Quadball in Australia
Due to the geographic demographics of the country, most major competitive tournaments are held in the eastern states.It is managed by a board of seven directors on a rotating 2-year term system with further volunteer staff, and currently chaired by Luke Derrick.The Drop Bears competed at the inaugural 2012 IQA Cup (then called the Summer Games), the first world-wide quadball competition[11] where they came in third out of five teams.[12] Despite being tipped to win the cup again in 2018,[13] the Australian National Team competed in Italy finishing 5th, defeated by the United States in the early stages of the semifinals.[22] The first official name for the tournament was the Oceania Regional Championships, but was more affectionately known as "QUAFL"[23] which was later given the backronym "Quidditch United Australian Federated League".In 2016 and 2017, the tournament saw a move to the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, hosting a record high of 25 teams in 2017.[25] The structure of the tournament traditionally changes each year depending on the number of registered teams and choices of organisers.[36] † Due to inclement weather and injuries, both teams agreed not to play the Grand Final and share the 2015 state title.