2017 Quidditch Premier League season

The first Quidditch Premier League season

Sports season

2017 Quidditch Premier League season

League| Quidditch Premier League
Sport| Quidditch
Duration| 17 June  – 26 August 2017
Number of games| 54
Number of teams| 8
Regular season
Season champions| North: West Midlands Revolution
South: Southeast Knights
Finals champions| West Midlands Revolution
Runners-up| Southeast Knights
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The 2017 Quidditch Premier League season was the league's first, and was contested by eight teams over the course of the 2017 summer. The eight teams were split into two divisions, with the North Division composed of the Northern Watch, Yorkshire Roses, East Midlands Archers, and West Midlands Revolution, and the South Division composed of the London Monarchs, Southeast Knights, Southwest Broadside, and Eastern Mermaids.

During the regular season, each division held three 'fixtures', which saw each team in that division attend and participate in round robin games. In total, teams played 12 games each during the regular season, with a total of 36 games played in total. Based on the results of those fixtures, the teams were seeded for the QPL Championship, which all eight qualified for. The championship was decided with a series of double-elimination matches, with eliminated teams going on to contest the lower places of the standings.

## Regular season

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### Divisional fixtures

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A total of six fixtures were held across the UK, split between the North and South Divisions.[1][2][3][4][5]

Location | Venue | Date

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North Division
Manchester | Platt Fields Park | 1 July 2017
Sheffield | Bolehills Park | 22 July 2017
Nottingham | Florence Boot Field | 5 August 2017
South Division
London | Clapham Common | 17 June 2017
Worcester | Upton Rugby Club | 15 July 2017
Southampton | Millbrook Rugby Club | 29 July 2017

### Final divisional standings

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Team | W | L | Goal differential | Snitch catches | Bludger possession

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North Division
West Midlands Revolution | 9 | 0 | 102 | 7 | 58%
Northern Watch | 5 | 4 | -5 | 6 | 53%
East Midlands Archers | 2 | 7 | -43 | 2 | 37%
Yorkshire Roses | 2 | 7 | −54 | 2 | 53%
South Division
Southeast Knights | 9 | 0 | 73 | 8 | 55%
London Monarchs | 6 | 3 | 70 | 6 | 66%
Southwest Broadside | 3 | 6 | -49 | 4 | 48%
Eastern Mermaids | 0 | 9 | −94 | 1 | 32%

## Championship

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The West Midlands Revolution won the 2017 QPL Championship, played at the KCOM Craven Park Stadium in Hull, ending the season with a perfect 16–0 record.[6] They defeated the Southeast Knights 140*-70 in the final match. By winning the title, the West Midlands Revolution became the inaugural winners of the Quidditch Premier League.[7]

The Championship format consisted of a double elimination bracket which was then split into upper and lower brackets, giving full placings from 1st to 8th. The latter stages of the upper bracket and lower bracket can be seen below.

### Upper bracket

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| Quarterfinals | | | Semifinals | | | Finals |

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| West Midlands Revolution | 240* | | |
| Southwest Broadside | 0 |
| | West Midlands Revolution | 140* |
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| | | London Monarchs | 30 |
| London Monarchs | 160 |

| Yorkshire Roses | 100* |
| | West Midlands Revolution | 140* |
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| | | Southeast Knights | 70 |
| Southeast Knights | 180 | |
| Eastern Mermaids | 60* |
| | Southeast Knights | 210* | | | Third Place
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| | | East Midlands Archers | 30 |
| East Midlands Archers | 110* | | | London Monarchs | 190*

| Northern Watch | 60 | | | East Midlands Archers | 70

### Lower bracket

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| Semifinals | | | Fifth Place |

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| 1 | Northern Watch | 110* | |
| 4 | Southwest Broadside | 60 |
| | Yorkshire Roses | 100* |
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| | | Northern Watch | 50 |
| 3 | Yorkshire Roses | 180* |
| 2 | Eastern Mermaids | 60 | | | Seventh Place
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## See also

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* Sports portal

* QuidditchUK
* International Quidditch Association
* Major League Quidditch
* Quidditch (sport)
* Fictional Quidditch

## References

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1. ^ Payne, Marissa (17 November 2016). "There's now a Premier League for Quidditch, the game from 'Harry Potter'". Washington Post. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
2. ^ Cuffe, Grainne (21 June 2017). "First match of Quidditch Premier League played on Clapham Common". Wandsworth Guardian. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
3. ^ Percival, Richard (29 July 2017). "Southampton to host Quidditch Premier League Fixtures". Hampshire Chronicle. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
4. ^ "Quidditch Premier League comes to Nottingham". West Bridgford Wire. 3 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
5. ^ Jamieson, Laura (23 July 2017). "Norfolk's Eastern Mermaids of the Quidditch Premier League". The Norwich Radical. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
6. ^ "Quidditch: Harry Potter game brought to life in Hull". BBC. 28 August 2017.
7. ^ "West Midlands Revolution crowned champions of first ever Quidditch Premier League". ITV News. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 12 April 2018.

## External links

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* Quidditch Premier League official website

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