Eintracht Bamberg, a team that plays in the Oberliga Bayern Nord (the fifth tier of German football), will no longer be able to play at home this year. Culprit? None other than Harry Potter.
Eintracht Bamberg moved their matches through Quidditch
The German Quidditch (Quadball) Championship, the most popular sport in the Harry Potter universe, was held at the Fuchs Park stadium in Bamberg, and the turf was destroyed in the Dragonriders Bamberg team’s last match.
“It takes a lot of work to make the land available again. Home matches will be postponed to next year, the remaining matches will be played only away from home” – Jan Gernleincoach of the Eintracht Bamberg team, BILD quotes.
The fictional sport has also been adapted to the real world and is very popular in the US, UK and Germany. Unlike the classic brooms used by wizards in JK Rowling’s books, the players of the two teams “ride” on a plastic pipe.
The object of the game is to make the ball (Quaffle) pass through rings suspended at a height of about 2 meters, and the match usually ends when a seeker from one team retrieves the “Golden Snitch”.
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