Summary

Quidditch is a wizard sport played all over the world, by witches and wizards alike. The idea of the game is to get the most points by the end of the game. The game ends when the Golden Snitch has been caught. The whole game is played while on broomsticks flying through the air. The pitch consists of an area set out by lines, and three hoops at either end. Quidditch is supposedly the most dangerous sport.

The Quidditch Pitch.

Rules

• Though there is no limit imposed on the height to which the player can rise, but you cannot stray from the boundary.


• The Captain of the team may call for time out. This is the only time a players feet can touch the ground.


• The referee may award penalties against a team.


• In the case of an injured player, the team must play on without a substitute.


• The game only ends when the Snitch is caught, or by mutual consent of the two team's captains.


• Wands cannot be used during the match.


• Under no circumstances are any players allowed to seize another player.

Balls

The Quidditch Balls

Quaffle

Quaffle

This ball is a light-weighted red ball, it has three hollowed out areas, designed to make holding the ball easier.

Bludger

This ball is a black leathery ball, with an incantation on it to make it fly around and have a nasty temper. They fly at other people on the quidditch team, and it is the beaters job to protect their team mates from the bludgers.
"Nasty little buggers" - said by Oliver Wood about bludgers in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Bludger

Golden Snitch

Snitch

This is a small nimble golden ball with wings, that can fly around at high speeds.
"Wicked fast, and damn near impossible to see." - said by Oliver Wood about the golden snitch in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. The player who catches the snitch ends the game, and wins his team 150 points, which usually means the team who caught the snitch wins.

Players

On a quidditch team there are 7 players.

Chaser

There are a total of three chasers on a Quidditch team, and their job is to gain possession of the Quaffle and to score a goal by throwing the ball through the hoops at the end of the pitch. This is much more difficult than it sounds, however; there are chasers on the other side of the field with the same objective, who can kick, and bash the chaser in order to get the ball, as well as a keeper they have to out-maneuver in order to score the goal. Being the chaser is also dangerous due to the inclusion of Beaters, attempting to knock the chasers off of their brooms to help their teammates. Each Quaffle scored is worth 10 points towards the final score.

Gryffindor Chasers

• Katie Bell


• Angelina Johnson


• James Potter - Books


• Demelza Robins


• Alicia Spinnet


• Dean Thomas


• Ginny Weasley

Slytherin Chasers

• Marcus Flint


• Montague


• Adrian Pucey


• Vaisey


• Warrington

Hufflepuff Chasers

• Cadwallader


• Zacharius Smith

Ravenclaw Chasers

• Roger Davies

Beater

These players carry bats around for the sole purpose of beating the bludgers attempting to hit, or distract the opposing teams chasers in order to make them drop the ball. There are two beaters per team. The beaters also try and protect the members of their team, from being hit off their brooms by a bludger.

Keeper

The keeper is like the goal keeper, they defend the hoops at the end of the pitch. There is only the one keeper.

Seeker

There is one Seeker on each team, and his or her job is to catch the Golden Snitch to end the game. While catching the Golden Snitch does earn the team who caught it many points, it does not guarantee them the win of the game depending on if they are losing and how badly. However, almost always whoever catches the Snitch wins the game. This is why Seekers are often targeted in games (i.e. with Bludgers) since they play such a crucial role in the game. And, since the game doesn't end until the Snitch is caught, there is no telling how long they will go on for. Sometimes they even last months.

Some known Hogwarts Seekers include: Harry Potter (Gryffindor), Draco Malfoy (Slytherin), Cedric Diggory (Hufflepuff) and Cho Chang (Ravenclaw). Ginny Weasley also played Seeker a few times when Harry wasn't allowed to in the fifth and sixth books.

Viktor Krum is a Seeker as well, for Bulgaria. He catches the Snitch at the Quidditch World Cup, however they still lose the game to Ireland.