Inter-House Quidditch Cup

The **Inter-House Quidditch Cup**, also known as the **Hogwarts Quidditch Cup** or simply the **Quidditch Cup**, is awarded yearly at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry to the House Quidditch team with the most total points.

## Description

The Championship takes the form of a mini-league, with each house team playing each other throughout the course of the year. This results in three games for each team, and six games of Quidditch for the school to enjoy overall. As there is such a small number of games, each one is eagerly anticipated and usually attended by the entire school, including the teachers. When it comes to Quidditch some of the Professors lose their normal calm demeanour and become as excited about the result as the students. Commentary is provided on each game.

A commentator of note was Lee Jordan, who attended Hogwarts in the 1990s, a task he carried out since his third year, and possibly before that as well. Lee sprinkled his commentaries with a bit of Gryffindor bias, a shameless admiration for Angelina Johnson, and more than a few swear words at times, not always to the amusement of Professor McGonagall.

Final standings in the competition are based on the total amount of points won over all matches played, rather than the number of victories. It is entirely possible for one team to lose to another, but still claim the Cup if their points from previous games were high enough.

The Quidditch Cup itself is an enormous, silver trophy cup, with four handles designed after the four Houses' emblematic animals. The Cup is traditionally kept in the office of the reigning champions' Head of House.

Quidditch results are important not only for the pride of winning the Quidditch Cup, but also because there are House Points at stake. It was stated before the Gryffindor vs Hufflepuff match in 1992 that if Gryffindor won they would overtake Slytherin in the House Championship for the first time in seven years. It’s never made clear how many points are awarded for Quidditch victories, but when Harry was docked fifty points by Professor McGonagall for running round the Astronomy Tower at 1:00 in the morning, he worried that he’d lost the lead he gained through his last Quidditch victory. Percy Weasley also remarks to Harry Potter that his playing the day before brought Gryffindor into the lead for the House Cup, by earning them fifty points during Harry's second year.

Oliver Wood, captain of the Gryffindor Quidditch team in Harry's early years, always pressured the team to win the cup, and always made a speech before entering the pitch if they had gotten to the final match, even though sometimes his teammates ignored his speeches.

## Matches

* 1st Match: Gryffindor - Slytherin
	+ First/Second weekend in November
* 2nd Match: Hufflepuff - Ravenclaw
	+ Third/Fourth weekend in November
* 3rd Match: Ravenclaw - Slytherin
	+ Third/Fourth weekend in February
* 4th Match: Gryffindor - Hufflepuff
	+ First/Second weekend in March
* 5th Match: Hufflepuff - Slytherin
	+ First/Second weekend in May
* 6th Match: Gryffindor - Ravenclaw
	+ Third/Fourth weekend in May

Exceptions to this schedule of matches have occurred, such as during the 1953-1954 school year and 1993–1994 school year.

## Winners

* 1953 - 1954 -  File:Slytherincrest.jpg Gryffindor or Slytherin
* 1970s -  Gryffindor won at least once
* 1984 - 1985 - File:Slytherincrest.jpg File:Ravenclawcrest.jpg Slytherin or Ravenclaw
* 1985 - 1986 -  Gryffindor
* 1991 - 1992 - File:Slytherincrest.jpg File:Ravenclawcrest.jpg Slytherin or Ravenclaw
* 1992 - 1993 - *Incomplete: due to attacks on Muggle-born students (Gryffindor defeated Slytherin though)*
* 1993 - 1994 -  Gryffindor
* 1994 - 1995 - *Not held because of the Triwizard Tournament*
* 1995 - 1996 -  Gryffindor
* 1996 - 1997 -  Gryffindor
* 1997 - 1998 - *Unknown if Quidditch matches were played that year.*

## Commentators

* Lee Jordan
* Zacharias Smith
* Luna Lovegood

## Referees

* Rolanda Hooch
* Severus Snape