University Challenge 2019–20

Series 49 of University Challenge began on 15 July 2019 on BBC Two.

Results

• Winning teams are highlighted in bold.
• Teams with green scores (winners) returned in the next round, while those with red scores (losers) were eliminated.
• Teams with orange scores had to win one more match to return in the next round.
• Teams with yellow scores indicate that two further matches had to be played and won (teams that lost their first quarter-final match).
• A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

First round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
Lancaster University	95	230	University of Glasgow	325	15 July 2019
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	195	140	Merton College, Oxford	335	22 July 2019
Magdalen College, Oxford	170	150	University of York	320	29 July 2019
University of Birmingham	125	120	University of Bristol	245	5 August 2019
Wolfson College, Cambridge	40	115	St John's College, Oxford	155	12 August 2019
University of Edinburgh	165	90	Birkbeck, University of London	255	19 August 2019
Jesus College, Oxford	145	185	University of Manchester	330	2 September 2019
Durham University	145	200	Trinity College, Cambridge	345	9 September 2019
London School of Economics	90	145	Courtauld Institute of Art	235	16 September 2019
Goldsmiths, University of London	95	175	University of Southampton	270	23 September 2019
The Open University	125	145	University of Huddersfield	270	7 October 2019
Wolfson College, Oxford	180	170	University of Sheffield	350	14 October 2019
Imperial College London	255	70	Brasenose College, Oxford	325	21 October 2019
Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford	150	145	Downing College, Cambridge	295	28 October 2019

• Three teams finished tied for the last two places in the play-offs on 145 each; Durham and Jesus College Oxford went through due to having heard fewer questions to reach their scores.

Highest scoring losers play-offs

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
University of Sheffield	165	170	Jesus College, Oxford	335	4 November 2019
University of York	145	240	Durham University	385	11 November 2019

Second round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
University of Birmingham	120	150	Jesus College, Oxford	270	18 November 2019
University of Southampton	95	245	Durham University	340	25 November 2019
Courtauld Institute of Art	180	145	University of Glasgow	325	2 December 2019
Imperial College London	255	105	St John's College, Oxford	360	9 December 2019
University of Huddersfield	90	205	University of Manchester	295	16 December 2019
Trinity College, Cambridge	245	100	Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford	345	6 January 2020
Wolfson College, Oxford	220	100	University of Edinburgh	320	13 January 2020
Magdalen College, Oxford	75	270	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	345	20 January 2020

Quarter finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
University of Manchester	95	300	Trinity College, Cambridge	395	27 January 2020
Wolfson College, Oxford	140	180	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	320	3 February 2020
Jesus College, Oxford	110	195	Durham University	305	10 February 2020
Courtauld Institute of Art	75	240	Imperial College London	315	17 February 2020
Trinity College, Cambridge	80	245	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge	325	24 February 2020
University of Manchester	125	130	Wolfson College, Oxford	255	2 March 2020
Durham University	115	185	Imperial College London	300	9 March 2020
Jesus College, Oxford	135	90	Courtauld Institute of Art	225	16 March 2020
Wolfson College, Oxford	45	205	Durham University	250	23 March 2020
Trinity College, Cambridge	285	75	Jesus College, Oxford	360	30 March 2020

Semi finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
					6 April 2020

External links

• University Challenge homepage
• Blanchflower Results Table