The US Quidditch Cup 10 was the 2017 edition of the
US Quidditch Cup
The US Quadball Cup, previously known as US Quidditch Cup, is a quadball tournament held in the United States and organized by US Quadball. The first US Quidditch Cup was held in 2007, and the tournament features collegiate and club teams from ...
, a
quidditch
Quidditch is a fictional sport invented by author J.K. Rowling for her fantasy book series ''Harry Potter''. It first appeared in the novel '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'' (1997). It is a dangerous but popular sport played by wi ...
club tournament organized by
US Quidditch
US Quadball, previously known as US Quidditch, is a non-profit organization that governs the sport of quadball in the United States of America. Quadball is a sport that combines elements of lacrosse, dodgeball, and rugby. The sport is played at ...
. The tournament took place in
Kissimmee, Florida
Kissimmee ( ) is the largest city and county seat of Osceola County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 79,226. It is a Principal City of the Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida, Metropolitan Statistical Area, wh ...
from April 8–9, 2017.
The Cup featured 60 teams that qualified through eight regional championships. Each region was assigned bids according to the
Huntington–Hill method
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, and 16 bids were assigned to regions according to their
US Quidditch Cup 9 performance.
Format
The 60 teams that qualified were divided into 12 pools of five teams each. Following pool play, the top three teams of each pool advanced to a 36-team single elimination bracket.
Bracket phase
* Denotes a regulation-time snitch snatch.
^ Denotes an overtime snitch snatch.
References
External links
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