List of British and Irish varsity matches

A varsity match in Britain and Ireland is a fixture, especially of a sporting event or team, between university teams, usually the highest-level team, or varsity team, in that sport.

The University Match in cricket between Oxford University and Cambridge University, which was first played in 1827, is the oldest varsity match in the world. The Boat Race followed in 1829. The Cambridge and Oxford Athletic Games in track and field, first held in 1864, pioneered modern athletic competition. The Scottish Varsity match in rugby union between the University of St Andrews and the University of Edinburgh is the oldest varsity match in the world in a code of football, having been played annually under rugby union rules since the 1860s. The Oxford v Cambridge women's University Match in (field) hockey was first played in 1895, making it the oldest women's varsity match in the world.

Varsity matches held between Oxford and Cambridge influenced the development of college sports in the United States, and other countries around the world.

Most inter-university sport in Britain is now governed and organised by British Universities and Colleges Sport, and in Ireland by Student Sport Ireland.