Netherland team wins Broomtislava tournament

Eight quidditch teams took part in the Bratislava sports event.

Pressburg Phantoms play against Southampton Quidditch in one of the quidditch tournaments. Pressburg Phantoms play against Southampton Quidditch in one of the quidditch tournaments. (Source: Ondra Hujňák)

The Bratislava-based quidditch team, the Pressburg Phantoms, did not manage to improve its statistics during the second edition of the quidditch tournament, Broomtislava.

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The Pressburg Phantoms came sixth in this year’s tournament. Last year, the team ended in fourth place.

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The Western Invaders of the Netherlands won the tournament, in which eight teams from all over Europe partook again.

“We aimed to introduce the Pressburg Phantoms and increase the interest of quidditch to the Slovak public,” said Martin Mornár, one of the organisers, as quoted in the press release.

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