University Challenge 2000–01

Series 30 of University Challenge began on 4 September 2000, with the final on 2 April 2001.^[1]

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

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
University of Hull	225	205	University of Edinburgh	4 September 2000
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford	180	215	University of Sheffield	11 September 2000
University of Birmingham	115	325	University of Durham	18 September 2000
Magdalene College, Cambridge	85	335	University College, Oxford	19 September 2000
University College London	265	150	New College, Oxford	25 September 2000
Sheffield Hallam University	265	170	University of Bristol	26 September 2000
University of Southampton	120	240	Newnham College, Cambridge	2 October 2000
University of Aberdeen	145	210	University of York	9 October 2000
St John's College, Oxford	195	255	Birkbeck College, London	16 October 2000
University of Manchester	240	125	Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge	23 October 2000
University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology	110	315	Balliol College, Oxford	30 October 2000
Queens' College, Cambridge	170	145	University of Wales College of Medicine	6 November 2000
Cranfield University	80	255	Imperial College London	13 November 2000
University of Warwick	200	150	Peterhouse, Cambridge	20 November 2000

Highest Scoring Losers Playoffs

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford	110	220	University of Bristol	27 November 2000
St John's College, Oxford	300	145	University of Edinburgh	4 December 2000

Second round

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
Birkbeck College, London	210	220	University College, Oxford	11 December 2000
Sheffield Hallam University	180	135	University of Warwick	18 December 2000
Queens' College, Cambridge	145	170	St John's College, Oxford	8 January 2001
Newnham College, Cambridge	155	200	University of Bristol	15 January 2001
University of York	150	270	Balliol College, Oxford	22 January 2001
University of Hull	250	240	University of Sheffield	29 January 2001
University of Durham	140	215	Imperial College London	4 February 2001
University College London	105	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

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
University College, Oxford	285	160	Sheffield Hallam University	19 February 2001
St John's College, Oxford	210	175	University of Bristol	26 February 2001
Balliol College, Oxford	160	210	University of Hull	5 March 2001
Imperial College London	225	195	University of Manchester	12 March 2001

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
University College, Oxford	105	220	St John's College, Oxford	19 March 2001
University of Hull	145	260	Imperial College London	26 March 2001

Final

Team 1	Score		Team 2	Broadcast date
St John's College, Oxford	195	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.