Grab your broomsticks!

The Round Rock Harry Potter fandom is in for a treat as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the novel this year. Now they have more to celebrate: U.S. Quidditch has announced a tournament next year at the Sports Capital of Texas.

The U.S. Quidditch Cup 11 will be held April 14-15 at the Round Rock Multipurpose Complex. U.S. Quidditch announced event locations and dates for the magical sport’s 2017-18 regional and national championships on Friday.

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"We are honored to host the players, families and fans in Round Rock for the U.S. Quidditch Cup in April 2018," Round Rock Convention and Visitors Bureau Director Nancy Yawn said in a release. "How exciting that the year of the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter, the Sports Capital of Texas gets to announce that the magical, competitive Quidditch national championships will be held here!"

U.S. Quidditch announced finalists for the location of the cup in May, which included Lubbock, Round Rock and Wichita Falls. The finalists were selected based on bids, which were evaluated on location of the bid, the quality of facilities, the amount of financial support and the level of community support, according to the release. Round Rock beat out the others mainly because of the ample room of its facility, it says.

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Though Round Rock has yet to start its own official team, the Austin area is home to two national championship winning teams: Texas Quidditch (2013, 2014 and 2015) and Texas Cavalry (2017). In the 2016-17 season, Texas had more teams registered with USQ than any other single state in the league, according to U.S. Quidditch.

The fictional sport made its first appearance in Round Rock in June when it hosted its first-ever quidditch match at the multipurpose complex.

Quidditch is a real-world adaptation of the game played by Harry Potter and his friends in the book series created by J.K. Rowling. The wizarding sport can be described as a cross between rugby, basketball, and dodge ball, while players "fly" on broomsticks.

Full information about the US Quidditch Cup 11, including ticket availability, will be available in the fall on the USQ website.