Recap
Los Angeles Gambits win US Quidditch West Regional Championship
The Los Angeles Gambits took home the crown as the US Quidditch West Regional Champions today, and qualified for USQ World Cup along with 10 other West region teams.
After two long days of warm, sunny games in front of a large local spectator crowd, the Los Angeles Gambits emerged victorious after a close game against their crosstown rival, the Lost Boys Quidditch Club, 160*-100.
Twenty-two teams participated in the regional championship, and the final standings are listed below. Teams in bold are USQ World Cup 8 qualifiers and will be among the 80 teams nationally that have received a spot at Rock Hill, South Carolina this April 11-12:
- Los Angeles Gambits
- Lost Boys Quidditch Club
- Crimson Elite
- Arizona State University
- Silicon Valley Skrewts
- Arizona Quidditch Club
- The Long Beach Funky Quaffles
- Santa Barbara Blacktips
- University of California Los Angeles
- NAU Narwhals
- Wizards of Westwood
- Riverside Quidditch
- University of Arizona
- Utah State Quidditch Club
- University of Southern California
- California Dobbys
- Cal Quidditch
- Mission Blues Quidditch
- Stanford Quidditch
- San Jose State University Spartans
- Silicon Valley Skyfighters
- Anteater Quidditch
US Quidditch wishes to congratulate the Los Angeles Gambits and all qualifying and competing teams who raised funds, traveled to the event, and played tough and exciting games all weekend. USQ is especially grateful to its staff, volunteers, referees, and snitches who helped plan, put on, and generally make the event possible.
Check out the Eighth Man and the Quidditch Post for more stories and recaps of the West Regional Championship and other recent events and developments in the quidditch world.
