# European Games (quidditch)

The IQA European Games (EG) are the biennial games for the sport of Quadball held in Europe where national governing bodies send national teams to compete. The European Games were created in response to the IQA World Cup, the biennial tournament wherein nations from around the world compete in a similar style to the FIFA World Cup. Both Games alternate years so in the off years regional tournaments such as the European Games or the Asian Quidditch Cup can occur. These games are the highest level of championships in quidditch aside from Global Games. The 2015 champions were Team France, narrowly beating Team UK.

## History

The 2015 European Games were the inaugural championships of this tournament. Bid on by European cities, the organizational body Quidditch Europe decided on Sarteano, Italy to host the games. Sarteano proceeded to host an aggressive advertising campaign across the country as well as locally which included the sale of specially made artisanal crafts, wine and cheese. The 2019 edition was held in Bamberg, Germany.

## Format

The twelve teams competing in the 2015 games were separated into two groups of six teams. The group stage began on 25 July 2015 and ended the morning of the 26th. The groups themselves were split into pots based on EQC rankings and seasonal performance matched up. The top four teams from each group qualified for the bracket stage, where brackets were determined using the following criteria: games won, head-to-head, QPD and SWIM catches. Finally, the tournament ended with semi-finals, a third place final and the gold medal match.

### Notes

* ↑ QPD stands for "quaffle point differential" where the final score is tallied ignoring the 30 points given when the snitch is caught.
* ↑ SWIM stands for "snitch when it matters" coming into play when a team wins when within snitch range, i.e. ± 30 pts.

## Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | 3rd place match | Teams |
| Year | Host | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place | Teams |
| 2015 Details | Sarteano | France | 90*–50 | United Kingdom | Norway | 150*–80 | Belgium | 12 |
| 2017 Details | Oslo | United Kingdom | 90*–70 | France | Norway | 140*–80 | Belgium | 15 |
| 2019 Details | Bamberg | France | 150*–120° | Belgium | United Kingdom | 110*–90° | Germany | 20 |
| 2022 Details | Limerick | England | 160*–140° | Germany | Australia | 140-120*° | Norway | 20 |
| 2024 Details | London | Germany | 90*–40 | England | Belgium | 110*-50 | France | 15 |

## Medals summary

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | France | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |

## Appearance

| Team | 2015 (12) | 2017 (15) | 2019 (20) | 2022 (20) | 2024 (15) | Total |
| Australia | • | • | • | 3rd | • | 1 |
| Austria | • | 7th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 4 |
| Belgium | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 7th | 3rd | 5 |
| Catalonia | 7th | 10th | 9th | 11th | 13th | 5 |
| Czech Republic | • | • | 19th | 17th | • | 2 |
| Denmark | • | • | 16th | • | • | 1 |
| England | • | • | • | 1st | 2nd | 2 |
| Finland | • | • | 20th | • | • | 1 |
| France | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 4th | 5 |
| Germany | 8th | 5th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 5 |
| Hong Kong | • | • | • | 19th | • | 1 |
| Ireland | 11th | 14th | 18th | 13th | 12th | 5 |
| Italy | 5th | 8th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 5 |
| Netherlands | 10th | 13th | 13th | 12th | • | 4 |
| Norway | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 5 |
| Poland | 12th | 11th | 11th | 10th | 10th | 5 |
| Scotland | • | • | 14th | 15th | 14th | 3 |
| Slovakia | • | 12th | 12th | 14th | • | 3 |
| Slovenia | • | • | 15th | • | • | 1 |
| Spain | 9th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 5th | 5 |
| Sweden | • | 15th | • | 20th | • | 2 |
| Switzerland | • | • | 17th | 18th | 15th | 3 |
| Turkey | 6th | 6th | 8th | • | 9th | 4 |
| United Kingdom | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | • | • | 3 |
| Wales | • | • | • | 16th | 11th | 2 |
Legend
* 1st – Champions
* 2nd – Runners-up
* 3rd – Third place
* 4th – Fourth place
* • – Did not enter / Did not qualify
* – Hosts
* Q – Qualified for forthcoming tournament
Notes
* 1 2 3 Allowed to compete in the 2022 European Games after the Oceania-Asian Games were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* Appearance maps
* Sarteano 2015
* Oslo 2017
* Bamberg 2019
* Limerick 2022
* London 2024