Italian League: clubs, format and cup places
The Italian League is one of the 21 leagues in Quidditch Manager, the free browser Quidditch management game. It has 12 clubs from Italy, led at the start of a new career by Benevento Befane and with Matera Monacielli as the underdog. You can take over any of them and manage the club season after season.
- Clubs
- 12 (Italy)
- Format
- 2 rounds
- Matches per club
- 22 in the regular season
- Calendar
- Weeks 8 to 35
- Mid-season break
- 6 weeks
- League strength
- 15th of 21 (rating 65)
- Youth academy
- Beauxbatons
The 12 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.
Benevento BefaneItaly · Benevento Fields · founded 1921
Gubbio GorgonsItaly · Gubbio Fields · founded 1950
Cefalù CentaursItaly · Cefalù Park · founded 1877
Spello StrigesItaly · Spello Arena · founded 1896
Lerici LamiasItaly · Lerici Pitch · founded 1980
Manarola MerfolkItaly · Manarola Pitch · founded 1950
Pitigliano PegasiItaly · Pitigliano Pitch · founded 1984
Taormina TritonsItaly · Taormina Pitch · founded 1952
Fiesole FaunsItaly · Fiesole Stadium · founded 2013
Ostuni OraclesItaly · Ostuni Stadium · founded 2017
Noto NereidsItaly · Noto Fields · founded 2017
Matera MonacielliItaly · Matera Arena · founded 1996
The oldest club is Cefalù Centaurs, founded in 1877; the youngest is Ostuni Oracles, founded in 2017. All 12 clubs are from Italy.
League format
The Italian League is a single division with 12 clubs: every club meets every other club twice, once at home and once away. That gives every club 22 league matches, played over 22 matchdays in weeks 8 to 35 of the 52-week season. The league takes a break of 6 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 Italian 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 Beauxbatons. Graduates are aged 16 to 18 and take their nationality from the academy league; Beauxbatons is shared with the French 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
Italian League is one of the 11 leagues in Europe.