Rules of Quidditch
Balls: There are three kinds in all. Four are used in the game.
Quaffle: Large and red, about the size of a Soccer ball, used to score
goals. (Worth Ten Points)
Bludger: Two in a game, black. Slightly smaller than a Quaffle, fly
around trying to knock players off brooms.
Snitch: Most important Ball in the game. Tiny, the size of a golf ball
with wings, very fast and hard to catch.
Players: Seven play at one time for each team.
Chaser: Throw the Quaffle to each other trying to score goals. Three
on each team.
Keeper: Kind of like a Soccer goalie. Guards the goal posts. Only one
plays at a time.
Beater: Uses a baseball bat type think to knock the bludgers at the
other team. Two play.
Seeker: Flys around trying to catch the golden Snitch. One plays at
a time.
- No Time limit.
- Each goal scored by Chasers is 10 points.
- Penalty shots are given when you get fouled.
- Catching the Snitch is 150 points.
- The game is over when the Snitch is caught.
Hogwarts Teams
Gryffindor (Scarlet)
Captain: Oliver Wood
Seeker: Harry Potter
Keeper: Oliver Wood
Beater: Fred Weasley
Beater: George Weasley
Chaser:
Angelina Johnson
Chaser: Alicia Spinnet
Chaser: Katie Bell
Ravenclaw (Blue)
Captain: Roger Davies
Seeker: Cho Chang
Hufflepuff (Yellow)
Captain: Cedric Diggory
Seeker: Cedric Diggory
Slytherin (Green)
Captain: Marcus Flint
Seeker: Draco Malfoy (Formerly Terence Higgs)
Keeper: Bletchly
Beater: Bole
Beater: Derrick
Chaser:
Marcus Flint
Chaser: Warrington
Chaser: Montague
World Wide Teams
Appleby Arrows
Robes: Pale Blue with silver arrow
Site of Origin: Northern England
Ballycastle Bats
Robes: Black with scarlet bat across chest
Site of Origin: Northern
Ireland
Caerphilly Catapults
Robes: Vertically striped Light Green and
Scarlet
Chudley Cannons
Robes: Orange with speeding cannon ball on front and double C's on
back
Information: Ron's favorite team.
Falmouth Falcons
Robes: Dark-Grey and white with a falcon head on the chest
Holyhead Harpies
Robes: Dark-Green with Golden talons
on chest
Site of Origin: Welsh
Kenmare Kestrels
Robes: Emerald Green with two K's back
to back on chest
Site of Origin: Ireland
Montrose Magpies
Pride of Portree
Robes: Deep purple with Gold star on
chest
Site of Origin: Isle of Skye
Puddlemere United
Robes: Navy Blue bearing the club emblem of two crossed
Golden bulrushes
Tutshill Tornados
Robes: Sky Bule with a Dark Blue T on
front and back
Site of Origin:
Wigtown Wanderers
Robes: Blood red with a silver meat cleaver on the chest
Site
of Origin:
Wimbourne Wasps
Robes: Yellow and Black horizontally striped with wasp on on chest
Site of Origin:
Former Beater: Ludo Bagman
Ireland
Seeker: Aiden Lynch
Keeper: Ryan
Beater: Quigley
Beater: Connoly
Chaser: Mullet
Chaser: Troy
Chaser:
Moran
Bulgaria
Seeker: Viktor Krum
Keeper: Zograf
Beater: Volkov
Beater: Vulchanov
Chaser: Levski
Chaser: Dimitrov
Chaser:
Ivanova
Vratsa Vultures- seven time European Cup winners
Quiberion Quafflepunchers- wear pink robes
Heidelburg Harriers- famous captain Darren O'Hare
Bigonville Bombers- top goal scorers
Braga Broomfleet- new Beater marking system
Grodzisk Goblins- gave us best Seeker ever Josef Wronski
Motohora Macaws wear red, yellow, and blue robes
Thundelawa Thunderers- huge rivalry with Woologong Warriors
Woologong Warriors- fierch rivalry with Thundelawa Thunderers
Patonga Proudsticks- held Montrose Magpies to a draw
Tchamba Charmers- masters of reverse pass
Gimbi Giant Slayers- 2 time winners of All-Africa Cup
Sumbawong Sunrays- have great formation
Moosejaw Meteorites- from Canada
Haileyburg Hammers- from Canada
Stonewall Stormers- from Canada
Sweetwater All-Stars- beat Quafflepunchers in 16 day thriller
Fitchburg Finches- Won US Cup 7 times
Tarapoto Treeskimmers- recently toured Europe
Toyashi Tengu- from Japan
Gorodok Gargoyles- from Lithuania
Transylvania
Information: Slaughtered England in The Quidditch World Cup 390 - 10.
England
Information: Was crushed by Transylvania 390 - 10 in The Quidditch World Cup.
Uganda
Information: Beat Wales.
Wales
Information: Lost to Uganda.
Luxemborg
Information: Slaughtered Scotland.
Scotland
Information: Killed by Luxemborg.
Peru
Information: Was flattened by Ireland in the semifinals.
Turkey
Broomsticks
Please Note: These are fan created images and do not necessarily reflect
the broomsticks used
in the film or described in the book.
Firebolt
Moontrimmer
The Bluebottle
Nimbus Line:
Oakshaft 79
Twigger 90
Silver Arrow
Swiftstick
Cleansweep Series:
Shooting Star
Tinderblast
Comet Series:
- Comet One-Forty
- Comet One-Eighty
- Comet Two-Sixty
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Quidditch Moves and Tricks
Here is a list of popular quidditch moves and tricks. Information credit Kennilworthy Whisp
and "Quidditch Through the Ages".
Beater Moves
Bludger Backbeat
A move by which the Beater strikes the bludge a backhanded club swing,
sending it behind him or her, rather than in front. Difficult to bring off with precision but excellent for confusing opponents.
Dobblebeater Defence
Both Beaters hit a bludger at the same time for extra power, resulting
in a Bludger attack of greater severity.
Keeper Moves
Double Eight Loop
A Keeper defence, usually employed against penalty takers, whereby
the Keeper swerves around all three goal hoops at high speed to block the Quaffle.
Starfish and Stick
The Keeper holds the broom horizontally with one hand and one foot curled
around the handle, while keeping all linbs outstretched.
Chaser Moves
Hawkshead Attacking Formation
Chasers form an arrowhead pattern and fly together towards
the gaol posts. Highly intimidating to opposing teams and effective in forcing the other players aside.
Woollongong Shimmy
Perfected by the Australian Woollongong Warriors, this is a high-speed
zigzagging movement intended to off opposing Chasers.
Reverse Pass
A Chaser throws the Quaffle over one shoulder to a team member. Accuracy is
difficult.
Parkin's Pincer
So named for the original members of the Wigtown Wanderers, who are reputed
to have invented this move. Two Chasers, close in on an opposing Chaser and either side, while the third flies headlong towards
him or her.
Porskoff Ploy
The Chaser carries the Quaffle upwards, leading opposing Chasers to belive
that he or she is trying to escape them to score, but then throws the Quaffle downwards to a fellow Chaser waiting to catch
it. Named after the Russian Chaser Petrova Porskoff.
Seeker Moves
Wronski Feint
The Seeker hurtles towards the ground pretending to have seen the Snitch
far below, but pulls out of the dive just before hitting the pitch. Intended to make the opposing Seeker copy him and crash.
Named after the Polish Seeker Josef Wronski.
Plumpton Pass
A seemingly careless swerve that scoops the Snitch up one's sleeve. Named after
Roderick Plumpton, Tutshill Tornado Seeker, who eployed the move in his record breaking Snitch catch of 1921. Although many
critics have alleged that this was an accident, Plumpton mantained unitl his death that he had meant to do it.
Miscellaneous Moves
Sloth Grip Roll
Hanging upside down off the broom, gripping tightly with hands an feet
to avoid a Bludger.
Translyvanian Tackle
First seen at the World Cup of 1473, this is a fake puch aimed at the
nose. As long as contact is not made, the move is not illegal, though it is difficult to pull off when both parties are on
speeding broomsticks
