IQA World Cup VII
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| 2014 | |
 | |
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Sport | Quidditch |
| Location | North Myrtle Beach |
| Dates | 5–6 April 2014 |
| Administrator | International Quidditch Association |
Tournament format(s) | Pool play Single elimination bracket |
| Venue | North Myrtle Beach Sports Complex |
| Teams | 79 |
| Final positions | |
| Champion | University of Texas at Austin |
| Runner-up | Texas State University |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 203 |
The IQA World Cup VII was the 2014 edition of the IQA World Cup (now the US Quidditch Cup), a quidditch club tournament then organized by the International Quidditch Association. The tournament was held in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina from April 5–6, 2014.[1]
The Cup featured 73 teams from the United States, five from Canada and one from Australia, that qualified through eight regional championships.[2] The final, which saw two Texan teams competing against each other, resulted in a 130*–70 victory for the University of Texas at Austin against Texas State University.[3]
80 teams qualified for the cup and were divided into 16 pools of five team each.[4] However, due to a late withdrawal from the Rutgers Nearly Headless Knights less than a week from the tournament, pool 14 ended up with only four teams and the tournament was finally contested by 79 teams.[2] Each team played against all other teams in their pool, and the three best teams of each pool advanced to the 48-team single-elimination bracket phase. The winner of each pool received a bye in the first round, entering the bracket at the round of 32.[4]
