Balkan League: clubs, format and cup places
The Balkan League is one of the 21 leagues in Quidditch Manager, the free browser Quidditch management game. It has 13 clubs from Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Slovenia and Albania, led at the start of a new career by Vratsa Vultures and with Maribor Manticores as the underdog. You can take over any of them and manage the club season after season.
- Clubs
- 13 (Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Slovenia and Albania)
- Format
- 2 rounds
- Matches per club
- 24 in the regular season
- Calendar
- Weeks 8 to 37
- Mid-season break
- 4 weeks
- League strength
- joint 6th of 21 (rating 72)
- Youth academy
- Durmstrang
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.
Vratsa VulturesBulgaria · Vratsa Pitch · founded 2013
Split SpectersCroatia · Split Stadium · founded 1982
Sozopol SirensBulgaria · Sozopol Park · founded 1950
Meteora MinotaursGreece · Meteora Pitch · founded 1853
Delphi DragonsGreece · Delphi Arena · founded 1931
Korčula KrakensCroatia · Korčula Stadium · founded 1867
Bansko BasilisksBulgaria · Bansko Park · founded 1974
Plitvice PhoenixCroatia · Plitvice Grounds · founded 1892
Piran PhoenixesSlovenia · Piran Park · founded 1966
Ptuj PhantomsSlovenia · Ptuj Park · founded 1909
Sarandë SpritesAlbania · Sarandë Pitch · founded 1873
Voskopoja VanguardsAlbania · Voskopoja Arena · founded 1961
Maribor ManticoresSlovenia · Maribor Pitch · founded 1980
The oldest club is Meteora Minotaurs, founded in 1853; the youngest is Vratsa Vultures, founded in 2013. By country: Bulgaria 3, Croatia 3, Slovenia 3, Albania 2 and Greece 2.
League format
The Balkan 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 Balkan League the game sends 1 place in the 16-club European 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 Durmstrang. Graduates are aged 16 to 18 and take their nationality from the academy league; Durmstrang is shared with the German League, Nordic League and Liechtenstein League, whose clubs compete for the same graduates. 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
Balkan League is one of the 11 leagues in Europe.