Participating Teams & National Seeds

Phase 1 – Group Stage

The first phase is a regular group round-robin, in which teams play against the other teams in their group.

Group Draw

You could have followed the group stage draw live on Sunday April 2nd, 2023.

• There will be 6 groups. Each group will have 4 teams.
• No two teams from the same NGB will be in the same group.
  • If a team is drawn to a group where there is already a team from the same NGB, the team will be assigned to the next applicable group.
• There will be 1 team from Pot 1. 1 team from Pot 2. And 2 teams from Pot 3.
• The pots are based on the previous ranking of EQC2022 Division 1 and Division 2, as well as the national seeds (see above)

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 3
Vienna Vanguards (Austria 1)	Brno Banshees (Czech Republic 1)	Steelkraken (Austria 2)	Rotterdam Ravens (Netherlands 2)
Black Snitches Lille (France 1)	Hinkypunks Bologna Quidditch (Italy 2)	Buckbeak Riders Quidditch Team (Catalonia 1)	SkyWeavers Łódź (Poland 2)
Darmstadt Athenas (Germany 1)	Twentse Thestrals (Netherlands 1)	Prague Pegasus (Czech Republic 2)	Berner Boggarts (Switzerland 2)
Münster Marauders (Germany 2)	Warsaw Mermaids (Poland 1)	Phoenixes Pilsen (Czech Republic 3)	Turicum Thunderbirds (Switzerland 3)
Bombarda Brixia Quidditch Club (Italy 1)	Aemona Argonauts (Slovenia 1)	Harfangs Angers Quidditch (France 2)	Warwick Quidditch Club (UK 1)
Sevilla Warriors QT (Spain 1)	Basel Basilisks (Switzerland 1)	Cologne Cannons (Germany 3)	Manchester Minotaurs (UK 2)

Groups

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D	Group E	Group F
Basel Basilisks	Prague Pegasus	Aemona Argonauts	Bombarda Brixia	Vienna Vanguards	Münster Marauders
Darmstadt Athenas	Sevilla Warriors	Buckbeak Riders	Harfangs Angers	Manchester Minotaurs	Berner Boggarts
Phoenixes Pilsen	Turicum Thunderbirds	Rotterdam Ravens	Warsaw Mermaids	Brno Banshees	Hinkypunks Bologna
Steelkraken	Twentse Thestrals	Lille Black Snitches	Warwick QC	Cologne Cannons	SkyWeavers Łódź

Results

Time	Pitch	Team A				Team B	Game Time
9:00	1	Steelkraken	50*	–	10	Phoenixes Pilsen	00:24:29
	2	Darmstadt Athenas	240*	–	10	Basel Basilisks	00:20:29
	3	Lille Black Snitches	70	–	90*	Rotterdam Ravens	00:24:27
	4	Aemona Argonauts	100	–	110*	Buckbeak Riders QT	00:24:19
	5	Twentse Thestrals	110*	–	100	Prague Pegasus	00:20:25
	6	Sevilla Warriors QT	200	–	30*	Turicum Thunderbirds	00:22:11
10:00	1	Brno Banshees	60	–	130*	Cologne Cannons	00:21:54
	2	Vienna Vanguards	160*	–	10	Manchester Minotaurs	00:24:39
	3	Warsaw Mermaids	120*	–	30	Warwick QC	00:20:09
	4	Bombarda Brixia QC	130*	–	40	Les Harfangs d’Angers	00:20:54
	5	SkyWeavers Łódź	120	–	190*	Hinkypunks Bologna	00:36:17
	6	Münster Marauders	210*	–	190	Berner Boggarts	00:23:21
11:00	1	Twentse Thestrals	150*	–	10	Turicum Thunderbirds	00:21:26
	2	Sevilla Warriors QT	130*	–	30	Prague Pegasus	00:22:18
	3	Darmstadt Athenas	180*	–	0	Phoenixes Pilsen	00:20:41
	4	Basel Basilisks	100	–	120*	Steelkraken	00:26:06
	5	Lille Black Snitches	110*	–	170	Aemona Argonauts	00:27:31
	6	Buckbeak Riders QT	100	–	60*	Rotterdam Ravens	00:26:10
12:00	1	Berner Boggarts	30	–	150*	SkyWeavers Łódź	00:23:16
	2	Münster Marauders	110*	–	50	Hinkypunks Bologna	00:20:22
	3	Brno Banshees	140	–	60*	Manchester Minotaurs	00:22:29
	4	Vienna Vanguards	170*	–	70	Cologne Cannons	00:23:29
	5	Bombarda Brixia QC	140*	–	80	Warsaw Mermaids	00:20:15
	6	Les Harfangs d’Angers	130*	–	60	Warwick QC	00:20:14
13:00	1	Lille Black Snitches	200*	–	210	Buckbeak Riders QT	00:38:59
	2	Aemona Argonauts	160*	–	90	Rotterdam Ravens	00:25:34
	3	Prague Pegasus	160	–	80*	Turicum Thunderbirds	00:26:17
	4	Sevilla Warriors QT	170*	–	20	Twentse Thestrals	00:20:20
	5	Basel Basilisks	160*	–	90	Phoenixes Pilsen	00:30:22
	6	Darmstadt Athenas	180	–	40	Steelkraken	00:25:27
14:00	1	Warsaw Mermaids	140	–	120*	Les Harfangs d’Angers	00:32:49
	2	Bombarda Brixia QC	110	–	150*	Warwick QC	00:25:19
	3	Hinkypunks Bologna	180*	–	40	Berner Boggarts	00:27:11
	4	Münster Marauders	120*	–	20	SkyWeavers Łódź	00:20:11
	5	Vienna Vanguards	150*	–	70	Brno Banshees	00:22:26
	6	Manchester Minotaurs	70	–	170*	Cologne Cannons	00:35:31

Ranking

The following criteria will be used to determine a team’s ranking in the group stage:

1. Number of matches won (W)
2. Head-to-head
3. Number of games won out of range. (WoS)
4. Total Point Difference, capped at 90 (including flag catches) (cPD)
5. Total seeker floor difference, uncapped (SFD)
   • = point difference at the end of the seeker floor (20 minutes game time)
6. Coin Toss

Phase 2 – Flight Stage

Phase 2 determines the placement of the teams in the bracket.

Each team is going into flights based on their ranking within their group in Phase 1.

Top Flight	Upper Middle Flight	Lower Middle Flight	Bottom Flight
Darmstadt Athenas (A1)	Aemona Argonauts (A2)	Prague Pegasus (A3)	Warwick QC (A4)
Sevilla Warriors QT (B1)	Hinkypunks Bologna (B2)	Les Harfangs d’Angers (B3)	Lille Black Snitches (B4)
Vienna Vanguards (C1)	Cologne Cannons (C2)	Basel Basilisks (C3)	Phoenixes Pilsen (C4)
Münster Marauders (D1)	Warsaw Mermaids (D2)	Brno Banshees (D3)	Berner Boggarts (D4)
Buckbeak Riders QT (E1)	Twentse Thestrals (E2)	SkyWeavers Łódź (E3)	Turicum Thunderbirds (E4)
Bombarda Brixia QC (F1)	Steelkraken (F2)	Rotterdam Ravens (F3)	Manchester Minotaurs (F4)

Ranking Before

Each team plays 2 rounds, based on ranking within their flight. The games play out as follows:

Results

Day 1

Time	Pitch	Flight	Team A				Team B	Game Time
15:30	1	T	Darmstadt Athenas	60	–	90*	Sevilla Warriors QT	00:20:13
	2	T	Vienna Vanguards	60	–	100*	Münster Marauders	00:21:56
	3	T	Buckbeak Riders QT	60*	–	100	Bombarda Brixia QC	00:21:03
	4	UM	Aemona Argonauts	110	–	60	Hinkypunks Bologna	00:20:46
	5	UM	Cologne Cannons	130	–	120*	Warsaw Mermaids	00:25:32
	6	UM	Twentse Thestrals	120*	–	60	Steelkraken	00:24:52
16:30	1	LM	Prague Pegasus	120	–	130*	Les Harfangs d’Angers	00:23:07
	2	LM	Basel Basilisks	60	–	190*	Brno Banshees	00:25:04
	3	LM	SkyWeavers Łódź	110	–	130*	Rotterdam Ravens	00:29:56
	4	B	Warwick QC	80	–	130*	Lille Black Snitches	00:21:21
	5	B	Phoenixes Pilsen	20	–	140*	Berner Boggarts	00:20:22
	6	B	Turicum Thunderbirds	130*	–	100	Manchester Minotaurs	00:24:32

Day 2

Time	Pitch	Flight	Team A				Team B	Game Time
8:30	1	LM	Basel Basilisks	50	–	200*	SkyWeavers Łódź	00:35:30
	2	LM	Rotterdam Ravens	50	–	100*	Prague Pegasus	00:20:33
	3	LM	Les Harfangs d’Angers	110	–	120*	Brno Banshees	00:20:24
	4	UM	Warsaw Mermaids	170*	–	20	Steelkraken	00:20:15
	5	UM	Twentse Thestrals	100*	–	70	Hinkypunks Bologna	00:20:47
	6	UM	Aemona Argonauts	150*	–	160	Cologne Cannons	00:30:24
9:30	1	B	Phoenixes Pilsen	100*	–	90	Manchester Minotaurs	00:26:56
	2	B	Lille Black Snitches	90*	–	60	Berner Boggarts	00:20:57
	3	B	Turicum Thunderbirds	60*	–	150	Warwick QC	00:32:48
	4	T	Sevilla Warriors QT	100	–	50*	Münster Marauders	00:22:29
	5	T	Bombarda Brixia QC	80	–	140*	Darmstadt Athenas	00:23:47
	6	T	Vienna Vanguards	100*	–	40	Buckbeak Riders QT	00:22:55

Rankings After

The following criteria will be used to determine a team’s ranking in the flight phase:

1. Number of matches won
2. Strength of Schedule
   • Game i > game k, for i < k within each round
   • i.e. Game 1 > Game 2 > Game 3; Game 4 > Game 5 > Game 6
3. Number of games won out of snitch range.
4. Total Point Difference, capped at 90 (including snitch catches)
5. Total seeker floor difference, uncapped
   • = point difference at the end of the seeker floor (20 minutes game time)
6. Coin Toss

Phase 3 – Bracket Stage

There will be 3 separate brackets of 8 teams each:

• Upper Bracket
  • All 6 teams of the Top Flight will automatically proceed into the Upper Bracket
  • The top 2 teams of the Upper Middle Flight will proceed into the Upper Bracket
• Middle Bracket
  • The bottom 4 teams of Upper Middle Flight will proceed into the Middle Bracket
  • The top 4 teams of the Lower Middle Flight will proceed into the Middle Bracket
• Lower Bracket
  • The bottom 2 teams of the Lower Middle Flight will proceed into the Lower Bracket
  • All 6 teams from the Bottom Flight will proceed into the Lower Bracket

Upper Bracket – Road to Championship

				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Medal Matches
				Sevilla Warriors QT	160*
				Twentse Thestrals	10
								Sevilla Warriors QT	100*
								Vienna Vanguards	60
				Bombarda Brixia QC	100
				Vienna Vanguards	150*
												Sevilla Warriors QT	160*
												Münster Marauders	90
												Vienna Vanguards	110*
				Darmstadt Athenas	160*							Darmstadt Athenas	40
				Buckbeak Riders QT	70
								Darmstadt Athenas	90
								Münster Marauders	120*
				Münster Marauders	130*
				Cologne Cannons	50

Upper Bracket – 5-8th Place Play-Off

								Twentse Thestrals	60
								Bombarda Brixia QC	150*
												Bombarda Brixia QC	170*
												Cologne Cannons	80
												Twentse Thestrals	90*
												Buckbeak Riders QT	120
								Buckbeak Riders QT	50
								Cologne Cannons	70*

Middle Bracket

				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				9-12th
				Aemona Argonauts	130*
				Rotterdam Ravens	70
								Aemona Argonauts	140
								Brno Banshees	70*
				Steelkraken	40
				Brno Banshees	210*
												Aemona Argonauts	60
												Hinkypunks Bologna	150*
												Brno Banshees	FF
				Hinkypunks Bologna	150*							Prague Pegasus	FF
				Les Harfangs d’Angers	30
								Hinkypunks Bologna	100
								Prague Pegasus	50*
				Warsaw Mermaids	80
				Prague Pegasus	110*

Middle Bracket – 13-16th Place Play-Off

								Rotterdam Ravens	140
								Steelkraken	50*
												Rotterdam Ravens	120
												Warsaw Mermaids	170*
												Steelkraken	20
												Les Harfangs d’Angers	170*
								Les Harfangs d’Angers	70
								Warsaw Mermaids	120*

Lower Bracket

				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				17-20th
				SkyWeavers Łódź	80
				Manchester Minotaurs	10 (C)
								SkyWeavers Łódź	170
								Warwick QC	110*
				Berner Boggarts	100*
				Warwick QC	130
												SkyWeavers Łódź	90*
												Lille Black Snitches	60
												Warwick QC	120
				Lille Black Snitches	180							Phoenixes Pilsen	10
				Turicum Thunderbirds	90*
								Lille Black Snitches	170
								Phoenixes Pilsen	40*
				Basel Basilisks	80
				Phoenixes Pilsen	100*

Lower Bracket – 21-24th Place Play-Off

								Manchester Minotaurs	70
								Berner Boggarts	200*
												Berner Boggarts	90*
												Turicum Thunderbirds	FF
												Manchester Minotaurs	90*
												Basel Basilisks	FF
								Turicum Thunderbirds	90*
								Basel Basilisks	FF

Final Ranking

1.  🥇 Sevilla Warriors QT
2.  🥈 Münster Marauders
3.  🥉 Vienna Vanguards
4. Darmstadt Athenas
5. Bombarda Brixia QC
6. Cologne Cannons
7. Buckbeak Riders QT
8. Twentse Thestrals
9. Hinkypunks Bologna
10. Aemona Argonauts
11. =
12. Brno Banshees
    Prague Pegasus
13. Warsaw Mermaids
14. Rotterdam Ravens
15. Les Harfans d’Angers
16. Steelkraken
17. SkyWeavers Łódź
18. Lille Black Snitches
19. Warwick QC
20. Phoenixes Pilsen
21. Berner Boggarts
22. Turicum Thunderbirds
23. Manchester Minotaurs
24. Basel Basilisks