Puddlemere United

Robes: Navy blue, bearing the club emblem of two crossed golden bulrushes

Location: Puddlemere (fictional town in England)

Known Players: Oliver Wood (Reserve Keeper)

Puddlemere United is a traditionally strong side, having won the League 22 times and the European Cup twice. They are also the oldest team in the League, having been formed in 1163. Albus Dumbledore is (was?) a supporter of the team.

Tutshill Tornados

Robes: Sky blue with a dark blue double “T” on the front and the back

Location: Tutshill, in the west of England, next to the border with Wales

Known Players: Roderick Plumpton (Seeker)

The Tornados became a dominant force in British Quidditch in the early 1900s under the captaincy of Plumpton, when they won the League five times in a row. Plumpton himself holds the British record for the fastest capture of the Snitch at 3.5 seconds, which he achieved playing against Caerphilly Catapults in 1921. Many have said this was an accident, however, as the Snitch actually flew up the arm of his robes. Cho Chang supports this team.

Wimbourne Wasps

Robes: Yellow and black horizontal stripes with a wasp on the chest

Location: Wimbourne (fictional town in south of England, possibly based on Wimborne Minster, Dorset)

Known Players: Ludo Bagman (Beater)

Wimbourne Wasps are a good team, having won the League 18 times and reached the semi-finals of the European Cup twice. They have a fierce rivalry with the Appleby Arrows, and their supporters (also known as “Stingers”) have a habit of buzzing loudly to put off the Chasers of the opposing team when they are about to take a penalty.

Scotland

Banchory Bangers

Robes: Unknown

Location: Banchory, in the east of Scotland

Banchory Bangers were well known for their ineptness at Quidditch and for their excellence at throwing post-match parties. The Bangers were compulsorily disbanded by the Department for Magical Games and Sports in 1814 following a game against the Appleby Arrows, when they allowed their Bludgers to escape into a Muggle-populated area and also tried to capture a dragon for use as team mascot.

Montrose Magpies

Robes: Black and white, with one magpie on the chest and another on the back

Location: Montrose, in the east of Scotland

Known Players: Eunice Murray (Seeker), Hamish MacFarlan (captain, position unknown), Fabius Watkins (Captain and Chaser)

This is the most successful team in the history of the British and Irish game, having won the League 32 times and the European Cup twice. They have a large worldwide following and look set to have continued success for many years to come. Their ex-captain Hamish MacFarlan went on to become the Head of the Department of magical Games and Sports in the Ministry of Magic.

Pride of Portree

Robes: Deep purple with a gold star on the chest

Location: Isle of Skye, Scotland

Known Players: Catriona McCormack (Chaser), Meaghan McCormack (Keeper)

Pride of Portree won the League twice in the 1960s under the captaincy of Catriona McCormack, who also played for Scotland 36 times. Details of any trophies won at other times are unknown. The team is commonly known to their fans as “The Prides”.

Wigtown Wanderers

Robes: Blood red with a silver meat cleaver on the chest

Location: Wigtown, in the southwest of Scotland

This team was formed in 1422 by the seven children of local butcher Walter Parkin. The original Wanderers are remembered as a formidable team who won most of their matches, perhaps partly because Walter himself used to attend every game holding his wand in one hand and a meat cleaver in the other. The descendents of the Parkin family can often still be found in the team, but details of modern success are unknown. The noted Quidditch writer Kennilworthy Whisp is a fan of the Wanderers.

Wales:

Caerphilly Catapults

Robes: Vertically striped light green and scarlet

Location: Caerphilly, in the south of Wales

Known Players: Dai Llewellyn (position unknown)

The Catapults have won the League on 18 occasions and also have one European Cup triumph to their name, achieved in 1956. “Dangerous” Dai Llewellyn was their most famous player but tragically was eaten by a Chimaera whilst on holiday in Greece, prompting a national day of mourning across the whole of Wales. Llewellyn was renowned for his reckless style of play, and the “Dangerous Dai Commemorative Medal” is now awarded each season to the player who is considered to have taken the most ludicrous and entertaining risks during a game.

Holyhead Harpies

Robes: Dark green with a golden talon on the chest

Location: Holyhead, in northwest Wales

Known Players: Glynnis Griffiths (Seeker), Gwendolyn Morgan (captain, position unknown), Gwenog Jones (Captain and Beater), Ginny Weasley (Chaser).

This Welsh club is unique in that it allows only female players. Details of League successes are unknown, but they did participate in a famous game against Heidelburg Harriers in 1953, which is generally regarded as one of the greatest games ever played. The Harpies finally won after a titanic seven-day struggle.

Northern Ireland

Ballycastle Bats

Robes: Black with a scarlet bat across the chest

Location: Ballycastle, in the northeast of Northern Ireland

Ballycastle Bats have won the British and Irish League on 27 occasions, making them the second most successful team in the history of the league behind Montrose Magpies. No details of players are known, but they do have a mascot called Barny the Fruitbat, who once appeared in a series of Butterbeer commercials.

Republic of Ireland

Kenmare Kestrels

Robes: Emerald green with two yellow “K”s back to back on the chest.

Location: Kenmare, in the southwest of the Republic of Ireland.

Known Players: Darren O’Hare (Keeper)

This is another team with a large fan base worldwide, although they are considerably less successful than the Magpies. Darren O’Hare nevertheless captained the Irish national team three times and also invented the Hawkshead Attacking Formation (which is a Chaser move, and so creating it is no mean feat for a Keeper). The Kestrels use Leprechauns as mascots, and their fans often play the harp at their matches.

Rest of Europe

Bigonville Bombers (Luxembourg)

Renowned for their attacking play and goal-scoring expertise.

Braga Broomfleet (Portugal)

A relatively new side to the upper echelons of the sport, they have created a revolutionary new Beater marking system.

Gorodok Gargoyles (Lithuania)

Narrowly defeated Toyohashi Tengu in 1994.

Grodzisk Goblins (Poland)

Known Players: Josef Wronski (Seeker).

Wronski is the inventor of the world famous Wronski Feint and is regarded by many as the world’s most innovative Seeker.

Heidelburg Harriers (Germany)

Known players: Rudolf Brand (captain, position unknown)

Regarded by Darren O’Hare as “fiercer than a dragon and twice as clever”, although they did lose to Holyhead Harpies in the classic seven-day match of 1953. Following this match, Brand proposed marriage to the Harpies captain Gwendoline Morgan, who hit him over the head with her Cleansweep Five.

Karasjok Kites (Norway)

Lost the European Cup Final of 1956 to Caerphilly Catapults.

Quiberon Quafflepunchers (France)

Robes: Shocking pink

Known for their flamboyant play as well as their robes.

Vratsa Vultures (Bulgaria)

Perhaps the most successful team in Europe, having won the European Cup on no less than seven occasions. They are noted for their skill in long-range shooting.

Africa

Gimbi Giant Slayers (Ethiopia)

Twice winners of the All-Africa Cup.

Patonga Proudsticks (Uganda)

Held Montrose Magpies to a draw in 1986, an excellent achievement. Six of their team once played for Uganda in a single World Cup match, a record for the number of players from an individual club side to appear simultaneously in the national team.

Sumbawong Sunrays (Tanzania)

Known for their formation looping.

Tchamba Charmers (Togo)

Masters of the reverse pass.

Australasia:

Motohora Macaws (New Zealand)

Robes: Red, yellow, and blue.

The Macaws have a phoenix mascot called Sparky.

Thundelarra Thunderers (Australia)

Fierce rivals of the Woollongong Warriors, the two teams have dominated the Australian league for nearly 100 years.

Woollongong Warriors (Australia)

Rivals of the Thundelarra Thunderers.

The Americas

Fitchburg Finches (USA)

Known Players: Maximus Brankovitch III (Seeker)

Based in Massachusetts. The Finches have won the US League seven times.

Haileyburg Hammers (Canada)

One of the best teams in the world.

Moose Jaw Meteorites (Canada)

Another of the best teams in the world. The team landed in hot water in the 1970s for persistently making victory celebration flights over nearby towns, trailing sparks from their broomsticks. The local authorities threatened to disband the team and the practice was stopped.

Stonewall Stormers (Canada)

Another of the best teams in the world.

Sweetwater All-Stars (USA)

Based in Texas. Beat the Quiberon Quafflepunchers in a 5-day thriller in 1993.

Tarapoto Treeskimmers (Peru)

The most famous Peruvian team, they recently toured Europe to great acclaim.

Rest of the World

Toyohashi Tengu (Japan)

The most successful Japanese team, although they just missed out on beating Gorodok Gargoyles in 1994. They are perhaps hampered by their tradition of ceremonially setting fire to their broomsticks when defeated.

National Teams

Argentina

World Cup quarter-finalists within the last century.

Brazil

Like Argentina, Brazil were also World Cup quarter-finalists within the last century.

Bulgaria

Robes: Scarlet

Known players: Viktor Krum (Seeker), Zograf (Keeper), Volkov (Beater), Vulchanov (Beater), Levski (Chaser), Dimitrov (Chaser), Ivanova (Chaser)

Bulgaria were narrowly defeated 170-160 by Ireland in the 1994 World Cup final.

England

Known Players: Roderick Plumpton (Seeker – not current), Ludo Bagman (Beater – not current).

Crushed 390-10 by Transylvania in the 1994 Quidditch World Cup.

Flanders

An ancient principality that no longer exists, they took part in the first ever World Cup final.

Ireland

Robes: Green

Known Players: Aidan Lynch (Seeker), Barry Ryan (Keeper), Quigley (Beater), Connolly (Beater), Mullet (Chaser), Troy (Chaser), Moran (Chaser). All of these are current players.

Previous known player: Darren O’Hare (Keeper)

Winners of the 1994 World Cup, defeating Bulgaria 170-160 in the final.

Luxembourg

Slaughtered Scotland in the 1994 World Cup.

Peru

Reached the semi-finals of the 1994 World Cup but were then flattened by Ireland. They are tipped to become World Cup winners in the near future.

Poland

Known Players: Ladislaw Zamojski (Chaser)

Played a game against Ireland in 1995, during which Barry Ryan pulled off a particularly memorable save from Zamojski


Russia

Known Players: Petrova Porskoff (Chaser)

No further information known.

Scotland

Known Players: Catriona McCormack (Chaser, not current).

Beaten heavily by Luxembourg in the 1994 World Cup.

Transylvania

Slaughtered England 390-10 in the 1994 World Cup.

Turkey

Played against England shortly before Ludo Bagman's appearance in front of the Council of Magical Law to answer charges of being a Death Eater. Ludo played a blinder despite his forthcoming trial.

Uganda

Beat Wales in the World Cup.

USA

Known Players: Maximus Branovitch III (Seeker)

Maximus is the current captain of the USA team.

Wales

Lost to Uganda in the World Cup.