University Challenge 2020–21

Series 50 of University Challenge began on 13 July 2020 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
University of Glasgow	200	145	University of Exeter	345	13 July 2020
University of Leicester	125	180	University of Durham	305	20 July 2020
Linacre College, Oxford	140	210	The Open University	350	27 July 2020
Imperial College London	155	190	University of Strathclyde	345	3 August 2020
University of Reading	50	295	Birkbeck, University of London	345	10 August 2020
Balliol College, Oxford			Clare College, Cambridge		17 August 2020
University of Bristol			Corpus Christi College, Oxford		24 August 2020

External links

• University Challenge homepage
• Blanchflower Results Table