2016 Major League Quidditch League

2016 MLQ season
LeagueMajor League Quidditch
SportQuidditch
DurationJune 1 – August 21, 2016
Number of games9
Number of teams16
Regular season
Season championsEast: Boston Night Riders
North: Indianapolis Intensity
South: Austin Outlaws
West: Los Angeles Guardians
Season MVPEast: Max Havlin (BOS)
North:
South:
West:
MLQ Championship
ChampionsBoston Night Riders
  Runners-upAustin Outlaws
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The 2016 Major League Quidditch season was the league's second, and was contested by sixteen teams over the course of the 2016 summer. This season doubled the number of teams in the league. The sixteen teams were split into four divisions, with the North Division composed of the Cleveland Riff, Detroit Innovators, Indianapolis Intensity and Rochester Whiteout, the East Division composed of the Boston Night Riders, New York Titans, Ottawa Black Bears and Washington Admirals, the South Division composed of the Austin Outlaws, League City Legends, New Orleans Curse, Kansas City Stampede, and the West Division composed of the Los Angeles Guardians, San Francisco Argonauts, Salt Lake City Hive, and Phoenix Sol.

During the regular season, each team played a set of three matches against every other team in their division, comprising a total of nine matches. Based on the results of those nine matches, the teams were seeded for the MLQ Championship, which the top three teams from each division qualified for. The championship was decided with two rounds of double-elimination matches before a best two-out-of-three semi-finals and then championship series.

The Boston Night Riders won the 2016 MLQ Championship, played at the Hometown Heroes Park in League City, Texas, ending the season with a perfect 15–0 record. They defeated the Austin Outlaws 2–0 in the finals, but the matches were the only two that Boston played in snitch range for the entire season. By winning the title, Boston was awarded the Benepe Cup, named in honor of Alex Benepe, the co-founder of the sport, for the second time in a row.

Regular season

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Teams of the 2016 Major League Quidditch season

Standings

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Team W L QPD/G SWIM
East Division
  Boston Night Riders 9 0 +101.1 0-0
  New York Titans 5 4 +18.9 0–1
  Washington Admirals 3 6 −36.4 3–1
  Ottawa Black Bears 1 8 −68.9 1–2
North Division
  Indianapolis Intensity 6 3 −2.2 5–0
  Cleveland Riff 5 4 −8.8 4–3
  Rochester Whiteout 5 4 +27.7 1–4
  Detroit Innovators 2 7 −15.6 2–5
South Division
  Austin Outlaws 9 0 0.0 0-0
  League City Legends 0 0 0.0 0–0
  New Orleans Curse 0 0 0 0–0
  Kansas City Stampede 0 0 0 0–0
West Division
  Los Angeles Guardians 9 0 0.0 0-0
  San Francisco Argonauts 0 0 0.0 0–0
  Salt Lake City Hive 0 0 0 0–0
  Phoenix Sol 0 0 0 0–0


Matches

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Championship

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Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
           
E1 Boston Night Riders
N4  
E1 Boston Night Riders
N2  
N2 Cleveland Riff 130
E3 Washington Admirals 120*
E1 Boston Night Riders
E2 Austin Outlaws
E2 Austin Outlaws
N3  
E2 Austin Outlaws
N1  
N1 Indianapolis Intensity 130*
E4 Ottawa Black Bears 100