The sport played on broomsticks in the wizarding world is Quidditch.
In the Harry Potter series, Quidditch is a fast-moving team sport played on a large oval pitch. Each team has seven players: three Chasers, two Beaters, a Keeper and a Seeker. Chasers score through the opposing team’s three hoops with the Quaffle, Keepers defend those hoops, and Beaters use bats to redirect the dangerous Bludgers.
The Seeker’s job is to catch the Golden Snitch. Catching it ends the match and awards 150 points, although it does not always guarantee victory. At the 1994 Quidditch World Cup, Bulgaria’s Seeker Viktor Krum caught the Snitch against Ireland while Bulgaria was still behind, so Bulgaria lost by ten points. Harry Potter plays Seeker for Gryffindor at Hogwarts. Quidditch first appears in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, published in 1997. A real-world version later developed, but players run with a stick rather than actually flying.