Triwizard Tournament

The **Triwizard Tournament** was a magical contest held between the three largest wizarding schools of Europe: Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Durmstrang Institute, and Beauxbatons Academy of Magic, each school being represented by one champion.

## History

### The Goblet of Fire

The history of the Triwizard Tournament begins with the Goblet of Fire, a magical artifact forged 3,000 years ago by wizards from wizard-ruled societies who wished to create an alternative to war. Wizarding rulers would send forth their greatest champions, who would compete in tasks devised by the Goblet. The Goblet ensured that the champions competed to the best of their ability and that the tasks remained fair. With the rise of Muggle-ruled nations use of the Goblet fell out of favor.

By the 13th century the Goblet had fallen into the hands of Magical France, who organised an interscholastic tournament between Beauxbatons, Hogwarts, and Durmstrang, in which a champion would be selected from each school. This Triwizard Tournament was held once every five years until the 1792-1793 school year, when several deaths brought and end to the tournament, which would not be held again for 200 years.

### Revival

The Triwizard Tournament was revived in 1994 by Albus Dumbledore, Barty Crouch Senior, and Ludo Bagman, among others. Dumbledore's brief abscence during negotiations in Paris to answer a summons from Harry Potter led Crouch and Bagman to negotiate for the ICW to fund the entire tournament in exchange for the inclusion of the Goblet of Fire.

The tournament was officially announced by Crouch at a Wizengamot meeting in early August of 1994. Crouch and Bagman assure the Wizengamot of the tournament's safety, as well as the addition of an interscholastic dueling competition, an academic decathlon, and a series of exhibition Quidditch matches.

### 1994-1995 Triwizard Tournament

The 1994-1995 tournament was overseen by the following judges:

* Albus Dumbledore, Headmaster, Hogwarts School
* Bartemius Crouch, Director, British Department of International Magical Cooperation
* Ludovic Bagman, Director, Department of Magical Games and Sports
* Elphias Doge, Master Herbologist
* Griselda Marchbanks, Governor, British Wizarding Examinations Authority
* Horace Slughorn, Noted Potioneer and Hogwarts Potions Master *emeritus*
* Igor Karkaroff, Headmaster, Durmstrang Institute
* Sandor Farkas, Hungarian Department for the Regulation and Control of Magical Creatures
* Marika Oxenstierna, Coach (retired), Swedish National Quidditch Team
* Dino Papadiamantopoulos, Editor, Transfiguration Today
* Illyria Ramadani, Charms Professor *emeritus*, Durmstrang Institute
* Luminita Zedescu, Senior Auror, Magical Romania
* Olympe Maxime, Headmistress, Beauxbatons
* Julian Montmorency, Current Western European Dueling Champion
* Porpentina Goldstein, Instructor, French Auror Academy
* Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, Professor of CoMC, Beauxbatons
* Gabriel Delacour, Special Attaché, French Ministry of Magic
* Nicolas Flamel, Alchemist

### Quidditch World Cup

As part of the lead-up to the Tournament, the Goblet of Fire was displayed at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup, where Lord Voldemort's Death Eaters engineered a riot after the Final, which Peter Pettigrew used as a distraction to steal the Goblet and take it to the Devil's Tor, where he used the ambient Wild magic of the Tor to influence the Goblet into taking part in a magic ritual that would allow the resurrection of Voldemort.

## References

Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 143 - A Series of Tense Conversations (Pt 1),

Crouch announces the Triwizard Tournament and explains its history.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 128 - Redux (Pt 2),

Harry sends a Patronus to summon Dumbledore from Paris.
Book 3 - HP&DEM - Ch. 132 - Lords of the Wizengamot,

Dumbledore and Crouch return from France.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Chapter not added yet,

Dumbledore officially announces the Triwizard Tournament.
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 146 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 1),

"GOBLET OF FIRE ARRIVES IN UK, TO BE DISPLAYED AT WORLD CUP FINALS".
Book 4 - HP&TRG - Ch. 150 - The Quidditch World Cup (Pt 5),

Peter takes the Goblet to the Devil's Tor.