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European Premier Quidditch League 3, is the top professional quidditch league in all of Europe. It was founded in 1990, by the top Masters of Quidditch teacher at Gryffindor University , Alvis Cribs. It consists of sixteen teams from all over europe. The League is composed of two conferences called the Golden Snitch Masters and the Silver Snitch Masters.

Regular Season
Each regular season consists of each team playin seventy games with a single elimination playoff system. An allstar game called the Golden and Silver Masterstars takes place at the end of the season.

Positions
Each team is made up of seven players, consisting of three Chasers, two Beaters, one Keeper and one Seeker.


 * The Chasers - CH - progress up and down the pitch passing the Quaffle by hand amongst themselves while keeping it away from the other team, in an attempt to score goals by throwing it through one of their opponent's three goal hoops.
 * The Keeper - KP - will protect the three goal hoops, in much the same way as a goalkeeper in football (soccer).
 * The Beaters - BT - are armed with wooden clubs that are similar to, but shorter than, baseball bats. They are tasked with protecting their team-mates from the Bludgers by knocking these balls off course or towards opponents.
 * Finally, the Seeker - SK -, usually the lightest member of the team and equipped with the fastest broom, is charged with searching the pitch for, chasing down and eventually capturing, the elusive Golden Snitch. Seekers are the only players permitted to touch the Snitch.


 * Each team includes a captain, who may play any of the four roles. The captain helps the team practice and chooses the team players after the tryouts.
 * Sneekers may play as either a chaser or keeper during the game - before the snitch comes out

Balls

 * Quaffle is spherical in shape (although it is shown with four large dimples in the films, appearing more as a tetrahedron), bright red in color, and approximately 12 inches (30 cm) in diameter, and about the weight of a soccer ball.
 * The two Bludgers are big, hard, iron balls, approximately 10 inches (25 cm) in diameter. Their purpose in the game is to be an obstacle: they fly around attempting to hit players off their brooms indiscriminately.
 * The Golden Snitch, often referred to as simply the Snitch, is a small golden ball the approximate size of a walnut (roughly 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter). The Golden Snitch, often referred to as simply the Snitch, is a small golden ball the approximate size of a walnut (roughly 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter).

Team Roster
Each team consists of fourteen players (two players from each position listed about under positions). Each team consists of four coaches as well ;
 * Master - the head master of the team ; eqv. to a manager of a football(soccer) team
 * Flopper - the head master of positions ; the coach that coaches players at each position during practices ; eqv. to an assistant manager of a football(soccer) team
 * Captain - one of the players that picks the players for each game and determines the team's strategy for quidditch matches ; eqv. to a team captain
 * Healer - the healer of the team ; eqv. to a trainer of a football (soccer) team

Scoring
The Chasers score points by sending the quaffle up and down the pitch trying to score goals by putting the quaffle through one of the three hoops with each score counting as ten points. Catching the snitch which only the sneeker is allowed to catch is worth 150 points, each sneeker gets ten minutes at the end of ninety minute game to catch the snitch , if neither sneeker catches the snitch then no points are awarded.

Fouls

 * Cliffing: No player may fly with the intent to collide - crash into an opponent
 * Steering: No player may lock broom handles with the intent to steer an opponent off course - taking control of an opponent's broomstick
 * Knotting: No  players must not make excessive use of their elbows against opponents - using any part of the elbow
 * Snooping: No more than one Chaser is allowed in the scoring area at any one time - results in offensive flip flopping
 * Twinering: No more than one player allowed on a Chaser's broomstick - results in an offensive flip flopping