There are 7 people from each team on the field. A team may have a maximum of 21 people play in one match/tournament.

 

3 Chasers

The chasers focus on the quaffle (a slightly deflated volleyball) and attempt to throw through one of three hoops at each end of the field. This scores 10 points for their team.

 

1 Keeper

The keeper guards the hoops and restarts play. The keeper has immunity in their keeper zone.

 

2 Beaters

The beaters focus on three balls called bludgers (dodgeballs). They throw them at any player on the opposing team, who if hit must drop any ball they have and run back to touch their team's hoops before they can resume play.

1 Seeker

The seeker attempts to catch the snitch. The snitch is a ball in a sock hanging out of the shorts of the snitch runner. There is an 18-minute seeker floor where there is no active seeker on the field, and no snitch on pitch. Once the seeker floor ends, the snitch enters the pitch and is free game to both seekers. When the snitch is caught the successful seeker earns 30 points for their team and ends the game.

 

The Snitch

An independent snitch runner dressed in yellow runs around evading capture for as long as possible. There are few limits of what the snitch is allowed to do to avoid capture, making the seeker's job a challenging, but very entertaining one.