2020 in sports describes the year's events in world sport. Many sporting events around the world were postponed or cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the 2020 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, which eventually took place in 2021.^[1]

Calendar by month

Air sports

Aeromodelling

• March 26 – 29: 2020 FAI F1D World Championship for Indoor Model Aircraft in Slanic Prahova
• July 27 – August 1: 2020 FAI F4 World Championships for Scale Model Aircraft in Tønsberg
• August 3 – 8: 2020 FAI F3J World Championship for Model Gliders in Tekovsky Hradok
• August 10 – 15: 2020 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft in Włocławek
• August 21 – 29: 2020 FAI S World Championships for Space Models in Buzău
• September 12 – 19: 2020 FAI F5B World Championship for Electric Model Aircraft in Dupnitsa
• October 5 – 10: 2020 FAI F3F World Championship for Model Gliders in Limoux

Air Racing

• TBD: 2020 Air Race 1 World Cup (location TBA)
• TBD: 2020 Air Race E World Cup (locations TBA)

Ballooning

• August 11 – 15: 2020 FAI Women's World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Nałęczów
• September 20 – 26: 2020 FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship in Murska Sobota

Drone racing

FAI World Drone Racing Championships

• TBD: FAI World Drone Racing Championships (location TBA)

FAI Drone Racing World Cup

• March 13: Race of Drones Oulu (WCC #1) in Oulu
• May 16 & 17: Seoul Drone Race World Cup (WCC #2) in Seoul
• May 16 & 17: MajFlaj (WCC #3) in Skopje
• June 5 – 7: Drone World Cup El Yelmo (WCC #4) in El Yelmo
• June 27 & 28: Drone Extreme Racing (WCC #5) in Bela Crkva
• July 4 & 5: Partouche Drone Race II (WCC #6) in Forges-les-Eaux
• July 11 & 12: World Cup Cubillos Del Sil (WCC #7) in Cubillos del Sil
• July 11 & 12: DRWC in (WCC #8) Lier
• July 17 & 19: Drone Race San Marino World Cup F9U (WCC #9) in Serravalle
• July 25 & 26: Mitteldeutscher FPV Race Cup (WCC #10) in Bitterfeld
• July 25 & 26: Belarus Drone Racing World Cup (WCC #11) in Minsk
• August 29 & 30: F9U World Cup (WCC #12) in RAF Barkston Heath
• September 5 & 6: F9U World Cup Italy (WCC #13) in Magreta di Sassuolo
• September 5 & 6: PAM Cup (WCC #14) in Plovdiv
• September 19 & 20: Daegu Drone Race World Cup (WCC #15) in Daegu
• October 3 & 4: Danish Drone Nationals (WCC #16) in Central Jutland
• October 10 & 11: Argentina Open World Cup F9U (WCC #17) in Buenos Aires
• October 10: Dutch Drone Race World Cup (WCC #18) in Assen
• October 10 & 11: Phoenix Drone Racing - Trophy of Prilep (WCC #19) in Prilep

General aviation

• November 15 – 20: 2020 FAI World Air Navigation Race Championship in Stellenbosch

Gliding

• January 3 – 18: 2020 FAI Women's World Gliding Championship in Lake Keepit^[2]
  • 18 metre winner: Mélanie Gadoulet
  • Standard winner: Sarah Arnold
  • Club winner: Elena Fergnani
• July 19 – 31: 2020 FAI World Gliding Championships in Stendal (Open, 18 meter, 20 meter Multi-seat)
• August 8 – 22: 2020 FAI World Gliding Championships in Écury-sur-Coole (15 meter, Standard, Club)

Parachuting

• August 8 – 22: 2020 World Parachuting Championships in Novosibirsk

Alpine skiing

American football

• Super Bowl LIV – the Kansas City Chiefs (AFC) won 31–20 over the San Francisco 49ers (NFC)
  • Location: Hard Rock Stadium
  • Attendance: 62,417
  • MVP: Patrick Mahomes, QB (Kansas City)

Aquatics

2020 Summer Olympics (Aquatics)

• April 21 – 26: 2020 FINA Diving World Cup in Tokyo
• April 30 – May 3: FINA Artistic Swimming Olympic Games Qualification Tournament 2020 in Tokyo
• May 30 – 31: FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier 2020 in Fukuoka

2020 Summer Paralympics (Swimming)

Archery

International and continental competitions

• March 23 – 29: 2020 Pan American Archery Championships in Monterrey
• April 5 – 6: 2020 Oceanian Archery Championships in Suva
• May 20 – 26: 2020 European Archery Championships in Antalya

2020 Archery World Cup

• May 11 – 17: AWC #1 in Antalya
• June 21 – 28: AWC #2 in Berlin
• September 26 & 27: AWC #3 (final) in Shanghai

Association football

2020 Summer Olympics (Association football)

• January 8 – 26: 2020 AFC U-23 Championship in  Thailand
  • South Korea defeated Saudi Arabia, 1 – 0. Third place: Australia
• January 18 – February 9: 2020 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament in  Colombia
  • Argentina won the Final Stage. Brazil take Second Place. Third place: Uruguay
• January 28 – February 9: 2020 CONCACAF Women's Olympic Qualifying Championship in  United States
  • United States defeated Canada, 3 – 0.
• March 20 – April 1: 2020 CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship in Guadalajara

FIFA

International

• August 10 – 30: 2020 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Costa Rica (Moved to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic)
• November 2 – 21: 2020 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in India (Moved to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic)

Clubs

• TBD for December: 2020 FIFA Club World Cup in Doha

UEFA

National teams

• September 3 – November 17: 2020-21 UEFA Nations League
• June 12 – July 12: UEFA Euro 2020 in 12 cities around Europe

Clubs

• September 11, 2019 – August 30, 2020: 2019–20 UEFA Women's Champions League (final in San Sebastián)
  • Lyon defeated VfL Wolfsburg, 3 – 1.
• September 17, 2019 – August 23, 2020: 2019–20 UEFA Champions League (final in Lisbon)
  • Bayern Munich defeated Paris Saint-Germain, 1 – 0.
• September 19, 2019 – August 21, 2020: 2019–20 UEFA Europa League (final in Cologne)
  • Sevilla defeated Inter Milan, 3 – 2.
• September 24, 2020: 2020 UEFA Super Cup in Budapest
  • Bayern Munich defeated Sevilla, 2 – 1.

CONMEBOL

National teams

• June 12 – July 12: 2020 Copa América in  Argentina and  Colombia

Clubs

• January 21 – November 21: 2020 Copa Libertadores (final in Rio de Janeiro)
• February 4 – November 7: 2020 Copa Sudamericana (final in Córdoba)
• TBD for May: 2020 Recopa Sudamericana (location TBA)
• TBD: 2020 Copa Libertadores Femenina (location TBA)

AFC

Clubs

• February 10 – November 7: 2020 AFC Cup
• February 10 – December 19: 2020 AFC Champions League
  • Ulsan Hyundai defeated Persepolis, 2 – 1.
• TBD: 2020 AFC Women's Club Championship

CAF

National teams

• April 4 – 25: 2020 African Nations Championship in  Cameroon
• November 28 – December 12: 2020 Africa Women Cup of Nations (location TBA)

Clubs

• August 9, 2019 – October 25, 2020: 2019–20 CAF Confederation Cup
  • RS Berkane defeated Pyramids, 1 – 0.
• August 9, 2019 – May 30, 2020: 2019–20 CAF Champions League
  • Al Ahly defeated Zamalek, 2 – 1.
• TBD: 2020 CAF Super Cup

CONCACAF

National teams

• June: 2020 CONCACAF Nations League Final Round

Clubs

• February 18 – May 7: 2020 CONCACAF Champions League
  • UANL defeated Los Angeles FC, 2 – 1.
• July – November: 2020 CONCACAF League

OFC

National teams

• June 6 – 20: 2020 OFC Nations Cup (location TBA)

Clubs

• February 15 – May 16: 2020 OFC Champions League

Athletics

International and continental events

• June 24 – 28: 2020 African Championships in Athletics in Algiers
• August 26 – 30: 2020 European Athletics Championships in Paris^[3]
• August 28 – 30: 2020 NACAC Championships (location TBA)

World Marathon Majors

• March 1: 2020 Tokyo Marathon in Tokyo
• September 14: 2020 Boston Marathon in Boston
• September 27: 2020 Berlin Marathon in Berlin
• October 4: 2020 London Marathon in London
• October 11: 2020 Chicago Marathon in Chicago
• November 1: 2020 New York City Marathon in New York City

2020 Diamond League

• April 17: DL #1 in Doha
• May 9: DL #2 in Taohua Island
• May 16: DL #3 in Shanghai
• May 24: DL #4 in Stockholm
• May 28: DL #5 in Rome
• May 31: DL #6 in Rabat
• June 7: DL #7 in Eugene
• June 11: DL #8 in Oslo
• June 13: DL #9 in Paris
• July 4 & 5: DL #10 in London
• July 10: DL #11 in Monaco
• August 16: DL #12 in Gateshead
• August 20: DL #13 in Lausanne
• September 4: DL #14 in Brussels
• September 11: DL #15 (final) in Zürich

2020 Race walking Challenge

• March 28: RWC #1 in Taicang
• April 4: RWC #2 in Rio Maior
• May 2 & 3: RWC #3 in Minsk
• May 30: RWC #4 in La Coruña
• October 18 & 20: RWC #5 (final) in Suzhou

Aussie rules

• February 7 – March 29: 2020 AFL Women's season
• March 19 – August: 2020 AFL season
• April 18: 2020 AFL Women's Grand Final (location TBA)
• September 26: 2020 AFL Grand Final in Melbourne
• November: 2020 International Rules Series in  Ireland

Badminton

2020 International badminton events (Grade 1)

• May 16 – 24: 2020 Thomas & Uber Cup in Aarhus
• December 9 – 13: 2020 BWF World Tour Finals in Guangzhou

2020 Continental badminton events

• February 10 – 15: 2020 Oceania Badminton Championships (Senior, Junior, & Teams) in Ballart
  • Men's Singles: Abhinav Manota
  • Women's Singles: Chen Hsuan-yu
  • Men's Doubles: Oliver Leydon-Davis / Abhinav Manota
  • Women's Doubles: Setyana Mapasa / Gronya Somerville
  • Mixed Doubles: Simon Leung / Gronya Somerville
• February 10 – 16: 2020 African Badminton Championships (Senior, Junior, & Teams) in Cairo
  • Men's Singles: Georges Paul
  • Women's Singles: Kate Foo Kune
  • Men's Doubles: Koceila Mammeri / Youcef Sabri Medel
  • Women's Doubles: Doha Hany / Hadia Hosny
  • Mixed Doubles: Adham Hatem Elgamal / Doha Hany
• February 11 – 16: 2020 European Men's and Women's Team Badminton Championships in Liévin
  • Men's Team: Denmark national badminton team
  • Women's Team: Denmark national badminton team
• February 11 – 16: 2020 Badminton Asia Team Championships in Manila
  • Men's Team: Indonesia national badminton team
  • Women's Team: Japan national badminton team
• February 13 – 16: 2020 Pan Am Badminton Championships (Team) in Salvador
  • Men's Team: Canada national badminton team
  • Women's Team: Canada national badminton team
• April 21 – 26: 2020 European Badminton Championships (Individual) in  Denmark (location TBA)
• April 21 – 26: 2020 Badminton Asia Championships in Wuhan
• April 23 – 26: 2020 Pan Am Badminton Championships in Guatemala City

2020 BWF season (Grade 2)

• January 7 – November 29: 2020 BWF World Tour

Level Two (Super 1000)

• March 11 – 15: 2020 All England Open in Birmingham
• June 16 – 21: 2020 Indonesia Open in Jakarta
• September 15 – 20: 2020 China Open in Changzhou

Bandy

• March 29 – April 5: 2020 Bandy World Championship in Irkutsk
• February 19 – 22: 2020 Women's Bandy World Championship in Oslo
  • Sweden women's national bandy team
• TBD for October: 2020 Bandy World Cup (location TBA)

Baseball

2020 Summer Olympics (Baseball)

• March 22 – 26: Americas Qualifying Event in Arizona
• April 1 – 5: Final Qualifying Tournament in  Taiwan

International and continental events

• TBD for March: 2020 South American Baseball Championship in Tocopilla
• TBD: 2020 Women's Baseball World Cup (location TBA)

Major League Baseball

• July 23 – September 27: 2020 Major League Baseball season
  • American League regular season winners: Tampa Bay Rays
  • National League regular season winners: Los Angeles Dodgers
• June 10 – 12: 2020 College World Series in Omaha
  • College World Series cancelled March 13, 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.
• July 14: 2020 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Los Angeles
  • All-Star Game cancelled.
• October 20 – 27: 2020 World Series
  • The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Tampa Bay Rays, 4–2 in games played, to win their seventh World Series title.

Caribbean Series

• February 1 – 7: 2020 Caribbean Series in San Juan
  • Toros del Este defeated Cardenales de Lara, 9 – 3. Third place: Tomateros de Culiacán

CEB

• June: 2020 European Champions Cup in Ostrava

Basketball

2020 Summer Olympics (Basketball)

• February 6 – 9: 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments #1 in Ostend
  •  Canada and  Belgium qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
• February 6 – 9: 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments #2 and #4 in Belgrade
  •  Serbia,  Nigeria,  China,  Spain, and  South Korea qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
• February 6 – 9: 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments #3 in Bourges
  •  France,  Australia, and  Puerto Rico qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

2020 Summer Paralympics (Wheelchair basketball)

FIBA

• February 7 – 9: 2020 FIBA Intercontinental Cup in San Cristóbal de La Laguna
  • Iberostar Tenerife defeated Virtus Pallacanestro Bologna, 80 – 72. Third place San Lorenzo de Almagro

FIBA Europe

• September 17, 2019 – May 2: 2019–20 Basketball Champions League
• September 26, 2019 – April 15: 2019–20 EuroCup Women
• September 25, 2019 – April 19: 2019–20 EuroLeague Women
• October 1, 2019 – April 29: 2019–20 EuroCup Basketball
• October 2, 2019 – April 29: 2019–20 FIBA Europe Cup
• October: 2020 FIBA Europe SuperCup Women

FIBA Africa

• March – May 2020: 2020 BAL season
• TBD: 2020 FIBA Africa Women's Clubs Champions Cup (location TBA)

FIBA Asia

• TBD: 2020 FIBA Asia Champions Cup (location TBA)

FIBA Americas

• October 28, 2019 – March 14, 2020: 2019-20 BCLA season
• TBD: 2020 South American Women's Club Championship

National Basketball Association

• October 22, 2019 – April 15, 2020: 2019–20 NBA season, suspended on March 11, 2020; ending the season prematurely
• February 16: 2020 NBA All-Star Game in Chicago
  • All-Star Game: Team LeBron defeated Team Giannis, 157 – 155.
  • Celebrity Game: Team Wilbon defeated Team Stephen, 62 – 47.
  • Rising Stars Challenge: Team USA defeated Team World, 151 – 131.
  • Skills Challenge: Bam Adebayo (Miami) defeated Domantas Sabonis (Indiana)
  • Three Point Contest: Buddy Hield (Sacramento Kings)
  • Slam Dunk Contest: Derrick Jones Jr. (Miami)
• August 17, 2020 – October 11, 2020: 2020 NBA playoffs
  • The Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Miami Heat, 4–2 in games played, to win their seventeenth NBA title.
• June 25: 2020 NBA draft in Brooklyn

WNBA

• April 17: 2020 WNBA draft, held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
  • #1 pick: Sabrina Ionescu from the Oregon Ducks to the New York Liberty.
• July – October: 2020 WNBA season
• September 15 - October 6: 2020 WNBA Playoffs

FIBA 3X3

• June 26 – 28: 2020 FIBA 3x3 Europe Cup in Antwerp
• TBD: 2020 FIBA 3x3 Asia Cup in Changsha
• TBD: 2020 FIBA 3x3 Africa Cup (location TBA)

FIBA 3x3 World Tour

• April 10 & 11: 3x3 WT #1 in Doha
• May 30 & 31: 3x3 WT #2 in Chengdu
• August 1 & 2: 3x3 WT #3 in Prague
• August 21 & 22: 3x3 WT #4 in Lausanne
• August 29 & 30: 3x3 WT #5 in Debrecen
• November 14 – 20: 3x3 WT #6 (Final) in Los Angeles

Beach volleyball

2020 Summer Olympics (Beach volleyball)

• June 22 – 28: 2018–2020 AVC Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final
• June 22 – 28: 2018–2020 CAVB Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final
• June 22 – 28: 2018–2020 CEV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup Final in Eindhoven
• June 22 – 28: 2018–2020 CSV Beach Volleyball Continental Cup
• June 22 – 28: 2018–2020 NORCECA Beach Volleyball Continental Cup

International and continental events

• 15–20 September: 2020 European Beach Volleyball Championship
• TBD: 2020 Asian Beach Volleyball Championship
• TBD: 2020 CAVB Beach Volleyball Nations Cup
• TBD: 2020 NORCECA Circuit
• TBD: 2020 CSVP Circuit

2020 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour

• TBD: FIVB World Tour Finals (location TBA)

2020 World Tour Five Star BV events

• June 10 – 14: Five Star #1 in Rome
• July 7 – 12: Five Star #2 in Gstaad
• August 12 – 16: Five Star #3 in Vienna
• August 19 – 23: Five Star #4 in Hamburg

Biathlon

Bobsleigh & Skeleton

Boules

Boccia

2020 Summer Paralympics

Boule Lyonnaise

• September 23 – 26: 2020 Women's Boule Lyonnaise World Championships in Alassio

Pétanque

• July 16 – 19: 2020 Petanque World Championships in Lausanne

Boxing

Canadian football

Canoeing

2020 Summer Olympics (Canoeing)

• March 26 – 29: 2020 Canoe Sprint Asian Olympic Qualifier in Pattaya^[4]
• May 6 & 7: 2020 Canoe Sprint European Olympic Qualifier in Račice^[5]
• May 21 – 24: 2020 ICF Canoe Sprint Final Olympic Qualifier in Duisburg^[6]

2020 Summer Paralympics (Paracanoeing)

• May 21 – 24: 2020 ICF Paracanoe World Championships & Paralympic Qualifier in Duisburg^[7]

Cheerleading

• April 27 – 29: 2020 ICU World Cheerleading Championships (location TBA)

Chess

International events

• March 15 – April 5: Candidates Tournament 2020 in Yekaterinburg
• August 5 – 18: 44th Chess Olympiad in Khanty-Mansiysk
• January 4 – 24: Women's World Chess Championship 2020 in Shanghai and Vladivostok
  • Ju Wenjun defeated Aleksandra Goryachkina, 6 (2½) – 6 (1½).

FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2019–20

• September 10 – 23, 2019: WGP #1 in Skolkovo winner: Humpy Koneru
• December 2 – 15, 2019: WGP #2 in Monaco winners: Alexandra Kosteniuk, Humpy Koneru, Aleksandra Goryachkina (tie)
• March 1 – 14: WGP #3 in Lausanne winners: Nana Dzagnidze & Aleksandra Goryachkina (tie)
• May 2 – 15: WGP #4 (final) in  Italy

Cricket

World Cups

• February 21 – March 8: 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in  Australia
  • Australia defeated India 184/4 (20 overs) – 99 (19.1 overs)
• 2020 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in  Australia : Postponed.^[8]

Cross-country skiing

Cue sports

Curling

2019–20 International curling championships

• October 12 – 19, 2019: 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship in Aberdeen^[9]
  •  Canada (Skip: Colin Kurz) defeated  Germany (Skip: Andy Kapp), 6–5, to win Canada's second consecutive World Mixed Curling Championship title.
  •  Norway (Skip: Ingvild Skaga) took third place.
• November 2 – 9, 2019: 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Shenzhen^[10]
  • Men:  South Korea (Skip: Kim Chang-min) defeated  Japan (Skip: Yuta Matsumura), 11–2, to win South Korea's fourth Men's Pacific-Asia Curling Championships title.
    •  China (Skip: Zou Qiang) took third place.
  • Women:  China (Skip: Han Yu) defeated  Japan (Skip: Seina Nakajima), 10–3, to win China's eighth Women's Pacific-Asia Curling Championships title.
    •  South Korea (Skip: Gim Un-chi) took third place.
• November 16 – 23, 2019: 2019 European Curling Championships in Helsingborg^[11]
  • Men:  Sweden (Skip: Niklas Edin) defeated  Switzerland (Skip: Yannick Schwaller), 9–3, to win Sweden's 11th Men's European Curling Championships title.
  • Women:  Sweden (Skip: Anna Hasselborg) defeated  Scotland (Skip: Eve Muirhead), 5–4, to win Sweden's 21st Women's European Curling Championships title.
    •  Switzerland (Skip: Silvana Tirinzoni) took third place.
• November 28 – 30, 2019: 2019 Americas Challenge in Eveleth
  • Men: Champion:  United States (Skip: Rich Ruohonen); Second:  Mexico (Skip: Ramy Cohen Masri); Third:  Brazil (Skip: Michael Krahenbuhl)
  • Women: Champion:  United States (Skip: Tabitha Peterson); Second:  Mexico (Skip: Adriana Camarena Osorno); Third:  Brazil (Skip: Anne Shibuya)
• December 2 – 7, 2019: 2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event in Howwood
  •  China,  Germany,  Italy,  South Korea all qualified for the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship.
• January 13 – 18: 2020 World Qualification Event in Lohja
  • Men: China and Russia has been qualified to 2020 World Men's Curling Championship
  • Women: South Korea and Italy has been qualified to 2020 World Women's Curling Championship
• February 29 – March 7: 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Wetzikon
  • Champion:  Russia (Skip: Konstantin Kurokhtin); Second:  Canada (Skip: Mark Ideson); Third:  Sweden (Skip: Viljo Petersson-Dahl)
• March 14 – 22: 2020 World Women's Curling Championship in Prince George
• March 28 – April 5: 2020 World Men's Curling Championship in Glasgow
• April 18 – 25: 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship in Kelowna

2019–20 World Curling Tour & Grand Slam of Curling

• June 15, 2019 – May 3, 2020: 2019–20 World Curling Tour and Grand Slam of Curling Seasons^[12][13][14]
  • October 22 – 27, 2019: 2019 Masters in North Bay^[15]
    • Men: Team Matt Dunstone defeated Team Brad Gushue, 8–5, to win Saskatchewan's second Men's Masters title.
    • Women: Team Tracy Fleury defeated Team Sayaka Yoshimura, 7–5, to win Manitoba's second Women's Masters title.
  • November 5 – 10, 2019: 2019 Tour Challenge in Pictou County^[16]
    • Men: Team Brad Jacobs defeated Team Brad Gushue, 6–4, to win Ontario's second consecutive Men's Tour Challenge title.
    • Women: Team Anna Hasselborg defeated Team Kerri Einarson, 8–5, to win Sweden's first Women's Tour Challenge title.
  • December 10 – 15, 2019: 2019 National in Conception Bay South
    • Men: Team Brad Jacobs defeated Team Niklas Edin, 3–1.
    • Women: Team Anna Hasselborg defeated Team Jennifer Jones, 7–3.
  • January 14 – 19: 2020 Canadian Open in Yorkton
    • Men: Team Brad Jacobs defeated Team John Epping, 6–5.
    • Women: Team Anna Hasselborg defeated Team Kim Min-ji, 7–5.
  • April 7 – 12: 2020 Players' Championship in Toronto
  • April 29 – May 3: 2020 Champions Cup in Olds

Cycle ball

World cup

• February 29: UCI Artistic Cycling World Cup #1 in Koblach
  • Mixed Artistic Cycling ACT4 Winner: Germany
  • Women Pair Artistic Cycling Women Winner: Germany
  • Mixed Pair Artistic Cycling Mix Winner: Germany
  • Men Single Artistic Cycling Men Winner: Lukas Kohl
  • Women Single Artistic Cycling Women Winner: Maren Hasse
• April 4: UCI Cycle-ball World Cup #1 in Winterthur
• April 25: UCI Cycle-ball World Cup #2 in Wendlingen
• June 20: UCI Cycle-ball World Cup #3 in Svitávka
• June 27: UCI Artistic Cycling World Cup #2 in Komárno
• September 5: UCI Cycle-ball World Cup #4 in Dornbirn
• September 19: UCI Cycle-ball World Cup #5 in Hardt
• October 10: UCI Cycle-ball World Cup #6 in St. Gallen
• October 31: UCI Cycle-ball World Cup #7 in Sangerhausen
• November 21: UCI Artistic Cycling World Cup (final) in Erlenbach
• December 5: UCI Cycle-ball World Cup (final) in Prague

International competitions

• July 4 & 5: Champions Cup in Osaka
• August 1: 15th Asian Indoor Cycling Championships in  Hong Kong
• November 21: 2020 U23 Cycle-ball European Championship in Mosnang
• November 27 – 29: UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships - Cycle-ball in Stuttgart
• November 27 – 29: UCI Indoor Cycling World Championships - Artistic Cycling in Stuttgart

Cycling — BMX

International BMX events

• May 26 – 31: 2020 UCI BMX World Championships in Houston

2020 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup

• February 1 & 2: SCWC #1 & #2 in Shepparton
  • Men Elite Winner: Niek Kimmann (#1) & Connor Fields (#2)
  • Women Elite Winner: Alise Willoughby (#1 & #2)
• February 8 & 9: SCWC #3 & #4 in Bathurst
  • Men Elite Winner: Connor Fields (#3 & #4)
• April 18 & 19: SCWC #5 & #6 in Manchester
• May 2 & 3: SCWC #7 & #8 in Papendal
• May 16 & 17: SCWC #9 & #10 (final) in Rock Hill

Cycling – Cyclo-cross

2019–20 International Cyclo-cross events

• November 9 & 10, 2019: 2019 Pan American Cyclo-cross Championships in Midland
  • Elite winners: Kerry Werner (m) / Maghalie Rochette (f)
  • Juniors winners: Andrew Strohmeyer (m) / Madigan Munro (f)
  • U23 winners: Gage Hecht (m) / Ruby West (f)
• November 9 & 10, 2019: 2019 UEC Cyclo-cross European Championships in Silvelle
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Yara Kastelijn (f)
  • Juniors winners: Thibau Nys (m) / Puck Pieterse (f)
  • U23 winners: Mickael Crispin (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
• November 29 & 30, 2019: 2019 UCI Masters Cyclo-cross World Championships in Mol
  • 35–39 years winners: Eddy van IJzendoorn (m) / Viviane Rognant (f)
  • 40–44 years winners: Thibaut Vassal (m) / Kate Eedy (f)
  • 45–49 years winners: Arne Daelmans (m) / Cindy Bauwens (f)
  • 50–54 years winners: Erik Dekker (m) / Marianne Van Leeuwen (f)
  • 55–59 years winners: Dirk Mertens (m) / Suzie Godart (f)
  • 60–64 years winners: Marc Verloo (m) / Nicola Davies (f)
  • 65–69 years winners: Dave McMullen (m) / Patricia Konantz (f)
  • Men's 70–74 years winner: Jean Bernard Galissaire
  • 70+ years winners: Victor Barnett (m) / Julie Lockhart (f)
• February 1 & 2: 2020 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Dübendorf
  • Men's elite race: Mathieu van der Poel
  • Men's under-23 race: Ryan Kamp
  • Men's junior race: Thibau Nys
  • Women's elite race: Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado
  • Women's under-23 race: Marion Norbert-Riberolle
  • Women's junior race: Shirin van Anrooij

2019–20 UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup

• September 14, 2019: CCWC #1 in Iowa City
  • Elite winners: Eli Iserbyt (m) / Maghalie Rochette (f)
• September 22, 2019: CCWC #2 in Waterloo
  • Elite winners: Eli Iserbyt (m) / Kateřina Nash (f)
• October 20, 2019: CCWC #3 in Bern
  • Elite winners: Eli Iserbyt (m) / Annemarie Worst (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
  • Men's U23 winner: Kevin Kuhn
• November 16, 2019: CCWC #4 in Tábor
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Annemarie Worst (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
  • Men's U23 winner: Thomas Mein
• November 24, 2019: CCWC #5 in Koksijde
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
  • Men's U23 winner: Niels Vandeputte
• December 22, 2019: CCWC #6 in Namur
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Lucinda Brand (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
  • Men's U23 winner: Kevin Kuhn
• December 26, 2019: CCWC #7 in Heusden-Zolder
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Lucinda Brand (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
  • Men's U23 winner: Kevin Kuhn
• January 19: CCWC #8 in Nommay
  • Men's elite race: Eli Iserbyt
  • Men's under-23 race: Ryan Kamp
  • Women's elite race: Annemarie Worst
  • Women's under-23 race: Thibau Nys
• January 26: CCWC #9 (final) in Hoogerheide
  • Men's elite race: Mathieu van der Poel
  • Men's under-23 race: Ryan Kamp
  • Women's elite race: Lucinda Brand
  • Women's under-23 race: Dario Lillo

2019–20 Cyclo-cross Superprestige

• October 13, 2019: CCS #1 in Gieten
  • Elite winners: Eli Iserbyt (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
• October 19, 2019: CCS #2 in Boom
  • Elite winners: Toon Aerts (m) / Alice Maria Arzuffi (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Yorben Lauryssen
• October 27, 2019: CCS #3 in Gavere
  • Elite winners: Eli Iserbyt (m) / Yara Kastelijn (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
• November 3, 2019: CCS #4 in Oostkamp-Ruddervoorde
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Jente Michels
• December 8, 2019: CCS #5 in Zonhoven
  • Elite winners: Toon Aerts (m) / Annemarie Worst (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
• December 29, 2019: CCS #6 in Diegem
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Annemarie Worst (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
• February 9: CCS #7 in Merksplas
  • Cancelled
• February 15: CCS #8 (final) in Middelkerke
  • Elite winners: Laurens Sweeck (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)

2019–20 DVV Trophy

• November 1, 2019: DVV #1 in Melden-Oudenaarde
  • Elite winners: Eli Iserbyt (m) / Yara Kastelijn (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Arne Baers
  • Men's U23 winner: Jens Dekker
• November 17, 2019: DVV #2 in Hamme
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Annemarie Worst (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Victor van de Putte
  • Men's U23 winner: Niels Vandeputte
• November 30, 2019: DVV #3 in Kortrijk
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Lucinda Brand (f)
  • Men's Junior winner: Thibau Nys
  • Men's U23 winner: Niels Vandeputte
• December 14, 2019: DVV #4 in Ronse-Kluisbergen
  • Elite winners: Toon Aerts (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
  • Men's U23 winner: Ryan Kamp
  • Men's Junior winner: Yorben Lauryssen
• December 27, 2019: DVV #5 in Loenhout
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
  • Men's U23 winner: Loris Rouiller
  • Men's Junior winner: Tibor Del Grosso
• January 1: DVV #6 in Baal
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
  • Men's U23 winner: Antoine Benoist
  • Junior winners: Thibau Nys (m) / Madigan Munro (f)
• January 5: DVV #7 in Brussels
  • Elite winners: Mathieu van der Poel (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
  • Men's U23 winner: Ryan Kamp
  • Junior winners: Lennert Belmans (m) / Fem Van Empel (f)
• February 8: DVV #8 (final) in Lille
  • Elite winners: Wout Van Aert (m) / Ceylin del Carmen Alvarado (f)
  • Men's U23 winner: Niels Vandeputte
  • Men's Junior winners: Thibau Nys

Cycling – Mountain Bike

International mountain biking events

• May 14 – 17: 2020 European Continental Championships (XCE, XCO, & XCR) in Graz
• June 25 – 28: 2020 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (XCO & XCR) in Albstadt
• September 5 & 6: 2020 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (DHI only) in Leogang
• September 10 & 11: 2020 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships (4X only) in Val di Sole
• September 26 & 27: 2020 UCI Mountain Bike Marathon World Championships in Sakarya Province

2020 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup

• March 21 & 22: MBWC #1 (DHI only) in Lousã
• May 2 & 3: MBWC #2 (DHI only) in Maribor
• May 9 & 10: MBWC #3 (DHI only) in Lošinj
• May 22 – 24: MBWC #4 (XCO & XCC) in Nové Město na Moravě
• June 6 & 7: MBWC #5 (DHI only) in Fort William
• June 19 – 21: MBWC #6 (XCO, XCC, & DHI) in Vallnord-Pal Arinsal
• August 14 – 16: MBWC #7 (XCO & XCC) in Lenzerheide
• August 21 – 23: MBWC #8 (XCO, XCC, & DHI) in Mont-Sainte-Anne
• September 11 – 13: MBWC #9 (XCO, XCC, & DHI) in Val di Sole
• September 18 – 20: MBWC #10 (XCO, XCC, & DHI) in Les Gets

Cycling – Road

2020 Grand Tour events

• August 29 – September 20: 2020 Tour de France
• October 3 – 25: 2020 Giro d'Italia
• October 20 – November 8: 2020 Vuelta a España

2020 UCI World Tour

• January 21 – 26: Tour Down Under
  •  Richie Porte (AUS)
• February 2: Great Ocean Road Race
  •  Dries Devenyns (BEL)
• February 23 – 29: UAE Tour
  •  Adam Yates (GBR)
• February 29: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
  •  Jasper Stuyven (BEL)
• March 8 – 14: Paris–Nice
  •  Maximilian Schachmann (GER)

2020 UCI Women's World Tour

• March 7: 2020 Strade Bianche Women
  • Postponed to the COVID-19 pandemic
• March 15: 2020 Ronde van Drenthe
• March 22: 2020 Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Comune di Cittiglio
• March 26: 2020 Three Days of Bruges–De Panne
• March 29: 2020 Gent–Wevelgem

Cycling – Track

International track cycling events

• October 17 – 21, 2019: 2020 Asian Track Cycling Championships in  South Korea
  • Sprint winners: Azizulhasni Awang (m) / Lee Wai Sze (f)
  • Keirin winners: Yuta Wakimoto (m) / Lee Wai Sze (f)
  • Individual pursuit winners: Park Sang-hoon (m) / Lee Ju-mi (f)
  • Points race winners: Kim Eu-ro (m) / Olga Zabelinskaya (f)
  • Scratch winners: Mow Ching Yin (m) / Kie Furuyama (f)
  • Omnium winners: Eiya Hashimoto (m) / Yumi Kajihara (f)
  • Madison winners: Shin Dong-in & Kim Eu-ro (m) / Yang Qianyu & Pang Yao (f)
  • Men's 1 km time trial winner: Andrey Chugay
  • Women's 500 m time trial winner: Chen Feifei
  • Team sprint winners:  Japan (m) /  China (f)
  • Team pursuit winners:  Japan (m) /  South Korea (f)
• January 16 – 19: CAC Track African Championships in Cairo
  • Sprint winners: Jean Spies (m) / Charlene Du Preez (f)
  • Keirin winners: Jean Spies (m) / Charlene Du Preez (f)
  • Individual pursuit winners: Lotfi Tchambaz (m) / Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (f)
  • Points race winners: David Maree (m) / Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (f)
  • Scratch winners: Joshua Van Wyk (m) / Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (f)
  • Omnium winners: David Maree (m) / Ebtissam Zayed Ahmed (f)
  • Madison winners: Joshua Van Wyk & Steven Van Heerden (m) / Danielle Van Niekerk & Ilze Bole (f)
  • Men's 1 km time trial winner: Jean Spies
  • Women's 500 m time trial winner: Charlene Du Preez
  • Team sprint winners:  South Africa (m) /  South Africa (f)
  • Team pursuit winners:  Egypt (m) /  South Africa (f)
• February 26 – March 1: 2020 UCI Track Cycling World Championships in Berlin
  • Sprint winners: Harrie Lavreysen (m) / Emma Hinze (f)
  • Keirin winners: Harrie Lavreysen (m) / Emma Hinze (f)
  • Individual pursuit winners: Filippo Ganna (m) / Chloé Dygert Owen
  • Points race winners: Corbin Strong (m) / Elinor Barker (f)
  • Scratch winners: Yauheni Karaliok / Kirsten Wild (f)
  • Omnium winners: Benjamin Thomas (m) / Yumi Kajihara(f)
  • Madison winners:  Denmark (Lasse Norman Hansen & Michael Mørkøv) (m) /  Netherlands (Kirsten Wild & Amy Pieters) (f)
  • Men's 1 km time trial winner: Sam Ligtlee
  • Women's 500 m time trial winner: Lea Friedrich
  • Team sprint winners:  Netherlands (m) /  Germany (f)
  • Team pursuit winners:  Denmark (m) /  United States (f)

2019–20 UCI Track Cycling World Cup

• November 1 – 3, 2019: TCWC #1 in Minsk^[17]
  • Keirin winners: Harrie Lavreysen (m) / Emma Hinze (f)
  • Madison winners:  Denmark (Lasse Norman Hansen & Michael Mørkøv) (m) /  Netherlands (Kirsten Wild & Amy Pieters) (f)
  • Omnium winners: Matthew Walls (m) / Jennifer Valente (f)
  • Points Race winners: Mark Stewart / Jennifer Valente (f)
  • Scratch winners: Yauheni Karaliok / Kirsten Wild (f)
  • Sprint winners: Harrie Lavreysen (m) / Lee Wai Sze (f)
  • Men's Elite Individual Pursuit winner: Filippo Ganna
  • Men's Team Pursuit winners:  Denmark (Rasmus Pedersen, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, & Frederik Rodenberg)
  • Men's Team Sprint winners:  Netherlands (Nils van 't Hoenderdaal, Harrie Lavreysen, & Jeffrey Hoogland)
  • Women's Team Pursuit winners:  United States (Jennifer Valente, Chloé Dygert Owen, Emma White, & Christina Birch)
  • Women's Team Sprint winners:  Russia (Ekaterina Rogovaya & Daria Shmeleva)
• November 8 – 10, 2019: TCWC #2 in Glasgow^[18]
  • Keirin winners: Sébastien Vigier (m) / Katy Marchant (f)
  • Madison winners: Benjamin Thomas & Donavan Grondin (m) /  Australia (Annette Edmondson & Georgia Baker) (f)
  • Omnium winners: Benjamin Thomas (m) / Kirsten Wild (f)
  • Scratch winners: Felix English (m) / Karolina Karasiewicz (f)
  • Sprint winners: Harrie Lavreysen (m) / Lee Wai Sze (f)
  • Men's Team Pursuit winners:  Denmark (Rasmus Pedersen, Lasse Norman Hansen, Julius Johansen, Frederik Rodenberg)
  • Men's Team Sprint winners:  Netherlands (Nils van 't Hoenderdaal, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland)
  • Women's Team Pursuit winners:  United Kingdom (Ellie Dickinson, Neah Evans, Elinor Barker, Katie Archibald)
  • Women's Team Sprint winners:  Russia (Ekaterina Rogovaya, Daria Shmeleva)
• November 29 – December 1, 2019: TCWC #3 in  Hong Kong
  • Keirin winners: Callum Saunders (m) / Lee Hye-jin (f)
  • Madison winners:  Germany (Roger Kluge & Theo Reinhardt (m) /  Denmark (Julie Leth & Trine Schmidt) (f)
  • Omnium winners: Campbell Stewart (m) / Yumi Kajihara (f)
  • Scratch winners: Roy Eefting (m) / Anita Stenberg (f)
  • Sprint winners: Harrie Lavreysen (m) / Lee Wai Sze (f)
  • Men's Team Pursuit winners:  Germany (Felix Groß, Leon Rohde, Domenic Weinstein, Theo Reinhardt)
  • Men's Team Sprint winners:  Netherlands (Roy van den Berg, Harrie Lavreysen, Jeffrey Hoogland)
  • Women's Team Pursuit winners:  New Zealand (Ally Wollaston, Emily Shearman, Michaela Drummond, Nicole Shields)
  • Women's Team Sprint winners:  Germany (Pauline Grabosch, Emma Hinze)
• December 6 – 8, 2019: TCWC #4 in Cambridge
  • Keirin winners: Azizulhasni Awang (m) / Lee Hye-jin (f)
  • Madison winners:  New Zealand (Aaron Gate & Campbell Stewartt) (m) /  Australia (Annette Edmondson & Georgia Baker) (f)
  • Omnium winners: Campbell Stewart (m) / Yumi Kajihara (f)
  • Scratch winners: Roman Gladysh (m) / Holly Edmondston (f)
  • Sprint winners: Mateusz Rudyk (m) / Anastasia Voynova (f)
  • Men's Team Pursuit winners:  Switzerland (Robin Froidevaux, Claudio Imhof, Stefan Bissegger, Lukas Rüegg, Mauro Schmid)
  • Men's Team Sprint winners:  Japan (Kazuki Amagai, Tomohiro Fukaya, Yudai Nitta)
  • Women's Team Pursuit winners:  New Zealand (Rushlee Buchanan, Holly Edmondston, Bryony Botha, Kirstie James & Jaime Nielsen)
  • Women's Team Sprint winners:  New Zealand (Natasha Hansen & Olivia Podmore)
• December 13 – 15, 2019: TCWC #5 in Brisbane
• January 24 – 26: TCWC #6 (final) in Milton

Darts

Professional Darts Corporation

• December 13, 2019 – January 1: 2020 PDC World Darts Championship in London
  • Peter Wright beat Michael van Gerwen, 7–3
• January 31 – February 2: 2020 Masters in Milton Keynes
  • Peter Wright beat Michael Smith, 11–10
• February 6 – October 15: 2020 Premier League Darts at venues in  Scotland,  England,  Wales and  Ireland
  • Glen Durrant beat Nathan Aspinall, 11–8
• March 6 – 8: 2020 UK Open in Minehead
  • Michael van Gerwen beat Gerwyn Price, 11–9
• July 18 – 26: 2020 World Matchplay in Milton Keynes
  • Dimitri Van den Bergh beat Gary Anderson, 18–10
• September 5 – 6 : 2020 Champions League of Darts in Leicester
  • Cancelled
• September 18 – 20: 2020 World Series of Darts Finals in Salzburg
  • Gerwyn Price beat Rob Cross, 11–9
• October 6 – 12: 2020 World Grand Prix in Coventry
  • Gerwyn Price beat Dirk van Duijvenbode, 5–2
• October 29 – November 1: 2020 European Championship in Oberhausen
  • Peter Wright beat James Wade 11–4
• November 6 – 8: 2020 PDC World Cup of Darts in Salzburg
  •  Wales beat  England, 3–0
• November 16 – 24: 2020 Grand Slam of Darts in Coventry
  • José de Sousa beat James Wade, 16–12
• November 27 – 29: 2020 Players Championship Finals in Coventry
  • Michael van Gerwen beat Mervyn King, 11–10
• November 29: 2020 PDC World Youth Championship Final in Coventry

British Darts Organisation

• January 4 – 12: 2020 BDO World Darts Championship in London
  • Men: Wayne Warren beat Jim Williams, 7–4
  • Women: Mikuru Suzuki beat Lisa Ashton, 3–0
• August 28 – 30: 2020 World Trophy in Blackburn
  • Cancelled
• October 23 – 25: 2020 World Masters in Purfleet
  • Cancelled

Equestrianism

2020 Summer Olympics (Equestrianism)

2020 Summer Paralympics (Equestrianism)

2019–20 FEI World Cup Jumping

• April 4, 2019 – November 24, 2019: 2019 FEI World Cup Jumping – South League
  • Winner: José Roberto Reynoso Fernandez Filho with horse Azrael W
• April 18, 2019 – December 1, 2019: 2019 FEI World Cup Jumping –  Japan League
  • Winner: Masami Kawaguchi with horse Samurai Blue
• April 25, 2019 – November 10, 2019: 2019 FEI World Cup Jumping – Central Asian League
  • Winner: Gairat Nazarov with horse Quatro Junior
• April 28, 2019 – October 7, 2019: 2019 FEI World Cup Jumping –  China League
  • Winner: Jirigala Erdeng with horse Brikibo Vd Bosbeek
• May 2, 2019 – February 7, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Jumping – Caucasus-Caspian League
• May 2, 2019 – March 15, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Jumping – Central European League
  • North CEL winner:
  • South CEL winner:
    • March 12 – 15: 2020 Central European League Final in Warsaw
      • Winner:
    • Overall winner:
• May 8, 2019 – October 27, 2019: 2019 FEI World Cup Jumping – South African League
  • Winner: Christopher Van Der Merwe with horse Chantilly
• July 12, 2019 – November 10, 2019: 2019 FEI World Cup Jumping – South East Asian League
  • Winner: Jaruporn Limpichati with horse Irregular Choice
• July 27, 2019 – February 2, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Jumping – Australian League
• August 20, 2019 – March 8, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Jumping – North American League
  • Western winner:
  • Eastern winner:
• October 3, 2019 – February 8, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Jumping – Arab League
  • North African winner:
  • Middle East winner:
• October 16, 2019 – February 23, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Jumping – Western European League
• October 25, 2019 – January 5, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Jumping –  New Zealand League

2019–20 FEI World Cup Dressage

• March 22, 2019 – December 15, 2019: 2019 FEI World Cup Dressage – Pacific League
  • Winner: Wendi Williamson with horse Don Amour MH
• April 10, 2019 – April 26, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Dressage – North American League
• April 17, 2019 – April 26, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Dressage – Central European League
• October 16, 2019 – March 15, 2020: 2019–20 FEI World Cup Dressage – Western European League

2020 Show Jumping World Cup and Dressage World Cup Finals

• April 15 – 19: 2020 FEI World Cup Show Jumping and Dressage Finals in Las Vegas^[19]

Fencing

Field hockey

2020 Summer Olympics (Field hockey)

Figure skating

Figure skating at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics

January 10 – 15: in Lausanne

• Men: Yuma Kagiyama
• Ladies: You Young
• Pairs: Apollinariia Panfilova & Dmitry Rylov
• Ice Dancing: Irina Khavronina & Dario Chirizano
• Mixed NOC Teams: Team Courage (MIX)
  • Arlet Levandi (Men)
  • Ksenia Sinitsyna (Ladies)
  • Alina Butaeva / Luka Berulava (Pairs)
  • Utana Yoshida / Shingo Nishiyama (Ice Dancing)

International figure skating events

• January 20 – 26: 2020 European Figure Skating Championships in Graz^[20]
• February 4 – 9: 2020 Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Seoul^[21]
• March 2 – 8: 2020 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in Tallinn^[22]
• March 16 – 22: 2020 World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal^[23]

2019–20 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating

• October 18 – 20, 2019: 2019 Skate America in Las Vegas^[24]
  • Men's winner: Nathan Chen
  • Ladies' winner: Anna Shcherbakova
  • Pairs winners:  China (Peng Cheng & Jin Yang)
  • Ice Dance winners:  United States (Madison Hubbell & Zachary Donohue)
• October 25 – 27, 2019: 2019 Skate Canada International in Kelowna^[25]
  • Men's winner: Yuzuru Hanyu
  • Ladies' winner: Alexandra Trusova
  • Pairs winners:  Russia (Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitrii Kozlovskii)
  • Ice Dance winners:  Canada (Piper Gilles & Paul Poirier)
• November 1 – 3, 2019: 2019 Internationaux de France in Grenoble^[26]
  • Men's winner: Nathan Chen
  • Ladies' winner: Alena Kostornaia
  • Pairs winners:  Russia (Anastasia Mishina & Aleksandr Galliamov)
  • Ice Dance winners:  France (Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron)
• November 8 – 10, 2019: 2019 Cup of China in Chongqing^[27]
  • Men's winner: Jin Boyang
  • Ladies' winner: Anna Shcherbakova
  • Pairs winners:  China (Sui Wenjing & Han Cong)
  • Ice Dance winners:  Russia (Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov)
• November 15 – 17, 2019: 2019 Rostelecom Cup in Moscow^[28]
  • Men's winner: Alexander Samarin
  • Ladies' winner: Alexandra Trusova
  • Pairs winners: (Aleksandra Boikova & Dmitrii Kozlovskii)
  • Ice Dance winners: (Victoria Sinitsina & Nikita Katsalapov)
• November 22 – 24, 2019: 2019 NHK Trophy in Sapporo^[29]
  • Men's winner: Yuzuru Hanyu
  • Ladies' winner: Alena Kostornaia
  • Pairs winners: (Sui Wenjing & Han Cong)
  • Ice Dance winners: (Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron)
• December 5 – 8, 2019: 2019–20 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Turin^[30]
  • Men's winner: Nathan Chen
  • Ladies' winner: Alena Kostornaia
  • Pairs winners: (Sui Wenjing & Han Cong)
  • Ice Dance winners: (Gabriella Papadakis & Guillaume Cizeron)

2019–20 ISU Junior Grand Prix of Figure Skating

• August 21 – 24, 2019: JGP #1 in Courchevel^[31]
  • Note: There was no junior pairs event here.
  • Junior Men's winner: Yuma Kagiyama
  • Junior Ladies' winner: Kamila Valieva
  • Junior Ice Dance winners:  Russia (Elizaveta Shanaeva & Devid Naryzhnyy)
• August 28 – 31, 2019: JGP #2 in Lake Placid^[32]
  • Junior Men's winner: Shun Sato
  • Junior Ladies' winner: Alysa Liu
  • Junior Pairs winners:  Russia (Apollinariia Panfilova & Dmitry Rylov)
  • Junior Ice Dance winners:  United States (Avonley Nguyen & Vadym Kolesnik)
• September 4 – 7, 2019: JGP #3 in Riga^[33]
  • Note: There was no junior pairs event here.
  • Junior Men's winner: Andrei Mozalev
  • Junior Ladies' winner: Lee Hae-in
  • Junior Ice Dance winners:  Russia (Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva & Andrey Filatov)
• September 11 – 14, 2019: JGP #4 in Chelyabinsk^[34]
  • Junior Men's winner: Petr Gumennik
  • Junior Ladies' winner: Kamila Valieva
  • Junior Pairs winners:  Russia (Kseniia Akhanteva & Valerii Kolesov)
  • Junior Ice Dance winners:  Russia (Elizaveta Shanaeva & Devid Naryzhnyy)
• September 18 – 21, 2019: JGP #5 in Gdańsk^[35]
  • Junior Men's winner: Daniil Samsonov
  • Junior Ladies' winner: Alysa Liu
  • Junior Pairs winners:  Russia (Apollinariia Panfilova & Dmitry Rylov)
  • Junior Ice Dance winners:  United States (Avonley Nguyen & Vadym Kolesnik)
• September 25 – 28, 2019: JGP #6 in Zagreb^[36]
  • Junior Men's winner: Andrei Mozalev
  • Junior Ladies' winner: Lee Hae-in
  • Junior Pairs winners:  Russia (Iuliia Artemeva & Mikhail Nazarychev)
  • Junior Ice Dance winners:  Georgia (Maria Kazakova & Georgy Reviya)
• October 2 – 5, 2019: JGP #7 in Egna^[37]
  • Note: There was no junior pairs event here.
  • Junior Men's winner: Daniel Grassl
  • Junior Ladies' winner: Ksenia Sinitsyna
  • Junior Ice Dance winners:  Russia (Elizaveta Khudaiberdieva & Andrey Filatov)
• December 5 – 8, 2019: 2019–20 Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in Turin^[30]
  • Junior Men's winner: Shun Sato
  • Junior Ladies' winner: Kamila Valieva
  • Junior Pairs winners:  Russia (Apollinariia Panfilova & Dmitry Rylov)
  • Junior Ice Dance winners:  Georgia (Maria Kazakova & Georgy Reviya)

Floorball

• Men's World Floorball Championships – postponed to 2021
• Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships – postponed to 2021
• Champions Cup
  • Men's champion: Storvreta IBK
  • Women's champion: Täby FC

Freestyle skiing

Futsal

International futsal events

• July 19 – 26: 2020 World University Futsal Championships in Poznań

FIFA (futsal)

• September 12 – October 4: 2020 FIFA Futsal World Cup in  Lithuania

UEFA (futsal)

• TBA: 2019–20 UEFA Futsal Champions League Finals in (location TBA)

CONMEBOL (futsal)

National teams

• TBA: 2019 Copa América de Futsal (location TBA)
• TBA: 2019 Copa América Femenina de Futsal (location TBA)

Clubs

• TBA: 2019 Copa Libertadores de Futsal
• TBA: 2019 Copa Libertadores Femenina de Futsal

AFC (futsal)

• February 27 – March 8: 2020 AFC Futsal Championship (location TBA)
• July 3 – 12: 2020 AFC Women's Futsal Championship (location TBA)

CAF (futsal)

• April: 2020 Africa Futsal Cup of Nations in  Morocco

Golf

2020 Summer Olympics (Golf)

• Postponed to 2021

2020 Men's major golf championships

Three of the four major championships were rescheduled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and one was canceled.

• July 16 – 19: 2020 Open Championship
  • Canceled; the planned site of Royal St George's Golf Club in Sandwich, Kent will instead host in 2021
• August 6 – 9 (originally May 14 – 17): 2020 PGA Championship in San Francisco
  • Winner: Collin Morikawa (1st major title, & 3rd PGA Tour win)
• September 17 – 20 (originally June 18 – 21): 2020 U.S. Open in Mamaroneck
• November 12 – 15 (originally April 9 – 12): 2020 Masters Tournament in Augusta

2020 World Golf Championships (WGC)

One of the four championships was rescheduled due to the pandemic, and one was canceled.

• February 21– 24: 2020 WGC-Mexico Championship in Mexico City
  • Winner: Patrick Reed (second WGC-Mexico Championship win, 8th PGA Tour win)
• March 27 – 31: 2020 WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play in Austin
  • Canceled
• July 25 – 28 (originally July 2 – 5): 2020 WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis
• TBA: 2020 WGC-HSBC Champions (location TBA)

2020 Women's major golf championships

Three of the five major championships were rescheduled due to the pandemic.

• June 25 – 28: 2020 Women's PGA Championship in Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
• August 6 – 9 (originally July 23 – 26): 2020 Evian Championship in Évian-les-Bains
  • Canceled
• August 20 – 23: 2020 Women's British Open in Troon
• September 10 – 13 (originally April 2 – 5): 2020 ANA Inspiration in Rancho Mirage, California
• December 10 – 13 (originally June 4 – 7): 2020 U.S. Women's Open in Houston

2020 Senior major golf championships

Two of the five major championships were canceled due to the pandemic.

• May 21 – 24: Senior PGA Championship in Benton Harbor, Michigan
  • Canceled
• June 25 – 28: U.S. Senior Open in Newport, Rhode Island
  • Canceled
• July 9 – 12: Senior Players Championship in Akron, Ohio
• July 23 – 26: Senior Open Championship in Sunningdale
• September 24 – 27 (originally May 7 – 10): Regions Tradition in Birmingham, Alabama

2020 Legends Tour (Senior women's major golf championships)

One of the two major championships were canceled due to the pandemic.

• July 9 – 12: U.S. Senior Women's Open in Fairfield, Connecticut
• July 30 – August 1: Senior LPGA Championship in French Lick, Indiana
  • Canceled

Other major professional golf events

• March 12 – 15: 2020 Players Championship in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
  • Canceled following the conclusion of the first round
• September 10 – 13: 2020 BMW PGA Championship in Virginia Water
• September 25 – 27: 2020 Ryder Cup in Haven, Wisconsin

Major amateur golf events

• June 12–14: 2020 Curtis Cup in Conwy
  • Postponed until 2021
• August 3–9: 2020 U.S. Women's Amateur in Rockville, Maryland
• August 10–16: 2020 U.S. Amateur in Bandon, Oregon
• August 24–29: (originally June 15–20): 2020 Amateur Championship in Southport, Lancashire
• August 24–29: (originally June 23–27): 2020 British Ladies Amateur in Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire
• TBA: 2020 World Amateur Team Championships in  Hong Kong

Gymnastics

2020 Summer Olympics (Gymnastics)

Acrobatic gymnastics

• May 29 – 31: 2020 FIG Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Geneva^[38]

Aerobic gymnastics

• May 14 – 16: 2020 FIG Aerobic Gymnastics World Championships in Baku

Artistic gymnastics

• February 13 – 16: FIG World Cup 2020 (AG #1) in Melbourne
• March 7: American Cup All-Around (FIG World Cup 2020 (IAA #1)) in Milwaukee
• March 12 – 15: FIG World Cup 2020 (AG #2) in Baku
• March 21 & 22: EnBW DTB-Pokal Individual All-Around (FIG World Cup 2020 (IAA #2)) in Stuttgart
• March 25 – 28: FIG World Cup 2020 (AG #3) in Doha
• March 28: FIG World Cup 2020 (IAA #3) in Birmingham
• April 4 & 5: FIG World Cup 2020 (IAA #4) in Tokyo

Rhythmic gymnastics

• April 3 – 5: FIG World Cup 2020 (RG #1) in Pesaro
• April 10 – 12: FIG World Cup 2020 (RG #2) in Sofia
• April 17 – 19: FIG World Cup 2020 (RG #3) in Tashkent
• April 24 – 26: FIG World Cup 2020 (RG #4) in Baku
• May 2 & 3: RG International Tournament - RITAM CUP 2020 in Belgrade

Trampolining & Tumbling

• February 15 & 16: FIG TRA World Cup 2020 #1 in Baku
• March 14 & 15: Dutch Trampoline Open 2020 in Alkmaar
• April 24 & 25: FIG TRA World Cup 2020 #2 in Brescia
• July 3 & 4: FIG TRA World Cup 2020 #3 in Arosa

Handball

2020 Summer Olympics (Handball)

International handball events

• June 15 – 21: 2020 World University Handball Championship in Łódź

Continental handball championships

• January 9 – 26: 2020 European Men's Handball Championship in  Austria,  Norway, &  Sweden
  • In the final,  Spain defeated  Croatia, 22–20, to win their 2nd European Men's Handball Championship title.
  •  Norway took third place.
• December 3 – 20: 2020 European Women's Handball Championship in  Denmark
  • In the final,  Norway defeated  France, 22–20, to win their 8th European Women's Handball Championship title.
  •  Croatia took third place.

EHF

• September 11, 2019 – May 31: 2019–20 EHF Champions League
  • In the final, THW Kiel defeated Barça, 33–28, to win their 4th EHF Champions League title.
  • Paris Saint-Germain took third place.
• September 7, 2019 – May 10: 2019–20 Women's EHF Champions League
• August 31, 2019 – May 24: 2019–20 EHF Cup
• September 7, 2019 – May 10: 2019–20 Women's EHF Cup
• October 5, 2019 – May 24: 2019–20 EHF Challenge Cup
• November 9, 2019 – May 10: 2019–20 Women's EHF Challenge Cup

Other competitions

• August 30, 2019 –: 2019–2020 MOL Liga
• September 3, 2019 – April 4: 2019–20 SEHA League
  • In the final, Telekom Veszprém defeated Vardar 1961, 35–27, to win their 3rd SEHA League title.
  • Meshkov Brest took third place.
• September 7, 2019 –: 2019–2020 BeNe League
• September 22, 2019 –: 2019–2020 Baltic Handball League

South and Central America

National teams

• January 21 – 25: 2020 South and Central American Men's Handball Championship in Maringá
  •  Argentina won the round robin tournament with  Brazil in second and  Uruguay in third.
  • Note: All teams mentioned above have qualified to compete at the 2021 World Men's Handball Championship.

Horse racing

United States

US Triple Crown

• June 20: 2020 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park.^[39]
• September 5: 2020 Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.^[40]
• October 3: 2020 Preakness Stakes at Pimlico.^[41]

Breeders' Cup

• Nov 6–7: 2020 Breeders' Cup at Churchill Downs.^[42]

United Kingdom

British Classic Races

• TBA: 2020 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket
• TBA: 2020 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket
• TBA: 2020 Epsom Oaks at Epsom
• TBA: 2020 Epsom Derby at Epsom
• September 12: 2020 St Leger at Doncaster

Ice hockey

2020 Winter Youth Olympics (Ice hockey)

• January 10 – 22: Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne
  • Boys' team winners:  Russia,  United States,  Canada
  • Boys' 3x3 mixed tournament winners:  Team Green (MIX),  Team Red (MIX),  Team Brown (MIX)
  • Girls' team winners:  Japan,  Sweden,  Slovakia
  • Girls' 3x3 mixed tournament winners:  Team Yellow (MIX),  Team Black (MIX),  Team Blue (MIX)

Main world ice hockey championships

• December 26, 2019 – January 2, 2020: 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in Bratislava
  •  United States defeated  Canada, 2–1 in overtime, to win their eighth IIHF World Women's U18 Championship title.
  •  Russia took third place.
• December 26, 2019 – January 5, 2020: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava & Třinec^[43]
  •  Canada defeated  Russia, 4–3, to win their eighteenth World Junior Ice Hockey Championship title.
  •  Sweden took third place.
• March 31 – April 10: 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship in Halifax & Truro
• April 16 – 26: 2020 IIHF World U18 Championships in Ann Arbor & Plymouth
• May 8 – 24: 2020 IIHF World Championship in Zürich & Lausanne^[44]

2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships Divisions

• March 2 – 8: 2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV in Bishkek
• April 19 – 25: Division II – Group A in Zagreb
• April 19 – 25: Division II – Group B in Reykjavík
• April 19 – 25: Division III – Group A in Kockelscheuer
• April 20 – 26: Division III – Group B in Cape Town
• April 24 – 30: Division I – Group A in Ljubljana
• April 26 – May 2: Division I – Group B in Katowice

2020 IIHF World U20 Championships (Junior) Divisions

• December 8 – 14, 2019: Division I – Group A in Minsk
  • Final Round Robin Ranking: 1.  Austria, 2.  Latvia, 3.  Belarus, 4.  Norway, 5.  Denmark, 6.  Slovenia
  • Austria was promoted to Top Division for 2021. Slovenia was relegated to Division I – Group B for 2021.
• December 12 – 18, 2019: Division I – Group B in Kyiv
  • Final Round Robin Ranking: 1.  Hungary, 2.  France, 3.  Ukraine, 4.  Poland, 5.  Estonia, 6.  Italy
  • Hungary was promoted to Division I – Group A for 2021. Italy was relegated to Division II – Group A for 2021.
• January 6 – 12: Division II – Group A in Vilnius
  • Final Round Robin Ranking: 1.  Japan, 2.  Great Britain, 3.  Lithuania, 4.  Romania, 5.  Spain, 6.  Serbia
  • Japan was promoted to Division I – Group B for 2021. Serbia was relegated to Division II – Group B for 2021.
• January 13 – 19: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III in Sofia
  • Final Round Robin Ranking: 1.  Iceland, 2.  Australia, 3.  Turkey, 4.  Mexico, 5.  Bulgaria, 6.  New Zealand, 7.  Chinese Taipei, 8.  South Africa
  • Iceland was promoted to Division II – Group B for 2021.
• January 28 – February 3: Division II – Group B in Gangneung
  • Final Round Robin Ranking: 1.  South Korea, 2.  Netherlands, 3.  China, 4.  Croatia, 5.  Belgium, 6.  Israel
  • South Korea was promoted to Division II – Group A for 2021. Israel was relegated to Division III for 2021.

2020 IIHF World U18 Championships Divisions

• March 16 – 22: Division III – Group A in Istanbul
• March 21 – 27: Division II – Group B in Tianjin
• March 22 – 28: Division II – Group A in Tallinn
• March 29 – April 4: Division III – Group B in Kockelscheuer
• April 12 – 18: Division I – Group B in Asiago
• April 13 – 19: Division I – Group A in Piešťany

2020 IIHF Women's World Championships Divisions

• December 4 – 10, 2019: 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III in Sofia
  • Final Round Robin Ranking: 1.  South Africa, 2.  Belgium, 3.  Romania, 4.  Bulgaria, 5.  Lithuania, 6.  Hong Kong
  • South Africa was promoted to Division II – Group B for 2021.
• February 23 – 29: Division II – Group B in Akureyri
  • Final Round Robin Ranking: 1.  Australia, 2.  Iceland, 3.  New Zealand, 4.  Turkey, 5.  Croatia, 6.  Ukraine
  • Australia was promoted to Division II – Group A for 2021. Ukraine was relegated to Division III for 2021.
• March 28 – April 3: Division I – Group B in Katowice
• March 29 – April 4: Division II – Group A in Granada
• April 12 – 18: Division I – Group A in Angers

2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championships Divisions

• January 2 – 8: Division I – Group B in Katowice
  • Final Ranking: 1.  Norway, 2.  Austria, 3.  China, 4.  South Korea, 5.  Poland, 6.  Great Britain
  • Norway was promoted to Division I – Group A for 2021. Great Britain was relegated to Division II – Group A for 2021.
• January 3 – 9: Division I – Group A in Füssen
  • Final Ranking: 1.  Germany, 2.  Japan, 3.  Hungary, 4.  France, 5.  Italy, 6.  Denmark
  • Germany was promoted to Top Division for 2021. Denmark was relegated to Division I – Group B for 2021.
• January 25 – 28: Division II – Group A in Eindhoven
  • Final Ranking: 1.  Chinese Taipei, 2.  Netherlands, 3.  Australia, 4.  Kazakhstan
  • Chinese Taipei was promoted to Division I – Group B for 2021. Kazakhstan was relegated to Division II – Group B for 2021.
• January 30 – February 2: Division II – Group B in Mexico City
  • Final Ranking: 1.  Spain, 2.  Turkey, 3.  Mexico, 4.  New Zealand
  • Spain was promoted to Division II – Group A for 2021.

National Hockey League (NHL)

• October 2, 2019 – March 12, 2020: 2019–20 NHL season
  • Presidents' Trophy and Eastern Conference winners: Boston Bruins
  • Western Conference winners: St. Louis Blues
  • Art Ross Trophy winner: Leon Draisaitl ( Edmonton Oilers)
• October 4, 2019 – November 9, 2019: 2019 NHL Global Series
  • Game #1 at the O2 Arena in Prague^[45]
    • The Philadelphia Flyers defeated the Chicago Blackhawks, with the score of 4–3.
  • Games #2 & #3 at the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm^[46]
    • Game #2: The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres, with the score of 3–2.
    • Game #3: The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Buffalo Sabres again, with the score of 5–3.
• October 26, 2019: 2019 Heritage Classic at the Mosaic Stadium in Regina^[47]
  • The Winnipeg Jets defeated the Calgary Flames, with the score of 2–1.
• January 1: 2020 NHL Winter Classic at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas^[48]
  • The Dallas Stars defeated the Nashville Predators, with the score of 4–2.
• January 24 – 26: 2020 National Hockey League All-Star Game (Weekend) at the Enterprise Center In St. Louis^[49]
• February 15: 2020 NHL Stadium Series at the Falcon Stadium in Colorado Springs^[50]
  • The Los Angeles Kings defeated the Colorado Avalanche, with the score of 3–1.
• August 1 – September 28: 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
  • The Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Dallas Stars, 4–2 in games played, to win their second Stanley Cup championship.
• October 6 & 7: 2020 NHL Entry Draft

North America (Ice hockey)

• Note: The Canadian Women's Hockey League has ceased its operations and it is now defunct.

United States (AHL/ECHL/USHL)

• October 4, 2019 – April 11: 2019–20 AHL season
• October 11, 2019 – April 5: 2019–20 ECHL season
• TBA: 2019–20 USHL season

Junior (OHL/QMJHL/WHL)

• September 19, 2019 – March 21: 2019–20 QMJHL season
• September 19, 2019 – March 22: 2019–20 OHL season
• September 20, 2019 – March 22: 2019–20 WHL season

College (USA–NCAA–Division I)

• March 27 – April 11: 2020 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament (Frozen Four at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit)
• TBA: 2020 NCAA National Collegiate Women's Ice Hockey Tournament

Women (NWHL)

• October 19, 2019 – March 1, 2020: 2019–20 NWHL season
• November 2020 – March 2021: 2020–21 NWHL season

Europe (Ice hockey)

• August 29, 2019 – February 4, 2020: 2019–20 Champions Hockey League
  • Frölunda HC defeated Mountfield HK, 3–1, to win their second consecutive and fourth Champions Hockey League title.
  • Djurgårdens IF and Luleå HF finished in joint third place, as the losing semi-finalists.
• September 20, 2019 – January 12: 2019–20 IIHF Continental Cup
  • Final Ranking: 1. SønderjyskE Ishockey, 2. Nottingham Panthers, 3. HC Neman Grodno, 4. KS Cracovia

Finland

• September 2019 – March 2020: 2019–20 Liiga season
• 7 September 2019 – 12 March 2020: 2019–20 Naisten Liiga season

Asia (Ice hockey)

• August 31, 2019 – February 16: 2019–20 Asia League Ice Hockey season
  • February 22 – March 8: 2019–20 Asia League Ice Hockey Playoffs
• TBA: 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia
• TBA: 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 Challenge Cup of Asia
• TBA: 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 Challenge Cup of Asia Division I
• TBA: 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
• TBA: 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I

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