Attending Teams

• Bowling Green State University, (Bowling Green, OH)
• Eastern Michigan University, (Ypsilanti, MI)
• The Charles School, (Columbus, OH)
• Webster University, (Saint Louis ,MO)
• Michigan State University, (East Lansing, MI)
• Virginia Tech, (Blacksburg, VA)
• Miami University, (Oxford, OH)
• Ashland University, (Columbus, OH)
• Denison University, (Granville, OH)
• Ohio State University, (Columbus, OH)—Host
• Ball State University, (Muncie, IN)
• University of Kentucky, (Lexington, KY)
• Carnegie Mellon University, (Pittsburgh, PA)
• Bexley High School, (Bexley, OH)
• Jetpack Ninja Dinosaurs (Space, the Galaxy)

Updated Schedule

Refereeing teams are in parenthesis

8:00 – 9:00- Set-Up and team Check-In

11:30 – 12:30- Lunch Break

3:00 – 4:00 – Afternoon Break (playoff referees determined by referee response forms)

4:00 - Elimination Round, First Round:

• 5th Seed vs. 12th Seed
• 6th Seed vs. 11th Seed

4:30 - Elimination Round, Second Round:

• 7th Seed vs. 10th Seed
• 8th Seed vs. 9th Seed

5:00 - Quarterfinals Round, First Round:

• 1st Seed vs 8th/9th Seed winner
• 2nd Seed vs 7th/10th Seed winner

5:30 - Quarterfinals Round, Second Round:

• 3rd Seed vs 6th/11th Seed winner
• 4th Seed vs 5th/12th Seed winner

6:00 - Semifinals Round:

• 1st/8th/9th Seed winner vs 4th/5th/12th Seed winner (Game 1)
• 2nd/7th/10th Seed winner vs 3rd/6th/11th Seed winner (Game 2)

6:30 - The Finals Round:

• Semifinal Game 1 winner vs Semifinal Game 2 winner

Penalty Shots!

Ohio Cup will be the first ever quidditch tournament to feature penalty shots! Two games in each pool have been selected as testing grounds for a proposed rule change that would allow penalty shots in quidditch. Teams have agreed in advance to testing this rule, and we hope that all games with this rule will be recorded for evidence purposes. The proposed penalty shot rules are below:

-Penalty shots will be taken when a foul is committed by the defensive team in their own keeper zone, or if an offensive player is fouled on an obvious scoring opportunity.

-A penalty shot is signaled by three short whistle blasts

-Any player may take the penalty shot

-A team has ten seconds to select their shot taker and get him/her to midfield once the penalty has been called

-All players, if they are in the attacking half, move to the nearest sideline. All others remain where they are

-When the shot taker reaches the midfield line, the head ref will hand him the quaffle

-The player, after receiving the quaffle, has five seconds to begin moving for his shot

-Once a player starts moving, he has five seconds to take a shot

-The defensive keeper starts on the starting line, and can only move once the offensive player begins moving. There are no restrictions on where the keeper may move.

-If at any point the shooting player’s momentum is stopped, the shot is over

-All regular physical contact rules are in play for the shot

-If the player takes more than five seconds to shoot, the shot is forfeited

-Once the shot leaves the player’s hand, play resumes as normal

-If the snitch is snatched off the pitch during the shot, the shot still takes place because the foul occurred before the snitch snatch.

Games featuring this system:

1.         OSU v Kentucky (10:00)

2.         Bexley v Carnegie Mellon (1:00)

3.         Denison v Webster (11:00)

4.         Ashland v BGSU (12:30)

5.         Miami v TCS (10:30)

6.         Ball State v JND (2:00)

Hunger Games Drill!

Recently, a drill mimicking Susanne Collins’ brainchild, the Hunger Games, has swept the quidditch world. Players throw balls to eliminate each other, and the last player standing wins. The game is started by gathering all balls into the center “cornucopia” and having all players stand equidistant from them. Once all players/equipment is in position, the “head gamemaker” will announce the start of the game, and players may use whatever tactics they choose to win. A caught ball has no effect on the thrower or catcher and a ball is considered live until it hits the ground (quite similar to bludgers). Players may also use any object they choose from the playing field to block thrown balls (a ball, a goal base, brooms, etc.)

The Ohio Cup is joining in this awesomeness by hosting the first ever intercollegiate hunger games drill. Players from all teams will be encouraged to submit their names into the reaping. Any player who wants to may enter. Between pool play and single elimination play, we will draw one male and one female from each team (or as close to that as we can get with regards to who’s interested), and the selected players will be entered into the games. The winner of this game will be given a very cool, rather shiny prize.

Slider photo courtesy OSU Quidditch.