General Facts About Quidditch

- The game of Quidditch popular wizarding sport played on brooms.

- Quidditch is an international sport, and also is played in schools and in country leagues.

- The game is played on a large, oval field, at the end of which stand three, fifty foot high goal posts.



Quidditch Balls

- Quaffle (1): The quaffle is about the size of a basketball and is scarlet red. It is built with a Gripping Charm to help the players catch it. A special charm that reduces falling speed is also placed on the quaffle. If it was dropped without the charm, it would fall directly to the ground.

- Bludgers (2): The Bludgers are smaller than the Quaffle, but are very heavy and made of iron. They target players, attempting to make them fall off their brooms. Before a Quidditch match, the Bludgers have to be restrained because they would attack anyone in their range.

- The Golden Snitch (1): The Golden Snitch, considered to be the most important ball in Quidditch, gives the team in its possession a whopping 150 points. It is small, around the size of a golf ball, and has two wings. It rapidly circles the pitch and is extremely difficult to spot. The game of Quidditch only ends when the Golden Snitch is caught.



Players

A Quidditch team has seven total players. These players include:

Chasers (3): It is the job of the three Chasers to score the teams points. The Chasers have to gain possession of the Quaffle and throw it through the one of the three goal posts. Each goal scored gives the team in possession 10 points.

Beaters (2): Te two Beaters have the responsibility of protecting their team from the two Bludgers. The Beaters have a club, similar to a baseball bat, which they use to knock the Bludger off course, or into the path of the opponent's team.

Keeper (1): The Keeper was try to defend the team's goal posts. The job is similar to that of a soccer goalie. The Keeper uses no more than his or her hands, and is required to perform difficult swerves and moves on his or her broom in order to keep the goals protected.

Seeker (1): The Seeker's job is perhaps the most crucial job of all. The Seeker is required to catch the Golden Snitch. The Snitch earns the team 150 points and end the game. The team who catches the snitch however, does not always have to win. For example, if a team is down by two undred points, and that same team catches the snitch, the game is over, and they lose.


Quidditch At Hogwarts

Each Hogwarts House has a Quidditch team - Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Slytherin, and Ravenclaw.
-Gryffindor: The players on the Gryffindor Quidditch team are Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet, Katie Bell (three chasers), Fred and George Weasley, succeeded by Jack Sloper and Andrew Kirke (two beaters), Oliver Wood, succeeded by Ron Weasley (keeper), and Harry Potter, succeeded by Ginny Weasley (seeker).

-Slytherin: The Slytherin Quidditch players are Marcus Flint, Montague, and Warrington (three chasers), Bole and Derrick succeeded by Vincent Crabbe and Gregory Goyle (two beaters), Bletchly (keeper), and Terence Higgs succeeded by Draco Malfoy (seeker).

-Ravenclaw: All that is known about the Ravenclaw Quidditch team is that Roger Davies is a chaser, and the seeker is Cho Chang.

-Hufflepuff: Again, not much is known about the Hufflepuff team, only that Summerby is one of the chasers, Cedric Diggory was the seeker before he was killed by Voldemort, so he was succeeded by Zacharias Smith. NOTE: There was no quidditch in the Harry's fourth year of Hogwarts due to the Triwizard Tournament.



International Quidditch

There is little information about the international teams of Quidditch, but we do get to see Ireland vs. Bulgaria in the finals of the Quidditch World Cup when Harry went with the Weasleys prior to his fourth year.

Ireland: The chasers are Troy, Mullet and Moran, the keeper is Ryan, the beaters are Connoly and Quigley, and the seeker is Aiden Lynch.

Bulgaria: Dmitrov, Ivanova, and Leveski are the chasers, Zograf is the keeper, the beaters are Volkav and Vulchanov, and the seeker is Viktor Krum, who later becomes the champion of Durmstrang school in the Triwizard Tournament while at Hogwarts during Harry's fourth year.



Britain League Teams

- Appleby Arrows of Northern England
- Ballycastle Bats of Northern Island
- Caerphilly Catapults (Unknown)
- Chudley Cannons (Unknown)
- Falmouth Falcons (Unknown)
- Holyhead Harpies of Wales
- Kenmare Kestrels of Ireland
- Montrose Magpies (Unknown)
- Pride of Portree of Isle of Skye
- Puddlemere United (Unknown)
- Tutshill Tornados (Unknown)
- Wigtown Wanderers (Unknown)
- Wimbourne Wasps (Unknown)



Broomsticks

- Nimbus Brand:
    - Nimbus 1000
    - Nimbus 1500
    - Nimbus 2000
    - Nimbus 2001

- Cleansweep Brand:
    - Cleansweep One
    - Cleansweep Two
    - Cleansweep Three
    - Cleansweep Four
    - Cleansweep Five
    - Cleansweep Six
    - Cleansweep Seven

- Comet Line:
    - Comet One-Forty
    - Comet One-Eighty
    - Comet Two-Sixty

- Other Brooms:
    - Firebolt
    - Shooting Star
    - Tinderblast
    - Moontrimmer
    - Silver Arrow
    - Twigger 90
    - Oakshaft 79
    - Swiftstick
    - The Bluebottle