The Mei-Chu Tournament is an annual sports competition in March between National Tsing Hua University

National Tsing Hua University

National Tsing Hua University is one of the most prestigious universities in Taiwan. The university has a strong reputation in the studies of science and engineering. Times Higher Education - World University Rankings is107in the world. Engineering and Science are the best in Taiwan...

 (NTHU) and National Chiao Tung University

National Chiao Tung University

National Chiao Tung University is a public university located in Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is recognized as one of the most prestigious and selective universities in Taiwan and is renowned for its research and teaching excellence in electrical engineering, computer science, engineering, management, and...

 (NTCU) of Taiwan

Taiwan

Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...

. Both schools are located in Hsinchu City, Taiwan.

(plum-tree) stands for NTHU and 竹 (bamboo) for NCTU. The symbolic names are taken from the founders of both universities, 'Mei' Yi-chi of NTHU and Ling 'Chu'-ming of NCTU, and they further represent pride and purity (plum) as well as rich and everlasting heritage (bamboo). During the Tournament, undergraduate students from each school are competing with those who are from another with such sports and games as soccer, tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

, chess

Chess

Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

, etc. The Tournament is held during a week and is accompanied by attractions like concerts, barbecue and parades.

The years shown below are counted by the Minguo calendar

Minguo calendar

The Republic of China calendar is the method of numbering years currently used in the Republic of China . It was used in mainland China from 1912 until the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949....

 (+ 1911 = Western Calendar; e.g., 58 + 1911 = 1969).

Previous Results

Year	Winning School	Score	Chess	Male Basketball	Female Basketball	Male Volleyball	Female Volleyball	Soccer	Table Tennis	Badminton	Baseball	Relay	Bridge	Debate	English Speech	Tennis	Tug-of-War	"Children Games"	Chinese Speech
58	NTHU	7:4	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU		NCTU	NTHU		NTHU		NCTU			NCTU			NTHU
59	NCTU	10:4	NCTU	NTHU		NTHU		NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU		NTHU
60	NTHU	7:2	NCTU	NTHU		NTHU			NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU		NTHU					NTHU
61	NTHU	3:1										NTHU		NTHU	NCTU		NTHU
62	NCTU	6:5	NTHU	NTHU		NTHU		NCTU			NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU		NTHU	NCTU
63	NTHU	7:2	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU					NCTU	NCTU	NTHU		NTHU		NTHU
64	NCTU	8:3	NCTU	NTHU		NCTU		NCTU			NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU		NCTU	NCTU
65	Tied	5:5	NCTU	NTHU		NTHU		NCTU			NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU		NTHU
66	NCTU	10:1	NCTU	NCTU		NTHU		NCTU			NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU		NCTU	NCTU
67	NCTU	7:4	NCTU	NCTU		NCTU		NCTU			NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU		NTHU	NCTU
68	NTHU	9:2	NTHU	NTHU		NTHU		NCTU			NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU		NTHU	NTHU
69	Cancelled
70	NCTU	6:5	NTHU	NTHU		NCTU		NTHU			NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU		NCTU
71	NTHU	8:3	NTHU	NTHU		NCTU		NTHU			NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU		NTHU	NCTU
72	NCTU	10:1	NCTU	NCTU		NCTU		NCTU			NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU		NTHU	NCTU
73	Cancelled
74	Cancelled
75	Cancelled
76	NCTU	6:5	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU			NTHU	NTHU		NCTU
77	NCTU	8:5	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU		NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU
78	NCTU	6:5	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU		NCTU	NTHU	NCTU		NTHU	NTHU		NCTU
79	NTHU	8:3	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU			NTHU	NCTU		NTHU
80	NTHU	8:4	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU		NTHU	NCTU		NTHU
81	Tied	5:5	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU			NTHU			NTHU
82	Cancelled
83	Cancelled
84	NTHU	6:5	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU		NCTU			NTHU
85	Tied	5:5	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	Tied	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU		NTHU			NCTU
86	NTHU	7:3	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	Tied	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU		NTHU			NCTU
87	NTHU	7:4	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU		NTHU			NCTU
88	NCTU	6:5	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU		NCTU			NTHU
89	Cancelled
90	NTHU	7:4	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU		NCTU			NTHU
91	NCTU	8:2	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	Tied	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU		NCTU			NCTU
92	NCTU	6:4	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	Tied	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU		NCTU			NCTU
93	NCTU	7:4	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU		NCTU			NCTU
94	NCTU	6:5	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU		NCTU			NTHU
95	NCTU	7:3	NTHU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NTHU	NCTU	NCTU	NCTU		NCTU			NCTU
96	Cancelled

External links

• 2010 Meichu Official Website (in Chinese with traditional characters; infos up to 2010)
• 來鴻：清華、交大“梅竹賽”, BBC News
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  , 17 March, 2003