European Quadball Cup 2025 Division 1 Gameplay Information

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Participating Teams & National Seeds

Austria

  1. Vienna Vanguards (VVQ)

Belgium

  1. Antwerp QC (ANR)
  2. Ghent Gargoyles (GGQ)
  3. Brussels Qwaffles (BQW)
  4. Liège Leviathans QC (LLQ)

Catalonia

  1. Barcelona Eagles (BCN)
  2. Buckbeak Riders (BKR)

France

  1. Titans Quadball (TTQ)
  2. Paris Frog (PFQ)
  3. Toulouse Minotaures (TMI)
  4. Olympiens Quadball (OLQ)

Germany

  1. Ruhr Phoenix (RPH)
  2. Rheinos Bonn (RBN)
  3. Braunschweiger Broomicorns (BRM)
  4. Münchner Wolpertinger (MWO)
  5. Heidelberger HellHounds (HHH)
  6. Darmstadt Athenas (DAA)
  7. SCC Berlin Bluecaps Sky (BBS)
  8. Münster Marauders (MMA)

Italy

  1. Lunatica Brindisi (LQB)

Norway

  1. Sagene (SIR)

Poland

  1. SkyWeavers Łódź (SWS)

Spain

  1. Sevilla Warriors QT (SWQ)
  2. Dementores Coruña (DCQ)
  3. Malaka Vikings (MVS)
  4. Bizkaia Boggarts QK (BBQ)

Türkiye

  1. Old School (OSQ)

United Kingdom

  1. London QC (LQC)
  2. Werewolves of London Firsts (WOL)
  3. Southsea Quadball (SOU)

General Schedule

EQC 2025 D1 Gameplay Public-Sheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17MSuWhX-hGJv-eTOGO0zzZBvwwwdmfQHNYyOzeYHNJk/.

Schedule Day 1

Schedule Day 2

Group Draw

There will be 6 groups. Each group will have 5 teams.

  • Each group will have one team from Pot 1, one team from Pot 2 on team from Pot 3 and two teams from Pot 4.
  • Pots are based on the rankings of EQC2024 and the current national seeds.
  • No two teams from the same NGB will be in the same group. The exception to this is Germany since they have 8 teams. The unseeded teams can be drawn into the same group as any of the Pot 1 or 2 German teams.
  • The Group Draw will be broadcasted on 8th of March 2025.

Group Stage

The first phase is a regular group round-robin, in which teams play against the other teams in their group. There will be a total of 6 groups/pools (A-F) with 5 teams each, meaning every team plays a total of 4 games in this phase.

Results

Rankings

Teams will be ranked within their own groups based on the following tiebreakers:

  1. Number of the matches won
  2. Head-to-Head
  3. Number of games won ‘out of range’
    • = Games won with a total point difference (including catches) strictly larger than 30. The following examples are considered ‘out of range’
    • A 140* – 100 B
    • A 140 – 100* B
  4. Total point difference (including catches)
    • Capped at 90 per game
  5. Highest total seeker floor point difference
    • Uncapped
    • = Point difference at the end of seeker floor (20 minutes game time)
  6. Least amount of Total Game Time
  7. Coin Toss

Brackets

Play-in Phase

The 6 thirds get ranked 1-6 according to the tiebreakers. The first two go on to the round of 16 and the team ranked 3 plays 6, 4 plays 5 for the last two slots in the round of 16.

Upper Bracket

Road to Championship

The teams that came first and second in the group phase advance to upper bracket. Here they are joined by the 4 thirds that qualified from the play-in phase. They are drawn in such a way that a third is chosen and is pitted against a first. Since there are only 4 thirds, the last 2 firsts to be drawn will play a second and then the 4 seconds play among themselves. Always avoiding replays.

Lower Bracket

Fourths and fifths from the group stage advance to Lower Middle Bracket, a fourth will play a fifth decided by a draw, again avoiding replays from the group phase. Later on, the 2 thirds defeated during the Play-in will join them in the second round. The positioning of the thirds will be decided on the same draw.

Final Ranking