University Challenge 2018–19

Series 48 of University Challenge began on 16 July 2018 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 Warwick	165	150	University of Exeter	315	16 July 2018
Emmanuel College, Cambridge	175	200	University of Glasgow	375	23 July 2018
Pembroke College, Oxford	75	230	Downing College, Cambridge	305	30 July 2018
School of Oriental and African Studies	90	260	Darwin College, Cambridge	350	13 August 2018
Clare College, Cambridge	160	150	Hertford College, Oxford	310	20 August 2018
University of Strathclyde	55	360	Durham University	415	27 August 2018
University of York	105	240	St Edmund Hall, Oxford	345	3 September 2018
University of Edinburgh	210	75	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge	285	10 September 2018
University of Bristol	140	110	Queen's University Belfast	250	17 September 2018
University of London Institute in Paris	55	180	Goldsmiths, University of London	235	24 September 2018
St Peter's College, Oxford	225	50	Pembroke College, Cambridge	275	1 October 2018
University College London	180	145	King's College London	325	8 October 2018
University of East London	135	155	University of Manchester	290	22 October 2018
Keble College, Oxford	180	115	University of East Anglia	295	29 October 2018

Highest scoring losers play-offs

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
Emmanuel College, Cambridge	235	140	King's College London	375	5 November 2018
Hertford College, Oxford	215	165	University of Exeter	380	12 November 2018

Second round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Total	Broadcast date
St Peter's College, Oxford	120	195	Emmanuel College, Cambridge	315	19 November 2018
Hertford College, Oxford	115	185	University of Manchester	300	26 November 2018
University of Edinburgh	180	160	University College London	340	3 December 2018
Clare College, Cambridge			St Edmund Hall, Oxford		10 December 2018
					17 December 2018

External links

• University Challenge homepage
• Blanchflower Results Table