The Varsity Blues badminton team won their fifth straight provincial banner on home court as the 2020 OUA championship wrapped up on Sunday afternoon (March 1) at the University of Toronto's Athletic Centre.

Full Results

U of T proved to be too much for the previously-unbeaten Western Mustangs, claiming a 6-2 victory to seal Toronto's eighth OUA title since 1997 and sixth in the last eight seasons.
 
The Waterloo Warriors finished third overall with a 6-1 win over the Ottawa Gee-Gees in the bronze-medal match. The McMaster Marauders topped the Ryerson Rams, 6-2, in Sunday morning action to place fifth overall.
 
Western's Anthony D'Souza and Toronto's Bethany So went undefeated over the three-day tournament and were named the male and female most valuable players.
 
First-year standouts Stanley Feng of Western and Sherry Wu of Waterloo earned rookie of the year honours, while U of T's Jackie Yeung was named the OUA coach of the year for the third straight season.
 
FINAL STANDINGS
Gold – Toronto
Silver – Western
Bronze – Waterloo
4th – Ottawa
5th – McMaster
6th – Ryerson
7th – York
8th – Queen's
9th – Guelph
10th – Carleton
11^th – Ontario Tech
 
Most Valuable Players
Bethany So, Toronto
Andrew D'Souza, Western
 
Coach of the Year
Jackie Yeung, Toronto
 
Rookie of the Year
Stanley Feng, Western
Sherry Wu, Waterloo
 
OUA All-Stars

Male:
Victor Chan, Ottawa Gee-Gees
Yunzhi Chen, Toronto Varsity Blues
Jonathan Chien, Toronto Varsity Blues
Andrew D'Souza, Western Mustangs
Jonathan Lai, Toronto Varsity Blues
Sean McGowan, Western Mustangs
Kevin Wang, Waterloo Warriors
Liam Woodside, Ottawa Gee-Gees
 
Female:
Giselle Chan, Toronto Varsity Blues
Cara de Belle, Western Mustangs
Katie Ho-Shue, Toronto Varsity Blues
Emily Lam, Toronto Varsity Blues
 Talia Ng, McMaster Marauders
Bethany So, Toronto Varsity Blues
Samantha Wu, Waterloo Warriors
Samantha Zheng, Western Mustangs

 
2020 OUA Badminton Championship
Group Standings
 

Group A	Group B	Group C
Toronto 2-0	Waterloo 3-0	Western 3-0
Ryerson 1-1	Ottawa 2-1	McMaster 2-1
Queen's 0-2	York 1-2	Guelph 1-2
	Carleton 0-3	Ontario Tech 0-3

 
Schedule and Results
Friday, February 28
 
Pool Play
  

9:00 a.m.	Ryerson	Queen's	8-2
9:00 a.m.	Waterloo	York	10-0
9:00 a.m.	Ottawa	Carleton	10-0
9:00 a.m.	Western	Guelph	10-0
1:00 p.m.	McMaster	Ontario Tech	10-0
1:00 p.m.	Toronto	Queen's	10-0
1:00 p.m.	Waterloo	Carleton	10-0
1:00 p.m.	Ottawa	York	7-3
5:00 p.m.	Western	Ontario Tech	10-0
5:00 p.m.	McMaster	Guelph	9-1
5:00 p.m.	Toronto	Ryerson	10-0
5:00 p.m.	Waterloo	Ottawa	10-0

 
 
Saturday, February 29
 

9:00 a.m.	Carleton	York	2-8
9:00 a.m.	Western	McMaster	7-3
9:00 a.m.	Ontario Tech	Guelph	4-6

 
Playoffs
 

Time	Game	Team 1	Team 2
1:00 p.m.	Championship 1/4 final	McMaster	Ottawa	3-6
1:00 p.m.	Championship 1/4 final	Western	Ryerson	6-1
1:00 p.m.	Consolation 1/4 final	Ontario Tech	Carleton	4-6
5:00 p.m.	Championship Semi Final	Toronto	Ottawa	7-1
5:00 p.m.	Championship Semi Final	Waterloo	Western	6-4
5:00 p.m.	Consolation Semi Final	Queen's	Carleton	6-4
5:00 p.m.	Consolation Semi Final	Guelph	York	1-7

 
Sunday, March 1
 

Time	Game	Team 1	Team 2	Description
9:00 a.m.	9th & 10th Place Match	Carleton	Guelph	4-6
9:00 a.m.	7th & 8th Place Match	Queen's	York	3-7
9:00 a.m.	5th & 6th Place Match	McMaster	Ryerson	6-2
1:00 p.m.	Bronze Medal Match	Waterloo	Ottawa	6-1
1:00 p.m.	Gold Medal Match	Toronto	Western	6-2