke Paris Titans 170*–90 METU Unicorns Werewolves of London 170*–80 ODTU Hippogriffs 322022 Limerick Werewolves of London 100*–60 DNA Quidditch Paris Titans 140*–50 Paris Frog 322023 Heidelberg Antwerp QC 130*–30 Werewolves of London Ruhr Phoenix 140*–70 Braunschweiger Broomicorns 322024 Salou Antwerp QC 150*–30 Ruhr Phoenix London QC 120*–100 Paris Titans 322025 Salou Antwerp QC150–110* Ruhr PhoenixBraunschweiger Broomicorns220*–130 Paris Titans302026 Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm Ghent Gargoyles Quadball130*–90 Ruhr PhoenixBraunschweiger Broomicorns180–130* Rheinos Bonn24

Most successful teams Rank Team Champion Runner-up Third place Total 1 Antwerp QC 4 2 0 6 2 Paris Titans 4 0 1 5 3 Werewolves of London 1 1 2 4 4 Paris Phénix 1 1 0 2 Radcliffe Chimeras 1 1 0 2 6 Ghent Gargoyles Quadball Club 1 0 0 1 7 Ruhr Phoenix 0 3 1 4 8 METU Unicorns 0 2 2 4 9 Paris Frog 0 1 0 1 DNA Quidditch 0 1 0 1 10 Nottingham Nightmares 0 0 2 2 Braunschweiger Broomicorns 0 0 2 2

Most successful Nations Rank Team Champion Runner-up Third place Total 1 France 5 2 1 8 Belgium 5 2 1 8 3 United Kingdom 2 2 6 10 4 Germany 0 3 3 6 5 Turkey 0 2 2 4 5 Italy 0 1 1 2

Past champions of Division 2 Year Host Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place Number of teams2019 Warsaw SCC Berlin Bluecaps 120*–50 LSV Looping Lux Leipzig Vienna Vanguards 190°°°–180*°° Augsburg Owls 162022 Brescia Dementores A Coruña 200*–130 Bielefelder Basilisken Southsea Quidditch 120–90* Kraków Dragons 242023 Golbey Sevilla Warriors QT 160*–90 Münster Marauders Vienna Vanguards 110*–40 Darmstadt Athenas 242024 Salou Münster Marauders 140*–120 Barcelona Eagles QT Olympiens Q 90*–0 Cologne Cannons 242025 Salou Hacettepe Pegasus 140–110* Augsburg Owls Bombarda Brixia QC 120*–100 Werewolves of London23

Most successful teams Rank Team Champion Runner-up Third place Total 1 Münster Marauders 1 1 0 2 2 SCC Berlin Bluecaps 1 0 0 1 Dementores A Coruña Sevilla Warriors QT Hacettepe Pegasus 3 LSV Looping Lux Leipzig 0 1 0 1 Bielefelder Basilisken Barcelona Eagles Augsburg Owls 4 Vienna Vanguards 0 0 2 2 5 Southsea Quidditch 0 0 1 1 Olympiens Q Bombarda Brixia QC

Most successful Nations Rank Team Champion Runner-up Third place Total 1 Germany 2 4 0 6 2 Spain 2 0 0 2 3 Turkey 1 0 0 1 4 Catalonia 0 1 0 1 5 Austria 0 0 2 2 6 United Kingdom 0 0 1 1 France 0 0 1 1 Italy 0 0 1 1

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