2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Summary, Quarter- and semi-finals
The quarter-finals were played as best-of-9-frames matches. Kyren Wilson drew John Higgins who won the first two frames Wilson won the next two frames with breaks of 64 and 89 to tie the match, 2–2. The next four frames were shared, leading to a deciding frame. Wilson made two breaks, and Higgins needed snookers to win. Although Higgins drew two fouls, Wilson won the match after potting a long brown ball. Joe Perry won the first frame of his match with Neil Robertson with a break of 86 before Robertson won the next five frames to win, 5–1.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Summary, Quarter- and semi-finals
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the opening frame against Graeme Dott, who then won the next three frames. O'Sullivan tied the match, 3–3, with a break of 102 in frame six. Dott won the next two frames for a 5–3 victory, with breaks of 52 and 91. It was Dott's first win against O'Sullivan in nine years. In the other quarter-final, Tom Ford defeated Gary Wilson 5–2. After the match, he said that his form had improved due to his "mind coach".


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Summary, Quarter- and semi-finals
The semi-finals were played as best-of-11-frames matches. Neil Robertson won the first three frames of his match with Kyren Wilson with breaks of 80, 59 and 77. Wilson then won three of the next four, including a break of 129, to trail 3–4. Robertson led 5–4 before making a break of 68 to win, 6–4. The second semi-final was played by Graeme Dott and Tom Ford. Dott was playing in his second consecutive semi-final, after reaching that stage at the German Masters. Ford led 4–3 before Dott won three frames in a row with breaks of 81, 67 and 70 to win, 6–3.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Summary, Final
The final was played over two sessions as a best-of-19-frames match. Robertson was playing in his third straight ranking final, after he won the European Masters and was runner-up at the German Masters. Dott had not won an event since the 2007 China Open, and last reached a ranking final in 2018. This was a rematch of the 2010 World Snooker Championship final, which Robertson had won. The final was refereed by Leo Scullion. Robertson took the opening frame and made a break of 63 in the second,  losing the frame by six points. Dott won frame three before Robertson won four frames in a row (including a break of 127) to lead, 5–2. Dott won the final frame of the opening session to trail, 3–5.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Summary, Final
He then won two of the first three frames in the evening session to trail, 5–6. Dott scored only a single point across the next three frames, Robertson earning 313 taking all three frames. Dott won the next two frames to trail, 7–9; but required two snookers in frame 17 to be able to win. Dott secured the foul shots to trail 8–9, before Robertson won frame 18 to win the match, 10–8. After the match, he said that he had been a "bit twitchy" near the end. Dott called Robertson "a machine". Robertson made five century breaks during the final, including the tournament's highest break – a 142 – in frame 12.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Tournament draw
The event featured five single elimination rounds featuring 32 players. Below is the bracket for the event. Players in bold denote match winners.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Century breaks
A total of 33 century breaks were made at the tournament. The highest was a 142, made by Neil Robertson in frame 13 of the final.


2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season)
The 2020 World Grand Prix (also known as the Matchroom World Grand Prix 2020) was a professional snooker tournament, that took place from 14 to 20 December 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. Although the tournament was not sponsored by Cazoo, it was the first of three tournaments that form the Cazoo Cup.


2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season)
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having won the previous final 10–8 against Graeme Dott. However, Robertson lost 2–4 to Robert Milkins in the first round.


2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season)
Judd Trump won the tournament for a third time, beating Jack Lisowski 10–7 to claim his 20th ranking title.


2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season)
Jak Jones, Lu Ning, Hossein Vafaei and Robbie Williams were debutants in the event.


2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season), Prize fund
The event had a total prize fund of £380,000, with £100,000 to the winner. The participation prize is £5,000, which did not count towards a player's world ranking. The breakdown of prize money for the event:


2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season), Seeding list
The top 32 players on the one-year ranking list, running from the September 2020 European Masters until and including the 2020 Scottish Open, qualified for the tournament.


2020 World Grand Prix (2020–21 season), Century breaks
A total of 38 century breaks were made by 20 players during the tournament.


2020 World Grand Prix (darts)
The 2020 BoyleSports World Grand Prix was a darts tournament and the 23rd staging of the World Grand Prix. It was held from 6–12 October 2020 at the Ricoh Arena in Coventry, England, behind closed doors. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was held away from the Citywest Hotel in Dublin for the first time since 2001.


2020 World Grand Prix (darts)
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, after defeating Dave Chisnall 5–2 in the 2019 final, to win his second consecutive and fifth overall World Grand Prix title. However, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals, after losing 3–0 to Simon Whitlock of Australia.


2020 World Grand Prix (darts)
Gerwyn Price went on to beat Dirk van Duijvenbode 5–2 in the final to win the tournament for the first time.


2020 World Grand Prix (darts)
This event saw the most seeds knocked out in the first round in the history of the tournament, with 6 of the 8 seeds eliminated, leaving only Van Gerwen and Price to make it into the second round.


2020 World Grand Prix (darts)
By reaching the final, van Duijvenbode became the first person (other than Phil Taylor and Rod Harrington in the inaugural tournament in 1998) to reach the final on his debut in the tournament.


2020 World Grand Prix (darts), Prize money
The prize fund remained at £450,000, with the winner's earnings being £110,000.


2020 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
The field of 32 players consists of the top 16 on the PDC Order of Merit and the top 16 non-qualified players from the ProTour Order of Merit as of 27 September 2020; the top eight players on the Order of Merit are seeded for the tournament.


2020 World Grand Prix (darts), Qualification
Prior to the tournament, Adrian Lewis and Stephen Bunting tested positive for COVID-19 and withdrew. They were replaced by Simon Whitlock and Jeffrey de Zwaan respectively, the next-ranked players on the Orders of Merit that they had qualified from.


2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The 2020 Just World Indoor Bowls Championship was held at Potters Leisure Resort, Hopton-on-Sea, Great Yarmouth, England, from 9–26 January 2020. The event was organised by the World Bowls Tour and televised by the BBC.


2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship
In the Open Singles, all 16 seeds progressed to round two, which last happened in 2009 but the top four seeds failed to make the semi final stage. Nick Brett progressed to the final and was attempting to become the first player in the history of the competition to achieve the treble of open singles, open pairs and mixed pairs during the same year.


2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship
His opponent Robert Paxton (in his third career open singles final) started well in the first set before Brett took control of the set, winning it 10-7. Paxton deservedly took the second set 8-7 despite a late Brett comeback which forced the match into a tie break. The tie break went to the deciding end and Paxton's second bowl on the backhand was good enough to seal the title and deny Brett the treble.


2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship
In the Open Pairs, the third seeds Greg Harlow and Nick Brett won the title beating Paul Foster and Alex Marshall in the final which prevented the Scottish pair from winning another pairs event.


2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship
Julie Forrest successfully retained her women's crown by defeating Janice Gower in the final.


2020 World Indoor Bowls Championship
The mixed pairs saw Nick Brett win a second title and a fifth career world indoor success, he was partnered by Marion Purcell.


2020 World Junior Curling Championships
The 2020 World Junior Curling Championships was held from February 15 to 22 at the Crystal Ice Arena in Krasnoyarsk, Russia.


2020 World Junior Curling Championships
Canada proved to be the best in the field in both events as Jacques Gauthier and Mackenzie Zacharias both won their respective events. Switzerland's Marco Hösli and South Korea's Kim Min-ji won the silver medals and Scotland's James Craik and Russia's Vlada Rumiantseva won the bronze medals.


2020 World Junior Curling Championships, Men, Qualification
A total of 10 Men's teams competed at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Scotland, Switzerland and the United States have earned their spot by finishing in the top 6 at the previous Championship. Germany, Italy and Sweden have qualified through the World Junior-B Curling Championship held in Lohja, Finland. Russia earns a spot for being the hosts.


2020 World Junior Curling Championships, Women, Qualification
A total of 10 women's teams competed at the 2020 World Junior Curling Championships. The hosts, Russia, were to be joined by the next best six placing nations in 2019: Canada, China, South Korea, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. However, China did not participate and were replaced by a fourth qualifier from the 'B' Championships. Denmark, Japan, Latvia and Hungary qualified through the World Junior-B Curling Championship held in Lohja, Finland.


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships
The 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships were held in Tallinn, Estonia on March 2–8, 2020. Figure skaters competed for the title of junior world champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance. The competition determined the entry quotas for each federation during the 2020–21 ISU Junior Grand Prix series and at the 2021 World Junior Championships.


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Age and minimum TES requirements
Skaters who reach the age of 13 before July 1, 2019, but have not turned 19 (singles and females of the other two disciplines) or 21 (male pair skaters and ice dancers) are eligible to compete at the junior level.


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Age and minimum TES requirements
The ISU stipulates that the minimum scores must be achieved at an ISU-recognized junior international competition in the ongoing or preceding season, no later than 21 days before the first official practice day.


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Number of entries per discipline
Based on the results of the 2019 World Junior Championships, each ISU member nation can field one to three entries per discipline.


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2019. The International Skating Union published a complete of entries on February 12, 2020.


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medal summary, Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest overall placements in each discipline:


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medal summary, Medalists
Small medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest short program or rhythm dance placements in each discipline:


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medal summary, Medalists
Medals awarded to the skaters who achieve the highest free skating or free dance placements in each discipline:


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medal summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the short/rhythm segment:


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Medal summary, Medals by country
Table of small medals for placement in the free segment:


2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships, Records
The following new ISU best scores were set during this competition:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
The 2020 Ice Hockey World Junior Championships (2020 WJC) was the 44th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2019, and ended with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2020. Canada defeated Russia 4–3 to win the gold medal and their 18th world junior hockey championship. This marks the fourth time that the Czech Republic hosted the WJHC.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
On April 16, 2018, it was announced that Ostrava and Třinec, in the Moravian-Silesian Region in the northeast corner of the Czech Republic, would be the host cities. It is the second time that Ostrava has been the primary host of the tournament and the first time that Třinec is hosting in any capacity. Ostrava has also twice co-hosted the senior Ice Hockey World Championships.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Officials
The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2019 World Junior Championships.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Seeding
The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2019 tournament's final standings using the serpentine system. On 6 January 2019, the IIHF announced the groups. With Germany being promoted from Division I A after winning the  2019 Division I A Tournament.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Format
The preliminary round is a two group of five teams each internal round-robin format, followed by a three-round playoff. In the round-robin, three points are allotted for a regulation win, and two points for an overtime or shootout win. One point is allotted for an overtime or shootout loss.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Format
The four highest-ranked teams from each group of the preliminary round advance to the quarterfinals while the last-place team from each group will play a best-of-three series, the loser relegated to Division IA for 2021, being replaced by the winner of Division IA. All other teams will retain their Top Division status for the 2021 edition.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Playoff round
Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking, this was a change the IIHF implemented during their 2019 annual congress. To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Scoring leaders
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Top Division, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group A
The tournament was held in Minsk, Belarus from 9 to 15 December 2019.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division I, Group B
The tournament was held in Kyiv, Ukraine from 12 to 18 December 2019.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group A
The tournament was held in Vilnius, Lithuania from 6 to 12 January 2020.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division II, Group B
The tournament was held in Gangneung, South Korea from 28 January to 3 February 2020.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships, Division III
The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 13 to 19 January 2020.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters
Below are the rosters for teams competing in the 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division IA and the third-tier Division IB. For each tier's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2000.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A
The Division I A tournament was played in Minsk, Belarus, from 9 to 15 December 2019.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A, Match officials
Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I A, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B
The Division I B tournament was played in Kyiv, Ukraine, from 12 to 18 December 2019.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B, Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I, Division I B, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division II consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each: the fourth-tier Division IIA and the fifth-tier Division IIB. For each tier's tournament, the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division, while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2000.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A
The Division II A tournament was played in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 6 to 12 January 2020.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A, Match officials
Four referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II A, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II B
The Division II B tournament was played in Gangneung, South Korea, from 27 January to 3 February 2020.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II B, Match officials
4 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II B, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II, Division II B, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
The 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division III consists of two groups of four teams each: the top 2 teams from each division played in the semifinals in a four-team bracket for a chance to play for promotion to Division II B, while the bottom 2 teams in each group played in placement rounds for 5th to 8th place. The Division III tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 13 – 19 January 2020. Iceland won the tournament.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III
To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player cannot be born earlier than 2000.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III, Match officials
Six referees and 10 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III, Statistics, Top 10 scorers
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource:


2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III, Statistics, Goaltending leaders
TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource:


2020 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships
The 2020 World Junior Short Track Speed Skating Championships took place between 31 January and 2 February 2020 in Bormio, Italy.


2020 World Junior Speed Skating Championships
The 2020 World Junior Speed Skating Championships took place from 21 to 23 February 2020 in Tomaszów Mazowiecki, Poland.


2020 World Matchplay
The 2020 Betfred World Matchplay was the 27th annual staging of the World Matchplay, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place, behind closed doors, at the Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, from 18 to 26 July 2020.


2020 World Matchplay
Rob Cross was the defending champion, having won his first World Matchplay title with an 18–13 win over Michael Smith in the 2019 final. However, he was beaten 10–8 by Gabriel Clemens in the first round.


2020 World Matchplay
Dimitri Van den Bergh became the first unseeded player since James Wade in 2006 to reach the World Matchplay final; like Wade, Van den Bergh was making his debut in the competition. He went on to win his first major title, beating Gary Anderson 18–10 in the final. Van den Bergh was the first debutant to win the World Matchplay, excluding Larry Butler's win in the inaugural tournament.


2020 World Matchplay
The tournament was moved from its planned venue of Winter Gardens, Blackpool, due to the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is the first time the tournament has not been held in Blackpool.


2020 World Matchplay, Prize money
The prize fund remained at £700,000, with the winner's earnings being £150,000.


2020 World Matchplay, Format
All games have to be won by two clear legs, with a game being extended if necessary for a maximum of six extra legs before a tie-break leg is required. For example, in a first to 10 legs first round match, if the score reaches 12-12 then the 25th leg will be the decider. The first round is played first to 10 legs, second round first to 11 legs, quarter finals first to 16 legs, semi final first to 17 legs and final first to 18 legs.


2020 World Matchplay, Qualification
Under the published rules, the top 16 players on the PDC Order of Merit as of 12 July 2020 were seeded for the tournament. The top 16 players on the ProTour Order of Merit, not to have already qualified on the cut-off date were unseeded.


2020 World Men's Curling Championship
The 2020 World Men's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 LGT World Men's Curling Championship for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 28 to April 5 at the Emirates Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. On March 14, 2020, the World Curling Federation announced the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Men's Curling Championship
The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification. Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear. It was later announced that any country who were scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships would take part in a final Olympic Qualifiling Tournament in December 2021.


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Men's Curling Championship:


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Qualification, World Ranking
The World Curling Federation World Ranking tracks and lists the success of all Member Associations.


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Brad GushueThird: Mark NicholsSecond: Brett GallantLead: Geoff WalkerAlternate: Jeff Thomas


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Zou QiangThird: Tian JiafengSecond: Wang ZhiyuLead: Xu JingtaoAlternate: Han Peng


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tobias ThuneThird: Kasper WikstenSecond: Daniel PoulsenLead: Oliver Rosenkrands SøeAlternate: Kenneth Hertsdahl


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Marc MuskatewitzThird: Sixten TotzekSecond: Joshua SutorLead: Dominik GreindlAlternate: Klaudius Harsch


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Joël RetornazThird Amos MosanerSecond: Sebastiano ArmanLead: Simone GoninAlternate: Alberto Pimpini


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Wouter GösgensSkip: Jaap van DorpSecond: Laurens HoekmanLead: Carlo GlasbergenAlternate: Alexander Magan


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Thomas UlsrudThird: Steffen WalstadSecond: Markus HøibergLead: Magnus VågbergAlternate: Torger Nergård


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Sergey GlukhovThird: Alexey TuzovSecond: Evgeny KlimovLead: Anton KalalbAlternate: Dmitry Mironov


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Bruce MouatThird: Grant HardieSecond: Bobby LammieLead: Hammy McMillan Jr.Alternate: Ross Whyte


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Niklas EdinThird: Oskar ErikssonSecond: Rasmus WranåLead: Christoffer SundgrenAlternate: Daniel Magnusson


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Yannick SchwallerThird: Michael BrunnerSecond: Romano MeierLead: Marcel KäufelerAlternate: Lucien Lottenbach


2020 World Men's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : John ShusterThird: Chris PlysSecond: Matt HamiltonLead: John LandsteinerAlternate: Colin Hufman


2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship was scheduled to be held from April 18 to 25 at the Kelowna Curling Club in Kelowna, Canada. On March 14, 2020, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled to be held in conjunction with the 2020 World Senior Curling Championships.


2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship
The event was supposed to score Olympic qualifying points for the participating nations. Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear. It was later announced that any country that was scheduled to compete in the event and did not qualify through the 2021 World Championships will take part in an expanded final Olympic Qualification tournament that will be held in December 2021.


2020 World Monuments Watch
The World Monuments Watch is a flagship advocacy program of the New York-based private non-profit organization World Monuments Fund (WMF) that calls international attention to cultural heritage around the world that is threatened by neglect, vandalism, conflict, or disaster.


2020 World Monuments Watch, Selection process
Every two years, it publishes a select list known as the Watch List of Endangered Sites that are in urgent need of preservation funding and protection. The sites are nominated by governments, conservation professionals, site caretakers, non-government organizations (NGOs), concerned individuals, and others working in the field. An independent panel of international experts then select 100 candidates from these entries to be part of the Watch List, based on the significance of the sites, the urgency of the threat, and the viability of both advocacy and conservation solutions. For the succeeding two-year period until a new Watch List is published, these 100 sites can avail grants and funds from the WMF, as well as from other foundations, private donors, and corporations by capitalizing on the publicity and attention gained from the inclusion on the Watch List.


2020 World Monuments Watch, 2020 Watch List
The 2020 Watch List call for nomination was announced in January 2019 with the deadline in March 2019. More than 250 nominees were submitted. Twenty five sites were selected to be included in the list.


2020 World Monuments Watch, Notes
A. Names and spellings used for the sites were based on the official . B. The references to the sites' locations and periods of construction were based on the official .


2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship
The 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship was to be the 14th edition of the World Championships to be held at the Broadbeach Bowls Club, Musgrave Hill Bowls Club and Club Helensvale on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. There were to be eight events that determined the 2021 world champions, the men's singles, doubles, triples and fours and the women's singles, doubles, triples and fours and in addition there are two overall team winners who receive the Leonard and Taylor trophies respectively. It was originally scheduled from 23 May to 7 June 2020  but the event was officially cancelled on 9 March 2021.


2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, Postponement
The event followed suit of other sporting events around the world in early 2020, with the outbreak of the COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak wreaking havoc across the sporting industry. On March 17, 2020, World Bowls and host organisation Bowls Australia made the decision to postpone the event. Australia's borders were closed to foreign travellers and no time was set as to when the event would be postponed until, due to the uncertain nature of the coronavirus.


2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, Postponement
“We believe this is the right decision to minimise the risk of public exposure to the coronavirus, which the World Health Organisation  [sic] recently declared a global pandemic," World Bowls Chief Executive Officer Gary Smith said at the time. On 31 March, it was announced that the event would be held on 25 May to 6 June 2021 but then suffered a further delay with new dates of 7 September to 19 September 2021 being announced.


2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, Cancellation
Following continual issues surrounding the pandemic the Championships were officially cancelled on 9 March 2021. Furthermore it was decided that the World Championships would take place every two years starting in 2023. This also resulted in the fact that qualifying events for the Championships were no longer required meaning the Atlantic Bowls Championships and Asia Pacific Bowls Championships were terminated.


2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship, Participating teams
There were due to be 36 nations/associations competing at 2021 Championships.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships
The 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships took place in Funchal, Portugal from 16th to 22nd May 2021. It was the sixth edition of the championships. The event was postponed in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships, Participating nations
The championships served as a qualifer for the 2020 Summer Paralympics. Not only were there European countries competing, some South American and Asian countries also took part because the games were an open championship.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 100 metre backstroke
The men's 100 metre backstroke events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal between 16–22 May 2021.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 100 metre breaststroke
The men's 100m breaststroke events held at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 100 metre butterfly
The men's 100m butterfly events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 100 metre freestyle
The men's 100m freestyle events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 200 metre freestyle
The men's 200m freestyle events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 200 metre individual medley
The men's 200m individual medley events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 400 metre freestyle
The men's 400m freestyle events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 50 metre breaststroke
The men's 50m breaststroke events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Men's 50 metre freestyle
The men's 50m freestyle events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Women's 100 metre backstroke
The women's 100m backstroke events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The women's 100m breaststroke events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Women's 100 metre butterfly
The women's 100m butterfly events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Women's 100 metre freestyle
The women's 100m freestyle events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Women's 200 metre freestyle
The women's 200m freestyle events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Women's 200 metre individual medley
The women's 200m individual medley events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Women's 400 metre freestyle
The women's 400m freestyle events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships – Women's 50 metre freestyle
The women's 50m freestyle events at the 2020 World Para Swimming European Open Championships were held at the Penteada Olympic Pools Complex.


2020 World Qualification Event
The 2020 World Qualification Event for the World Curling Championships was held from January 13 to 18 at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja, Finland. The competition consisted of sixteen teams divided evenly into men's and women's divisions. The top two teams in the men's division qualified to compete at the 2020 World Men's Championship and similarly the top two teams in the women's division qualified to compete at the 2020 World Women's Championship. China and Russia qualified in the men's division and South Korea and Italy qualified in the women's division.


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Qualification
Eight men's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Zou QiangThird: Tian JiafengSecond: Wang ZhiyuLead: Xu JingtaoAlternate: Han Peng


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Lukáš KlímaThird: Marek ČernovskýSecond: Jiří CandraLead: Samuel MokrišAlternate: Radek Boháč


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Andrew ReedThird: Andrew WoolstonSecond: Scott GibsonLead: Fraser ClarkAlternate: Thomas Jaeggi


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Fourth: Jere SullanmäThird: Jason MooreSecond: Iikko SanttiSkip: Jermu PöllänenAlternate: Melker Lundberg


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Yuta MatsumuraThird: Tetsuro ShimizuSecond: Yasumasa TanidaLead: Shinya AbeAlternate: Kosuke Aita


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Diego TompkinsThird: Ramy Cohen MasriSecond: Ismael AbreuLead: Mateo TompkinsAlternate: Ezra Cohen Ezban


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Borys JasieckiThird: Konrad StychSecond: Krzysztof DominLead: Bartosz ŁobazaAlternate: Kasper Knebloch


2020 World Qualification Event, Men, Teams
Skip : Sergey GlukhovThird: Dmitry MironovSecond: Evgeny KlimovLead: Anton KalalbAlternate: Aleksey Tuzov


2020 World Qualification Event, Women, Qualification
Eight women's teams will qualify to participate in the 2020 World Qualification Event, through the following methods:


2020 World Qualification Event, Women, Qualification
Crossed-out teams qualified for this event on merit, but later withdrew and were replaced.


2020 World Qualification Event, Women, Teams
Skip : Elina VirtaalaThird: Miia TurtoSecond: Janina LindströmLead: Tuuli RissanenAlternate: Marjo Hippi


2020 World Qualification Event, Women, Teams
Skip : Veronica ZapponeThird: Stefania ConstantiniSecond: Angela RomeiLead: Giulia Zardini LacedelliAlternate: Elena Dami


2020 World Qualification Event, Women, Teams
Skip : Gim Un-chiThird: Um Min-jiSecond: Kim Su-jiLead: Seol Ye-eunAlternate: Seol Ye-ji


2020 World Qualification Event, Women, Teams
Skip : Adriana Camarena OsornoThird: Angélica Pérez AnzuresSecond: Estefana Quintero TorresLead: Monica Tompkins


2020 World RX of Latvia
The 2020 World RX of Latvia was the fifth and sixth round of the seventh season of the FIA World Rallycross Championship. The event was held at Biķernieku Kompleksā Sporta Bāze, in the Latvian capital of Riga.


2020 World RX of Latvia
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the event, originally planned as a "normal event", later became a double header (two races in a weekend)


2020 World RX of Latvia, Supercar Race 1, Heats
Note :  René Münnich withdrawn from semi Final to allow his more experimented teammate Timo Scheider to participate


2020 World RX of Latvia, Supercar Race 2, Semi-Finals
‡  The Semi-Final 2 was red-flagged due to the crash of Andreas Bakkerud. Timo Scheider, who finish the semi-final in third, was declared responsible for the incident and was disqualified. Neither Andreas Bakkerud nor his car was able to resume the competition. As a result, his place in the final was filled by Kevin Hansen.


2020 World Rally Championship
The 2020 FIA World Rally Championship was the forty-eighth season of the World Rally Championship, an auto racing competition recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) as the highest class of international rallying. Teams and crews competed in seven rallies for the World Rally Championships for Drivers, Co-drivers and Manufacturers. Crews were free to compete in cars complying with Rally1 and Rally2 regulations; however, only manufacturers competing with World Rally Cars homologated under regulations introduced in 2017 were eligible to score points in the Manufacturers' championship. The championship began in January 2020 with the Rallye Monte-Carlo and concluded in December 2020 with Rally Monza. The series was supported by the World Rally Championship-2, World Rally Championship-3 and Junior World Rally Championship categories at selected events.


2020 World Rally Championship
The championship was heavily affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thirteen events were planned prior to the pandemic, but with several events being cancelled due to the pandemic, and some new ones added as replacements, eventually seven events were held.


2020 World Rally Championship
Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja were the defending Drivers' and Co-drivers' Champions, having secured their maiden titles at the 2019 Rally Catalunya. Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT, the team Tänak and Järveoja compete for, were the defending Manufacturers' Champions. Hyundai won their maiden manufacturers' title when the final round of the 2019 championship was cancelled.


2020 World Rally Championship
At the conclusion of the championship, Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia won their seventh world titles after winning the 2020 Rally Monza. In doing so, Ogier and Ingrassia became the first crew to win the championship with three different manufacturers. Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin finished second, trailing Ogier and Ingrassia by eight points. Defending World Champions Tänak and Järveoja were third, a further nine points behind. In the manufacturers' championship, Hyundai Shell Mobis WRT successfully defended their title, five points cleared of Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT, with M-Sport Ford WRT in third.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The 2020 championship was due to be contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America and Oceania, but the calendar was reduced to seven rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar
The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020. Bids to revive Rally Japan and the Safari Rally were received, and candidate events were run in 2019. Both events were accepted to the 2020 calendar, as was a proposal to revive Rally New Zealand. However, none of the aforementioned events were run due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The addition of these events saw the Tour de Corse and the Rallies of Catalunya and Australia removed from the calendar. Organisers of Rally Catalunya agreed to forfeit their place on the 2020 calendar as part of a rotation system that will see European events host rallies in two out of three calendar years. The Tour de Corse was removed in response to concerns from teams about the logistics of visiting Corsica, while Rally Australia was removed as the event's base in a regional centre rather than a major metropolitan area meant that the rally struggled to attract spectators. Rally Chile was included on the original calendar, but was later removed in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country. The FIA sought a replacement event to ensure that the calendar retained its planned fourteen rounds, but were unable to do so.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Rallies in Italy were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Events in Argentina, Portugal, Kenya, Finland, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain and Japan were cancelled. Organisers of the championship announced that they were considering adding events to the schedule that had not been part of the original calendar. Estonia, Belgium, Latvia, Croatia and Czech Republic were among the countries who had expressed interest hosting the event.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The running date of Rally Turkey was moved forward by a week, which facilitated the opportunity for additional rounds. Further calendar options included Ypres Rally and Croatia Rally. Following the cancellation of Rallye Deutschland, the running date of Rally Sardegna moved forward by three weeks. This decision was intended to avoid the clash with the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix of Formula One.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
On 2 July 2020, it was announced that the season would return with an updated calendar. The season restarted with newcomers Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 and 6 September. The country became the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
Following the cancellation of Rally Japan, it was announced that Ypres Rally, officially Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, would replace Rally Japan to hold the seventh round of the season. The Sunday's route would feature the iconic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, which would run with the 2020 World RX of Benelux of the World Rallycross Championship. Belgium was set to be the thirty-fourth country to hold a WRC event, but were unable to do so as the rally was eventually called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
Rally Monza was announced to be the final round of the season on 9 October. This meant Italy staged two WRC events in one season as the country also stages the Sardinia rally. The rally was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held every year.


2020 World Rally Championship, Calendar, Route changes
Prior to the Rally Sweden, it was confirmed that the route for the rally had to be shortened due to a lack of snow. The route of Rally Mexico was shortened to allow teams time to pack up and return to their headquarters before several European nations imposed travel bans in a bid to manage the pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship, Entries
The following teams and crews were under contract to contest the 2020 championship. Ford, Hyundai and Toyota were all represented by manufacturer teams and eligible to score points in the FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers. All competitors used tyres supplied by Michelin.


2020 World Rally Championship, Entries, Summary
Reigning World Champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja left Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT and moved to Hyundai Motorsport. The Estonian pair chose not to compete with the number 1, which may only be used by the defending champions. Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul remained with Hyundai, marking their seventh season with the team. Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena also renewed their contracts with the team. Loeb and Elena contested the championship on a part-time basis, sharing their car with the crew of Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio. Crews led by Andreas Mikkelsen and Craig Breen were left without drives.


2020 World Rally Championship, Entries, Summary
Hyundai announced that they could form a second team for Breen and Mikkelsen to contest selected rallies, and entered Breen at the rally of Sweden, Estonia and Belgium. Mikkelsen returned to action at the Rally Sardegna, co-driving with 2003 World Drivers' Champion Petter Solberg. They contested the rally in Shakedown and Power Stage with Pirelli tyres to be used for the 2021 season.


2020 World Rally Championship, Entries, Summary
The Citroën World Rally Team had committed to entering two full-time entries instead of three, continuing the policy they introduced in 2019. Sébastien Ogier and Esapekka Lappi were under contract to lead the team's crews until the team announced that they would withdraw from the championship with immediate effect. Citroën cited Ogier's decision to leave the team as the reason for withdrawing, but pledged support for independent teams competing with the R5 variant of the Citroën C3 WRC in the championship's support categories. The company also expressed a willingness to sell or rent their C3 WRCs to teams looking to compete in the sport's premier category.


2020 World Rally Championship, Entries, Summary
Toyota Gazoo Racing WRT featured an entirely new line-up in 2020. Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia replaced Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja, while Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin were recruited from M-Sport Ford WRT. Reigning World Rally Championship-2 Pro champions Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen made their competitive début in Toyota's third car. Toyota entered an additional two cars for Jari-Matti Latvala and Takamoto Katsuta on a part-time basis. Katsuta contested all of the European rallies under the Toyota Gazoo Racing name while Latvala planned to contest two events—with further starts depending on his budget—as an independent entrant. Former Toyota Gazoo Racing driver Juho Hänninen became Latvala's co-driver, replacing Miikka Anttila. Anttila moved to the World Rally Championship-3, partnering Eerik Pietarinen. Kris Meeke remained under contract with the team, but stepped back from full-time competition.


2020 World Rally Championship, Entries, Summary
M-Sport Ford WRT continued their policy of entering two crews on a full-time basis and a third crew contesting selected rounds. Teemu Suninen and Jarmo Lehtinen were retained, while Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm replaced Evans and Martin in the team's second car. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson, who contested three rounds of the 2019 championship with the team, contested an expanded programme in 2020.


2020 World Rally Championship, Entries, Summary
Reigning World Rally Championship-2 champions Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais made their debut in a World Rally Car in Estonia. Loubet was set to combine his World Rally Championship programme with a factory-supported drive in the World Rally Championship-2, but was unable to do so. Ole Christian Veiby made his World Rally Car debut in Monza, taking over Loubet's i20.


2020 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
Other than the normal approach to the WRC Manufacturer Championship, the FIA introduced a new regulation of "WRC Team" this year. A WRC team is eligible to score points only when there is a team scoring points in the WRC Manufacturer Championship with the same car homologation.


2020 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
The FIA implemented a temporary testing ban in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The ban was imposed because the three manufacturer teams were based in different countries—Hyundai in Germany, M-Sport in Britain and Toyota in Finland—each with their own restrictions. This created the potential for one team to gain a competitive advantage because of their home nation's restrictions.


2020 World Rally Championship, Regulation changes, Sporting regulations
The road order was revised in response to the shortened route at the calendar newcomers, Rally Estonia. Saturday's morning loop was started as championship order, while the afternoon loop was reverted to the standard reversed order, which usually comes into effect on the second leg.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
The 2020 FIA World Rally Championship started in Monaco. The sport saw a series of crew changes in the off-season, which included reigning world champions Ott Tänak and Martin Järveoja moving to Hyundai. Tänak and Järveoja's title defence started poorly when they suffered a high-speed crash on the fourth stage of the rally, which saw their Hyundai i20 flying off a 40 m (131.2 ft) high cliff at 180 km/h (111.8 mph), rolling end-over-end through a series of trees and landing on the road below; both Tänak and Järveoja walked away uninjured.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
Following the crash, Hyundai's hopes rode on the shoulders of Thierry Neuville and Nicolas Gilsoul. Despite holding the lead on Thursday night, Friday saw the Toyota crews of Sébastien Ogier and Julien Ingrassia and their teammates Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin take the lead. The lead would swing backwards and forwards throughout the rally until Neuville and Gilsoul won seven out of the eight final stages—including winning the Power Stage—to record their first win in Monte Carlo.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
As championship leaders, Neuville and Gilsoul became the first crew on the road in Sweden. This saw them struggle throughout the weekend as their road position meant they swept loose gravel away from the faster road base underneath, which was further complicated by the rally being shortened due to a lack of snow. The rally was eventually won by Evans and Martin. They dominated the rally, winning five stages out of nine, to take victory; Evans' second and a first for Martin. They then led both drivers' and co-drivers' standings for the first time in their careers. Their teammate Kalle Rovanperä recorded his first stage win at the sport's highest level when he and co-driver Jonne Halttunen won the Power Stage. Rovanperä and Halttunen also achieved their maiden podium finish. At the age of nineteen, Rovanperä became the youngest driver ever to claim a WRC podium finish.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
As the championship continued on to Latin America, the world began to feel the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Although the Rally Mexico began as planned, the final leg of the rally was cancelled to allow teams enough time to return to their home bases in Europe before travel restrictions came into effect. This meant the rally was shortened to two legs. Tänak and Järveoja were leading the first leg until suspension damage saw them drop over forty seconds. Neuville and Gilsoul were running third overall, but they had to retire from the day with electrical problem.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Opening rounds
Hyundai's third entry of Dani Sordo and Carlos del Barrio suffered a radiator pipe issue on the morning loop of Friday which lost them five minutes, and they ultimately retired with a terminal engine fault. Esapekka Lappi and Janne Ferm also retired when their Fiesta caught fire. Ogier and Ingrassia enjoyed a trouble-free weekend and won their first rally of the season. With a consistent performance in the early season, the six-time world champions took an early lead in the championships. The result also saw Toyota expand their lead in the manufacturers' championship, twenty-one points ahead of defending manufacturer champions Hyundai.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Season resumption
The season restarted in the calendar newcomer Estonia. The rally marked the return of the FIA World Rally Championship after a half-year hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and was the 600th event since the championship was founded back in 1973. Winning the warm-up event, local favourites Tänak and Järveoja were determined to prevail their home soil for the third straight year. The reigning world champions showed impressive speed throughout the weekend, leading almost the entire rally to win their first rally for Hyundai in their home country. Teammate Neuville and Gilsoul had another weekend to forget.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Season resumption
The Belgian crew retired on Saturday afternoon after they damaged their rear-right suspension. Things went from bad to worse after rejoining the rally on Sunday as another electrical issue in the penultimate stage meant no chance for consolation points from the Power Stage. Hyundai's third entry of Craig Breen and Paul Nagle finished second after a consistent performance to complete a Hyundai 1–2.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Season resumption
Rovanperä became the youngest driver to lead a WRC rally at the age of nineteen when he was briefly leading the event at an early stage, but a one-minute time penalty was given after his co-driver Halttunen illegally removed the radiator blanking plate. Takamoto Katsuta and Daniel Barritt were running fifth overall until they rolled their Yaris on Sunday morning. The Japanese driver lost what would've been a career-best finish. Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais also retired from their top-class debut as they broke their steering.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Season resumption
Moving to Rally Turkey, where crews had to face the challenge of rock storms, Sébastien Loeb and Daniel Elena took an early lead on Friday. At the age of forty-six, Loeb became the oldest driver to lead a WRC event. Saturday saw reigning world champions Tänak and Järveoja retire from the day. The Estonian crew's i20 speared off the road because of a steering issue. Ogier and Ingrassia led the rally on Saturday morning until a puncture and hydraulics issue dropped them over half a minute, which gave the lead to Neuville and Gilsoul.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Season resumption
Sunday's first pass through the Çetibeli stage saw tyre dramas, with five crews suffering punctures, including the crew of Neuville and Gilsoul, Loeb and Elena, Ogier and Ingrassia, Rovanperä and Halttunen, and Lappi and Ferm, with two more crews retiring from the rally. This massively changed the overall rally standings—Evans and Martin moved up three places to become the new rally leaders. By contrast, teammate Ogier and Ingrassia's weekend went even worse. The engine of the French crew's Toyota Yaris caught fire during the second test through Çetibeli.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Season resumption
The six-time world champions had no choice but to stop in the stage and retire from the rally. Eventually, Evans and Martin safely complete the event to record a second win of the season with a margin of over thirty seconds over Neuville and Gilsoul, who won the Power Stage. Without retirements, Evans and Martin regained the championship lead. Gus Greensmith and Elliott Edmondson were the leading M-Sport crew. They had a rather trouble-free rally to finish a career-high fifth place.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
The thin layer of slippery gravel of Sardegna meant a late road position would be helpful for a good result. Sordo and del Barrio made full use of this advantage to build a commanding lead of over thirty seconds going onto Sunday. The Spanish crew eventually won the rally for the second straight year although their i20's rear subframe was inspected and deemed to be underweight post-race. There was an epic battle for the runner-up spot between the crew of Neuville and Gilsoul and world champions Ogier and Ingrassia, with Neuville and Gilsoul ultimately coming out on top.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
The top three crews were separated by only 6.1 seconds, the smallest margin to cover the podium places in WRC history. With a 1-2 finish, Hyundai reclaimed the championship lead. Rovanperä and Halttunen had a weekend to forget. The Finnish crew first rolled their Yaris in the Shakedown on Thursday, and then retired from the rally on Saturday when they crashed out. Lappi and Ferm also retired from the event due to a terminal engine failure.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
A suspension issue saw reigning world champions Tänak and Järveoja only manage to complete the rally in sixth position, but they won the Power Stage to score five bonus points. Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais enjoyed a trouble-free weekend, scoring their first points in a World Rally Car by finishing seventh overall.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
The championship finished in Monza, featuring tricky weather conditions, which spelt trouble for all terms. The very first stage saw Katsuta and Barritt overshoot a corner and crash into a wall. Neuville and Gilsoul had a mathematical chance of winning the titles coming to the event, but it was smashed during the fourth stage when a pool of heavy standing water drowned out their car as their i20's right-front suspension was damaged earlier in the stage.


2020 World Rally Championship, Season report, Closing rounds
Greensmith and Edmondson were caught out during the first test of Saturday's afternoon loop, while Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson also retired from the rally at the same spot after a violent crash. The very next stage saw championship leader Evans and Martin go off the road on the icy and slushy surface, which left the championship wide open. The other major retirement of the rally was the M-Sport Ford crew of Teemu Suninen and Jarmo Lehtinen. An unfixable misfiring engine led their season to an early end. Ogier and Ingrassia were the crew who won the season's finale after overcoming a limited-visibility issue. Benefiting from their rivals' retirements, the French crew won their seventh world titles. Hyundai had a 2–3 finish in the final weekend, which was enough to secure their second consecutive manufacturers' title.


2020 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. In the manufacturers' championship, teams were eligible to nominate three crews to score points, but these points were only awarded to the top two classified finishers representing a manufacturer and driving a 2017-specification World Rally Car. There were also five bonus points awarded to the winners of the Power Stage, four points for second place, three for third, two for fourth and one for fifth. Power Stage points were only awarded in the drivers' and co-drivers' championships.


2020 World Rally Championship, Results and standings, FIA World Rally Championship for Manufacturers
Only the best two results of each manufacturer at each rally were taken into account for the World Manufacturers’ Championship.


2020 World Rally Championship-2
The 2020 FIA World Rally Championship-2 was the eighth season of the World Rally Championship-2, an auto racing championship for rally cars that was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the second-highest tier of international rallying. The category was open to cars entered by manufacturers and complying with R5 regulations.


2020 World Rally Championship-2
Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions, but they did not defend their titles as they are contesting the World Rally Championship with Toyota.


2020 World Rally Championship-2
At the conclusion of the championship, Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen won the Drivers' and Co-Drivers' championships, while Toksport WRT won the teams' title.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar
The 2020 championship was due to be contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America and Oceania, but the calendar had been reduced to seven rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar
The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020. Bids to revive Rally Japan and the Safari Rally were received, and candidate events were run in 2019. Both events were accepted to the 2020 calendar, as was a proposal to revive Rally New Zealand. However, none of the aforementioned events were run due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
The addition of these events saw the Tour de Corse and the Rallies of Catalunya and Australia removed from the calendar. Organisers of Rally Catalunya agreed to forfeit their place on the 2020 calendar as part of a rotation system that will see European events host rallies in two out of three calendar years. The Tour de Corse was removed in response to concerns from teams about the logistics of visiting Corsica, while Rally Australia was removed as the event's base in a regional centre rather than a major metropolitan area meant that the rally struggled to attract spectators. Rally Chile was included on the original calendar, but was later removed in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country. The FIA sought a replacement event to ensure that the calendar retained its planned fourteen rounds, but were unable to do so.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Rallies in Italy were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Events in Argentina, Portugal, Kenya, Finland, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain and Japan were cancelled. Organisers of the championship announced that they were considering adding events to the schedule that had not been part of the original calendar. Estonia, Belgium, Latvia, Croatia and Czech Republic were among the countries who had expressed interest in hosting the event.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
The running date of Rally Turkey was moved forward by a week, which facilitates the opportunity for additional rounds. Further calendar options may include Ypres Rally and Croatia Rally. Following the cancellation of Rallye Deutschland, the running date of Rally Sardegna was moving forward by three weeks. This decision was intended to avoid the clash with the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix of Formula One.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
On 2 July 2020, it was announced that the season would return with an updated calendar. The season restarted with newcomers Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 and 6 September. The country became the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
Following the cancellation of Rally Japan, it was announced that Ypres Rally, officially Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, would replace Rally Japan to hold the seventh round of the season. The Sunday's route would feature the iconic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, which would run with the 2020 World RX of Benelux of the World Rallycross Championship. Belgium was set to be the thirty-fourth country to hold a WRC event, but were unable to do so as the rally was eventually called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Calendar changes
Rally Monza was announced to be the final round of the season on 9 October. This meant Italy staged two WRC events in one season as the country also stages the Sardinia rally. The rally was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held every year.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Calendar, Route changes
Prior to the Rally Sweden, it was confirmed that the route for the rally had to be shortened due to a lack of snow. The route of Rally Mexico was shortened to allow teams time to pack up and return to their headquarters before several European nations imposed travel bans in a bid to manage the pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Entries
The following teams and crews that entered in the 2020 World Rally Championship-2:


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Entries, Summary
Citroën's factory team entered selected rounds of the 2019 championship, but will not compete in 2020 after the company withdrew from rallying. The Citroën C3 R5 will remain available to independent teams. PH Sport will run one C3 R5 for Mads Østberg and Torstein Eriksen.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Entries, Summary
M-Sport Ford WRT committed two cars to the championship for crews led by Adrien Fourmaux and Rhys Yates. Gus Greensmith and co-driver Elliott Edmondson, who drove for the team in 2019, will not contest the championship as the joined the sport's premier class.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Entries, Summary
Hyundai Motorsport entered the championship under the name Hyundai Motorsport N. The team entered two Hyundai i20 R5s, one for Nikolay Gryazin and Yaroslav Fedorov, and the other for Ole Christian Veiby and Jonas Andersson.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Entries, Summary
Toksport WRT became the first independent team to join the championship. The team entered a Škoda Fabia R5 Evo for 2017 World Rally Championship-2 drivers' champion Pontus Tidemand, who returned to the championship.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Entries, Summary
Škoda announced that they would not enter a works team, arguing that Škoda Motorsport had proven themselves as a team and that the company would instead turn to supporting independent teams and drivers in 2020. Similarly, Volkswagen will not enter a works team. The company cancelled all of its petrol-powered motorsports programmes to focus on electric racing, but will allow development of the Volkswagen Polo GTI R5 to continue.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Changes
In 2019, the championship was run as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro, a class within the World Rally Championship-2 for professional crews entered by manufacturer teams. However, the multi-class structure was found to be too confusing, and so the category was re-structured for the 2020 season. Professional crews contested the World Rally Championship-2 and privateers will contest the World Rally Championship-3.


2020 World Rally Championship-2, Results and standings, Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Unlike the World Rally Championship, extra points are not awarded for the Power Stage.


2020 World Rally Championship-3
The 2020 FIA World Rally Championship-3, an auto racing championship for rally cars that was recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile as the third-highest tier of international rallying. It was open to privately-entered cars complying with R5 regulations and was the eighth running of the championship.


2020 World Rally Championship-3
Pierre-Louis Loubet and Vincent Landais were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Jari Huttunen and Mikko Lukka won the 2020 WRC-3 titles.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar
The 2020 championship was due to be contested over thirteen rounds in Europe, Africa, Asia, the Middle East, North and South America and Oceania, but the calendar had been reduced to seven rounds due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar
The following rounds were included on the original calendar published by WRC Promoter GmbH, but were later cancelled:


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
With the addition of Rally Chile to the calendar in 2019, the FIA opened the tender process for new events to join the championship in 2020. Bids to revive Rally Japan and the Safari Rally were received, and candidate events were run in 2019. Both events were accepted to the 2020 calendar, as was a proposal to revive Rally New Zealand. However, none of the aforementioned events were run due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
The addition of these events saw the Tour de Corse and the Rallies of Catalunya and Australia removed from the calendar. Organisers of Rally Catalunya agreed to forfeit their place on the 2020 calendar as part of a rotation system that will see European events host rallies in two out of three calendar years. The Tour de Corse was removed in response to concerns from teams about the logistics of visiting Corsica, while Rally Australia was removed as the event's base in a regional centre rather than a major metropolitan area meant that the rally struggled to attract spectators. Rally Chile was included on the original calendar, but was later removed in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country. The FIA sought a replacement event to ensure that the calendar retained its planned fourteen rounds, but were unable to do so.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
The Rallies in Italy were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Events in Argentina, Portugal, Kenya, Finland, New Zealand, Germany, Great Britain and Japan were cancelled. Organisers of the championship announced that they were considering adding events to the schedule that had not been part of the original calendar. Estonia, Belgium, Latvia, Croatia and Czech Republic were among the countries who had expressed interest in hosting the event.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
The running date of Rally Turkey was moved forward by a week, which facilitates the opportunity for additional rounds. Further calendar options may include Ypres Rally and Croatia Rally. Following the cancellation of Rallye Deutschland, the running date of Rally Sardegna was moving forward by three weeks. This decision was intended to avoid the clash with the 2020 Emilia Romagna Grand Prix of Formula One.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
On 2 July 2020, it was announced that the season would return with an updated calendar. The season restarted with newcomers Rally Estonia hosting the resuming round between 4 and 6 September. The country became the thirty-third nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
Following the cancellation of Rally Japan, it was announced that Ypres Rally, officially Renties Ypres Rally Belgium, would replace Rally Japan to hold the seventh round of the season. The Sunday's route would feature the iconic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, which would run with the 2020 World RX of Benelux of the World Rallycross Championship. Belgium was set to be the thirty-fourth country to hold a WRC event, but were unable to do so as the rally was eventually called off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Calendar changes
Rally Monza was announced to be the final round of the season on 9 October. This meant Italy staged two WRC events in one season as the country also stages the Sardinia rally. The rally was based in the famous Autodromo Nazionale di Monza circuit near Milan, where the Italian Grand Prix is held every year.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Calendar, Route changes
Prior to the Rally Sweden, it was confirmed that the route for the rally had to be shortened due to a lack of snow. The route of Rally Mexico was shortened to allow teams time to pack up and return to their headquarters before several European nations imposed travel bans in a bid to manage the pandemic.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Entries
The following crews compete in the 2020 World Rally Championship-3:


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Changes
In 2019, the championship was run as the World Rally Championship-2, while the category known as the World Rally Championship-2 Pro was for professional crews entered by manufacturer teams. However, the multi-class structure was found to be too confusing, and so the category was re-structured for the 2020 season. Professional crews contested the World Rally Championship-2 and privateers contested the World Rally Championship-3.


2020 World Rally Championship-3, Results and standings, Scoring system
Points were awarded to the top ten classified finishers in each event. Unlike the World Rally Championship, points are not awarded for the Power Stage.


2020 World Rugby Pacific Challenge
The 2020 Pacific Challenge was the fifteenth World Rugby Pacific Challenge. Teams from Japan, Fiji, Samoa and Tonga featured in the competiion which was played in Fiji as a round-robin tournament. Junior Japan went undefeated in winning the challenge title, with the Fiji Warriors finishing as runner-up. The Japanese defeated the Fijian team by 21–12 in the last round.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour
The 2020 Challenger Series for men's rugby sevens teams was the inaugural season of the second-tier circuit with promotion to the first-tier World Rugby Sevens Series.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour
The men's tour had sixteen national teams competing and included two Challenger Series events, played in Chile and Uruguay. A final 8-team knockout event had been planned as part of the Hong Kong Sevens tournament to decide the overall winner, but this was postponed  and eventually cancelled by World Rugby due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour
Japan, as the top-placed team on the standings after the two completed events, was awarded the Challenger Series title and promoted to the World Rugby Sevens Series as a core team for the 2020–21 season.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour, Teams
There were 16 men's national teams competing in the Challenger Series for 2020.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour, Tour venues
The official schedule for the 2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series was:


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour, Tour venues
The final qualifying event at the Hong Kong Sevens was originally scheduled to be played in April 2020 but was postponed  and eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour, Standings
The official standings for the 2020 Challenger Series are presented in the table below.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour, Viña del Mar
The first event was held in Chile, hosted at Estadio Sausalito in Viña Del Mar on 15–16 February 2020. Germany won the tournament, defeating Hong Kong by 10–0 in the final, to take the maximum 22 points in the series standings leading into the second event at Montevideo.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Men's tour, Montevideo
The men's tour traveled to Uruguay for the second leg. The Seven Punta tournament, the nation's premier international rugby sevens event, served as the Challenge Series contest. Played since 1989 at the resort city of Punta del Este, the tournament was  relocated for the first time to Montevideo for the 2020 edition but kept the Seven Punta name. It was held at Estadio Charrua on 22–23 February 2020. Japan won the tournament, defeating the host nation Uruguay in the final by 5–0 in extra time.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour
The women's rugby sevens tournament in the inaugural 2020 Challenger Series was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament had been scheduled for 28–29 March 2020 in Stellenbosch, South Africa at the Danie Craven Stadium with twelve teams competing.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour
It was intended to be the qualifying event for the World Rugby Sevens Series, with the winner gaining promotion as a core team for the 2020–21 season. World Rugby initially postponed the tournament without rescheduling a future date, before eventually cancelling it altogether. As such, there was no team promoted or relegated for the 2020–21 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.


2020 World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series – Women's tour, Teams
There were 12 national women's teams qualified for the Challenger Series tournament for 2020.


2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
The 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship was to have been the thirteenth edition of the premier age-grade rugby competition. The tournament was to be in Italy for the third time, previously being held in 2011 and 2015. Second-time champions France would have been the defending champions.


2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
On 20 March 2020, World Rugby announced that the championship was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Teams
The following teams would have participated in the 2020 U20 Championship:


2020 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, Pool stage
The pool stage fixture was to have been as follows:


2020 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy
The 2020 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy will be the 13th annual international rugby union competition for Under 20 national teams, second-tier world championship.


2020 World Rugby Under 20 Trophy, Qualified teams
A total of eight teams will play in the tournament. The host  Spain and the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship relegation country  Scotland qualify automatically. The remaining six countries will qualify through a qualification process in regional competitions (North America, South America, Europe, Africa, Asia, Oceania).


2020 World Sambo Championships
The 2020 World Sambo Championships were held in Novi Sad, Serbia from 4 to 8 November 2020.


2020 World Sambo Championships
This tournament, marking the 82nd of its kind, included 9 weight categories and three disciplines; men's and women's sambo and combat sambo. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only around 400 athletes from 30 countries participated this time.


2020 World Senior Curling Championships
The 2020 World Senior Curling Championships was scheduled to be held from April 18 to 25 in Kelowna, Canada. On March 14, 2020 the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The event was scheduled to be held in conjunction with the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.


2020 World Seniors Championship
The 2020 World Seniors Championship was a senior snooker tournament that took place from 19 to 22 August 2020 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the first event of the 2020–21 World Seniors Tour. The event was the 11th edition of the World Seniors Championship, first held in 1991.


2020 World Seniors Championship
Jimmy White was the defending champion, having won the 2019 edition with a 5–3 victory against Darren Morgan in the final.


2020 World Seniors Championship
White successfully defended his title, coming from 0–4 down to beat Ken Doherty 5–4 in the final. Doherty had a shot to win the match 5–2 but missed a difficult final pink with the rest. White qualified for the 2020 Champion of Champions with this win.


2020 World Seniors Championship, Main draw
The field was made up of eight selected ranking event winners, and four former World Seniors champions.


2020 World Series
The 2020 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's 2020 season. The 116th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League (AL) champion Tampa Bay Rays and the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers. The Dodgers defeated the Rays to win the series in six games for their first championship since 1988. Los Angeles shortstop Corey Seager was named the World Series Most Valuable Player (MVP) after batting 8-for-20 (.400) with two home runs, five runs batted in, and an on-base percentage of .556.


2020 World Series
The series began on October 20 and ended with Game 6 on October 27. To reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the postseason proper was conducted at neutral sites rather than at teams' home stadiums. The entirety of the World Series was hosted by Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas (which also hosted the National League Championship Series), making this the first World Series to be played at a neutral site, as well as the first since 1944 to be held at only one ballpark and the first since 1993 to be played entirely on artificial turf. With 2020 being the inaugural season for Globe Life Field, it became the first ballpark to host the World Series in its first year since Yankee Stadium II in 2009.


2020 World Series, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Major League Baseball (MLB) and the MLB Players Association (MLBPA) agreed to shorten the standard 162-game season to 60 games, the shortest since 1878. They also agreed to hold an expanded 16-team playoff tournament for only the 2020 season. In addition to each league's three division winners, each league's three division runners-up qualified, and two additional wild card teams per league qualified based on win-loss record. The first round was the Wild Card Series, a best-of-three playoff hosted by the higher seeded team. After that, the postseason maintained its standard format of a best-of-five League Division Series, best-of-seven League Championship Series, and the best-of-seven World Series.


2020 World Series, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
After COVID-19 outbreaks among several teams resulted in the postponement of about 40 regular season games, MLB and the MLBPA agreed to hold the division series, league championships, and World Series in protective "bubble" environments at neutral sites to limit the chances of experiencing another outbreak. MLB chose Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas, as the site of the 2020 World Series. The Texas Rangers, who play their home games at Globe Life Field, failed to qualify for the postseason. It was the first time since the 1944 World Series (played between the St. Louis Cardinals and St. Louis Browns, who shared Sportsman's Park as their home field) that the entire series was held at one ballpark.


2020 World Series, Background, Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic
While fans were not permitted to attend MLB games during the 2020 season, Commissioner Rob Manfred expressed his hope that fans would be able to attend the World Series in a limited capacity. This proved prescient as it was announced on September 30 that fans would be able to attend the NLCS and World Series at 25% capacity, allowing a maximum of 11,500 people to attend each game at Globe Life Field. Both teams stayed at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas as the designated bubble hotel.


2020 World Series, Background, Tampa Bay Rays
The Tampa Bay Rays of the American League made their second appearance in the World Series in franchise history and their first since 2008. They finished the shortened regular season with a 40–20 (.667) record, the best in the American League. They then swept the Toronto Blue Jays in two games in the Wild Card Series, defeated the New York Yankees in five games in the Division Series, and defeated the Houston Astros in seven games after leading 3–0 in the League Championship Series.


2020 World Series, Background, Los Angeles Dodgers
The Los Angeles Dodgers of the National League made their 21st appearance in the World Series, passing the Giants for most all-time in the National League, and third in four years, having lost in 2017 and 2018. They finished the shortened regular season with a 43–17 (.717) record, the best in all of MLB. They then swept both the Milwaukee Brewers in the Wild Card Series and the San Diego Padres in the Division Series, before defeating the Atlanta Braves in seven games in the League Championship Series after trailing 3–1 in that series.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
Both teams' 2020 season were shaped by off-season trades made for outfielders. The Dodgers had a World Series caliber team, but entering the 2019–2020 off-season, the team felt pressure to improve the club after World Series losses in 2017 and 2018 and an upset defeat in the 2019 National League Division Series at the hands’ of the eventual World Champion Washington Nationals. On February 10, 2020, the Dodgers traded outfielder Alex Verdugo and minor leaguers Connor Wong and Jeter Downs to the Boston Red Sox in exchange for outfielder Mookie Betts, starting pitcher David Price and cash considerations.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
Betts finished the 2020 60 game regular-season hitting .292/.366/.562 with 47 runs (fourth in the NL), 16 home runs (third), 39 RBIs, a .928 OPS, and 10 stolen bases. In the National League Championship Series, Betts made three straight series saving defensive gems in elimination games for the Dodgers as they were the fourteenth team in MLB history to come back from a 3–1 series deficit.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
Tampa Bay's significant off-season trade was less publicized but just as impactful when they sent Matthew Liberatore, Edgardo Rodriguez, and a Competitive Balance Round B Draft Pick to the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Randy Arozarena, along with José Martínez and the Cardinals’ Competitive Balance Round A Draft Pick. Due to having contracted COVID-19 and injury, Arozarena played in just 23 games, but his impact on the Rays would not be felt until the 2020 postseason.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
Arozarena carried Tampa Bay's offense hitting seven home runs in 14 postseason games prior to the World Series, becoming the first rookie position player to win the ALCS MVP. After his performance in the World Series, Arozarena would break records in home runs, hits, and total bases in a single postseason. Betts and Arozarena were on the cover of MLB's official 2020 World Series program. Ironically, Arozarena was given the nickname “Cuban Mookie Betts” by his teammates in spring training.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
The 2020 season rule change, calling for each extra half-inning to begin with a runner on second base, was not implemented for any postseason round, including the World Series.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
This was the fourth time in the Wild Card era when both teams with the best record in each league faced each other in the World Series. This had previously occurred in 1995, 1999, and 2013. Additionally, the Dodgers and Rays combined for a .692 winning percentage in the regular season, the highest combined regular-season winning percentage for a World Series matchup ever, surpassing the 1906 World Series between the Cubs and White Sox (.690).


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
This was the first World Series to feature two cities that held either the NBA or the NHL title the same year, as the Los Angeles Lakers won the 2020 NBA Finals on October 11 and the Tampa Bay Lightning won the 2020 Stanley Cup Finals on September 28. With the Tampa Bay Buccaneers qualifying and eventually winning Super Bowl LV the following winter, Tampa's NHL, MLB and NFL teams all made the championship round within a six-month span.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
This was the first World Series since 1993 to have all games played on artificial turf.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
Andrew Friedman, the current Dodgers President of Baseball Operations, was the Rays general manager from 2004 to 2014. Under Friedman's tenure as general manager the Rays saw their first run of success as a franchise, which was highlighted by a World Series appearance in 2008 and five 90-win seasons from 2008 to 2013.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
The 2020 Rays had only five players that were originally acquired by Freidman: Kevin Kiermaier (drafted in 2010) Blake Snell (drafted in 2011), José Alvarado (signed as an International amateur in 2012), Diego Castillo (signed as an International amateur in 2014), and Willy Adames (traded for in 2014). Only Alvarado was not on Tampa's World Series roster. Current Rays GM Erik Neander also received his start in baseball under Friedman in 2007 as an intern.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
Other connections between the two teams included Brandon Gomes, the current Dodgers Vice President & Assistant General Manager, who was a Rays middle relief pitcher from 2011 to 2015; and Joel Peralta, the current Dodgers Special Assistant, Baseball Operations, who was a popular Rays reliever from 2011 to 2014. Dodgers relievers Adam Kolarek was also a member of the Rays from 2017 to 2019, while Dylan Floro pitched briefly for Tampa Bay in 2016.


2020 World Series, Background, Series notes
The 2020 World Series was a homecoming for long-time Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw, who grew up in Dallas, Texas, just minutes away from Globe Life Field.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
For the pregame ceremony, Pentatonix performed the national anthem and four first responders threw out ceremonial first pitches.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Cody Bellinger hit a two-run home run off Tyler Glasnow in the fourth inning for the first runs of the series. Kevin Kiermaier reduced the Tampa Bay deficit to one run with a solo home run in the fifth inning. The Dodgers scored four runs in the fifth inning on an run batted in (RBI) fielder's choice by Max Muncy, followed by RBI singles by Will Smith, Chris Taylor, and Kiké Hernández. Glasnow finished with six runs allowed (all earned) in 41⁄3 innings on three hits and six walks, with eight strikeouts.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Betts homered off Josh Fleming in the sixth inning. Muncy then doubled home Justin Turner for another run. Clayton Kershaw came out of the game after the sixth inning, having only allowed two hits (one of them the solo homer) and one walk while striking out eight. The Rays scored two runs in the seventh inning, when Mike Brosseau and Kiermaier singled in runs off reliever Victor González. The Dodgers held on to win 8–3.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 1
The Dodgers tied several postseason records in Game 1. Kershaw's 11th postseason start tied Greg Maddux for second-most in MLB history, and he recorded his 200th postseason strikeout in the fifth inning, surpassing John Smoltz for second-most all time. The Dodgers as a team tied the New York Giants (1912) for most stolen bases in a single World Series inning, with three.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Following Game 1, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts announced that Tony Gonsolin would start Game 2. Blake Snell started for the Rays. Brandon Lowe hit a solo homer off Gonsolin in the first inning to give the Rays their first lead of the series. Gonsolin allowed no other hits or runs and left after 1+1⁄3 innings, the shortest start in the World Series since Jake Peavy in 2014. Joey Wendle doubled in two runs off Dustin May in the fourth inning to extend the Rays' lead to three.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The teams traded two-run homers in the fifth inning, with Lowe hitting his second of the night, this time off May, and Chris Taylor, whose home run off Snell was the Dodgers' first hit of the game. Snell pitched 4+2⁄3 innings and allowed two hits and four walks while striking out nine. A sacrifice fly by Wendle off Joe Kelly in the sixth added another run for the Rays and Will Smith homered off Nick Anderson in the bottom of the inning for the Dodgers.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
Corey Seager hit a home run in the eighth inning off Pete Fairbanks to close the gap to two, and set a new postseason record for most home runs by a shortstop (seven). The Rays held on to even the series with a 6–4 win. The Dodgers struck out 15 times in the game, tying the World Series franchise record set in the 18-inning third game of the 2018 World Series. Ji-man Choi became the first Korean-born player to record a hit in the World Series.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 2
At 11,472 attendance, this game was the most attended MLB game of the season.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Walker Buehler started Game 3 for the Dodgers, and the Rays countered with Charlie Morton. Justin Turner hit a solo home run off Morton in the first inning for the first run of the game. In doing so, he tied Duke Snider for the most postseason home runs in Dodgers franchise history with 11. Max Muncy drove in two runs with a single in the third inning and the Dodgers set a new record for the most runs scored with two outs in a single postseason with 48. The Dodgers scored two more runs in the fourth inning on a safety squeeze by Austin Barnes and an RBI single by Mookie Betts. Morton was removed from the game after 4+1⁄3 innings; he allowed five runs on seven hits and one walk while striking out six.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
A double by Willy Adames in the fifth inning gave the Rays their first run. Barnes hit a solo home run off John Curtiss in the sixth inning for the Dodgers, becoming the first player since Héctor López in 1961 to have both a squeeze bunt and a homer in the same World Series game.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Buehler pitched six innings and allowed one run on three hits and one walk with 10 strikeouts, becoming the third-youngest pitcher with 10 or more strikeouts and three or fewer hits in a World Series game, behind only Ed Walsh in 1906 and Josh Beckett in 2003. Randy Arozarena hit a solo home run for Tampa Bay in the bottom of the ninth inning off Kenley Jansen, to give him a record-tying eight home runs and a record setting 23 hits in the postseason, but the Dodgers held on to win 6–2 to take a 2–1 lead in the series.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In Game 4, Julio Urías started for Los Angeles and Ryan Yarbrough for Tampa Bay. For the second game in a row, Justin Turner hit a solo home run in the first inning. With that, he passed Duke Snider for most postseason home runs in franchise history and became the first player in MLB history to homer in the first inning of back-to-back World Series games.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Corey Seager hit a solo home run in the third, for his eighth of the postseason, tying for the most all-time in a single postseason with Randy Arozarena, Barry Bonds, Carlos Beltrán, and Nelson Cruz. Yarbrough pitched 3+1⁄3 innings with two runs allowed on five hits and one walk. Arozarena hit another home run leading off the bottom of the fourth inning, for his ninth of the postseason and sole possession of the record. Muncy hit an RBI single off Fairbanks to score Seager in the fifth inning.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Hunter Renfroe hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning to return the lead to one run. Urías pitched 4+2⁄3 innings, allowing two runs on four hits and one walk with eight strikeouts. The Dodgers scored again in the sixth inning on an RBI single by Kiké Hernández against Diego Castillo. A three-run home run by Lowe, his third of the series, off Pedro Báez in the bottom of the inning gave the Rays their first lead of the game.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Joc Pederson drove in two runs with a pinch hit single in the seventh inning off Nick Anderson to put the Dodgers back ahead. Kevin Kiermaier hit a solo homer in the bottom of the inning off Báez to tie the game. Seager, with his fourth hit of the game, drove in Chris Taylor on a single in the eighth against Anderson to put the Dodgers back up again.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
With two outs in the bottom of the ninth and down in the count 1–2, Brett Phillips singled off Kenley Jansen for his first career postseason hit. As Kiermaier scored to tie the game, Taylor misfielded the ball in center field. As Arozarena rounded third base, he fell and began to head back to third base after getting back on his feet.