Quiditch

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 162270

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, career advisor <aceworker at ...> wrote:
>
>  <snip> zgirnius:
 
> Actually I was going to add in an explanation of the Bulgaria/Ireland thing but I already 
felt the post was too long. 
> 
> I'm you read GOF you will see that other World Cup pre-liminary games are mentioned. 
England is beaten by some African country which I can't recall and it is is a shocking upset 
and there prob' were other games. These were prob round robin with a cumalative point 
system as with Hogwarts.
>  
> Most likely these 'pre-liminary world cup games' were played somewhere other then 
then England so that the muggles wouldn't catch on, and only the final championship was 
played in England. The top two teams on points played again in the championship game. 

Geoff:
England lost to Transylvania 390-10. Transylvania ain't an 
African country! Dracula will be turning in his grave more 
than usual...

If the series follows the pattern of the world cup in football, 
cricket or Rugby Union, the various rounds would be played 
in the host country. If the Wizarding world can hide the final 
from the Muggles, they should be able to do the same for the 
earlier rounds.

Possibly, as in World Cup football, the qualifying preliminary 
rounds  would be played in other host countries with the last 
16 or 32 or whatever coming to the finals. (depending on how 
many countries have Quidditch teams).