World cup 1994

The **1994 Quidditch World Cup** was an international Quidditch sporting event occurring in 1994 organised by the International Quidditch Association. It was the 422nd edition of the World Cup. The hosts were England. Its official sponsors were Butterbeer, Pumpkin juice, Gringotts Wizarding Bank and Nimbus 2001.

The stadium built for the 422nd World Cup took a Ministry of Magic task force a year to construct, and could hold one hundred thousand spectators.

In the final game, Ireland, having defeated Peru in the semi-finals, played against Bulgaria. In the end, Bulgarian Seeker Viktor Krum managed to catch the Snitch and salvage Bulgarian dignity, although Ireland won.

The events of the final match were overshadowed by the attack of Death Eaters on Muggles, leading to a riot afterwards. The Death Eaters fled after Bartemius Crouch Junior cast the Dark Mark into the sky, but not before they had tortured and levitated several Muggles.

## Stadium

The Ministry of Magic spent a year magically constructing a huge stadium on Dartmoor for the Quidditch World Cup final in August 1994. The other knockout matches for the 1994 tournament would have also used this stadium.

The stadium was approached through a wood, a twenty-minute walk along a lantern-lit trail. It had immense gold walls, suffused with a mysterious golden light which seems to come from the stadium itself, and with Muggle-Repelling Charms on every inch of it. The stadium was huge — Harry Potter thought that ten cathedrals would fit comfortably inside it — and it seated 100,000 people. A Ministry task force of 500 worked on it for a year.

The stairs into the stadium were carpeted in rich purple. At the top of the staircase Harry, Hermione, and the Weasleys found themselves in a small box, set at the highest point of the stadium and situated exactly halfway between the golden goal posts. About twenty purple-and-gilt chairs stood in two rows here. Inside, a giant blackboard opposite Top Box was the scoreboard and also showed advertisements in gold writing. The fans received velvet-covered, tasselled programmes when they showed their large parchment tickets. The Top Box provided the prime seats: about 20 purple and gilt chairs.

Everything was suffused with a mysterious golden light, which seemed to come from the stadium itself. The field also looked smooth as velvet from the top boxes. At either end of the field stood three goal hoops, fifty feet high.

Travel to the stadium, which was located on Dartmoor, a "*nice, deserted moor*," was quite a logistical feat. The Ministry had to stagger the arrivals: people with cheap tickets had to arrive two weeks early. A few used Muggle transport to get there, but most used Portkeys or Apparated. To accommodate the throng, two hundred Portkeys were placed around Britain, timed to bring people in on a schedule. Portkeys were also distributed to other countries.

## 1994 World Cup Squads

 Gianni Fedele (Captain)
 Ralph Heidelberger

 Matthew Echunga
 Jonny Nuhaka

 Vasily Dimitrov
 Lev Zograf

 Edric Vosper
 Denison Frisby

 Mathilde Mallard
 Bastien Janvier

 Kurt Todt
 Hermann Wiel

 Mullet
 Barry Ryan

 Noriyuki Sato
 Tamotsu Iwamoto

 Olaf Andersen
 Martin Helstrom

 Carmen Garcia
 Sendelina Felino

## Final

### Mascots

* Bulgaria: Veela
* Ireland: Leprechauns

### The Match

Ludovic Bagman provided the match commentary. Ireland wore green robes with each player's name embroidered in silver on their back. They all flew Firebolt broomsticks.

The Bulgarians played in robes of scarlet.

Irish Chaser, Troy scored the first goal of the match. After another two Irish goals, Ivanova registered Bulgaria's opening score. Then Ireland's Seeker Aidan Lynch was fooled by Viktor Krum's Wronski Feint, but managed to continue play after the aid of some mediwizards. Fifteen minutes later Ireland had stretched their lead to 130-10, when their Chaser Mullet was fouled by the Bulgarian Keeper, Zograf, and was awarded a penalty.

This penalty led to anarchy, with another penalty being awarded to Ireland and referee Hassan Mostafa being distracted by the Veela. Quigley sent a Bludger towards Krum which broke his nose. Lynch then spotted the Snitch, but was beaten in the race for it by Krum. Despite this, Ireland still ran out the victors. The final score was 170-160. The Irish team performed a lap of honour before being presented with the Quidditch World Cup in the stadium's Top Box (Lynch had to be supported by Moran and Connolly).

Bulgaria 160-170 **Ireland**

### The Riot

Hermione Gr nger amatRon Weasleyorld Cup, a riot broke out as Death Eaters began attacDraco Malfoyts of wizards and witches as well as a Muggle family. They levitated,Muggle-born and humiliated Mr and Mrs Roberts. Various Ministry officials such as Arthur Weasley tried to help the Muggles.

In the chaos that erupted, Harry Potter, Hermione Granger, and Ron Weasley ended up wandering in the woods, where they ran into Draco Malfoy. He taunted them over the fact that the Death Eaters would target a Muggle-born like Hermione if they found her.

Also during this time, Bartemius Crouch Junior managed to break out of his father's Imperius Curse, steal Harry's wand, and cast *Morsmordre* in the sky, summoning the Dark Mark. When the Death Eaters spotted the Dark Mark in the sky, they fled, something Lord Voldemort scorned them for upon his return in the following year.