The 2020 FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies was set to be the 28th season of the FIA World Cup for Cross-Country Rallies; an annual rally raid competition for cars, buggies, side-by-sides, and trucks held in multiple countries. Due to COVID-19 pandemic all events but one were cancelled, and FIA considered that only one event wasn't enough to award a World title and cancelled the season.^[1]

Calendar

The original calendar for the 2020 edition of the world cup featured five events; four cross-country rallies and one cross-country marathon; the Silk Way Rally, which was included for the first time.^[2] Four events on the schedule are shared with the 2020 FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship; the Qatar round being the only exception.^[3]

Round	Dates	Rally name	Ref.
1	22–27 February	Qatar Cross-Country Rally	[4]
Cancelled due to the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic[5][6]
Original Date		Rally name
24-29 May		Rally Kazakhstan
2-16 July		Silk Way Rally
9-14 October		Rallye du Maroc
20-26 March		Abu Dhabi Desert Challenge

Regulation Changes

Starting with the 2020 season the vehicle classes have been reorganized into the following classifications:

• T1.1 - 4x4 Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles - Petrol and Diesel
• T1.2 - 4x2 Prototype Cross-Country Vehicles - Petrol and Diesel
• T2 - Series Production Cross Country Vehicles
• T3 - Improved Lightweight Prototypes Cross Country Vehicles
• T4 - Improved Lightweight Series Side by Side Cross Country Vehicles
• T5 - Cross Country Trucks

The FIA awards the world cup to drivers, co-drivers, and teams competing in the T1 category; whilst drivers and teams in the T3 and T4 categories are awarded FIA cups. The T2 production class will no longer be awarded an end of season trophy. Likewise, the T5 'truck' category is recognized, but not awarded any end-of-season cup or trophy.^[7]

Notable teams and drivers

Constructor	Car	Team	Driver	Co-driver	Category	Rounds
Can-Am	Can-Am Maverick X3	Snag Racing	Aleksei Shmotev	Andrei Rudnitski	T3	1
		Saleh Alsaif	Saleh Alsaif	Ali Hassan Obaid		1
		QMMF Team	Ahmed Al-Kuwari	Manuel Lucchese		1
			Rashid Al-Mohannadi	Pedro Santos		1
			Mubarak Al-Hajri	Laurent Lichtleuchter		1
			Mohammed Al-Harqan	Vili Oslaj		1
		South Racing	Austin Jones	Gustavo Gugelmin		1
Chevrolet	Chevrolet Buggy	Mohammed Al-Meer	Mohammed Al-Meer	Dmytro Tsyro	T1	1
G-Force	G-Force T3GF	Adel Abdulla	Adel Abdulla	Jean-Michel Polato	T3	1
Jeep	Jeep	Abdulla Al-Rabban	Abdulla Al-Rabban	Igor Chudaykin	T1	1
Nissan	Nissan Patrol	Khaled Ahmed Alferaihi	Khaled Ahmed Alferaihi	Wleed Alfiuam	T1	1
Opel	Opel Grandland X	Balazs Szalay	Balazs Szalay	Laszlo Bunkozci	T1	1
Overdrive	Overdrive OT3	Zavidovo Racing Team	Fedor Vorobyev	Kirill Shubin	T3	1
		Overdrive Racing	Kees Koolen	Sege Bruynkens		1
Polaris	Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo	QMMF Team	Khalid Al-Mohannadi	Sebastien Delaunay	T3	1
		Gonzalo S. Guayasamin	Gonzalo S. Guayasamin	Ricardo Adrian Torlaschi		1
Toyota	Toyota Hilux	Toyota Gazoo Racing	Nasser Al-Attiyah	Mathieu Baumel	T1	1
		Overdrive Racing	Yazeed Al-Rajhi	Michael Orr		1
		Orlen Team/Overdrive	Jakub Przygoński	Timo Gottschalk		1
Source:[8]

Results

T2, T4 and T5 categories had no competitors in the only event held.

Overall

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Qatar Cross Country Rally	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux	11:48:56
		2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr	Toyota Hilux	13:20:36
		3	Jakub Przygoński Timo Gottschalk	Toyota Hilux	13:50:19

T1 category

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Qatar Cross Country Rally	1	Nasser Al-Attiyah Mathieu Baumel	Toyota Hilux	11:48:56
		2	Yazeed Al-Rajhi Michael Orr	Toyota Hilux	13:20:36
		3	Jakub Przygoński Timo Gottschalk	Toyota Hilux	13:50:19

T3 category

Round	Rally name	Podium finishers
		Rank	Driver	Car	Time
1	Qatar Cross Country Rally	1	Ahmed Al-Kuwari Manuel Lucchese	Can-Am Maverick X3	15:25:09
		2	Saleh Alsaif Ali Hassan Obaid	Can-Am Maverick X3	15:36:06
		3	Khalid Al-Mohannadi Sebastien Delaunay	Polaris RZR 1000 Turbo	15:39:30