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The following are the scheduled events of association football (soccer) for the year 2020 throughout the world.
Numerous association football competitions were either postponed or cancelled during the year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 13 March 2020, FIFA announced that clubs did not have to release players to their national teams during the international windows of March and April 2020, while players also had the option to decline a call-up without any consequences. FIFA also recommended that all international matches during the March and April 2020 windows be postponed. [1]
By April 2020 only four nations were still playing association football league matches: Belarus, [2] [3] [4] Nicaragua, [5] Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan [6] [7]
In April 2020, FIFA announced that the 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup and the 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup would be postponed and rescheduled. [8]
Region | Tournament | Defending champion | Champion | Title | Last honour |
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AFC (Asia) | 2020 AFC Women's Club Championship | Nippon TV Beleza | Season Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
CONCACAF(North and Central America, Caribbean) | 2020 UNCAF Women's Interclub Championship | Saprissa | Season Cancelled, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
CONMEBOL (South America) | 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina | Corinthians | Ferroviária | 2nd | 2015 |
UEFA (Europe) | 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League | Lyon | Lyon | 7th | 2018–19 |
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Cook Islands | 2020 Cook Islands Round Cup | Tupapa | Nikao | 16th | 2019 |
Fiji | 2020 Fiji Premier League | Suva | Rewa | 4th | 2014 |
Kiribati | 2020 Kiribati National Championship | ||||
New Zealand | 2019–20 New Zealand Football Championship | Auckland City | Team Wellington | 7th | 2017–18 |
Papua New Guinea | 2019–20 Papua New Guinea National Soccer League | Lae City | Vitiaz United | 6th | 2019 |
American Samoa | 2020 FFAS Senior League | ||||
Samoa | 2020 Samoa National League | Lupe o le Soaga | Vaipuna | 6th | 2019 |
Solomon Islands | 2019–20 Solomon Islands S-League | Solomon Warriors | Henderson Eels | 5th | 2018 |
Tahiti | 2019–20 Tahiti Ligue 1 | Pirae | Venus | 1st | — |
Tuvalu | 2020 Tuvalu A-Division | Nauti | Tofaga | 23rd | 2019 |
Vanuatu | 2020 VFF National Super League | Malampa Revivors | Vaum United | 3rd | 2019 |
2019–20 Port Vila Premier League | Ifira Black Bird | Galaxy | 1st | — | |
Nation | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Gozo | 2019–20 Gozo Football League First Division | Nadur Youngsters | Xewkija Tigers | 11th | 2013 |
Greenland | 2020 Greenlandic Football Championship | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
Mayotte | 2020 Mayotte Division Honneur | ||||
Northern Cyprus | 2019–20 KTFF Süper Lig | Mağusa Türk Gücü | Merit Alsancak Yeşilova | 10th | 2018/19 |
Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2020 Ligue de Football de Saint Pierre et Miquelon | AS Miquelonnaise | AS Saint-Pierre | 1st | — |
Vatican City | 2020 Vatican City Championship | Season abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Argentina | 2019–20 Copa Argentina | Tournament postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2020 Copa de la Superliga | Tournament abandoned on 28 April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2020 Copa de la Liga Profesional | 1st | — | ||||
Brazil | 2020 Copa do Brasil | 3–0 | 4th | |||
2020 Copa do Nordeste | 4–1 | 2nd | 2015 | |||
Chile | 2020 Copa Chile | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Colombia | 2020 Copa Colombia | 1–1 (5–4 p) | 3rd | |||
2020 Superliga Colombiana | 3–2 | 2nd | ||||
Ecuador | 2020 Copa Ecuador | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Paraguay | 2020 Copa Paraguay | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Peru | 2020 Copa Bicentenario | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Uruguay | 2020 Supercopa Uruguaya | 4–2 (a.e.t.) | 1st | — | ||
Venezuela | 2020 Copa Venezuela | Tournament not held |
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Cook Islands | 2020 Cook Islands Cup | 2–1 | 10th | 2012 | ||
Fiji | 2020 Fiji Interdistrict Championship | 2–1 | 6th | 2019 | ||
New Caledonia | 2020 Coupe de Calédonie | 3–1 | Ne Drehu | 4th | 2015 | |
New Zealand | 2020 Chatham Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [79] | ||||
Tahiti | 2020 Tahiti Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Tonga | 2020 Tonga Cup | Veitongo | 4–1 | Lavengatonga | 1st | — |
Tuvalu | 2020 NBT Cup | Unknown | 3rd | 2010 | ||
2020 Tuvalu Independence Cup | Vaitupu | Unknown | Nukulaelae | 1st | — | |
2020 Christmas Cup | Unknown | Unknown | 2nd | 2018 | ||
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Gozo | 2019-20 G.F.A. Cup | |||||
Northern Cyprus | 2020 Cypriot Cup | Yenicami | 3–1 | Mağusa Türk Gücü | 7th | 2015 |
Vatican City | 2020 Clericus Cup | Not Held | ||||
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Algeria | 2019–20 Ligue nationale | ||||
Botswana | 2019–20 GCRFA Region Women's Mini League | ||||
Burkina faso | 2019–20 Première Division | ||||
Burundi | 2019–20 Première Division | ||||
Cameroon | 2019–20 Cameroon Championnat de Ligue 1 | Louves Minproff | AS Awa Filles | 5th | 2019 |
DR Congo | 2019–20 Ligue Provinciale Féminine de Kinshasa | ||||
Djibouti | 2019–20 Djibouti Championnat National | Forces Armées de Djibouti | GR/SIAF | 5th | 2018–19 |
Egypt | 2019–20 Egyptian Women's Premier League | ||||
Eswatini | 2019–20 Women Football League | ||||
Ethiopia | 2019–20 Ethiopian Women Premier League | ||||
Ghana | 2019–20 Women's Premier League | ||||
Lesotho | 2019–20 Lesotho Women's Super League | ||||
South Africa | 2019–20 SAFA Women's League | Mamelodi Sundowns | TUT Ladies | 3rd | 2015 |
Tanzania | 2019–20 Tanzania Women's League | Simba Queens | JKT Queens | 1st | — |
Nation | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Antigua and Barbuda | 2020 Antigua and Barbuda Women's Football League | ||||
Aruba | 2019–20 Aruban Women's Football League | Season abandoned , due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
Cayman Islands | 2019–20 Cayman Islands Women's Premier League | Scholars | 1st | — | |
Costa Rica | 2020 Costa Rican women's football championship | ||||
Dominica | 2020 Dominica Women's Premier League | ||||
Dominican Republic | 2019–20 Liga Femenina Dominicana | ||||
El Salvador | 2020 Salvadoran women's football championship | Season abandoned , due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
Guatemala | 2020 Apertura | Unifut-Rosal | Deportivo Xela | 17th | 2019 Clausura |
2020 Clausura | Season abandoned , due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Mexico | 2020 Liga MX Femenil Clausura | Season abandoned on 22 May 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2019 Liga MX Femenil Apertura | Monterrey | UANL | 1st | — | |
Puerto Rico | 2019–20 Liga Superior Femenina | Season abandoned , due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
United States | 2020 NWSL season | Season abandoned , due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
Nation | League | Champion | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Argentina | 2019–20 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino | Season abandoned , due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2020 Campeonato de Fútbol Femenino | 24th | 2013 In | |||
Bolivia | 2020 Bolivian women's football championship | ||||
Brazil | 2020 Campeonato Brasileiro de Futebol Feminino | 2nd | |||
Chile | 2020 Chilean women's football championship(Transición) | 3rd | 2019 | ||
Colombia | 2020 Colombian Women's Football League | 2nd | |||
Ecuador | 2020 Ecuadorian women's football championship | Ñañas | 1st | – | |
Paraguay | 2020 Paraguayan women's football championship | ||||
Peru | 2020 Peruvian women's football championship | ||||
Uruguay | 2020 Campeonato Uruguayo Femenino | Peñarol | 5th | 2011 | |
Venezuela | 2020 Venezuelan women's football championship | ||||
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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China | 2020 Chinese Women's FA Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
2020 Chinese Women's FA Super Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
Chinese Taipei | 2020 Taiwan Mulan League Cup | Hualien | 1–0 | Taichung Blue Whale | 1st | — |
Hong Kong | 2019–20 Hong Kong Women League FA Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Japan | 2020 Empress's Cup | Nippon TV Beleza | 4–3 | Urawa Red Diamonds | 15th | 2019 |
2020 Nadeshiko League Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
Lebanon | 2019–20 Lebanese Women's FA Cup | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Malaysia | 2020 Piala Tun Sharifah Rodziah | Tournament abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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United States | 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup | Houston Dash | 2–0 | Chicago Red Stars | 1st | — |
Nation | Tournament | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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New Zealand | 2020 Kate Sheppard Cup | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [79] | ||||
Nation | League | Champion | Final score | Second place | Title | Last honour |
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Canada | 2020 Première Ligue de soccer du Québec | A.S. Blainville | Ottawa South United | 4th | 2019 | |
2020 Canadian Soccer League | FC Vorkuta | 2–1 | Scarborough SC | 2nd | 2018 |
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