The 2017 Confederation Invitational was the 595th annual hosting of the International Confederation of Wizards' most celebrated dueling competition, held from 14th - 16th January 2017. The championship was held in Manchester, England. The 2017 championship marked the expansion of the field of competition from twenty duelist per class to 24. Therefore, a total of 384 duelists were invited to compete; nineteen declined to participate, and their spots were filled by applicants drawn in a lottery.
The 2017 Invitational was notable for the victory of Rhiannon Carrodus, who became just the twelfth teenager to win the competition, and the youngest Champion in more than a century. She completed the tournament with a 10-and-1 record. She also ended eight-time champion Viktor Krum's win-streak, preventing him from surpassing Filius Flitwick's tournament record of eight consecutive titles.
ProgramEdit[]
- 10/16/17 – 12 upper-bracket first-round duels at each of 16 Class Venues (192 duels total)
- 10/17/17 – 6 upper-bracket second-round duels and 6 lower-bracket first-round duels at each venue (192 duels total)
- 10/18/17 – 6 lower-bracket second-round duels at each venue (96 duels total)
- 10/19/17 – 3 upper-bracket third-round duels and 3 lower-bracket third-round duels at each venue (96 duels total)
- 10/20/17 – 1 upper-bracket fourth-round duel, 1 upper-bracket fifth-round duel, 2 lower-bracket fifth-round duels, 1 lower-bracket sixth-round duel, 1 lower-bracket seventh-round duel, and 1 final title duel at each venue (7 duels per venue; 112 duels total)
- 10/22/17 – 8 first-round duels; 4 quarterfinal duels; 2 semifinal duels; 1 Final Championship Duel (15 duels total)
TitlistsEdit[]
- Class I – Drew Benson
- Class II – Archibald Hogg
- Class III – Branimir Eltz
- Class IV – Thorvald Hørring
- Class V – Ingrid Schiffer
- Class VI – Oliver Wood
- Class VII – Renata Fudge
- Class VIII – Gabrielle Delacour
- Class IX – Zorica Đurić
- Class X – Edward Lupin
- Class XI – Alexandra Martens
- Class XII – Ignatious Nkomo
- Class XIII – Ophilia Karait
- Class XIV – Mercedes Ríos
- Class XV – Viktor Krum
- Class XVI – Nurlan Yesimov
ChampionshipEdit[]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final Duel | ||||||||||
| Benson | W | ||||||||||||
| Hogg | L | Benson | W | ||||||||||
| Eltz | W | Eltz | L | ||||||||||
| Hørring | L | Benson | L | ||||||||||
| Carrodus | W | Carrodus | W | ||||||||||
| Wood | L | Carrodus | W | ||||||||||
| Fudge | L | Delacour | L | ||||||||||
| Delacour | W | Carrodus | W | ||||||||||
| Đurić | L | Krum | L | ||||||||||
| Lupin | W | Lupin | W | ||||||||||
| Martens | W | Martens | L | ||||||||||
| Nkomo | L | Lupin | L | ||||||||||
| Karait | W | Krum | W | ||||||||||
| Ríos | L | Karait | L | ||||||||||
| Krum | W | Krum | W | ||||||||||
| Yesimov | L | ||||||||||||