List of quidditch teams

This is the list of all teams which have played the fictional sport of Quidditch throughout history.

Contents

1 Hogwarts House teams 2 Professional club sides 2.1 British & Irish teams 2.2 European teams 2.3 Australasian teams 2.4 African teams 2.5 North American teams 2.6 South American teams 2.7 Asian teams 3 National sides 4 Former teams

Hogwarts House teams

Teams which play in the Hogwarts Quidditch Cup.

• Gryffindor
• Hufflepuff
• Ravenclaw
• Slytherin

Professional club sides

Teams which play professionally in domestic and international club cup matches.

British & Irish teams

Teams which play in the British and Irish Quidditch League. See the page British and Irish quidditch teams for more information.

• 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

European teams

Teams from Europe, not including those from Britain and Ireland.

• Bigonville Bombers (Luxembourg)
  • Known for their offensive strategies.
  • A very high-scoring team.
• Braga Broomfleet (Portugal)
  • Recently broke through to the top levels of the sport.
  • Inventors of a ground-breaking Beater-marking system.
• Gorodok Gargoyles (Lithuania)
  • Narrowly defeated the Toyohashi Tengu (from Japan) in 1994.
• Grodzisk Goblins (Poland)
  • Club of Josef Wronski, arguably the world's most innovative Seeker.
  • Have a Chaser named Zamojski.
• Heidelberg Harriers (Germany)
  • Described as "fiercer than a dragon and twice as clever" by Irish captain Darren O'Hare.
  • After a defeat of the Holyhead Harpies in 1953, Heidelberg captain Rudolf Brand proposed marriage to his opposite number, Gwendolyn Morgan.
• Karasjok Kites (Norway)
  • Lost the 1956 European Cup final to the Caerphilly Catapults.
• Quiberon Quafflepunchers (France)
  • Wear shocking pink robes and are known for flamboyant play.
  • Frequent winners of the French League.
• Vratsa Vultures (Bulgaria)
  • Probably the greatest of all European teams.
  • Were European champions in 1932, but lost to the Appleby Arrows.
  • Pioneers of the long goal (shooting from outside the scoring area).
  • Always ready to give new players a chance to make a name for themselves.

Australasian teams

Teams from Australia and New Zealand.

• Moutohora Macaws (New Zealand)
  • Robes of red, yellow and blue.
  • Phoenix mascot named Sparky.
• Thundelarra Thunderers and Woollongong Warriors (Australia)
  • Have dominated the Australian League for most of the last century.
  • Are great rivals.

African teams

Teams from Africa.

• Patonga Proudsticks (Uganda)
  • Uganda's most notable club.
  • Drew with the Montrose Magpies in 1986.
  • Once had six players representing Uganda together.
• Tchamba Charmers (Togo)
  • Masters of the reverse pass
• Gimbi Giant-Slayers (Ethiopia)
  • Twice winners of the All-Africa Cup.
• Sumbawanga Sunrays (Tanzania)
  • Highly popular.
  • Players delight crowds with formation looping.

North American teams

Teams from North America.

• Moose Jaw Meteorites (Canada)
  • Threatened with disbandment in the 1970s due to victory celebrations, which violated wizarding secrecy laws.
• Haileybury Hammers (Canada)
• Stonewall Stormers (Canada)
• Sweetwater All-Stars (Texas, USA)
  • Defeated the Quiberon Quafflepunchers (from France) after a five-day match in 1993.
• Fitchburg Finches (Massachusetts, USA)
  • Have won the US League seven times.
  • Seeker Maximus Brankovitch III has captained America at the last two World Cups.

South American teams

Teams from South America.

• Tarapoto Treeskimmers (Peru)
  • Recently toured Europe to great acclaim.

Asian teams

Teams from Asia.

• Toyohashi Tengu (Japan)
  • Nearly beat the Gorodok Gargoyles (from Lithuania) in 1994.

National sides

Countries known to play representative sides at the Quidditch World Cup.

• America (presumably the USA)
  • Captained by Maximus Brankovitch III
• Bulgaria
  • Losing finalists of the 1994 World Cup.
• England
• Flanders
  • Finalists of the first ever World Cup, in 1473.
  • (What was historically Flanders is now part of Belgium, Holland and France.)
• Ireland
  • Winners of the 1994 World Cup.
• Luxembourg
• Peru
• Scotland
• Transylvania
  • Finalists of the first ever World Cup, in 1473.
  • (Although Transylvania is no longer a country in its own right, being part of Romania, it still seems to field a Quidditch team.)
• Uganda
• Wales

Former teams

Teams no longer in existence.

• Banchory Bangers
  • Disbanded after breaking wizarding secrecy laws in 1814.
• Flanders
  • Finalists of the first ever World Cup, in 1473.
  • (What was historically Flanders is now part of Belgium, Holland and France.)
• Various historical teams
  • Presumably amateur.
  • Include the first ever Quidditch teams, Goodwin Kneen's Yorkshire team, a team from Ilkley, teams of locals from Norfolk and teams from Cork and Lancashire.