2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Early in April, Evers publicly stated that he did not believe that he could postpone the election on his own. Nevertheless, after the legislature's inaction, the governor attempted to move the election by an executive order issued on April 6. Evers' effort was, however, blocked by the Wisconsin Supreme Court. On the same day, a separate effort to extend the deadline for mailing absentee ballots was blocked by the Supreme Court of the United States. The only major concession achieved was that absentee ballots postmarked by April 7 at 8 p.m. would be accepted until April 13.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
However, local media outlets reported that many voters had not received their requested absentee ballots by election day or, due to social distancing, were unable to satisfy a legal requirement that they obtain a witness's signature. Three tubs of ballots from Oshkosh and Appleton were found undelivered the next day, requiring voters who had requested a ballot to come in contact with others at a polling station or forfeit their vote.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
The decision by Republican lawmakers to not alter the election in the face of the pandemic, such as to a mail-only vote, was sharply criticized by the editorial board of the local Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, which had previously endorsed the Republican former governor Scott Walker. They called the election "the most undemocratic in the state's history," adding that it put "at risk everything we've gained from the past three weeks of staying home and keeping our distance." In a sub-headline, The New York Times stated that the election was "almost certain to be tarred as illegitimate."


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
The newspaper contextualized the inability of Wisconsin's lawmakers to come to an agreement on altering the election as another chapter in the contentious recent political history of the state, which included "a decade of bitter partisan wrangling that saw [state Republicans] clinically attack and defang the state's Democratic institutions, starting with organized labor and continuing with voting laws making it far harder for poor and black residents of urban areas to vote." Republicans believed that holding the election on April 7, when Democratic-leaning urban areas were hard-hit by the pandemic, would help secure them political advantages like a continued 5–2 conservative majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court (through the elected seat of Daniel Kelly).


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
When the election went ahead on April 7, access to easy in-person voting heavily depended on where voters were located. In smaller or more rural communities, which tended to be whiter and vote Republican, few issues were reported. In more urbanized areas, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure and consolidation of many polling places around the state despite the use of 2,400 National Guard members to combat a severe shortage in poll workers. The effects were felt most heavily in Milwaukee, Wisconsin's most populous city with the largest minority population and the center of the state's ongoing pandemic.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
The city's government was only able to open 5 of 180 polling stations after being short by nearly 1,000 poll workers. As a result, lengthy lines were reported, with some voters waiting for up to 2.5 hours and through rain showers. The lines disproportionately affected Milwaukee's large Hispanic and African-American population; the latter had already been disproportionately afflicted with the COVID-19 pandemic, forming nearly half of Wisconsin's documented cases and over half its deaths at the time the vote was conducted. However, by the time the election concluded, Milwaukee Election Commissioner Neil Albrecht stated that despite some of the problems, the in-person voting ran smoothly.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Similar problems with poll station closures and long lines were reported in Waukesha, where only one polling station was opened for a city of 70,000, and Green Bay, where only 17 poll workers out of 270 were able to work. Other cities were able to keep lines much shorter, including the state capital of Madison, which opened about two-thirds of its usual polling locations, and Appleton, which opened all of its usual 15.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Effects of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic
Voters across the state were advised to maintain social distancing, wear face masks, and bring their own pens. Vos, the state Assembly Speaker, served as an election inspector for in-person voting on April 7. While wearing medical-like personal protective equipment of gloves, a mask, and full gown, he told reporters that it was "incredibly safe to go out" and vote, adding that voters faced "minimal exposure."


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Turnout
Turnout was also 34.3% of the voting age population, which is a decrease compared to the 47.4% voting age population turnout of the April 2016 elections.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Mail and absentee ballots
As of April 21, 2020, Wisconsin reports that 1,239,611 absentee ballots were requested by voters, 1,282,097 absentee ballots were sent to voters, and 1,138,491 absentee ballots were returned by voters for the April 7 elections. It has not been reported how many absentee ballots were valid.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Mail and absentee ballots
Approximately 71% of votes cast in the April election were absentee ballots, an unprecedented proportion of absentee votes in Wisconsin.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Mail and absentee ballots
After reports of missing and undelivered absentee ballots, Wisconsin's Senators Tammy Baldwin and Ron Johnson, as well as the Milwaukee Election Commission, called for investigations.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Election information, April election, Mail and absentee ballots
To vote by mail in the November election, registered Wisconsin voters had to request a ballot by October 29, 2020. As of early October, some 1,315,431 voters had requested mail ballots.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, President
Incumbent President Donald Trump sought a second four-year term. In Wisconsin, voters chose electors for Democratic former Vice President Joe Biden.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, President, Democratic Primary
For its part in the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Wisconsin's presidential preference primary was on the ballot for Wisconsin's spring general election, held on Tuesday, April 7, 2020. At the time of the Wisconsin primary, only Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders remained in the field of Democratic candidates. However, due to delays in vote-counting, Bernie Sanders had already withdrawn from the race by the time the vote totals were released. Joe Biden won a decisive victory in the state, capturing about 63% of the vote and winning every county.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, President, Democratic Primary
The Wisconsin primary is an open primary, with the state awarding 97 delegates, of which 84 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the primary election.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, President, Republican Primary
In the 2020 Republican Party presidential primaries, the Wisconsin Republican presidential preference primary was also on the April 7 ballot. The only candidate for the Republican nomination was incumbent President Donald Trump, who received about 98% of the vote.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, President, General election
Joe Biden won the Presidential election against Donald Trump and was awarded Wisconsin's ten electoral votes.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, President, General election
Wisconsin was one of several states where the Trump campaign sought recounts, then filed lawsuits attempting to overturn the electoral slate, then attempted to enlist allies in the State Legislature to choose an alternate slate of electors, and finally enlisted allies in Congress to attempt to throw out the state's electoral votes during the January 6, 2021, electoral vote count. These efforts, which culminated in the January 6 riot at the United States Capitol, ultimately failed to overthrow the election results.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, Senate
Neither of Wisconsin's United States Senate seats were up for election in 2020.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, House of Representatives
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Wisconsin were held on November 3, 2020, to elect Wisconsin's delegation to the United States House of Representatives for the 117th United States Congress. A primary election for these offices was held August 11, 2020. Wisconsin has eight congressional districts, and in six districts the incumbent from the previous general election ran for re-election in November.


2020 Wisconsin elections, Federal offices, House of Representatives, 7th district special election
In the special election held on May 12, 2020, Republican state senator Tom Tiffany defeated Democrat Tricia Zunker. A special primary election for the vacant congressional seat was held concurrent with the Spring Primary, February 18, 2020.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Legislative, State Senate
The 16 even-numbered districts out of 33 in the Wisconsin Senate were up for election in 2020. Democrats and Republicans both had seven occupied seats and one vacant seat up in this election, for a total of eight seats each. Seven incumbent senators have filed official papers of non-candidacy (including two vacancies). Five candidates were running unopposed.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Legislative, State Senate
Prior to the election, Republicans controlled the chamber with a 18 to 13 majority.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Legislative, State Assembly
All of the 99 seats in the Wisconsin State Assembly are up for election in 2020. Right before this election, 63 Assembly seats were held by Republicans, 34 seats were held by Democrats, and two seats were vacant.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Legislative, State Assembly
Before the election, 13 incumbent Assembly members have filed papers declaring that they will not run for re-election:  11 would retire at the end of term, and two have already vacated their seats  (both seats were vacated by Democrats). 18 incumbents ran unopposed in their re-election campaigns. Three incumbents were successfully challenged by other candidates, and lost their seats.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Judicial
Three judicial appointees of former Governor Scott Walker were defeated in the 2020 spring election—Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly, and Milwaukee Circuit Court judges Paul Dedinsky and Daniel Gabler.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Judicial, State Supreme Court
Incumbent Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice Daniel Kelly was defeated by Dane Circuit Court Judge Jill Karofsky in the April general election. Justice Kelly was appointed to a vacant seat in 2016 by Governor Scott Walker. Under Wisconsin law, the seat must come up for a new election for a full term on the next year when there is no other scheduled supreme court election. Since there were supreme court elections in Wisconsin scheduled in 2017, 2018, and 2019, the election for this seat was scheduled for 2020.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Judicial, State Supreme Court
Marquette University law professor Edward A. Fallone was eliminated in the primary election held on February 18.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Judicial, State Supreme Court
While the election was formally nonpartisan, the result of the general election was regarded as a victory for the Democratic Party, as the liberal Democratic Party-backed Karofsky defeated the conservative Republican Party-backed Daniel Kelly, who also carried the endorsement of Republican Party incumbent U.S. President Donald Trump.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Judicial, State Court of Appeals
Three seats on the Wisconsin Court of Appeals were up for election in 2020.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Judicial, State Circuit Courts
Thirty four of the state's 249 circuit court seats were up for election in 2020. Eight of those seats were contested. Two incumbent judges were defeated—Milwaukee County judges Paul Dedinsky and Daniel Gabler.


2020 Wisconsin elections, State offices, Constitutional Amendment
In the April election, Wisconsin voters overwhelmingly approved an amendment to the Constitution of Wisconsin to enact the Wisconsin version of Marsy's Law. The amendment is intended to provide additional rights to victims of crimes, but the language of the Wisconsin referendum was criticized by legal experts as vague and misleading.


2020 Wisconsin's 7th congressional district special election
A special election was held to fill the remainder of the term in the United States House of Representatives for Wisconsin's 7th congressional district in the 116th United States Congress. Sean Duffy, the incumbent representative, announced his resignation effective September 23, 2019, as his wife was about to give birth to a child with a heart condition. Governor Tony Evers chose January 27, 2020, as the date for the special election, with the primaries scheduled for December 30, 2019. However, upon being informed by the Department of Justice of the date being in violation of federal law, since it would provide insufficient time for overseas and military voters to receive ballots, Governor Evers rescheduled the primaries for February 18, 2020, and the general election for May 12, 2020.


2020 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup
The 2020 Wladyslaw Pytlasinski Cup, was a wrestling event held in Warsaw, Poland between 07 and 08 November 2020.


2020 Wofford Terriers football team
The 2020 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Josh Conklin and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon).


2020 Wofford Terriers football team
On April 5, 2021, Wofford announced that it was opting out of the remainder of the spring 2021 season as a result of injuries and player opt-outs due to COVID-19.


2020 Wofford Terriers football team, Previous season
The Terriers finished the 2019 season 8–3, 7–1 in SoCon play to finish as SoCon champions. They received the automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, where they lost in the first round to Kennesaw State.


2020 Wofford Terriers football team, Schedule
Wofford had games scheduled against South Carolina and South Carolina State, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Wofford Terriers football team, Schedule
Wofford's games against East Tennessee State (postponed, but originally scheduled for March 6), Western Carolina (April 10), and Furman (April 17) were canceled when Wofford opted out of the remainder of the spring season.


2020 Wolffkran Open
The 2020 Wolffkran Open was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2020 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Ismaning, Germany between 19 and 25 October 2020.


2020 Wolffkran Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2020 Wolffkran Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw using a protected ranking:


2020 Wolffkran Open – Doubles
Quentin Halys and Tristan Lamasine were the defending champions but chose not to defend their title.


2020 Wolffkran Open – Doubles
Andre Begemann and David Pel won the title after defeating Lloyd Glasspool and Alex Lawson 5–7, 7–6(7–2), [10–4] in the final.


2020 Wolffkran Open – Singles
Lukáš Lacko was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Prajnesh Gunneswaran.


2020 Wolffkran Open – Singles
Marc-Andrea Hüsler won the title after defeating Botic van de Zandschulp 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–2), 7–5 in the final.


2020 Women's Bandy World Championship
The 2020 Women's Bandy World Championship was held from 19 to 22 February 2020 in Oslo, Norway.


2020 Women's Bandy World Championship
China withdrew from the tournament due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Women's Bandy World Championship squads
Below are the squads for the 2020 Women's Bandy World Championship.


2020 Women's Basketball Invitational
The 2020 Women's Basketball Invitational (WBI) was to be a single-elimination tournament consisting of 16 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that would not participate in the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament or 2020 Women's National Invitation Tournament. The 2020 field was to be announced on March 16. First round WBI games were to occur on March 18 and 19; second-round games were to be played on March 22 and 23. The tournament semifinals were to be held March 27 and 28, and the 2019 WBI Championship game was to be held on March 31 or April 1.


2020 Women's Basketball Invitational
On March 12, 2020, NCAA officials canceled all tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 Women's Beach Handball World Championships
The 2020 Women's Beach Handball World Championships would have been the ninth edition of the tournament. Originally scheduled for 30 June to 5 July 2020 in Pescara, Italy, the tournament was planned to be rescheduled and moved to another host country, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Women's British Open
The 2020 Women's British Open was played from 20 to 23 August in Scotland at Royal Troon Golf Club. It was the 44th Women's British Open, the 20th as a major championship on the LPGA Tour, and the first at Royal Troon Golf Club. The tournament was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. It was the first championship held under a renewed sponsorship agreement with AIG; the deal involved the rebranding of the championship, removing the word "British", with the event titled as the 2020 AIG Women's Open.


2020 Women's British Open
The championship was won by world number 304 Sophia Popov, by two strokes from Thidapa Suwannapura. It was her first major tournament victory. Popov, a professional since 2014 and member of the second-tier Symetra Tour since 2016, had never previously won on any of the major tours, winning her first events on a mini-tour in Arizona earlier in 2020. She qualified for the Women's Open by means of a high finish at the LPGA Tour's Marathon Classic at the start of August.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
The field is 144 players. Most players earn exemptions based on past performance on the Ladies European Tour, the LPGA Tour, previous major championships, or with a high ranking in the Women's World Golf Rankings, with the rest of the field normally gaining entry by successfully competing in qualifying tournaments open to any female golfer, professional or amateur, with a low handicap. In 2020 there were no such tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
Qualification criteria for the 2020 Women's British Open were as follows:


2020 Women's British Open, Field
1. Winners of the Women's British Open, aged 60 or younger at the scheduled end of the championship, provided they are still active members of a recognised tour.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
2. The top 10 finishers and ties from the 2019 Women's British Open.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
3. The top 15 on the final 2019 LET Order of Merit.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
4. The top 5 on the 2020 LET Order of Merit not already exempt as of 29 June.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
5. The top 30 on the final 2019 LPGA Money List.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
6. The top 35 on the 2020 LPGA Prioity List not already exempt under criteria 5. as of 29 June.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
7. The top 5 on the 2020 LPGA Money List not already exempt as of 29 June.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
8. The top 30 in the Women's World Golf Rankings as of 16 March.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
10. The top 5 on the final 2019 JLPGA Money List not already exempt.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
10. The top 5 on the 2020 KLPGA Money List not already exempt as of 29 June.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
12. Winners of any recognised LET or LPGA Tour events in the 2020 calendar year.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
13. Winners of the last five editions of the U.S. Women's Open


2020 Women's British Open, Field
14. Winners of the last five editions of the ANA Inspiration


2020 Women's British Open, Field
15. Winners of the last five editions of the Women's PGA Championship


2020 Women's British Open, Field
16. Winners of the last five editions of the The Evian Championship


2020 Women's British Open, Field
17. The leading five (not otherwise exempt) in the 2020 Marathon Classic


2020 Women's British Open, Field
18. The leading three (not otherwise exempt) in the 2020 Aberdeen Standard Investments Ladies Scottish Open


2020 Women's British Open, Field
19. The 2020 Women's Amateur Asia-Pacific champion, 2020 Womens Amateur Championship champion, 2019 U.S. Women's Amateur champion, 2020 European Ladies Amateur Championship champion, the 2019 Mark H. McCormack Medal winner, and the highest ranked women in the World Amateur Golf Ranking from Great Britain and Ireland as of week 25, and provided they are still amateurs at the time of the Championship.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
20. Any player who did not compete in the previous year's Women's British Open due to maternity, who subsequently received an extension of membership for the maternity from the player's home tour in the previous year, provided she was otherwise qualified to compete in the previous year's Women's British Open.


2020 Women's British Open, Field
21. Remaining places filled by players not already exempt from:


2020 Women's British Open, Round summaries, First round
American Amy Olson held a three stroke lead at the end of the first round after recording a 4 under par round of 67. In tough scoring conditions due to strong winds, Marina Alex and Sophia Popov were the only other two other players to finish under par. Ten players returned even par rounds to lie a stroke further back, including 2009 champion Catriona Matthew and two-time LPGA major winner Anna Nordqvist.


2020 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round
Windy conditions continued throughout the second round which made for difficult scoring again. Daniela Holmqvist took a one stroke lead at the halfway stage following a one under par round of 70; by the end of the day she was the only player in the field under par. In joint second, at even par, were Austin Ernst and Sophia Popov after rounds of 70 and 72 respectively.


2020 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round
The best rounds of the day (69, two under par) came from Minjee Lee, who climbed into a tie for fourth at one over par, and Inbee Park, who finished in a tie for 17th place at four over par. First round leader Amy Olson was one of many who struggled, returning a ten over par round of 81 to fall back into a tie for 33rd place.


2020 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Second round
The cut came at nine over par. Among those to miss the cut were the defending champion from 2019, Hinako Shibuno; 2017 champion In-Kyung Kim;  2013 champion Stacy Lewis, who had won the Ladies Scottish Open the previous week; and Rose Ladies Series champion Charley Hull.


2020 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Third round
Sophia Popov moved into a three stroke lead at four under par after returning the joint best score of the day, a four under par round of 67. Also with 67 was Katherine Kirk, who climbed into a tie for tenth place, seven strokes behind Popov. Tied for second at one under par were Minjee Lee and Thidapa Suwannapura, both recording two under par rounds of 69 on Saturday. Further back, three players were tied at one over par, and three more at two over par. Daniela Holmqvist, who had held the lead at the halfway stage dropped down the leaderboard into a tie for 21st place after a six over par round of 77.


2020 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Final round
After a bogey on the opening hole, overnight leader Sophia Popov bounced back with three birdies in the next five holes to retain the lead going into the final nine holes. Her nearest challenger was Thidapa Suwannapura, who birdied four holes in a row from the fourth to get within one stroke, with Minjee Lee a further two strokes behind. Bogeys by Suwannapura on the 11th and 13th holes extended Popov's lead to three strokes, and when Popov birdied both the 15th and 16th holes she led by four with just two holes to play. Popov bogeyed the last to finish two strokes ahead of Suwannapura and four clear of Lee.


2020 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Final round
2015 champion Inbee Park returned the joint lowest round of the day, and the championship, with a five under par round of 66 to climb up to fourth place at one under par. Also with a round of 66 was Ally McDonald, who finished tied for 22nd place at six over par.


2020 Women's British Open, Round summaries, Final round
Lindsey Weaver, who had been in a tie for fourth place after each of the opening three rounds and had chosen to play without a caddie as a result of COVID-19 related restrictions, fell away on Sunday with a four over par round of 75 to finish tied for 19th place.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup
The 2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup was the fifth edition of the Women's Euro Winners Cup (WEWC), an annual continental beach soccer tournament for women's top-division European clubs. The championship is the sport's version of the UEFA Women's Champions League in association football.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup
Organised by Beach Soccer Worldwide (BSWW), the tournament was held in Nazaré, Portugal, in tandem with the larger men's edition.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup
The competition was supposed to take place from late May to early June. However, on 1 May, all BSWW tournaments were suspended until September because of safety concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. BSWW rescheduled the competition for 9–13 September. However, due to persisting travel restrictions and health worries deterring clubs from travelling, the pandemic caused the competition to happen on a much smaller scale this year than in recent, with just five clubs entering.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup
The competition was played in a round robin format, involving one group of all five teams. At its conclusion, the team with the most points was crowned champions.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup
AIS Playas de San Javier of Spain were the defending champions, but chose not to enter because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ukrainian side Mriya 2006 won the competition on their debut, finishing ahead of Cáceres based on their head-to-head result after both clubs finished with the same points.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Teams, Qualification
Initially, entry requirements were as last year. To enter, a club needed to be the champions of their country's most recent national championship.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Teams, Qualification
But due to the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the competition, many eligible clubs were unable/did not want to participate due to travel restrictions and quarantine measures upon their repatriation.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Teams, Qualification
Thus, the original rules regarding qualification were subsequently abandoned. Entry restrictions were relaxed: the event was opened up to simply any European club that wished to participate.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Venues
Two venues were used in one host city: Nazaré, Leiria District, Portugal.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Venues
Matches took place at Praia de Nazaré (Nazaré Beach) on one of two pitches. The Estádio do Viveiro (Viveiro Stadium) and an external purpose made pitch, located adjacent to the main stadium, simply known as Pitch 2.


2020 Women's Euro Winners Cup, Squads
Each club could submit a squad consisting of a maximum of 12 players. A maximum of four foreign players were allowed to be part of the squad, however only three of the four could be outfield players; if a fourth foreign player was to be rostered they must be a goalkeeper.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
The 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship is the 20th edition of the tournament. It takes place from 24 to 26 January 2020 in Minsk, Belarus.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, Qualified Teams
The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, Format
The eight teams are split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
The 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup was the 31st edition of the Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, Europe's premier women's club indoor hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 14 to 16 February 2020 at the Sportcampus Zuiderpark in The Hague, Netherlands.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
Düsseldorfer HC won their second title by defeating the hosts hdm 4–2 in the final. Sumchanka took the bronze medal and East Grinstead and Arminen were relegated to the Trophy division.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, Teams
Participating clubs qualified based on their country's final rankings from the 2019 competition. The champions from the top six countries from last year's edition together with the top two from the 2019 EuroHockey Indoor Club Trophy qualified. England and Austria were the two promoted countries that replaced Switzerland and Belgium.


2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup, Results, Fifth to eighth place classification, Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were taken over.


2020 Women's European Volleyball League
The 2020 Women's European Volleyball League was originally to be held as the 12th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which features women's national volleyball teams from 18 European countries. The tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the CEV Board of Administration decision taken on 23 April 2020.


2020 Women's European Volleyball League
The tournament has two divisions: the Golden League, featuring twelve teams, and the Silver League, featuring six teams.


2020 Women's European Volleyball League, Pools composition
Teams were seeded following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of September 2019. Rankings are shown in brackets.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship
The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship was the 18th edition of the major European water polo tournament for national teams. It was held at the Danube Arena in Budapest, Hungary, from 12 to 25 January 2020.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship
Spain defeated Russia 13–12 in the final to win their second title.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Host
LEN announced the choice of Budapest as host for the competition on 9 July 2016. All the matches were played at the Danube Arena.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Qualification
Twelve teams were allowed to the tournament. The qualification was as follows:


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Format
The twelve teams were split in two groups with six teams each. The first four teams of each group played each other in the quarterfinals in cross group format, the remaining teams played for places nine to twelve.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Draw
The draw of the preliminary round's pools took place in Budapest on 22 October 2019. The teams were drawn into two groups of six. The first batch included the best two teams of the previous edition; the teams ranked third and fourth were in the second batch, the fifth and the sixth in the third batch and the qualification winners in the fourth batch.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Draw
With the play-offs winners determined on 26 October, the draw resulted in the following groups:


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship, Final standing
1 Spain qualified for the Olympics by finishing second in the 2019 World Championships.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers
The 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers are a series of qualification tournaments aimed to establish the participants of the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship. The matches were contested in April and October 2019.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers, Qualification Round
The six teams participating at the QR all advanced to the next stage; the final position of each team established the opponent in the Play-offs. The round was contested from 25 to 28 April 2019 in Rio Maior, Portugal.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship Qualifiers, Play-offs
The teams ranked from 7th to 12th place at the 2018 EC directly qualified to this stage. The order of play was drawn on 8 June 2019; matchdays are 12 and 26 October 2019.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads
This article shows all participating team squads at the 2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship.


2020 Women's European Water Polo Championship squads
Age, caps and clubs are as of 12 January 2020.


2020 Women's FA Community Shield
The 2020 Women's FA Community Shield was the ninth Women's FA Community Shield, and the first after the competition's revival following an eleven-season abeyance. As with its male equivalent, the Community Shield is an annual football match played between the winners of the previous season's league and the previous season's Women's FA Cup. However, as the 2019–20 Women's FA Cup was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, the 2020 Community Shield was contested by the 2019–20 FA WSL champions Chelsea and the still-reigning 2018–19 FA Cup winners, Manchester City. Both teams were contesting their first ever Women's Community Shield.


2020 Women's FA Community Shield
The match was played as part of a double-header, with both the women's and men's Community Shields contested on the same day, played back to back at Wembley Stadium and was televised live on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final
The 2020 Women's FA Cup Final (known as the SSE Women's FA Cup Final for sponsorship reasons was the 50th final of the Women's FA Cup, England's primary cup competition for women's football teams. The showpiece event was the 27th to be played directly under the auspices of the Football Association (FA).


2020 Women's FA Cup Final
The final, contested between Everton and Manchester City, was played on Sunday 1 November 2020 at Wembley Stadium in London. It was played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was Everton's sixth appearance in the FA Cup final (including as forerunner club Leasowe Pacific) and their first since the final was moved to the national stadium having last appeared in the 2014 edition held at Stadium MK. They last won the competition in 2010. It was Manchester City's third appearance in the final having lifted the trophy on the two previous occasions in 2017 and 2019.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final
Manchester City won the game 3–1 in extra-time after the scores were level at 1–1 after 90 minutes. The result meant Manchester City won back to back FA Cups for the first time in their history and became the first team to successfully defended their title since Arsenal in 2014.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, 50th anniversary
The 2020 Cup Final is the 50th final of the competition, which was first played in 1970–71 as the WFA Cup, organised by the Women's Football Association. The 2019–20 edition was delayed for over six months by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the quarter-finals (initially scheduled for 15 March 2020) were postponed to September 2020, and the semi-finals took place on 30 September and 1 October.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, 50th anniversary
The Final was rescheduled from its original date, 9 May 2020, to Saturday 31 October 2020, but this was changed for broadcasting reasons to Sunday 1 November.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, 50th anniversary
By coincidence, the new date for the 50th Final also fell exactly 50 years after the Cup's first ever reported fixture, in the 1970–71 WFA Cup, in the British Newspaper Archive. This outlined upcoming matches of Lichfield team The Wandering Angels, including an away Cup game on 1 November 1970:


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, 50th anniversary
"And on the following Sunday the Lichfield girls visit Leicester City Supporters L.F.C. in the All British Ladies' F.A. Cup. Out of 91 ladies' football clubs throughout the [...] country, 71 have entered". – Lichfield Mercury, 23 October 1970


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, 50th anniversary
In the early seasons, the WFA Cup or Mitre Challenge Trophy also involved Scottish clubs. The first Cup-winners were Southampton Women's F.C. on 9 May 1971. For comparison, 300 teams from England and Wales entered the Women's FA Cup in 2019–20, including the 1971 winning club.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Everton
Everton were one of 23 WSL and Championship teams to enter the competition in the fourth round proper and were drawn against London Bees of the Championship to start, a tie that provided Everton with the only non-top flight opposition of their cup run. The Toffees beat the second division side 1–0 with Dutch international Inessa Kaagman scoring the only goal of the game, a 25-yard strike on the stroke of half-time.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Everton
Everton were handed an away tie against Bristol City at Ashton Gate in the fifth round, a team sat bottom of the WSL and battling relegation at the time but had progressed to this stage after similarly besting Championship opposition by one goal. Everton proved comfortable 5–0 winners: Kaagman again opened the scoring, her first of two goals on the day. Esme Morgan and Lucy Graham added goals before the break with Hannah Cain and Kaagman's second giving Everton their biggest margin of victory since a 6–1 FA Cup quarter-final victory over second-tier Durham in March 2018.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Everton
A home quarter-final tie against Chelsea, a team in the midst of a title challenge having already lifted one trophy this season by beating Arsenal in the 2020 FA Women's League Cup Final in their previous match, was scheduled for 15 March 2020. However, it was postponed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic. With the 2019–20 FA WSL season eventually curtailed and decided on a points-per-game basis, the FA Cup was permitted to resume at the quarter-final stage six months later than planned.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Everton
Everton ultimately faced newly-crowned WSL champions Chelsea on 27 September 2020 having already played two matches of the 2020–21 season. The game was played behind closed doors at Goodison Park with Erin Cuthbert giving the visitors an early lead in the 5th minute, the only goal the Toffees would end up conceding en route to the final. Everton went in level at the break through a 40th-minute Lucy Graham goal before French international Valérie Gauvin, a high-profile summer signing from Montpellier, scored the decisive goal just past the hour mark, ending the London side's hopes of a domestic treble.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Everton
Three days later, Everton booked their place at Wembley with a 3–0 victory away at Birmingham City, a team undergoing a sizeable rebuild having lost eight senior players over the summer and under new management with Carla Ward. Everton's Nicoline Sørensen, another of the club's international summer recruits, scored her first goal for the club in the game.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Manchester City were one of 23 WSL and Championship teams to enter the competition in the fourth round proper and were drawn against Manchester derby rivals Manchester United having already met twice earlier in the year: City had triumphed on the opening day of the season before United earned a League Cup group stage win. The game was selected as the televised match of the round and broadcast live on the BBC Red Button. City won a five-goal thriller 3–2 with a brace from England international Ellen White putting the away side ahead.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Substitute Lauren James pulled one back for United in the 69th-minute and the Red Devils thought they had drawn level when former City player Abbie McManus saw her shot trickle over the line but the officials disagreed, putting the lack of goal-line technology in women's football under scrutiny. Jill Scott restored City's two-goal cushion shortly after while a Lauren Hemp own goal two minutes from time set up a nervy finish.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
The fifth round paired the defending FA Cup champions in a favourable matchup against Ipswich Town of the FA Women's National League Division One South East (tier 4), the lowest ranked team left in the competition who had entered during second round qualifying and won six games to reach this stage. Pauline Bremer, Jess Park and Georgia Stanway all scored hat-tricks as City ran out resounding 10–0 winners. Reaching the quarter-final stage for the seventh consecutive season, City were drawn against Championship side Leicester City.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
With the season postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic the 2019–20 FA WSL season was eventually curtailed and decided on a points-per-game basis, moving City down from 1st to 2nd in the process as Chelsea were declared WSL champions. Despite this, the FA Cup was permitted to resume at the quarter-final stage six months later than planned with opponents Leicester City having transitioned from semi-professional to full-time during the offseason layoff. Manchester City, meanwhile, had appointed Gareth Taylor as manager ahead of the new season on 28 May following the departure of Nick Cushing during the previous campaign.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
Despite the increased investment and influx of WSL talent to the new-look Leicester team, the Cityzens were able to see off the Foxes 2–1. Chloe Kelly, who had joined the Manchester club from Everton over summer, scored her first goal as a City player from the penalty spot to open scoring with Georgia Stanway doubling the lead before half-time. Leicester earned a penalty of their own in the 78th-minute, converted by Charlie Devlin, but City were again able to see out the win to set up a semi-final meeting with Arsenal.


2020 Women's FA Cup Final, Route to the final, Manchester City
The teams had already met at the semi-final stage of the 2019–20 FA Women's League Cup earlier in the year with the Gunners emerging 2–1 winners. City were able to reverse the scoreline in this rematch: England international teammates Steph Houghton and Jordan Nobbs traded first-half goals before Sam Mewis, City's reigning World Cup champion midfielder acquired from North Carolina Courage in August, scored her first goal in English football to clinch the defending champions' place in the final.


2020 Women's Herald Sun Tour
The 2020 Women's Herald Sun Tour sponsored by Lexus of Blackburn was a women's cycle stage race held in Victoria, Australia, from 5 to 6 February 2020. The 2020 edition was the third edition of the race and centred around Shepparton and Falls Creek.


2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships
The 2020 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships was to be the 22nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams would have participated at several levels of competition. The competition would have served as qualification for the 2021 competition and finalized seeding for the 2022 Winter Olympics qualification.


2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Championship (Top Division)
The tournament would have been held in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia from 31 March to 10 April 2020. It was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The women's national ice hockey teams of Canada, Finland, Russia, Switzerland, and the United States were scheduled to compete in Group A; the national teams of the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Hungary, and Japan were scheduled to compete in Group B.


2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group A
The tournament would have been held in Angers, France from 12 to 18 April 2020. It was cancelled on 7 March 2020 due to the coronavirus outbreak. The women's national teams of Austria, France, the Netherlands, Norway, Slovakia, and Sweden were scheduled to compete in the tournament.


2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division I, Group B
The tournament would have been held in Katowice, Poland from 28 March to 3 April 2020. On 2 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The women's national teams of China, Italy, Kazakhstan, Poland, Slovenia, and South Korea were scheduled to compete in the tournament.


2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division II, Group A
The tournament would have been held in Jaca, Spain from 29 March to 4 April 2020. On 2 March 2020, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The women's national teams of Chinese Taipei, Great Britain, Latvia, Mexico, DPR Korea, and Spain were scheduled to compete in the tournament.


2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division II, Group B
The tournament was held in Akureyri, Iceland from 23 to 29 February 2020.


2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships, Division III
The tournament was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 to 10 December 2019.


2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship
The 2020 IHF Women's Junior World Championship would have been the 22nd edition of the tournament in Bucharest and Brașov, Romania. Originally scheduled for 1 to 13 July 2020, the tournament was rescheduled to 2 to 13 December 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Women's Junior World Handball Championship, Qualification
Tournament won by New Caledonia who are ineligible for World Championship. Spot taken by second place Australia.


2020 Women's League1 Ontario season
The 2020 Women's League1 Ontario season was supposed to be the sixth season of play for League1 Ontario (L1O), a Division 3 women's soccer league in the Canadian soccer pyramid and the highest level of soccer based in the Canadian province of Ontario.


2020 Women's League1 Ontario season
On March 20, 2020, L1O postponed the start of the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On June 6, 2020, the league announced the cancellation of the "summer season" while also mentioning the possibility of returning in September 2020 for a shortened "fall season", though this was later ruled out.


2020 Women's League1 Ontario season, Format
For the regular season, each team would have played every other team once for a total of 12 matches. The playoff format would have included the top 8 teams, facing each other over 3 rounds, with the difference that the games will now be played over a single leg, instead of two.


2020 Women's League1 Ontario season, Format
League1 Ontario and the Première Ligue de soccer du Québec had planned to hold a Final Four end-of-season tournament for the women's divisions, from August 14 to 16, pitting the top two sides from each league in an inter-provincial playoff.


2020 Women's League1 Ontario season, Format
The L1O season was scheduled to start on April 25, and end with the Playoffs Final on August 8, with the L1O-PLSQ series scheduled for August 14 to 16.


2020 Women's League1 Ontario season, Clubs
The women's division consists of 13 teams, an decrease from 14 teams in 2019. North Toronto Nitros added a women's team for the first time, while Ottawa South United moved to the PLSQ and DeRo United FC did not return. Durham United FA re-branded as Pickering FC.


2020 Women's League1 Ontario season, Clubs
The following clubs were set to participate in the league prior to the season's cancellation.


2020 Women's League1 Ontario season, Reserve Division
After introducing the Reserve Division during the 2019 men's season, it was set to be added to the women's division for the 2020 season. All of the clubs in L1O would be required to field a club in the division, while some other Ontario soccer clubs who did not have a team in the league were invited to field teams in the U21 Reserve division.


2020 Women's March
The Women's March was a protest that was held on January 18, 2020, and October 17, 2020, in Washington, D.C. and across the United States. Many people in countries around the world also participated in the women's global march. The demonstration follows similar protests in 2017, 2018, and 2019.


2020 Women's March, Overview
In 2020, the annual Women's March was held on January 18, and on October 17 a second march was held due to the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The first Women's March 2020 may not have had as much attention and was focused around grassroot campaigns, whereas the second Women's March 2020 had more attention and greater focus towards the 2020 presidential election and the opposition towards the Supreme Court Nomination process of Amy Coney Barrett.


2020 Women's March, First Women's March of 2020 (January 18, 2020)
The first Women's March 2020 on January 18, 2020, was held based on three themes: reproductive rights, immigration, and climate change. While these were the three themes for the 2020 Women’s March, it was followed by the slogan “Women Rising. "The Washington, DC march had about 10,000 attendees, which was a lower turnout in comparison to marches held in previous years. The DC march culminated with a moment of silence along with chanting a performance of a Chilean feminist anthem, A Rapist in your Path, which sends a message of denouncing violence against women and a patriarchal state.


2020 Women's March, First Women's March of 2020 (January 18, 2020)
There were also about 180 cities that participated in the event as well by planning their own protests. In comparison to previous marches, the focus of the first march was more on grassroot campaigns and less on celebrities and prominent figures. Board members wanted the march to be more issue-driven for the activists, and decided to hold small-scale events throughout the week leading up to the march on January 2020.


2020 Women's March, Second Women's March of 2020 (October 17, 2020), Events that Led up to the Second Women's March of 2020
The second Women's March 2020 was held on October 17, 2020, due to the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020, less than eight weeks away from the presidential election. Even as the Women's March organization held a vigil in Washington, D.C. to honor the late justice, President Donald Trump intended to fill Ginsburg's seat before the 2020 election with the appointment of Amy Coney Barrett. There would be a conservative advantage on the Supreme Court with Amy Coney Barrett on the court.


2020 Women's March, Second Women's March of 2020 (October 17, 2020), Events that Led up to the Second Women's March of 2020
The Women's March Organization, in partnership with the We Demand More Coalition, organized this march with the intent to send a clear message to the Trump administration about his agenda with regard to judicial appointments, especially with the possibility of Roe V Wade being overturned if Amy Coney Barrett were to pass the GOP-controlled senate and officially join the Supreme Court. Some of the many rights at stake under a Justice Barrett would include abortion rights, LGBTQ rights, and voting rights.


2020 Women's March, Second Women's March of 2020 (October 17, 2020), Goals of the Second Women's March
A lot of the focus of this march was towards the 2020 election, especially with opposition towards Donald Trump and the support of his Democratic opponent Joe Biden. At the time of Ginsburg's death, early voting both by mail and in person had already started in several states like Virginia and Minnesota. Along with voter outreach for the 2020 election, the organizers not only wanted to register voters for the upcoming election, but also inform voters about the Women's rights and Feminist agenda for the 2020 election and the impacts of what was at stake thereof.


2020 Women's March, Second Women's March of 2020 (October 17, 2020), Goals of the Second Women's March
The organizers of this march also wanted to show the power a women's vote can have along with the push towards progressive agendas and candidates. As before earlier in 2020, once again there were about 10,000 people that attended the march in Washington DC; that same day, the number of planned events across the country (in all 50 states) rose to 400, with an anticipated 70,000 participants.


2020 Women's March, Second Women's March of 2020 (October 17, 2020), Goals of the Second Women's March
At the end of the march, a text-a-thon was held to encourage voters, especially in swing states, to go out and vote prior to and during the November 3rd election, with the goal of uniting women for the same purpose. The Women’s March was highly encouraging women to vote, that they also partnered with voter registration organizations. Even though a lot of the marchers were white women, the organizers' goal was to build an activism movement and have a better focus towards multiracial women.


2020 Women's March, Second Women's March of 2020 (October 17, 2020), COVID-19 implications
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, lower turnouts were expected due to the older demographics of those who had become regular participants of Women's Marches. Precautions were put in place with the organizers asking everyone to social distance and wear face coverings when attending these marches. Organizers of the Second Women's March advised against people with COVID-19 symptoms from attending in person; they also advised people to, if possible, stick with local marches instead of traveling to Washington DC. The Women's March Organization also held virtual events on the same day as the march along with car caravans for those who couldn't attend the march, with the focus towards voting rights and opposition against the Supreme Court confirmation process of Amy Coney Barrett.


2020 Women's March, Locations, Canada
Several communities in Canada held Women's March events on January 18, 2020.


2020 Women's Masters Basel
The 2020 Women's Masters Basel was held from September 18 to 20 at the Curlingzentrum Region Basel in Arlesheim, Switzerland as part of the World Curling Tour. The event was held in a round-robin format with a purse of 32,000 CHF. It was the first women's event of the 2020–21 curling season.


2020 Women's Masters Basel
Olympic Gold Medalists Anna Hasselborg from Sweden defeated Raphaela Keiser from Switzerland in the final to win the event. Hasselborg finished the round robin with a perfect 4–0 record and won all three of their playoff games to claim the title. Team Keiser upset Swiss champions Elena Stern in the semifinal to qualify for the final. Keiser is coached by two-time world champion Binia Feltscher.


2020 Women's Masters Basel
The event was intended to use a triple-knockout format, like previous years, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic many teams had to opt-out of the event, leaving a smaller field than usual.


2020 Women's National Invitation Tournament
The 2020 Women's National Invitation Tournament was to be an annual single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2020 Women's NCAA Tournament. The tournament committee was to announce the 64-team field on March 16, following the selection of the NCAA Tournament field. The tournament was set to begin on March 18, 2020 and end on April 4, 2020, with the championship game televised on the CBS Sports Network.


2020 Women's National Invitation Tournament
As with all tournaments, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, games were to be held behind closed doors. On March 12, 2020, the NCAA canceled the tournament.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland)
The 2020 Women's National League was the 10th season of the Women's National League, the highest women's association football league in the Republic of Ireland.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland)
The League lacked a title sponsor, as the Só Hotel Group did not renew their agreement from the previous season. Barretstown were announced as a "charity partner" on 24 July 2020. Expansion teams Athlone Town and Bohemians competed for the first time.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland)
Following the financial collapse of Limerick F.C., they were replaced by a new team, Treaty United. Kilkenny United were excluded for a variety of reasons, including that they had not bonded with the local league, they had changed venues for home games, did not train in Kilkenny, lacked a qualified manager, and had produced poor results (just seven points in the last three seasons combined [60 matches]).


2020 Women's National League (Ireland)
Originally scheduled to kick off on 15 March, the season's opening was delayed, initially to late June by the COVID-19 pandemic. A reduced season eventually kicked-off in August 2020. The WNL Cup was deferred for the season, but the 2020 FAI Women's Cup was effectively a League Cup, with the nine Women's National League clubs the only participants.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland)
On 21 November 2020, Peamount United won their second consecutive title and third overall after a 3–1 win over Shelbourne.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland), Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland), Format
In the initial phase of the season, the nine teams played a round-robin tournament whereby each team played each one of the other teams once. After eight games, the league split into two sections of five and four teams, with each team playing every other team in their section once.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland), League table, Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland), Results, Matches 9–11/12
After eight matches, the league split into two sections i.e. the top five and the bottom four, with the teams playing every other team in their section once (either at home or away). The exact matches were determined by the position of the teams in the league table at the time of the split.


2020 Women's National League (Ireland), Broadcasting
The title-deciding match between Peamount United and Shelbourne on 21 November 2020 was streamed live by the Football Association of Ireland on their FAI TV YouTube channel. The annual awards ceremony was televised live on Eir Sport 1.


2020 Women's PGA Championship
The 2020 KPMG Women's PGA Championship was the 66th Women's PGA Championship. It was originally scheduled to be played June 25–28 at Aronimink Golf Club in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. It was rescheduled to October 8–11 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Known as the LPGA Championship through 2014, it was the third of four major championships on the LPGA Tour during the 2020 season.


2020 Women's PGA Championship
Kim Sei-young won with a record low aggregate of 266, 14 under par, after a final round 63. She finished five strokes ahead of Inbee Park, who had a last round of 65.


2020 Women's PGA Championship, Field
The field included 132 players who met one or more of the selection criteria and commit to participate by a designated deadline. With the exception of one place reserved for the winner of the ShopRite LPGA Classic, the final field was set on September 22.


2020 Women's PGA Championship, Field
Leading contenders were expected to include world number two Nelly Korda, 2017 winner and world number three Danielle Kang, world number four and 2020 ANA Inspiration runner-up Brooke Henderson, and 2018 winner and world number six Park Sung-hyun. Several top-ranked South Koreans did not play, including world number one Ko Jin-young, Ryu So-yeon, Kim Hyo-joo and Lee Jeong-eun. Also in the field were six club professionals. Sandra Gal and Julia Engström were the recipients of the two sponsors invites.


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals
The 2020 CIB Women's PSA World Series Finals was the second women's edition of the PSA World Tour Finals (Prize money : $185,000) after the renaming of PSA World Series. The top 8 players in the 2019–20 PSA World Tour are qualified for the event. The event took place at Mall of Arabia, Cairo in Egypt from 28 September–3 October 2020.


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals
It was the second edition under the PSA World Tour Finals label after the PSA renamed PSA World Series to current PSA World Tour Finals. CIB remains as the title sponsor.


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals
Defending champion Raneem El Weleily could not defend last year title as she announced its retirement on 25 June 2020. Hania El Hammamy won its first PSA Finals in his first Finals appearance after defeating compatriot Nour El Tayeb 3–2 in the Final. El Hammamy went 2–0 down, but managed to turn it around to win 3–2.


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals, PSA World Ranking Points
PSA also awards points towards World Ranking. Points are awarded as follows:


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals, PSA World Ranking Points, Match points distribution
Points towards the standings are awarded when the following scores:


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals, Qualification & Seeds, Qualification
Top eight players at 2019–20 PSA World Tour standings qualifies to Finals.


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals, Qualification & Seeds, Qualification
Bold – Players qualified for the Finals(*) – Winners of Platinum's tournaments automatically qualifies for Finals. (‡) – Announced retirement from squash on 25 June 2020.


2020 Women's PSA World Tour Finals, Group stage results
Times are Eastern European Time (UTC+02:00). To the best of three games.


2020 Women's Premier Hockey League
The 2020 Women's Sentinel Homes Premier Hockey League was the inaugural women's edition of Hockey New Zealand's national league. The tournament was held in Hamilton at the Gallagher Hockey Centre. Competition commenced on 12 November, culminating with finals matches on 29 November.


2020 Women's Premier Hockey League
The Central Falcons won the tournament after defeating the Northern Tridents 3–1 in the final. The Hauraki Mavericks finished in bronze position, defeating the Southern Alpiners 1–0.


2020 Women's Premier Hockey League, Competition format, Format
The 2020 Premier Hockey League saw a new format than that of the former, National Hockey League. Teams played in a double round-robin format during the Pool Stage, which was followed by two Classification Matches.


2020 Women's Premier Hockey League, Competition format, Format
Following the results of the Pool Stage, the top two ranked teams contested the final, with the bottom two ranked teams playing off for third place.


2020 Women's Premier Hockey League, Participating teams
The four teams competing in the league come from the various regions of New Zealand.


2020 Women's Premier Hockey League, Statistics, Goalscorers
There were 48 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.43 goals per match.


2020 Women's Premiership (New Zealand)
The 2020 Women's Premiership (currently known as the ISPS Handa Women's Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the eighteenth season of the league, New Zealand's top level women's football league since its establishment in 2002. Seven teams again were involved in the season representing the different regions in New Zealand. The league after consultation and feedback from stakeholders, was reverted to a single round-robin format, with the two highest-placed sides progressing to a one-off grand final. Canterbury United Pride was again the team to beat, as they were looking at a threepeat, having played in every final since 2013, won five our of seven of those finals, including the last two years.


2020 Women's Premiership (New Zealand)
After an unbeaten regular season, Canterbury United Pride capped it off by completing the threepeat, beating 2nd place Capital Football 4–0 in the final.


2020 Women's Premiership (New Zealand), Regular season, League table
*Auckland Football docked 9 points for fielding an ineligible player in their Round 1, 2 and 3 games against Central Football, Canterbury United Pride and Capital Football and the results recorded as 3–0 wins for the opposition.


2020 Women's Premiership (New Zealand), Regular season, Fixtures and results
New Zealand women's football league matches will take place from 31 October to 20 December with the draw reverting to a single-round robin competition with the top two teams progressing to the one-off final.


2020 Women's Premiership (New Zealand), Regular season, Fixtures and results
On the 11 December New Zealand Football announced Auckland Football had been docked 9 points for fielding an ineligible player in three of their ISPS Handa Women's Premiership games. The results from Round 1, 2 and 3 against Central Football, Canterbury United Pride and Capital Football were forfeited and results recorded as 3–0 wins for the opposition.


2020 Women's Premiership (New Zealand), Regular season, Fixtures and results, Round 1
Bye : WaiBOP *Auckland Football beat Central Football 9–1 however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had fielded an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3–0 result to Central


2020 Women's Premiership (New Zealand), Regular season, Fixtures and results, Round 2
Bye: Northern Lights*Auckland Football beat Canterbury United Pride 4–1 however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had fielded an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3–0 result to Canterbury


2020 Women's Premiership (New Zealand), Regular season, Fixtures and results, Round 3
Bye: Central Football*Auckland Football beat Capital Football 3–1 however it was ruled by NZ Football that they had fielded an ineligible player so forfeited the result. This meant the win was awarded as a 3–0 result to Capital


2020 Women's Premiership (Northern Ireland)
The 2020 Northern Irish Women's Premiership was the 17th season of the top-tier women's football league in Northern Ireland. Linfield were the defending champions.


2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
The final qualification repechage tournament for women's rugby sevens at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 19–20 June 2021 at Stade Louis II in Monaco. The tournament was originally scheduled for a year earlier, but was postponed until 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
Twelve women's teams were eligible to compete in the repechage tournament, as high placing teams from the six continental Olympic qualification events. Jamaica was a late withdrawal from the tournament due to travel difficulties presented by the global COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced the number of teams competing to eleven.


2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament
France and Russia were the two   best teams in the repechage, each going through the tournament undefeated. They claimed the two qualifying berths on offer for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.


2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, Pool stage
The teams were drawn into three pools with each team playing against all opponents in their own pool. Due to the late withdrawal of Jamaica, all matches involving them were recorded as a bye for their opponents in Pool B.


2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, Combined standings
The top two teams from each pool, plus the two best third-placed teams on the combined pool standings progressed to the knockout stage. The seedings were based on (a) highest pool placing, then (b) most competition points awarded (for a win, draw or loss) in the respective pool standings, and (c) greatest difference between points scored and conceded across all pool matches played.


2020 Women's Rugby Sevens Final Olympic Qualification Tournament, Knockout stage
With two Olympic places available, the top eight women's teams from the pool stage were seeded into two separate four-team brackets. The winners of each bracket qualifed for the women's sevens tournament at the Tokyo Olympics.


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship
The 2020 Women's Six Nations Championship was the 19th series of the Women's Six Nations Championship, an annual women's rugby union competition between six European rugby union national teams. Matches were originally scheduled for February and March 2020, on the same weekends as the men's tournament, if not always the same day.


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship
Seven matches in the tournament were postponed due to health and safety reasons. The match between Scotland and England was originally scheduled for Sunday 9 February but was postponed to the following day with no public admission due to Storm Ciara. The game between Ireland and Wales was played as planned on 9 February. Italy's matches with Scotland, Ireland and England, scheduled for 23 February, 8 March and 15 March respectively, were all postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. Scotland's game against France was also postponed due to an undisclosed player testing positive of the virus and seven other players and management self-isolating. The remaining fifth round matches, scheduled for 15 March: Wales v Scotland and France v Ireland, were also postponed due to coronavirus.


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship
A rescheduled resumption of the competition was announced on 5 August, with the Italy v Scotland match also playing part in Europe's 2021 Rugby World Cup qualifier, which was also postponed due to the coronavirus. On 10 November, it was announced that the remaining three fixtures would be cancelled.


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 1
Touch judges:Joy Neville (Ireland)Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 1
Touch judges:Clara Munarini (Italy)Doriane Domenjo (France)Television match official:Eric Gauzins (France)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 1
Touch judges:Nikki O'Donnell (England)Katherine Ritchie (England)Television match official:David Grashoff (England)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 2
Touch judges:Nikki O'Donnell (England)Katherine Ritchie (England)Television match official:Simon McDowell (Ireland)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 2
Touch judges:Aurelie Groizeleau (France)Doriane Domenjo (France)Television match official:Stefano Penne (Italy)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 2
Touch judges:Sara Cox (England)Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)Television match official:Neil Paterson (Scotland)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 3
Touch judges:Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)Clare Daniels (England)Television match official:Claire Hodnett (England)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 3
Touch judges:Clara Munarini (Italy)Beatrice Smussi (Italy)Television match official:Neil Paterson (Scotland)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 3
Touch judges:Aurelie Groizeleau (France)Doriane Domenjo (France)Television match official:Olly Hodges (Ireland)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 4
Touch judges:Clara Munarini (Italy)Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)Television match official:Olly Hodges (Ireland)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 4
Touch judges:Nikki O'Donnell (England)Clare Daniels (England)Television match official:Ian Davies (Wales)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 4
Touch judges:Hollie Davidson (Scotland)Francesca Martin (Wales)Television match official:Ian Davies (Wales)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 5
Touch judges:Nikki O'Donnell (England)Beatrice Benvenuti (Italy)Television match official:Claire Hodnett (England)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 5
Touch judges:Hollie Davidson (Scotland)Doriane Domenjo (France)Television match official:Eric Gauzins (France)


2020 Women's Six Nations Championship, Fixtures, Week 5
Touch judges:Sara Cox (England)Francesca Martin (Wales)Television match official:Ian Davies (Wales)


2020 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
The 2020 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship is the 12th official edition of the Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship, played by five teams from February, 17 to February 21, 2020, in Uberlândia, Brazil.


2020 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship
Minas Tênis Clube won its third consecutive and overall title, and qualified for the 2020 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.


2020 Women's South American Volleyball Club Championship, All-Star team
The following players were chosen for the tournament's "All-Star team":


2020 Women's State of Origin
The 2020 Women's State of Origin was the third official Women's State of Origin rugby league match between the New South Wales and Queensland played at Sunshine Coast Stadium on 13 November 2020. The teams have played each other annually since 1999 with the 2020 game being the third played under the State of Origin banner.


2020 Women's State of Origin
Queensland defeated New South Wales 24–18, winning their first State of Origin game and winning their first game since 2014. Queensland five-eighth Tarryn Aiken was awarded the Nellie Doherty Medal for Player of the Match.


2020 Women's State of Origin, Background
The 2020 Women's State of Origin game was originally due to be played in June but, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was moved to the post-season for the first time. The game was played in Queensland for the first time under the State of Origin banner and for the first time overall since 2016. Unlike in 2019, a women's under-18 Origin game was not held as the curtain-raiser.


2020 Women's Super Series
The 2020 Women's Super Series was the sixth Women's Super Series competition that took place in Ireland. The tournament was originally scheduled to take place in May and June with 3 teams taking part, but was delayed and restructured due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tournament eventually took place in August and September, with two teams taking part (Scorchers and Typhoons, with Dragons leaving the competition) and eight 50 over matches taking place. Typhoons won the tournament, achieving their first Super Series title.


2020 Women's Super Series, Competition format
The two teams played eight 50 over matches against each other in a league system.


2020 Women's Super Series, Competition format
The league worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points. Points were awarded as follows:


2020 Women's Super Series, Competition format
Win: 2 points. Tie: 1 point. Loss: 0 points. Abandoned/No Result: 1 point.


2020 Women's T20 Challenge
The 2020 Women's T20 Challenge, branded as Jio Women's T20 Challenge, was the third season of the Women's T20 Challenge, a Twenty20 cricket tournament established by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) in 2018. Like the previous edition, it was a three-team tournament consisting of a group stage of three matches, followed by a final.


2020 Women's T20 Challenge
The tournament was originally scheduled to commence in May 2020 in Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur coinciding with the IPL Playoffs. However, it was suspended along with the IPL due to the global coronavirus pandemic. The tournament was held from 4 to 9 November 2020 in Sharjah Cricket Stadium in the United Arab Emirates, still coinciding with the IPL Playoffs. IPL Trailblazers beat IPL Supernovas by 16 runs in the final and won their maiden title.


2020 Women's T20 Challenge, Squads
On 11 October 2020, BCCI announced squads and schedule for Women's T20 Challenge.


2020 Women's T20 Challenge, Squads
Natthakan Chantam became the first Thai cricketer to be represented in this tournament. Overseas players Sophie Devine, Suzie Bates, Nat Sciver, Stafanie Taylor, Amelia Kerr, Lea Tahuhu and Hayley Matthews were not part of the 2020 edition, due to the fixture clash with the 2020–21 Women's Big Bash League season in Australia. Mansi Joshi was ruled out of Women's T20 Challenge due to testing positive for COVID-19. Meghna Singh was named as her replacement in Velocity squad.


2020 Women's Tour Down Under
The 2020 Santos Women's Tour Down Under was a women's cycle stage race held in Australia from 16 to 19 January, 2018. The Women's Tour Down Under, being held for the eighth time, was held as a UCI rating of 2.1 race.


2020 Women's Tour Down Under, Classification leadership table
In the 2020 Women's Tour Down Under, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers at intermediate sprints and at the finish of mass-start stages, the leader received an ochre jersey. This classification was considered the most important of the 2020 Women's Tour Down Under, and the winner of the classification was considered the winner of the race.


2020 Women's Tour of Thailand
The 2020 The Princess Maha Chackri Sirindhorn's Cup "Women's Tour of Thailand" is a women's cycle stage race held in Thailand from 14 to 16 October, 2020. The tour has an UCI rating of 2.2.


2020 Women's Tour of Thailand
The race was won for the second consecutive year by Jutatip Maneephan.


2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship
The 2020 Women's Junior European Volleyball Championship was the 27th edition of the competition, with the main phase (contested between 9 teams) held in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia from 22 to 30 August 2020.


2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship, Qualification
The qualifying stage for the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the CEV on 15 June 2020. The tournament itself will be held with participants determined from European Ranking after the respective National Federations confirm their participation in the event. On 16 July, it was announced that all of them confirmed the wish to use their respective slot.


2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship, Pools composition
The drawing of lots was combined with a seeding of National Federations and performed as follows:


2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship, Pools composition
The drawing of lots was held on 23 July 2020 in Luxembourg.


2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship, Pools composition
Before the start of the tournament it was announced that Italy, Russia and Germany have withdrawn due to travel restrictions imposed by COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
This article describes the qualification for the 2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship.


2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship Qualification
The qualifying stage for the final tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic by the CEV on 15 June 2020. The tournament itself will be held with participants determined from European Ranking after the respective National Federations confirm their participation in the event.


2020 Women's U19 Volleyball European Championship Qualification, Pools composition
The second round organisers were drawn and then the pools were set accordingly, following the Serpentine system according to their European Ranking for national teams as of June 2019. Rankings are shown in brackets.


2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The 2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament took place in Trieste, Italy. The top two teams advanced to the Olympics.


2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
The tournament was scheduled to take place in March and then from 17 to 24 May 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It then took place from 19 to 24 January 2021 and was held behind closed doors.


2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament
Due to their semifinal win, both Hungary and the Netherlands qualified for the Olympics.


2020 Women's Water Polo Olympic Qualification Tournament, Draw
The draw took place on 11 February 2020 in Lausanne, Switzerland.


2020 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
The 2020 Women's Youth (U-18) World Handball Championship would have been the eighth edition of the championship to be held from 29 September to 11 October 2020 in Croatia under the aegis of International Handball Federation (IHF). It would have been the first time in history that the championship would have been organised by Croatian Handball Federation.


2020 Women's Youth World Handball Championship
The championship was originally scheduled to be held in China from 18 to 30 August 2020. But on 7 February 2020, the IHF decided to move the tournament to another country due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic. Originally scheduled for 18 to 30 August 2020, the tournament was rescheduled to 29 September to 11 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 17 July 2020, the event was postponed.


2020 Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships
The 2020 Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships was the 9th world championships in women's under-19 floorball. The tournament took place from September 1 to 5, 2021 in Uppsala, Sweden.


2020 Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships, Tournament groups
After the group ballot, 9 teams are divided into 2 groups. In the group stage each team plays each other once, while the second stage of the event includes play-offs and placement matches. The two best teams of group A and B go directly to the semi-final.


2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships
The 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships were held at the Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway, from 29 February to 1 March 2020.


2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Men
The Men competition at the 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 29 February and 1 March 2020.


2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships – Women
The Women competition at the 2020 World Allround Speed Skating Championships was held on 29 February and 1 March 2020.


2020 World Athletics Continental Tour
The 2020 World Athletics Continental Tour is an annual series of elite track and field athletic competitions, recognised by World Athletics (formerly known as the IAAF). The Tour forms the second tier of international one-day meetings after the Diamond League except in the 200m, 3000m steeplechase, discus, hammer and triple jump, where it forms the top-tier, these events having been removed from the Diamond League from 2020. 2020 was the series' inaugural season.


2020 World Athletics Continental Tour, 2020 schedule
The Continental Tour will be divided into three levels – Gold, Silver and Bronze – whose status will be determined by the quality of competition and prize money on offer.


2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships
The 2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships, originally scheduled for 29 March 2020 in Gdynia, Poland, was postponed until 17 October 2020, due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2020 World Athletics Half Marathon Championships
On 31 August 2020, the mass participation race was cancelled, while the elite championships remained scheduled.


2020 World Athletics Label Road Races
The 2020 World Athletics Label Road Races are the thirteenth edition of the global series of road running competitions given Label status by World Athletics (formerly IAAF). The series included a range of road events which was affected due to the growing concern about the coronavirus pandemic including the World Marathon Majors events like the Tokyo marathon, the Boston Marathon and the London Marathon.


2020 World Athletics Label Road Races
From the World Marathon Majors, Tokyo Marathon was cancelled for amateur runners and was held only as an elite event on the scheduled date on 1 March. The Boston Marathon, scheduled to be held on 20 April, was postponed to 14 September, while the London Marathon scheduled for 26 April was rescheduled to 4 October.


2020 World Club Challenge
The 2020 Betfred World Club Challenge was the 28th staging of the World Club Challenge. It featured Super League champions St Helens R.F.C., and NRL winners Sydney Roosters.


2020 World Club Challenge
This was the third time these two teams had met in the World Club Challenge, with Sydney claiming a 25–2 victory in the inaugural World Club Challenge in 1976, and a 38–0 victory in 2003. Victory over St Helens means Sydney now have a record 5 titles, and become the only team to retain their title, as well as maintaining their 100% record in the World Club Challenge.


2020 World Club Challenge, Background, St Helens R.F.C.
St Helens finished 1st in the regular season, to earn a home tie against 2nd place Wigan Warriors in the semi finals. Saints dominated the first half by scoring 4 tries inside 20 minutes, before Wigan hit back with 1 of their own.


2020 World Club Challenge, Background, St Helens R.F.C.
Saints were irresistible in the first half, and led 26-6 with tries from Theo Fages, Kevin Naiqama, Luke Thompson, and Jonny Lomax.


2020 World Club Challenge, Background, St Helens R.F.C.
Wigan knew they had a job to do in the 2nd half, but this was not to be, as Saints Zeb Taia's score and a Mark Percival double extended the lead to send Saints to their first grand final in 5 years.


2020 World Club Challenge, Background, St Helens R.F.C.
This was also Justin Holbrook's final game for Saints at the Totally Wicked Stadium, without losing a single home game all season.


2020 World Club Challenge, Background, St Helens R.F.C.
Saints then defeated Salford 23-6 in the Grand Final, making them champions and qualifying them for the World Club Challenge.


2020 World Club Challenge, Background, St Helens R.F.C.
He left at the end of the season to take on the vacant coaching role at Gold Coast Titans and was replaced by Kristian Woolf for the 2020 Season.


2020 World Club Challenge, Background, Sydney Roosters
The Roosters finished the 2019 NRL season in second place with 36 points. In their first game of the finals, they defeated the South Sydney Rabbitohs 30–6 at home, earning themselves a one week break. They then played the Melbourne Storm, again at home, and they won that match 14–6, putting them in the Grand Final. They went on to defeat the Canberra Raiders 14–8, claiming the 2019 premiership and qualifying them for the World Club Challenge.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships
The 2020 World Figure Skating Championships were scheduled to be held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, from March 16 to March 22, 2020. Figure skaters would have competed for the title of world champion in men's singles, ladies' singles, pairs, and ice dance. This would have been the first time that Montreal hosted the World Figure Skating Championships since 1932. The competition was supposed to determine the entry quotas for each federation at the 2021 World Championships.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships
The competition was cancelled on March 11 due to concerns about the COVID-19 pandemic, with the possibility of being held later in the year, but not within the current season. It was the second time the event had been cancelled for reasons other than a World War, after the 1961 World Championships were cancelled following the Sabena Flight 548 crash.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships
The competition was formally cancelled on April 16, after the International Skating Union (ISU) previously considered rescheduling to later within the year. A year later, Skate Canada successfully bid for the right to host the 2024 World Championships in Montreal in lieu of the cancelled earlier event.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic
After a spike in COVID-19 cases from the ongoing pandemic and the cancellation of the 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships in Nova Scotia by the International Ice Hockey Federation, the ISU was placed under intense pressure to make a public statement on the status of the 2020 World Figure Skating Championships, as the disease rapidly intensified across the world. The ISU had implemented prevention methods at its events since February 4, 2020 and required all attendees seeking accreditation to complete a questionnaire and temperature check.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic
Skate Canada, the host federation, issued a statement on Friday, March 6, that all athletes would be screened for symptoms at the border, undergo health checks, and be required to fill out questionnaires throughout the competition. On Tuesday, March 10, media, officials, skaters, and coaches scheduled to attend the event received a lengthy Coronavirus Information Package from the ISU. All individuals attending the event would have been required to undergo a temperature check upon arrival to the competition and would have been required to check in under 38 °C (100 °F).


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic
The Quebec Health Ministry held a press conference the same day to discuss "all major events in the province...with input from the Public Health Agency of Canada." At the meeting, Quebec Minister of Health Danielle McCann indicated that cancellation was a possibility, but a final decision had not yet been reached, despite athletes being scheduled to arrive within the next few days.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic
At 3:30 PM EDT on Wednesday, March 11, the Quebec government and Quebec Health Ministry made the decision to cancel the World Championships. The ISU posted a statement agreeing with the decision, saying that the event could possibly be rescheduled for later in the year, but not before October 2020. It was unclear how the cancellation would affect the upcoming season and its subsequent Grand Prix assignments, which will begin before then.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic
On April 12, 2020, ISU Vice-President for Figure Skating, Alexander Lakernik, told media that the chances of rescheduling the championship were slim, due to the ongoing pandemic. The ISU confirmed a complete cancellation of the event, with no chance of postponement to a later date, on April 16.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic, ISU member nations' response
Prior to the cancellation announcement on March 11, the Polish Figure Skating Association asked its athletes on March 10 to make personal decisions by the next day, March 11, on whether or not to attend the event, following the Polish Minister of Sport's recommendation to avoid travel to foreign events.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic, ISU member nations' response
Skate Canada, the host federation, postponed several conference calls with its skaters from March 11 to March 13, while awaiting a decision by the local Quebec government on the status of the event.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic, ISU member nations' response
Several prominent skaters, including two-time reigning men's World Champion Nathan Chen, and coaches Rafael Arutyunyan, Lee Barkell, Marie-France Dubreuil, and Brian Orser, expressed concerns over the possibility of rescheduling the competition to fall 2020, citing the disruption to their training schedules and the proximity to the 2021 edition of the event.


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Qualification, Age and minimum TES requirements
Skaters are eligible for the 2020 World Championships if they turned 15 years of age before July 1, 2019 and have met the minimum technical elements score requirements. The ISU accepts scores if they were obtained at senior-level ISU-recognized international competitions at least 21 days before the first official practice day of the championships. The ISU raised the minimum for ladies' singles in both segments on January 8, 2020.


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


2020 World Figure Skating Championships, Entries
Member nations began announcing their selections in December 2019. The International Skating Union published a complete list of entries on February 26, 2020.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season)
The 2020  World Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament which took place from 3 to 9 February 2020 in the Centaur at Cheltenham Racecourse in Cheltenham, England. It was the eleventh ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season, and the first of three Coral Cup tournaments. The 2020 edition of the World Grand Prix was sponsored by the betting company Coral. The event had 32 participants, with players qualifying by virtue of their ranking points during the 2019–20 season. It had a prize fund of £380,000, with £100,000 going to the winner.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season)
The defending champion was Judd Trump, who had beaten Ali Carter 10–6 in the 2019 final. Trump was defeated, 3–4, in the second round by Kyren Wilson. Neil Robertson won the tournament for the first time (his 18th ranking title)  with a 10–8 victory against Graeme Dott in the final. It was the third consecutive final in the season for Robertson, who lost just one match in the event. It had 32 century breaks, with the highest a 142 by Robertson in the final.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Format
The 2020 World Grand Prix was a professional snooker tournament held from 3 to 9 February 2020 in the Centaur at Cheltenham Racecourse, Cheltenham, England. It had 32 participants from players with the most ranking points in the 2019–20 snooker season at the beginning of the tournament. To qualify for the event, players were chosen from points earned in the preceding ten ranking tournaments, rather than by world rankings. Points scored at events from the 2019 Riga Masters until the 2020 German Masters added towards qualifying for the event. The World Grand Prix was the first of three events in the Coral Cup, with the Players Championship and Tour Championship. It was the eleventh ranking event of the snooker season, following the German Masters and preceding the Welsh Open.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Format, Prize fund
The event had a total prize fund of £380,000, with £100,000 to the winner. The participation prize was £5,000, which did not count towards a player's world ranking. The breakdown of prize money for the event was:


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Summary, Early rounds
Scott Donaldson and Kurt Maflin made their debuts in the event. The first round of the tournament was played as best-of-seven-frames matches. Three-time world champion Mark Williams defeated Barry Hawkins 4–2, despite an attack of gout. The 2019 UK Championship winner Ding Junhui met Scott Donaldson (after competed at the previous two tournaments: the 2020 European Masters and the 2020 German Masters), with Donaldson winning both. Donaldson won the match, whitewashing Ding 4–0 and eliminating him at three straight events. Second seed and 2019 China Open champion Shaun Murphy lost to Matthew Stevens, 3–4.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Summary, Early rounds
Five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was ranked 22nd for the event, since he had missed some of the season's ranking events. He played David Gilbert, defeating him 4–3 on a deciding frame. Defending champion Judd Trump defeated Li Hang 4–1, which Sporting Life called a "demolition". Sixth-seeded Mark Allen lost to Liang Wenbo 2–4, and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh lost on a deciding frame to Matthew Selt. The 2020 European Masters champion Neil Robertson defeated Michael Holt 4–3, also on a deciding frame. Kyren Wilson, John Higgins, Joe Perry, Graeme Dott and Tom Ford were victorious in other matches.


2020 World Grand Prix (2019–20 season), Summary, Early rounds
World champion Judd Trump met 16th seed Kyren Wilson in the second round. Wilson led 3–1, before Trump won the next two frames to force a deciding frame. Wilson took the deciding frame to win 4–3. Ronnie O'Sullivan and Liang Wenbo also went to a deciding frame; O'Sullivan won 4–3, scoring back-to-back centuries in the first two frames. Gary Wilson defeated Matthew Stevens 4–1; Graeme Dott and Neil Robertson completed 4–0 whitewashes of Xiao Guodong and Mark Williams, respectively. Tom Ford defeated Matthew Selt, and Joe Perry defeated Scott Donaldson (both 4–2) in the other second-round matches.