History of Quidditch

Whilst Quidditch was the first (and so far, only) broomstick-based game to attain worldwide popularity amongst wizarding people, it was certainly not the first broomstick game of all. In truth, Quidditch probably owes a debt to a number of its forerunners in making it what it is today. All of these archaic broom games were popular in localised areas, but none had the universal appeal that Quidditch does. The beauty of Quidditch was that it took the best parts of everything that had gone before, added it's own twists to the mix, and ended up as a game that would remain popular with the masses for centuries.