The University of Toronto Varsity Blues are the proud hosts of the 2020 OUA badminton championship, February 28-March 1, at the Athletic Centre.
 
The Blues are the four-time reigning champions and will begin their drive for five on Friday afternoon. The three-day event is free and open to the public. Live results will be available.
 
Toronto opens the championship versus the Queen's Gaels at 1 p.m., and wraps up pool play at 5 p.m., versus the Ryerson Rams. The winner of Pool A will advance straight to the semifinals on Saturday at 5 p.m., with the championships wrapping up on Sunday with placement matches beginning at 9 a.m.
 
The Blues return six OUA all-stars from last season's championships team, with four-time OUA female most valuable player Bethany So leading the way. The six-time OUA all-star is undefeated over the past three championships and will look to continue that streak on home court.
 
Sophomore standout Katie Ho-Shue, who earned OUA female rookie of the year honours last season, also returns and will look to fellow OUA all-star Giselle Chan to help steer the Blues in the right direction.
 
2018-19 OUA male most valuable player Jonathan Lai, along with two-time OUA all-star Marcus Waskiw-Ford are back to lead the Blues men. They, along with 2018-19 OUA all-star Jack Lin and last year's OUA male rookie of the year Michael Farrell, will look to dominate the field once again this season.
 
2020 OUA Badminton Schedule
 

Group A	Group B	Group C
Toronto	Waterloo	Western
Ryerson	Ottawa	McMaster
Queen's	Carleton	Ontario Tech
	York	Guelph

 
Friday, February 28
 
Pool Play
  

9:00 a.m.	Ryerson	Queen's
9:00 a.m.	Waterloo	York
9:00 a.m.	Ottawa	Carleton
9:00 a.m.	Western	Guelph
1:00 p.m.	McMaster	Ontario Tech
1:00 p.m.	Toronto	Queen's
1:00 p.m.	Waterloo	Carleton
1:00 p.m.	Ottawa	York
5:00 p.m.	Western	Ontario Tech
5:00 p.m.	McMaster	Guelph
5:00 p.m.	Toronto	Ryerson
5:00 p.m.	Waterloo	Ottawa

 
 
Saturday, February 29
 

9:00 a.m.	Carleton	York
9:00 a.m.	Western	McMaster
9:00 a.m.	Ontario Tech	Guelph

 
Playoffs
 

Time	Game #	Team 1	Team 2	Description
1:00 p.m.	Game 1	C2	B2	Championship 1/4 final
1:00 p.m.	Game 2	C1	A2	Championship 1/4 final
1:00 p.m.	Conso Game 1	C4	B4	Consolation 1/4 final
5:00 p.m.	Game 3	A1	W of  G1	Championship Semi Final
5:00 p.m.	Game 4	B1	W of G2	Championship Semi Final
5:00 p.m.	Conso Game 2	A3	W of Conso G1	Consolation Semi Final
5:00 p.m.	Conso Game 3	C3	B3	Consolation Semi Final

 
Sunday, March 1
 

Time	Game #	Team 1	Team 2	Description
9:00 a.m.	Conso Game 4	L of Conso G2	L of Conso G3	9th & 10th Place Match
9:00 a.m.	Conso Game 5	W of Conso G2	W of Conso G3	7th & 8th Place Match
9:00 a.m.	Game 5	L of G1	L of G2	5th & 6th Place Match
1:00 p.m.	Game 6	L of G3	L of G4	Bronze Medal Match
1:00 p.m.	Game 7	W of G3	W of G4	Gold Medal Match

 
 
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