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魁地奇世界杯的历史
History of the Quidditch World Cup
(部分段落和句子的翻译来自哈利波特维基百科)
根据《魁地奇世界杯官方指南》——这本书由国际巫师联合会魁地奇委员会(ICWQC)编写,在各大有信誉的书店皆有售,但很多人觉得39加隆的售价昂贵得离谱——赛事自1473年以来,每四年一次。作为巫师世界最重要的体育比赛,很多人质疑这一描述的准确性。
鉴于16-17世纪时,只有欧洲的球队参加,纯粹主义者提出,魁地奇世界杯的开端应该追溯到它向所有大陆开放的18世纪。对于比赛历史纪录的准确性也有过激烈的争论。大量的赛后分析围绕于是否存在魔法干扰,以及魔法干扰是否或应该致使比赛结果无效而展开。
ICWQC不幸成为了这一带有争议的无政府组织比赛的管理机构。规则手册涉及到了场内场外魔法使用的十九大类规则,包括“任何火龙不得以任何原因进入赛场,包括但不限于作为球队吉祥物、旅行工具或是暖杯器”以及“即使被裁判本人要求,也不得给裁判的任何身体部位变形,违者将处以终身禁赛甚至坐牢的处罚。”
魁地奇世界杯,它是剧烈分歧的来源;它对所有参与者都有安全风险;它经常会成为动乱和抗议的焦点。它是世界上最令人兴奋的体育赛事,同时也是主办国的后勤噩梦。
【保密法】
1692年,旨在隐藏巫师和魔法存在的“国际保密法”开始实施,这是魁地奇世界杯的分水岭。来自全球巫师社会的大量人员流动和聚集使得国际巫师联合会(ICW)将魁地奇世界杯视为最高级别的安全隐患。然而,在经历了大规模的抗议和威胁后,ICW同意了赛事可以继续,并建立了ICWQC这个管理部门来指定合适的场地(通常是遥远的沼地、沙漠或荒芜的岛屿)、安排观众的交通运输(一般会有成百上千人观看决赛)、以及维持比赛本身的治安——大家普遍认为这是巫师世界中最困难且出力不讨好的任务。
【联赛的运作】
各届比赛参赛国家的数目均不相同。对于一个巫师人口数量很小的国家,组建一支符合标准的球队可能很困难,其它因素,例如国际间冲突或是灾难,都可能影响参赛国数目。不过,在上一届比赛决赛结束后的12个月之内,任何国家均可组队报名。
之后,所有报名参赛的队伍将被分为十六个小组。在为期两年的时间里,每支球队都要与小组里其他的球队一一进行比赛,直到十六支优胜队被选出。为防止球员疲劳,小组赛阶段的比赛时长被限制在四个小时以内。这就不可避免地意味着,在有些比赛中,飞贼没能被抓住,比赛的结果将仅凭进球数决定。在小组赛中,获胜的球队积2分。若得分超过150分、100分或50分,则可以额外再分别获得5分、3分和1分。如果两只球队积分相同,则在比赛期间抓取飞贼次数最多、用时最少的球队排名靠前。
最后的十六支队伍按照小组赛阶段的积分排名。积分最高的队伍与积分最低的队伍比赛,积分第二的队伍与积分倒数第二的队伍比赛,以此类推。理论上,最厉害的两支队伍将会一直保持到决赛相遇。
裁判由ICWQC指定。
======那些臭名昭著的比赛=====
没有一届魁地奇世界杯不带着争议,但有些比赛特别突出。最臭名昭著的几场如下所列。
【杀手森林袭击事件】
1809年,在罗马尼亚队和新西班牙队(现在被称为墨西哥)之间进行的决赛有着令人心惊胆寒的高/潮,并因为一个球员糟糕透顶的脾气而被载入史册。尼科·内纳德(Niko Nenad)的队友们曾为他感到担忧,因为尼科在四分之一决赛和半决赛中都出现了暴怒的情况。尼克的队友们试图让球队经理在决赛中使用替补球员,但这个雄心勃勃的老巫师可悲地将这一提议置之不理。比赛过后,内纳德的队友伊凡·波帕(Ivan Popa,因在灾难中的英勇救人表现而获得国际巫师勋章)对一个国际调查官员说道:“在之前的几个星期里,我们曾看到尼科用他的扫帚敲打自己的脑袋,还在失望时放火烧自己的脚。我已经阻止他掐死两个裁判了。不过,如果决赛的局面不利于我们,我完全不知道他会计划做些什么。我是说,谁能猜出那个呢?你得跟他一样精神错乱才行。”尽管有人认为内纳德有一群没道德的球迷作为帮凶,而且后来有证明说他向当地的黑巫师支付了一大笔佣金,但内纳德到底是何时、怎样对西西伯利亚平原边上的整片森林施上恶咒的,人们还是只能猜测了。在比赛进行了两个小时之后,罗马尼亚队比分落后,而且看起来十分疲惫。这时,内纳德故意将一只游走球击出球场,打到外面的森林里。致命的后果瞬间就显现了出来。树木都活了起来,把它们的根从土里拔出,朝着球场行进过来。它们踏平了一切挡路的东西,造成多人受伤、几人死亡。曾经的魁地奇比赛迅速变成人类与树木的战斗,巫师们在鏖战七个小时之后才终于取得胜利。内纳德并未被起诉,因为他早就被一棵暴力的云杉树杀死。
【无人记得的比赛】
ICWQC坚持称自1473年以来,赛事每四年都会举办一次。这代表着一种自豪感,证明了没有任何事情——包括战争、恶劣的天气或是麻瓜干扰——可以阻止巫师们打魁地奇。然而,1877年的比赛成为了一个不解之谜。这届赛事无疑已经安排好了:场地已选(哈萨克斯坦的雷恩沙漠)、宣传材料已经生产、门票已售。然而到了八月,整个巫师社会发现,他们对这场赛事无丝毫记忆。不论是那些持票者还是球员,都不记得任何一场比赛。然而,出于没人了解的原因,英格兰击球手卢卡斯·巴吉沃西(Lucas Bargeworthy)的大半牙齿不翼而飞,加拿大找球手安杰勒斯·皮尔(Angelus Peel)的膝盖转到了后面,而半支阿根廷队都被捆在了加的夫一个酒吧的地下室里。这次赛事究竟发生了什么——或者没发生什么,一直都没有令人满意的理论能够证明。这些理论包括妖精解放阵线使用了大规模遗忘咒(这个组织当时十分活跃,吸引了大量叛逆的无政府主义巫师)或是雾脑型散花痘(散花痘的一个致命的亚种)的大规模爆发造成了严重的混乱和记忆损害。无论如何,人们还是认为应当在1878年重新举办一次世界杯比赛,且自此每四年一次。这令“自1473年起每四年举办一次”产生了一点小小的变动。
【罗伊斯顿·埃德温德和伪装管】
1971年,ICWQC任命了一位新的国际主席,澳大利亚巫师罗伊斯顿·埃德温德(Royston Idlewind)。他之前是一名球员,曾帮助自己的国家在1966年获得了世界杯的冠军。然而,他在控制人群方面强硬的态度使得选择他来当国际主席的决定充满了争议。而埃德温德会有此立场,毫无疑问是因为作为澳大利亚的明星追球手,他曾多次遭受恶咒的袭击。埃德温德认为人群是“魁地奇里我唯一不喜欢的事物”的这一声明使得球迷们都不怎么喜欢他。当他开始通过一系列控制人群的严厉法规,甚至禁止所有除ICWQC官员之外的人将魔杖带进球场后,这种不顺眼就演变成了彻底的敌意。许多球迷说要抵制1974年魁地奇世界杯以示抗议,但空空的看台正是埃德温德的秘密理想,因此他们的策略并没有奏效。世界杯如期开始,尽管出席的观众有所减少,但一种新式乐器,“伪装管”的出现还是活跃了比赛的气氛。这种五颜六色的管子状的东西可以发出支持的欢呼声以及国旗颜色的烟雾。随着赛事的进行,使用伪装管的热潮逐渐升温,观众的数量也开始逐渐增多。在叙利亚队对阵马达加斯加队的决赛上,看台上挤满了观众,人数破了纪录,他们每个人手里都拿着自己的伪装管。当罗伊斯顿·埃德温德出现在为高层官员准备的顶层包厢时,观众里成百上千的男女巫师一齐用伪装管发出很大的嘘声,并马上将它们变回了原先魔杖的样子。由于制定的法规受到了群嘲,受到羞辱的罗伊斯顿·埃德温德当场辞职。即便是输掉了比赛的马达加斯加的球迷,也在这个喧闹的夜晚进行了庆祝。
【黑魔标记再现】
在最近这几个世纪里,最臭名昭著的世界杯决赛,大概就是1994年在英国的达特姆尔高原举办的爱尔兰对阵保加利亚的那场了。在爱尔兰获胜后的庆祝活动上,爆发了史无前例的暴/乱,伏地魔的支持者对巫师们展开袭击,且抓住并折磨当地的麻瓜。十四年以来的第一次,黑魔标记出现在上空,引起了普遍的恐慌及人员受伤。事后,ICWQC谴责了魔法部,认为在明知英国的纯血主义者有暴动趋势的情况下,安全部署实不到位。罗伊斯顿·埃德温德退休后短暂露面,对《预言家日报》发表了如下声明:“现在看起来,魔杖禁令也不那么愚蠢了,不是吗?
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【Pottermore中有关魁地奇世界杯历史的英文原文】
History of the Quidditch World Cup
According to The Official Guide to the Quidditch World Cup – produced by the International Confederation of Wizards Quidditch Committee (ICWQC) and available through all reputable wizarding bookstores for what many feel is the ridiculously overpriced sum of thirty nine Galleons – the tournament has been held every four years since 1473. As with so much else about the wizarding world’s most important sporting competition, many query the accuracy of this statement.
As only European teams competed during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, purists prefer to date the Quidditch World Cup’s inception from the seventeenth century when it became open to all continents. There is also heated debate about the accuracy of some historical accounts of tournaments. A substantial amount of all post-game analysis centres on whether magical interference took place and whether it made, or ought to have made, the final result moot.
The ICWQC has the unlucky job of regulating this contentious and anarchic competition. The rulebook concerning both on- and off-pitch magic is alleged to stretch to nineteen volumes and to include such rules as ‘no dragon is to be introduced into the stadium for any purpose including, but not limited to, team mascot, coach or cup warmer’ and ‘modification of any part of the referee’s body, whether or not he or she has requested such modification, will lead to a lifetime ban from the tournament and possibly imprisonment.’
A source of vehement disagreements, a security risk for all who attend it and a frequent focus for unrest and protest, the Quidditch World Cup is simultaneously the most exhilarating sporting event on earth and a logistical nightmare for the host nation.
Statute of Secrecy
A watershed moment for the Quidditch World Cup was the implementation of the International Statute of Secrecy in 1692, which was intended to conceal the existence of magic and wizards. The International Confederation of Wizards (ICW) saw the Quidditch World Cup as a security risk of the highest magnitude because of the mass movement and congregation of so many members of the international wizarding community. However, following mass protests and threats to the ICW, it was agreed that the tournament could continue and a regulatory body – the ICWQC – was set up to locate suitable venues – usually remote moors, deserts and deserted islands – arrange transportation for spectators (as many as a hundred thousand routinely attend finals) and police the games themselves, a task generally agreed to be among the most thankless and difficult in the wizarding world.
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How the Tournament Works
The number of countries that enter a Quidditch team for each World Cup fluctuates from tournament to tournament. Where the wizarding population of a country is small it can be difficult to raise a team of the required standard, but other factors such as international conflict or disaster may affect the entry numbers. However, any country may enter a team within the twelve months following the last final.
Teams are then divided into sixteen groups within which every team plays all the others over a two-year period until sixteen winning teams remain. During the group phase, game length is capped at four hours to prevent player exhaustion. Inevitably this means that some group games have no Snitch catches, but are decided on goals alone. Any win in the group phase counts for two points. A win by more than 150 points earns an additional five points, by 100 an additional 3 points and 50, 1 point. In the case of a tie on points, the winner is the team who caught the Snitch most often – or most quickly - during its matches.
The final sixteen are ranked according to the points they won during the group phase. The team with most points plays the team with least, the team with the second most points plays the team with the second least and so on. In theory, the two best teams will remain to play each other in the final.
Referees are chosen by the ICWQC.
Infamous Tournaments
No Quidditch World Cup is without its controversies, but some stand out. A few of the most infamous are listed below.
Attack of the Killer Forest
The ghastly climax of the 1809 final between Romania and New Spain (what is now known as Mexico) has gone down in wizarding history as the worst exhibition of temper ever given by an individual player. Niko Nenad’s teammates had become so concerned by his ferocious outbursts during the quarter and semi-finals that they tried to persuade their manager to substitute him for the final, advice that was sadly ignored by the ambitious old wizard. After the game, Nenad’s teammate Ivan Popa (winner of an International Wizarding Order of Merit for his life-saving actions during the catastrophe) told an international inquiry: ‘over the preceding weeks we’d seen Niko beat himself over the head with his broom and set fire to his own feet in frustration. I’d personally stopped him strangling two referees. However, I had no suspicion about what he was planning to do if the final didn’t go our way. I mean, who’d suspect that? You’d have to be as mental as he was.’ Precisely when and how Nenad managed to jinx an entire forest on the edge of the West Siberian Plain is open to speculation, although he is thought to have had accomplices among unprincipled fans and was later proven to have paid local Dark wizards substantial sums. After two hours of play, Romania were behind on points and looking tired. It was then that Nenad deliberately hit a Bludger out of the stadium into the forest beyond the pitch. The effect was instantaneous and murderous. The trees sprang to life, wrenched their roots out of the ground and marched upon the stadium, flattening everything in their path, causing numerous injuries and several fatalities. What had been a Quidditch match turned swiftly into a human versus tree battle, which the wizards won only after seven hours’ hard fighting. Nenad was not prosecuted as he had been killed early on by a particularly violent spruce.
The Tournament that Nobody Remembers
The ICWQC insists that a tournament has been held every four years since 1473. This is a source of pride, proving as it does that nothing – wars, adverse weather conditions or Muggle interference – can stop wizards playing Quidditch. There is, however, a mystery surrounding the tournament of 1877. The competition was undoubtedly planned: a venue chosen (the Ryn Desert in Kazakhstan), publicity materials produced, tickets sold. In August, however, the wizarding world woke up to the fact that they had no memory whatsoever of the tournament taking place. Neither those in possession of tickets nor any of the players could remember a single game. However, for reasons none of them understood, English Beater Lucas Bargeworthy was missing most of his teeth, Canadian Seeker Angelus Peel’s knees were on backwards and half the Argentinian team were found tied up in the basement of a pub in Cardiff. Precisely what had – or had not – taken place during the tournament has never been satisfactorily proven. Theories range from a Mass Memory Charm perpetuated by the Goblin Liberation Front (at that time very active and attracting a number of disaffected anarchist wizards) or the breakout of Cerebrumous Spattergroit, a virulent sub-strain of the more common Spattergroit, which causes severe confusion and memory impairment. In any case, it was deemed appropriate to re-stage the tournament in 1878 and it has been held every four years since, which accounts for the slight anomaly in the ‘every four years since 1473’ sequence.
Royston Idlewind and the Dissimulators
In 1971 the ICWQC appointed a new International Director, Australian wizard Royston Idlewind. An ex-player who had been part of his country’s World Cup-winning team of 1966, he was nevertheless a contentious choice for International Director due to his hard-line views on crowd control – a stance undoubtedly influenced by the many jinxes he had endured as Australia’s star Chaser. Idlewind’s statement that he considered the crowd ‘the only thing I don’t like about Quidditch’ did not endear him to fans. Their feelings turned to outright hostility when he proceeded to bring in a number of draconian regulations, the worst being a total ban on all wands from the stadium except those carried by ICWQC officials. Many fans threatened to boycott the 1974 World Cup in protest but as empty stands were Idlewind’s secret ambition, their strategy never stood a chance. The tournament duly commenced and while crowd turnout was reduced, the appearance of ‘Dissimulators’, an innovative new style of musical instrument, enlivened every match. These multi-coloured tube-like objects emitted loud cries of support and puffs of smoke in national colours. As the tournament progressed, the Dissimulator craze grew, as did the crowds. By the time the Syria-Madagascar final arrived, the stands were packed with a record crowd of wizards, each carrying his or her own Dissimulator. Upon the appearance of Royston Idlewind in the box for dignitaries and high-ranking officials, a hundred thousand Dissimulators emitted loud raspberries and were transformed instantly into the wands they had been disguising all along. Humiliated by the mass flouting of his pet law, Royston Idlewind resigned instantly. Even the supporters of the losers, Madagascar, had something to celebrate during the rest of the long, raucous night.
Reappearance of the Dark Mark
Possibly the most infamous World Cup Final of the last few centuries was the Ireland-Bulgaria match of 1994, which took place on Dartmoor, England. During the post-match celebrations of Ireland’s triumph there was an outbreak of unprecedented violence as supporters of Lord Voldemort attacked fellow wizards and captured and tortured local Muggles. For the first time in fourteen years, the Dark Mark appeared in the sky, which caused widespread alarm and resulted in many injuries among the crowd. The ICWQC censured the Ministry of Magic heavily after the event, judging that security arrangements had been inadequate given the known existence of a violent Pure-blood tendency in the United Kingdom. Royston Idlewind emerged briefly from retirement to give the following statement to the Daily Prophet: ‘a wand ban doesn’t look so stupid now, does it?’
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