just outside of salt lake city, utah, at zions bank stadium with the teams being quarantined and playing in absence of fans. the 7 teams competed in a 14-game round-robin format to determine the standings for a single elimination tournament. on 9 august, the whipsnakes lacrosse club became the champions of the 2020 pll season, defeating chaos lacrosse club with a final score of 12–6 netball in the united kingdom the 2020 netball superleague season was suspended in march after three rounds and terminated in may 2020. the 2021 season is being held behind closed doors. the 2020 edition of the constellation cup played between australia and new zealand was cancelled "... due to several factors including covid-19 requirements and player welfare." poker as of 18 march most casinos and other gaming venues worldwide have been closed indefinitely, and many upcoming live poker tournaments have been either postponed, canceled, or (in jurisdictions where currently permitted) moved to an online platform. tournaments originally scheduled to be played live are now being played online, including the 2020 irish poker open. on 20 april, the 2020 world series of poker was postponed. the pandemic has resulted in a massive increase in online poker traffic. it is believed to have directed both professional and recreational players who normally prefer live poker to online platforms due to the indefinite closure of most casinos and other live gaming venues worldwide, with even many unlicensed venues shutting down. in addition, the sudden dearth of live entertainment options due to the widespread disruption of the sports and entertainment schedules around the world is believed to have resulted in more than the usual number of casual players turning to online poker as an alternative. many operators reported traffic of double or more the previous volume, depending on the time of day. real tennis the 2020 real tennis world championship, scheduled to be held at prested hall in feering, essex, united kingdom was postponed on 12 march 2020 to october 2020 due to bans on indoor gatherings and sport and international travel restrictions. the championships were further postponed to may 2021. and again to september 2022. additionally, other major tournaments including the 2020 french open and champions trophy were cancelled outright. rodeo the 2020 houston livestock show and rodeo was canceled on its ninth day after a festival attendee was diagnosed positive with the virus. the 2020 calgary stampede was canceled. the professional bull riders organised its atlanta event 14–15 march behind closed doors, then initially planned to hold events in colorado. the organisation shut down and initially planned to hold events in a bubble-type atmosphere at the pbr performance center in pueblo, colorado, before then planning to resume 2 april at the lazy e arena in guthrie, oklahoma. those events were subsequently postponed and the first of three lazy e arena events was held 25–26 april, with a week off before pbr organised two more events at the same venue on consecutive weeks. pbr eventually held a team event at south point arena in las vegas during june, again behind closed doors, before welcoming spectators back in july at the denny sanford premier center in sioux falls, south dakota. pbr subsequently cancelled all majors and moved the world finals to at&t stadium in arlington, texas. the team event would be instituted as an off-season league between the shortened 2022 season and the start of the 2022–23 wraparound season (pbr league), and the world finals have since been moved under the new format to dickies arena in the dallas-fort worth area. rowing four olympic qualification regattas were cancelled, including the final qualification event scheduled to be held in lucerne, switzerland, from 17 to 19 may. all three events of the 2020 world rowing cup were also cancelled. the boat race 2020, due to take place on the river thames in london on 29 march, was cancelled. the boat race 2021 was held behind closed doors on 4 april on the river great ouse in ely, cambridgeshire. rugby league the australian/new zealand national rugby league was scheduled to continue with no spectators permitted in the stadiums; however, the entire season was suspended indefinitely on 23 march 2020. in line with an overall easings of restrictions in australia, plans were announced which would see the season restarted from approximately 28 may. the nrl season recommenced on 28 may with a round 3 game played in brisbane between the brisbane broncos and parramatta eels. the match was played behind closed doors, and became the most-watched regular season nrl game since 2014. in the northern hemisphere, super league and the rugby football league's championship and league 1 suspended their seasons until 3 april as a result of the spread of coronavirus. this was later revised to 2 august for super league, whilst the championship and league 1 were cancelled. the 2020 kangaroo tour of england, which was scheduled to include three test matches between england and australia in october and november, was cancelled on 1 june. in june 2020, the nrl received approval to begin admitting small amounts of spectators. the 2020 state of origin series was delayed to november. was played with gradually increasing numbers of spectators. the final game was played at brisbane's suncorp stadium with a near-capacity crowd of 49,155 spectators, making it one of the largest-attended sporting events since the onset of the pandemic. the 2021 rugby league world cup was to be played in england in october 2021; on 5 august 2021, it was announced that the tournament would be postponed to 2022 after australia and new zealand withdrew. rugby union europe at the end of february and start of march, the 2020 six nations championship saw all games against italy postponed due to the worsening situation in that country, with games against the scotland women's team also cancelled as one of the players tested positive and the team went into isolation. by 13 march, the competition had been suspended until late october. on 12 march, the pro14 european rugby competition was suspended until 22 august. north america on 12 march, major league rugby suspended its third season for 30 days. the league later announced, on 18 march, that the season had been scrapped. oceania in the 2020 super rugby season, two fixtures of japanese team sunwolves had been moved to australia from japan, while australia announced on 12 march that beginning in the next round of fixtures, all matches held in australia would be played with no spectators, but otherwise continue as normal. however, on 14 march, new zealand (who fields five teams in the competition) announced that it will require 14 days self-isolation for any person that arrives in the country from outside of the pacific islands, regardless of origin and including new zealand citizens. league organizer sanzaar stated that it was evaluating the impact of this restriction, and ultimately announced later in the day that the season would be suspended following the completion of the weekend's fixtures. rugby australia and new zealand rugby announced that they would play regional tournaments beginning in july and june respectively — super rugby au and super rugby aotearoa — between local teams who play in super rugby, to supplant the suspended season. the sunwolves were prevented from competing in super rugby au by the government. as the club had already planned to exit super rugby and cease operations after the 2020 season, it officially disbanded on 1 june 2020. super rugby aotearoa games were initially held with no spectator restrictions, as new zealand had lifted most restrictions on 8 june due to there having been no active cases and no new cases in the prior 17 days. entry restrictions to new zealand have remained in force throughout. stadiums remained at full capacity through the first nine weeks of the competition, but a spike in locally transmitted cases led the country to reimpose restrictions on mass gatherings on 11 august, causing one match in the final round to be held behind closed doors and another to be cancelled and scored as a draw. the south african clubs also staged their own regional league, super rugby unlocked, between its four teams, joined by the cheetahs from pro14, and the griquas and pumas from the currie cup. sailing two of the three 2019–20 america's cup world series races – scheduled for in sardinia, italy in april and portsmouth, uk in june – were cancelled due to the pandemic. the final event in auckland, new zealand in december was run as scheduled. the 2020 sydney to hobart yacht race which was to begin on 26 december was cancelled due to a local outbreak of covid in sydney the week prior. it would be the first time the annual race had been cancelled since its inception in 1945. 100 competitors had originally been expected, later reduced to 75 due to travel and economic restrictions. the second season of the sailgp championship started in sydney as planned, but was delayed due to the virus and will now be contested over 2021–22. shinty on 11 may, the camanachd association issued a statement that it had agreed in consultation with the gaelic athletic association (gaa) to cancel the 2020 shinty-hurling international series between ireland and scotland, scheduled for october. shooting the 2020 issf world cup, which was to commence on 15 march in new delhi, was postponed. the olympic test event in tokyo, originally scheduled for april 2020, was also canceled. the 2020 european shotgun championships was cancelled. short track speed skating the 2020 world short track speed skating championships in seoul, south korea scheduled 13–15 march were canceled. the international skating union initially announced they were trying to reschedule the tournament to the beginning of the 2020–21 season but couldn't find a spot in the calendar. for the 2020–21 season, the entire world cup, scheduled to be held in november and december in canada, south korea and china and in february in germany was cancelled. snooker the 2020 gibraltar open and its qualifying rounds took place from 11 to 15 march. for the first day, there was a limit of 100 spectators per session. on the remaining days, there were no spectators. a significant number of players withdrew, and there was a shortage of referees, with some early matches played without referees. the 2020 tour championship, originally scheduled for 17 to 22 march, was postponed until 20 to 26 june. the 2020 china open, originally scheduled for 30 march to 5 april, was indefinitely postponed. the 2020 world snooker championship, originally scheduled 18 april to 4 may, was postponed until 31 july. the 2020 world women's snooker championship, originally scheduled 22 to 27 june, has been postponed, and was ultimately cancelled. speedcubing the world cube association announced on 19 march that all upcoming speedcubing competitions were to be canceled up to 19 april. this was later extended until 31 may. this included the cancellation of the biennual european and asian championships. an estimated 250+ competitions were affected by the pandemic. in addition to the cancellation of various 2020 competitions, the 2021 world championship was delayed by 5 months to 28–31 december, away from its usual july spot. speed skating for the 2020–21 season, the first four world cups, scheduled to be held in november and december in poland, norway, the united states and canada were cancelled. the world cup schedule was shortened from six to two races with the european championships, both world cup races and the world championships all held at the same rink in the netherlands. the world championships was originally scheduled to be the olympic test event in beijing. squash the 2020 european squash individual championships, scheduled to take place in eindhoven, the netherlands from 29 april to 2 may are canceled. surfing the 2020 world surf league, which was due to start in australia on 26 march, was on hold until at least june. the first event of the season, the corona open gold coast, was canceled, while the second and third events, the rip curl pro bells beach and margaret river pro, were postponed. on 17 july it was announced that all but the final 2020 season events in hawaii would become non-championship events known as the wsl countdown, starting with the rumble at the ranch in lemoore, california. the