Australia, meet your new sporting champions: the mighty Dropbears.

They have taken out the Quidditch World Cup — a sport inspired by the game played by fictional teenage wizard Harry Potter — after defeating the "best team in the world" in a gripping match in Germany.

"WE DID IT! The Dropbears get gold at the 2016 IQA Quidditch World Cup taking out America 150*-130 in the United States first ever loss," Quidditch Australia said in a Facebook post.

"Over the last year, coach Gen Gibson has worked this team from the ground up with the express purpose of taking on the best team in the world.

"Today we showed the world our strength and determination, but more importantly our love for this sport and community."

The Dropbears' victory was even sweeter as they were previously defeated by the US in the 2014 final.

On the road to glory, they notched up decisive victories against Germany (150*-20), France (110*-60) and Canada (90*-40).

The real-life sport of quidditch has been running for more than a decade.

The rules have been adapted from those invented by author JK Rowling to better suit "muggles" — people with no magical abilities.

Instead of flying, players run around with a broomstick between their legs, sprinting, tackling, throwing and chasing that all important golden snitch.

Oscar Cozens and Australian quidditch captain James Mortensen playing for New South Wales. ( Supplied: Nicholas Hirst )

The sport is unusual in that it is a full-contact game with rules dictating that teams must be mixed gender.

The Dropbears is made up of 14 men and seven women. Team captain James Mortensen has previously told the ABC he is not a fan of the Harry Potter series, and only took up the sport to impress a girl.

"I started dating a girl and she said, 'Look, I play this sport, I reckon you might enjoy it'. And I thought, 'Well, I reckon I might like to impress you'," he said earlier this year.

"And I fell in love with it.

"I love that it's the only sport that I've ever seen that rewards quick thinking as much, if not more than strength or speed.

"So being the biggest, fastest or nastiest person on the pitch isn't going to save you."