2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 4
With Muncy cutting off the throw from the outfield, his relay throw to Will Smith went off of Smith's mitt, allowing Arozarena to dive in safely at home to give the Rays an 8–7 win and tie the series at two. It was the first World Series game to end on an error since Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and Jansen was credited with his record fourth blown save in World Series appearances. Phillips also became the first player since Kirk Gibson in the 1988 World Series to get a game-winning hit with two out in the bottom of the ninth inning.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Game 5 featured a rematch of Game 1 starting pitchers; Clayton Kershaw for the Dodgers and Tyler Glasnow for the Rays. This was Kershaw's sixth World Series start, tying him for second most all-time in Dodgers franchise history behind Sandy Koufax and Carl Erskine. The Dodgers got the early lead again in this game, with Betts doubling to start the game and being driven in by a single by Seager, who advanced to second and third on wild pitches, and then scored on an infield hit by Cody Bellinger.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Pederson hit a solo home run in the second to extend the Dodgers' lead to three. An RBI triple by Yandy Díaz drove in the Rays' first run in the third inning. Díaz then scored on a single by Arozarena, who collected his 27th hit, the most in a single postseason. In the bottom of the fourth inning, Manuel Margot walked, stole second, and advanced to third on an error; he attempted to steal home with two outs, but was tagged out at the plate on a throw from Kershaw to catcher Austin Barnes. Charley Steiner, long-time Dodgers’ radio announcer, pointed out that with the stands near the field mostly empty, Kershaw could hear his teammates in the dugout with the early warning.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Muncy hit a solo homer in the fifth inning as the Dodgers set a new major league record for different players on the same team hitting a home run in a postseason series, with nine. Glasnow pitched five innings (the first Rays starter to do so in the series), allowing four runs on six hits and three walks with seven strikeouts. Kershaw's strikeout of Kiermaier in the bottom of the fifth inning moved him past Justin Verlander for the record of most career postseason strikeouts. He finished with 5+2⁄3 innings pitched, two runs allowed on five hits, and two walks with six strikeouts. The bullpens held the game scoreless the rest of the way and the Dodgers won 4–2 to regain the series lead.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Facing elimination, the Rays started Blake Snell, who had a no decision Game 2. The Dodgers countered with Tony Gonsolin, who allowed one run as an opener in Game 2 and took the loss. The Rays scored first with a solo home run by Randy Arozarena, his tenth during the postseason and third of the World Series, extending the record he broke back in Game 4. No other player had hit more than eight homers in a single postseason, and Arozarena was also the Rays’ career postseason home run leader after just his first year with the team.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Gonsolin faced 10 batters in his second start, lasting 1+2⁄3 innings while allowing Arozarena's home run plus two hits and two walks. After Snell allowed a hit to Austin Barnes with one out in the bottom of the sixth inning, Rays manager Kevin Cash controversially decided to remove Snell from the game, who allowed only two hits throwing 73 pitches while striking out nine and walking none in 5+1⁄3 innings.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Cash brought in reliever Nick Anderson, who gave up a double to Mookie Betts before throwing a wild pitch with Corey Seager at bat that allowed Barnes to score the tying run. The Dodgers then took the lead on a fielder's choice grounder by Seager that scored Betts. The Dodgers added another run in the eighth inning when Betts hit a home run off Pete Fairbanks. Julio Urías pitched the last 2+1⁄3 innings for the save, closing out the series by striking out Willy Adames looking, as the Dodgers won their seventh World Series championship and their first since 1988. This was the first World Series since 2013, where what was considered the “home team” won in what was considered “home field.”


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
Postgame, Seager was presented with the World Series Most Valuable Player Award. He was the eighth player—and the first since Madison Bumgarner in 2014—to be named MVP of both the World Series and League Championship Series in the same season. He batted .328 in the Dodgers' 18 postseason games. It was also announced that Justin Turner was removed in the eighth inning due to a positive COVID-19 test result. Despite tweeting that he was asymptomatic, Turner nevertheless took part in the celebration after the Dodgers had won the game, violating MLB protocols.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
He was the first player to test positive for the virus during the postseason bubble. The next day, Major League Baseball announced that Turner would be under investigation. On November 6, Turner apologized for the incident and received no punishment from Rob Manfred, who admitted that MLB could have handled the situation better.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
The Dodgers were the first team since the 2010 San Francisco Giants to win a World Series with fully homegrown rotation starting every postseason game.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Game 6
With the World Series win, the only team to beat the Dodgers in a series in 2020 was the Rockies, who won two out of three at Dodger Stadium in early September. With the best record in baseball, the Dodgers were also just the seventh team in the Wild Card Era (since 1995) to have at least a share of the best record in baseball and win the World Series, joining the 2018 Red Sox, '16 Cubs, '13 Red Sox, '09 Yankees, '07 Red Sox and ‘98 Yankees on that list. Because of an expanded 16-team postseason field, the Dodgers’ 13 postseason wins were the most in MLB history.


2020 World Series, Game summaries, Composite line score
2020 World Series (4–2): Los Angeles Dodgers (NL) defeated Tampa Bay Rays (AL)


2020 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
For the 21st straight year, the World Series was televised in the United States by Fox. Joe Buck called the games as play-by-play announcer, along with John Smoltz as color analyst and Ken Rosenthal and Tom Verducci as field reporters. Kevin Burkhardt hosted the network's pregame and postgame shows, joined by analysts Frank Thomas, Alex Rodriguez, David Ortiz, and Dontrelle Willis. Due to the pandemic, Fox's pregame and postgame shows all took place in their Los Angeles studios, as opposed to traveling on the road. Fox Deportes aired the series in Spanish, with Rolando Nichols, Edgar Gonzalez, Adrian Garcia Marquez, Carlos Alvarez, and Jaime Motta.


2020 World Series, Broadcasting, Television
MLB International fed the series to broadcasters outside the United States, with Matt Vasgersian providing play-by-play and Buck Martinez as color commentator.


2020 World Series, Broadcasting, Television, Ratings
Game 1 was the least-watched World Series game ever, in terms of number of viewers, per Nielsen Media Research records dating back to 1968; it was also the first World Series game to draw less than 10 million viewers since Game 3 in 2008, which underwent a 90-minute rain delay. Games 2 and 3 subsequently established new lows. Game 6 was the least-watched title-clinching World Series game on record, and the average of 9.785 million viewers per game set a new World Series low.


2020 World Series, Broadcasting, Radio
ESPN Radio broadcast the series in the United States, with Dan Shulman on play-by-play, Chris Singleton and Jessica Mendoza as color analysts, Buster Olney as reporter, and Marc Kestecher hosting the pregame shows. Mendoza became the first woman to serve as a game analyst on a national World Series broadcast. Shulman, Singleton, and Mendoza called the games from ESPN's studios in Bristol, Connecticut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The flagship radio stations for each team broadcast the games locally with their own announcers: WDAE (in English) and WGES (in Spanish) for Tampa Bay; and KLAC (in English), KTNQ (in Spanish), and KMPC (in Korean) for Los Angeles.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Dodgers
Minutes after the final out, LAX Airport, LA City Hall, LA Live, the Santa Monica Pier and many other Los Angeles landmarks lit up blue to celebrate the Dodgers’ World Series championship. Retired Hall of Fame broadcaster Vin Scully, who called Dodgers games from 1950 to 2016, congratulated his former team on Twitter and it was announced a few days later that Scully would narrate the team's year-end championship documentary.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Dodgers
With the Lakers having won the NBA Finals, Los Angeles repeated its achievement of having NBA and World Series champions in the same year, as both the Lakers and Dodgers had won in 1988. In fact, just 16 days had passed between the Lakers and Dodgers championship wins, which was the shortest timespan for two championships in the same city.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Dodgers
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti advised fans not to gather for large celebrations. Nevertheless, many fans took to the streets of Los Angeles, lighting off fireworks and taking over street intersections, in areas such as Pico Boulevard, Broadway and Figueroa Street before being dispersed by police. The day after the World Series, the Dodgers released a statement  regarding a public victory parade, stating any celebration would be postponed. In lieu of a rally, the Dodgers set up a drive-through holiday festival event.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Dodgers
The event, which was held from November 27 through January 3, featured a light show, LED video displays, fake snow and interactive displays honoring the Dodgers World Championship and celebrating the holidays. When the Dodgers went to go face the Washington Nationals in July 2021, the team visited the White House and President Joe Biden to honor, and celebrate their World Series victory.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Rays
Kevin Cash would receive tremendous backlash for his decision to remove Blake Snell after just 73 pitches in the sixth inning of Game 6. Cash defended his decision, stating he did not want Snell going through the Dodgers order a third time, even despite his dominance for 5+1⁄3 innings. Yahoo Sports immediately named it one of the worst decisions in World Series history, while Deadspin called it the third worst in World Series history. FOX Sports post-game analyst and former big leaguer Alex Rodriguez said it was the worst decision he had ever seen in baseball.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Rays
Upon his removal, opposing manager Dave Roberts said during postgame, "Mookie looked at me with a little smile. We were all just excited that Snell was out of the game." Cash's decision sparked a discussion in whether modern managers were using too much sabermetrics and statistical analysis when making decisions rather than going with their instincts. Some noted that while the decision was controversial, the Rays offense had only scored one run and the Dodgers, who hit starters remarkably better the third time through the order, had not been shut out all season. Cash had also managed his starters with a short leash the whole season. In a similar move, Cash pulled Charlie Morton from Game 7 of the ALCS at 66 pitches, even though Morton only allowed 2 hits and no runs through for 5+2⁄3.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Rays
Following their series loss, Tampa Bay placed Blake Snell on the trade block and later sent him to the San Diego Padres for a major-league catcher and three minor-league prospects. Veteran pitcher Charlie Morton signed with the Atlanta Braves as a free agent after his club option was declined.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Rays
A week after the World Series ended, Wonderfilm Media announced plans to produce a biopic based around Randy Arozarena's life and his journey from Cuba to Major League Baseball. Arozarena broke the record for home runs in a single postseason with ten, including three home runs in the World Series.


2020 World Series, Aftermath, Recognition
During and after the COVID-19-shortened season, there was widespread discussion over whether players' achievements, and in particular the championship itself, should come with an asterisk; the overwhelming consensus among players, coaches, and sports writers and pundits was that it should not. Dodgers' manager Dave Roberts said "there will be no asterisk"; Rays' manager Kevin Cash said he "wouldn't want to do it again". Rick Morrissey of the Chicago Sun-Times suggested a gold star instead.


2020 World Series of Darts
The 2020 World Series of Darts was a series of planned televised darts tournaments organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. In 2020, there were set to be 5 World Series events and one finals event, which for 2020 was moved from Amsterdam, Netherlands to Salzburg, Austria. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic no events were held before the 2020 finals, with five scheduled events postponed to 2021.


2020 World Series of Darts
Two new venues were due to make their debuts with New York City replacing Las Vegas for the US Darts Masters, and Copenhagen being the venue for the inaugural 2020 Nordic Darts Masters, which replaced the German Darts Masters.


2020 World Series of Darts
The two Australian events were moved to new cities in Wollongong and Townsville.


2020 World Series of Darts
Fallon Sherrock was set appear at all 5 World Series events as a PDC representative, making her the first woman to participate in any World Series event. She made an appearance at the finals.


2020 World Series of Darts
The US leg was moved to 2021 on 1 April 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and on 8 April 2020, all three Oceanic events were moved to 2021 for the same reason. The Nordic Darts Masters was also moved to 2021, having been initially delayed to October.


2020 World Series of Darts
The 2020 World Series of Darts Finals went ahead as scheduled on 18-20 September, but with no tournaments before the finals the field consisted of the top eight in the PDC Order of Merit who were seeded, twelve more invited players and four players from a qualifier held in Hildesheim, Germamy on 11 September.


2020 World Series of Darts Finals
The 2020 bwin World Series of Darts Finals was the sixth staging of the World Series of Darts Finals tournament, organised by the Professional Darts Corporation. The tournament took place at the Salzburgarena, Salzburg, Austria, from 18–20 September 2020. It featured a field of 24 players.


2020 World Series of Darts Finals
Michael van Gerwen was the defending champion, having defeated Danny Noppert 11–2 in the 2019 final. However, he was beaten 6–4 in the second round by Glen Durrant.


2020 World Series of Darts Finals
Gerwyn Price won the tournament for the first time, his first World Series title, after beating Rob Cross 11–9 in the final.


2020 World Series of Darts Finals, Prize money
The prize money remained the same as the previous year.


2020 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no events were held on the World Series of Darts between the 2019 and 2020 finals. Instead of the standard rules of the top 8 players on the World Series Order of Merit being seeded, the PDC invited the eight top-ranked players in the PDC Order of Merit to make up the seeds.


2020 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification
Twelve more players were invited unseeded (consisting of the next 4 players on the Order of Merit, plus players representing the regions of the world where the events were due to take place), with the final four players being determined by a qualifier for Tour Card holders held on 11 September at H+ Hotel, Niedernhausen, Germany.


2020 World Series of Darts Finals, Qualification
Kyle Anderson was originally invited, but withdrew due to personal reasons. Glen Durrant replaced him. Gary Anderson was originally invited as the eighth seed, but also withdrew, with James Wade moving into the seeded places and Krzysztof Ratajski receiving an invitation.


2020 World Series of Poker
The 2020 World Series of Poker (WSOP) was the 51st edition of the event. Originally scheduled to begin on May 26 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Series of Poker
There were 101 bracelet events on the schedule before the postponement.


2020 World Series of Poker
In June, the WSOP introduced the 2020 World Series of Poker Online, a series of 85 online tournaments, 31 on WSOP.com and 54 on GGPoker. The series started on July 1 and concluded in September.


2020 World Series of Poker
In November, the WSOP announced that the $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event would still be held, but in a different format. Play began online, with international players starting November 29 on GGPoker and American players December 13 on WSOP.com. Once both tournaments reached the final nine players, a final table was held live—December 15 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic for international players, and December 28 at the Rio for American players. The winners of both final tables then met in a heads-up match at the Rio on January 3 to determine the champion.


2020 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The $10,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on November 29 with the first of three starting flights on GGPoker. The surviving players from each flight combined for Day 2 on December 7 and played down to a final table of nine. The final table was held on December 15 at King's Casino in Rozvadov, Czech Republic.


2020 World Series of Poker, Main Event
For American players, the event began on December 13 on WSOP.com, with the final table taking place on December 28.


2020 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The Main Event on GGPoker attracted 674 players, creating a prize pool of $6,470,400. The top 80 players made the money, with the winner earning $1,550,969.


2020 World Series of Poker, Main Event
The WSOP.com Main Event had 705 entries and a prize pool of $6,768.000. The top 107 players made the money, with a first place prize of $1,553,256. In addition, the champion of the heads-up match between the GGPoker and WSOP.com winners earned $1 million. The match was originally scheduled to take place on December 30 but was moved to January 3 after Damian Salas, winner of the Rozvadov final table, was denied entry into the United States.


2020 World Series of Poker, Main Event, Final Tables results
*- Sun did not travel to Rozvadov for the final table and was awarded ninth place**- De Silva was disqualified after testing positive for COVID-19 and awarded ninth place


2020 World Series of Poker Online
The 2020 World Series of Poker Online was a series of online poker tournaments organized by the World Series of Poker (WSOP). It was held from July 1-September 8 and featured 85 bracelet events, 31 on WSOP.com and 54 on GGPoker.


2020 World Series of Poker Online
In June, the WSOP announced the series as a result of postponing the 2020 WSOP in Las Vegas, Nevada due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Events included the $50 Big 50, the lowest buy-in WSOP event in history, as well as four People's Choice tournaments that allowed players to vote on which game to play. The series culminated in the $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event beginning on August 16 with a $25 million guaranteed prize pool, the largest in online poker history.


2020 World Series of Poker Online
Poker Central and GGPoker.TV streamed 12 final tables during the series. Tournaments on WSOP.com were open only to players located in Nevada or New Jersey, while GGPoker events were open to international players.


2020 World Series of Poker Online
The first two events on GGPoker were expected to conclude on July 19. After a bug was discovered on the site's servers, however, the tournaments were postponed by a week.


2020 World Series of Poker Online, GGPoker Schedule, Main Event
The $5,000 No Limit Hold'em Main Event began on August 16 and featured 23 starting flights. Players were allowed to re-enter a maximum of three times. The surviving players from each flight combined for Day 2 on August 30, with the final table being played on September 5.


2020 World Series of Poker Online, GGPoker Schedule, Main Event
The Main Event attracted 5,802 players, creating a prize pool of $27,559,500, the largest in online poker history. The winner earned $3,904,686.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships
The 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships were held between February 13 and 16, 2020, at the Utah Olympic Oval in Salt Lake City, United States.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's 10,000 metres
The Men's 10,000 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 14, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1000 metres
The Men's 1000 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 15, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The Men's 1500 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 16, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's 500 metres
The Men's 500 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 14, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's 5000 metres
The Men's 5000 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 13, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's mass start
The Men's mass start competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 16, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's mass start, Results
The race was started at 14:44. 16 laps were raced with four sprints.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 15, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Men's team sprint
The Men's team sprint competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 13, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1000 metres
The Women's 1000 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 15, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The Women's 1500 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 16, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The Women's 3000 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 13, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 500 metres
The Women's 500 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 14, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres
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2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's 5000 metres
The Women's 5000 metres competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 15, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's mass start
The Women's mass start competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 16, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's mass start, Results
The race was started at 14:20. 16 laps were raced with four sprints.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's team pursuit
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2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's team pursuit competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 14, 2020.


2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's team sprint competition at the 2020 World Single Distances Speed Skating Championships was held on February 13, 2020.


2020 World Snooker Championship
The 2020 World Snooker Championship (also referred to as the 2020 Betfred World Snooker Championship for the purposes of sponsorship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 31 July to 16 August 2020 at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 44th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was held at the Crucible. The final ranking event of the 2019–20 snooker season, the tournament was originally scheduled to take place from 18 April to 4 May 2020, but both the qualifying stage and the main rounds were postponed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Snooker Championship
The event was one of the first to allow live audiences since the onset of the pandemic, but on the first day it was announced that the event would be played behind closed doors for subsequent days. A limited number of spectators were allowed in for the final two days of the championship.


2020 World Snooker Championship
The tournament was organised by the World Snooker Tour, a subsidiary of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, and was broadcast by the BBC, Eurosport and Matchroom Sport. The event had a total prize fund of £2,395,000, with the winner receiving £500,000. Qualifying for the tournament was due to be held between 8 and 15 April 2020 but instead took place from 21 to 28 July at the English Institute of Sport, Sheffield. There were 128 participants in the qualifying rounds, with a mix of professional and invited amateur players, 16 of whom reached the main stage of the tournament where they played the top 16 players in the snooker world rankings. The event was sponsored by sports betting company Betfred.


2020 World Snooker Championship
Judd Trump was the defending champion, having won his maiden world title at the previous year's event, defeating John Higgins 18–9 in the final. He lost in the quarter-final stage to Kyren Wilson, falling to the Crucible curse. Ronnie O'Sullivan won his sixth world title, defeating Wilson 18–8 in the final. This was O'Sullivan's 37th ranking event win of his career, the most of any player. Higgins made a maximum break in the 12th frame of his second-round loss to Kurt Maflin. This was Higgins' tenth career maximum break and his first at the World Championship; aged 45, he became the oldest player to make a maximum in a professional competition.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background
The World Snooker Championship features 32 professional players competing in one-on-one snooker matches in a single-elimination format, each match played over several frames. The 32 players for the event are selected through a mix of the snooker world rankings and a pre-tournament qualification round. The first World Snooker Championship took place in 1927, with the final held at Camkin's Hall in Birmingham, England, and the title was won by Joe Davis. Since 1977, the event has been held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background
Stephen Hendry is the event's most successful participant in the modern era, having won the championship seven times. The 2019 championship was won by England's Judd Trump, who defeated Scotland's John Higgins in the final 18–9 to win his first world title. The winner of the 2020 championship received £500,000, from a total prize fund of £2,395,000. The event is organised by World Snooker in partnership with the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background, Format
The tournament was scheduled to take place between 18 April and 4 May 2020 in Sheffield, England, but was postponed to between 31 July and 16 August as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The event featured a 32-player main draw that was contested at the Crucible Theatre, as well as a 128-player qualifying draw played at the English Institute of Sport. Qualifying was originally due to take place from 8 to 15 April but was also delayed, eventually taking place from 21 to 28 July 2020 and finishing three days prior to the start of the main draw.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background, Format
In May 2019, the World Snooker Tour announced the event's qualifying format would be changed from the previous year, with seeding given to players with a higher ranking, and played over four rounds instead of three. The tournament was the last of 17 ranking events in the 2019–20 season on the World Snooker Tour. This was the 44th consecutive year that the tournament had been held at the Crucible, and the 52nd successive world championship to be contested through the modern knockout format. The tournament was sponsored by sports betting company Betfred, as it had been since 2015.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background, Format
The top 16 players in the latest 2019–20 snooker world rankings automatically qualified for the main draw as seeded players. Defending champion Judd Trump was automatically seeded first overall. The remaining 15 seeds were allocated based on the latest world rankings, released after the 2020 Tour Championship which was the penultimate event of the season. Matches in the first round of the main draw were played as the best of 19 frames, second-round matches and quarter-finals were played as the best of 25 frames, and the semi-finals were played over a maximum of 33 frames. The final was played over two days as a best-of-35-frames match.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background, Coverage
The tournament was broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Television and BBC Online, as well as Eurosport. Internationally, the event was broadcast by Eurosport in Europe and Australia; by Superstars Online, Zhibo.tv, Youku and CCTV in China; by NowTV in Hong Kong; and by DAZN in Canada, the United States, and Brazil. In all other countries, Matchroom Sport broadcast the main tournament, as well as the qualifying rounds, via their new online subscription service.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background, Coverage
The World Snooker Championship was intended to be one of the first sporting events to allow spectators after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. A reduced audience was to be admitted to allow for social distancing. The event, along with the Glorious Goodwood Festival and two county cricket matches, was being used as a trial for live audiences by the UK Government, ahead of restrictions being lifted in October. On the first day of the event, UK prime minister Boris Johnson announced that the sporting pilots were being ended, and spectators would no longer be allowed inside the venue. The World Snooker Tour confirmed an hour later that fans would be admitted for the rest of the first day, but matches were to be played behind closed doors for the remainder of the tournament.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background, Coverage
During the semi-final stages, the UK Government announced that the previously postponed sporting event pilots would resume. This meant that the reduced capacity crowd from the start of the tournament would be allowed back for both days of the final.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Background, Prize fund
The winner of the event received £500,000 from a total prize fund of £2,395,000. The breakdown of prize money for the event is shown below.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying stage
Qualifying for the event was held between 21 and 28 July 2020 over four separate rounds, with 16 players progressing into the main draw. James Cahill, who defeated five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the main stage in 2019, lost in the opening round to amateur player Ben Mertens. Mertens, aged 15, became the youngest player to win a match at the event. Mertens lost in the second round to Sam Baird. Allan Taylor won the Challenge Tour play-off to gain a two-year professional tour card prior to qualifying, and won both of his first two matches 6–1.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying stage
In these matches he scored four century breaks, including a career-high 145 – the highest break in qualifying. Six-time runner-up Jimmy White won his first two qualifying matches over Ivan Kakovskii and Michael Georgiou, but lost in the third round to Robert Milkins. Gary Wilson, who reached the semi-finals in the 2019 event, lost in the third round of qualifying to Swiss player Alexander Ursenbacher 3–6. Twice runner-up Ali Carter started in round three, but lost his opening match to Louis Heathcote. This was the first time since 2002 that Carter did not play in the main stage of the event.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying stage
The final round of qualifying was played on 27 and 28 July, with matches played as the best of 19 frames over two sessions. Ursenbacher became the first Swiss player to play the main stage of the tournament, after defeating Andrew Higginson 10–8. Ursenbacher led 6–2 after the first session, but the lead was cut to 9–8 before he won frame 18. Alan McManus qualified for the main stage for the first time since reaching the semi-finals in 2016 after defeating Heathcote 10–5. Elliot Slessor won the final nine frames of the match to defeat Martin O'Donnell 10–3.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying stage
Slessor had promised to plan a wedding with his girlfriend if he made it through the qualifying rounds. Liang Wenbo led Fergal O'Brien 5–2, but won just two frames of the next eight to trail 7–8. The match went to a deciding frame at 9–9 which Liang won with a break of 141. Anthony McGill lost only one frame in his win over Baird, whilst Norwegian player Kurt Maflin defeated Matthew Selt by the same scoreline, 10–1, to qualify for the first time since 2015.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Qualifying stage
Slessor and Ursenbacher made their debuts in the main draw of the World Championship. Other debutants in the main draw were Jamie Clarke, Ashley Carty and Jordan Brown. Anthony Hamilton qualified for the main draw for the first time since 2008, but withdrew because of health concerns over COVID-19. As an asthmatic, he had criticised the decision to allow a limited number of spectators into the Crucible. Defending champion Judd Trump said Hamilton should have made his decision earlier, as by participating in the qualifiers despite knowing there would be spectators in the final stages he had denied a place to another player.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The first round took place between 31 July and 5 August, each match played over two sessions as the best of 19 frames. Defending champion Judd Trump played Tom Ford in the opening match. Ford won the first frame, and was on track for a maximum break but missed the pot on the 13th black ball. Ford won the second and third frame as well, before Trump won the next two. Ford won the following two frames, including a break of 140 to lead 5–2, but lost the last two to lead 5–4 after the first session.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Ford won the opening frame on the resumption of play, but Trump won the next three frames to take the lead for the first time in the match. Ford won frame 14, before Trump made a break of 131 in the next – his 100th century break of the season. Trump also won the next frame to lead 9–7. Ford won frame 17, but Trump won the match in the next 10–8. Trump became only the second player to make 100 century breaks in a season, after Neil Robertson in the 2013–14 snooker season.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The 2015 winner Stuart Bingham met qualifier Ashley Carty and led 5–4 after the first session. Bingham then won the next four frames, including a maximum attempt that fell apart on 12 black balls, and a 109 to lead 9–4. Carty then won the next three frames, before Bingham won frame 17 with a break of 82 to win 10–7. The 2019 UK Championship winner Ding Junhui played Mark King. Ding had not played in any tournaments since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but took a 5–4 lead after the first session. The pair were tied at 5–5 to 7–7 before Ding won two frames to lead 9–7. Two long frames were won by King to tie the match at 9–9 and force a deciding frame. Ding won the frame after potting a mid-range red ball to win 10–9.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Three-time champion Mark Williams was drawn against Alan McManus. After the first session of play, McManus led 5–4, despite losing the first two frames. In the second session, Williams won six straight frames to win the match 10–5. After the victory, Williams said "he outplayed me and I was happy to be 5–4 down because it could have been 7–2" after the first session, and added that in the second session he "put pressure on [McManus], then he got frustrated and I knew I had him as long as I didn't make silly mistakes".


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Four-time champion John Higgins met Matthew Stevens, and held a 6–3 lead after the first session. Stevens won frame 10 with a break of 138, before Higgins won the next two frames to lead 8–4. Stevens won frame 13 but Higgins won the next two frames, including requiring foul shots in frame 14 to win 10–5. The 2010 winner Neil Robertson, met Liang Wenbo and led 5–4 after the first session after breaks of 140, 123 and 87. Liang won the opening frame of the second session to tie the match at 5–5, before Robertson won the next five frames to win the match 10–5.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
The previous year's semi-finalist David Gilbert played Kurt Maflin, who had not qualified since the 2015 event. Maflin led 3–1 and later 5–4 after the first session. Between frames 9 and 13 there were four century breaks in a row. Maflin attempted a maximum break, scoring 105 in frame 16 to tie the match at 8–8. After running out of position for the 14th black, he gave "the finger" to the table, and received a warning from referee Tatiana Woollaston. Maflin then won the next two frames to win 10–8.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Five-time champion Ronnie O'Sullivan averaged less than 14 seconds per shot as he opened an 8–1 lead in the first session against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh. This was quicker than any player's average during the season. In the second session, O'Sullivan clinched the next two frames in less than half an hour to win the match 10–1. With a match time of 108 minutes, O'Sullivan's victory set a new record for the fastest best-of-19-frames match; this was 41 minutes faster than the previous record set by Shaun Murphy in his 10–0 victory over Luo Honghao in 2019.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Yan Bingtao played debutant Elliot Slessor, and led 8–1 after the first session. Yan also led 9–2, before Slessor won five frames in a row. Yan won the match 10–7. Anthony McGill took a 5–4 lead after the first session over Jack Lisowski. McGill led 9–6 before Lisowski won three frames to force a deciding frame. The frame was fought over the final blue ball, which was potted by McGill to win 10–9. The 2005 champion Shaun Murphy was defeated by Noppon Saengkham 10–4 in a match Murphy described as "the worst two days of my snooker years".


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, First round
Three-time champion Mark Selby struggled for form as he defeated Jordan Brown 10–6. In his match against Jamie Clarke, Mark Allen scored two century breaks in the first two frames, and made three other century breaks but lost the match 8–10. Alexander Ursenbacher won the first frame in his match against Barry Hawkins, but won only one other frame and lost 2–10. The final match of the first round was held between Stephen Maguire and Martin Gould. Maguire had won the preceding event at the Tour Championship. Gould made three breaks of 103 and a break of 100 to open a 7–2 lead after the first session, and eventually won the match 10–3.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
The second round took place between 5 and 9 August, each match played over three sessions as the best of 25 frames. Kurt Maflin took on John Higgins, with Higgins taking the first two frames. Maflin responded by winning the next four frames in a row, before Higgins won frame seven with a break of 101. The final frame of the session was won by Maflin with a break of 81 to lead 5–3. Higgins won frame nine, but Maflin won the next two frames to take a 7–4 lead.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
In frame 12, Higgins made the highest break of the tournament, a maximum break of 147. The last maximum break at the event was made by Stephen Hendry in 2012. This was Higgins' tenth career maximum break and his first at the event; aged 45, he became the oldest player to make a maximum in a professional competition. They shared frames 13 and 14, however, Higgins won the next two frames to tie the match at 8–8. Maflin won the next two frames, before Higgins took the lead by winning the next three. Maflin, however, also won the three frames to win the match 13–11.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Mark Williams won the first frame in the match against Stuart Bingham, with Bingham winning the next two frames. In frame four, Bingham was seven points ahead, but missed potting the black ball off the spot. Williams potted the black, and also the respotted black to win the frame. Williams then took the next three frames, and led 5–3 after the first session. Williams took frame nine, before Bingham won four straight frames to lead 7–6. Williams won the next two frames, but missed a green ball in frame 16 allowing Bingham to tie the match at 8–8. Bingham won frame 17 with a break of 70, before Williams won the next two frames. With the scores later tied at 11–11, Williams won the next two frames to win the match 13–11.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Judd Trump won the first frame against Yan Bingtao, while Yan scored a break of 133 in frame two, before Trump won frame three. Yan then won the next four frames to lead 5–2. Yan missed the final brown ball in frame eight, allowing Trump to make a clearance and finish the session 3–5 behind. Trump won the second session 6–2, to carry a 9–7 lead into the final session, which he won 13–11 with a break of 127. Mark Selby and Noppon Saengkham were tied at 8–8 after the first two sessions of their match, with three-time champion Selby taking a 12–10 lead. Noppon won the next two frames, however, to force a deciding frame. In frame 25, Selby made a century break to win the match 13–12.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Kyren Wilson met Martin Gould in the second round; this was Wilson's first match of the main draw, having received a bye through the first round when Anthony Hamilton withdrew from the event at the end of qualifying. Wilson won five of the first six frames of the match, before Gould won the final two of the session. At 5–3 ahead, Wilson won the next five frames in a row to lead 10–3. Gould won the next two frames, but Wilson won the final frame of the second session to lead 11–5.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
In the final session, Gould won the first three frames, and had won the fourth barring foul shots. In a snooker, Gould missed and conceded a free ball, allowing Wilson enough points to win the frame. Wilson won the match in the 22nd frame, 13–9. Barry Hawkins trailed  2010 champion Neil Robertson 3–5 after the first session of their match, with Robertson winning frame nine to lead by three frames. Hawkins won the next four straight frames to take the lead 7–6. Robertson won the next two frames to lead again, but Hawkins tied the match at 8–8 after two sessions. Robertson won the next two frames, before Hawkins scored a century break in frame 19. Robertson won the next three frames to win 13–9.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Ronnie O'Sullivan, making a record 28th consecutive appearance at the event, was level with Ding Junhui after the first session 4–4. O'Sullivan won frame nine, before Ding won three frames with a 64 and two century breaks to lead 7–5. O'Sullivan also won three frames in a row, before Ding won frame 16 to level at 8–8. O'Sullivan won the match 13–10 to reach a record 19th quarter-final at the event. The final match of the second round was played between two qualifiers – Anthony McGill and debutant Jamie Clarke.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Second round
Clarke led 7–2; but was reprimanded by McGill for standing in his line of sight during a shot. The pair were reprimanded by referee Jan Verhaas, however, McGill followed Clarke out of the arena. Clarke later tweeted "You want to dance, let's dance". McGill won the remaining five frames of the session to trail 7–8. The pair were tied at 11–11 before Clarke took frame 23 and missed a shot on the pink ball to win in the next allowing McGill to tie the scores at 12–12. In the deciding frame, Clarke failed to escape from a snooker, and left a free ball, which was enough for McGill to win the match 13–12.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals took place from 9 to 11 August, each match played over three sessions as the best of 25 frames. Mark Selby played Neil Robertson, with the first frame lasting over 58 minutes. Selby took the frame, and all of the first five of the match. Robertson won the next three frames, including a four-ball plant in the final frame of the session. Selby then won the second session of the match 6–2 to lead 11–5, winning four frames in a row.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
He also won frame 17 with a break of 91 to lead 12–5, but Robertson won the next two frames. Selby won the match 13–7 when Robertson missed a black ball from the spot. Afterwards, Robertson praised Selby's consistent defensive safety play, whilst Selby acknowledged he had lacked confidence that he could reach that stage of the tournament again.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Defending champion Judd Trump played Kyren Wilson in the second quarter-final. Wilson led 5–3 after the first session, but Trump pulled to one behind twice in the second session. Wilson, however, extended the lead to 10–6 by winning the last three frames of the second session. Trump made breaks of 72, 100 and 62 to trail by one frame, but Wilson won three frames of his own to win the match 13–9. As a first-time champion, Trump was facing the Crucible curse, where since 1977 no player had successfully defended a maiden world title. Trump finished the season with the highest number of ranking events won in a single season (six), and the most century breaks made by any player in the 2019–20 season (102), just one short of Neil Robertson's record in 2013–14.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Two former world champions, Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams, met in the quarter-finals. O'Sullivan was asked before the match about the players meeting in 2020, as both players turned professional in 1992. He commented that the younger players were "so bad", and that he would have to "lose an arm and a leg" to be outside the top 50 in the snooker world rankings. Williams later reflected that O'Sullivan's remarks had also been aimed at him, and they were "disrespectful". O'Sullivan took a 2–1 lead, but Williams won five straight frames to lead the session 6–2.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
O'Sullivan missed frame ball in frame nine and went five behind, before he won six of the next seven to tie the match 8–8 after two sessions. Williams won two of the next three frames to lead 10–9, before O'Sullivan made breaks of 104, 61, 65 and 133 to go ahead 12–10, one frame from victory. In frame 23, O'Sullivan missed the blue, which was the only ball he required to win the match, with Williams making a clearance to force a respotted black. Williams missed a shot on the black, then O'Sullivan potted it to win the match 13–10.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Quarter-finals
Two qualifiers, Anthony McGill and Kurt Maflin contested their first quarter-finals at the World Snooker Championship. McGill won the first three frames of the match with breaks of 53, 63 and 78. Maflin won frame four, and was 54 points ahead in the fifth until he missed a routine pot on the red ball, allowing McGill to win the frame. McGill finished the first session 7–1 ahead. Maflin won five of the next seven frames of the match, before McGill won the final frame of the second session to stay 10–6 ahead. While McGill won the first frame of the final session to lead 11–6, Maflin then won four of the next five frames before McGill wrapped up a 13–10 win.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The semi-finals took place from 12 to 14 August, each of the two matches played over four sessions as the best of 33 frames. The first semi-final was between Kyren Wilson and Anthony McGill. McGill won the first two frames with breaks of 83 and 78, before winning frame three after Wilson missed a pot on the green. Wilson won frame four, before McGill won the next two to lead 5–1, with the session ending 6–2 to McGill. In the second session, Wilson won three of the next four frames including a century break to trail 5–7. McGill won frame 13, but Wilson won the final three frames of the second session with three breaks over 75 to tie the match 8–8. Wilson made breaks of 99 and 116 to lead 13–10, but the final frame of the third session was won by McGill.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
McGill made his first two century breaks of the tournament in the final session to tie the match at 14–14, and then took the lead at 16–15. McGill became trapped in a snooker in the penultimate frame, leaving the final red available for Wilson to make a clearance and set up a deciding frame. In the final frame, McGill was snookered behind the yellow ball, and conceded 35 penalty points, missing the shot on eight occasions. This was enough points for McGill to require snookers to remain in the competition.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
In the next shot, Wilson played a safety shot, and went in-off allowing McGill enough points to be able to win. With the final red ball being slightly above the middle pocket, both players missed shots from the baulk cushion, before McGill potted the red, but ran out of position. Wilson then fluked the green, which won the match.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The deciding frame lasted 62 minutes and made a new record for the most combined points scored in a single frame at the Crucible, 103–83. After fluking the match winning ball, Wilson became emotional, and apologised to McGill. He stated afterwards, "I didn't want it to end that way, I have dreamed of this situation and I didn't want to win the match on a fluke." McGill commented, "I feel as if the match was stolen from me – not by Kyren [Wilson] but by the snooker gods". After the deciding frame, 1991 champion John Parrott remarked, "I have never, in 44 years of playing this wonderful game, seen a frame of snooker like that. It was unbelievable."


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
The second semi-final was between Mark Selby and Ronnie O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan won four of the first five frames with there being a lot of kicks in the session, the balls being replaced to counteract the number of bad contacts. Selby trailed 1–5, but won the final two frames of the session to trail 3–5. Seven-time champion Stephen Hendry suggested that Selby may have felt he had "almost won" the session after claiming the final two frames. Selby then won the next four frames of the match to lead 7–5, before winning two more frames to win the second session 6–2.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
In the final frame of the session, O'Sullivan rapped his hand on the table in frustration before Selby made a break of 76. Selby took frame 17 with a break of 97, and shared the first four frames to lead 11–9. Selby then won the next frame to lead 13–9, having won 12 out of 16 frames. O'Sullivan then won the last two frames of the session. He also won the next two frames of the final session, including a break of 114, the first century of the match.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Selby won the next two frames to lead 16–14, with O'Sullivan playing attacking shots, "hit-and-hope" snooker escapes and "going for broke". O'Sullivan then won the next two frames with breaks of 138 and 71 to also go to a deciding frame. In the decider, O'Sullivan potted a long red, from which followed a 64 break, but he broke down when he missed a long range red to the green pocket. Selby cleared until the final red, and a series of safety shots were played, with O'Sullivan playing one erratic escape from a snooker, but mostly controlled shots that he had previously not, and potted match ball after Selby failed to escape a snooker.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Semi-finals
Post-match, Selby said "I felt he was being a bit disrespectful to me and the game, not many players would just get down and hit them at 100 mph when you put them in a snooker. Some would look to work it out or put you in trouble. It just felt like he was doing that throughout the match..." O'Sullivan, however, responded to all questions stating that his cue action was poor, and that he had been struggling to play during the tournament. He also stated that his shot choice was due to his inability to control shots out of snookers the same way Selby did.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The final was played on 15 and 16 August as a best-of-35-frames match held over four sessions. German referee Marcel Eckardt took charge of his first World Championship final. The two players in the final were five-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan and first-time finalist Kyren Wilson. Although O'Sullivan had won four of their six previous meetings, Wilson had won their latest encounter in the semi-finals of the 2020 Welsh Open. O'Sullivan took a 3–1 lead in the first session after a number of missed shots by his opponent.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
He left the pink ball over the pocket in the fifth frame, allowing Wilson to take advantage and move within a single frame at 2–3. O'Sullivan won the next three frames, including the first century break of the match in frame seven, to lead 6–2 after the first session. BBC pundit Stephen Hendry commented, "I tend to think the match is over. I hope I'm wrong, but I think 6–2 is too far for Kyren to come back from".


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Wilson made a break of 53 in frame nine but then made a tactical error and lost the frame, before O'Sullivan took the next to lead 8–2. Wilson won the next four frames, compiling breaks of 92, 50, and 58, to trail 6–8. In frame 15, he unintentionally pocketed a red ball on going into the pack after potting the blue, allowing O'Sullivan to take the frame. Wilson compiled a century break in the next frame, but missed a red in the final frame of the second session to trail 7–10 overnight.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
The 1997 champion Ken Doherty suggested that failing to pot the red was a missed opportunity for Wilson, whilst O'Sullivan would be "over the moon" to lose only five frames in the session. Six-time champion Steve Davis observed that O'Sullivan's body language during the session might suggest he was "struggling" and "deteriorating".


2020 World Snooker Championship, Tournament summary, Final
Wilson made a long pot in frame 18, before taking the frame with a break of 73. O'Sullivan responded by winning all of the next seven frames to finish the third session 17–8 ahead. The final session lasted just 11 minutes and contained only a single frame, as O'Sullivan won the match 18–8 with a break of 96. This was O'Sullivan's sixth world title and his 37th ranking event victory, a record number of ranking titles. He revealed afterwards that he had doubted his form was good enough to win the event: "There was a part of me that decided that I didn't play enough – and I still probably don't play enough – to justify winning a tournament of this stature".


2020 World Snooker Championship, Main draw
Numbers given in brackets after players' names show the seedings for the top 16 players in the competition. Players in bold denote match winners.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
Qualifying for the 2020 World Snooker Championship took place from 21 to 28 July 2020 at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield, using an eight-table set-up. Starting with a pool of 128 players, the qualifying competition consisted of four knock-out rounds. Although all matches were originally organised to be the best of 19 frames, the first three rounds were played as the best of 11 frames, with only the final round being played as the best of 19. The 16 winners of the fourth-round matches progressed to the main stage of the tournament at the Crucible Theatre. The 128 qualifiers included 94 tour players ranked outside the top 16, who were joined by 34 wildcard amateur players. The amateur players were selected as follows:


2020 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
A total of 17 professional players – 13 from mainland China – chose not to participate in the event due to COVID-19 safety concerns: Zhou Yuelong, Xiao Guodong, Zhao Xintong, Li Hang, Yuan Sijun, Marco Fu, Mei Xiwen, Zhang Anda, James Wattana, Zhang Jiankang, Chang Bingyu, Andy Lee, Chen Zifan, Xu Si, Bai Langning, Lei Peifan and Steve Mifsud. The 2002 champion Peter Ebdon vacated his qualifying position after retiring in April 2020. Two invited players from the World Women's Snooker Tour, Ng On-yee and Nutcharut Wongharuthai also declined to participate due to COVID-19 safety concerns.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying
The qualifying draw was released on 10 July 2020. The first qualifying round consisted of 64 players. Professional tour players ranked 81–112 were seeded 65–96, with the remaining tour players and invited amateurs being unseeded. The second qualifying round consisted of players seeded 33–64 against first round winners. The third qualifying round consisted of players seeded 1–32 against second round winners. The fourth qualifying round was played out between the 32 third round winners.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Qualifying, Qualifying draw
The results from qualifying are shown below. Players in bold denote match winners.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Main stage centuries
A total of 79 century breaks were made by 27 players during the main stage of the 2020 World Snooker Championship.


2020 World Snooker Championship, Century breaks, Qualifying stage centuries
A total of 51 century breaks were made by 32 players during the qualifying stage of the 2020 World Snooker Championship.


2020 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships
The 2020 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships were held at the Vikingskipet in Hamar, Norway, from 28 to 29 February 2020.


2020 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Men
The Men competition at the 2020 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 28 and 29 February 2020.


2020 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships – Women
The Women competition at the 2020 World Sprint Speed Skating Championships was held on 28 and 29 February 2020.


2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships
The 2020 World Team Table Tennis Championships were originally scheduled to be held in Busan, South Korea from 22 to 29 March 2020, but were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially until 27 September to 4 October 2020, then until 28 February to 7 March 2021. However, on 22 December it was announced that the event had been cancelled.


2020 World TeamTennis season
The 2020 World TeamTennis season is the 45th season of the top professional team tennis league in the United States.


2020 World TeamTennis season
Due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, all matches are held at The Greenbrier “America’s Resort” in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia.


2020 World TeamTennis season
The New York Empire won their first King Trophy as WTT champions with a 21–20 win in a Supertiebreaker over the Chicago Smash in the WTT Finals.


2020 World TeamTennis season, Competition format
The 2020 World TeamTennis season includes nine teams. Each team plays a 14-match regular-season schedule. The matches consist of five sets, with one set each of men's and women's singles, men's and women's doubles, and mixed doubles. The first team to reach five games wins each set. A nine-point tiebreaker is played if a set reaches four games all. One point is awarded for each game won and scoring is cumulative. If necessary, Extended Play and a Supertiebreaker are played to determine the winner of the match. The top four teams in the regular season (12–30 July) will qualify for the World TeamTennis playoffs. The winner of the WTT Finals will be awarded the King Trophy.


2020 World TeamTennis season, Standings
The top four teams qualified for the 2020 WTT Semifinals.


2020 World TeamTennis season, Statistics
The tables below show the WTT players and teams with the highest regular-season winning percentages in each of the league's five events.


2020 World TeamTennis season, Statistics, Players
Note: Only players who played in at least 40% of their team's total number of games in a particular event are considered. (Overall at least 30% of team's total games)


2020 World TeamTennis season, Statistics, Players
Most Valuable Players Male MVP: Taylor Fritz (Philadelphia Freedoms) Female MVP: Bethanie Mattek-Sands (Chicago Smash)


2020 World Touring Car Cup
The 2020 World Touring Car Cup was the third season of the World Touring Car Cup and 16th overall of the series, which dates back to the 2005 World Touring Car Championship.


2020 World Touring Car Cup
The drivers' championship was won by Yann Ehrlacher. The teams' championship was won by Cyan Racing Lynk & Co.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
JAS Motorsport and Honda Racing retained their 2019 drivers – Attila Tassi, Tiago Monteiro, Néstor Girolami and Esteban Guerrieri – for the 2020 season. On 5 March it was announced that all four drivers would compete for Münnich Motorsport, which would expand from two cars last season. To meet series regulations the team was split into two entities – ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport and ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport – with driver pairings yet to be confirmed. On 2 June it was announced that Attila Tassi and Tiago Monteiro would join the ALL-INKL.DE Münnich Motorsport with Néstor Girolami and Esteban Guerrieri remaining at the ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
Volkswagen Motorsport announced that it would cease manufacturer support for the Golf GTI TCR along with all petrol-powered motorsport programmes, though the Golf GTI TCR would still be available to private teams. This announcement came along with the shift of the brand's policy towards electric racing. Sébastien Loeb Racing, which had run four Golf GTI TCR cars during the 2019 season, announced on 31 January 2020 that it would leave the series.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
Audi opted not to introduce a successor to the RS 3 LMS for 2020, while also ending their manufacturer support in the series, though the RS 3 LMS would still be available to private teams. Days before the announcement, W Racing Team, competing under the Audi Sport Team Leopard Racing banner, announced that it would cease participation in the series after the 2019 season to focus on their racing programmes in GT racing and the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
Tom Coronel remained with Comtoyou Racing, but switched from the Cupra León TCR to the Audi RS 3 LMS TCR. Nathanaël Berthon returned to the WTCR driving for Comtoyou Racing.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
Cyan Racing committed to run four Lynk & Co 03 TCR cars for the season. On 26 March Yann Ehrlacher and Yvan Muller were confirmed as drivers for Cyan Racing Lynk & Co.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
Hyundai was again represented by four Hyundai i30 N TCR entries. BRC Racing Team scaled down to two cars after fielding all four entries last year, and entered under the BRC Hyundai N Lukoil Squadra Corse banner with reigning champion Norbert Michelisz and Gabriele Tarquini.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
Engstler Motorsport returned to the series for the first time since the 2014 season (back when it was called the World Touring Car Championship) fielding the remaining two Hyundai cars under the Engstler Hyundai N Liqui Moly Racing Team name for Luca Engstler —who made his full-season début after entering once as a wildcard entry for the 2019 season as well as being replacement for Augusto Farfus at the Macau race weekend last year— and Nicky Catsburg. With these changes, Farfus left the team.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
SEAT Cupra announced on 3 April 2020 that they would not offer manufacturer support to any team in the 2020 Championship, though the new León Competición TCR would still be available to private teams. On 14 May 2020, it was announced that the Cupra Leon Competición TCR would compete in the championship, with teams and drivers yet to be named. On 30 May 2020, it was announced that Zengő Motorsport would return to the WTCR, running two new León Competición TCR cars, for Bence Boldizs and a yet-to-be-named driver. It was announced on 28 August that he would be joined by Mikel Azcona and  Gábor Kismarty-Lechner in a three-car lineup.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
Jean-Karl Vernay switched from W Racing Team to Team Mulsanne, which run a single Alfa Romeo Giulietta Veloce TCR.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Teams and drivers, Summary
Vuković Motorsport joined the grid running a single Renault Mégane R.S. TCR for Jack Young. Aurélien Comte later replaced Young from the Slovakia Race onwards, thereby switching from DG Sport Compétition to Vuković Motorsport.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Calendar
The 2020 championship was contested over 16 races in six rounds in Europe. The season was originally planned to be contested over 20 races in 10 rounds, but this changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2020 World Touring Car Cup, Championship standings, Teams' championship
† – Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 75% of the race distance.


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
The 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship was held at the Curling Hall Wetzikon in Wetzikon, Switzerland from February 29 to March 7.


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
In the final, Russia defeated Canada 5–4 with steals in the seventh and eighth ends. It was Russia's fourth gold medal at the Wheelchair Championship. The Canadian team won a medal for the first time since 2013. Sweden stole three in the extra end to defeat defending champions China 5–2 in the bronze medal game.


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Qualification
The following nations qualified to participate in the 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship:


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Jon ThurstonThird: Ina ForrestSecond: Dennis ThiessenSkip: Mark IdesonAlternate: Collinda JosephCoach: Wayne Kiel, Michael Lizmore


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Wang HaitaoThird: Chen JianxinSecond: Liu WeiLead: Wang MengAlternate: Zhang MingliangCoach: Li Jianrui


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Radek MusílekSkip: Dana SelnekovičováSecond: Martin TlukLead: Jana BřinčilováAlternate: Štěpán BenešCoach: Vit Nekovarik


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrei KoitmäeThird: Lauri MurasovSecond: Mait MätasLead: Signe FalkenbergAlternate: Katlin RiidebachCoach: Erkki Lill, Sulev Lokk


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Poļina RožkovaThird: Sergejs DjačenkoSecond: Agris LasmansLead: Ojārs BriedisCoach: Arnis Veidemanis, Rihards Jeske


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Jostein StordahlThird: Ole Fredrik SyversenSecond: Geir Arne SkogstadLead: Sissel LøchenAlternate: Rikke IversenCoach: Peter Dahlman


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Konstantin KurokhtinThird: Andrei MeshcheriakovSecond: Vitaly DanilovLead: Daria ShchukinaAlternate: Anna KarpushinaCoach: Anton Batugin, Sergey Shamov


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Hugh NibloeThird: Robert McPhersonSecond: Gary SmithLead: Charlotte McKennaAlternate: Meggan Dawson-FarrellCoach: Sheila Swan


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Radoslav ĎurišThird: Peter ZaťkoSecond: Dušan PitoňákLead: Monika KunkelováAlternate: Imrich LyócsaCoach: Frantisek Pitonak


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Yang Hui-taeSkip: Jung Seung-wonSecond: Park Kil-wooLead: Bang Min-jaAlternate: Min Byeong-seokCoach: Kim Joung-yil, Yoon So-min


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Viljo Petersson-DahlThird: Mats-Ola EngborgSecond: Ronny PerssonLead: Kristina UlanderAlternate: Zandra ReppeCoach: Alison Kreviazuk


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Raymond PfyfferThird: Hans BurgenerSecond: Françoise JaquerodLead: Eric DecorvetAlternate: Adelah Al RoumiCoach: Stephan Pfister, Lukas Haggenmacher


2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship, Round Robin Results
All draws times are listed in Central European Time (UTC+01:00).


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship
The 2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship was held from April 10 to 15, 2021 in Lohja, Finland. The top three placing teams qualified for the 2021 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Beijing, China. The United States won the gold medal, defeating the previously undefeated Switzerland 4–3 in the final. Italy took the bronze medal and final berth at the 2021 World Championship with an 8–4 win over Germany in the bronze medal game.


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Dana SelnekovičováThird: Martin TlukSecond: Milan BartůněkLead: Jana BřinčilováAlternate: Radek Coufal


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Andrei KoitmäeThird: Ain VillauSecond: Mait MätasLead: Signe FalkenbergAlternate: Katlin Riidebach


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Pekka PälsynahoSkip: Juha RajalaSecond: Teemu KlasilaLead: Riitta SärösaloAlternate: Ritva Lampinen


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Christiane PutzichThird: Burkhard MöllerSecond: Wolf MeißnerLead: Melanie SpielmannAlternate: Christoph Gemmer


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Egidio MarcheseThird: Orietta BertoSecond: Fabrizio BichSkip: Angela MenardiAlternate: Matteo Ronzani


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Hidenori SuzukiThird: Yuri MuramatsuSecond: Haruo MatsuhashiLead: Ayako SaitohAlternate: Hiromi Takahashi


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Eric DécorvetThird: Hans BurgenerSecond: Françoise JaquerodLead: Laurent KneubühlAlternate: Patrick Delacrétaz


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Züleyha BingölThird: Kenan CoşkunSecond: Turan AkalınSkip: Savaş ŞimşekAlternate: Serdal Pamaz


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Matthew ThumsThird: Stephen EmtSecond: David SamsaLead: Pamela WilsonAlternate: Batoyun Uranchimeg


2020 World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship, Round robin results
All draw times are listed in Eastern European Summer Time (UTC+03:00).


2020 World Women's Curling Championship
The 2020 World Women's Curling Championship (branded as the 2020 World Women's Curling Championship presented by Nature's Bounty for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be held from March 14 to 22 at the CN Centre in Prince George, Canada. On March 12, 2020, following the recommendations of Provincial Health Officer Bonnie Henry, the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2020 World Women's Curling Championship
The event was set to be the first event to start gathering points towards the 2022 Winter Olympic Qualification. Upon cancellation, the qualifying process was left unclear.


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


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


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Kerri EinarsonThird: Val SweetingSecond: Shannon BirchardLead: Briane MeilleurAlternate: Jennifer Clark-Rouire


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Han YuThird: Zhang LijunSecond: Jiang XindiLead: Yu JiaxinAlternate: Dong Ziqi


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anna KubeškováThird: Alžběta BaudyšováSecond: Petra VinšováLead: Ežen KolčevskáAlternate: Michaela Baudyšová


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Mathilde Halse Third: Jasmin LanderSecond: Karolina JensenLead: Julie HøghAlternate: Madeleine Dupont


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Daniela JentschThird: Emira AbbesSecond: Klara-Hermine FommLead: Analena JentschAlternate: Mia Höhne


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Veronica Zappone Third: Stefania ConstantiniSecond: Angela RomeiLead: Giulia Zardini LacedelliAlternate: Elena Dami


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Satsuki FujisawaThird: Chinami YoshidaSecond: Yumi SuzukiLead: Yurika YoshidaAlternate: Eri Ogihara


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Alina KovalevaThird: Maria KomarovaSecond: Galina ArsenkinaLead: Ekaterina KuzminaAlternate: Anastasia Danshina


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Eve MuirheadThird: Lauren GraySecond: Jennifer DoddsLead: Vicky WrightAlternate: Sophie Sinclair


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Gim Un-chiThird: Um Min-jiSecond: Kim Su-jiLead: Seol Ye-eunAlternate: Seol Ye-ji


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Anna HasselborgThird: Sara McManusSecond: Agnes KnochenhauerLead: Sofia MabergsAlternate: Johanna Heldin


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Fourth: Briar HürlimannSkip: Elena SternSecond: Lisa GislerLead: Celine KollerAlternate: Corrie Hürlimann


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams
Skip : Tabitha PetersonThird: Becca HamiltonSecond: Tara PetersonLead: Aileen GevingAlternate: Allison Pottinger


2020 World Women's Curling Championship, Teams, WCT ranking
Year to date World Curling Tour order of merit ranking for each team prior to the event.


2020 World Women's Snooker Championship
The 2020 World Women's Snooker Championship is a women's snooker tournament that was scheduled to take place at the Hi-End Snooker Club, Bangkok from 22 to 27 June 2020. It will be the 2020 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship. The closing date for entries to the tournament was originally set as 5 June 2020.


2020 World Women's Snooker Championship
The defending champion is Reanne Evans who won the 2019 World Women's Snooker Championship with a 6–3 victory against Nutcharut Wongharuthai in the final to win her twelfth world championship title. The 2019 event was also held at the Hi-End Snooker Club.


2020 World Women's Snooker Championship
It was announced on 31 March 2020 that the tournament would be postponed until later in 2020, as World Women's Snooker felt that it was unfair to hold the tournament at a time when many players would not be able to travel there.


2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings
The 2020 World's Best Racehorse Rankings, sponsored by Longines was the 2020 edition of the World's Best Racehorse Rankings. It was an assessment of Thoroughbred racehorses issued by the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA) on 26 January 2021. It included horses aged three or older which competed in flat races during 2020. It was open to all horses irrespective of where they raced or where they were trained.


2020 World's Strongest Man
The 2020 World's Strongest Man was the 43rd edition of the World's Strongest Man competition. It took place in Bradenton, Florida between November 11 and 15. Oleksii Novikov of Ukraine won the competition for the first time in his career, with Tom Stoltman of Great Britain taking second and Jean-Francois Caron of Canada taking third. At 24 years old, Novikov is the youngest person to win the event since 1984.


2020 World's Strongest Man, Scheduling and participants
The event "was originally scheduled to take place May 20 to 24 in Bradenton, Florida," but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The actual event itself also experienced scheduling issues because of Hurricane Eta.


2020 World's Strongest Man, Scheduling and participants
Defending champion Martins Licis and two-time runner up Mateusz Kieliszkowski did not take part this year due to injury. 2018 champion Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson did not take part after announcing his retirement.


2020 World's Strongest Man, Heat Results, Format
There are five competitors per group. After four events, the competitor with the highest score qualifies for the final. The competitors in second and third place take part in the Stone Off, a run of loading 8 Atlas Stones, with the winner progressing.


2020 World's Strongest Man, Records
As part of the deadlift event, Novikov successfully performed a 537.5 kilograms (1,185 lb) 18-inch deadlift, "which bested the previous world record at a sanctioned event in 1983, according to a news release."


2020 World's Strongest Man, Records
Mark Felix, by invitation, attempted to set a World's Strongest Man record in the Hercules Hold, but did not succeed.


2020 World's Strongest Man, Records
Brian Shaw qualified for a record equalling 12th WSM final, tying the record of Zydrunas Savickas. With all of these finals being consecutive, he also broke his own record for consecutive finals. This was also Shaw's 11th top 5 finish, another record.


2020 World's Strongest Man, Records
Mark Felix appeared in his 15th WSM contest, breaking the record of 14 held by himself and Savickas. Terry Hollands also appeared in his 14th contest.


2020 Wukro Maray massacre
The 2020 Wukro Maray massacre was a mass extrajudicial killing that took place in Wukro Maray (Tigrinya: ዉቅሮ ማርይ) in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia during the Tigray War, on 19 November 2020. Wukro Maray is the capital of woreda Tahtay Maychew, Central zone of Tigray.


2020 Wukro Maray massacre, Massacre
The Eritrean Defence Forces (EDF) killed 25 civilians in Wukro Maray (Central Tigray) on 19 November 2020. In line with historical studies of massacres, including those committed during the Armenian genocide, a massacre can be defined as a conflict incident in which at least five unarmed civilians were killed on the same day at the same location.


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


2020 Wukro Maray massacre, Perpetrators
Tghat.com reported the perpetrators of this massacre as being Eritrean soldiers.


2020 Wukro Maray massacre, Victims
The “Tigray: Atlas of the humanitarian situation” mentions 25 victims of this massacre, all of whom have been identified:


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


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


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


2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team
The 2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The season was suspended on August 10, 2020, however, the Mountain West Conference board of directors later decided to play an eight-game season, starting on October 24. The Cowboys played their home games at War Memorial Stadium as members of the Mountain West Conference. They were led by seventh-year head coach Craig Bohl.


2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Previous season
The Cowboys finished the 2019 season 8–5, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division. They played in the Arizona Bowl, where they defeated Georgia State 38–17.


2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team, 2020 recruiting class
The Cowboys announced an early signing class of 18 high school student athletes on December 18, 2019. A day later, the Cowboys added tackle Emmanuel Pregnon. On February 5, 2020, the Cowboys added five more recruits.


2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
Mountain West media days were originally scheduled for July 16–17 at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles, California, but were canceled in favor of virtual media days due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On July 20, the virtual media days were canceled. The division predicted order of finish was released July 21, the preseason all-conference team was released on July 22, and preseason individual awards were released on July 23.


2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Preseason, Mountain West media days
Wyoming was picked to finish 2nd in the Mountain Division in the Mountain West preseason poll. The divisions were later suspended for the 2020 season.


2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Schedule
Wyoming announced its 2020 football schedule on February 26, 2020. The 2020 schedule consisted of 6 home and 6 away games in the regular season. On August 10, 2020, the Mountain West Conference announced the suspension of the football season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On September 25, the Mountain West Conference announced that they would be playing an eight-game schedule, to start October 24. The team's non conference games against Weber State, Louisiana, Utah, and Ball State remained canceled. Additionally, a game against Hawaii replaced a game against San Diego State.


2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Schedule
On November 8, the scheduled November 14 game against Air Force was canceled by the Mountain West Conference due to an uptick in COVID–19 cases within the Air Force football team and Academy. On November 18, the scheduled November 19 game against Utah State was canceled by the Mountain West Conference due to rising COVID–19 cases in the Utah State program.


2020 Wyoming Cowboys football team, Statistics, Defense
Key: SOLO: Solo Tackles, AST: Assisted Tackles, TOT: Total Tackles, TFL: Tackles-for-loss, SACK: Quarterback Sacks, INT: Interceptions, BU: Passes Broken Up, QBH: Quarterback Hits, FF: Forced Fumbles, FR: Fumbles Recovered, BLK: Kicks or Punts Blocked, SAF: Safeties


2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses
The 2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses were scheduled to take place on April 4, 2020, in the Democratic Party presidential primaries for the 2020 presidential election. However, the in-person caucus was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic, and mail-in voting was extended to April 17, 2020.


2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses
The Wyoming caucuses are a closed caucus, with the state awarding 18 delegates, of which 14 are pledged delegates allocated on the basis of the results of the caucuses. Voters cast ranked choice voting ballots, with a voter's ballot counting for a backup ranked choice if their first choice was in last place and below the 15 percent threshold for winning delegates. Joe Biden won the primary, taking 72.2% of the vote after the distribution of preferences compared to Bernie Sanders 27.8%.


2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
The Wyoming Democratic Party published its final approved delegate selection plan on October 9, 2019, outlining that April 4 would be the first determining date for its party-run 2020 caucuses, which shall be decided throughout the process by Ranked-Choice votes.


2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
Only registered Democrats (defined as all persons residing in the county and registered to vote as Democrats at least by March 20) will be able to vote in the election, and they could have either chosen to vote by: mail (originally from January 30 to March 20), at the voter station of their county on March 28, or at the caucus event itself on April 4. Voters who wished to participate in the Caucus event on April 4 and cast their vote by a specifically marked "Caucus Day Ballot", would not have been eligible to do so if they prior to the event had voted by mail or at a voter station. Instead, all voting must occur by mail, and only ballots received by April 17 will be counted.


2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
County caucuses would have begun across the state at 11:00 a.m. on April 4. In the closed caucuses, candidates must meet a threshold of 15 percent statewide in order to be considered viable. The 14 pledged delegates to the 2020 Democratic National Convention will be allocated proportionally on the basis of the results of the caucus. Of the 14 pledged delegates, 8 correspond to the result of the statewide vote (coterminous with its sole congressional district) and another 2 are allocated to party leaders and elected officials (PLEO delegates), in addition to 3 at-large pledged delegates. However, instead of applying the 15 percent threshold within each category, the state's 14 pledged delegates will be pooled. These delegate totals do not account for pledged delegate bonuses or penalties from timing or clustering.


2020 Wyoming Democratic presidential caucuses, Procedure
The caucuses will also designate delegates to the state convention expected in June 2020, where all pledged delegates will be chosen. The 14 pledged delegates Wyoming sends to the national convention will be joined by 4 unpledged PLEO delegates (4 members of the Democratic National Committee).


2020 Wyoming House of Representatives election
Members of the Wyoming House of Representatives were elected on November 3, 2020 as part of the 2020 Wyoming elections.


2020 Wyoming House of Representatives election, Retirements
Eleven incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:


2020 Wyoming House of Representatives election, Detailed results by State House District, District 37
Speaker of House Steve Harshman won the Republican primary. He will run unopposed.


2020 Wyoming State Senate election
The 2020 Wyoming State Senate elections will be held as part of the biennial elections in the United States. Wyoming voters will elect state senators in 15 of the 30 state Senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Wyoming State Senate.


2020 Wyoming State Senate election
Elections for the office of Wyoming State Senate will take place in 2020. The general election will be held on November 3, 2020. A primary is scheduled for August 18, 2020. The filing deadline was May 29, 2020.


2020 Wyoming State Senate election, Retirements
Four incumbents did not run for re-election in 2020. Those incumbents are:


2020 Wyoming elections
The general election was held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. The Democratic and Republican party primary election will be held on August 18, 2020.


2020 Wyoming elections, President of the United States
The 2020 United States presidential election in Wyoming is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, November 3, 2020, as part of the 2020 United States presidential election in which all 50 states plus the District of Columbia will participate. Wyoming voters will choose electors to represent them in the Electoral College via a popular vote. The state of Wyoming has 3 electoral votes in the Electoral College.


2020 Wyoming elections, United States Class II Senate Seat
The 2020 United States Senate election in Wyoming will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the State of Wyoming, concurrently with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent Republican Mike Enzi is not running for reelection. The Democratic and Republican party primary election was held on August 18, 2020.


2020 Wyoming elections, United States House of Representatives
The 2020 United States House of Representatives election in Wyoming will be held on November 3, 2020, to elect the U.S. Representative from Wyoming's at-large congressional district. The elections will coincide with the 2020 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elections to the House of Representatives, elections to the United States Senate and various state and local elections.


2020 Wyoming elections, State Legislature
The state legislative elections resulted in a rightward shift in both the House and Senate.


2020 Wyoming elections, State Legislature, Wyoming Senate
Of the 30 seats in the Wyoming Senate, 15 were up for election in 2020.


2020 Wyoming elections, State Legislature, Wyoming House of Representatives
All 60 seats in the Wyoming House of Representatives were up for election in 2020.


2020 XFL Draft
The 2020 XFL Draft was the inaugural player selection process to fill the rosters of the eight teams of the 2020 reboot of the XFL. The draft was held on October 15–16, 2019, via conference call, with results released through the XFL's social media channels.


2020 XFL Draft, Structure
The XFL player allocation process was held in multiple phases, separated by position groups. The league used a "snake" format in each phase, in which the draft order reversed with each round. The draft order was shuffled for each phase as predetermined through lotteries. A draft pool of 1,000 eligible players was announced in 200-player installments the week before the draft. The first three phases took place on October 15, with the final two phases occurring on October 16. Teams were given 90 seconds to make each pick.


2020 XFL Draft, Structure
Each XFL team's manager-coach submitted a list of their preferred quarterbacks, with the league assigning one quarterback to each team prior to the draft as "tier 1" quarterbacks; if multiple teams requested the same player, the league resolved any disputes.


2020 XFL Draft, Structure
At the conclusion of the draft, each team had a 71-player preseason roster, to be cut down to 52 players by the start of the 2020 XFL season.


2020 XFL Draft, Structure
A supplemental draft was held November 22, 2019, with 66 additional players selected.


2020 XFL Draft, Phase 5: open draft
The open draft phase consisted of 30 rounds, but the XFL only released the results sorted by team and position without draft positions.


2020 XFL season
The 2020 XFL season was the first season in the reboot of the XFL, and the second in the history of the XFL brand created and owned by professional wrestling magnate Vince McMahon, coming 19 years after the 2001 XFL season.


2020 XFL season
The season began on February 8, 2020, with the DC Defenders hosting and defeating the Seattle Dragons. The league planned to have a ten-week regular season through April 12, with division championships April 18 and 19, with the XFL Championship scheduled for April 26 in Houston.


2020 XFL season
In March 2020, amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, the XFL announced that the league would be cancelling the rest of the season, ahead of the league's suspension of operations and bankruptcy filing a month later.


2020 XFL season, Teams
As with the 2001 XFL, the 2020 XFL operated eight teams, all centrally owned by the league's holding company, Alpha Entertainment LLC, as a single entity. Alpha Entertainment was spun off from WWE to keep the league's finances separate from the professional wrestling enterprise, with McMahon the sole proprietor. Two of the original league's metropolitan areas also received teams in the revival: New York and Los Angeles. All eight teams received new brandings on August 21, 2019: the New York Guardians, DC Defenders, Tampa Bay Vipers, St. Louis BattleHawks, Dallas Renegades, Houston Roughnecks, Seattle Dragons, and Los Angeles Wildcats.


2020 XFL season, Draft
The 2020 XFL Draft was held October 15 and 16, 2019, via conference call. Seventy-one players were allocated to each team in separate position drafts: one marquee quarterback allocated by the league to each team, ten skill positions, ten offensive linemen, ten defensive linemen and/or linebackers, ten defensive backs, and thirty players of any position. Due to the structure of the draft, there was no true first overall selection. A supplemental draft was held in late November.


2020 XFL season, Season structure, Preseason
Minicamps were held at each team's discretion in December 2019. The Wildcats hosted their minicamp at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas while the Renegades hosted theirs at Arlington High School. The Vipers hosted their minicamp at the renovated Plant City Stadium, which also served as the team's headquarters and practice venue during the season.


2020 XFL season, Season structure, Preseason
The XFL held its training camps in Houston, Texas, from January 4–22, 2020. Each team trained at a different stadium in the city, with the hometown Houston Roughnecks using their game stadium, TDECU Stadium. The other seven were as follows:


2020 XFL season, Season structure, Preseason
The eight teams held informal scrimmages against each other. The league did not initially plan to host exhibition games, but the television networks requested preseason matchups in order to conduct trial runs for their broadcasts. These were held during the day midweek in late January and were closed to the public.


2020 XFL season, Season structure, Regular season
The league is divided into two divisions, East and West. Each team was given a ten-game schedule with no bye weeks, playing two games against each division rival (one home and one away) and one game against each team in the other division.


2020 XFL season, Season structure, Regular season, Cancellation
As the COVID-19 pandemic began to escalate in major American cities, there were concerns in regards to the spread of COVID-19. On March 11, the state of Washington imposed social distancing measures prohibiting the gathering of 250 or more persons. The league initially stated that a Seattle Dragons game against Los Angeles would be held behind closed doors as scheduled.


2020 XFL season, Season structure, Regular season, Cancellation
McMahon was planning on defying a similar guideline issued by New Jersey and going ahead with a game between the Houston Roughnecks and New York Guardians at MetLife Stadium with a full crowd, as New Jersey governor Phil Murphy had not made those guidelines mandatory at the time and the league was expecting a large attendance. After the National Basketball Association suspended all games after two players tested positive of the virus, further social distancing measures were announced elsewhere and an unnamed Dragons player developed symptoms of the virus (he later tested positive). The next day, the XFL announced it too canceled the remainder of their regular season.


2020 XFL season, Season structure, Playoffs
The playoffs were to feature four teams, two from each division. In contrast to the 2001 XFL (which used a crossover approach in which teams faced the opposite division), the 2020 XFL would feature two division games, with the top two teams in each division facing off against each other to determine who represents the division in the XFL Championship.


2020 XFL season, Season structure, Playoffs
On February 13, 2020, the XFL formally announced that the name of the game would be the "XFL Championship" (reviving the alternate title of the first XFL Championship, which was also known as the Million Dollar Game) and would be held at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas. The league initially had hoped that the social distancing measures would expire later in the season to allow the championship to be held. Any hope of resuming the season ended on April 10 with the league terminating almost all of its remaining employees and suspending operations.