All-African League: clubs, format and cup places
The All-African League is one of the 21 leagues in Quidditch Manager, the free browser Quidditch management game. It has 13 clubs from Ethiopia, Togo, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Mali, Kenya and Benin, led at the start of a new career by Gimbi Giant-Slayers and with Ouidah Ogres as the underdog. You can take over any of them and manage the club season after season.
- Clubs
- 13 (Ethiopia, Togo, Tanzania, Nigeria, Uganda, Ghana, Mali, Kenya and Benin)
- Format
- 2 rounds
- Matches per club
- 24 in the regular season
- Calendar
- Weeks 8 to 37
- Mid-season break
- 4 weeks
- League strength
- 17th of 21 (rating 57)
- Youth academy
- Uagadou
The 13 clubs
Clubs are listed from the strongest to the weakest at the start of a new career. A club's rating decides its squad quality, budget and gate, and it moves as the seasons pass, so the order changes as clubs win trophies.
Gimbi Giant-SlayersEthiopia · Gimbi Arena · founded 1903
Tchamba CharmersTogo · Tchamba Grounds · founded 1943
Sumbawanga SunraysTanzania · Sumbawanga Grounds · founded 1915
Funtua FwoopersNigeria · Funtua Fields · founded 2017
Patonga ProudsticksUganda · Patonga Stadium · founded 1863
Lalibela LegendsEthiopia · Lalibela Stadium · founded 1957
Kumasi KnarlsGhana · Kumasi Fields · founded 1966
Timbuktu ThestralsMali · Timbuktu Park · founded 2002
Aksum AshwindersEthiopia · Aksum Fields · founded 2008
Zanzibar ZombiesTanzania · Zanzibar Pitch · founded 1859
Djenné DemiguisesMali · Djenné Stadium · founded 1998
Lamu LionsKenya · Lamu Pitch · founded 1964
Ouidah OgresBenin · Ouidah Pitch · founded 1931
The oldest club is Zanzibar Zombies, founded in 1859; the youngest is Funtua Fwoopers, founded in 2017. By country: Ethiopia 3, Mali 2, Tanzania 2, Benin 1, Ghana 1, Kenya 1, Nigeria 1, Togo 1 and Uganda 1.
The All-African League is the only league that feeds the All-African Cup, so the cup takes eight of its 13 clubs and never more than 2 from one country. A third club from the same country is passed over for the next best club of another.
League format
The All-African League is a single division with 13 clubs: every club meets every other club twice, once at home and once away. That gives every club 24 league matches, played over 26 matchdays in weeks 8 to 37 of the 52-week season, with a bye for one club each matchday because the number of clubs is odd. The league takes a break of 4 weeks at the halfway point.
The club with the best record after the last matchday is the league champion.
The table is sorted by wins first, then point difference, then points scored, then Snitches caught. There is no promotion or relegation: every club stays in its league and plays the same competition each season.
Cups and international places
League results decide who goes to the big tournaments. From the All-African League the game sends 8 places in the 8-club All-African Cup and 1 place in the 32-club Champions League.
Berths go to the clubs with the best record in the last three campaigns: first by titles won (every title counts equally, whichever season it was won in), then by combined league wins, then by how recently the club won a title. The Champions League looks at the last five campaigns the same way, and 6 of its 32 places are wildcards for the latest Champions League winner and the latest winners of the European Cup and the continental cups. Read the full rules on the competitions page.
Youth and talent
The league's annual youth intake comes from Uagadou. Graduates are aged 16 to 18 and take their nationality from the academy league. The first intake opens in the second season of a career. The beginner's guide explains how to sign graduates, transfers and contracts.
More leagues
All-African League is one of the 10 leagues in the rest of the world.