"It's not over notwithstanding. We lost by a hundred points, correct? So if Hufflepuff loses to Ravenclaw and we beat Ravenclaw and Slytherin..."
"Hufflepuff'll take to lose by at least two hundred points."
"But if they trounce Ravenclaw..."
"No way. Ravenclaw is too good. Only if Slytherin loses against Hufflepuff..." (PA9)

Quidditch Teams of Hogwarts

The Quidditch Teams of Hogwarts are pop and important. Each House fields a team, which includes the vii players and frequently one or two reserve players as well. The iv houses of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry compete to win the Quidditch Cup, a corking honour. The team which accumulates the most points over the grade of the schoolhouse year is awarded the Cup.

Hogwarts' House teams

Gryffindor Quidditch Team

Hufflepuff Quidditch Team

Ravenclaw Quidditch Squad

Slytherin Quidditch Team

The teams have a team captain who not only plays only likewise acts as jitney. The helm leads practices, devises strategies, and sees to the induction of new players into the squad.

Quidditch tryouts are typically during the 2nd week of the school yr, although the exact mean solar day and time are up to the captain to decide; students who wish to play for their Houses are asked to talk to Madam Hooch.

The Quidditch season at Hogwarts starts in October, with the offset games early in November.

Madam Hooch is the resident Quidditch skilful. The Bludgers, Quaffles, and Snitch are stored securely in her role between games and she acts as referee for the matches. Team practices are scheduled by private captains (they "book the field" to reserve it for their own squad to exercise). About teams practice well-nigh every day, after school or in the evenings.

The matches themselves are well attended by well-nigh everyone in the school. Until he left school, the commentary was provided by Lee Jordan, a Gryffindor boy who occasionally plant it difficult to remain objective when Gryffindor was playing.

The raised stands can hold hundreds of fans, and it would seem that the matches are sometimes attended by Quidditch fans from the surrounding area likewise. Subsequently Lee left, commentary was provided by Zacharias Smith and Luna Lovegood.

Each year, the various Business firm teams play each other in one case. This results in six games of Quidditch:

  • Gryffindor 5. Slytherin
    The first match of the year, usually held in November (PS, CS, PA, OP), but moved to the end of the season in PA (see below).
  • Hufflepuff five. Ravenclaw
    Held at the terminate of November (PA10).
  • Ravenclaw v. Slytherin
    January (PA12).
  • Gryffindor five. Hufflepuff
    Normally held shortly after St. Valentine'southward 24-hour interval (CS14, OP26).
  • Hufflepuff v. Slytherin
    Early May (OP30).
  • Gryffindor five. Ravenclaw
    The last match of the flavor, held in tardily May, usually before final exams (PS17, OP30)
    In Prisoner of Azkaban, Slytherin requested a change in schedule on the basis of Draco Malfoy's injuries, and then the usual playing order was non followed, with all Gryffindor's other matches moving up one fourth dimension slot and Gryffindor – Slytherin moving to the terminate of the schedule.

quidditch_practice_by_hyenacubOn the normal schedule shown to a higher place, the games are grouped into three pairs, such that for each pair of games, all four teams play, with no team playing two matches back-to-back without a break. The Christmas intermission falls between Hufflepuff's first two matches, and the Easter break falls betwixt Slytherin'southward last two.

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  • 1 Hogwarts' House teams

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Notes

Thoughts on Quidditch at Hogwarts - essay by Patrick Drazen

Each House has fourteen players, second-year and upward (an exception being made in Harry Potter'due south case). Quidditch being such a physical contact sport, players tend to suffer everything from bumps and bruises to broken bones. Hence, there is a necessity for a Reserve squad to step in if a player becomes incapacitated. Otherwise, the team would take to forfeit the match. There is also a need for a healer at Hogwarts, where Madam Poppy Pomfrey runs the Infirmary Wing.

Of class, if the students had their way, there would probably exist Quidditch every other weekend, and a jumbo amount of skiving-off of homework and studying.

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