Quidditch (real-life sport)

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Quidditch is a team sport that was created in 2003 at Nimbus 2003, a Harry Potter convention in Orlando, Florida, United States, and was inspired by the fictional game of the same name in the Harry Potter books by the author J. K. Rowling. Two teams of seven players each, astride broomsticks (or items such as PVC pipes intended to simulate broomsticks) and opposing each other on a rectangular pitch, compete with the primary objective of passing a ball through the defenders' hoops, while preventing their opponents from passing it through their own hoops. The sport is also referred to as "muggle quidditch" to distinguish it from the fictional game of the books, which involves magical elements such as flying broomsticks and enchanted balls—a muggle in the Harry Potter series being a person without magical abilities. The sport is played around the world. Official leagues have adopted the term "Quadball" to avoid copyright issues and have much more stringent rules. A team usually consists of...

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