The 2012

IQA World Cup The IQA World Cup is an international quidditch tournament contested by the national teams of the members of the International Quidditch Association, the sport's global governing organisation. The championship, which was named Summer Games and ...

, known at the time as the Summer Games, was the first edition of this national teams international championship. It was played at

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and

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, United Kingdom. The Cup was scheduled to coincide with the arrival of the

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torch. The United States won the tournament 160*–0 to France in the final. An exhibition match was also played on Monday, July 9 between the United States and the United Kingdom as part of the official Oxford Olympic torch ceremony.

Participating teams

Group stage

Bracket phase

References

External links

Video stream of the tournamentInternational Quidditch Association
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