Sport Quidditch Champion Quidditch Club Boston Dates 16 Apr 2016 – 17 Apr 2016 Administrator US Quidditch | Venue(s) Saluda Shoals Park Runner-up Rochester United Teams 60 Matches played 155 | |
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Tournament format(s) Pool playSingle elimination bracket Host(s) University of South Carolina Location Columbia, South Carolina, United States | ||
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The US Quidditch Cup 9 was the 2016 edition of the US Quidditch Cup, a quidditch club tournament organized by US Quidditch. The tournament was held in Columbia, South Carolina from April 16–17, 2016.
Contents
The Cup featured 59 teams from the United States and one from Canada that qualified through eight regional championships. Quidditch Club Boston won the Cup, defeating Rochester United 140–130* in the finals.
Format
The 60 teams that qualified were divided into 12 pools of 5 teams each. Each team played against all other teams in their pool, and the three best teams of each pool advanced to the bracket phase. For the bracket phase, the 36 teams that advanced were seeded 1 to 36. Seeds 29–36 confronted each other in a play-in round to determine the four teams that would join seeds 1–28 for the round of 32.
Bracket phase
In the semi-finals, Rochester United beat the Ball State Cardinals 150*–110, while Quidditch Club Boston defeated the Lone Star Quidditch Club 90*–80. Q.C. Boston and Rochester United faced off in the finals, resulting in a 140–130* victory for Q.C. Boston.