In the Harry Potter books, thirteen teams play in the British and Irish Quidditch League. The League was established in 1674, and the teams compete annually for the League Cup. This article is about the Harry Potter series of novels. ... This is the list of all known teams which have played the fictional sport of Quidditch throughout history. ... Quidditch Through the Ages In the fictional Harry Potter universe developed by J. K. Rowling and portrayed in the internationally bestselling series of novels and in the film series, Quidditch is an extremely rough but very popular semi-contact sport played by wizards and witches on flying broomsticks using four... Fans have created a timeline of the Harry Potter series from three shreds of information provided by author J. K. Rowling. ...

Appleby Arrows

Founded: 1612
Robes: Pale blue, emblazoned with a silver arrow
Location: The North of England, so probably Appleby-in-Westmorland, Cumbria (though might possibly be the village of Appleby, Lincolnshire)
Achievements: Arrows fans will agree that their team's most glorious hour was their 1932 defeat of the team who were then the European champions, the Vratsa Vultures, in a match that lasted sixteen days in conditions of dense fog and rain.
Other information: The club supporters' old practice of shooting arrows into the air from their wands every time their Chasers scored was banned by the Department of Magical Games and Sports in 1894, when one of these weapons pierced the referee, Nugent Potts, through the nose. There is traditionally fierce rivalry between the Arrows and the Wimbourne Wasps.
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Ballycastle Bats

Robes: Black with scarlet bat logo.
Captain: Finbar Qiugley.
Location: Ballycastle, Northern Ireland.
Achievements: Twenty-seven times League champions and the second-most successful team after the Montrose Magpies (see below).
Other information: Have a famous mascot, Barny the Fruitbat, who is also featured in Butterbeer advertisements.
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Caerphilly Catapults

Founded: 1402
Robes: Light green and scarlet vertical stripes
Location: Caerphilly, Wales
Achievements: Eighteen times League champions and winners of the 1956 European Cup.
Notable player: 'Dangerous Dai' Llewellyn, who was eaten by a Chimaera whilst holidaying in Greece. Fans have created a timeline of the Harry Potter series from three shreds of information provided by author J. K. Rowling. ... Liam is a legend and lives in trecenydd Caerphilly (Welsh: Caerffili) is a town in South Wales, located at the bottom of the Rhymney Valley, with a population of approximately 31,000. ... This article is about the country. ... Year 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... World map showing the location of Europe. ... Chimera on a red-figure Apulian plate, ca 350-340 BCE (Musée du Louvre) In Greek mythology, the Chimera (Greek Χίμαιρα (Chímaira); Latin Chimaera) is a monstrous creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, which was made of the parts of multiple animals. ...

Chudley Cannons

Robes: Bright orange with a speeding cannonball and black double 'C' logo.
Motto: Modern day - 'Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best'. Prior to 1972: 'We shall conquer'.
Notable players: Dragomir Gorgovich (chaser)^[1]
Location: Probably Chudleigh, Devon, England.
Achievements: Twenty-one times League champions prior to 1892. Have not won since.
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Falmouth Falcons

Robes: Dark grey and white with a falcon's head emblem on the chest.
Location: Probably Falmouth, Cornwall
Motto: "Let us win, but if we cannot win, let us break a few heads."
Notable players: Best known for producing the two makers of the Comet Trading Company, Randolph Keitch and Basil Horton. Also known for their hard play, particularly shown by their world-famous and frequently suspended beaters Kevin and Karl Broadmoor (1958-69). Falmouth (Cornish: Aberfal) is a seaport on the River Fal on the south coast of Cornwall, England, UK. It is both a town and a civil parish. ...

Holyhead Harpies

Founded: 1203
Captain: Gwenog Jones
Robes: Dark green with a golden talon on the chest.
Location: Holyhead, Wales
Notable players: Gwenog Jones (current Captain) Achievements: The defeat of the Heidelberg Harriers after a seven-day match in 1953 is widely considered to be one of the finest games of Quidditch ever played.
Other information: The only all-female professional Quidditch club.
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Kenmare Kestrels

Founded: 1291
Robes:emerald-green robes with two yellow 'K's back to back on the chest.
Location: Kenmare, County Kerry
Notable players: Darren O' Hare, Kestrel Keeper 1947-60, captained the Irish National Team three times and is credited with the invention of the Chaser Hawkshead Attacking Formation.
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Montrose Magpies

Location: Probably Montrose, Angus
Robes: Black and white, with one magpie on the chest and another on the back.
Notable players: Alasdair Maddock, Chaser, known for his fascination with Muggle sports.
Achievements: Best record in League history: 32 League wins, 2 European championships. Montrose is a minor port and tourist resort in Angus, on the east coast of Scotland. ...

Pride of Portree

Founded:1292
Location: Portree, a town on the Isle of Skye
Robes: Deep purple with a gold star on the chest
Notable Players: Captain and Chaser, Catriona McCormack, and her daughter, Keeper Meghan McCormack. Catriona is also the mother of Weird Sisters lead guitarist, Kirley McCormack Duke.
Achievements: Won two championships in the 1960's Portree (Gaelic Port Rìgh, the Kings port) is the largest town on Skye in the Scottish Inner Hebrides. ... Looking towards Quiraing, Skye. ...

Puddlemere United

Founded: 1163
Robes: Navy-blue robes emblazoned with two crossed golden bulrushes.
Location: Possibly somewhere on the River Piddle in Dorset
Achievements: The team has won the League 22 times and the European Cup twice.
Notable players: Puddlemere United is the team that Oliver Wood signed onto after leaving Hogwarts.
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Tutshill Tornados

Founded: 1520
Robes: Sky-blue with a dark blue double "T" on the chest and back.
Location: Probably Tutshill, Gloucestershire
Achievements: Won the league five times in a row, in the early 20th century, a British and Irish record. Began their winning streak again in 1995 much like Manchester United.
Notable players: Roderick Plumpton, who played Quidditch for England and holds Britain's record for fastest capture of the Snitch (3.5 seconds.)
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Wigtown Wanderers

Founded: 1422
Robes: Blood-red with a silver meat cleaver on the chest.
Location: Wigtown, Dumfries and Galloway
Notable players: The founding team were the seven children of Walter Parkin, a wizard butcher. The four brothers and three sisters were a formidable team that rarely lost a game. According to legend, this is partly because the opposing team was intimidated by the sight of Walter standing on the sidelines with a wand in one hand and a meat cleaver in the other. A descendant of Parkin is often found on the team over the years.
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Wimbourne Wasps

Founded: 1312
Robes: Horizontal yellow and black stripes with a wasp on the chest.
Location: Probably Wimborne, Dorset
Notable players: Ludo Bagman's old team.
Other information: Adopted the wasp as their emblem after a game against their fierce rivals the Appleby Arrows in the mid-seventeenth century, in which one of their beaters batted a wasps' nest towards the opposing seeker, who was so badly stung he had to retire. Their fans are known as Stingers, and they make loud buzzing sounds to distract opposing Chasers taking penalties.
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References

Rowling, J. K. (Kennilworthy Whisp; 2001). Quidditch Through the Ages (in English). London: Bloomsbury/New York City: Scholastic, et al. ISBN 0613329740. Joanne Jo Rowling OBE (born 31 July 1965[1]) is an English fiction writer who writes under the pen name J. K. Rowling. ... This article is about minor characters in the Harry Potter series who are associated in some way with Quidditch, The following have their own articles and are not listed here: Ludo Bagman, Miles Bletchley, Cedric Diggory, Cho Chang, Roger Davies, Marcus Flint, Gwenog Jones, Luna Lovegood, Viktor Krum, Draco Malfoy... Quidditch Through the Ages is both a fictional book described in the Harry Potter series of childrens novels by the British author Joanne Rowling, and a real book by that author. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Bloomsbury Publishing Plc is an independent, London-based publishing house known for literary novels. ... New York, New York and NYC redirect here. ... Scholastic Corporation (NASDAQ: SCHL) is an American book publishing company known for publishing educational materials for schools, teachers, and parents, and selling and distributing them by mail order and via book clubs and book fairs. ...