2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election
The 2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election was triggered on 16 December 2019 following the defeat of Lesley Laird as MP for Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath in the 2019 United Kingdom general election. The result of the Deputy Leadership Election was announced on Twitter on 3 April 2020.


2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Background
The 2019 United Kingdom general election saw the Scottish National Party (SNP) regain 13 of the 21 seats they lost in 2017. One of those won was Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath, the seat of Scottish Labour Deputy Leader and Shadow Scottish Secretary, Lesley Laird. Despite the seat being a gain for the SNP, the new MP, Neale Hanvey sat as an Independent until May 2020 due to an investigation into anti-semitic posts online.


2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Procedure
As with the previous leadership election, the election was held under one-person-one-vote from an electorate of members, affiliated supporters and registered supporters.


2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Procedure
Leadership candidates needed to be an MP, MSP or MEP, and need the support of at least 15%, or five, of the thirty-two Scottish Labour MPs, MSPs. They will also need nominations from 5% of local parties or three affiliates, including two trade unions, comprising 5% of affiliated membership, to get on the ballot paper.


2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Campaign
Initially Jackie Baillie and fellow MSP Pauline McNeill were planning to run on a platform of job-sharing the role. However, it was found that this would not be possible due to the party's constitution. Pauline McNeill and Baillie subsequently stood separately in the election.


2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Campaign
Following the close of nominations on 19 January, Dundee Councillor Michael Marra did not receive sufficient nominations to advance to the next round of the campaign. The same day, McNeill announced that she would also withdraw from the contest, leaving a two way campaign between Baillie and Matt Kerr.


2020 Scottish Labour deputy leadership election, Campaign
Kerr has been described as left-wing, having strong ties with the trade union movement, and being a supporter of Jeremy Corbyn. Kerr supports the devolution of trade union and employment law, inclusive Constituency Labour Parties (CLP's) that are rooted in communities, open selections, and the creation of an accredited political academy to help develop new political talent.


2020 Scottish Open (snooker)
The 2020 Scottish Open (known for sponsorship reasons as the Matchroom.live Scottish Open) was a professional ranking snooker tournament, that took place on 7–13 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. It was the sixth ranking event of the 2020–21 season and the third event of the Home Nations Series.


2020 Scottish Open (snooker)
Mark Selby was the defending champion after a 9–6 defeat of Jack Lisowski in the 2019 final.


2020 Scottish Open (snooker)
Zhou Yuelong made his second career maximum break in the third frame of his first-round match with Peter Lines.


2020 Scottish Open (snooker)
Mark Selby successfully defended his title, winning the final against Ronnie O’Sullivan 9–3. This was Selby's 19th career ranking title.


2020 Scottish Open (snooker), Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2020 Scottish Open (snooker), Century breaks
A total of 86 century breaks were made by 45 players during the tournament.


2020 Scottish Rally Championship
The Scottish Rally Championship is a rallying series run throughout Scotland over the course of a year, that comprises both gravel and tarmac surface rallies. The 2020 series began on the forest tracks around Inverness on 7 March, with the season finale due to take place around Dalbeattie on 19 September.


2020 Scottish Rally Championship, Series Cancellation
On 24 March 2020, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic Organisers of the KNC Groundworks Scottish Rally Championship took the decision to cancel the 2020 championship. The coronavirus pandemic continued to spread leading to a number of events being cancelled. With round 1, the Snowman Rally,  being the only event to take place thus far it was decided that the results of that event would stand but the championship points would be null and void.


2020 Scottish Rally Championship, 2020 calendar
For season 2020 there were. scheduled to be seven events held predominantly on gravel surfaces. In January 2020 the organising team of the Argyll Rally scheduled to take place in June, announced that the 2020 event would not take place. The change from a forest rally to a closed road event meant that the event organisers were unable to secure the relevant authorisations within the timeframe available. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the organisers of the Speyside Stages Rally, the Jim Clark rally, the Scottish Rally, the Grampian Stages Rally and the Galloway Hills rally announced that the events would be cancelled.


2020 Scottish Women's Football Championship
The 2020 Scottish Women's Football Championship was due to be the inaugural season of the Scottish Women's Football Championship after its formation as the third tier of women's football in Scotland.


2020 Scottish Women's Football Championship
The league was split into two divisions - Championship North with 12 teams and Championship South with 14 teams. The season started on 9 February 2020 and was due to end in November 2020, but was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. In July 2020, the 2020 season was declared null and void. A new season began in October 2020 with the league reverting to a winter season format: 2020–21 Scottish Women's Football Championship


2020 Scottish Women's Football Championship, SWPL play-offs
For the first time, a system of promotion/relegation play-offs was to be introduced to the SWPL. The two runners-up from Championship North and Championship South would have taken part in the play-off semi-finals with the winner playing the team finishing eighth in SWPL 2 in the final for the last place in the 2021 Scottish Women's Premier League.


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League
The 2020 Scottish Women's Premier League, known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League for sponsorship reasons, was due to be the 19th season of the Scottish Women's Premier League, the highest division of women's association football in Scotland since its inception in 2002. The league was split into two divisions - SWPL 1 with eight teams and SWPL 2 with 10 teams. Glasgow City are the defending champions. Heart of Midlothian joined the SWPL 1 as the promoted club from the 2019 SWPL 2, replacing Stirling University. Aberdeen, Queen's Park and Boroughmuir Thistle joined the SWPL 2 as the promoted clubs from the SWFL. No teams were relegated as the league was expanded from eight teams to 10.


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League
The season started on 21 February 2020 and was scheduled to end in November 2020, but was interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. In July 2020, the 2020 season was declared null and void. A new season is due to start in October 2020 and end in June 2021, with the league reverting to a winter season format.


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League, SWPL 1, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League, SWPL 2, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological progress, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards. For example, if a match is scheduled for matchday 13, but then postponed and played between days 16 and 17, it will be added to the standings for day 16.


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup
The 2020 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup is the 18th edition of the Scottish Women's Premier League's league cup competition, which began in 2002. It is sponsored by the Scottish Building Society and is officially known as the Scottish Building Society Scottish Women's Premier League Cup. The competition is contested by all 18 teams of the two divisions of the Scottish Women's Premier League (SWPL 1 and SWPL 2).


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, Format
In a change to the format, the first and second teams in the 2019 Scottish Women's Premier League received a bye to the quarter-finals. The remaining teams in SWPL1 and SWPL2 are divided into four groups of four teams. The group winners along with the two runners-up with the best record will advance to the quarter-finals. The two other runners-up along with the teams who finish third and the two fourth-placed teams with the best record will compete in the plate competition.


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, Format
Following the COVID-19 pandemic, the Scottish FA banned the traditional practice of shaking hands between opponents and the match officials in a bid to help contain the virus.


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, Knock-out phase, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals will be made on Tuesday 17 March 2020 with the ties due to be played on Sunday 29 March 2020.


2020 Scottish Women's Premier League Cup, SWPL Plate, Plate quarter-finals
The draw for the Plate quarter-finals will be made on Tuesday 17 March 2020 with the ties due to be played on Sunday 29 March 2020.


2020 Seanad election
An indirect election for Seanad Éireann took place after the 2020 Irish general election, with postal ballots due on 30 and 31 March. The Seanad is the upper house of the Oireachtas, with Dáil Éireann as the lower house of representatives. The election was held for 49 of the 60 seats in the Seanad: 43 are elected for five vocational panels, and six are elected in two university constituencies. The remaining 11 senators are nominated by the newly elected Taoiseach when the Dáil reconvenes after the general election.


2020 Seanad election, Background
The Constitution of Ireland provides that a Seanad election must take place within 90 days of the dissolution of the Dáil Éireann. As the Dáil was dissolved on 14 January, the latest day the election could take place is 13 April 2020. On 21 January 2020, the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government signed an order for the Seanad elections, providing 30 March as the deadline for ballots for the vocational panels and 31 March as the deadline for ballots in the university constituencies.


2020 Seanad election, Background
On 8 February 2020, the members of the 33rd Dáil were elected in the general election. The Fine Gael-led government, led by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was defeated, with Sinn Féin taking the most first preference votes, and Fianna Fáil taking the most seats. The Sinn Féin victory came as a surprise and an upset, as it ended the two-party rule of Fine Gael in Fianna Fáil that had existed for many decades, and polls did not show Sinn Féin winning until the election was called. Sinn Féin won 37 seats, Fianna Fáil won 38, and Fine Gael won 35.


2020 Seanad election, Electoral system
Of the forty-nine elected seats, three are elected from the university constituency of National University of Ireland and three are elected from the university constituency of University of Dublin (Trinity College, Dublin).


2020 Seanad election, Electoral system
Forty-three are elected by an electorate of elected politicians, consisting of members of the 33rd Dáil, members of the 25th Seanad and city and county councillors, who each have five ballots for vocational panels. The Seanad Returning Officer maintains a list of qualified nominating bodies for each panel. Candidates may be nominated by nominating bodies (outside sub-panel) or by members of the Oireachtas (inside sub-panel). In each vocational panel, there is a minimum number who must be elected from either the inside or the outside sub-panel. If the number of candidates nominated for each sub-panel does not exceed by two the maximum number which may be elected from that sub-panel, the Taoiseach shall nominate candidates to fill the deficiency.


2020 Seanad election, Electoral system
All votes are cast by postal ballot, and are counted using the single transferable vote. Under this system, voters can rank candidates in order of their preference, 1 as their first preference, 2 for second preference, and so on. Ballots are initially given a value of 1,000 to allow calculation of quotas where all ballots are distributed in the case of a surplus, rather than taking a representative sample as is done in Dáil elections. The quota for election is given as (total valid pollseats+1)+1{\displaystyle \left({\frac {\text{total valid poll}}{{\text{seats}}+1}}\right)+1}.


2020 Seanad election, Electoral system
The 11 nominated members can only be appointed by the Taoiseach who is appointed next after the reassembly of Dáil Éireann. They are usually appointed after the Seanad election, but if a Taoiseach has not been appointed at stage, they will not be appointed until then.


2020 Seanad election, Election process, Impact of Coronavirus
Because of the coronavirus outbreak, changes to the usual arrangements for the Vocational Panel elections were made to reduce the risk of transmission. The clerk and deputy clerk of the Dáil and Seanad refused to witness Oireachtas members' ballots, advising them to use the local government chief executive or Garda (police) superintendent for this purpose. The Seanad clerk, as returning officer, also requested that counting agents not be present at the count centre in Dublin Castle. Similar appeals were made regarding the NUI count in the RDS and the Dublin University count in the university's Examination Hall.


2020 Season Finale 500
The 2020 Season Finale 500 was a NASCAR Cup Series race held on November 8, 2020 at Phoenix Raceway in Avondale, Arizona. Contested over 312 laps on the one mile (1.6 km) oval, it was the 36th and final race of the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series season.


2020 Season Finale 500
The Season Finale 500 was the final start for seven-time champion Jimmie Johnson, 2012 Cup runner-up Clint Bowyer, and 2003 Winston Cup champion Matt Kenseth as full-time Cup Series drivers.


2020 Season Finale 500, Report, Background
Phoenix Raceway – also known as PIR – is a one-mile, low-banked tri-oval race track located in Avondale, Arizona. It is named after the nearby metropolitan area of Phoenix. The motorsport track opened in 1964 and currently hosts two NASCAR race weekends annually. PIR has also hosted the IndyCar Series, CART, USAC and the Rolex Sports Car Series. The raceway is currently owned and operated by International Speedway Corporation.


2020 Season Finale 500, Report, Background
The raceway was originally constructed with a 2.5 mi (4.0 km) road course that ran both inside and outside of the main tri-oval. In 1991 the track was reconfigured with the current 1.51 mi (2.43 km) interior layout. PIR has an estimated grandstand seating capacity of around 67,000. Lights were installed around the track in 2004 following the addition of a second annual NASCAR race weekend.


2020 Season Finale 500, Report, Background
Phoenix Raceway is home to two annual NASCAR race weekends, one of 13 facilities on the NASCAR schedule to host more than one race weekend a year. The track is both the first and last stop in the western United States, as well as the fourth and the last track on the schedule.


2020 Season Finale 500, Report, Background
This was the first time the championship race was held in Phoenix.


2020 Season Finale 500, Report, Background, Championship drivers
Joey Logano was the first of the four drivers to clinch a spot in the Championship 4, winning the first race of the Round of 8 at Kansas.


2020 Season Finale 500, Report, Background, Championship drivers
Chase Elliott clinched the second spot in the Championship 4, winning the final race of the Round of 8 at Martinsville.


2020 Season Finale 500, Report, Background, Championship drivers
Brad Keselowski clinched the third spot in the Championship 4 based on points.


2020 Season Finale 500, Report, Background, Championship drivers
Denny Hamlin clinched the final spot in the Championship 4 based on points.


2020 Season Finale 500, Qualifying
Chase Elliott was awarded the pole for the race as determined by competition-based formula. However he was sent to the rear of the field as a result of failing pre-race inspection multiple times.


2020 Season Finale 500, Media, Television
NBC Sports covered the race on the television side. Rick Allen, two–time Phoenix winner Jeff Burton, Steve Letarte and three-time Phoenix winner Dale Earnhardt Jr. called the action from the booth. Dave Burns, Parker Kligerman, Marty Snider and Kelli Stavast handled the pit road duties, and Rutledge Wood handled the features from his home during the race.


2020 Season Finale 500, Media, Radio
MRN covered the radio call for the race, which was simulcast on Sirius XM NASCAR Radio. Alex Hayden, Jeff Striegle and Rusty Wallace called the action from the broadcast booth when the field raced down the front straightaway. Dave Moody called the action from turns 1 & 2 and Mike Bagley called the action from turns 3 & 4. Winston Kelley and Steve Post covered the action for MRN from pit lane.


2020 Seattle Dragons season
The 2020 Seattle Dragons season was the first season for the Seattle Dragons as a professional American football franchise. They played as charter members of the XFL, one of eight teams to compete in the league for the 2020 season. The Dragons played their home games at CenturyLink Field and were led by head coach Jim Zorn.


2020 Seattle Dragons season
Their inaugural season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the XFL officially suspended operations for the remainder of the season on March 20, 2020.


2020 Seattle Dragons season, Game summaries, Week 1: at DC Defenders
The Seattle Dragons played in the first game of the revived XFL, playing on the road against the DC Defenders. The Dragons scored the first touchdown of the new XFL on a 14-yard pass from Brandon Silvers to Austin Proehl in the 1st quarter.


2020 Seattle Mariners season
The 2020 Seattle Mariners season was the 44th season in franchise history. The Mariners played their 21st full season (22nd overall) at T-Mobile Park, their home ballpark. The Mariners entered this season with the longest active playoff drought in the four major North American professional sports leagues, attempting to make their first postseason since 2001. They also entered this season as the only team to not win a league pennant.


2020 Seattle Mariners season
On March 12, 2020, MLB announced that because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the start of the regular season would be delayed by at least two weeks in addition to the remainder of spring training being cancelled. Four days later, it was announced that the start of the season would be pushed back indefinitely due to the recommendation made by the CDC to restrict events of more than 50 people for eight weeks. On June 23, commissioner Rob Manfred unilaterally implemented a 60-game season.


2020 Seattle Mariners season
Players reported to training camps on July 1 in order to resume spring training and prepare for a July 24 Opening Day. The 2020 Major League Baseball season saw the adoption of many temporary rules, including universal DH, 7-inning scheduled doubleheaders, and extra innings starting with a runner on second. All affiliated minor league seasons were canceled, leaving top prospects and depth players at the team's alternate training site in Tacoma on an expanded roster.


2020 Seattle Mariners season, Statistics, Batting
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; R = Runs; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; SB = Stolen bases; BB = Walks; K = Strikeouts; Avg. = Batting average; OBP = On Base Percentage; SLG = Slugging Percentage;


2020 Seattle Mariners season, Statistics, Pitching
Note: W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits allowed; R = Runs allowed; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts


2020 Seattle Redhawks men's soccer team
The 2020 Seattle Redhawks men's soccer team represented Seattle University during the 2020 NCAA Division I men's soccer season and the 2020 Western Athletic Conference men's soccer season. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 fall season was postponed to the spring, and began on February 3, 2021. It was the program's 54th season fielding a men's varsity soccer team, and their 9th season in the Western Athletic Conference. The 2020 season was Pete Fewing's ninth year as head coach for the program.


2020 Seattle Redhawks men's soccer team, Roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season
The 2020 season was the Seattle Seahawks' 45th in the National Football League and their 11th season under head coach Pete Carroll. With a win over the Washington Football Team in Week 15, the Seahawks made the playoffs for the third consecutive year. With a Week 17 win over the San Francisco 49ers, they improved upon their 11–5 record from the previous season. For the first time in franchise history, the Seahawks started 5–0. After a Week 16 win over the Los Angeles Rams, the Seahawks clinched the NFC West title for the first time since 2016. They scored 28 points or more nine times. They scored 142 points within the first four games.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season
However in the Wild Card round, the Seahawks were defeated by the Rams 30–20. This was the Seahawks first home playoff loss in the Wilson/Carroll era and their first home playoff loss since 2004, which also came against the Rams.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season
Prior to the start of the 2020 season the Seahawks made a blockbuster trade with the New York Jets acquiring All-Pro safety Jamal Adams and a 2022 fourth-round pick in exchange for two first-round picks in 2021 and 2022, as well as safety Bradley McDougald and a 2021 third-round pick.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season
The Seahawks were the only team in the league to not have a player test positive for COVID-19 during the season. Due to the pandemic, home games were played without fans in attendance.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season
Wilson led the NFL in touchdown passes with 28 over the first nine weeks of the season while Seattle led the league in scoring at 34 points per game over that stretch. But Wilson threw just 12 touchdown passes over the final eight weeks of the regular season and Seattle's scoring dropped to 22.6 points per game. The Seahawks scored the most points in franchise history with 459 surpassing the 452 scored by the 2005 team. At season's end, offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer was fired, with Carroll citing “philosophical differences”.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season
In the first half of the season the Seahawks defense were historically bad, being on pace to break the all time NFL record for most yards allowed with 2,356 yards and were ranked 32nd in pass defense. However, the defense made a turnaround in the second half of the season after acquiring Bengals defensive end Carlos Dunlap in a trade, along with safety Jamal Adams and cornerbacks D. J. Reed and Shaquill Griffin returning from injury. Adams went on to break the single season sack record for a defensive back with 9.5.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season
On November 19, 2020, CenturyLink Field was renamed Lumen Field.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season
On February 6, 2021, Russell Wilson was named Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year, the second Seahawk to earn the honor, after Steve Largent.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Staff
On September 11, Brian Schneider left the team due to personal reasons


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Final roster
Rookies in italics53 active, 15 inactive, 15 practice squad (+2 exempt)


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Preseason
The Seahawks' preseason schedule was announced on May 7, but was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 2: vs. New England Patriots
In a competitive game on primetime, the Seahawks pulled ahead by the third quarter but the game was decided on the final play; the Patriots had driven to a 1st-and-goal on Seattle's 1-yard line, but in a reversal of fate from Super Bowl XLIX, the Seahawks defense was able to stuff a rushing play from Patriots quarterback Cam Newton for no gain on the next play. As the Patriots were out of timeouts, the Seahawks managed to hold on for a thrilling win, earning their second straight 2–0 start. This game had to be monitored the entire week due to the bad air quality in the city thanks to fires across Washington and Oregon.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 3: vs. Dallas Cowboys
Russell Wilson continued to play at an MVP-caliber level, throwing 5 touchdowns. The Seahawks would once again win a close game after intercepting Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott in the endzone.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 4: at Miami Dolphins
This was the Seahawks' first win in Miami since 1996, when they were part of the AFC West. It also gave Russell Wilson his first win in the state of Florida.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 5: vs. Minnesota Vikings
With this win, Seattle improved to 5–0, which was also their first time in doing so in franchise history. Russell Wilson also improved to 7–0 in his career against the Vikings.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 7: at Arizona Cardinals
Seattle's unbeaten bid came to an end with their first loss in Arizona since the 2012 season. While Russell Wilson finished with 388 yards and 3 touchdown passes to Tyler Lockett, he also finished with three interceptions, including a costly one in overtime to Cardinals rookie linebacker Isaiah Simmons that eventually set up the decisive field goal by Zane Gonzalez. The Seahawks compiled 572 total yards of offense, the most by a losing team all season. Seattle dropped to 5–1 on the season, but still led the NFC West. This was also the Seahawks' first loss under Russell Wilson when leading by 4 or more points at halftime.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 8: vs. San Francisco 49ers
The Seahawks returned home after their overtime loss at Arizona, and rebounded with a dominant win over the arch-rival San Francisco 49ers. Russell Wilson finished 27/37 with 261 yards passing and four touchdown passes, including two to DK Metcalf, who also finished with 12 catches and 161 receiving yards. With the 37–27 win, the Seahawks improved to 6–1. This was the last Seattle home game in which the name "CenturyLink Field" was used. After 9 years of using the stadium name, CenturyLink rebranded to Lumen Technologies, effectively changing the name to "Lumen Field".


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 9: at Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills proved to be too much for the Seahawks to handle, as Buffalo's offense tore up Seattle's struggling defense behind 415 passing yards from Josh Allen. While the Seahawks would mount a comeback later in the game, pulling within seven points in the third quarter, they never led, and the Bills pulled away in the fourth. The 44–34 loss dropped Seattle to 6–2 on the season, and the 44 points surrendered were the most in the Pete Carroll era.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 11: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Seattle's rushing attack was bolstered by the return of Carlos Hyde from injury, racking up 165 yards. Conversely, the Seahawks' much-maligned defense held Arizona's league-leading rushing offense to 57 yards, over 110 yards below its season average. The same day as the game, CenturyLink Field was renamed Lumen Field.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 13: vs. New York Giants
With the shocking loss, the Seahawks dropped to 8–4 and picked up their final loss of the season. This is also the only time during the regular season where the Seahawks lost a game at home.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 15: at Washington Football Team
Despite a close-scoring game, the Seahawks held on to win to clinch a playoff berth. Seattle took sole possession of first place in the division with the Rams' surprising loss to the then-winless New York Jets later that day.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 16: vs. Los Angeles Rams
With the win, the Seahawks clinched the NFC West title for the first time since 2016. They won all three home games against their NFC West opponents for the first time since 2014 and finished 7–1 at home in the regular season, which is also their best home record since 2016.


2020 Seattle Seahawks season, Regular season, Game summaries, Week 17: at San Francisco 49ers
Trying to take the first round bye away from the Packers and Saints, the Seahawks did win to get a chance at a bye, but due to the Packers beating the Bears and the Saints' win against Carolina, the Hawks were relegated to the 3rd seed.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season
The 2020 Seattle Sounders FC season was the club's twelfth season in Major League Soccer, the United States' top-tier of professional soccer. The team was under the management of Brian Schmetzer in his fourth full MLS season as head coach of the Sounders. Seattle were the reigning MLS Cup champions, having defeated Toronto FC 3–1 in the 2019 final at their home stadium, CenturyLink Field.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Background
The Sounders won the MLS Cup at CenturyLink Field by defeating Toronto FC 3–1. The team is set to play in the 2020 CONCACAF Champions League and 2020 Campeones Cup, along with regular MLS and U.S. Open Cup matches.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Recap
Prior to the start of the season, Sounders backup goalkeeper Bryan Meredith was selected by Inter Miami CF in the 2019 MLS Expansion Draft.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Recap
Due to the expansion of the league and the resulting unbalanced schedule, the Sounders were scheduled to not play FC Cincinnati, Orlando City SC, and the Philadelphia Union, although this schedule was later disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic and most teams only played regional opponents for much of the season, resulting in many teams not playing each other at all, or not until meeting in the 2020 MLS Cup Playoffs.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Recap
The second home match of the season, on March 7 against the Columbus Crew SC, had an attendance of 33,080—the lowest for an MLS regular season game in Sounders history. The match was played amid a local outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic that had caused several deaths in the week prior.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Recap
On October 27, the Sounders clinched their 12th consecutive appearance in the MLS Cup playoffs, and on December 7, they won their 4th Western Conference Champion trophy.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Current roster
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 22, 2021.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Current roster, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality. Squad correct as of January 22, 2021.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Competitions, 2020 MLS is Back Tournament, Group Stage (Group B)
Note: Group Stage matches are part of MLS regular season standings


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Transfers
For transfers in, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially signed the players to the roster. Transactions where only the rights to the players are acquired are not listed. For transfers out, dates listed are when Sounders FC officially removed the players from its roster, not when they signed with another club. If a player later signed with another club, his new club will be noted, but the date listed here remains the one when he was officially removed from Sounders FC roster.


2020 Seattle Sounders FC season, Transfers, In, Draft picks
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only those who are signed to a contract will be listed as transfers in. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.


2020 Seattle Storm season
The 2020 Seattle Storm season was the franchise's 21st season in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The regular season was originally scheduled to tip off at home versus the Dallas Wings on May 15, 2020. However, the beginning of the 2020 WNBA schedule was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The shortened season tipped off on July 25, 2020 versus the New York Liberty.


2020 Seattle Storm season
Due to ongoing renovations at Climate Pledge Arena the Storm will continue to split time between the Alaska Airlines Arena and the Angel of the Winds Arena.


2020 Seattle Storm season
This WNBA season would have featured an all-time high 36 regular-season games. However, the plan for expanded games was put on hold on April 3, when the WNBA postponed its season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under a plan approved on June 15, the league was scheduled to hold a shortened 22-game regular season at IMG Academy, without fans present, starting on July 24. Gary Kloppenburg was named the interim head coach for the year, when Dan Huges announced he would sit out the season due to COVID-19 concerns.


2020 Seattle Storm season
The Storm got off to a hot start, winning their first two games before losing to last' years champions Washington. They then went on a nine game winning streak, and their record sat at 10–1 halfway through the season. The winning streak was ended by a two game losing streak, just after the halfway mark of the season. The Storm then rallied for seven straight wins and were 18–3 entering the final game of the regular season. They faced off against the 17–4 Las Vegas Aces. With a win, the Storm could secure the first seed in the playoffs. A loss, would mean the Storm would be the second seed via tie-breaker rules. The Aces prevailed 86–84, and the Storm ended up as the second seed.


2020 Seattle Storm season
As the second seed, the Storm received a double-bye into the Semifinals and would play the higher remaining seed. They faced off against the fourth seed Minnesota Lynx. The Storm swept the series three games to none. The first game was a close one, with the Storm winning by two points, but they won the second two games by double digits to advance to the finals. In the finals, they faced off against the Aces again. The Storm again swept the series, three games to none. No game was very close, with the Storm winning the first two games by thirteen, and the third game by thirty three points. The Storm won their fourth WNBA Championship.


2020 Segunda División B play-offs
The 2020 Segunda División B play-offs (Playoffs de Ascenso or Promoción de Ascenso) are the final play-offs for promotion from 2019–20 Segunda División B to the 2020–21 Segunda División. The four first placed teams in each one of the four qualify for the promotion play-offs. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the relegation play-off was cancelled.


2020 Segunda División B play-offs
Play-offs were played on 18 and 19 July as single-legged matches at a neutral venue.


2020 Segunda División B play-offs, Venues
On 9 June 2020, the Royal Spanish Football Federation announced that the play-offs are to be played in three locations of Andalusia.


2020 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The four group winners had the opportunity to promote directly. They were drawn into a single game series where the two winners were promoted to the Segunda División. For this year, the final which normally took place between the two winners to decide the overall champion of Segunda B was removed. The two losing semi-finalists entered the play-off round for the last two promotion spots.


2020 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The four group runners-up were drawn against one of the three fourth-placed teams outside their group while the four third-placed teams were drawn against each other in a single game series. The six winners advanced with the two losing semi-finalists to determine the four teams that play for the last two promotion spots.


2020 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
As the regular season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualified teams were chosen according to the position after the last round played before the suspension.


2020 Segunda División B play-offs, Format
The draw of the first stage was held on 25 June.


2020 Segunda División play-offs
The 2019–20 Segunda División play-offs were played from 13 August to 23 August 2020 and determined the third team promoted to La Liga for the following season. Teams placed between 3rd and 6th position took part in the promotion play-offs.


2020 Segunda División play-offs, Regulations
The regulations were the same as the previous season: in the semi-finals, the fifth-placed team faced the fourth-placed team, while the sixth-placed team faced the third. Each tie was played over two legs, with the team lower in the table hosting the first leg.


2020 Segunda División play-offs, Regulations
The team that scored more goals on aggregate over the two legs advanced to the next round. If the aggregate score was level, the away goals rule was applied (i.e., the team that scored more goals away from home over the two legs advanced). If away goals were also equal, then thirty minutes of extra time would be played. The away goals rule would again be applied after extra time (i.e., if there were goals scored during extra time and the aggregate score was still level, the visiting team advanced by virtue of more away goals scored). If no goals were scored during extra time, the winner would be the best positioned team in the regular season.


2020 Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency by-election
A by-election for Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency was held in September 2020. Politically the seat has remained a solid bastion for the Socialist Party. In 2017 the seat was a rare example of them retaining a seat.


2020 Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency by-election
The deputy, Christophe Bouillon was elected mayor of Barentin on 28 May 2020 and resigned from the National Assembly on 18 June because of cumulation of mandates. His substitute, Bastien Coriton, was also elected mayor, in Rives-en-Seine, so resigned from the assembly five days after taking office. A by-election was called for 20 and 27 September 2020.


2020 Seine-Maritime's 5th constituency by-election
Gérard Leseul of the socialists was elected in the second round.


2020 Selangor F.C. II season
Selangor F.C. II played the 2020 season in the Malaysia Premier League.


2020 Selangor F.C. II season, Review and events
16 December 2019, Michael Feichtenbeiner has been appointed as the club's head coach.


2020 Selangor F.C. II season, Review and events
On 26 February 2020, the club announced several players from Mokhtar Dahari Academy has signed contract with the club.


2020 Selangor F.C. II season, Review and events
On 4 July 2020, Football Association of Selangor announced Luqman Hakim set to join Belgian side K.V. Kortrijk.


2020 Selangor F.C. II season, Review and events
In September 2020, Rusdi Suparman has been appointed as club's new head coach after Michael Feichtenbeiner has been redesignated as Selangor's head coach.


2020 Selangor F.C. season
The 2020 season was Selangor's 15th season in the Super League and their 35th consecutive season in the top flight of Malaysia football. The club also participated in the Malaysia Cup and the FA Cup.


2020 Selangor F.C. season, Review
This is Selangor second season under head coach B. Sathianathan, who took permanent charge in March 2019. It is also the first season since 2018 without club captain Amri Yahyah, who left the club at the end of the 2019 season. B. Sathianathan named Taylor Regan as Amri's successor as club captain. Selangor will begin the season on 29 February 2020.


2020 Selangor F.C. season, Review
On 13 March, it was announced that the league would be suspended indefinitely, due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 May, it was announced that the league would resume in September dependent on the situation at the time. If the M-League is not allowed to resume in September, the season will be called off. Due to time constraints, the home-and-away format for the Super League and the Premier League has been scrapped. Teams will now play each other only once, meaning the champions of the Super League and Premier League will be decided after 11 rounds of matches.


2020 Selangor F.C. season, Review
On 21 September 2020, Coach B. Sathianathan have been sacked by the club, just days after their 6–1 Malaysia Super League humiliation at the hands of Johor Darul Ta'zim (JDT). Following that, the role will be filled in by the Technical Director, Michael Feichtenbeiner as interim head coach until the new head coach is announced.


2020 Selangor F.C. season, Review
On 2 October 2020, the club have made application to privatize its football team under a new entity as Selangor Football Club (Selangor FC), and was officially approved by the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) on 29 September 2020.


2020 Selangor F.C. season, Review
Recently, the Malaysian Football League (MFL) format for the 2020 Malaysia Cup has been changed following the COVID-19 pandemic that hit the country. Group stage competitions were cancelled and replaced with 16 teams by knockout, including matches in the quarter-finals and semi-finals. On 12 November 2020, MFL confirmed that the tournament would not resume and be cancelled immediately. That mean's closes the season for Malaysian football in 2020 following government's rejection of MFL's appeal, including with large parts of the country in Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) due to COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Selangor F.C. season, Pre-season and friendlies
Selangor played a number of pre-season matches in 2020, including participating in the 2020 Asia Cup and Meizhou Hakka Cup.


2020 Selangor F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, the tournament was cancelled.


2020 Selangor F.C. season, Statistics, Squad statistics
Appearances (Apps.) numbers are for appearances in competitive games only including sub appearancesRed card numbers denote: Numbers in parentheses represent red cards overturned for wrongful dismissal.


2020 Selekhlekha massacre
The 2020 Selekhlekha massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Selekhlekha (Tigrinya: ሰለኽለኻ) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 18 and 19 November 2020. Selekhlekha is the major town of the Northwestern zone of Tigray.


2020 Selekhlekha massacre, Massacre
The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed dozens of civilians in Selekhlekha (Northwestern Tigray), and adjacent village Addi Dekiamalek (Adi Kemalek) on 18 and 19 November 2020. In line with historical studies of massacres, including those committed during the Armenian genocide, a massacre can be defined as a conflict incident in which at least five unarmed civilians were killed on the same day at the same location.


2020 Selekhlekha massacre, Massacre
Typical massacres committed by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers in the Tigray war are (1) revenge when they lose a battle; (2) to terrorise and extract information about whereabouts of TPLF leaders; (3) murder of suspected family members of TDF fighters; and (4) terrorising the Tigray society as a whole such as in case of mass killings in churches.


2020 Selekhlekha massacre, Perpetrators
Relatives and witnesses reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being Eritrean soldiers.


2020 Selekhlekha massacre, Victims
The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions 23 victims of this massacre, 16 of whom have been identified.


2020 Selekhlekha massacre, Reactions
The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation”, that documented this massacre received international media attention, particularly regarding its Annex A, that lists massacres in the Tigray War.


2020 Selekhlekha massacre, Reactions
After months of denial by the Ethiopian authorities that massacres occurred in Tigray, a joint investigation by OHCHR and the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission was announced in March 2021.


2020 Selekhlekha massacre, Reactions
While the Ethiopian government promised that Eritrean troops will be pulled out from Tigray, the Eritrean government denies any participation in warfare in Tigray, let alone in massacres.


2020 Senegal shipwreck
On 29 October 2020, a ship which set off from the Senegalese fishing town of M'Bour caught fire and capsized while taking migrants to Spain's Canary Islands. Around 140 people died, and around 60 survivors were saved by the Senegalese and Spanish navies, and civilian fishermen. The International Organization for Migration said it was the deadliest shipwreck of the year.


2020 Senegal shipwreck
The wreck came during an uptick in the number of African migrants attempting to reach the European Union by sea to the Canary Islands. Reasons include difficulty of international land travel in Africa due to COVID-19 restrictions, and increased security measures in north Africa; the journey is considerably longer and more hazardous than over the Mediterranean.


2020 Senegal shipwreck
Senegal's youth blamed the wreck on the inability of their government to create jobs in their country.


2020 Senior Bowl
The 2020 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game played on January 25, 2020, at 1:30 p.m. CST, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama. The game featured prospects for the 2020 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL), predominantly from the 2019 NCAA Division I FBS football season, rostered into "North" and "South" teams. It was one of the final 2019–20 bowl games concluding the 2019 FBS football season. It was sponsored by Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and was officially known as the Reese's Senior Bowl, with television coverage provided by NFL Network.


2020 Senior Bowl
Coaching staffs for the Senior Bowl are selected from NFL teams that did not qualify for the postseason. The Detroit Lions and Cincinnati Bengals were selected to coach in 2020, led by head coaches Matt Patricia and Zac Taylor, respectively. The Lions coached the North team, while the Bengals coached the South team.


2020 Senior Bowl
This would prove to be the last Senior Bowl played at Ladd–Peebles Stadium. On March 4, 2020, game organizers announced that future editions would remain in Mobile, but move to Hancock Whitney Stadium, set to open in fall 2020 on the campus of the University of South Alabama.


2020 Senior Bowl, Players
Organizers maintained a "watch list" of hundreds of players, with a maximum of 110 players invited to the game. Players who accepted invitations to the game were listed on the official website, with complete rosters presented below. While team assignments for the North and South squads follow general geographical guidelines, there are usually multiple variances due to competitive and roster-balancing considerations. Players were from FBS programs, unless marked otherwise in the "College" column.


2020 Senior Bowl, Players, South team
Quarterback Jalen Hurts was provided with a special helmet for the Senior Bowl, representing Alabama on one side and Oklahoma on the other side, the two college programs that he played for.


2020 Seoul Dynasty season
The 2020 Seoul Dynasty season was the third season of the Seoul Dynasty's existence in the Overwatch League. The Dynasty planned to hold two homestand weekends in the 2020 season at the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul; however, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all homestand events were cancelled.


2020 Seoul Dynasty season, Preceding offseason, Organizational changes
In October 2019, head coach Kim "KDG" Dong-gun's contract expired, and he did not re-sign with the team. Later that month, Seoul promoted assistant coach Park "changoon" Chang-geun to head coach and brought up Mun "MMA" Seong-won from Gen.G Esports as an assistant coach. The team released assistant coach Lee "WhyNot" Ju-hyeop in early November. On November 8, Seoul signed former Washington Justice head coach Kim "WizardHyeong" Hyeong-seok as a strategic coach.


2020 Seoul Dynasty season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes
The Dynasty enter the new season with three free agents, one player which they have the option to retain for another year, and six players under contract. The OWL's deadline to exercise a team option is November 11, after which any players not retained will become a free agent. Free agency officially began on October 7.


2020 Seoul Dynasty season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Acquisitions
The Dynasty's first acquisition of the offseason was on October 22, when they agreed to acquire tank Hong "Gesture" Jae-hee and DPS Park "Profit" Joon-yeong from the London Spitfire. A week later, support Kim "Creative" Young-wan was promoted from Seoul's academy team Gen.G Esports. On January 12, the Dynasty announced the signing of former London Spitfire support player Choi "Bdosin" Seung-tae.


2020 Seoul Dynasty season, Preceding offseason, Roster changes, Departures
The first player to depart from the Dynasty was main support Lee "Jecse" Seung-soo, as he was released from the team on November 1. Two weeks later, it was announced that Seoul transferred DPS Kim "Fleta" Byung-sun to the Shanghai Dragons. On November 23, it was announced that support Lee "Highly" Sung-hyeok had been signed to the London Spitfire. On November 27, veteran support player Ryu "ryujehong" Je-hong was signed to the Vancouver Titans, and three weeks later, Seoul parted ways with off-tank Kim "zunba" Joon-hyeok.


2020 Seoul Dynasty season, Homestand events
In December 2019, the Dynasty announced that they would hold two homestand events; both were to be held the Dongdaemun Design Plaza in Seoul. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the league cancelled the Dynasty's March homestand event that was initially set to be held from March 7 to 8. The game will be made up, with exact dates and times to be announced later.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team
The 2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team will represent Serbia at the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade, Serbia in June and July 2021. The team  coached by Igor Kokoškov and led by team captain Miloš Teodosić failed to qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Background
Serbia were qualified for the Qualification tournament by taking the 5th place at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. On 15 November 2019, the Basketball Federation of Serbia has awarded the hosting right of one out of four FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Background
On 13 March 2020, FIBA suspended all FIBA competitions considering the situation with the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. On 30 March, the Summer Olympics has been rescheduled to 2021 due to the same reason. On 9 April, FIBA announced that the Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments are rescheduled to 2021.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Background
The Serbia roster entered the Qualification tournament four months after the end of the EuroBasket 2022 qualification where they finished with the first place in Group E with a 4–2 record and got qualified for EuroBasket 2022.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Roster
On 31 May 2021, head coach Igor Kokoškov announced a 25-man preliminary roster for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. The 25-man roster includes six NBA players: guard Bogdan Bogdanović, forwards Nemanja Bjelica, Aleksej Pokuševski, and Alen Smailagić, as well as centers Nikola Jokić and Boban Marjanović; then two All-EuroLeague Team members for the 2020–21 season: guard Vasilije Micić and forward Vladimir Lučić; as well as six domestic league players. Furthermore, the roster includes three high-profile-leagues regular season MVPs for the 2020–21 season: Jokić (NBA), Micić (EuroLeague), and Miloš Teodosić (EuroCup).


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Roster
Center Jokić announced his withdrawal on 16 June, stating that his "body condition requires a longer absence from the court to recover". On the same day, head coach Kokoškov announced withdrawals of two more NBA players, Pokuševski and Smailagić. Also, coach Kokoškov said the guards Micić and Teodosić and forwards Lučić and Nikola Kalinić will rest during the Acropolis Tournament. Guard Nemanja Nedović will skip the Olympic Qualifying Tournament due to injury. Furthermore, guards Marko Gudurić, Ognjen Jaramaz, forward Lučić and the 2019 World Cup team captain Miroslav Raduljica were also cut out from the roster due to injuries.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Roster
On 27 June, head coach Kokoškov announced the 12-man final roster for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. In the end, forward Branko Lazić and center Nikola Milutinov was cut from the roster due to health issues while guard Vanja Marinković and the Bosnian-born forward Dalibor Ilić did not make it to the final roster. On 30 June, guard Stefan Jović got a soleus muscle injury in the second game and will miss the rest of the tournament.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Roster
The average height of players in the roster is 2.01 metres (6 ft 7 in) which makes the Serbians the tallest roster in the Belgrade Tournament. Standing at 2.22 metres (7 ft 3 in), center Marjanović is the tallest player in the tournament. The average age of the players in the Serbia roster is 29 years old.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Roster
The following is the Serbia roster in the Olympic Qualifying Tournament.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Staff
At the end of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup where Serbia won 5th place, head coach Aleksandar Đorđević announced his decision to leave the position after six years. On 20 November 2019, the Basketball Federation of Serbia named Igor Kokoškov the new head coach of the Serbia team. In December, Dejan Milojević and Vladimir Jovanović were named assistant coaches. On 15 January 2020,  the Federation added the Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone to the coaching staff for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament. In May 2021, Kokoškov added conditioning coach Marko Sekulić to his coaching staff. In June 2021, Aleksandar Matović  was added to the staff as a player development coach. As of June 2021, the Nuggets head coach Malone did not join the Serbia staff as it was announced.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Exhibition games
The Serbia roster played four exhibition games and went undefeated at 4–0. The team played at the 2021 Acropolis of Athens Tournament together with Greece, Puerto Rico and Mexico from 18–20 June 2021. They won the Acropolis Tournament for the second time after went undefeated at 3–0. Afterwards, Serbia won one more game over Mexico in Belgrade on 23 June.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament
The draw was held on 27 November 2019 in Mies, Switzerland. Serbia was drawn into the Belgrade Tournament Group with the Dominican Republic, New Zealand, Puerto Rico, Italy, and Senegal. These matches were originally scheduled to take place between 23 June and 28 June 2020 in Aleksandar Nikolić Hall, Belgrade, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, to 29 June to 4 July 2021. Teams are divided into two groups. Serbia was drawn into Group A with the Dominican Republic and New Zealand.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament
If Serbia finishes as one of the top two teams in its group, they will advance to the final round of the Belgrade Tournament and will play against one of the top two finishers of Group B, which is composed of Puerto Rico, Italy, and Senegal.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament
On 26 February 2021, Basketball New Zealand announced that they will pull out of the tournament. On the same day, FIBA announced that they will be replaced by the Philippines as the next best team from the Asia-Oceania region in FIBA World Rankings. On 28 June, Senegal canceled their participation in the tournament due to COVID-19 outbreak in their roster so they will be fortified 0–20 in both scheduled games of Group B.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament
The winning team of this tournament will qualify for the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Dominican Republic
The game was originally scheduled for 23 June 2020, and rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Dominican Republic
The Serbia roster finished strong at the opener, beating the Dominican Republic 94–76. While the Serbians had a bit of a point cushion at the end, it wasn't an easy win at all.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Dominican Republic
Serbia entered the game in a dunk mode, with six of the first ten points coming by throw-downs from Boban Marjanović, Ognjen Dobrić, and Nemanja Bjelica for an early 10–2 lead. But the Dominicans answered back. Led by Víctor Liz and Gelvis Solano, they came back and then took the first lead of the game two minutes before the halftime, 46–45, before it was all tied up 47–47 after a very intense first half.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Dominican Republic
With the third quarter coming to a close, the Serbians raised their game up a notch as they carried this momentum into the fourth where they found their best defense, energy, and offensive rhythm. The turning point was a zone defensive scheme by Serbia's head coach Igor Kokoškov at the start of the final quarter helped his team buckle down for a 9–0 run. From then on, Serbia took an advantage they would only increase until the final buzzer.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Dominican Republic
Outscoring the Dominican Republic 27–10 over the final ten minutes of the game gives them some level of confidence going forward in the tournament. Center Marjanović finished with a double-double, recording 18 points and 10 rebounds for a total efficiency plus-minus score of 27. He was 7-of-12 in the paint and 4-of-4 from the line. Center Filip Petrušev added 17 points of the bench, and guard Vasilije Micić recorded 16 points and five assists. As expected, Serbia dominated the points from the paint 58–24 but didn't take advantage in rebounding as maybe was a plan (43–37). Fast break points also played a significant role, as the "Eagles" picked up 24 of them, mainly in the fourth quarter, compared to just nine from the Dominicans.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Philippines
The game was originally scheduled for 24 June 2020, and rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the second competitive game between Serbia and the Philippines. Previously, Serbia had a 126–67 won over the Philippines at the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup in China on 2 September 2019.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Philippines
Serbia grabbed a vital 83–76 win over the Philippines. Serbia needed a thrilling finish to withstand the "Gilas" but the victory nonetheless sees the reigning Olympic silver medalists into the Belgrade Olympic Qualifying Tournament as the first-place team from Group A to advance to the Semi-Finals.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Philippines
The Serbia side was in front from the tip-off till the R. J. Abarrientos lay-up at 3:50 to go in the fourth quarter, but on the wings of Boban Marjanović's dominance in the paint, his team finds a way out. Serbia head coach Igor Kokoškov decided to rest three players from starting a previous line-up due to minor injuries (Nemanja Bjelica, Nikola Kalinić, and Vasilije Micić). But, a massive problem for the home team occurred in the middle of the fourth quarter, when Stefan Jović helped to leave the floor.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Philippines
After leading the for 36 minutes, Serbia allowed the Gilas to take their first and only lead of the game, 74–73. But, in a similar fashion to Serbia's tournament opening game the previous night, they found a way to win it by closing with a 10–2 run. After a fantastic season in his club Crvena zvezda mts, Ognjen Dobrić continued his growth in a national team jersey, putting up 16 points while going 4-from-7 from the three point line. Center Marjanović also showed off his double-double stats mode with 25 points and 11 rebounds.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Preliminary round, Philippines
Center Angelo Kouame shined in the Philippines team with 17 points and 7 rebounds. After a poor three-point shooting night against the Dominican Republic in the tournament opener, the "Eagles" found some rhythm out of the line, scoring 9 from 26 shots. Also, Serbians have a massive advantage over rivals in the points from the paint, 46–28.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Final round
Serbia finished as the group winner in its preliminary group and advanced to the semi-finals of the 2020 FIBA Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgrade and played against the runner-up of Group B, which will be Puerto Rico, on 3 July.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Final round, Semi-final: Win over Puerto Rico
Serbia and Puerto Rico previously met on multiple occasions. Serbia won over Puerto Rico at the 2016 Olympic Qualifying Tournament Final in Belgrade, as well at the 2019 World Cup in China. Most recent, Serbia had a 80–68 won over Puerto Rico at the Acropolis Tournament on 18 June.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Final round, Semi-final: Win over Puerto Rico
After two lukewarm games to start the tournament, Serbia found a way to turn up the heat in an intensely contested game against Puerto Rico to win, 102–84. It's a win-and-you're-in game with a place in the Olympic 12-team tournament on the line. Nemanja Bjelica's three-pointer to beat the first-quarter buzzer saw Serbia take a 28–26 lead, one they would never relinquish, much to the delight of fans in Belgrade. Puerto Rico's side started the game with intensity and aggression that led to a pretty solid first quarter.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Final round, Semi-final: Win over Puerto Rico
Then came Bjelica' early dagger dime and the Serbians team took control thereafter, finding a strong offensive rhythm. The ball was moving well; the numbers of assisted points started to rise to the tune of 30 assists and 12 triples. Guard Vasilije Micić continued to play his MVP basketball after one game of rest. He scored 23 points and dished 8 assists. Forward Bjelica also stepped up, contributing with 18 points and 8 rebounds. Guard Miloš Teodosić led the team in assists with 10.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Final round, Semi-final: Win over Puerto Rico
The victory puts the defending Olympic silver medalists into the Sunday Final where they will face Italy.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Final round, The Final: Lost to Italy
The Italian roster will play this summer at the Tokyo 2020 men's basketball Olympic tournament with their 102–95 victory over Serbia in the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament final. Fueled by their fantastic three-point shooting display as the Italians earned their first Olympics appearance since the 2004 Athens Games, where they won the silver medal. Italian made it rain from beyond the arc seemingly all night in Belgrade as they made 14 three-pointers. Many of their attempts fell at the very crucial moments of the game, an instrumental reason why the Italians will be making their country's 13th Olympics appearance in history.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Final round, The Final: Lost to Italy
The Italians relied on two of them, actually. The first was at the start of the game where they were able to stretch Serbia's defense, which paid off as the Italian's triple-point shots were falling. It was crowned with 25–9 to finish the first half after trailing by four (36–32 to 45–57). The second came with another precise shooting run in the second half that stopped Serbia from mounting an early comeback. The boys in blue played outstanding team basketball in the Final. The "Azzurri" also benefited from a career game from Achille Polonara.


2020 Serbia men's OQT basketball team, Tournament, Final round, The Final: Lost to Italy
His two-way, double-double performance of 22 points and 12 rebounds earned him a total efficiency score of 32. Polonara was justly awarded the MVP Award following his team receiving their cardboard cutout ticket to Tokyo. Romeo Sacchetti's squad outrebounded the home team by small (39–36), but took 12 of them in the offensive end. And while most of the statistics were on Serbia's side in the end, the key was the fantastic shooting performance by the "Azzuri" team: 48 percent for 2 points, 41 percent for 3 point.


2020 Serbian local elections
Local elections were held in most cities and municipalities of Serbia (excluding the disputed territory of Kosovo) on 21 June 2020, with repeat voting later taking place in some jurisdictions. The elections were held concurrently with the 2020 Serbian parliamentary election and the 2020 Vojvodina provincial election. Elections on all three levels were initially scheduled for 26 April 2020 but were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.


2020 Serbian local elections
As with the republic and provincial elections, the local elections were boycotted by several opposition parties, most notably those in the Alliance for Serbia, which charged that the process was neither free nor fair. Some parties that boycotted the parliamentary election nonetheless chose to participate in the local elections in a limited capacity.


2020 Serbian local elections
Elections were not held for the City Assembly of Belgrade, as its members are currently elected on a different four-year cycle (although local assembly elections were held in all of the City of Belgrade's constituent municipalities). Some other jurisdictions also did not hold local elections in 2020, for the same reason.


2020 Serbian local elections
All local elections in Serbia are held under proportional representation. Mayors are not directly elected but are instead chosen by elected members of the local assemblies. Parties are required to cross a three per cent electoral threshold to win representation in the local assembles, although this requirement is waived for parties representing national minority communities.


2020 Serbian local elections
As expected, the results were a victory for the Serbian Progressive Party's coalition, which finished in first place in most cities and municipalities. Some exceptions included areas in which the majority of seats were won by parties representing national minority communities. Other exceptions included:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results
Note: The first percentage column in the results section refers to the percentage of valid votes received by each list. The second column refers to the percentage of all votes. Lists were required to receive three per cent of all votes to cross the electoral threshold.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade
Local elections were held in all seventeen of Belgrade's municipalities. The Progressive Party and its allies won victories in every jurisdiction except New Belgrade, where Aleksandar Šapić's Serbian Patriotic Alliance won a narrow victory. The only other municipality where the Progressive Party and its allies did not win an outright majority was Stari Grad, where they fell two seats short.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Barajevo
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Barajevo were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Barajevo
Incumbent mayor Slobodan Adamović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Čukarica
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Čukarica were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Čukarica
Incumbent mayor Srđan Kolarić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. The Socialists and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance supported the local administration.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Grocka
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Grocka were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Grocka
Dragan Pantelić, elected on the For Our Children list, was chosen as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Lazarevac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Lazarevac were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Lazarevac
Bojan Stević of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election, with the support of fifty-six out of sixty-one delegates.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Mladenovac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mladenovac were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Mladenovac
Incumbent mayor Vladan Glišić of the Progressive Party (not to be confused with the national assembly member of the same name) was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, New Belgrade
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of New Belgrade were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, New Belgrade
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Šapić of the Serbian Patriotic Alliance was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Obrenovac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Obrenovac were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Obrenovac
Incumbent mayor Miroslav Čučković of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a third term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Palilula
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Palilula were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Palilula
Incumbent mayor Aleksandar Jovičić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. He resigned on 28 June 2021 after being arrested on suspicion of enabling illegal construction in the municipality. Miroslav Ivanović, also elected on the For Our Children list, was chosen as his replacement on 26 July 2021.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Rakovica
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Rakovica were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Rakovica
Miloš Simić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Savski Venac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Savski Venac were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Savski Venac
Miloš Vidović of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Sopot
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sopot were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Sopot
Živorad Milosavljević of the Progressive Party, the longest continuously serving mayor in Serbia, was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Stari Grad
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Stari Grad were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Stari Grad
Radoslav Marjanović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, by a vote of forty-two to eight (with one invalid vote). The Socialist Party of Serbia–United Serbia and Serbian Patriotic Alliance lists supported Marjanović, as did some individual members of other lists. One of the Socialist delegates elected was Uglješa Marković, who was also elected to the national assembly in the concurrent parliamentary election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Surčin
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Surčin were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Surčin
Incumbent mayor Stevan Šuša of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Voždovac
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Voždovac were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Voždovac
Ivana Ilić-Tomić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor following the election. The new municipal administration included the Socialist Party and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance, and was approved by forty-seven members of the assembly.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Vračar
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vračar were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Vračar
Incumbent mayor Milan Nedeljković of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election, by a vote of forty-eight to six. The Socialist Party participated in the municipality's coalition government, which was also supported by the Serbian Patriotic Alliance, the Association for the Beautification of Vračar, and the Green Movement Vračar. The United Opposition and DSS were in opposition.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Zemun
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zemun were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Zemun
Gavrilo Kovačević of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Zvezdara
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Zvezdara were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Belgrade, Zvezdara
Vladan Jeremić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor following the election, with the support of forty-six of the fifty delegates in attendance. The Socialists and the Serbian Patriotic Alliance supported the new administration.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
Local elections were held in the one city (Zrenjanin) and all four of the municipalities in the Central Banat District. The Progressive Party and its allies won majority victories in all jurisdictions.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
The results of the election for the City Assembly of Zrenjanin were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
Simo Salapura of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor after the election. Among the members elected on the Socialist list was Dubravka Kralj, who was also elected to the national assembly in the concurrent parliamentary election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Nova Crnja were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
Incumbent mayor Vladimir Brakus of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Novi Bečej were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
Incumbent mayor Saša Maksimović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sečanj were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
Incumbent mayor Predrag Rađenović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žitište were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, Central Banat District
Incumbent mayor Mitar Vučurević of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Local elections were held in the one city (Novi Sad) and all eleven of the separate municipalities of the South Bačka District. The Progressive Party and its allies won all cities and municipalities except Beočin, where the Socialist Party won a narrow majority victory. The only other jurisdiction where the Progressives and their allies did not win an outright majority was Bački Petrovac.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The City of Novi Sad comprises two municipalities (the City municipality of Novi Sad and Petrovaradin), although their powers are very limited relative to the city government. Unlike Belgrade, Niš, and Vranje, Novi Sad does not have directly elected municipal assemblies.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the City Assembly of Novi Sad were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Miloš Vučević of the Progressive Party led the For Our Children list. He was subsequently confirmed for a third term as mayor by an assembly vote of seventy to six (with two invalid votes). The local government included the Progressives, the Socialists, the Serbian Patriotic Alliance, and the League of Social Democrats of Vojvodina; the Radicals and the Democratic Party of Serbia were in opposition. Milorad Mirčić, who served as the city's mayor in the 1990s, was re-elected to the assembly on the Radical Party list.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bač were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Steva Panić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bačka Palanka were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Branislav Šušnica of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bački Petrovac were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Jasna Šproh of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, by a vote of fourteen to eleven. The Socialists supported the administration.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bečej were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Dragan Tošić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office following the election, with the votes of thirty-five delegates. (The thirty-sixth delegate was absent). Former mayor Vuk Radojević was elected at the head of the Progressive list.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Beočin were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Mirjana Malešević Milkić of the Socialist Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Srbobran were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Radivoj Debeljački of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Sremski Karlovci were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Aleksandar Stojkečić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election; the Radical Party delegates boycotted the vote.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Temerin were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Mladen Zec of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Titel were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Dragan Božić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vrbas were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Predrag Rojević of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was supported by the Progressives, the Socialists, and the Radicals.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Žabalj were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Vojvodina, South Bačka District
Incumbent mayor Čedomir Božić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election, with the support of nineteen delegates. (The other two delegates were not present.) He was succeeded by Uroš Radanović of the same party on 30 October 2020.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Local elections were held in both cities (i.e., Šabac and Loznica) and all six of the municipalities of the Mačva District. The Progressive Party and its allies won in all jurisdictions, taking majority victories everywhere except Ljubovija (where they fell one seat short). In each jurisdiction, a Progressive Party delegate was chosen as mayor after the elections.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
The final results of election for the City Assembly of Šabac were not announced until 17 October 2020, due to three separate repeat votes having been held in the city before then. Both the process and the elections themselves were extremely acrimonious. The results were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Aleksandar Pajić of the Progressive Party was selected as mayor of Šabac after the election. The new city assembly was boycotted by Zelenović's list, after Zelenović charged that the assembly was improperly constituted.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Bogatić were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Milan Damnjamović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election, and a new local administration was formed by the Progressives, the Radicals, and the European Green Party. The Socialists, who had been in power locally for several years prior to the 2020 election, abstained from voting on the new administration.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Koceljeva were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Incumbent mayor Dušan Ilinčić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Krupanj were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Incumbent mayor Ivan Isailović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for another term in office after the election. Progressive Party member Ivana Popović, who was elected to the national assembly in the concurrent 2020 parliamentary election, was also elected to a local assembly mandate.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
The results of the election for the City Assembly of Loznica were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Incumbent mayor Vidoje Petrović of the Progressive Party was confirmed for his fifth term in office following the election. The city government, which also included the Socialist Party and the Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, was endorsed by an assembly vote of fifty to five, with two invalid votes.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Ljubovija were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Milan Jovanović of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election. The government was formed by the Progressives, the SDPS, and the Radicals.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Mali Zvornik were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Incumbent mayor Zoran Jevtić of the Progressive Party was confirmed for a new term in office after the election.


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
The results of the election for the Municipal Assembly of Vladimirci were as follows:


2020 Serbian local elections, Results, Šumadija and Western Serbia, Mačva District
Goran Zarić of the Progressive Party was chosen as mayor after the election.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 21 June 2020. Initially organised for 26 April 2020, they were postponed by a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election
In the period before the elections, inter-party European Parliament–mediated dialogue wаs held and certain changes in election legislation were made. Numerous parliamentary and non-parliamentary political parties boycotted the elections, including the major opposition coalition Alliance for Serbia, which said that there were no conditions for free and fair elections. This resulted in the lowest turnout since the establishment of a multi-party system in 1990.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election
The Serbian Progressive Party–led coalition won one of the largest parliamentary majorities in Europe. Election observer organizations declared that the elections were conducted efficiently according to minimum democratic standards, but noted some irregularities that affected turnout and results. The OSCE reported that many previous recommendations of the ODIHR were not adopted, at the same time criticizing the lack of freedom in the media.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background
Since Aleksandar Vučić came to power in 2012, Serbia has suffered from democratic backsliding into authoritarianism, followed by a decline in media freedom and civil liberties.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background
In the 2016 parliamentary election, the ruling Serbian Progressive Party-led coalition and the Socialist Party of Serbia-led coalition returned to power, and the incumbent prime minister Vučić was successfully re-elected. However, in the 2017 presidential election, Vučić was elected president, and left the government for his new position. The election result sparked protests around Serbia. Thousands of protesters accused Vučić of leading the country towards authoritarianism.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background
An OSCE report criticized unbalanced media coverage during the election campaign, use of public resources to support Vučić and reports of pressure on employees of state-affiliated institutions to support Vučić and secure, in a cascade fashion, support from family members and friends. Ana Brnabić was appointed head of government as a non-partisan politician, becoming Serbia's first female and first openly gay prime minister. Two years later, she joined the ruling Serbian Progressive Party.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background
In January 2019, Vučić stated that there was a possibility of holding early elections in 2019. Observers noted that this was highly possible, as it would enable the SNS to make electoral gains before having to compromise on unpopular decisions regarding the status of Kosovo, which is expected to hit the party's rating.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background
In May 2019, the European Commission criticized election conditions and expressed a serious concern about press freedom in the Serbia 2019 Report. They also stated that there was a negative impact on the work of democratic institutions, in particular the National Assembly, and there was an urgent need to create space for genuine cross-party debate and conditions for meaningful participation by the opposition in the parliament.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background, Anti-government protests
Meanwhile, Vučić was also put under pressure by peaceful protests in Belgrade and other cities, with the opposition demanding more media freedom, as well as free and fair elections and ministerial resignations. The protests were precipitated by an assault on Borko Stefanović, one of the leaders of the newly formed opposition coalition Alliance for Serbia. These were the largest anti-government protests since Vučić came to power in 2012, with media reports estimating the attendance at protests to be between 25,000 and 70,000 people. Parallel to the protests, Vučić launched the "Future of Serbia" campaign, organizing rallies in all districts of Serbia.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background, Anti-government protests
After the largest opposition protest on 13 April, a non-partisan expert group was introduced that later formulated the demands of the protests, concluded there were no conditions for free and fair elections, and eventually drafted a comprehensive document with demands and recommendations. In early September, the protest organizers called for a boycott of the coming election because no recommendation of the expert team had been adopted.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background, Inter-party negotiations
After the unsuccessful conclusion of the negotiations mediated by the University of Belgrade Faculty of Political Sciences and NGOs, the first round of inter-party European Parliament-mediated dialogue in Serbia took place in October, which was initiated by David McAllister, the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the EP. The Alliance for Serbia refused to participate, stating that there was no time for their demands for fair election conditions to be met before the election in April. In December 2019, following three rounds of dialogue, the EP delegation members announced that conditions for fair and free elections had not been established. After the last round, it was concluded that continued observation of implementation was necessary and it was agreed to move the election as late as possible.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Background, Inter-party negotiations
The CeSID stated that changes in electoral legislation on three occasions during the election year were contrary to the Venice Commission's Code of Good Practice in Elections. The decision of the ruling party to lower the electoral threshold from 5% to 3% has been criticized by numerous observers, opposition parties, EP delegation members and Transparency Serbia, stating that it was not a topic of negotiation and that it will help some smaller parties enter parliament after the announced boycott of the largest opposition parties.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Participating parties
After the 2017 presidential elections, Saša Janković, who finished second with 16.3% of the vote, formed the liberal Movement of Free Citizens (PSG) in May 2017. In October 2017, Vuk Jeremić, who finished fourth with 5.6% of the vote, formed his own liberal-conservative People's Party (NS), which cooperated closely with Janković's party.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Participating parties
In June 2018, opposition parties held talks on forming an alliance, which became possible with the election of leadership in the Democratic Party, which was in favor of allying with Dragan Đilas (who was very successful in the Belgrade local election) and the PSG and NS. This alliance of mostly pro-Western and pro-EU parties also included other opposition organizations, regardless of their stance on EU, including the right-wing Dveri, an anti-EU party. The opposition alliance was dubbed by the media and main participants in its formation as Alliance for Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Савез за Србију, SZS).


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Participating parties, Boycott
Almost all opposition parties (except the Democratic Party of Serbia, Serbian Patriotic Alliance and Don't let Belgrade d(r)own) signed the Agreement with People in February 2019, where they promised to boycott the 2020 elections if they were deemed irregular. In addition, in September 2019, the protest organizers called for a boycott of the next election.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Participating parties, Boycott
The elections were boycotted by several political parties, including the major opposition coalition the Alliance for Serbia (composed of the Democratic Party, Dveri, People's Party, Party of Freedom and Justice, Movement for Reversal, Fatherland and the United Trade Unions "Sloga"), the Civic Platform, as well some extra-parliamentary parties and movements, such as Social Democratic Union and the Do not let Belgrade d(r)own-led Civic Front alliance, which stated that the elections would not be held under fair conditions. Together for Serbia and the Social Democratic Party, also boycotted the parliamentary election, only participating in some elections at the local (municipal) level. Some individual politicians also declared a boycott, such as Đorđe Vukadinović, member of the National Assembly, and Ljubiša Preletačević, who finished third in the 2017 presidential election.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The 250 members of the National Assembly are elected by closed-list proportional representation from a single nationwide constituency. Seats are allocated using the d'Hondt method with an electoral threshold of 3% of all votes cast (lowered from 5% at the previous elections) although the threshold is waived for ethnic minority parties.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Electoral system
While some parties choose to contest elections solely in their own name, multi-party coalitions are more common. This allows smaller parties to reach the electoral threshold together, while for larger parties it represents an opportunity to amass support from more diverse sections of the electorate.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Electoral lists
The following are the official electoral lists published by the Republic Electoral Commission (RIK).


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Opinion polls
The highest percentage figure in each polling survey is displayed in bold, and the background shaded in the leading party's color. In the instance that there is a tie, then no figure is shaded. The lead column on the right shows the percentage-point difference between the two parties with the highest figures. When a specific poll does not show a data figure for a party, the party's cell corresponding to that poll is shown with a hyphen (-). If a poll was conducted prior to the establishment of a party, a hyphen is given instead of the result. Poll results use the date the fieldwork was done, as opposed to the date of publication. However, if such a date is unknown, the date of publication will be given instead.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Opinion polls
The results of the SNS in different polls represent results of the party itself, although it usually runs in a broad coalition, which includes, besides SNS as the largest party, Social Democratic Party of Serbia, Party of United Pensioners of Serbia, New Serbia, Serbian Renewal Movement, Movement of Socialists, Strength of Serbia Movement, Independent Democratic Party of Serbia and Serbian People's Party. SPS formed a longstanding coalition with United Serbia, included in SPS poll results. All polls are conducted excluding Kosovo.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Results
The ruling Aleksandar Vučić — For Our Children alliance, led by the Serbian Progressive Party, won a supermajority of seats and 60.65% of the vote amid an opposition boycott.


2020 Serbian parliamentary election, Aftermath
The election observer organization CRTA described that the elections "have met a minimum of the democratic standards, but they imperil democracy". They recorded twice as many irregularities and incidents than in the previous elections, stating that the irregularities could have influenced the results and that turnout would have been about 45% without them. The CeSID reported that the elections respected basic human rights, but the political competition was limited due to the opposition boycott and the unclear distinction of party activities from the public officials' activities.