The idea for a regional tournament originally came from Southampton Quidditch Club, who devised an independently organised Southern Cup, which was due to take place in February 2014.
Eight teams competed, with Bangor Broken Broomsticks winning the tournament after beating Nottingham in the final.
Similarly, no club officially hosted either tournament, though both locations were situated nearby to established QuadballUK teams.
Qualification for either tournament is based solely on the geographical location of the team, with no regard to experience or skill level.
The exact format however is flexible, due to the varying number of teams competing in each iteration of the cups.
The teams final standing in tournaments affects their seeding for the upcoming British Quidditch Cup.
The final rankings after all fixtures are used to determine seedings and qualification for the British Quidditch Cup and European Qualifier Tournament.
After two days of competitive games, composed of pool play and both upper and Consolation brackets,[7] the final standings were as follows:[8] The third Northern Cup returned to Belmont on 12 November 2016.
The top 5 teams were invited to EQT, the nationwide qualifying tournament for the upcoming European Quidditch Cup.
This final stage consisted of each team playing two more games, effectively a 'semi-final' and then either a 'final' or 'consolation' match within each group of 4 rankings (1-4, 5–8, etc.).
The top 15 teams qualified for the British Quidditch Cup in April 2020, however this tournament was later cancelled due to COVID-19.
[13] The 2nd-to-7th ranked teams were invited to EQT, the nationwide qualifying tournament for the upcoming European Quidditch Cup.
[14] Due to weather conditions the grass pitches at the venue were unable to be used resulting in all matches being played on 3G which affected the planned play-in stage.
The second fixture was scheduled to take place in Edinburgh on 26 February 2022, however it was cancelled due to the venue deeming the pitches unplayable.
By the end of the weekend Oxfords Radcliffe Chimeras claimed gold, Southampton silver and London Unspeakables 3rd.
Seventeen teams competed over the weekend with Oxfords Radcliffe Chimeras eventually claiming Gold.
the upper bracket results are as follows: The third Southern Cup took place on 29–30 October at Millbrook Rugby Club in Southampton.
by the end of the tournament Warwick QC had claimed gold, the full bracket results and final standings where as follows: The fourth Southern Cup took place on 11–12 November at Millbrook Rugby Club in Southampton.
The full bracket results are as follows: The fifth Southern Cup took place on 24–25 November at Knole Academy in Sevenoaks, Kent.
The sixth Southern Cup took place on 9–10 November at the Harcout Hill Campus at Oxford Brookes University.
In addition, the team that won the tournament, Werewolves of London Firsts, was immediately eligible to attend European Quidditch Cup Division 1.
Any teams that finished in the lower brackets were eligible to play at the Development Cup which was held in Salford Sports Village on 7–8 March 2020.
[20] The results of the tournament were as follows:[21] Due to COVID-19, the planned Southern Cup that would have taken place in November 2020 for the 2020/2021 season was cancelled.
[18] The Community League was started in 2021 after the Northern and Southern Cups were made into tournaments only for university quidditch teams.
[26][27] Due to a number of teams being unable to attend, this fixture was decided beforehand to have no effect on the rest of the competitive season.
[28] The full results were as follows:[29] A second fixture took place on 9 October 2021 at King's House Sports Ground in London and was attended by 12 teams.
The full results were as follows:[31] The first Community League fixture of the season took place on 2 July 2022 at the All Hallows RC High School in Manchester with 10 teams competing in a round-robin over 3 divisions.
[32][33] The fixture was originally scheduled to take place at the Salford Sports Village however due to a COVID outbreak at the venue the location was changed the day before the event.
[38] The full results were as follows: The third and final Community League fixture of the season took place on 17 September 2022 at the Farnham Common Sports Club in Slough with 14 teams competing over 3 divisions.