The Continental Quidditch Association is the primary professional quidditch league in North America. It was created in 1965 through the merger of the Canadian Quidditch League and the American Quidditch Conference. In 1980, the CQA fully matched its name when it absorbed the Mexican Quidditch League. The CQA currently includes 24 teams in three conferences (Eastern, Central and Western), each divided into Northern and Southern divisions of 4 teams each.