Squad
- The squad consists of 5 competitive teams (3 men’s team and 2 women’s team) and is selected by the team captains from the trials in Michaelmas term. Come along to trials!
- All our Squad players have the opportunity to get trained by top-level coaches multiple times a week.
- Our teams compete in the BUCS leagues:
- M1 – Men’s Premier South
- M2 – Men’s Midlands 2B
- W1 – Women’s Midlands 1A
- Our Men's blues team have finished runner-up in the Southern Premiership for the last two seasons (2021-22, 2022-23) and our Women's blues team finished 3rd in Division 1 Midlands this year.
- We also have teams in the Oxfordshire Badminton League: [Results] [History]
- Both men’s and women’s badminton have Oxford University Discretionary Full Blue status! For more information click here.
Development Squad
- Development squad members don’t compete in a league but get the opportunity to train with and learn from the main squad.
Varsity
Every year all five squads of the Oxford University Badminton Club face off against their old rivals from Cambridge University in the Varsity match. Oxford has been in the ascendancy in recent years.
Stats 1994 - 2023
The proportion of games Oxford has won.
Table of Results
| Year | Overall Winner | Overall Score | Men's Blues | Women's Blues | Men's Seconds | Women's Seconds | Men's Thirds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oxford | 45 - 30 | 8 - 7 | 12 - 3 | 10 - 5 | 8 - 7 | 7 - 8 |
| 2022 | Oxford | 48 - 27 | 12 - 3 | 9 - 6 | 12 - 3 | 7 - 8 | 8 - 7 |
| 2021 | COVID-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Oxford | 43 - 32 | 9 - 6 | 13 - 2 | 5 - 10 | 12 - 3 | 4 - 11 |
| 2019 | Cambridge | 26 - 49 | 3 - 12 | 13 - 2 | 6 - 9 | 2 - 13 | 2 - 13 |
| 2018 | Oxford | 47 - 28 | 14 - 1 | 14 - 1 | 4 - 11 | 6 - 9 | 9 - 6 |
| 2017 | Oxford | 44 - 31 | 10 - 5 | 12 - 3 | 10 - 5 | 6 - 9 | 6 - 9 |
| 2016 | Oxford | 60 - 15 | 15 - 0 | 13 - 2 | 13 - 2 | 9 - 6 | 10 - 5 |
| 2015 | Oxford | 46 - 29 | 9 - 6 | 12 - 3 | 5 - 10 | 12 - 3 | 8 - 7 |
| 2014 | Oxford | 58 - 17 | 12 - 3 | 13 - 2 | 11 - 4 | 14 - 1 | 8 - 7 |
| 2013 | Oxford | 49 - 26 | 14 - 1 | 15 - 0 | 2 - 13 | 15 - 0 | 3 - 12 |
| 2012 | Oxford | 47 - 28 | 14 - 1 | 9 - 6 | 7 - 8 | 13 - 2 | 4 - 11 |
| 2011 | Cambridge | 32 - 43 | 11 - 4 | 9 - 6 | 1 - 14 | 8 - 7 | 3 - 12 |
| 2010 | Oxford | 44 - 31 | 14 - 1 | 6 - 9 | 13 - 2 | 3 - 12 | 8 - 7 |
| 2009 | Cambridge | 23 - 37 | 9 - 6 | 2 - 13 | 8 - 7 | 4 - 11 | -- |
| 2008 | Cambridge | 30 - 30 | 14 - 1 | 1 - 14 | 15 - 0 | 0 - 15 | -- |
| 2007 | Cambridge | 27 - 33 | 11 - 4 | 5 - 10 | 7 - 8 | 4 - 11 | -- |
| 2006 | Oxford | 31 - 29 | 11 - 4 | 4 - 11 | 9 - 6 | 7 - 8 | -- |
| 2005 | Cambridge | 4 - 41 | 1 - 14 | 0 - 15 | 3 - 12 | -- | -- |
| 2004 | Cambridge | 29 - 31 | 8 - 7 | 2 - 13 | 10 - 5 | 9 - 6 | -- |
| 2003 | Cambridge | 28 - 32 | 4 - 11 | 10 - 5 | 6 - 9 | 8 - 7 | -- |
| 2002 | Cambridge | 17 - 34 | 8 - 7 | 6 - 9 | 1 - 14 | 2 - 4 | -- |
| 2001 | Oxford | 40 - 20 | 9 - 6 | 12 - 3 | 12 - 3 | 7 - 8 | -- |
| 2000 | Oxford | 26 - 19 | 7 - 8 | 12 - 3 | 7 - 8 | -- | -- |
| 1999 | Oxford | 16 - 14 | 12 - 3 | 4 - 11 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1998 | Oxford | 16 - 9 | 15 - 0 | 1 - 9 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1997 | Oxford | 24 - 4 | 15 - 0 | 9 - 4 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1996 | Oxford | 22 - 8 | 14 - 1 | 8 - 7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1995 | Oxford | 24 - 4 | 14 - 1 | 10 - 3 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1994 | Oxford | 18 - 10 | 12 - 3 | 6 - 7 | -- | -- | -- |
| 1993 | Oxford | 8 - 7 | 8 - 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1992 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1991 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1990 | Cambridge | 5 - 10 | 5 - 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1989 | Cambridge | 6 - 9 | 6 - 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1988 | Cambridge | 3 - 12 | 3 - 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1987 | Cambridge | 6 - 9 | 6 - 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1986 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1985 | Cambridge | 2 - 13 | 2 - 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1984 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1983 | Cambridge | 1 - 14 | 1 - 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1982 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1981 | Cambridge | 3 - 12 | 3 - 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1980 | Cambridge | 2 - 13 | 2 - 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1979 | Oxford | 11 - 4 | 11 - 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1978 | Cambridge | 7 - 8 | 7 - 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1977 | Cambridge | 6 - 9 | 6 - 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1976 | Cambridge | 6 - 9 | 6 - 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1975 | Oxford | 8 - 7 | 8 - 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1974 | Oxford | 12 - 3 | 12 - 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1973 | Cambridge | 5 - 10 | 5 - 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1972 | Cambridge | 6 - 9 | 6 - 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1971 | Cambridge | 6 - 9 | 6 - 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1970 | Cambridge | 3 - 12 | 3 - 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1969 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1968 | Cambridge | 4 - 11 | 4 - 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1967 | Cambridge | 2 - 13 | 2 - 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1966 | Cambridge | 2 - 13 | 2 - 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1965 | Cambridge | 5 - 10 | 5 - 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1964 | Cambridge | 4 - 11 | 4 - 11 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1963 | Cambridge | 5 - 10 | 5 - 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1962 | Oxford | 9 - 6 | 9 - 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1961 | Cambridge | 5 - 10 | 5 - 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1960 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1959 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1958 | Cambridge | 1 - 14 | 1 - 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1957 | Cambridge | 2 - 13 | 2 - 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1956 | Cambridge | 2 - 13 | 2 - 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1955 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1954 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1953 | Cambridge | 1 - 14 | 1 - 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1952 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1951 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1950 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1949 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1948 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1947 | No match | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1946 | No match | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1945 | No match | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1944 | No match | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1943 | No match | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1942 | No match | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1941 | No match | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1940 | No match | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1939 | Cambridge | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1938 | Cambridge | 5 - 10 | 5 - 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1937 | Cambridge | 3 - 12 | 3 - 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1936 | Cambridge | 7 - 8 | 7 - 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1935 | Cambridge | 3 - 12 | 3 - 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1934 | Cambridge | 3 - 12 | 3 - 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1933 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1932 | Cambridge | 0 - 15 | 0 - 15 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1931 | Cambridge | 2 - 13 | 2 - 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1930 | Cambridge | 3 - 12 | 3 - 12 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1929 | Oxford | 8 - 7 | 8 - 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 1928 | Oxford | 11 - 4 | 11 - 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- |