Spanish Quidditch Association
The Spanish Quidditch Association (, AQE) is the National Governing Body (NGB) of Quidditch in Spain, affiliated to the International Quidditch Association. It began in 2013 as a Facebook page and as an internet forum, to coordinate and gather the players and teams that were appearing in Spain until it became an association.
Since its creation, the AQE has tried to expand his networks in all the country, seeing the number of teams increaseover the months and creating the first Spanish national quidditch team to participate in the 2015 European Games in Sarteano, Italy.
Competitive structure
Like most NGBs, the AQE structures its competitions in several small tournaments and a national tournament that gathers all the teams of the country. Each region is in charge of organising a championship whose results are used to seed teams for the Spanish Cup.
The AQE also works with the Catalan Quidditch Association to create tournaments at the peninsular level.
Regional tournaments
Already played
- Torneo do Noroeste (Galicia)
- Andalusian Cup (November 2015)
- Cup of Madrid (November 2015)
Currently playing
- Euskal Liga (Basque Country)
National tournaments
- Spanish Cup (February 2016)
Tournaments including Catalonia
- Cup of Regions
European competition
The AQE is represented in the European committee, so it has the right to participate in the competitions organized by the committee. There are two tournaments organized in European level:
- European Quidditch Cup (Clubs)
- European Games (National teams)
Teams
ACTIVE teams
Andalucia
Club Jerez Quidditch
Malaka Vikings
Sevilla Warriors
Thestrals Granada
Almeria Basilisks
Community of Madrid
Madrid Lynx
Madrid Wolves
Valencian community
Levante Phoenix
Basque Country
Gasteiz Gamusins
Galicia
Dementores (A Coruña)
Dinosaur's Army (Vigo)
Lucus Centauri
Lumos Compostela
Pontevedra Q.C.
Cities with developing teams
Andalucia
Córdoba
Huelva
Galicia
Vilagarcía de Arousa
National team
The AQE has also the responsibility to organise annually the national team to attend the European Games and the IQA World Cup.
See also
- Quidditch in Spain
- Spanish Quidditch Cup