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Anyone who's seen a Harry Potter movie or read one of the books is familiar with Quidditch. Each House at Hogwarts has a team and the teams play against each other for the Hogwarts House Cup. The Goblet of Fire introduces world class players in the Quidditch World Cup.

In Quidditch, two teams of seven players on flying broomsticks assume specific positions to score goals, play defense, and search for the elusive Golden Snitch...

Chasers try to score with the Quaffle, Beaters control the Bludgers, the Keeper protects the goal, and the Seeker chases the Golden Snitch that must be caught to end the match. The game can be quite dangerous, especially during lightening storms or when dementors cause interference...

Quidditch Tryouts and Practice - The Warner Bros. official site has two online Quidditch games for you to enjoy! In the tryouts you can qualify to be a chaser, beater, keeper or seeker. Then go to the practice and try your skill at the different positions...

Harry Potter: Quidditch World Cup demo - The free download of the 2003 release EA demo has only two reviews - one says it's a waste of time to download and one says it's the best game ever. Guess you'll have to judge for yourself. The fully operational game is not free...

All Quidditch all the Time - An amazing collection of links to everything Quidditch on the Web. You'll find sites that are forming teams and setting up tournaments, downloads of demo games, or related online discussions, each with a short informational review...

Harry Potter Quidditch Games - A few games to play online, based on Harry's favorite sport. You'll need to download a plugin to play, but it seems to be safe and worth the effort. There is also a review of the rules linked to the page...