2020 Jakarta floods, Responses
The Jakarta governor, Anies Baswedan, tweeted that the government would help all those affected by the flood. Baswedan has also told reporters that he would push new large-scale infrastructure projects, including a dam and a sluice, to prevent flooding again. Baswedan has publicly stated that "I want all the officials in the Jakarta administrations to make sure that all government buildings and schools are ready to be used as evacuation shelters. Prepare public kitchens, healthcare posts, medicines, sleeping mats, public toilets and other basic needs for evacuees," at the time of the flood. Indonesian President Joko Widodo has tweeted that he will rebuild all public infrastructure with anti-flooding measures.


2020 Jakarta floods, Responses
Turkey's Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it's in full solidarity with the people of Indonesia and ready to provide any assistance that may be needed.


2020 Jamaican general election
General elections were held in Jamaica on Thursday, 3 September 2020 to elect 63 members of Parliament. As the constitution stipulates a five-year parliamentary term, the next elections were not expected until between 25 February and 10 June 2021. However, Prime Minister Andrew Holness called early elections to ensure a united response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On the advice of Holness, Governor General Patrick Allen dissolved Parliament on 13 August 2020.


2020 Jamaican general election
The result was a landslide victory for the ruling Jamaica Labour Party, which received 57% of the vote and won 49 seats; the People's National Party remained the opposition party, losing 16 seats. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic, voter turnout was only 37%, the lowest in an election since 1983.


2020 Jamaican general election, Background
Prior to the election, the Jamaica Labour Party, led by Prime Minister Andrew Holness, formed a majority government. The largest opposition party was the People's National Party, led by Peter Phillips. Either the Jamaica Labour Party or the People's National Party have been in power since universal suffrage was introduced in 1944.


2020 Jamaican general election, Electoral system
The 63 members of the House of Representatives are elected in single-member constituencies by first-past-the-post voting. Voters must be 18 years and over and be a citizen of Jamaica or a Commonwealth citizen.


2020 Jamaican general election, Electoral system
The leader of the party commanding a majority of support in the House of Representatives is called on by the Governor General to form a government as Prime Minister, while the leader of the largest group or coalition not in government becomes the Leader of the Opposition.


2020 Jamaican general election, Campaign
Only two parties registered to contest the election, the Jamaica Labour Party and the People's National Party, and each nominated candidates in all 63 constituencies. The two parties agreed to participate in three televised debates hosted by the Jamaica Debates Commission.


2020 Jamaican general election, Campaign
The People's National Party campaigned for a referendum on removing Queen Elizabeth II as head of state.


2020 Jamaican general election, Campaign
On 15 August 2020, the pastors of the Christian right Jamaica Progressive Party announced that the party would not contest the elections due to lack of time to prepare.


2020 Jamaican general election, Campaign, Candidates
Candidate nominations were finalised on nomination day, 18 August 2020. The full candidate list is presented below, along with the incumbent candidates before the election. MPs who are not standing for re-election are marked (†). Government ministers are in bold, and party leaders are in italics.


2020 Jamaican general election, Campaign, Marginal seats
The following lists identify and rank seats using the vote margin by which the party's candidate finished behind the winning candidate in the 2015 election. This vote margin is given as a percentage of all eligible voters in the district.


2020 Jamaican general election, Campaign, Marginal seats
For information purposes only, seats that have changed hands through subsequent by elections have been noted. Seats whose members have changed party allegiance are ignored.


2020 Jamaican general election, Opinion polls
Don Anderson, CEO of Market Research Services Limited, Larren Peart,  founder and CEO of Bluedot Data Intelligence Limited and Bill Johnson of Johnson's Survey Research Limited Inc have commissioned opinion polling for the general election regularly sampling the electorates' opinions.


2020 Jamaican general election, Results
The ECJ reported that 97% of the polling stations had opened by 7:00 AM, and the remaining stations were open by 8:00 AM. The polls closed at 5:00 PM. Election observers included the EU delegation to Jamaica  and a domestic NGO, Citizens Action for Free and Fair Elections (CAFFE).


2020 Jamaican general election, Results
Before 10:00 PM, preliminary results indicated that the JLP had won 44 seats; for the first time since 1967, the JLP was re-elected while contesting all seats. PNP leader Phillips did not give a concession speech, but called Holness privately to offer congratulations. Phillips resigned as PNP leader on 4 September 2020. The full preliminary count indicated a total of 49 seats for the JLP. A tie in Westmoreland Eastern was declared to be won by the JLP after a recount.


2020 Jamaican general election, Results
PM Holness was sworn in for a new term by Governor-General Sir Patrick Allen on 7 September 2020. The ceremony, which was held at King's House, was restricted to 32 people to comply with public health measures.


2020 James Madison Dukes football team
The 2020 James Madison Dukes football team represented James Madison University as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Bridgeforth Stadium.


2020 James Madison Dukes football team
On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but that they would permit conference members to compete as independents for the fall 2020 season if they still wanted to compete. At the time of the conference postponement, JMU announced that they would opt to compete as an independent for the fall season, however they officially suspended their fall campaign on August 7 preceding the impending postponement of the NCAA FCS Playoffs.


2020 James Madison Dukes football team
In September, the NCAA announced changes for the Division I Football championship, with a 16-team playoff being conducted from April 18 to May 15.


2020 James Madison Dukes football team
The Dukes finished the regular season undefeated and won the CAA South Division title. The Dukes were not selected as the conference champions, instead the championship was awarded to Delaware (who also finished the regular season undefeated). The Dukes received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they defeated VMI and North Dakota before losing in the semifinals at Sam Houston State, the eventual national champions.


2020 James Madison Dukes football team, Previous season
The Dukes finished the 2019 season 11–1, 8–0 in CAA play to win the CAA championship. They received the CAA's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Monmouth, Northern Iowa, and Weber State to advance to the FCS National Championship Game where they lost to North Dakota State.


2020 James Madison Dukes football team, Schedule
James Madison had originally scheduled non-conference games at North Carolina and at home against Chattanooga and Merrimack, that were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 James Madison Dukes football team, Schedule
The CAA released its revised spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020. For the spring season, the CAA was divided into a North and a South division, with James Madison place in the South Division.


2020 Japan Championships in Athletics
The 104th Japan Championships in Athletics (第104回日本陸上競技選手権大会, Dai 104 kai Nihon Rikujō Kyōgi Sensyuken Taikai) was held at Denka Big Swan Stadium in Niigata. Organised by JAAF, the three-day competition took place from 1–3 October and served as the national championships in track and field for the Japan. The competition originally intended to serve as the qualifying trial for Japan at the 2020 Summer Olympics, but the both the national championships and the Olympics were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan. The long-distance competitions were held separately from the main track and field competition, with 3000 metres steeplechase, 5000 metres and 10,000 metres all set to take place on 4 December at the Nagai Stadium.


2020 Japan Championships in Athletics
Beyond the main track and field events, several other national championship events were contested separately that year. The marathon was staged on 8 March at the Lake Biwa Marathon (men) and Nagoya Marathon (women). Combined track and field events were held on 26–27 September at Nagano Athletic Stadium. The team relay championships were held between 16–18 October at the Nissan Stadium in Yokohama. Further events classed under the 104th edition of the national championships were scheduled for 2021, with indoor events on 6–7 February at the Osaka-jō Hall, 20 km walk on 21 February in Kobe and cross country running on 27 February in Fukuoka


2020 Japan Curling Championships
The 2020 Japan Curling Championships (Japanese: 2020年日本カーリング選手権大会), or the 37th Zen-Noh Japan Curling Championships (Japanese: 第37回全農日本カーリング選手権大会), the Japanese national men's and women's curling championships, were held from February 8 to 16 in 2020 at the Karuizawa Ice Park in Karuizawa, Nagano. These championships were organized by the Japan Curling Association (JCA), and sponsored primarily by Zen-Noh. The women's winner was to represent Japan at the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship, but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Japan Curling Championships, Men, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).


2020 Japan Curling Championships, Women, Round Robin Results
All draw times are listed in Japan Standard Time (UTC+9).


2020 Japan Football League
The 2020 Japan Football League (Japanese: 第22回日本フットボールリーグ[第22回 JFL 2020], Hepburn: Dai Nijūnikai Nihon Futtobōru Rīgu [Dai Nijūnikai JFL 2020]) is the eight season of the fourth tier in Japanese football, and the 22nd season since the establishment of Japan Football League.


2020 Japan Football League, Postponement of the beginning of the season
On February 27, Opening Game and match day 2 were postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Japan Football League, Postponement of the beginning of the season
On March 16, it was announced match day 3 would be postponed. On March 25, it was announced Match day 4, Match day 5 would be postponed.


2020 Japan Football League, Postponement of the beginning of the season
On April 7, it was announced Match day 6 would also be postponed.


2020 Japan Football League, Postponement of the beginning of the season
On April 15 it was finally decided that only the second half of the season would be played beginning on the scheduled date, July 18. No promotions or relegations will happen and the winners and runners-up of the Japanese Regional Series will be automatically promoted, meaning that the 2021 season will be held with 18 clubs.


2020 Japan Football League, Postponement of the beginning of the season
On June 24, the JFL announced new dates. The league match for this season started on July 18. Match days 16 and 17, and each home game opening game were held as a without spectator match.


2020 Japan Football League, Clubs
Sixteen clubs will feature in this season of Japan Football League. There were some changes: FC Imabari got promoted to J3, after finishing third in 2019, while Ryutsu Keizai Dragons was relegated after playing for five seasons at this level. Matsue City FC, who finished second-last place, were fated to go back to Japanese Regional Leagues as well, but avoided the drop thanks to FC Imabari going up to J3 League.


2020 Japan Football League, Clubs
There are two new clubs in the JFL, debuting at this level after finishing in the top two in the 2019 Japanese Regional Series: Iwaki FC dominated the final stage, while Kochi United SC overcame the other two teams – Ococias Kyoto AC and Fukui United FC – to get the final spot for this seasons JFL.


2020 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation
Despite the JFL announcing that there would be no promotion or relegation of clubs, the J. League agreed to admit Tegevajaro Miyazaki to the J3 League on November 24, 2020, after Miyazaki finished in the top four positions. Miyazaki ultimately finished runners-up.


2020 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation
FC TIAMO Hirakata and FC Kariya were promoted from the Regional Leagues as Regional Promotion Series champions and runners-up respectively. Kariya returns to the JFL after being relegated back in 2006.


2020 Japan Premier League
The 2020 Japan Premier League was the 'x'th season of the Japan Premier League, the highest level of domestic cricket in Japan. It was won by South Kanto, Super Kings, who won their 4th title.


2020 Japan Series
The 2020 Japan Series was the championship series of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) 2020 season. The 71st edition of the Japan Series, it was played from November 21 to 25. The series was a best-of-seven playoff between the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, the Pacific League's (PL) Climax Series champion, and the defending Japan Series champions, and the Yomiuri Giants, the Central League's (CL) regular-season champion. The series was a rematch of the previous year's Japan Series.


2020 Japan Series
The Hawks finished the season in 1st place, their first PL title since 2017. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the PL decided to modify the traditional Climax Series format and eliminate the First Stage series to instead play only one modified Final Stage series. In this series, SoftBank defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines, the regular season runner-up to advance to the Japan Series. The CL cancelled their Climax Series altogether due to the pandemic, opting instead to send their regular-season champion, the Giants, directly to the Japan Series.


2020 Japan Series
The Hawks swept the Giants for the second straight year to win the series, their fourth straight. SoftBank outfielder Ryoya Kurihara was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player.


2020 Japan Series, Climax Series
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) to modify the Climax Series. Instead of having the regular season's top three teams participate in the usual two-stage playoff, the Pacific League (PL) decided to eliminate the First Stage series and play only one modified Final Stage series. The league's champion and the runner-up competed in a best-of-four series, with the champion receiving a one-win advantage. The first team to win three games advanced to the Japan Series. The Central League (CL) decided to eliminate their Climax Series altogether, instead opting to sending the regular-season champion directly to the Japan Series.


2020 Japan Series, Climax Series
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks finished the PL regular season in first place, winning the team its first PL pennant since 2017. The team had finished either first- or second-place in the league in nine of the last 11 seasons, including every year since 2014. The Chiba Lotte Marines narrowly edged out the Saitama Seibu Lions at the end of the season to secure second place and the chance to play the Hawks in the Climax Series. During the regular season, the Hawks and the Marines played 24 games against each other.


2020 Japan Series, Climax Series
The Marines won the season series with a 12–11–1 record, however the Hawks won seven of the last eight games. Lotte finished the season 14 games behind the first-place SoftBank. With the one-win advantage and two consecutive come-from-behind Climax Series wins, the Hawks advanced past the Marines to the Japan Series to compete against the Yomiuri Giants. Because the CL's decision to eliminate its Climax Series, the Giants advanced directly to the Japan Series. Yomiuri finished the season 7.5 games ahead of the nearest runner-up, the Hanshin Tigers.


2020 Japan Series, Series notes
The series was a rematch of last years' Japan Series between the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and the Yomiuri Giants, in which the Hawks swept the Giants to win in four straight games. SoftBank won the previous three Japan Series and five in the last six years and were looking to become only the second NPB team to ever win four or more titles consecutively, behind only the Giants' nine-year streak from 1965 to 1973.


2020 Japan Series, Series notes
Yomiuri had won 22 Japan Series championships, more than any other team in the NPB, However, the last time they had won was in 2012, which was also the last time a Central League team had won. Heading into the series, the CL and PL had both claimed an equal number of championships, each having won 35 times. The Hawks were looking to put the PL ahead for the first time since the Mainichi Orions won the first Japan Series in 1950.


2020 Japan Series, Series notes
Home field advantage for the Japan Series alternates between the Pacific and Central leagues every year. For this series, it was the CL's turn to receive the advantage, so home field was awarded to the Giants. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) pushed back the start of the season from March 20 to June 19 and shortened it from 143 games to 120 games. The change in schedule forced the Japan Series to be postponed from its original November 7–15 schedule.


2020 Japan Series, Series notes
Before the schedule was shifted, however, the Giants' home stadium, Tokyo Dome, was already planned to be used for the Intercity Baseball Tournament for the period of time that the Japan Series would eventually be rescheduled for. Therefore, because of the scheduling conflict, the Giants' Japan Series home games were instead played at Kyocera Dome Osaka, the PL's Orix Buffaloes home stadium. It was the first time a Japan Series game was be held outside either of the two participating teams' home stadiums since the 1980 Japan Series. For the seventh year in a row, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) sponsored the naming rights for the Japan Series, so it was officially known as the "2020 SMBC Japan Series".


2020 Japan Series, Series notes, COVID-19 measures
Along with the All-Star Series, interleague play was removed from the 2020 season to maximize the number of intraleague games that could be played during the pandemic-shortened season. Therefore, the Giants and the Hawks did not play each other during the regular season. Another pandemic-related change enacted during the regular season and the PL Climax Series dictated that games would end in a tie if no winner was determined after ten innings, a change from the usual 12-innings from previous seasons. Games played in the Japan Series, however, will be played through 12 innings if necessary.


2020 Japan Series, Series notes, COVID-19 measures
Two days before the start of the series, NPB also decided to adopt the designated hitter (DH) rule for all games in the series, including games hosted by the Central League team. Typically, games played at the CL team's stadium would require pitchers to bat in accordance with the CL rules. However, with the shortened and condensed season, pitchers had been fatigued more than usual. Also, with interleague play cancelled, PL pitchers never needed to bat all season. Therefore, the DH rule was implemented to lower the risk of injury to pitchers.


2020 Japan Series, Series notes, COVID-19 measures
It was the first time since the 1985 Japan Series that all games in the series featured the DH. In accordance with government guidelines, attendance of the games was limited to 50% of the stadiums' respective capacities. Because of this, the series' total attendance was 69,798, the lowest in Japan Series history. The series started and completed without any outbreaks, but if the series could not be continued due to an outbreak of COVID-19, the team with the most wins at the time would be declared the champions. If the series was tied at the time, the team with the better Team Quality Balance (TQB) would be declared the champions.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 1
In the first Japan Series game held outside either of the two participating teams' home stadiums since 1980, Tomoyuki Sugano started the game for the Yomiuri Giants. After the Hawks' Yurisbel Gracial singled in the second inning, Sugano gave up a two-run home run to Ryoya Kurihara to give the Hawks the early lead. Kurihara later hit a two-out double in the fourth inning and attempted to score on a single by Alfredo Despaigne, however he was thrown out at the plate to end the inning.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 1
Then, with two outs in the sixth inning, Sugano hit Yuki Yanagita and allowed Gracial to reach base with a single. Kurihara then collected two more runs batted in (RBIs) on his second double of the game. Sugano was removed after the inning; it was the first time he had allowed four runs in a start since his second game of the season. Akira Nakamura drove in the Hawks' final run in the eighth inning with an RBI single.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 1
SoftBank starter Kodai Senga lasted seven scoreless innings, striking out six batters and walking three. The Giants had a scoring opportunity in the fourth when he walked two batters to start the inning, however Yoshihiro Maru hit into a double play and Senga retired the next batter. Yomiuri loaded the bases with one out in the ninth inning against Hawks closer Yuito Mori, but they were only able to score one run on a sacrifice fly by Zelous Wheeler. The Hawks' win was their record ninth-straight Japan Series win and their record 13th-straight postseason win.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Giants' Nobutaka Imamura and the Hawks' Shuta Ishikawa, the starting pitchers, made their first Japan Series starts in Game 2. SoftBank immediately took the lead in the first inning after Imamura issued a one-out walk and Yanagita doubled to drive home the game's first run. Then, after catching a ground ball, a wild throw to first base by Yomiuri second baseman Naoki Yoshikawa allowed Gracial to reach the base safely and the second run to score. Another single followed by a Despaigne groundout drove in Gracial for the third Hawks' run of the inning.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Hawks scoring continued next inning when Takuya Kai hit a one-out solo home run to give the Hawks a 4–1 lead. Imamura was replaced later that same inning by regular-season starter Shosei Togo. SoftBank continued to score, however, as Yanagita opened the third inning with a single and Gracial hit a home run to drive him home. After failing to score in the fourth inning, the Hawks bounced back in the fifth when the Giants brought in another regular-season starter, Kazuto Taguchi, to relive Togo. With one out, Taguchi walked Gracial and Kurihara singled before Despaigne's sacrifice fly gave the Hawks their seventh run.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 2
After four scoreless innings, Ishikawa hit Hiroyuki Nakajima with one out and Wheeler gave the Giants their only runs of the night via a two-run home run. Wheeler drove in all three of Yomiuri's runs through the first two games of the series. Ishikawa was removed from the game after giving up back-to-back singles with one out in the sixth inning. He allowed two runs on four hits, a walk and a hit batsman, while striking out seven.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 2
The Giants went on to load the bases but didn't score after the Hawks' second reliever of the inning struck out Hiroyuki Nakajima to end the threat. Despaigne, however, capitalized on a bases loaded chance when he hit a grand slam in the seventh inning to put the Hawks ahead by seven. Despaigne's grand slam was the Hawks' first in franchise history in the Japan Series and also allowed him to tie the Japan Series record for the most RBIs in one game, with six. SoftBank added to their lead one last time in the ninth inning when they scored two runs on a throwing error by Giants pitcher Kan Otake. The win extended the Hawks' record consecutive Japan Series win streak to ten games.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In Game 3, Matt Moore started for SoftBank and Ángel Sánchez for Yomiuri. Sánchez retired eight of the first nine Hawks batters he faced before allowing a two-out single in the third inning. Akira Nakamura then put the Hawks ahead with a two-run home run. Sánchez didn't allow another run into the sixth inning when the Giants intentionally loaded the bases with only one out. Giants second baseman Naoki Yoshikawa, however, made an impressive defensive play to save runs and end the inning. The next inning, Sanchez was removed from the game after allowing a single and a sacrifice. Relief pitcher Yuhei Takanashi then went on to hit a batter and allow Nakamura to hit an RBI single, his third RBI of the night. Kan Otake replaced Takanashi but gave up an RBI single to Yurisbel Gracial to extend the Hawks' lead to 4–0.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 3
After doubling their lead in the bottom of the seventh inning, Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo made the decision to pull Moore from the game after throwing 93 pitches despite him having a no-hitter at the time. No pitcher has thrown a complete game no-hitter in Japan Series history, however the Chunichi Dragons made a similar decision in the 2007 Japan Series when Daisuke Yamai after eight perfect innings in Game 5 that resulted in a combined perfect game.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In addition to not allowing any hits, Moore pitched seven scoreless innings, struck out five, walked two, and two batters reached base on errors against him. Livan Moinelo, Moore's relief, hit one batter and walked another in the eighth inning but kept the no-hitter intact by striking out three Giants hitters. Hawks closer Mori then picked up two outs in the ninth inning before giving up a single to Yoshihiro Maru, the Giants' first and only hit of the game. Game 3 extended three Hawks win streaks: 11 consecutive Japan Series games, 15 consecutive Japan Series games at home, and 15 consecutive postseason games.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the top of first inning in Game 4, Akihiro Wakabayashi hit a leadoff double off of SoftBank starter Tsuyoshi Wada. Hayato Sakamoto followed with a double of his own, driving in Wakabayashi and giving the Giants their first lead of the series. The Hawks quickly took the lead back, however, in the bottom half of the inning when Yuki Yanagita hit a two-run home run off of Giants starter Seishu Hatake. Takuya Kai extended the Hawks' lead in the second inning with a two-out, two-run home run.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The home run, Kai's second of the series, resulted in Hatake's removal from the game. Wada, likewise, had a short start for the Hawks, lasting only two innings. Yomiuri reliever Shosei Togo took the mound in the third inning and retired seven of eight batters faced. Yuki Matsumoto replaced Wada in the third and went on to strike out four over 2+2⁄3 innings and earned the win. Neither team allowed a runner past first base from the fifth inning until the ninth inning, when SoftBank closer Yuito Mori allowed a walk and a single with one out. The Giants did not capitalize on their final opportunity, however, as Mori struck out Shunta Tanaka and Yoshiyuki Kamei flied out.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Postgame, Ryoya Kurihara was named the Japan Series Most Valuable Player. The Hawks' win completed their second straight Japan Series sweep of the Giants. The Japan Series title was SoftBank's fourth straight, the first Pacific League team to achieve the feat and the first since the Giants, who won nine straight from 1965 to 1973. Through the end of the series, the Hawks had won their last 12 Japan Series games, their last 16 home games in the Japan Series, and their last 16 postseason games. The Giants' .132 batting average in the series was the lowest in Japan Series history and the loss was their ninth consecutive Japan Series loss, tying the record.


2020 Japan Series, Game summaries, Composite line score
2020 Japan Series (4–0): Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) swept Yomiuri Giants (CL).


2020 Japanese Regional Leagues
League tables for teams participating in the Japanese Regional Leagues, the fifth tier of the Japanese association football league system, in 2020. A total of 134 teams compete, split into 9 groups.


2020 Japanese Regional Leagues
Due to the coronavirus pandemic in Japan, all matches in all regions were changed from double round-robin into single round-robin, except Chūgoku and Tōkai.


2020 Japanese Regional Leagues
All regional champions will be qualify for the Regional Promotion Series. Similar to J.League, there will be no relegation in this season to Prefectural Leagues (promotion and relegation between divisions is still available for some region).


2020 Japanese Regional Leagues, Chūgoku
Due to the coronavirus pandemic in Japan, the Chūgoku region will play in a tournament (known as the CSL Championship 2020, or C-1 Cup), with 8 teams compete for a spot in the 2020 Regional Promotion Series. NTN Okayama and Dezzolla Shimane are not participate in this season.


2020 Japanese Regional Leagues, Kyushu
On August 11, the Kyushu League was abandoned, due to Kaiho Bank's withdrawal and the spread of coronavirus in Okinawa and Kumamoto. Okinawa SV, as the 2019 Kyushu League champions, are elected to play in the Regional Promotion Series.


2020 Japanese Regional Leagues, Tōkai
Owing to the coronavirus pandemic in Japan, the Tōkai region will play in a knockout tournament to decide the team qualify for the 2020 Regional Promotion Series (for Division 1 only).


2020 Japanese Regional Leagues, Tōkai
In Division 1, Yazaki Valente did not participate, so Kariya will receive a bye to Semi-finals.


2020 Japanese Super Cup
The 2020 Japanese Super Cup (known as Fuji Xerox Super Cup 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was the 27th Japanese Super Cup since its reestablishment, and the 35th overall. It was held on 8 February 2020 between the 2019 J1 League champions Yokohama F. Marinos and the 2019 Emperor's Cup winners Vissel Kobe. It took place at the Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama, Saitama.


2020 Japanese Super Cup
This was Yokohama FM's first Super Cup appearance since 2014, and was looking to end its bad record of 5 defeats in all of its previous appearances, stretching back to 1984. At the other hand, this was Vissel's first ever Super Cup appearance.


2020 Japanese Super Cup
Drawn 3–3 until the end of 90 minutes, Vissel Kobe won the match on penalties, which saw 9 consecutive penalties missed before Hotaru Yamaguchi ended the run and won Vissel its only second national trophy ever. The penalty also condemned Yokohama FM to its sixth Super Cup defeat.


2020 Japanese Super Cup, Match details
Assistant referees:Masahiro HorikoshiNaoya OkawaFourth official:Akihiko IkeuchiVideo assistant referee:Jumpei IidaToru Sagara


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack
On 5 January 2020, more than 50 masked people armed with rods, sticks and acid attacked the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, and injured more than 39 students and teachers. Many students received serious injuries. Professors who tried to intervene and protect the students, as well as ambulances carrying injured individuals, were attacked. Eyewitnesses stated that police within the campus did not intervene to stop the mob. After attacking residents of the university campus for three hours, the mob escaped; none of its members was arrested or detained. All 36 students who were injured and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS) were discharged within 24 hours.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack
Eyewitnesses, including students injured in the attack, as well as opposition parties and left-wing organizations, accused the members of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) of orchestrating the attacks. The ABVP, a Hindu nationalist organization, initially denied any involvement and accused left-wing organisations of carrying out the attack. On 6 January, ABVP's joint secretary for Delhi, Anima Sonkar, admitted on television that two armed men seen in videos of the incident were members of ABVP. Although any one clear motive has not emerged, the attack has been described by some as a way to prevent students from raising their voice against a fee hike and the Citizenship Amendment Act.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack
Police have said that three of the masked attackers have been identified but no arrests have been made, and complaints have been filed as a single FIR (First Information Report) on unknown people. On 15 January, police confirmed the identification of the masked woman, seen in the video recording of the attack, as a member of ABVP. Police have issued a notice to the woman and two other men. According to police all three have switched their phones off and are yet to be located. As of 31 January, 26 days after the attack, the Delhi Police have not arrested any suspects in the attack.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Background
The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) has been associated with student activism for many years. Since December 2019, the Jawaharlal Nehru University Students' Union (JNUSU) had been participating in Citizenship Amendment Act protests. On 13 November, the JNU administration raised the university's hostel fees, with a fee hike of 150%, making it the most expensive Central University in India. Since 28 October 2019, students of the JNU had been protesting against the fee hike. As part of this protest, students boycotted the final semester examinations.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Background
After protests, the university partially rolled back the fees increase by reducing the fee only for students from families with extreme poverty (BPL category) who do not have a scholarship. The move did not convince the students, as there was no rollback in the fee hike for non-BPL category students or for BPL students with a scholarship. To press the administration for a complete rollback of the increase in fees, JNUSU had continued the protests. The semester registration with the increased fee was started by 1 January.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Background, Incidents between 1 and 4 January
JNU administration filed two FIRs (First Information Report) on 5 January at 8:39 and 8:43 p.m. against JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh and 19 others. The first FIR was for allegedly attacking JNU security guards and vandalising a server room on 4 January 2020 at 1:00 p.m., a day before the attack on campus. A second FIR was registered based on events that had happened on 1 January. On 10 January, police disclosed the names of those suspects who were involved in the incidents on 4 January. Police announced seven of them were members of left-wing organisations. The names included JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh and two people belonging to ABVP.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Background, Incidents on 5 January
According to a professor, around 50 teachers and 200 students were holding a meeting on the campus to discuss their opposition to the increase in hostel fees when the attack started. The attack has been described by some as a way to prevent students from raising their voice against the fee hike and CAA.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Attack on the campus
On 5 January, at around 7:00 p.m., a masked mob consisting of dozens of people and at least one woman armed with iron rods, sledgehammers, sticks, and bricks attacked the campus of Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi, and injured the students and teachers, as well as vandalising its hostels. The assault lasted for three hours, as the mob moved from one hostel to another, attacking the people. They chanted slogans calling the victims "Naxalites" and "anti-national". Attackers shouted "Jai Shri Ram" (Hail Lord Ram! ), a slogan that has been often used as a battle cry by far-right Hindu groups.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Attack on the campus
The witnesses stated that the attackers broke windows and attacked the medics. In a video of the incident, attackers were seen charging down the hostel hallway raising sticks, bats and broken bottles to attack while the students shouted "get out". The leaders of student bodies with liberal views and those who spoke against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist policies were attacked. Some students locked themselves inside rooms to escape the attackers.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Attack on the campus
Sabarmati Hostel, with 400 students residing in it, was reported to have faced the worst attack. Two students residing in the hostel jumped from their rooms on the first floor in an attempt to escape the attackers, fracturing their legs in the process. The hostel was badly damaged in the attack. Every floor in the hostel had shattered glass, as well as broken doors, windows and furniture.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Attack on the campus
The assault left more than 39 students and teachers injured. When an ambulance arrived at 9:00 p.m., carrying two doctors and two volunteers to attend to the victims, the mob surrounded the ambulance with rods and sticks, and prevented the doctors from assisting the injured. The attackers also injured a volunteer and broke the windows and punctured the tires of the ambulance. The attackers said, "there was no need to provide medical assistance to any one on the campus".


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Attack on the campus
Streetlights were shut off by the authorities during the incident. The mob roamed around the campus freely without any police intervention. Students accused the police of intentional inaction. Videos of the incident show that students were beaten by the attackers, while police officers were seen doing nothing. While the students escaped through the gate, the police officers asked them to shout "Hail Mother India". The students not only accused the police of intentional inaction but being complicit with the attackers.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Attack on the campus
The mob assaulted journalists and social activist Yogendra Yadav, who attempted to enter the campus on receiving news of the incident. JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh was also pictured bleeding due to the injuries sustained in the violence. Cars were vandalized as well as some hostel rooms in the Mahi Mandavi, Sabarmati and Periyar hostels. The School of Social Sciences was also affected. The crowd of attackers were seen in videos walking around the campus with sticks.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Attack on the campus
After vandalizing the campus for around three hours, the mob went out without facing arrest or detention by the police. Police said they received 50 SOS calls between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m., however, they were only given written permission to enter the campus at 7:45 p.m.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath
The 36 students who were injured and admitted to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi (AIIMS) were discharged within 24 hours. 32 people had suffered injuries such as fractures, lacerations, abrasions and soft tissue injuries, while four had suffered minor head injuries. Three of the people injured were admitted to the Safdarjung Hospital.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath
The warden of the Sabarmati hostel resigned, stating that he tried but failed to provide security to the hostel. Several students left the campus calling it unsafe.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath
Left-wing organisations and several students accused the members of the BJP's student wing, Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP) of orchestrating the attacks. ABVP, a Hindu nationalist student organization denied involvement and accused the left-wing organisations.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath
Screenshots of chats from WhatsApp groups named "Friends of RSS" and "Unity Against Left" were shared on social media, where the group members were seen planning to attack the JNU students. The group's members were found to belong to ABVP. NDTV published pictures of the members of ABVP with sticks and batons before the attacks began.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath
Chief Minister of Delhi Arvind Kejriwal held a meeting with ministers in the early hours of 6 January, to discuss the "serious condition" prevailing at JNU. After the meeting, Sanjay Singh stated that, "The assault on students and professors is really shameful. This is happening in the capital of India. The world is watching us. What message are we sending to the world?" He added that the Central government (to whom Delhi Police reports) must "act immediately and restore peace in Delhi".


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath
On 6 December, Swati Maliwal, the chief of Delhi Commission for Women, issued summonses to the police over the assault on female students in the attack. The Congress party appointed its own committee to investigate the violence at JNU and report in a week.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Calls for removal of the Vice Chancellor
The JNUSU statements after the incident said, "The Vice Chancellor [...] is behaving like a mobster who perpetuates violence [...] For nearly seventy days now, the students of JNU have been fighting a courageous battle to save their university from the clutches of privatization and greed [...] Today on 5 January they imported goons from outside, especially DU". The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) wrote a third letter to the President of India Ram Nath Kovind regarding the "urgent need for the removal of professor M Jagadesh Kumar from his position as the vice chancellor". The letter stated that, "Yesterday's unprecedented events at the University have served to highlight once again the extremely grave consequences of delay in heeding to our appeal".


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Calls for removal of the Vice Chancellor
On 9 January, former HRD Minister and BJP senior leader, Murli Manohar Joshi, sought the removal of the vice-Chancellor (VC). Joshi found the attitude of the VC "deplorable", as he was adamant and failed to implement the ministry's proposal to settle the fee increase issue. He was advised to resolve the issue through a mediation process involving the teachers and the students.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Calls for removal of the Vice Chancellor
On 18 January 2020, the JNUTA reiterated its demand of removal of the VC. The association said that for the restoration of "normalcy" in the campus the removal of the VC was necessary and said that the security of JNU is also responsible for the incidents and demanded a Judicial enquiry into the attack.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Acceptance of involvement, Live television discussion
On 6 January, during a panel discussion on the Times Now, ABVP Delhi joint secretary Anima Sonkar accepted that ABVP members were armed. Sonkar said that the armed men seen with rods on the JNU campus on viral videos displayed during the discussion are ABVP activists, including a former student named Vikas Patel and a first-year student named Shiv Poojan Mondal. She said that they were asked through WhatsApp to move in groups and carry rods, pepper spray or acid for self defense. She also claimed that the whole Brahmaputra Hostel was asked to be armed.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Acceptance of involvement, The sting operation
On 10 January, the India Today aired a sting operation on the JNU attack. Two first-year students, named Akshat Awasthi and Rohit Shah, seemed to have confessed to leading the attack on the Periyar hostel. Awasthi confessed to carrying a rod in his hand, wearing a helmet, and channeling and mobilising the attack with the help of students who were members of ABVP, as well as members from outside the campus. He also confessed to calling an organisational secretary of ABVP to organise the outside support.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Acceptance of involvement, The sting operation
The aired videos also raised questions over the involvement of the administration and the police in the attack. The reporter asked Awasthi, "Who had shut down the light? ", and on reply he said, "Admin [...] I think police". The reporter further asked him, "So the police helped the ABVP?" In reply he said, "Whose police is it, sir?" He claimed that police were also present inside the campus and a DCP (Deputy Superintendent) of Delhi police asked them to "hit [students]". He also claimed to have been committing acts of violence inside the campus for the last six months.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Acceptance of involvement, Through investigative journalism
A video of a masked woman student who could be seen vandalising hostels went viral on social media after the 5 January attack. The video named the women as Komal Sharma of Daulat Ram College, University of Delhi. On 10 January, fact checking website Alt News published an article fact-checking the reality and identity of the photographed woman. It was found that the woman in the photograph and the video was indeed Komal Sharma. The website revealed through their investigation that Sharma herself had confessed her involvement in the attack through a WhatsApp conversation with one of her seniors.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Acceptance of involvement, Through investigative journalism
The identity of the student was also confirmed by Aksath Awasthi on the sting operation by India Today. Newslaundry also previously identified the woman in the photograph and the video as Komal Sharma. Later, on 15 January 2020, the SIT of Delhi Police confirmed the masked woman as Sharma, a member of ABVP.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Claims of responsibility
Hindu Raksha Dal, or the Hindu Defense League, a right-wing group, claimed responsibility for the attack on Jawaharlal Nehru University students. The group leader claimed that the people who conducted the attack on the students and teachers were volunteers of Hindu Raksha Dal and threatened more such attacks on people who are involved in so-called "anti-national activities" in India. To date no action has been taken by police against the group.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Indian National Congress fact-finding committee
On 12 January, the Indian National Congress fact-finding committee released its report on their investigation into the attack against students and teachers of JNU calling the incident "state-sponsored". The report accused vice-Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar of planning the attacks. It asked for his sacking and the initiation of a criminal inquiry against him. The report noted that despite SOS calls from the students, Kumar did not allow police to enter the campus till 7:45 p.m. The report also demanded the investigation of other faculty members (who planned the attacks) and the security company hired to ensure safety on the campus.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Indian National Congress fact-finding committee
A committee member called the attack a planned criminal conspiracy and stated that there was sufficient evidence that proved that the attackers were affiliated with right-wing groups. The actions of the administration and police during the attack were questioned. She said that the power supply was disconnected, and the police facilitated the attackers. After the attack, the police did not attempt to press attempted murder charges against the attackers even though the victims had received head injuries. The negligence and involvement of the Home Ministry were also suspected in the report. It stated that the Home Minister's remarks against the CAA-NRC protests and his calls for punishing them had encouraged the attackers.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Indian National Congress fact-finding committee
According to the police report, the students had disconnected the internet servers on 3 January and again on 4 January. While the vice-chancellor had mentioned in his press statement that the servers were working on 4 January and some students had registered for the new semester that day. The report questioned why the servers could not be made to work on 5 January, the day the attacks had happened, if the servers could be made functional earlier. The report asked if the administration already knew that an attack was going to happen and alleged that the servers were not made functional so that the closed-circuit cameras on the campus failed to record the attacks.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Aftermath, Indian National Congress fact-finding committee
The committee demanded the withdrawal of the fee hike and initiation of an independent judicial inquiry into the attacks.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation
Police have said that some of the masked attackers have been identified and complaints have been merged and filed as a single FIR. On 11 January, the police claimed they had identified 37 out of a total of 60 members of the WhatsApp group that included 10 outsiders, named 'Unity against Left'. The group members had assisted the armed goons in entering the campus. As of 18 February 2020, 43 days after the attack, no arrests have been made by the police. NDTV reported police sources saying that the arrests will be decided by the courts.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Questions raised over the police investigation
Since the attack, there have been several questions raised over police involvement and police inaction during the attack. Shutting off the street lights, allowing armed mobs to move freely, and allowing attacks on journalists in front of the police are among many such instances which raised questions in the media and  on political platforms. Along with the inaction of the police, questions were also raised over the investigation. One such instance is that the details in the FIR do not match the police press briefing of 10 January.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Questions raised over the police investigation
The police even described an organisation, Students' Federation of India as Students "Front" of India. In that press briefing, the DCP of police shared photographs of the identified students. On 11 January, the fact-checking website Alt News released an article regarding those photographs. It has investigated the authenticity of the photographs, finding that the design, captions, markings and prints of the photographs exactly matched the photographs tweeted by Ashish Chauhan, a national organising secretary of ABVP. The Alt News  article also questioned whether police were conducting a fair and unbiased investigation.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Questions raised over the police investigation, FIRs and closed-circuit camera footage
One FIR claimed that a group of students broke into the Communication and Information Services (CIS) office on 4 January and damaged the servers and other equipment inside. The FIR asked for action against those students, including JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh. Another FIR, alleged that the vandalism by students on 3 January severely affected the biometric attendance and closed-circuit camera surveillance systems. In a statement, the JNU vice-chancellor had claimed that the violence on 5 January had its origins in the vandalism which occurred on 3 and 4 January. Response of two Right to Information (RTIs) unearthed information on the preceding incidents of the attack, specifically server room vandalism and raised further questions on vice-chancellor Kumar's claims and the FIRs by the JNU administration.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Questions raised over the police investigation, FIRs and closed-circuit camera footage
The RTIs asked for information on the number of biometric systems destroyed at CIS office, details of vandalised cameras as well as damaged cables used by the camera servers from 30 December 2019 to 8 January 2020. In response it was revealed that the said biometric system was not destroyed and cameras were not vandalised. Through the RTI it was found that the camera servers are not located in the CIS office though some of the cables used in the CIS servers were damaged on 4 January.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Questions raised over the police investigation, FIRs and closed-circuit camera footage
The RTI responses further raised questions on the police claims. Initially, police said that footage of the attack was not available and instead they were using screenshots from viral social media posts to identify the perpetrators. Contradicting the police claim, one of the RTI responses points to the footage being available. However, in response to another RTI, no continuous camera footage of the north gate cameras on 5 January, the day of the attack, was available with JNU. There was also a mismatch in responses related to whether and when vandalism occurred or not.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Court petitions, Petition to preserve evidence
On 10 January 2020, three JNU professors filed a petition in the High Court seeking a direction to Delhi Police and the government to preserve data, closed-circuit camera footage, and all evidence associated with the attack. The request included retrieval of evidence and data from WhatsApp, Google and Apple. The data, such as messages, pictures, videos, and phone numbers of the members of the WhatsApp groups 'Unity Against Left' and 'Friends of RSS' were sought to be preserved. The petition said that the Delhi police have not responded to the requests for preservation of data. The petitioners noted their apprehension that without a direction from the court, it may not be preserved. Petitioners claimed that as far as they knew from news reports, the police have not yet retrieved CCTV footage, which is crucial evidence. The petition was scheduled for a hearing on 13 January.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Court petitions, Petition to preserve evidence
On 13 January, The Delhi High Court issued notice to all internet based companies Apple, Google and WhatsApp on the petitions seeking directions to preserve data, CCTV footage and other evidence. The court directed Delhi police to summon and seize the phones of all members of the two WhatsApp groups—'Friends of RSS' and 'Unity Against Left'—who allegedly planned and executed attacks on the campus. The court directed JNU administration to provide all the camera footage and also directed Google, WhatsApp and Apple to provide any information requested by the police.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Court petitions, Petition seeking to lodge FIR
A petition filed in a Delhi Court by Professor Sucharita Sen of JNU sought lodging of FIR into the act of violence in which she suffered a severe head injury. The plea claimed that the complainant had to approach the court due to inaction of the police authorities despite having "clear and cogent" facts and underlying material placed by her before the investigative agency. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate sought an action taken report (ATR) and asked to file it by 25 March 2020.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Court petitions, Petition seeking to lodge FIR
It has directed concerned SHO that the report must include "whether a complaint has been made in the police station; if yes whether any action has been taken on the said complaint; whether any investigation or enquiry has been conducted in this regard and if yes then what is the status of the investigation and If any cognisable offence is made out whether any FIR has been registered or not."


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Identification of suspects
On 15 January, Delhi police confirmed the identification of the masked woman as a member of ABVP and a student of Daulat Ram College in Delhi University. She had been seen wearing a check shirt, a light blue scarf and carrying a stick, in the video recording of the attack and several media outlets had identified her. The state secretary of the ABVP Delhi acknowledged that the woman was a member of ABVP.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Investigation, Identification of suspects
Police have issued a notice under IPC Section 160 to the woman and two other men involved, Akshat Awasthi and Rohit Shah who were also found out to be the members of ABVP by the Alt News and the India Today. According to police all three have switched their phones off and are yet to be located.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions
The Central Government that controls the law and order of Delhi faced "massive criticism" from the opposition party leaders, film actors, students, activists and business leaders. The Minister of External Affairs, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, and Nobel Prize winner Abhijit Banerjee, both alumni of JNU, condemned the attacks.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions
Gautam Gambhir, a BJP MP from New Delhi stated that "strictest punishment has to be meted out to these goons". Various people condemned the violence including Anand Mahindra and Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Congress Party member Priyanka Gandhi blamed the right; Kapil Sibal asked for a probe. The Congress Party described the attack on JNU as "state-sponsored terrorism", resembling that during Nazi rule. All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi expressed his opinion on the JNU attack, saying that it was meant to "punish the students as they dared to stand up".


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions
The journal Nature in an editorial published on January 14, 2020, stated that the "government and state authorities must step in and stop violent attacks on academic campuses [...] Some of the peaceful protests are being met with violence, and university campuses are not immune [...] Delhi police "failed to provide protection" to the students who were being attacked; "India's authorities must take the necessary steps to protect their nation's universities and their people's freedom of speech."


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, University and student protests
University of Hyderabad, Aligarh Muslim University, the University of Jadavpur, Assam University and Gauhati University students staged protests on the night of the attack in solidarity with the JNU students. Protests were also seen in the capitals of Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Bihar. On 7 January, IIT Bombay, the Film and Television Institute of India, the National Law School and foreign universities including University of Oxford and Columbia University also held protests in solidarity.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, University and student protests
— The famous quote attributed to Italian poet Dante Alighieri (from Divine Comedy: part I Inferno), flashed through placards by St Stephen's students as they felt their moral responsibility against wrongdoings.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, University and student protests
On 8 January, a huge march was held on the North Campus of the University of Delhi, where the students from the university and colleges affiliated with the university gathered to march in support of JNU students and teachers who were beaten during the incident. They demanded bringing the masked perpetrators to justice, the removal of M. Jagadesh Kumar from the post of vice-chancellor of JNU, and also demanded the scrapping of the Citizenship Amendment Act, National Register of Citizens and National Population Register.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, University and student protests
On 8 January, for the first time in the last 30 years, students of St. Stephen's College held protests on their college campus to show their solidarity with the students and teachers of JNU and Jamia Millia Islamia (Jamia), to criticise the Government's failure to provide protection to the students of this country and the police inaction during the incidents, and also to protest against the CAA and NRC. They boycotted classes, gathered on the campus lawn, and read the Preamble to the Constitution of India.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, University and student protests
The protesters recited various poems, songs and slogans and delivered speeches where they describeded the Modi government as "fascist and oppressive". Poems like "Hum Dekhenge" (We will witness) by Faiz Ahmad Faiz, "Kagaz Nahi Dekheyenge" (We'll Not Show Our Documents) by Varun Grover were read, and phrases like "Kal bhi tum haare the, aaj bhi tum haaroge, kal bhi hum jitenge" (You'd lost yesterday, you'll lose today also.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, University and student protests
We'll win again tomorrow), "Is baar nahin hum chhodenge, itihas ki dhara modenge" (We'll not let go this time, we'll change the direction of history), "Zulmi jab jab zulm karega satta ke hathiyaron se, chappa chappa goonj uthega inquilab ke naaro se" (The tyrant will be countered with the chants of revolution) and the famous chants of "Azadi" (Freedom) were recited throughout the protest. The Students' Federation of India called for a nationwide protest against this attack.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, Protest march to Ministry of Human Resource Development
On 9 January, around 1,000 JNU students and teachers held a protest march to the Ministry of Human Resource Development office in Delhi demanding the resignation of the vice-chancellor. The vice-chancellor,  M. Jagadesh Kumar, was accused of allowing the attackers to vandalise the university dormitory and attack the students. After reaching the office a group of students decided to continue their march up to the Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of the President of India. The protesters were stopped by police who chased them and struck them with batons. Several students were detained and later released.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, Film fraternity reaction
A crowd of more than 1000 students gathered overnight at the Gateway of India. Several celebrities including Sushant Singh, Anurag Kashyap, Dia Mirza, Taapsee Pannu, Vishal Bhardwaj, Zoya Akhtar, Swara Bhaskar, Rahul Bose, Sushant Singh Rajput, Richa Chadda and Konkona Sen Sharma also joined the protests in Mumbai. They expressed to the media, "We want to tell them [students of JNU, Jamia, AMU], we are with them and we will stand for them every time".


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, Film fraternity reaction
Actress Deepika Padukone visited the JNU campus and stood with the students in solidarity with the victims. Though she did not give a speech, she met with the JNUSU president Aishe Ghosh, who was attacked by the masked mob. Padukone was subjected to massive criticism by members of the ruling BJP party who also asked people to boycott her upcoming movie Chhapaak. She was praised for standing up against a crackdown on dissent, as Bollywood actors usually avoid making statements, fearing backlash and negative consequences for their films.


2020 Jawaharlal Nehru University attack, Reactions, Protests, Film fraternity reaction
Actor Varun Dhawan talked about similar calls for a boycott of his film Dilwale, and said that the boycott may hurt the business, so it is used as a scare tactic meant to prevent people from expressing their opinion in public. He supported Padukone and stated it was wrong to remain neutral and not condemn the attack.


2020 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season
The 2020 season was Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors' 28th season in the K-League in South Korea. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors is competing K League, Korean FA Cup and AFC Champions League. Jeonbuk is a defending champions of 2019 K-Keague. K League was supposed to kick off on February 29th, however, due to the coronavirus, it is not yet clear when to kick off, on May 6, the Korean Football Association announced on May 8th, match will be played behind the closed doors.


2020 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors season, Statistics, Clean sheets
The list is sorted by shirt number when total clean sheets are equal.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup
The 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup was the third staging of the Joe McDonagh Cup since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 2018. The competition was initially scheduled to begin on 10 May 2020 and end on 29 June 2020. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the first-round games were delayed until 25 October 2020.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup
Laois, the 2019 champions, were promoted to the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship, while Offaly were relegated to the Christy Ring Cup. Meath and Carlow entered the cup.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup
On 13 December 2020, Antrim won the Joe McDonagh Cup after a 0-22 to 1-17 win over Kerry in the final at Croke Park. It was their first ever title.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, Competition Format
Initially each of the five teams play the other four teams in a round of single round-robin matches. The top two teams qualify for the Joe McDonagh Cup final which is held at Croke Park.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, Competition Format
Normally the top two teams also enter the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship where they play the third-placed teams in the Leinster and Munster championships in the two All-Ireland preliminary quarter finals with the Joe McDonagh Cup teams having home advantage. The senior hurling championship was shortened in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, resulting in the cancellation of the participation of the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, Competition Format
The winner of the Joe McDonagh Cup can also be promoted to the following year's Leinster or Munster Senior Hurling championships, which form the first round of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. How this is achieved depends on the province to which the Cup champions belong.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, Competition Format
If the Joe McDonagh champions are a non-Munster team, they are automatically promoted to the following year's Leinster Championship and the bottom-placed team in the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship are automatically relegated to the following year's Joe McDonagh Cup. If the champions are a Munster team (effectively, Kerry), they must win a play-off with the bottom-placed team in the Munster Championship to gain promotion at that teams expense to the following year's Munster Championship.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, Competition Format
The bottom-placed team in the Joe McDonagh Cup are usually relegated to the following year's Christy Ring Cup, and replaced by the 2020 Christy Ring Cup Champions. In 2021 the Leinster Senior Hurling Championship will be increased from five to six teams, meaning there will be no team relegated from the Joe McDonagh Cup in 2020. The 2020 Christy Ring Cup winners will be promoted to Maintain the Joe McDonagh Cup as a five team competition.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup, Awards
In February 2021, the GAA named the 2020 Joe McDonagh Team of the Year. Conor McCann of Antrim was named as the 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup player of the year.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup Final
The 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup Final was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 13 December 2020. It was contested by Antrim and Kerry.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup Final
The game took place before the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final. Antrim won the competition for the first time and were thus promoted to the 2021 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship (the sport's top flight).


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup Final
The match was televised live on RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game, presented by Joanne Cantwell from Croke Park, with commentary from Ger Canning.


2020 Joe McDonagh Cup Final
Belfast City Hall lit up in yellow on 24 January 2021 in commemoration of Antrim's win.


2020 Johnston by-election
A by-election in the seat of Johnston in the Northern Territory was held on 29 February 2020, following the resignation of Ken Vowles, the MLA for Johnston, on 31 January 2020. Vowles was first elected in the 2012 Northern Territory general election, winning 45% of first preference votes and 55.7% of the two-party-preferred vote. At the 2016 Northern Territory general election, Vowles was re-elected with 51% of first preference votes and 64.7% of the two-party-preferred vote.


2020 Johnston by-election
Former AFL footballer Joel Bowden won the by-election, representing the Labor Party.


2020 Johnston by-election, Candidates
A total of 7 candidates were declared nominated by the NTEC.


2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season
The 2020 season was Johor Darul Ta'zim Football Club's 47th season in club history and 8th season in the Malaysia Super League after rebranding their name from Johor FC.


2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Background
Johor Darul Ta'zim FC won their 2019 Malaysia Super League to become the first Malaysian club to win the league titles for six consecutive seasons (2014–2019). JDT returns to win the 2019 Malaysia Cup after defeating Kedah 3-0 at Bukit Jalil National Stadium on 2 November 2019.


2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Background
JDT failed to qualify for quarter final in Malaysia FA Cup after lost with 0-1 to PKNS at third round on 17 April 2019.


2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Background
Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) FC suffered a shocking 1-0 defeat to PJ City FC in the Malaysia Super League 2019 at the Larkin Stadium on 16 July 2019 ending their hopes of going a fulls season undefeated!


2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Background
Having won a record sixth Malaysia Super League title couple of weeks back, JDT were just two matches away from repeating their 2016 feat of coasting through a full league season undefeated.


2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Background
JDT have lost for the first time at the Tan Sri Dato’ Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium in Larkin since April 14, 2012 — a run that lasted for 75 matches (82, if you include their seven wins as Johor FC). JDT had also won 28 consecutive home league matches before lost to Petaling Jaya City FC.


2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim F.C. season, Background
In Asia, JDT in the first time and to become the first Malaysian club to  qualify for AFC Champions League Group Stage. JDT create the first victory after defeating defending champions Kashima Antlers 1-0 at Tan Sri Dato' Haji Hassan Yunos Stadium on 8 May 2019.


2020 Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. season
Johor Darul Ta'zim II F.C. played the 2021 season in the Malaysia Premier League.


2020 Jolo bombings
The 2020 Jolo bombings occurred on August 24, 2020, when insurgents alleged to be jihadists from the Abu Sayyaf group detonated two bombs in Jolo, Sulu, Philippines, killing 14 people and wounding 75 others. The first occurred as Philippine Army personnel were assisting in carrying out COVID-19 humanitarian efforts. The second, a suicide bombing, was carried out near the Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cathedral.


2020 Jolo bombings, Background
For over three decades, the Abu Sayyaf has been launching terrorist attacks in support of making the province of Sulu independent from the Philippines, as part of the Moro conflict. Sulu is primarily Muslim, whereas the Philippines as a whole is primarily Christian. In 2004, the Abu Sayyaf launched the worst terrorist attack in Filipino history, bombing a ferry which killed 116 people. In 2016, they pledged allegiance to the Islamic State. They are known for using improvised explosive devices and for kidnapping foreigners for ransom, especially within Sulu province.


2020 Jolo bombings, Background
In August 2020, some days prior to the bombing, the Philippine government arrested a number of militants belonging to the Abu Sayyaf organization. Security forces on Sulu were on high alert due to fears of retribution.


2020 Jolo bombings, Attacks
On August 24, 2020, at 11:54 am, a motorcycle bomb placed next to a military truck detonated outside the Paradise Food Plaza in downtown Jolo, Sulu. The explosion killed six soldiers, six civilians and a police officer, as well as injuring 69 others. The police and military responded to the scene. An hour later, at 12:57 pm, a female suicide bomber approached the cordoned-off area and attempted to enter. Upon being stopped by a soldier, she detonated the bomb she carried, killing herself and the soldier who stopped her, while wounding six police officers.


2020 Jolo bombings, Attacks
The second blast occurred approximately 100 meters (110 yd) away from the first blast, in front of a branch of the Development Bank of the Philippines. In total, seven soldiers, one police officer, and six civilians were killed; and 21 soldiers, six police officers, and 48 civilians were wounded. The site of the bombing was close to the site of the 2019 Jolo Cathedral bombings.


2020 Jolo bombings, Aftermath
The following day, the Islamic State – East Asia Province (also known as Abu Sayyaf) claimed responsibility for the attack. The government believes that Abu Sayyaf bombmaker Mundi Sawadjaan created the bombs and armed the attackers. The entire municipality of Sulu was placed on lockdown following the blasts.


2020 Jolo bombings, Aftermath
On August 29, 2020, in Patikul, soldiers searching for the perpetrators of the bombings were attacked by fellow Abu Sayyaf militants. The gunfight resulted in the death of a Filipino soldier and the wounding of seven others; two Abu Sayyaf militants also died in the fight.


2020 Jolo bombings, Aftermath, June shootings
On June 29, nearly two months before the bombings, four Army intelligence personnel, by-then investigating the possible presence of two female suicide bombers in Sulu province, were killed by Jolo police officers in a shooting incident, with policemen attempted to plant evidence to cover-up the incident. As the bombing happened in the midst of the investigation of the shooting, the military stated the incident have disrupted the intelligence operations that might have averted the bombings, and raised a possible motive that the police officers are connected with the suicide bombers.


2020 Jolo bombings, Reactions
Immediately after the attacks, presidential spokesperson Harry Roque condemned the bombings saying "authorities are now conducting an investigation, which includes identifying individuals or groups behind these dastardly attacks." Cabinet Secretary Karlo Nograles condemned the attacks in "the strongest possible terms" and said that terrorism has "no place in a civilized world". He also stated that he will bring justice to those behind the "inhuman attack".


2020 Jolo bombings, Reactions
According to Dr. Rommel C. Banlaoi, a counter-terrorism expert and the Chairman of the Philippine Institute for Peace, Violence and Terrorism Research, the 2020 Jolo bombings were strong indications that suicide terrorism had become the new face of terror in the Philippines. Even prior to the 2020 Jolo bombings, Dr. Banlaoi  has already explained, "The rise of suicide terrorism in the Philippines arises from the contagious effect of the ideology of violent extremism propagated by ISIS foreign terrorist fighters in the country. ISIS foreign terrorist fighters capitalize on local grievances, historical animosities, and feeling of injustices to propagate violent extremism in the Philippines, particularly in conflict-affected areas of Mindanao. Violent extremism is the ideology that justifies acts of terrorism in the Philippines."


2020 Joox Thailand Music Awards
The 4th JOOX Thailand Music Awards was an awarding ceremony presented by JOOX Thailand, giving recognition to the Thai entertainment industry in the field of music for their achievements in the year 2019. Aside from the usual music categories, a set of lifestyle categories were also introduced for the first time in partnership with Sanook. Nominees in 12 out of 14 main categories and 5 special categories were voted upon by fans through the JOOX app while only the special categories through the Sanook website. Voting period started on 13 February 2020 at 10:00 ICT and ended on 8 March 2020 at 23:59 ICT. The nominees in the remaining 2 main categories were determined by their number of streams via the app.


2020 Joox Thailand Music Awards
Originally scheduled for Wednesday, 25 March 2020 at Central World Plaza, the awards night was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later held online on Wednesday, 1 July 2020 through the JOOX app and Sanook website. The event was hosted by Niti Chaichitathorn and Thanakorn Chinnakul.


2020 Joox Thailand Music Awards, Awards
Nominations were announced on 12 February 2020. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold:


2020 Jordanian Pro League
The 2020 Jordanian Pro League was the 68th season of Jordanian Pro League since its inception in 1944. The season started on 5 March, but was put on hold due to COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan then finished in 2021.


2020 Jordanian general election
General elections were held in Jordan on 10 November 2020 to elect the members of the nineteenth House of Representatives. Voter turnout was just 29.88%, the lowest in a decade.


2020 Jordanian general election
The elections took place as the country was experiencing a surge in COVID-19 cases. As a result there were numerous calls on social media channels to boycott the elections, particularly as no alternatives to in-person voting were offered. The country went into a four-day total lockdown following elections, starting at 23:00 on election day, an hour later than the originally-stated 22:00.


2020 Jordanian general election, Electoral system
The 130 seats in the House of Representatives consist of 115 members elected by open list proportional representation from 23 constituencies of between three and nine seats in size and 15 seats reserved for women. Nine of the 115 proportional representation seats are reserved for the Christian minority, with another three reserved for the Chechen and Circassian minorities.


2020 Jordanian general election, Electoral system
The 15 seats for women are awarded to the woman who received the most votes (but fail to be elected on their list) in each of the twelve governorates and the three Badia districts.


2020 Jordanian general election, Contesting parties
A total of 294 party lists with 1,703 candidates contested the elections, including the Islamic Action Front, an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood, and the "Progressive" list, a coalition of socialist and nationalist parties including the Arab Ba'ath Progressive Party, Jordanian Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party, Jordanian Communist Party, Jordanian Democratic People's Party and the Jordanian Democratic Popular Unity Party.


2020 Jordanian general election, Conduct
Polls opened at 07:00, and were supposed to close at 19:00. However the closing was extended by two hours, with the voting window totalling 14 hours. The Independent Elections Commission has denied that the time extension was due to low turnout.


2020 Jordanian general election, Conduct
More than 4.5 million Jordanians were eligible to vote in 23 constituencies. But only 1.38 million people, or 29.9 percent, voted – down from 36 percent turnout in 2016.


2020 Jordanian general election, Results
According to Washington Post, "wealthy business executives and tribal independents dominated, while strong, reform-oriented members of parliament lost their seats. Broader-based coalitions fared poorly. Less than 10 percent of the 130 members of the next parliament will be from political parties. The most influential opposition party, the IAF, lost almost half of its seats. No women were elected beyond the 15-seat quota allotted them, though five had done so in the last election. Only 15 percent of those elected are under 40".


2020 Judo Grand Prix Tel Aviv
The 2020 Judo Grand Prix Tel Aviv was held in Tel Aviv, Israel, from 23–25 January.


2020 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf
The 2020 Judo Grand Slam Düsseldorf was held in Düsseldorf, Germany, from 21 – 23 February.


2020 Judo Grand Slam Hungary
The 2020 Judo Grand Slam Hungary was held in Budapest, Hungary, from 23 – 25 October.


2020 Judo Grand Slam Paris
The 2020 Judo Grand Slam Paris was held in Paris, France, from 8–9 February.


2020 Judo Grand Slam Paris, Medal summary, Women's events
In Paris, the Chinese delegation could not participate because of visa issues due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 July rugby union tests
The 2020 mid-year rugby union internationals (also known as the summer internationals in the Northern Hemisphere) are international rugby union matches that were planned to be played during the July international window. They have all been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 July rugby union tests, Series
France and Wales are to tour Argentina and New Zealand respectively as they did in 2016. They will both play a two-test series as France did four years prior, but unlike Wales as they played New Zealand three times. Ireland are again to tour Australia like they did in 2018, but this time would also play two tests instead of their previous three.


2020 July rugby union tests, Series, Other tours
Italy are to play Argentina while Scotland are to play New Zealand on 18 July.


2020 Junior World Luge Championships
The 35th Junior World Luge Championships took place under the auspices of the International Luge Federation in Oberhof, Germany from 21 to 22 February 2020.


2020 Junior World Rally Championship
The 2020 FIA Junior World Rally Championship was the nineteenth season of the Junior World Rally Championship, an auto racing championship recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile, running in support of the World Rally Championship. The Junior World Rally Championship was open to drivers under the age of thirty—although no such restriction existed for co-drivers—competing in identical one-litre Ford Fiesta R2s built and maintained by M-Sport.


2020 Junior World Rally Championship
The championship was contested over four selected WRC rounds with the winning crew awarded a new Ford Fiesta R5 car, 200 tyres, free registration into the 2021 World Rally Championship-3 and five free rally entries. The championship offered an additional prize of €15,000 to the highest-placed rookie driver to fund a drive in the 2021 Junior World Rally Championship.


2020 Junior World Rally Championship
Jan Solans and Mauro Barreriro were the reigning drivers' and co-drivers' champions. Sweden is the reigning Nations' Trophy winner. Tom Kristensson and Joakim Sjöberg won the 2020 junior championships, while Sweden sealed a back-to-back Nations' Trophy.


2020 Junior World Rally Championship, Calendar
The 2020 Junior World Rally Championship calendar consists of four events taken from the 2020 World Rally Championship.


2020 Junior World Rally Championship, Calendar, Calendar changes
The 2020 calendar was revised from the 2019 schedule. The Tour de Corse and Wales Rally GB were removed from the calendar, while events in Chile and Germany were added in their place. However, Rally Chile was later cancelled in the face of ongoing political unrest in the country, and Wales Rally GB was added back onto the calendar. Rally Italia Sardegna was postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. A new calendar was revised after the championship was interrupted by six months. Ypres Rally was set to be the season's finale, but were unable to do so as the rally was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The finale moved to Monza instead.


2020 Junior World Rally Championship, Results and standings, Scoring system
Points are awarded to the top ten classified finishers. An additional point is given for every stage win. 1.5-time bonus points were awarded for both drivers' and co-drivers' at the season's finale.


2020 K League
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2020 K League 1
The 2020 K League 1 was the 38th season of the top division of professional football in South Korea since its establishment in 1983 as K League, and the third season under its current name, the K League 1. Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors were the defending champions. They successfully defended their title and won a record-breaking eight K League championship.


2020 K League 1
The regular season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and to end on 4 October, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The K League 1 season officially began on 8 May. On 24 April 2020, the Korean Professional Football Union (K League) confirmed that they would adopt a modified plan for the season, changing the regular season to 22 matches, and 5 Final Round matches per team. Sangju Sangmu and the lowest-placed team at the end of the season were relegated to the K League 2 for the 2021 season.


2020 K League 1
Commencing this season, an additional spot for foreign players has been added for players from member countries of the ASEAN Football Federation.


2020 K League 1, Participating clubs by province
The following twelve clubs will compete in the K League 1 during the 2020 season.


2020 K League 1, Participating clubs by province, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from the Asian Football Confederation countries and a slot for a player from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. A team could use five foreign players on the field each game, including at least one player from the AFC confederation. The name in bold indicates that the player was registered during the mid-season transfer window.


2020 K League 1, Positions by matchday
Leader & AFC Champions League group stage  Qualification to AFC Champions League qualification play-offs  Relegation to the 2021 K League 2


2020 K League 1, Fixtures and results, Matches 1–22
Teams play each other twice, once at home, once away.


2020 K League 1, Awards, Season Awards
The 2020 K League Awards was held on 5 November 2020.


2020 K League 2
The 2020 K League 2 is the eighth season of the K League 2, the second-tier South Korean professional league for association football clubs since its establishment in 2013, and the third one with its current name, the K League 2. The top-ranked team and the winners of the promotion play-offs among three clubs ranked between second and fourth got promoted to the 2021 K League 1.


2020 K League 2
On 24 April 2020, the Korean Professional Football Union has confirmed that they will adopt their plan of modification, which will begin to change type of the season 2020 to 27 regular season matches.


2020 K League 2, Teams, Changes
Asan Mugunghwa was renamed to Chungnam Asan ahead for 2020 season after the club was dissolved in the 2019 season. Daejeon Citizen and Hana Financial Group Football Club Foundation bought the operating rights of the club, renaming it to Daejeon Hana Citizen ahead of the 2020 season.


2020 K League 2, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 K League 2, Teams, Foreign players
Restricting the number of foreign players strictly to five per team, including a slot for a player from AFC and ASEAN countries. A team could use four foreign players on the field each game. Players in bold are players who join midway through the competition. An Byong-jun, playing for Suwon FC, was deemed to be a native player.


2020 K League 2, Promotion playoffs
The Semi-playoff was contested between the 3rd and 4th placed teams in the K League 2. The winners advanced to the Playoff to face the 2nd placed team in the K League 2, with the winners securing a place in the 2021 K League 1.


2020 K League 2, Promotion playoffs
If scores were tied after regular time in the Semi-playoff, the higher-placed team would advance to the next phase. This rule was also used in the Playoff, with the higher-placed team would secure a place in the 2021 K League 1 in case of tied scores after the regular time.


2020 K League 2, Promotion playoffs, Semi-playoff
Gyeongnam FC advanced due to its higher position after the regular season.


2020 K League 2, Promotion playoffs, Playoff
Suwon FC was promoted to the 2021 K League 1 due to its higher position after the regular season.


2020 K League 2, Awards, Season Awards
The 2020 K League Awards was held on 30 November 2020.


2020 K3 League
The 2020 K3 League is the first season of the K3 League as a semi-professional league and the third tier of South Korean football league system. After the 2019 season, the former Korea National League and K3 League Advanced went defunct and rebranded into the K3 League. In the 2020 season, 16 teams are going to compete in the K3 League, and they are 8 teams from KNL, 6 teams from K3 League Advanced, and 2 teams from K3 League Basic. The teams for the 2020 season were announced by the Korea Football Association on 19 December 2019.


2020 K3 League, Competition format
16 teams will compete in the 2020 season, including all 8 teams from the 2019 edition of the now-defunct Korea National League, six teams from the 2019 K3 League Advanced, and two teams from the 2019 K3 League Basic. Each team will play 22 games this season, 15 games in a round-robin way and 7 games in a split division. No team will be promoted to K League 2 this year. The 15th and 16th teams are to be relegated to K4 League, and the 14th team will qualify for the promotion/relegation playoff.


2020 K3 League, Results, Matches 16-22
After 15 matches, the league splits into two sections of eight teams each, with teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches are determined upon the league table at the time of the split.


2020 K3 League, Championship Play-off
Championship Play-off start at 14 November to Final at 5 December. If scores are tied after regular time, the higher placed team advances to the next phase.


2020 K3 League, Championship Play-off, 1R
Gangneung City advance to the next round as they are the higher seed.


2020 K3 League, Promotion-Relegation Play-off
Promotion-Relegation Play-off start at 6 December. The 14th position of K3 League will face winner of K4 League Play-off for reach promotion to K3 League next season.


2020 K4 League
The 2020 K4 League is the first season of the K4 League as a semi-professional league and the fourth tier of South Korean football league system. After the 2019 season, the former K3 League Basic went defunct and was rebranded into the K4 League. In the 2020 season, the K4 League will consist of 13 teams with 5 teams from K3 League Advanced, 6 teams from K3 League Basic, and 2 teams newly founded in 2019. The teams for the 2020 season were announced by the Korea Football Association on 19 December 2019.


2020 K4 League, Competition format
The 2020 K4 League is contested by thirteen teams, with no relegation system in place. Each team competes home and away, playing 24 games. The top two teams get promoted to the K3 League, while the third and the fourth placed teams qualify for the promotion play off.


2020 K4 League, Promotion Play-off
The match was played on the 29th of November 2020. The 3rd and 4th placed team from the 2020 K4 League will play for a spot in the 2021 K3 League against the team placed 14th in the 2020 K3 League.


2020 KBO League season
The 2020 KBO League season, also known by naming rights sponsorship as 2020 Shinhan Bank SOL KBO League (Korean: 2020 신한은행 SOL KBO 리그), was the 39th season in the history of the KBO League.


2020 KBO League season, Season schedule
The 2020 KBO League season schedule was released in December 2019. Opening Day was originally scheduled on 28 March 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, the Korea Baseball Organization announced in March 2020 that all ten exhibition games would be cancelled, and the start of the season would be delayed until April.


2020 KBO League season, Season schedule
The Kia Tigers, a KBO League team that had arrived in the United States on 30 January 2020 to hold a portion of its spring training activities, remained in Fort Myers, Florida through March. Preseason KBO League games began on 21 April. The regular season began on 5 May.


2020 KBO League season, Season schedule
An Chi-hong was the only free agent to move to the Lotte Giants.


2020 KBO League season, Postseason, Wild Card
The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the fourth-placed team.


2020 KBS Drama Awards
The 2020 KBS Drama Awards (Korean: KBS 연기대상; Hanja: KBS 演技大賞; RR: KBS Yeon-gi Daesang), presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), was held on 31 December 2020 at KBS Hall in Yeouido, Seoul. It was hosted by Jo Bo-ah, Lee Sang-yeob, Kim Kang-hoon and Do Kyung-wan. Considering the resurgence of COVID-19, the show was held without on-site audience. The show aired on 31 December at 20:30 (KST).


2020 KBS Entertainment Awards
The 2020 KBS Entertainment Awards presented by Korean Broadcasting System (KBS), took place on December 24, 2020 at KBS New Wing Open Hall in Yeouido-dong, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul. It was hosted by Jun Hyun-moo, Jin Se-yeon and Kim Jun-hyun.


2020 KBS Song Festival
The 2020 KBS Song Festival (Korean: KBS 2020 가요대축제) was the 10th edition of KBS Song Festival, held on December 18, 2020, broadcast by KBS at 8:30 pm KST on the 18th to 12:15 am on the 19th. A total of 20 teams have been invited to the show.


2020 KBS Song Festival
This year's theme was "Connect", referring to how artists and their fans will connect through music during this time when they can't meet in person because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 KBS Song Festival, Background
On November 12, KBS announced that KBS '2020 Song Festival' will be held on December 18, without audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The specific cast has not been announced.


2020 KBS Song Festival, Background
On November 27, it was shared that TVXQ's Yunho, Astro's Cha Eun-woo and Shin Ye-eun will host the event.


2020 KBS Song Festival, Background
On December 10, KBS released a video featuring idols dancing and singing a song that encourages everyone to tune in to the festival. The video features NCT's Lucas, NU’EST’s JR and Minhyun, Oh My Girl's Arin, Twice's Sana and Dahyun, TXT's Soobin, Momoland's JooE, ITZY's Yeji, and GOT7's Jinyoung. Many fans have pointed out that the song they’re singing sounds like a spin on Momoland's "Banana Chacha".


2020 KBS Song Festival, Background
On December 15, it was revealed the first lineup of artists as: BTS, TWICE, Seventeen, NCT, Park Jin-young, Sunmi, Taemin, Paul Kim, Kim Yeon-ja, Sul Woon-do and Jessi. The following day, KBS released a teaser video containing the lineup of performers of the '2020 KBS Song Festival' through its official YouTube channel including GOT7, Iz*One, (G)I-dle and Oh My Girl. The third and final lineup was revealed: NU'EST, The Boyz, Mamamoo, Momoland, Monsta X, Aespa, Enhypen, GFriend, Itzy and TXT.


2020 KBS Song Festival, Background
On December 17, a positive case of COVID-19 was confirmed by a person who visited a hair shop on the December 16. As a result, artists who visited the hair shop became concerned about the possible infection. KBS responded, "The 2020 KBS Song Festival will be held as scheduled [but] pre-recording scheduled for this day[December 17] is canceled." Two groups underwent COVID-19 testing: Seventeen because they visited the hair shop that had a confirmed case, and NCT because their makeup staff crossed paths with the confirmed hair shop case. The same day, KBS reported on My Daily, "pre-recording as usual".


2020 KBS Song Festival, Background
On December 18, NCT members have tested negative. However, Pledis Entertainment announced that Seventeen will ultimately not attend the event. Pledis stated, "All members quickly performed the test at the same time, but the time when the results were delivered from the inspection office were all different. The members who received the negative results resumed their activities normally from today, but S.Coups' test results were notified from the prosecutor's office that it was difficult to confirm until today."


2020 KBS Song Festival, Performers
The following individuals and groups, listed in order of appearance or performed musical numbers.


2020 KDU–ČSL leadership election
A leadership election for KDU-ČSL was held on 25 January 2020 following the resignation of the incumbent leader of the party Marek Výborný. MP Jan Bartošek, MP Marian Jurečka and MEP Tomáš Zdechovský announced were running to replace Výborný. Zdechovský withdrew from the race, and Jurečka then beat Bartošek, receiving 205 votes.


2020 KDU–ČSL leadership election, Background
Marek Výborný was elected leader of KDU-ČSL in 2019 when he defeated Marian Jurečka and Jan Bartošek. On 30 September 2019 Výborný's wife passed away and Výborný became a sole parent of three children. Výborný stated that he will consider his resignation as the leader. On 19 November 2019 Výborný announced that he will resign as the leader of the party.


2020 KDU–ČSL leadership election, Background
Speculation about his successor started quickly afterwards. Representatives of regional organisations discussed Výborný's rivals from 2019 election Jan Bartošek and Marian Jurečka. MEP Tomáš Zdechovský and former party leader Pavel Bělobrádek were first to admit they consider candidacy. Governor of Zlín region Jiří Čunek was suggested by part of the party but he declined.


2020 KDU–ČSL leadership election, Background
Tomáš Zdechovský announced his candidacy on 2 December 2019. He stated that if he wins then he would resign as an MEP and would lead the party for next Czech legislative election. He also stated that he wants to open the party for people who usually don't vote for KDU-ČSL. Jan Bartošek then announced candidacy on 6 December 2019.


2020 KDU–ČSL leadership election, Background
Marian Jurečka announced his candidacy on 8 January 2020. He stated that his plan is getting KDU-ČSL to receive 580,000 votes in next legislative election. He would focus on topics such as  decent Housing for young families and seniors.