Group B match; Canada vs France.
Team rosters;
Canada
Chaser: Piper (#64)
Chaser: Lauren Ridgemount (#30)
Chaser: Tyler Ridgemount (#38)
Beater: Nikki Wong (#13)
Beater: Jonesy Garcia (#69)
Keeper: Carver (#66)
Seeker: Aerrow [C] (#3)
Coach: Chris McLean
France
Chaser: Sam (#33)
Chaser: Clover (#78)
Chaser: Alex (#32)
Beater: Ulrich Stern (#40)
Beater: Yumi Ishiyama (#34)
Keeper: Sissi Delmas (#31)
Seeker: Aelita Stones [C] (#20)
Coach: Jerry Lewis
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Harry: Some way to start this World Cup; a battle of the mascots and a giant slingshot all lead to Finland's key victory over Brazil. Now, for those of you who've followed the World League, you'll be seeing some much more familiar faces. Some of those who made the last Potter Bowl with the Marseille Sphinxes are now back in action playing for France in this World Cu. Their first opponents; Canada!
Ron: Yeah, Harry, we've seen all of those Canadians in the World League, as well. Honestly, though, the only good players they have - I think - are Aerrow, Piper and Carver. You know, from the Ottawa Storm Hawks, the only good Canadian team right now? I think that they'll be Canada's only hope of standing up to France, with their super-spy girls - not to mention some of the Potter Bowl finalists from the Marseille Sphinxes!
Hermione: I'm actually curious to see how Sissi Delmas will fair here. You may recall back to the last Potter Bowl, when Franz Hopper officially announced his retirement. Sissi, of course, will be succeeding him next season with the Sphinxes, and this World Cup match against Canada will be her first official match... hmm, she might not have the fancy-schmancy Muggle weaponry that her teammates have, but I'd still like to see what she can do.
Harry: It should be pretty intriguing indeed, Hermione...
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Ulrich: This should be a sinch. I mean, we played these fools in the World League - the Storm Hawks were half-decent, but the rest are just jokes.
Yumi: Yeah, right. (to Nikki Wong) Hey, ugly! Are you sure you shouldn't be playing for China, ha ha ha!
Nikki: Are you sure you shouldn't be playing for Japan, wiseass?!
Yumi: Touche...
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So as French and Canadian flags wave opposite each other, pumped by the wolf Waheela (the Canadian mascot) and the dragon known as the Tarasque (the French mascot), the Bludgers and Golden Snitch are released, and the crowd noise climaxes right as the Quaffle is tossed up.
Harry: It's France and Canada as we are on once again at Twickenham Stadium!
Naturally, being super-spies, Sam, Clover and Alex all make it to the Quaffle lightning-quick. But it's still not enough for them to prevent Piper from beating them to the punch, and so the Quaffle starts off in Canada's possession.
Clover: Like, how did she do that?
Sam: Dunno, don't care! Let's get her!
Assuming the V-shaped Hawkshead Attacking Formation, Sam, Clover and Alex all charge after Piper like missiles on an enemy fighter... only to be thrown off and scattered in all directions by a Bludger hit at them by Nikki Wong.
Nikki: That'll teach 'em to talk trash about me!
Jonesy: Wait, but wasn't it their Beater who was talking that crap?
Nikki: Whatever, it still serves them all right.
With all of France's Chasers thrown off course, Piper now effectively has a clean shot at the French goal; so, as Sissi Delmas hovers there on her broom, determined as ever to prove herself, Piper makes her approach into the scoring area and rips her shot off...
Harry: And Piper SCORES! Canada has the early advantage... who would've thought?
Alex: C'mon, Sissi, I know you're new at this, but head in the game!
Sissi: Like you'd know, loser - the Paris Veela suck balls!
Alex: Why, that little...!
GAME BREAK
This Game Break takes us over to Emirates Park, where Belgium and Tanzania are facing each other in what is both, for them, their first match in this group stage. The score is already 10-0, Belgium. And they have possession of the Quaffle again, with Greedy Smurf hoarding it away from everyone, including his own teammates. But before he can approach the goal;
Kiara: (roars)
Greedy: AAH! That hurt!
With a quick slash to his face, Kiara dislodges the Quaffle from Greedy Smurf's grasp as he retreats, groaning as he clutches the claw marks running across his cheek. She then throws it all the way over to Pumbaa on the other end; he then miraculously kicks it through the hoop from just outside the scoring area to nab the 15-point shot, netting Tanzania a 15-10 lead over Belgium.
BACK TO TWICKENHAM STADIUM
Irritated over the start of the match, Sissi Delmas punches the Quaffle over to Clover. From below, the Tarasque growls furiously, trying to keep the French fans' enthusiasm up even as they've fallen behind in the early going.
French Fans: (chanting) ALLON, FRANCE! ALLON, FRANCE! ALLON, FRANCE!
As Piper, along with Lauren and Tyler Ridgemount, approach in their own Hawkshead Attacking Formation, Sam and Clover toss the Quaffle back and forth real quick - quicker than the Canadians can work with. As their Chasers all converge on Sam, she throws it right over to Clover, and she blasts away, leaving the Canadians in her dust.
Piper: But... I didn't think they were that good with the Veela!
Suddenly, Clover's pupils are filled with the sight of a Bludger flying right to her face; the product of Nikki Wong and Jonesy Garcia's Dopplebeater Defence. In other words, their last ditch effort to keep Clover away from their goal. Instinctively, Clover pulls up to avoid the attack - but not before launching the Quaffle towards the Canadian hoops... and from right outside the edge of the scoring area, no less;
Harry: UNBELIEVABLE! Clover avoids the Bludger AND she makes the 15-point shot! France takes the lead!
Tarasque: (triumphant roar)
Hermione: Even I have to admit that was an excellent play on Clover's part to pull France out of that hole of theirs.
Ron: I knew that 15-point shot thing would be worth it.
With that, Clover turns a Bludger attack into a game-changing move, scoring one of Cartoon Quidditch's first-ever 15-point shots and pulling into a 15-10 lead over Canada.
Carver then hands the Quaffle over to Tyler Ridgemount. But Yumi Ishiyama is not willing to give them any sort of chance at a comeback, as she hurls one of her trademark Japanese war fans in his direction...
Tyler: AAAAAAAAHHH!
Harry: Oh, and a direct hit from Yumi's war fans! Sam has the Quaffle for France... GOAL! France leads 25-10!
Hermione: Suddenly, France is in the driver's seat. They're making Canada look weak and worthless.
Ron: Well, Hermione, when it comes to anything that isn't hockey, they, uh, pretty much are. And on top of that, Canadians are just... weird.
The Quaffle pops out of Tyler Ridgemount's grasp as he winds up clutching his shoulder, which is now oozing blood from the slash marks originating from Yumi's war fan. Sam is right on the scene as it happens; she snatches up the Quaffle, and before Carver can react, she punches it right in the hoop to increase France's lead over Canada to 25-10.
Once more, Carver throws the Quaffle back into play, this time to Lauren Ridgemount. As she charges forward, Ulrich Stern creeps up on her from behind with his katana pointed in the attack position...
Ron: BLOODY HEAD SHOT! Ulrich really got served!
Harry: Yeah, Jonesy's Bludger really saved Lauren from a real grisly attack there.
Hermione: That is true - I was really scared for a moment.
Jonesy Garcia's Bludger whacks Ulrich right in the face before he can impale Lauren on his katana, which he ends up dropping as a result from the impact. In fact, he ends up almost falling off of his broom, just barely holding on with his nondominant hand and hauling himself back on top of his broomstick with it.
An excited Waheela howls his approval from down below, amping up the Canadian fans as Lauren races down the pitch, eluding Sam, Clover and Alex no problem. Yumi Ishiyama knocks a Bludger over towards her, but it misses horribly, and Lauren stops just short of the boundary of the France scoring area and shoots for the 15-pointer...
Harry: Oh, but it's saved by Sissi Delmas!
Ron: Yeah; dare I say that she might actually be proving her worth in the French national team?
Hermione: Hopefully - France is one of the favorites to win out; that is, assuming they don't have to face the United States in the quarterfinals...
Somehow, Sissi Delmas manages to lunge to the side, get a hand out and catch the Quaffle just before it goes through the hoop. Lauren Ridgemount sulks away angrilly as the French fans applaud Sissi's efforts in keeping Canada behind them.
Eagerly, Sissi punches the Quaffle over to Alex, who just barely avoids Piper as she flies out of her own team's scoring area. The Ridgemount siblings try and charge at her from the front, but naturally, they are unaware of the Bludgers that Ulrich Stern and Yumi Ishiyama have just hit at them from both sides...
Ron: Blimey, those were HUGE hits! Almost knocked 'em off their brooms!
Harry: And there goes Alex, out in the clear...
As Lauren and Tyler get pounded by Ulrich and Yumi's Bludgers, and as Alex flies on ahead totally wide open, the Tarasque laughs hoarsely at Lauren and Tyler's predicament, encouraging the same from the French fans in the stands. That's when a ferocious howl sounds off from the other side of the pitch;
Hermione: Uh, guys? The mascots are at it again!
Harry: Wait, hold that thought; Alex just scored, and France is up 35-10!
Even as Alex scores a goal to pad France's lead to 35-10, the fans on both sides pay attention to what's happening on the French sidelines; Waheela the mountain wolf has the Tarasque backed into a corner, baring his teeth, about ready to pounce. Even so, the Tarasque holds his ground, nostrils flaring with sparks erupting out from them. Then, just as the Waheela is about to pounce...
Ron: Oh, and what a head shot! That wolf of theirs is out cold!
A Bludger from Yumi Ishiyama hits the Canadian mascot right in the temple before he can pounce, knocking him out cold where he stood. The Canadian fans are thrown into an angry frenzy and the French fans applaud hysterically as Yumi flies down to check up on her own team's mascot;
Yumi: He didn't hurt you, did he, boy?
Tarasque: (purring)
Yumi: Whew, good. Don't worry about us, we'll win this match y-
Tarasque: (growling up at the sky)
Yumi: What is it, boy, do you see some- oh, crap! TAKE HIM DOWN, AELITA!
GAME BREAK
This Game Break takes us over to Wembley Stadium, where Italy and the United States are playing in their first respective World Cup matches against each other. The score is 65-60, Italy. Will Vandom is hot on the tail of the Golden Snitch... and hot on her tail is the giant amphithere and American mascot, Fire-In-His-Loins. Holding true to his name, he spits several streams of fire at Will, hoping to torch her, knock her out and clear a path for an American victory. While he doesn't score a hit, he does manage to get Will further and further behind the Snitch. His efforts prove to not be in vain when a streak of blue zips past them both at lightning speed;
Rainbow Dash: Yes! AWESOME!
Crowd: (chanting) U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A!
Ultimately, Rainbow Dash catches the Snitch, and the final score is 210-65, United States.
BACK TO TWICKENHAM STADIUM
Tarasque: (growling tensely)
Harry: The French fans are in a frenzy, and there's why; Aerrow is right on the Snitch, WAY out in the clear!
Ron: France better start praying; if Aelita doesn't pull off a miracle, they'll be royally humiliated by a bunch of hockey kooks!
Hermione: Oi... (facepalm)
French fans close their eyes and look away, and Canadian flags start to wave as Aerrow chases down the Golden Snitch, looking to score the victory for Canada. Just as he gets withing a fingertip of doing so...
Canadian Fans: (gasp)
Waheela: (distressed howling)
Hermione: Was... was he just frozen?
Ron: Yeah, but how? Nobody here has that power!
Harry: Actually, I think Aelita does.
Ron: Really? Blimey, if she'd used that in the Potter Bowl, the Sphinxes would've won it! Wow...
France miracle comes in the form of Aelita Stones's Lyoko freeze powers, which turn Aerrow into a solid block of ice right before he catches the Snitch. Now it is the Canadian fans who are covering their eyes as said block of ice goes collapsing to the ground in a nasty heap. The mournful howls of Waheela, coupled by the elated roars of the Tarasque, ring throughout Twickenham Stadium as Aelita then makes her final move of the match;
Harry: Well, that's game. France wins by a score of 185-10.
Ron: Yep. If the Canadians have learned anything today, it's that they should stick to hockey, just as the Americans should give up on Muggle football.
Hermione: Oh, shut up, Ronald!
Aelita: Yay, we did it! WOO-HOO!
So, that's that. France defeats Canada 185-10, and are one step closer to making it to the quarterfinals of this Cartoon Quidditch World Cup!
Around the Cup;
GROUP A
Italy - 65; United States - 210
GROUP C
Belgium - 30; Tanzania - 195
GROUP D
Japan - 250; New Zealand - 0
Group standings;
GROUP A
England (1-0)
United States (1-0)
China (0-1)
Italy (0-1)
GROUP B
Finland (1-0)
France (1-0)
Brazil (0-1)
Canada (0-1)
GROUP C
Australia (1-0)
Tanzania (1-0)
Belgium (0-1)
Peru (0-1)
GROUP D
DR Congo (1-0)
Japan (1-0)
Mexico (0-1)
New Zealand (0-1)
Next matches;
GROUP A
England vs Italy
GROUP B
Finland vs France
GROUP C
Peru vs Tanzania
GROUP D
DR Congo vs New Zealand
Featured match; Peru vs Tanzania...