Squad Details
- The squad consists of the following teams:
- M1: Plays in the Men's Premier South BUCS league.
- M2: Plays in the Men's Midlands 2B BUCS league.
- M3: Plays in the local Oxfordshire Badminton League [here].
- W1: Plays in the Women's Midlands 1A BUCS league.
- W2: Plays in the local Oxfordshire Badminton League [here].
- Development Squad: The Dev squad does not compete in a league, but members do train with the main squad players. They may also be called up to play in some league matches if main squad teams cannot field out a full team.
- Both men’s and women’s badminton have Oxford University Discretionary Full Blue status! For more information click here.
- Roughly speaking, there are approximately 50 members in the squad.
Varsity
Every year the Oxford University Badminton Club face off against their old rivals from Cambridge University in the highly anticipated Varsity match.
- Each club sends 5 teams (M1, M2, M3, W1, and W2), each consisting of 6 players (with one substitute). Teams play the corresponding team from the other university (i.e., M1 Oxford plays M1 Cambridge etc.).
- These varsity teams are different to the main squad teams defined above, and selection for these teams normally occurs around January (with teams being decided by the squad captains).
- The varsity match itself then normally takes place around March, with the host (and hence location) alternating between Oxford and Cambridge.
Varsity Stats
See below for the summary of our yearly clashes with the Cambridge badminton team!
Stats 1994 - 2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cambridge | 35 - 40 | 12 - 3 | 2 - 13 | 7 - 8 | 5 - 10 | 9 - 6 |
| 2025 | Cambridge | 20 - 55 | 7 - 8 | 2 - 13 | 7 - 8 | 0 - 15 | 4 - 11 |
| 2024 | Oxford | 46 - 29 | 10 - 5 | 9 - 6 | 13 - 2 | 11 - 4 | 3 - 12 |
| 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 | -- | -- | -- | -- |