Major League Quidditch

Major League Quidditch
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2018 Major League Quidditch season
Sport Quidditch
Founded 23 March 2015
Commissioner Ethan Sturm
Amanda Dallas
Divisions 4
No. of teams 16
Countries Canada (1 team)
United States (15 teams)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Austin Outlaws
Most titles Boston Night Riders and Austin Outlaws (2)
Sponsor(s) SAVAGEultimate
Petersons Brooms
International cup(s) Benepe Cup
Official website MLQ Official Website

Major League Quidditch (MLQ) is a quidditch league based in the United States and Canada.[1] The league is composed of 16 teams—15 in the U.S. and 1 in Canada. The MLQ season runs from June to August, with each team playing nine games in the regular season. The playoffs includes the top 12 teams competing in the MLQ Championship in late August, culminating in the championship series. The winning team is awarded the Benepe Cup.

History

Major League Quidditch was founded in 2014 by Ethan Sturm, who joined with Amanda Dallas in hopes of developing quidditch further.[2] Sturm and Dallas currently co-commission the league.[3] The first season took place in 2015 with eight teams. MLQ had an extremely successful first season, picking up a partnership with SAVAGEultimate, Petersons Brooms and Destination Toledo, hosting 12 regular-season, three-game series, and the 2015 MLQ Championship in Toledo, Ohio.

In the 2016 season, MLQ doubled the size of the league to 16 teams and geographically expanded it with the creation of the South and West Division.[4] The new teams are located in Austin, Kansas City, League City, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, and San Francisco.[5] Starting in 2018, the Phoenix Sol will relocate to Boise, Idaho as the Boise Grays.

Competition format

Three game series are played between every team in each division throughout June and July. All three games are played in each series, regardless of the outcome of the first two games, though the team that wins at least 2 out of the 3 games wins the series. Teams are ranked as a result of these series' outcomes. The top three teams in each four team division are invited to the Championship in August. These twelve teams are re-sorted into pools and play in a bracketed series format working towards the final three-game series for the Benepe Cup. Starting in 2018, there will be the "Super Series" involving three teams playing at one location over two days. This was added in an attempt to save costs for the players.

Teams

Major League Quidditch teams
Team City Joined
East Division
Boston Night Riders Boston, Massachusetts 2015
New York Titans New York City, New York 2015
Ottawa Black Bears Ottawa, Ontario 2015
Washington Admirals Washington, D.C. 2015
North Division
Cleveland Riff Cleveland, Ohio 2015
Detroit Innovators Detroit, Michigan 2015
Indianapolis Intensity Indianapolis, Indiana 2015
Rochester Whiteout Rochester, New York 2015
South Division
Austin Outlaws Austin, Texas 2016
Kansas City Stampede Kansas City, Missouri 2016
League City Legends League City, Texas 2016
New Orleans Curse New Orleans, Louisiana 2016
West Division
Boise Grays Boise, Idaho 2018
Los Angeles Guardians Los Angeles, California 2016
Salt Lake City Hive Salt Lake City, Utah 2016
San Francisco Argonauts San Francisco, California 2016

Former Teams Phoenix Sol (disbanded after the 2017 season)

League champions

Year Team
2015 Boston Night Riders
2016 Boston Night Riders
2017 Austin Outlaws
2018 Austin Outlaws

See also

References

  1. ↑ Salamy, Elissa (23 March 2015). "Major League Quidditch Inaugural Season Begins June 1". The Eighth Man.
  2. ↑ Sturm, Ethan (March 23, 2015). "MLQ announced". Major League Quidditch. Retrieved December 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Phelan, Kevin (29 April 2015). "Quidditch comes to Tarrytown". lohud.
  4. ↑ Dallas, Amanda. "MLQ to Expand to West and South". Major League Quidditch. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
  5. ↑ Dallas, Amanda (2016-02-16). "MLQ 2016 Coaches Revealed". Major League Quidditch. Retrieved 2016-02-19.
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