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Notable Quidditch teams
Hogwarts house Quidditch teams
Each Hogwarts house has its own Quidditch team consisting of seven players that played in an inter-house Quidditch tournament. After playing several matches throughout the year, the team with the most points would be victorious and would lift the Quidditch Cup – which also happened to be Gryffindor captain, Oliver Wood’s greatest dream.
Ireland
The Ireland Quidditch team definitely counts as notable – they are Quidditch World Cup winners! Made up of Connolly, Ryan, Troy, Mullet, Moran, Quigley and Lynch, the team beat Bulgaria in the dramatic 1994 final.
Bulgaria
The Bulgarian Quidditch team were the runners up of the 1994 World Cup with a team that included Dimitrov, Ivanova, Zograf, Levski, Vulchanov, Volkov and Krum. Despite the fact their Seeker, Krum, caught the Snitch they lost the match scoring 160 points in comparison to Ireland’s 170.
England
Did you know that Ludo Bagman was once was a Beater for this Quidditch team? However, he had left long before the England Quidditch team embarrassed themselves during the 1994 Quidditch World Cup. They were knocked out by Transylvania with a score of 390 points to 10 – ouch!
Appleby Arrows
In Cumbria, you can find the Appleby Arrows. This team was founded in 1612 and sport robes that are pale blue and emblazoned with a silver arrow. Speaking of arrows, whenever they scored, fans would use their wands to send a shower of shooting arrows into the air. However, this ended up being banned in 1894 by the Department of Magical Games and Sports after an unfortunate case of an arrow piercing the referee’s nose.
Ballycastle Bats
The crowning glory of the Northern Ireland Quidditch scene, the Ballycastle Bats have won the British and Irish Quidditch League no less than 27 times! This makes them the second-most successful team in the League’s history. Fittingly, their robes are black and feature an owl on the chest. Kidding! Of course they feature a bat. Even their mascot is a fruit bat called Barny – how cute!
Banchory Bangers
This is a Scottish team that no longer exists – they’re actually famous for being forced to disband by the Department of Magical Games and Sports. But before that, they were most known for their poor Quidditch skills and post-match parties. It was the latter that earned them that ban when they let their Bludgers loose after a match and decided to go on the hunt for a Hebridean Black to use as their team mascot. They haven’t played since.
Caerphilly Catapults
This Welsh team was formed in 1402 and have won the Quidditch League 18 times, plus the European Cup final in 1956. They certainly stand out in their distinctive vertically striped robes of light green and scarlet. When their most famous player, ‘Dangerous Dai' Llewellyn, was eaten by a chimera, the whole of wizarding community in Wales had a national day of mourning.
Chudley Cannons
Ron Weasley’s favourite team! The Chudley Canons, with their bright orange robes, used to be a pretty solid team – even winning the League 21 times. Yet their last League win was in 1892, and the following century and a bit has proved rather difficult for them. This is clearly reflected in their motto which was changed from ‘We shall conquer' to 'Let's all just keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best'.
Falmouth Falcons
This Cornish team is known for being tough – their motto is ‘Let us win, but if we cannot win, let us break a few heads.’ Not a team to be messed with then. Their robes are dark-grey and white and feature a falcon-head emblem splayed across the chest.

Holyhead Harpies
One cool fact about the Holyhead Harpies is that they are unique amongst Quidditch teams around the globe as they only have witches on their team. Incidentally, they are also the team that Ginny Weasley played for after leaving Hogwarts. An old Welsh club, they were founded in 1203, and their robes are deep green with a gold talon on the chest.
Kenmare Kestrels
This is an Irish team in the Quidditch League who are most well-known for their leprechaun mascots and their supporters’ ability to play the harp. Their robes are emerald-green and feature two yellow ‘K’s back-to-back on their chest.
Montrose Magpies
Now we come to the most successful team in the British and Irish Quidditch League. The Montrose Magpies have won it no less than 32 times! Globally popular, they have also been won the European League twice. This team is so talented that Seeker, Eunice Murray, created a petition for the Snitch to be faster because it had become far too easy. The team wears robes of black and white with a magpie on both the front and the back.
Pride of Portree
Hailing from the Isle of Skye, Pride of Portree (known as ‘Pride’ to their fans) wear robes of deep purple with a golden star on their chest. Fun fact, Pride’s most famous Chaser, Catriona McCormack (who led the team to two League wins in the 1960s), has a daughter who is the current team’s Keeper and a son who is the lead guitarist of the Weird Sisters.
Puddlemere United
This is the oldest team in the League. Founded in 1163, they have 22 League wins and their uniform consists of navy-blue robes with the club emblem of two crossed golden bulrushes. This team does have a fun connection to Molly Weasley’s favourite singer, Celestina Warbeck. The team anthem (with the super catchy name ‘Beat Back Those Bludgers, Boys, and Chuck That Quaffle Here’) was recorded by the singing sorceress to raise money for St Mungo’s hospital.

Tutshill Tornados
This team has quite the reputation for breaking records. The Tornados have not only won the League five times in a row (when no other British or Irish team has), they also hold the record for fastest capture of a Snitch in just three and a half seconds – impressive! You will see this team playing Quidditch in robes of sky-blue with a double ‘T'’ in dark blue on the chest and back.
Wigtown Wanderers
Did you know that the Wigtown Wanderers were formed by a group of seven siblings? The children of wizarding butcher, Walter Parkin, were a formidable bunch who rarely lost a game. You’ll often find a Parkin descendent on this team and their uniform still honours their origins as a set of blood-red robes with a silver meat cleaver on the chest.
Wimbourne Wasps
The Wasps were the fiercest rivals of the Appleby Arrows and Ludo Bagman’s former team. You can probably guess what colour uniform they wore with a name like ‘Wasps’. That’s right, this team wore robes with black and yellow horizontal stripes. The connection to this insect doesn’t stop there, their fans are referred to as ‘Stingers’ and are known to buzz loudly when an opposing team is taking a penalty to put them off their game.
Commentators
Lee Jordan
This Gryffindor commentator was a fixture for a lot of Harry’s matches. Entertaining and informative, Lee had a natural ability when it came to talking about Quidditch – even if his bias towards the Gryffindor Quidditch team occasionally reared its head.
Luna Lovegood
She may have only commentated on one Quidditch match, but this Ravenclaw’s performance was so memorable, we had to include her in our list. Luna was not your traditional commentator and preferred to focus on interestingly shaped clouds rather than something as mundane as the score.

Discover more of this magical sport – from its origins to the rules (including how to break said rules) in Quidditch Through the Ages.