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University Challenge 2000–01

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Series 30 of University Challenge began on 4 September 2000, with the final on 2 April 2001.{{cite web|url=http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/uc01.html|title=University Challenge – 2000-1|publisher=blanchflower.org|access-date=24 August 2014}}

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 the first round losers with the highest losing scores.
  • 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 Hull

| style="background:#88ff88"|225

| style="background:orange"|205

| University of Edinburgh

| 4 September 2000

Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

| style="background:orange"|180

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

| University of Sheffield

| 11 September 2000

University of Birmingham

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

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

| University of Durham

| 18 September 2000

Magdalene College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|85}}

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

| University College, Oxford

| 19 September 2000

University College London

| style="background:#88ff88"|265

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

| New College, Oxford

| 25 September 2000

Sheffield Hallam University

| style="background:#88ff88"|265

| style="background:orange"|170

| University of Bristol

| 26 September 2000

University of Southampton

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

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

| Newnham College, Cambridge

| 2 October 2000

University of Aberdeen

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

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

| University of York

| 9 October 2000

St John's College, Oxford

| style="background:orange"|195

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

| Birkbeck College, London

| 16 October 2000

University of Manchester

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

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|125}}

| Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge

| 23 October 2000

University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology

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

| style="background:#88ff88"|315

| Balliol College, Oxford

| 30 October 2000

Queens' College, Cambridge

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

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

| University of Wales College of Medicine

| 6 November 2000

Cranfield University

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|80}}

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

| Imperial College London

| 13 November 2000

University of Warwick

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

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

| Peterhouse, Cambridge

| 20 November 2000

==Highest Scoring Losers Playoffs==

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast date
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

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

| style="background:#88ff88"|220

| University of Bristol

| 27 November 2000

St John's College, Oxford

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

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

| University of Edinburgh

| 4 December 2000

=Second round=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast date
Birkbeck College, London

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

| style="background:#88ff88"|220

| University College, Oxford

| 11 December 2000

Sheffield Hallam University

| style="background:#88ff88"|180

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

| University of Warwick

| 18 December 2000

Queens' College, Cambridge

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

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

| St John's College, Oxford

| 8 January 2001

Newnham College, Cambridge

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|155}}

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

| University of Bristol

| 15 January 2001

University of York

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

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

| Balliol College, Oxford

| 22 January 2001

University of Hull

| style="background:#88ff88"|250

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|240}}

| University of Sheffield

| 29 January 2001

University of Durham

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

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

| Imperial College London

| 4 February 2001

University College London

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|250

| University of Manchester

| 11 February 2001

An error in the scoring led to University College Oxford going through to the quarterfinals instead of Birkbeck College – University College was not penalised for an incorrect interruption.

=Quarter-finals=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast date
University College, Oxford

| style="background:#88ff88"|285

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

| Sheffield Hallam University

| 19 February 2001

St John's College, Oxford

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

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

| University of Bristol

| 26 February 2001

Balliol College, Oxford

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

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

| University of Hull

| 5 March 2001

Imperial College London

| style="background:#88ff88"|225

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|195}}

| University of Manchester

| 12 March 2001

=Semi-finals=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast date
University College, Oxford

| style="background:#ff4444"|{{fontcolor|white|105}}

| style="background:#88ff88"|220

| St John's College, Oxford

| 19 March 2001

University of Hull

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

| style="background:#88ff88"|260

| Imperial College London

| 26 March 2001

=Final=

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Team 1colspan=2 | ScoreTeam 2Broadcast date
St John's College, Oxford

| style="background:silver"|{{fontcolor|white|195}}

| style="background:gold"|250

| Imperial College London

| 2 April 2001

  • The trophy and title were awarded to the Imperial team of Siegfried Hodgson, John Douglas, Gavin Estcourt, and Alexander Campbell.
  • The trophy was presented by the then-Poet Laureate Andrew Motion.

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

  • [http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t6l0 University Challenge Homepage]
  • [http://www.blanchflower.org/uc/uc01.html Blanchflower Results Table]

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2000

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