Quidditch Cup

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The Quidditch Cup is the inter-house Quidditch championship hosted yearly at Hogwarts. Quidditch season at the school starts on the weekend after Hallowe'en. The trophy—the Cup itself—is huge and silver (PA8).

When Harry Potter joins the Gryffindor Quidditch team, the captain, Oliver Wood, tells him that Gryffindor has not won the cup since Charlie Weasley graduated. The team succeeds only in Harry's third year, after a thrilling match against Slytherin.

Editions

• 1991 (Harry's first year): Slytherin presumably wins (PS17).
• 1992: Quidditch is cancelled due to the Petrifications (CS14).
• 1993: Gryffindor almost loses due to the Dementors' interference in the match against Hufflepuff, but the team eventually recovers the advantage in a game against Ravenclaw (PA13); the final is against Slytherin, whom they defeat, 230-20 (PA15).
• 1994: Quidditch is cancelled due to the Triwizard Tournament (GF12).
• 1995: Despite Dolores Umbridge's decision to kick Fred, George and Harry from the team, Gryffindor wins, due to a brilliant performance of Ron Weasley as Keeper (OP30).
• 1996: Harry becomes Captain of the Gryffindor team. Severus Snape gives him detention on the day of the final, but the team still succeeds. During the post-match party, Harry and Ginny Weasley kiss for the first time, and start dating (HBP24).