European Quidditch Cup

Originally held in Lesparre-Médoc, France, EQC has since grown into the largest quidditch tournament in Europe. EQC 2014 saw teams from almost more countries than the 2014 Global Games, and EQC 2015 received teams from at least twelve different quidditch-playing nations.{{cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/QEurope/posts/734458759980409|title=EQC pre-registration|work=Quidditch Europe|accessdate=4 December 2014}}

EQC 2015 saw a different form of qualification than its predecessors that introduced a team limit to the tournament as well as qualification guidelines. The Quidditch Europe committee has planned to change the qualification format for EQC 2016 and onward. Currently, the committee for EQC is distributing bids to individual nations based on discussions with NGBs' representatives and team pre-registration. It is for each national governing body of quidditch to determine how individual bids will be partitioned to teams under their jurisdiction.

Going forward starting with the 2018–19 season, the European Quidditch Cup is held in two divisions, Division 1 and Division 2, in order to facilitate both highly competitive gameplay at the top end and the ever-growing player base in Europe overall.{{Cite news|url=https://quidditcheurope.wixsite.com/quidditcheurope/eqc|title=quidditcheurope {{!}} EQC Basics|work=quidditcheurope|access-date=2018-10-22|language=en}}

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic there was no event in 2020.{{Cite web |date=2020-08-07 |title=Public Statement Postponement EQC D2 – European Quidditch Cup 2020 |url=https://eqc2020.org/postponement-statement/ |access-date=2024-07-09 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807121221/https://eqc2020.org/postponement-statement/ |archive-date=2020-08-07 }}

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| label = Harelbeke (Div 1)

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EQC 2018 was held in Pfaffenhofen an der Ilm, Germany.

2017's edition of the tournament was held in the Belgian city of Mechelen after Gallipoli 2016.

EQC 2015 was being hosted by Oxford University's quidditch club and QuidditchUK.{{cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/QEurope/posts/727139714045647|title=EQC III Announced|work=Quidditch Europe|accessdate=4 December 2014}} EQC 2014 was hosted by the then-Belgium Muggle Quidditch (current: Belgian Quidditch Federation) and the Brussels Qwaffles. The first EQC was hosted by the then-French Quidditch Association (current: Fédération du quidditch français).{{cite news|url=https://www.facebook.com/QEurope/posts/744649525627999|title=Tournament Director Selected|work=Quidditch Europe|accessdate=4 December 2014}}

Interested teams or NGBs submit a bid proposal outlining their location, the cost and the benefits attached to their bid to a sub-committee composed of Quidditch Europe members. The sub-committee then chooses the bid and selects from an applicant pool the tournament director.

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• International Quidditch Association
• Muggle quidditch
• British Quidditch Cup

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• [https://www.quidditcheurope.org Quidditch Europe]

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