2020 Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer team
The 2020 Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer team represented the University of Alabama during the 2020 NCAA Division I women's soccer season. The fall season began on September 19, 2020, and concluded with the SEC Tournament. The spring season began on February 19, 2021 and was set to conclude on April 10. It was the program's 29th season fielding a women's varsity soccer team. The 2020 season was Wes Hart's 5th year as head coach for the program.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer team, Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic
The SEC was one of the few conferences to play a fall season, with each team playing eight conference games, with the SEC Tournament in November.


2020 Alabama Crimson Tide women's soccer team, Effect of the Covid-19 Pandemic
On November 4, 2020, the NCAA approved a plan for college soccer to also be played in the spring, along with the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Soccer Tournament.


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


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary took place on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 United States presidential election. The open primary allocated 52 pledged delegates towards the 2020 Democratic National Convention, distributed in proportion to the results of the primary, statewide and within each congressional district. The state was also given an additional 9 unpledged delegates (superdelegates), whose votes at the convention were not bound to the result of the primary.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
Five candidates ran in this primary, including former Vice President Joe Biden, Senator Bernie Sanders from Vermont, former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Senator Elizabeth Warren from Massachusetts, and representative Tulsi Gabbard from Hawaii's 2nd district. Eight other candidates who withdrew prior to the contest were also on the ballot. Joe Biden won by an overwhelming landslide, winning every county and congressional district in the state. He received 62.28% of the vote and was awarded 44 delegates. Senator Sanders came in second place, with 16.54% of the vote and 8 delegates. No other candidate received any delegates: Bloomberg won 11.67% of the vote and Warren won 5.72%. All other candidates received under 1% of the vote.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary
Biden's landslide in the Yellowhammer State was unsurprising: The FiveThirtyEight forecast gave Biden a 92% chance of winning the state right before Super Tuesday. 49% of the Democratic electorate in Alabama is African American, a group that consistently backed Biden throughout the primary. Black voters gave him 72% of the vote per exit polls by CNN. In general, he performed best in Jefferson County, encompassing Birmingham, and counties in and around the heavily Democratic Black Belt. He also carried voters older than 65, which tend to back more moderate Democratic candidates and turn out in greater numbers, with 78%. Biden carried every other demographic except for voters aged 18 to 29, a traditionally progressive voting bloc that backed Sanders 46-30. Sanders was more competitive amongst white and rural voters, but were insufficient in overcoming Biden's massive advantage in the state.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Alabama was one of 14 states holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday," having joined other southern states on the date after a bill signed on June 10, 2015 shifted the date.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting took place from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m CST. In the open primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent at the congressional district or statewide level in order to be considered viable for delegates. The 52 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention were allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 52 pledged delegates, between 4 and 8 are allocated to each of the state's 7 congressional districts and another 7 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 11 at-large pledged delegates. Bonus delegates were allocated as Alabama shares a primary date with numerous other states on Super Tuesday.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Should presidential candidates have been allocated more delegates based on the results of the primary than delegate candidates presented, then supplemental delegates were elected at caucuses on Saturday, March 28, 2020, as were national convention district delegates from the best performing candidates. The state Democratic executive committee meeting was subsequently held on Saturday, June 6, 2020, to vote on the 11 pledged at-large and 7 PLEO delegates to send to the Democratic National Convention; the meeting was postponed from Saturday, April 4, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 52 pledged delegates Alabama sent to the national convention were joined by 9 unpledged PLEO delegates (7 members of the Democratic National Committee, Senator Doug Jones, and U.S. Representative Terri Sewell).


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Candidates
The following people filed for the presidential primary and were on the ballot in Alabama:


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Fundraising
According to the Federal Election Commission, between April 1, 2019 and November 23, 2020, Joe Biden raised $2,412,420.93 from Alabama-based contributions. Bernie Sanders raised $306,101.54, Michael Bloomberg raised $212.82, Elizabeth Warren raised $129,887.99, and Tulsi Gabbard raised $19,775.81.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Joe Biden's victory in Alabama was near-guaranteed. Four years earlier, Hillary Clinton carried the state with 77.84% against Bernie Sanders and won every county and congressional district, a feat repeated by Biden. FiveThirtyEight, which made state-by-state predictions prior to the primaries, gave Biden a 92% chance at winning the Yellowhammer State, a landslide over Sanders' 5% chance. Aggregate polling from FiveThirtyEight right before election day showed Biden up with 40.2%, Sanders at 18.4%, Bloomberg at 15.9%, Warren at 10.9%, Gabbard at 0.5%, and other/undecided 14.1%. 270toWin had Biden ahead as well with 44.5% of support, 23.5 percentage points ahead of Bernie Sanders at 21%.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
The week before, Biden swept the South Carolina primary by a 28.88% margin over Sanders, reviving Biden's candidacy after crushing losses in Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada. Additionally, the moderate wing of the primary, consisting of former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Senator Amy Klobuchar from Minnesota, representative Beto O'Rourke from Texas's 16th district, and Senator Kamala Harris from California coalesced behind and endorsed Biden while the progressive wing, consisting of Senators Sanders and Warren, remained fractured. Thus, right before Super Tuesday, Biden's support surged.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
As with most states in the American South, the plurality – 49% – of Alabama's Democratic electorate is African American, and these voters backed Biden with 72% per exit polls by CNN. Biden's best performance, regionally, was in the Black Belt, a historically Democratic region due to high proportions of African Americans, which is attributable to the prominence of slavery in this region before emancipation. He carried the Birmingham/South Central region with 68%, and this region comprises 44% of the Democratic electorate in the state. Biden won voters 45 to 64 with 67% and those older than 65 with 78%. He also won all education groups, ideologies, and party affiliations.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Sanders' best performance was among young voters, a demographic group he dominated in both 2016 and 2020. He captured voters aged 18 to 29 with 46%, 16 points ahead of Biden. However, this win was futile to overcome Biden, as young voters are more inconsistent voters and their turnout decreased compared to 2016. According to the Brookings Institution, Alabama voters aged 17 to 29 comprised 14% of the Democratic primary vote share in 2016 but only 10% in 2020.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
While Biden carried every race and region, Sanders was most competitive among white voters (consist of 46% of the electorate and backing Biden 57-22), voters in the North (also backing Biden 57-22), rural voters (38% of the electorate and backing Biden 52-19), and Independents (23% of the electorate and backing Biden 51-24); Sanders performed well among these voting blocs in 2016, and did so again, yet was overshadowed by Biden's strength in the Deep South.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
Ideological differences were also evident. Self identified liberals only supported the Vice President 55-24, but he overwhelmed moderates with 74% of the vote. Bloomberg actually came second in the moderate and conservative vote, capturing 10% and 22%, respectively, ahead of Sanders with 8% and 5%. Biden's margins were narrowest among voters which prioritized addressing income inequality, whom he won 53-26, and believe the Democratic nominee should "bring needed change," who backed Biden 52-25. 24% of voters believed the Democratic nominee should have more liberal policies than Barack Obama, and Senator Sanders – considered the most progressive in the contest – won this group 42-38, followed by Senator Warren carrying 12%.


2020 Alabama Democratic presidential primary, Analysis
On the same day, Biden carried all of the other southern Super Tuesday states of Arkansas, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia, and his upset victories in Maine, Massachusetts, and Minnesota catapulted him to frontrunner status. He would go on to lose the state in the general election, but retained his resounding victories among Black voters in the Black Belt.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary
The 2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary took place in Alabama on March 3, 2020, as one of 14 contests scheduled on Super Tuesday in the 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries for the 2020 United States presidential election. The open primary allocated 50 pledged delegates towards the Republican National Convention, distributed with the "winner take most" system of allocating delegates. This system states that a candidate must receive 15% of the vote to receive any delegates, but only if the winner gets less than 50% of the aggregate vote. Should they receive more than 50% of the vote, it becomes winner-take-all.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary
Only two candidates ran in this primary: incumbent President Donald Trump, whose sole challenger was former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld. As typical with primary challenges to incumbent presidents, Trump practically ran unopposed, receiving 96.22% of the vote and all 50 delegates. He also carried every single county and congressional district. Weld received a mere 1.52% of the vote, and uncommitted ballots comprised the remaining 2.27% of the vote.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary
The election corresponded with the highly competitive Republican primary for the 2020 United States Senate election in Alabama, which likely boosted turnout.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Procedure
Alabama is one of 14 states holding primaries on March 3, 2020, also known as "Super Tuesday," having joined other southern states on the date after a bill on June 10, 2015, shifted the date.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Procedure
Delegates had to file a Declaration of Candidacy by November 8, 2019, in which they bind themselves to a presidential candidate. Delegates cannot vote contrary to their pledged vote unless they run either in the congressional district wherein they vote or for the at-large delegation, but not both. National Convention District Alternate delegates may be elected by the Congressional District Committee, while at-large alternates are elected by the Republican Executive Committee.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Procedure
Voting is expected to take place from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. There are 21 delegates allocated based on the results in each congressional district. In the open primary, if a candidate receives a majority of the vote or if only one candidate receives 20% or more of the vote, they're awarded all three of the congressional district's delegates. If no candidate does so, the first-place candidate receives 2 district delegates and the second-place candidate receives 1. If no candidate receives over 20% of the vote, the three district delegates are awarded proportionally to each contender. Of the 50 pledged delegates, 3 are allocated to each congressional district, 10 to at-large delegates, and another 3 are allocated to pledged party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates). 16 bonus delegates were allocated as Alabama shares a primary date with numerous other states on Super Tuesday.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Procedure
The 47 pledged delegates Alabama sent to the national convention were joined by 3 pledged PLEO delegates, consisting of the National Committeeman, National Committeewoman, and chairman of the Alabama Republican Party.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Candidates
The following people filed for the Republican presidential primary and were on the ballot in Alabama:


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Candidates
There was also the option of casting an uncommitted ballot, which would not be pledged to any candidate.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Fundraising
According to the Federal Election Commission, between April 1, 2019, and November 23, 2020, Donald Trump raised $5,732,810.44 and Bill Weld raised $3,062.20 from Alabama-based contributors.


2020 Alabama Republican presidential primary, Results
Former Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld challenged incumbent president Donald Trump in the Republican primary in Alabama. Trump received 96.22% of the vote and all 50 delegates, while Weld received only 1.52% of the vote. Uncommitted votes made up the other 2.27%.


2020 Alabama State Hornets football team
The 2020 Alabama State Hornets football team represents Alabama State University in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets are led by third-year head coach Donald Hill-Eley and play their home games at the New ASU Stadium in Montgomery, Alabama as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference.


2020 Alabama State Hornets football team
On July 20, 2020, the Southwestern Athletic Conference announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic, which includes the football program. The conference then formalized plans to conduct a competitive schedule for football during the 2021 spring semester.


2020 Alabama State Hornets football team, Schedule
Due to the SWAC's postponement of the 2020 football season to spring 2021, games against Kennesaw State, Tuskegee, and Texas Tech were canceled. The SWAC released updated spring schedules on August 17.


2020 Alabama elections
Alabama state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Its primary elections were held on March 3, 2020, with runoffs taking place on July 31.


2020 Alabama elections
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Alabama voters will elect the class II U.S. Senator from Alabama, 4 of 9 members of the Alabama State Board of Education, all of its seats to the House of Representatives, 2 of 9 seats on the Supreme Court of Alabama, 4 of 10 seats on the Alabama Appellate Court and one seat of the Alabama House of Representatives. It will also vote on five ballot measures.


2020 Alabama elections
To vote by mail, registered Alabama voters must request a ballot by October 29, 2020. As of early October some 130,576 voters have requested mail ballots.


2020 Alabama elections, Federal offices, President of the United States
Alabama has 9 electoral votes in the Electoral College. Donald Trump won all of them with 62% of the popular vote.


2020 Alabama elections, Federal offices, United States class II Senate seat
Republican Tommy Tuberville defeated incumbent Democrat Doug Jones, winning 60% of the vote.


2020 Alabama elections, Federal offices, United States House of Representatives
There were five U.S. Representatives in Alabama that were up for election in addition to two open seats. 6 seats were won by the Republicans while 1 seat was won by the Democrats. No congressional districts changed hands.


2020 Alabama elections, State Board of Education
4 of 9 seats of the Alabama State Board of Education are up for election (one is a non-elected position held by the Governor). Before the election the composition of that board was:


2020 Alabama elections, State judiciary
The state Supreme Court has 9 seats, all of which are currently occupied by Republican incumbents. At the appellate level, 2 of 5 seats on Alabama Court of Civil Appeals and 2 of 5 on the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals are up for election. All seats on both courts are currently held by the Republican Party.


2020 Alabama elections, State House of Representatives
A special election had been called for November 17, 2020, for District 49 as a result of Republican incumbent April Weaver resigning from the legislature. Primaries were held on August 4 that year, with a Republican runoff set for September 1.


2020 Alabama elections, Ballot measures, Amendment 1 (March)
In addition to the five amendments that are being voted on in November, Amendment 1 – called the Appointed Education Board Amendment – was defeated in the state's primary. It would have replaced the elected State Board of Education with a Commission on Elementary and Secondary Education whose members would have been appointed by the Governor with the approval of the state senate.


2020 Alamo Bowl
The 2020 Alamo Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2020, with kickoff scheduled for 9:00 p.m. EST (8:00 p.m. local CST) on ESPN. It was the 28th edition of the Alamo Bowl, and was one of the 2020–21 bowl games concluding the 2020 FBS football season. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl.


2020 Alamo Bowl, Teams
The game featured Colorado of the Pac-12 Conference and Texas of the Big 12 Conference, consistent with the bowl's conference tie-ins. The programs had previously met 18 times, most recently in 2009, with Texas holding an 11–7 edge. Their prior meetings include one bowl game, the 1975 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl, won by Texas.


2020 Alamo Bowl, Teams, Colorado Buffaloes
Colorado entered the bowl with a 4–1 record (3–1 in conference); their loss was to Utah. Colorado had played in two prior Alamo Bowls, losing the 2002 and 2016 editions.


2020 Alamo Bowl, Teams, Texas Longhorns
Texas entered the bowl with a 6–3 record (5–3 in conference), ranked 20th in the AP Poll and CFP rankings. Their losses were to TCU, Oklahoma, and ranked Iowa State. Texas had a 3–1 record in four prior Alamo Bowls, most recently winning the 2019 edition.


2020 Alaska Aces season
The 2020 Alaska Aces season is the 34th season of the franchise in the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary
The 2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary was scheduled to take place on Saturday, April 4, 2020, in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. However, in person voting was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, while mail-in voting was extended to April 10, 2020. The Alaska primary is a closed party-run primary, with the state awarding 19 delegates, of which 15 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary.


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary
Voters cast ranked choice voting ballots, with a voter's ballot counting for a backup ranked choice if their first choice was in last place and below the 15 percent threshold for winning delegates. Presumptive nominee Joe Biden won the primary, taking 55.3% of the vote after the distribution of preferences compared to Bernie Sanders 44.7%.


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary
On the count of voters' first choices, Biden took 49.9% of the vote, Sanders 39.3% and 10.8% for other candidates who had withdrawn from the race, including 7.1% for Warren. On the final count, Biden had 54.8%, Sanders 44.3% and 0.9% of votes were inactive (i.e., votes that didn't have a preference for either of the candidates left). This meant that Biden won by 55.3% to 44.7%.


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary
Of the 2,133 first round votes (10.8%) not cast for Biden or Sanders, overall, 45.6% went to Biden, 46.4% to Sanders and 8% to neither (i.e., were inactive). Of those who did give a preference for Biden or Sanders, 49.5% went to Biden, 50.5% to Sanders; this slight advantage for Sanders was not enough to overcome Biden's lead for winning the state.


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Alaska was scheduled to hold its primary on April 4, 2020, although all in-person voting has been cancelled and mail-in ballots will be counted so long as they are received by April 10, 2020.


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
The draft delegate selection plan calls for a party-run primary using ranked-choice voting, abandoning the caucus system used in past years. After the first round, if any candidate has less than 15% of the vote, then candidate with the fewest votes is eliminated and votes for that candidate are applied to the voter's next choice. This process repeats until all remaining candidates meet the 15% threshold.


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Voting with paper ballots was, before the in person primary was cancelled, expected to take place throughout the state from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., though some parts of the Alaska Democratic Party's delegate selection plan make note of a voting period between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Prospective voters would also have had the option to cast electronic and absentee ballots between March 3 and March 24 given the short voting window; this period was extended to include all ballots arriving by April 10 after in person voting was cancelled.


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
In the closed party-run primary, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent statewide (coterminous with the state's sole congressional district) in order to be considered viable. The 14 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the primary. Of the 15 pledged delegates, 9 are district delegates allocated in proportion to the statewide result and another 2 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 4 at-large pledged delegates. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 Alaska Democratic presidential primary, Procedure
Following the primary, precinct and house district caucuses will meet on Saturday, April 18, 2020, to designate delegates for the state convention on Saturday, May 16, 2020, which elects delegates to the convention, including 4 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee).


2020 Alaska House of Representatives election
The 2020 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, with the primary election on August 18, 2020. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives, in conjunction with state senate elections and the biennial United States elections for federal offices.


2020 Alaska House of Representatives election, Background
Following the previous state House elections in 2018, Republicans nominally gained a majority in the chamber. When the House convened to commence its regular session in January 2019, a power struggle resulted in a lengthy delay in organizing itself. Eventually, all fifteen Democratic members formed a coalition with the two independents including Bryce Edgmon (elected as a Democrat) and eight dissident Republicans to re-elect Edgmon as Speaker, a total of twenty-five members. In May and July 2019, Republicans Gabrielle LeDoux (District 15) and Tammie Wilson (District 3) left the Coalition, respectively, dropping its members down to twenty-three.


2020 Alaska House of Representatives election, Retiring incumbents
Three incumbent Representatives (two Republicans and one Democrat) chose not to seek reelection.


2020 Alaska House of Representatives election, Incumbents defeated, In primary election
Six incumbent Representatives (all Republicans) were defeated in the August 18 primaries.


2020 Alaska House of Representatives election, Incumbents defeated, In general election
Two incumbents (both Republicans) sought reelection but were defeated in the general election.


2020 Alaska House of Representatives election, Detailed results, District 28
Democratic nominee Adam Lees withdrew on August 31, replaced by independent Anchorage Assemblywoman Suzanne LaFrance.


2020 Alaska Measure 2
Alaska Measure 2 was a ballot initiative approved by voters in Alaska as part of the 2020 United States elections. The proposal switched Alaska's primary system to a non-partisan blanket primary, with the top four candidates progressing to the general election (except for the presidential level, as its original primary system is retained, which the national/state political parties will continue to use their primaries), conducted with ranked-choice voting.


2020 Alaska Measure 2, Contents
An Act Replacing the Political Party Primary with an Open Primary System and Ranked-Choice General Election, and Requiring Additional Campaign Finance Disclosures


2020 Alaska Measure 2, Contents
This act would get rid of the party primary system, and political parties would no longer select their candidates to appear on the general election ballot. Instead, this act would create an open nonpartisan primary where all candidates would appear on one ballot. Candidates could choose to have a political party preference listed next to their name or be listed as “undeclared” or “nonpartisan.” The four candidates with the most votes in the primary election would have their names placed on the general election ballot.


2020 Alaska Measure 2, Contents
This act would establish ranked-choice voting for the general election. Voters would have the option to “rank” candidates in order of choice. Voters would rank their first choice candidate as “1”, second choice candidate as “2”, and so on. Voters “1” choice would be counted first. If no candidate received a majority after counting the first-ranked votes, then the candidate with the fewest “1” votes would be removed from counting. Those ballots that ranked the removed candidate as "1" would then be counted for the voters' “2” ranked candidate. This process would repeat until one candidate received a majority of the remaining votes. If voters still want to choose only one candidate, they can.


2020 Alaska Measure 2, Contents
This act would also require additional disclosures for contributions to independent expenditure groups and relating to the sources of contributions. It would also require a disclaimer on paid election communications by independent expenditure groups funded by a majority of out of state money.


2020 Alaska Measure 2, Results
The proposal was narrowly approved, with 50.55% of the vote.


2020 Alaska Senate election
The 2020 Alaska Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 2020 United States elections. Voters in Alaska elected state senators in 11 of the state's 20 senate districts – the usual ten plus one special election. State senators serve four-year terms in the Alaska Senate, with half seats up for election every two years. Primary elections on August 18, 2020, determined which candidates appeared on the general election ballot on November 3, 2020.


2020 Alaska Senate election
Following the previous election in 2018, Republicans had control of the Alaska Senate with 13 seats to Democrats' 7 seats. One Democrat caucused with the Republicans, giving them a governing majority of 14 seats.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, B District
John Coghill, the incumbent since 2009, was facing opposition in the Republican primary from Robert Myers Jr., who announced his candidacy for the seat on July 10. Trailing by 14 votes in the official count, incumbent Coghill asked for a recount, but, when the lead remained the same after the recount, Coghill conceded defeat and Myers was declared the winner.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, D District
David S. Wilson, the incumbent since 2017, was facing opposition in the Republican primary from five other candidates. Thomas Lamb, who filed as a nonpartisan on the Democratic primary ticket, qualified automatically for the general election.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, F District
Republican Shelley Hughes, the incumbent since 2017, and Independent Stephany Jeffers were the only two candidates to file for this seat. They both advanced unopposed to the general election. Jeffers withdrew her candidacy on August 31 and was replaced by fellow Independent Jim Cooper.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, H District
Democrat Bill Wielechowski, the incumbent since 2007, and Republican Madeline Gaiser were the only two candidates to file for this seat. They both advanced unopposed to the general election.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, J District
Democrat Tom Begich, the incumbent since 2017, was the only candidate to file for this seat. He ran unopposed in the general election.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, L District
Natasha von Imhof, the incumbent since 2016, was facing opposition in the Republican primary from challenger Stephen Duplantis. Roselynn Cacy, the only Democrat to file, qualified automatically for the general election. Independent candidate Jeff Landfield withdrew his candidacy on August 31. Republican primary loser Stephen Duplantis announced intentions to register as a write-in candidate.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, M District (special)
After the death of Sen. Chris Birch in August 2019, Governor Mike Dunleavy appointed state representative Josh Revak to the Senate the following month. Revak was running as the incumbent and was seeking his first full term. He was challenged by two candidates in the Republican primary. In addition, two candidates were contesting the Democratic primary.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, M District (special)
Democratic nominee Anita Thorne withdrew her candidacy on August 31.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, N District
Cathy Giessel, the incumbent since 2011 and the President of the Senate since January 2019, was facing opposition in the Republican primary from DOT&PF measurement scientist Roger Holland. Additionally, two candidates were contesting the Democratic primary.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, P District
Gary Stevens, the incumbent since 2003, was facing opposition in the Republican primary from former state house candidate John Cox. Challenger Greg Madden contested the general election on the Alaskan Independence Party ticket.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, R District
Bert Stedman, the incumbent since 2003, was facing opposition in the Republican primary from handyman Michael Sheldon.


2020 Alaska Senate election, Detailed results, T District
Donny Olson, the incumbent since 2001, was running unopposed in the Democratic primary. Two Republican candidates, Kotzebue vice-mayor Thomas Baker and Deering tribal president Calvin Moto II, have filed to challenge him for the seat.


2020 Alaska elections
Alaska state elections in 2020 were held on Tuesday, November 3, 2020. Aside from its party-run Democratic presidential primary held on April 10 (not including the Republican Party presidential primary which was cancelled by the state party), its primary elections were held on August 18, 2020.


2020 Alaska elections
In addition to the U.S. presidential race, Alaska voters elected the Class II U.S. Senator from Alaska, its at-large seat to the House of Representatives, 1 of 5 seats on the Alaska Supreme Court, 1 of 3 seats on the Alaska Court of Appeals, all of the seats of the Alaska House of Representatives, and 11 of 20 seats in the Alaska Senate. There were also two ballot measures which were voted on.


2020 Alaska elections
To vote by mail, registered Alaska voters had to request a ballot by October 24, 2020.


2020 Alaska elections, State offices, State judiciary
Incumbent Susan M. Carney was reelected for a 10-year term in the state Supreme Court. She was appointed by Governor Bill Walker.


2020 Alaska elections, State offices, State judiciary
Incumbent Tracey Wollenberg was also reelected for her seat in the state Court of Appeals. She was appointed by Bill Walker.


2020 Alaska elections, State offices, State legislature
All 40 seats of the Alaska House of Representatives and 11 of 20 seats of the Alaska Senate were up for election. The outcome of this election could affect partisan balance during post-census congressional redistricting.


2020 Alaska elections, State offices, State legislature, State senate
Before the election the composition of the Alaska Senate was:


2020 Alaska elections, State offices, State legislature, State senate
The composition of the Alaska Senate remained the same after the election. Two Republicans lost reelection.


2020 Alaska elections, State offices, State legislature, House of Representatives
Before the election the composition of the Alaska State House was:


2020 Alaska elections, State offices, State legislature, House of Representatives
After the election the composition of the Alaska State House was:


2020 Alaska elections, Ballot measures
Alaska Ballot Measure 1, North Slope Oil Production Tax Increase Initiative, would increase taxation on production of oil in the North Slope in fields which have already produced at least 400 million barrels of oil and produced at least 40,000 barrels in the last year.


2020 Alaska elections, Ballot measures
2020 Alaska Measure 2, Top-Four Ranked-Choice Voting and Campaign Finance Laws Initiative, would mandate the following changes to the state's election policies: increasing disclosure requirements for "dark money" political contributions of greater than $2000 which themselves are derived from donations to the donors, replacing all partisan primaries with one open primary ballot (and allowing the top four vote-getters to proceed to the general election) and implementing ranked-choice voting in all general elections.


2020 Alaska mid-air collision
Around 8:27 a.m. on July 31, 2020, a de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver collided with a Piper PA-12 over the Kenai Peninsula, Alaska, approximately two miles northeast of Soldotna Airport, near mile 91.5 of the Sterling Highway. Most of the wreckage landed about 200 yards (180 m) from the road. Alaska State Representative Gary Knopp was piloting one of the aircraft and was killed in the accident.


2020 Alaska mid-air collision, Victims
All six occupants of the Beaver were killed as a result of the collision. Five died instantly, while the sixth person succumbed to their injuries during transport to the local hospital.


2020 Alaska mid-air collision, Victims
Gary Knopp, the pilot and sole occupant of the Piper, also died at the crash location. He was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 2016 and had been a long-time flight instructor and pilot. In his honor, Gov. Mike Dunleavy ordered U.S. and Alaska state flags to be flown at half-staff for three days.


2020 Alaska mid-air collision, Aircraft and accident
The Beaver, manufactured in 1956 and operated by High Adventure Air Charter on lease from Soldotna Aircraft & Equipment Leasing LLC, was traveling from Longmere Lake to Cook Inlet for a fishing trip.


2020 Alaska mid-air collision, Aircraft and accident
The Piper, manufactured in 1946, was privately owned by Knopp and departed from Soldotna Airport en route to Fairbanks. Knopp had been denied a medical certification in June 2012 for vision problems; after an appeal, the denial was upheld in July. In addition, although the Piper was registered to Knopp as N2587M, it had the aircraft registration number N1904T painted on the plane's exterior. N1904T had been reserved by Knopp but was not valid, causing the aircraft to be misidentified initially as a Piper Aztec.


2020 Alaska mid-air collision, Aircraft and accident
National Weather Service (NWS) reports from the Soldotna airport for Friday morning showed clear visibility, with broken clouds at 10,000 and 4,500 feet.


2020 Alaska mid-air collision, Aircraft and accident
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is investigating the crash. A preliminary report was issued in August 2020. The two aircraft had taken off at the same time (8:24 a.m. ADT) from separate locations and collided three minutes later, at an altitude of approximately 1,175 feet (358 m). A witness stated he saw the Piper, traveling north, strike the rear fuselage of the Beaver, traveling west; after the impact, he saw what he thought was the Beaver's left wing separate from the aircraft, which entered an uncontrolled spin before crashing to the ground. Paint transfer from the Piper was found on the rear fuselage of the Beaver.


2020 Albanian Cup Final
The 2020 Albanian Cup Final was a football match that was played on 2 August 2020 to decide the winner of the 2019–20 Albanian Cup, the 68th edition of Albania's primary football cup. The match was played between Teuta and Tirana at Arena Kombëtare in Tirana. Teuta won the match 2−0, their fourth time winning the Albanian Cup.


2020 Albanian Supercup
The 2020 Albanian Supercup was the 27th edition of the Albanian Supercup, an annual Albanian football match. The teams were decided by taking the  of the previous season's Kategoria Superiore champions and the winners of the Albanian Cup.


2020 Albanian Supercup
The match was contested by Tirana, champions of the 2019–20 Kategoria Superiore, and Teuta, the 2019–20 Albanian Cup winners.


2020 Albanian Supercup, Details
Match officials:Assistant referees: Denis Rexha Rejdi Avdo Additional AR: Eldorjan Hamiti Juxhin XhajaFourth official: Dojando Myftari


2020 Albany Great Danes football team
The 2020 Albany Great Danes football team represents the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by Greg Gattuso, in his seventh season as head coach, and play their home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium. The Great Danes play as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.


2020 Albany Great Danes football team
On July 17, 2020, the Colonial Athletic Association announced that it would not play fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the conference is allowing the option for teams to play as independents for the 2020 season if they still wish to play in the fall.


2020 Albany Great Danes football team, Previous season
The Great Danes finished the 2019 season ranked No. 18 in the FCS standings and went 9–5, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in second place. The Great Danes were selected for the postseason tournament and advanced to the Second Round before losing 47–21 to Montana State.


2020 Albany Great Danes football team, Schedule
Albany originally had a game scheduled against Delaware State (September 5), but it was canceled on July 16 due to the MEAC's decision to cancel fall sports due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CAA released its spring conference schedule on October 27, 2020. On March 31, 2021, Albany canceled their remaining games due to injuries.


2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2020 Sentinel Storage Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Alberta, was held January 22–26 at The Murray Arena in Okotoks, Alberta. The winning Laura Walker rink represented Alberta at the 2020 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and finished with a 3–4 record.


2020 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Laura Walker won her first Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts and capped of an undefeated tournament by defeating Kelsey Rocque's rink 7–4 in the final. Rocque made the final in 2019 as well, falling to eventual Canadian champion Chelsea Carey.


2020 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.


2020 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta began the year of 2020 with 351 municipalities, which decreased to 349 on February 1 with the dissolutions of the Town of Granum and the Village of Gadsby. Of these, at least 13 (3.7%) published their intentions to conduct a municipal census in 2020. However, 10 of these municipalities cancelled their intentions.


2020 Alberta municipal censuses
Morinville was the lone municipality to achieve a population milestone as a result of its 2020 municipal census. It surpassed the 10,000-mark making it eligible for city status.


2020 Alberta municipal censuses, Cancelled municipal censuses
The following 10 municipalities intended to conduct a municipal census in 2020 but did not follow through.


2020 Alberta municipal censuses, Municipal census results
The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2020.


2020 Alberta municipal censuses, Breakdowns, Hamlets
The following is a list of hamlet populations determined by the 2020 municipal census conducted by the County of Newell.


2020 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season
The 2020 season is Albirex Niigata Singapore FC's 17th consecutive season in the top flight of Singapore football and in the S.League, having joined the Sleague in 2004. Along with the 2019 Singapore Premier League, the club will also compete in the Singapore Cup and the Singapore League Cup.


2020 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Transfer, Pre-season transfer, In
Note 1: Shahrul Nizam left the club before the season start due to personal reason.


2020 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Transfer, Pre-season transfer, Out
Note 1: Yosuke Nakagawa returned to Mito HollyHock after the loan and subsequently released. He joined Hokkaido Tokachi Sky Earth for the season.


2020 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Transfer, Pre-season transfer, Out
Note 2: Naruki Takahashi moved to  Box Hill United SC who is playing in the NPL (Victoria) 2 after his contract with Montedio Yamagata ended.


2020 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Transfer, Mid-season transfer, Out
Note 1: Zamani Zamri was enlisted to NS in April 2020.


2020 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Transfer, Mid-season transfer, Out
Note 2: Daniel Goh was enlisted to NS in June 2020.


2020 Alderney general election
The 2020 Alderney general election was held on 28 November 2020 to elect 5 members of the States of Alderney who will serve until 2024.


2020 Algarve Cup
The 2020 Algarve Cup was the 27th edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place from 4 to 11 March 2020.


2020 Algarve Cup
Germany was declared winner, as Italy decided not to play the final to return safely because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.


2020 Algarve Cup, Goalscorers
There were 29 goals scored in 11 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match.


2020 Algarve Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 2020 Algarve Cup, the 27th edition of the Algarve Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the Algarve region of Portugal from 4 to 11 March 2020. The eight national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.


2020 Algarve Cup squads
The age listed for each player is as of 4 March 2020, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2020 Algarve Cup squads, Squads, Denmark
The squad was announced on 19 February 2020. Janni Arnth was withdrawn due to illness and replaced by Luna Gevitz. On 28 February 2020, Nadia Nadim was withdrawn due to injury and replaced by Amalie Thestrup while Juventus-based player Sofie Junge Pedersen was withdrawn as a safety measure due to coronavirus precautions and replaced by Josefine Hasbo.


2020 Algarve Cup squads, Squads, Italy
The squad was announced on 20 February 2020. Due to coronavirus fears following an outbreak in Lombardy, the four Milan-based players Valentina Bergamaschi, Laura Fusetti, Valentina Giacinti, and Linda Tucceri Cimini were removed from the squad and replaced with Agnese Bonfantini, Arianna Caruso, Martina Lenzini, and Alice Tortelli on 27 February 2020.


2020 Algarve Cup squads, Squads, New Zealand
The squad was announced on 27 February 2020. Following the first match of the tournament, Sarah Gregorius retired having made 100 appearances for the team.


2020 Algarve Cup squads, Squads, Norway
The squad was announced on 14 February 2020. Stine Reinås and Therese Åsland replaced Stine Hovland and Synne Skinnes Hansen on 28 February 2020.


2020 Algarve Cup squads, Squads, Sweden
The squad was announced on 19 February 2020. On 28 February 2020, Elin Rubensson was withdrawn from the squad due to a head injury and replaced with Julia Karlernäs, while Julia Zigiotti Olme was replaced by club mate Filippa Angeldal. On 1 March 2020, Juventus-based player Linda Sembrant was withdrawn from the squad as a safety measure due to coronavirus concerns, and was replaced by Lotta Ökvist.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum
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2020 Algerian constitutional referendum
The 2020 Algerian constitutional referendum was held on 1 November 2020. The subject of the referendum was a revision of the Algerian constitution, and it follows a series of protests known as Hirak.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum
An effort by President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to meet demands raised by the demonstrations that led to the resignation of 4-term former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in April 2019, the revised constitution aims to reform the powers of the Algerian government.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Background
On 16 February 2019, after four-term former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his candidacy for a fifth term as the President of Algeria, protests erupted across the country, and while they remained largely peaceful, they led the Algerian military to strongly encourage Bouteflika to resign immediately. Bouteflika named a caretaker government on 31 March, and shortly after Algerian Army Chief of Staff Lieutenant General Ahmed Gaed Salah called on him to leave office two days later, he formally relinquished power.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Background
Tensions towards Bouteflika arose in part out of public discontent with his 20-year record as president, which was often characterized by corruption and allegations of using state monopolies to finance systems of clientelism, and can also be traced back to a broader pattern of frustration with the powers of the Algerian government. Additionally, Bouteflika's health in regards to his ability to govern was consistently called into question after his stroke in 2013, where his frequent hospitalization and few public appearances led to the proliferation of rumors about his death.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Background
The presidential election was held on 12 December 2019 despite widespread public opposition, and with 58.13% of valid votes in the first round, Abdelmadjid Tebboune was declared its winner. Unrest surrounded the election, however, and various protests across the country directly before 12 December called for a boycott of the election. The Rally for Culture and Democracy estimated an 8% turnout, but reports by the Algerian government placed the national turnout rate at 39.88%. Additionally, 1,200 protestors were detained by Algerian authorities in connection to protests of the election, and by later that December, the National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees (CNLD) estimated that 180 prisoners of conscience still remained in government custody.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Background
On the eve of the first anniversary of the Hirak Movement, President Abdelmadjid Tebboune announced in a statement to the Algerian national media that 22 February would be declared the Algerian "National Day of Fraternity and Cohesion Between The People and Its Army For Democracy." In the same statement, Tebboune spoke in favor of the Hirak Movement, saying that "the blessed Hirak has preserved the country from a total collapse" and that he had "made a personal commitment to carry out all of the [movement's] demands." On 21 and 22 February 2020, masses of demonstrators (with turnout comparable to well-established Algerian holidays like the Algerian Day of Independence) gathered to honor the anniversary of the Hirak Movement and the newly established national day.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Background
In an effort to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, Tebboune announced on 17 March 2020 that "marches and rallies, whatever their motives" would be prohibited. After protestors and journalists were arrested for participating in such marches, Tebboune faced accusations of attempting to "silence Algerians." Notably, the government's actions were condemned by Amnesty International, which said in a statement that "when all eyes [...] are on the management of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Algerian authorities are devoting time to speeding up the prosecution and trial of activists, journalists, and supporters of the Hirak movement." CNLD estimated that around 70 prisoners of conscience were imprisoned by 2 July 2020 and that several of the imprisoned were arrested for Facebook posts.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Progression
On 28 December 2019, the then-recently inaugurated President Tebboune met with Ahmed Benbitour, the former Algerian Head of Government, with whom he discussed the "foundations of the new Republic."


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Progression
On 8 January 2020, Tebboune established a "commission of experts" composed of 17 members (a majority of which were professors of constitutional law) responsible for examining the previous constitution and making any necessary revisions. Led by Ahmed Laraba, the commission was required to submit its proposals to Tebboune directly within the following two months. In a letter to Laraba on the same day, Tebboune outlined seven axes around which the commission should focus its discussion.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Progression
These areas of focus included strengthening citizens' rights, combatting corruption, consolidating the balance of powers in the Algerian government, increasing the oversight powers of parliament, promoting the independence of the judiciary, furthering citizens' equality under the law, and constitutionalizing elections. Tebboune's letter also included a call for an "immutable and intangible" two-term limit to anyone serving as president — a major point of contention in the initial Hirak Movement protests, which were spurred by former president Abdelaziz Bouteflika's announcement to run for a fifth term.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Progression
The preliminary draft revision of the constitution was publicly published on 7 May 2020, but the Laraba Commission (as the "commission of experts" came to be known) was open to additional proposals from the public until 20 June. By 3 June, the commission had received an estimated 1,200 additional public proposals. After all revisions were considered by the Laraba Commission, the draft was introduced to the Cabinet of Algeria (Council of Ministers).


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Progression
On 4 July 2020, Tebboune announced that the referendum would occur in September or October 2020.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Progression
On 24 August 2020, the date for the referendum was set for 1 November, the anniversary of the start of Algeria's war of independence.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Progression
The revised constitution was adopted in the Council of Ministers on 6 September, in the People's National Assembly on 10 September, and Council of the Nation on 12 September, but its implementation is currently contingent on the results of the 1 November referendum.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Parliamentary reforms
If passed, the new constitution would allow the president to appoint a prime minister if the president's political party holds a majority in parliament or a head of government if an alternate party holds a parliamentary majority. In either scenario, the prime minister or head of government would act as head of the executive branch in joint with the president but, unlike the president, could be removed by the People's National Assembly through a motion of no confidence.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Parliamentary reforms
Upon appointment, this joint head of the executive branch would have 30 days to form a government (a process in parliamentary systems that includes appointing cabinet members). If unable to form a government, they would forfeit their position, and a new incumbent would be appointed. Articles 103-110 detail the full appointment process of the prime minister or head of government by the president.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Parliamentary reforms
Article 122 would set a maximum term limit for members of parliament at two terms, and Article 126 specifies that any members would only be afforded parliamentary immunity for acts related to the exercise of their functions.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Parliamentary reforms
The new constitution would not allow legislation by ordinance during parliamentary recess as is possible under the current version of the Algerian constitution.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Judicial reforms
The new constitution would replace the Algerian Constitutional Council with a Constitutional Court.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Executive reforms
The new constitution would retain the two-term limit on the presidency, but it would expand this restriction to encompass both consecutive and non-consecutive terms. The term of a resigning president would also be considered fully completed. Bouteflika was able to remain president for four terms even after the 2016 constitutional amendment that implemented term limits because the amendment stated that it would only apply to future presidents.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Executive reforms
The initial draft provided for the possibility for the President of the Republic to appoint a vice-president, but this was removed in the final version of the constitution.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Other reforms
Under the proposed revision, the National Independent Electoral Authority (ANIE) would be constitutionalized in an effort to promote democracy, improve election security, and combat corruption.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Other reforms
Mention of the Hirak Movement would be included in the preamble to the constitution.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Other reforms
Military interventions would require a two-thirds majority in parliament and would take place under the supervision of the United Nations, the African Union, and the Arab League.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Other reforms
Referencing similar themes in the Algerian Constitution of 1989, the new constitution also reaffirms the government's commitment to the reinforcement of public rights and freedoms.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Proposed amendments, Other reforms
Dual citizens would be allowed to hold senior government positions from which they had previously been barred from under an article in the previous Algerian constitution.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Reception and criticisms
Despite the proposed reforms, Tebboune and the Algerian government faced criticism that the revised constitution did not address many of the issues called into question by the Hirak Movement, especially the balance of powers.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Reception and criticisms, Executive powers over parliament
If the constitution were passed, the president would still retain his ability to veto laws through two avenues:


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Reception and criticisms, Executive powers over parliament
Others worry that Tebboune's parliament will quickly transform into the Bouteflika's rubber-stamp parliament, which had lost general public approval because of little political discourse and an announcement of allegiance to Bouteflika himself.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Reception and criticisms, Executive powers over parliament
The Algerian Parliament has historically struggled to garner a sense of respect from some Algerians, and it has faced significant corruption scandals in the past. Notably, a member of parliament alleged that seats in the assembly had been sold to some for approximately $540,000 (USD).


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Reception and criticisms, Executive powers over parliament
Others argue that some aspects of the proposed constitution are neither effective nor efficient in practice, and that specifically, the party majority in parliament required to appoint a prime minister is not feasible in a nation with often fractured political parties and ideologies.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Reception and criticisms, Executive powers over the judiciary
The executive branch would retain its power to appoint judges to the judiciary without parliamentary approval, raising questions about its objectivity and ability to foster accountability.


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Reception and criticisms, Other executive powers
Under the new constitution, the president would be in control of all government regulatory bodies. Critics raise concerns that this, alongside other powers in the executive branch, parliament, and judiciary, would "give [him] the powers of an emperor."


2020 Algerian constitutional referendum, Results
As there was no minimum turnout required, the constitutional changes were approved, with 66.68% of voters participating in favour of the changes. Turnout was very low, with only around 23% of eligible voters participating. Additionally, over 10% of overall votes cast were invalid or blank.


2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships
The 2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships was a continental stage tournament of Thomas and Uber Cups, and also to crown the best men's and women's badminton team in Africa. This tournament was held in Cairo, Egypt between 10 and 13 February 2020.


2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, Tournament
The All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships officially crowns the best male and female national badminton teams in Africa and at the same time works as the African qualification event towards the 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup finals. 13 teams consisting of 9 men's team and 4 women's team have entered the tournament.


2020 All Africa Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships, Tournament, Venue
Venue of this tournament is Cairo Stadium Hall 2, in Cairo, Egypt.


2020 All England Open
The 2020 All England Open (officially known as the Yonex All England Open Badminton Championships 2020 for sponsorship reasons) was a badminton tournament which took place at Arena Birmingham in England from 11 to 15 March 2020. It had a total purse of $1,100,000.


2020 All England Open, Tournament
The 2020 All England Open became the fifth tournament of the 2020 BWF World Tour following the postponement of the 2020 German Open due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak. It was a part of the All England Open championships, which had been held since 1899. This tournament was organized by Badminton England and sanctioned by the BWF.


2020 All England Open, Tournament, Venue
This international tournament was held at Arena Birmingham in Birmingham, England.


2020 All England Open, Tournament, Point distribution
Below is the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system for the BWF World Tour Super 1000 event.


2020 All England Open, Tournament, Prize money
The total prize money for this tournament was US$1,100,000. Distribution of prize money was in accordance with BWF regulations.


2020 All Stars match
The 2020 All Stars match day was an annual pre-season fixture of Mens and Womens All Stars matches of Australian rugby league. Both games were played on 22 February 2020 at Queensland's Cbus Super Stadium, the original venue the fixture was first played at. The matches were played between the Indigenous All Stars and the Māori All Stars.


2020 All Stars match, Men's All Stars match, Teams
1 - Ryan James was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jamayne Taunoa-Brown. 2 - Andrew Fifita was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Josh Kerr was moved from the bench to Prop and Andrew Fifita was replaced by Zac Saddler. 3 - Cody Walker was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. Jack Wighton was moved from Centre to Five-eighth, Cody Walker was replaced by Tyrell Fuimaono and the captaincy of the Indigenous All Stars was handed to Joel Thompson.


2020 All Stars match, Men's All Stars match, Teams
4 - Adam Elliott was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Chris Smith. 5 - Bailey Simonsson was originally selected to play but withdrew. He was replaced by Bryson Goodwin. 6 - Nelson Asofa-Solomona was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Jordan Riki. 7 - James Tamou was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Pasami Saulo.


2020 All Stars match, Women's All Stars match
For the eighth time, a Women's All Stars match was held on 22 February 2020.


2020 All Thailand Golf Tour
The 2020 All Thailand Golf Tour was the 22nd season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999. It was the second season in which world rankings points were given.


2020 All-Australian team
The 2020 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2020 season. It was announced on 24 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.


2020 All-Australian team, Selection panel
The selection panel for the 2020 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Steve Hocking, Glen Jakovich, Chris Johnson, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.


2020 All-Australian team, Team, Initial squad
The initial 40-man All-Australian squad was announced on 22 September. Geelong and Port Adelaide each had the most players selected in the initial squad with five, while Collingwood and West Coast each had four. Adelaide, Gold Coast and North Melbourne were the only clubs not to have a single player nominated in the squad. Ten players from the 2019 team were among those selected.


2020 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Geelong, Port Adelaide, West Coast and the Western Bulldogs each had the most selections with three, with eleven clubs represented overall. Geelong midfielder Patrick Dangerfield, who achieved his record-equalling eighth All-Australian selection, was announced as the All-Australian captain, with former Port Adelaide captain Travis Boak announced as vice-captain. The team saw twelve players selected in an All-Australian team for the first time in their careers, while seven players from the 2019 team were among those selected.


2020 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.


2020 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 2020 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2020 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2020 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2020 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 2020 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2020 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first-, second- and third-team players (the "Media" team).


2020 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media


2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship was the 23rd contested edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's secondary inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament.


2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games forced the delay of the tournament until late in the year.


2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship
Meath LGFA were the winners for the first time in their history and will play in the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2021.


2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Group Stage
13 counties competed in the 2020 tournament. There were three groups of three and one group of four. Each team played the other team's in their group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.


2020 All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Knockout Stage
The winners of each group competed in the All-Ireland semi-finals.


2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship was the 38th contested edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's tertiary inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament.


2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games forced the delay of the tournament until late in the year.


2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship
Fermanagh LGFA were the winners for the second time in their history and will play in the All-Ireland Intermediate Ladies' Football Championship in 2021.


2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Group Stage
6 counties competed in the 2020 tournament. There were two groups of three. Each team played the other team's in their group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.


2020 All-Ireland Junior Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Knockout Stage
The winner of group A competed in the All-Ireland semi-final against the runner up of group B, and the winner of group B played the runner up of group A.


2020 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship was the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football competition for under seventeens. Thirty-one county teams from Ireland competed.


2020 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
2018 was the first minor competition for under 17-year-olds – previously the competition had an under eighteen age limit. The under seventeen championship with a new format was introduced after a vote at the GAA Congress on 26 February 2016.


2020 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the competition was not completed until July 2021 with Derry beating Kerry in the final.


2020 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship was the 90th staging of the All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship was due to take place between April and August 2020, however, due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, new provincial draws and formats were adopted. The championship eventually began on 17 October 2020, however, it was confirmed four days later that the championship was once again being suspended. The championship ended on 10 July 2021.


2020 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Galway entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a fourth successive title.


2020 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
On 10 July 2021, Galway won the championship after a 1-17 to 1-14 defeat of Kilkenny in the All-Ireland final. This was their 14th title overall and a record-breaking fourth title in succession.


2020 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Offaly's Lochlainn Quinn was the championship's top scorer with 1-42.


2020 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship, Format changes
On 29 June 2020, the Munster Council announced that they were abandoning the round robin for one year and reverting to a straight knockout format. Kerry joined the championship for the first time since 2014. A day later, the Leinster Council also announced a new format and fixtures. The changes saw the adoption of a straight knockout format, while the championship was also spilt in two with the top 9 teams in the province participating. The four "weakest" teams contested the Leinster Minor B Championship. The All-Ireland quarter-final round robin was also abandoned, with the Leinster champions receiving a bye to the All-Ireland final, while the Munster champions will play Galway in a lone semi-final.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship – known as the Liberty Insurance Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons – is the premier inter-county competition of the 2020 camogie season.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The winners receive the O'Duffy Cup. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the tournament was delayed to the last months of the year, and was shortened to a season of twenty matches.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Teams
Eleven county teams compete in the Senior Championship. 20 lower-ranked county teams compete in the Intermediate and Junior Championships.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Format
The eleven teams are drawn into three groups. Groups 1 and 2 contain four teams; Group 3 contains three teams. Each team plays each other team in its group once. Three points are awarded for a win and one for a draw.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Format
The runners-up in groups 1, 2 and 3 and the winners of Group 3 play in the quarter-finals.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Format
The winners of groups 1 and 2 meet the quarter-final winners in the semi-finals.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Group stage
Group games took place between 17 October and 8 November.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final, the 89th event of its kind and the culmination of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 12 December 2020.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Kilkenny won their 14th title after defeating Galway by 1-14 to 1-11.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match which was played at Croke Park on 19 January 2020 to determine the winners of the 2019-20 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 50th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Ballyhale Shamrocks of Kilkenny and Borris-Ileigh of Tipperary.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Ballyhale Shamrocks and Borris-Ileigh was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Ballyhale Shamrocks were hoping to win their 8th All-Ireland Club Championship, while Borris-Ileigh were bidding to win their second title after previously winning in 1987.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Ballyhale Shamrocks, captained by Michael Fennelly and coached by Henry Shefflin retained the title after defeating Borris-Ileigh by 0-18 to 0-15 to retain the title.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 133rd edition of the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county Gaelic football tournament since its establishment in 1887.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The public health measures introduced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the competition being delayed. On 17 March, the GAA confirmed that the opening fixture – due to have taken place at Gaelic Park in The Bronx on 3 May – had been postponed. In June, the GAA announced that the 2020 championship would be straight knock-out, the first straight-knockout since 2000.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Thirty teams took part – thirty of the thirty-two counties of Ireland. New York were unable to participate due to travel restrictions resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. London will play no part in the 2020 All-Ireland championships after a meeting of the GAA's Ard Chomhairle on 12 September 2020. Sligo withdrew also due to a COVID-19 outbreak from 3 November.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
London were initially scheduled to host Roscommon at Ruislip at the beginning of May, before all GAA activity was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Michael Maher's team were then set to play their rescheduled Connacht football quarter-final on the weekend of 31 October, with the winner facing Mayo or Leitrim the following weekend. Roscommon advanced directly into the semi-final.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The Galway vs Sligo Connacht semi-final was not played as Sligo were affected by COVID-19 cases. Galway's first match was the Connacht final and the Connacht championship only had four teams instead of the usual seven. It happened before Galway to qualify for Connacht final without playing any matches during the period that all Connacht finals were between Galway and Mayo (1933-1940).


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
It emerged that in order for London's quarter-final to take place their entire squad and backroom team would have to self-isolate in Ireland for two weeks prior to the match. Kilkenny, as in previous years, did not enter.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Galway were winners over Sligo. Sligo are back in 2021 but London and New York games litely to rescheduled for 2022.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Initially the GAA intended to introduce the Tailteann Cup, a second-tier championship for Division 3 and 4 National Football League teams who failed to reach their provincial finals or get promoted to Division 2 of the league. The Tailteann Cup was cancelled as a result of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games and was rescheduled for introduction in 2021, when its introduction was again postponed.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, Provincial Championships format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. Most of the teams who lost a match in their provincial championship entered the All-Ireland qualifiers in the years prior to 2020 – New York did not enter the qualifiers. As the championship was delayed due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, the qualifiers were abandoned with all matches being changed to straight knock-out.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, Provincial Championships format
If the score is level at the end of the normal seventy minutes, two periods of ten minutes each way are played. If the score is still level the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Competition format, All-Ireland format
The four provincial champions compete in the semi-finals. If the score is level at the end of the normal seventy minutes in a semi-final, two periods of ten minutes each way are played. If the score is still level the semi-final is replayed. If the score is level at the end of the normal seventy minutes in the final, the match is replayed.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Rule changes from 2019 competition
Initially trialled in the 2019 Leagues, the advanced mark rule was introduced in 2020. The possibility of an advanced mark occurs when a player catches a ball cleanly on or inside a 45m line from a kick in play delivered by an attacking player on or beyond the opposition's 45m line that travels at least 20m and without touching the ground. The player who catches the ball, either an attacker or defender, can signal his intent to stop and take the free-kick resulting from the mark by raising an arm or play on immediately.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Rule changes from 2019 competition
A player who commits a black card offence is sent off the pitch to the sin-bin for ten minutes. Teams are not permitted to replace the player while he is in the sin-bin. If a player receives a  black card and has received a black or yellow card previously he is also given a red card.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Rule changes from 2019 competition
Goalkeepers must take their kick-out from the 20 metre line (previously kick-outs were taken from the 13 metre line). The ball must be kicked forward and all players must be 13 metres from the ball until it has been kicked.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Rule changes from 2019 competition
Following a motion proposed by Kildare at the GAA Congress on 28 September 2020, the kick-out rule was further modified so that an outfield player receiving a ball direct from the kick-out cannot play the ball back to their goalkeeper. Unusually, the "no back-pass" modification was not trialled before its introduction in the 2020 senior championship.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial championships, Munster Senior Football Championship
The two teams who won the semi-finals in the previous year are given byes to this year's semi-finals.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Provincial championships, Ulster Senior Football Championship
An un-seeded draw determined the fixtures for all nine teams. In April 2018, the Ulster GAA Competitions Control Committee introduced a rule that the two teams who play in the preliminary round are exempt from playing in the preliminary round in the following two years. As a result of the draw for 2020, Cavan and Monaghan are awarded byes to the quarter-finals in 2021 and 2022.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 133rd final of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and the culmination of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. Reigning All-Ireland SFC and Leinster champions Dublin took on Connacht champions Mayo, with Dublin bidding to become the first Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) team to win six consecutive editions of the competition.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The match was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 19 December 2020.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The game was televised nationally on RTÉ Two as part of The Saturday Game live programme, presented by Joanne Cantwell from the outdoor COVID-19 pandemic-proofed studio at Croke Park, with analysis from (positioned left to right onscreen) Tomás Ó Sé, Oisín McConville and Colm O'Rourke. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning, assisted by Kevin McStay. The game was also televised internationally by Sky Sports. Des Cahill presented the highlights programme on RTÉ Two that night, with analysis from Pat Spillane, Seán Cavanagh, McStay and Ciarán Whelan.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Background
This All-Ireland championship was delayed to the end of the year due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, with a straight knockout tournament for the first time since 2000.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match
The Chicago Federation of Labor displayed the words "Mayo for Sam" in lights on the 41-storey Prudential Building ahead of the game. Dublin Castle was also lit up in the Mayo colours ahead of the game.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match
Traditionally, the final of the All-Ireland Minor Football Championship takes place before the senior game. However, due to the pandemic, that competition was still in its preliminary stages as December arrived. Instead, the final of the 2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship, contested by Dublin and Galway and originally due to have been played in October before a further suspension of play occurred for underage teams, is scheduled to take place before the senior decider.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Pre-match
The official matchday programme was made available in physical form for supporters ahead of the game, either online (via an emailed PDF and follow-up copy send through the postal system) or to purchase at SuperValu and Centra outlets in Dublin and Mayo.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Dean Rock obtained the record for the fastest goal scored in the history of All-Ireland SFC finals, after sending the ball past David Clarke directly from the throw-in of the 2020 final, breaking Kerryman Garry McMahon's record which had stood since the 1962 final.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
This was the second consecutive All-Ireland SFC final half throw-in that Dublin scored a goal from, following Eoin Murchan's goal straight from the second half throw-in of the 2019 replay.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
With this victory, six Dublin players joined the five Kerrymen (Ogie Moran, Páidí Ó Sé, Ger Power, Mikey Sheehy and Pat Spillane) on a record eight All-Ireland SFC medals. These were Stephen Cluxton, Michael Fitzsimons, James McCarthy, Philly McMahon, Kevin McManamon and Cian O'Sullivan. Ballymun Kickhams joined Austin Stacks club in having two such players. Only Ó Sé is deceased, so ten of the eleven were alive in tandem.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
The Sam Maguire Cup was withheld over concerns about the possibility of "crowds gathering".


2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Post-match
A statement which the Mayo County Board issued on 8 January (and which the media reported on several days later) confirmed that three members of the Mayo backroom team had each been suspended for three months after attending the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final "without accreditation". They sneaked into the stadium by hitching a ride in the team's kit van.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 133rd staging of the All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, the Gaelic Athletic Association's premier inter-county hurling tournament, since its establishment in 1887. The 2020 fixtures were announced in October 2019. Games were initially scheduled to begin on 9 May 2020. Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games, the competition was delayed before beginning on 24 October 2020 and ending on 13 December 2020.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Laois returned to the Leinster Championship for the first time since 2017, replacing Carlow who were relegated in 2019. Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions and were attempting to retain the title for the first time since 1965. They were knocked out at the All-Ireland quarter final stage following a defeat by Galway.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
On 13 December 2020, Limerick won the championship after a 0-30 to 0-19 win over Waterford in the All-Ireland final at Croke Park. It was their ninth championship title overall and their first title since 2018.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Waterford's Stephen Bennett was the championship's top scorer with 1-54.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Competition format
Initially, the 2020 All-Ireland hurling championship format was to feature five-team groups in both Leinster and Munster and the two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists in the format introduced in 2018 for an initial three-year period. At the GAA Congress on 29 February 2019 it was decided to expand the Leinster Hurling Championship from five to six teams, beginning in 2021. This meant there would be no relegation from the Leinster Hurling Championship in 2020 and that the winners of the Joe McDonagh Cup would be promoted.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Competition format
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland, some changes were announced on 26 June 2020. The format reverted to knockout provincial championships, along with qualifiers, similar to the 2017 format. The two Joe McDonagh Cup finalists did not compete in the senior championship.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Competition format
The draws for the Munster and Leinster Senior Hurling Championships took place live on RTÉ's Six One news on Friday 26 June.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Provincial Championships, Munster Senior Hurling Championship
Five of the six Munster counties participate. Kerry compete in the Joe McDonagh Cup. The competition is entirely knock-out.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers
Of the six teams who don’t reach their provincial final (three from the Leinster championship and three from the Munster championship) four are drawn, two from Leinster versus two from Munster, to play in round one of the qualifiers, subject to the requirement that the two beaten provincial quarter-finalists play in round one. The two teams given byes play the round one winners in round two.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland Qualifiers
The winners of round two compete in the two All-Ireland quarter-finals against the beaten Leinster and Munster finalists.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, All-Ireland, All-Ireland semi-finals
The Leinster and Munster champions play the winners of the two quarter-finals.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Live televised games
RTÉ, the national broadcaster in Ireland provided the majority of the live television coverage of the hurling championship in the fourth year of a five-year deal running from 2017 until 2021. Sky Sports also broadcast a number of matches and have exclusive rights to some games. Sky Sports televised all of its live Championship games as part of its basic package on Sky Sports Mix.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 13 December the night of the final. The panel consisting of Donal Óg Cusack, Jackie Tyrell, Ursula Jacob, and Shane Dowling picked Gearóid Hegarty as the Sunday game player of the year.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
In February 2021, the 2020 PwC All-Stars winners were presented at Dublin's Convention Centre. Gearóid Hegarty was named as the All Stars Hurler of the Year with Eoin Cody named the All Stars Young Hurler of the Year.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the 133rd event of its kind and the culmination of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 13 December 2020.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The match was televised live on RTÉ2 as part of The Sunday Game, presented by Joanne Cantwell from the outside studio at Croke Park, with analysis by Anthony Daly, Donal Óg Cusack and Henry Shefflin. Commentary on the game was provided by Marty Morrissey alongside Michael Duignan. The match was also live on Sky Sports, with analysis from Jamesie O'Connor and Ollie Canning.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Limerick won the game by 0-30 to 0-19 to claim their second All-Ireland title in three years.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match
The 2020 Joe McDonagh Cup Final between Kerry and Antrim took place prior to the All-Ireland senior final.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match
On 4 December 2020, the officials were chosen for the final by the GAA, with Tipperary's Fergal Horgan being named as the referee in what would be his second senior final after being the referee in 2017. Colm Lyons from Cork was named as standby referee, with the other linesman being Paud O'Dwyer from Carlow and the sideline official Seán Cleere from Kilkenny.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match, Jubilee team
The Clare team that won the 1995 All-Ireland Final were remembered before the match to mark 25 years. There was no traditional walk out and parade due to COVID-19 restrictions but the Clare captain of 1995 Anthony Daly was present to place the Liam MacCarthy Cup in front of the Hogan Stand before the match.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Post-match
Financial Times columnist Simon Kuper wrote after Stephen O'Keeffe's performance that hurling was "the best sport ever and if the Irish had colonised the world, nobody would ever have heard of football".


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship was the 47th edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county ladies' Gaelic Football tournament.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games forced the delay of the tournament until late in the year, and it was shortened, with no provincial championships taking place.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
Dublin were the winners for the fourth year in a row.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Group stage
The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three teams. Each team play each other team in its group once, earning three points for a win and one for a draw.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Format, Knockout stage
The winners of each group compete in the All-Ireland semi-finals.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, Fixtures and results
Group games took place between 30 October and 15 November, 2020.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, All-Ireland Semi-Finals
After the semi-final between Cork and Galway, LGFA president Marie Hickey criticised the Galway ladies for not vacating their dressing room in sufficient time to complete their warm-up, after they complained about being hurried into doing so.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final is the 47th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, an inter-county ladies' Gaelic football tournament for the county teams of Ireland.


2020 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
There was no audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Cork led by a goal at half-time, but Dublin pushed past them in the second half to win a fourth All-Ireland in a row.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship
The 2020 Inter-County Under-20 Football Championship is the 57th edition of the competition, and the third since the competition was re-graded from Under 21 to Under 20. It is also referred to as the EirGrid GAA Football U20 All-Ireland Championship for sponsorship purposes.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship, Player eligibility
At the start of the championship footballers aged under 20 cannot play for both their county's senior and under-20 championship teams. Initially a footballer must opt to play for either the senior or the under-20 team. Once a county's senior team exits the senior championship all of their under-20 players are then eligible to play for the county under-20 team.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship, Player eligibility
This rule was introduced to prevent player burnout and avoid scheduling conflicts when the senior and under-20 championships are played in the same summer months as both county teams have distinct panels of players. Inevitably some county under-20 teams play without their best under-20 footballers as a result of the player eligibility rule.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship, Competition Format
Connacht, Leinster, Munster and Ulster each organise a provincial championship. Each province decides the format for their championship – the format can be straight knockout, double-elimination, a league, groups, etc. or a combination.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Football Championship, Competition Format
The four provincial winners play in two All-Ireland Under-20 Football Semi-finals, with the winners of those matches playing in the All-Ireland Final.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
The 2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship was the second staging of the All-Ireland Under-20 Championship and the 57th staging overall of a hurling championship for players between the minor and senior grades. The championship was scheduled to begin in May 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Gaelic games. The championship eventually began on 19 October 2020 and, after being suspended once again, ended on 10 July 2021.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
Tipperary entered the championship as the defending champions in search of a third successive title, however, they were beaten by Cork in the Munster final. Kerry fielded a team in the Munster Championship for the first time since 2005.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
On 10 July 2021, Cork won the championship following a 2-19 to 1-18 defeat of Dublin in the All-Ireland final at UPMC Nowlan Park. This was a record 12th All-Ireland title overall and their first title since 1998.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship
Dublin's Liam Murphy was the championship's top scorer with 0-37.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship, Format change
The championship was scheduled to begin in May 2020, however, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic in Ireland. When the championship resumed, time constraints led to a revision of the format, with the All-Ireland semi-finals being abolished, thus resulting in no second chance for the defeated Leinster and Munster finalists.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final
The 2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at UPMC Nowlan Park, Kilkenny on 10 July 2021 to determine the winners of the 2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship, the 57th season of the All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of Leinster and Munster. The final was contested by Cork of Munster and Dublin of Leinster, with Cork winning by 2–19 to 1–18.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Cork and Dublin was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Cork were hoping to claim a record 12th All-Ireland title and a first title since 1998, while Dublin were hoping to claim their first ever title.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final
Cork had a better start than Dublin, with Pádraig Power, Alan Connolly and Shane Barrett hitting points in the opening minute and a half. After Daire Connery put them four in front, a run by Connolly set up Power, whose shot was saved by goalkeeper Gibbons only for Seán Twomey to score on the rebound. Murphy eventually got Dublin on the scoreboard but Cork still led by 1–06 to 0–02 at the water-break and it was 1–11 to 0–07 at the interval.


2020 All-Ireland Under-20 Hurling Championship Final
Dublin began the second half well, with Micheál Murphy sending over two points. By the third quarter Dublin had reduced the deficit to four points when[Darragh Power pointed on 47 minutes. Cork immediately replied with a point from Alan Connolly and then a goal from Pádraig Power, set up by Brian Roche. That made it 2–16 to 0–14 and substitute Brian Hayes followed that up with two points to put Cork ten ahead.