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University Challenge 1998–99

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Series 28 of University Challenge ran between 2 September 1998 and 27 April 1999.

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 have lost, but survived as highest scoring losers.
  • A score in italics indicates a match decided on a tie-breaker question.

=First round=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast Date
University of Bristol

| style="background:#88ff88"|245

| style="background:orange"|185

| Victoria University of Manchester

| 2 September 1998

Balliol College, Oxford

| style="background:orange"|195

| style="background:#88ff88"|200

| University of Durham

| 9 September 1998

The Open University

| style="background:#88ff88"|350

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| University of Lancaster

| 16 September 1998

Harris Manchester College, Oxford

| style="background:orange"|185

| style="background:#88ff88"|200

| Selwyn College, Cambridge

| 23 September 1998

Birkbeck, University of London

| style="background:#88ff88"|300

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|110}}

| University of Warwick

| 30 September 1998

University of Portsmouth

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|230

| De Montfort University

| 7 October 1998

King's College London School of Medicine and Dentistry

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|130}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|170

| Magdalen College, Oxford

| 14 October 1998

University of Aberdeen

| style="background:#88ff88"|255

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| Newnham College, Cambridge

| 20 October 1998

Christ Church, Oxford

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|150}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|245

| Trinity College, Cambridge

| 27 October 1998

St Hilda's College, Oxford

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|115}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|215

| University of Wales, Bangor

| 3 November 1998

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|280

| Oriel College, Oxford

| 10 November 1998

Queen's University, Belfast

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|100}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|230

| University of Sheffield

| 17 November 1998

Downing College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|160}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|235

| University of Glasgow

| 1 December 1998

City University

| style="background:orange"|200

| style="background:#88ff88"|210

| University of Leicester

| 8 December 1998

==Highest Scoring Losers play-offs==

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast Date
Harris Manchester College, Oxford

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|185}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|200

| Victoria University of Manchester

| 15 December 1998

City University

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|210}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|300

| Balliol College, Oxford

| 5 January 1999

=Second round=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast Date
The Open University

| style="background:#88ff88"|210

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|200}}

| Magdalen College, Oxford

| 12 January 1999

University of Aberdeen

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|75}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|275

| University of Wales, Bangor

| 19 January 1999

De Montfort University

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|135}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|255

| University of Bristol

| 26 January 1999

Selwyn College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|145}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|325

| University of Leicester

| 9 February 1999

Oriel College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|290

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|170}}

| Victoria University of Manchester

| 16 February 1999

University of Glasgow

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|140}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|355

| University of Durham

| 23 February 1999

Balliol College, Oxford

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|205}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|270

| Birkbeck, University of London

| 3 March 1999

University of Sheffield

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|190}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|255

| Trinity College, Cambridge

| 10 March 1999

=Quarter-finals=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast Date
University of Wales, Bangor

| style="background:#88ff88"|240

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|170}}

| University of Bristol

| 17 March 1999

Oriel College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|335

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|160}}

| University of Leicester

| 24 March 1999

The Open University

| style="background:#88ff88"|240

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|235}}

| Birkbeck, University of London

| 31 March 1999

University of Durham

| style="background:#88ff88"|325

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|175}}

| Trinity College, Cambridge

| 6 April 1999

=Semi-finals=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast Date
University of Wales, Bangor

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|130}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|235

| Oriel College, Oxford

| 13 April 1999

The Open University

| style="background:#88ff88"|310

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|120}}

| University of Durham

| 20 April 1999

=Final=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast Date
Oriel College, Oxford

| style="background:silver"|{{fontcolor|white|210}}

| style="background:gold"|265

| The Open University

| 27 April 1999

  • The trophy and title were awarded to the Open team of Lance Haward, David Good, John Burke and Sue Mitchell.
  • The trophy was presented by Jeremy Paxman.
  • Salman Rushdie had been due to present the trophy, but the recording of the semi-finals and final were postponed after Paxman fell ill, and he wasn't available for the rescheduled dates.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6l0 University Challenge Homepage]
  • [http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/uc99.html Blanchflower Results Table]

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1998

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Category:1999 British television seasons