Frog Takedown Titans in All-Paris France Cup Final

By Dario Donnarumma

The small town of Viroflay, France, near the famous Palace of Versailles, hosted the first France Cup December 6-7. Over these two days, 10 French teams contested 30 games in the stadium “des Bertisettes,” where two regular quidditch fields were traced on the artificial turf of the 11-a-side football field in freezing cold weather. The two favorites from Paris, the Titans and the Frog, faced off in the championship. These two teams dominated in each group, both showing impenetrable defenses balanced with strong attacks in their individual matches. The final match was fast-paced despite frequent stops to ensure a fair and loyal game. The first point was scored by the Titans, which was suddenly balanced by the Frog; the match continued this way after a seeker floor of 5 minutes. The two teams were neck-and-neck until the Frog’s seeker captured the snitch in one clean move, despite the Titans superior snitch-game.


Crookshanks Lyon took the bronze medal with a 50*-10 victory over Nantes in a match full of action. Both teams did their best, but the Crookshanks gave their all from the beginning with a strong defense that left no space for any offensive action. The Rouen Skrewts took fifth over the Lille Black Snitches, while Toulouse Quidditch took down les Nains de Nîmes for seventh place. This team deserves a mention, I think, because it showed uncommon strength for a newborn team in its first official event—let's keep an eye on them. A Fair-Play prize was donated by the Virofly major and assigned to the Toulouse team, now busy organizing an international tournament in its hometown, La Violette, 24-25 of January. Save the date!

The official final ranking released by the FQF (Fédération du Quidditch Français) follows:

1- Paris Frog Quidditch

2- Titans Paris Quidditch

3- Crookshanks Lyon Quidditch

4- Nantes Quidditch

5- Rouen Skrewts

6- Lille Muggle Quidditch - Black Snitches

7- Toulouse Quidditch (Fair-Play prize)

8- Nains de Nîmes

9- Les Maraudeurs de Rennes

10- Sonic Brooms d'Essonne

We will see the first four teams at the European Championship, as was recently announced. More detailed score and reflections accompanied by videos of the event will be released by the FQF during the holidays.

Here are the detailed results from the weekend (some info missing):

	Group A			Group B
Match	Team	Score	Snitch Catch	Team	Score	Snitch Catch
1	Nantes	70		Rouen	170	*
	Toulouse	160	*	Rennes	100
2	Titans	210	*	Lille	30
	Nîmes	0		Frog	190	*
3	Nantes	140		Rouen	50	*
	Essone	50	*	Lyon	90
4	Nîmes	60		Rennes	100
	Toulouse	170	*	Lille	240	*
5	Nantes	20		Rouen	50	*
	Titans	150	*	Frog	170
6	Nîmes	190	*	Lille	140	*
	Essone	40		Lyon	70
7	Toulouse	0		Rennes	30	*
	Titans	160	*	Frog	270
8	Titans	150	*	Frog	130
	Essone	0 (Forfeit)		Lyon	60	*
9	Nantes	140		Rouen	100	*
	Nîmes	70	*	Lille	80
10	Toulouse	150	*	Rennes	20
	Essone	0 (Forfeit)		Lyon	80	*

	Group A Rankings
Team Name	Wins	Snitch Catch	Points Scored	Points Allowed	Point Differential
Titans Paris	4	4	670	20	650
Toulouse	3	3	480	290	190
Nantes	2	0	370	430	-60
Les Nains de Nîmes	1	2	320	560	-240
Sonic Brooms d'Essonne	0	1	90	630	-540

	Group B Rankings
Team Name	Winned Matches	Snitch Catch	Points Scored	Points Allowed	Point Differential
Paris Frog	4	1	760	170	590
Lille Black Snitches	2	2	490	460	30
Rouen Skrewts	2	4	370	320	50
Crookshanks Lyon	2	2	290	340	-50
Les Maraudeurs de Rennes	0	1	250	750	-500

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

Match

Team

Score

SC

Match

Team

Score

SC

Team

Score

SC

1

Titans

250

*

Rouen

20

5

Titans

220

Nantes

60

*

2

Lille

30

Nantes

100

*

Titans

50

Frog

70

*

3

Tolose

60

*

Lyon

120

6

Lyon

50

Frog

130

*

4

Nimes | 0

Frog | 180

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