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2020 European Men's Handball Championship
Men's EHF EURO 2020, the 14th European men's handball championship, held 9-26 January 2020 in Sweden, Austria, and Norway; first edition with 24 teams and three host nations; Spain beat Croatia 22:20 to retain the title, Norway took bronze.
2020 French Open
The 2020 French Open (Roland Garros), moved to 27 September–11 October 2020 by the COVID-19 pandemic, was won by Rafael Nadal (13th title, tying Federer's 20 majors) and Iga Świątek, the first Polish Grand Slam champion.
2020 Kansas City Chiefs season
2020 Kansas City Chiefs season: NFL team's 51st season under Andy Reid; finished 14-2, first in AFC West, a franchise-best win total; Mahomes threw for 4,740 yards; lost Super Bowl LV 31-9 to Tampa Bay.
2020 Major League Baseball draft
2020 Major League Baseball draft: the First-Year Player Draft held June 10-11, 2020, cut from 40 rounds to five (160 picks) due to COVID-19; Tigers took Spencer Torkelson first overall for a record $8,416,300 bonus.
2020 Major League Baseball season
2020 Major League Baseball season: COVID-19-shortened 60-game regular season, July 23 to September 27, no fans, universal DH, 16-team playoffs, Dodgers won the World Series, Shane Bieber unanimous AL Cy Young.
2020 Masters Tournament
2020 Masters Tournament, 84th Masters at Augusta National, played November 12-15, 2020 after COVID-19 postponement from April; first fan-less Masters; Dustin Johnson won at record 20-under 268.
2020 NBA All-Star Game
The 2020 NBA All-Star Game (69th edition) at Chicago's United Center: Team LeBron beat Team Giannis 157-155 using the Elam Ending target score of 157, with Kawhi Leonard winning the first Kobe Bryant MVP Award.
2020 NBA Bubble
2020 NBA Bubble: closed Disney World campus near Orlando where 22 NBA teams finished the 2019-20 season, July 30 to October 11, 2020, with no fans, daily testing, zero player infections, a Bucks walkout, and the Lakers' 17th title.
2020 NBA draft
2020 NBA draft, held Nov. 18, 2020 after a COVID-19 delay from June 25; first virtual draft. Minnesota took Anthony Edwards No. 1; LaMelo Ball went third; five All-Stars and major draft-night trades.
2020 NBA Finals
2020 NBA Finals: Los Angeles Lakers beat Miami Heat 4-2 in the Orlando COVID-19 bubble at Walt Disney World, winning a 17th title; LeBron James won his fourth Finals MVP after a Game 6 triple-double.
2020 NBA playoffs
2020 NBA playoffs: postseason of the 2019-20 season played in the Disney World COVID bubble; Bucks-led boycott on August 26; Lakers beat Heat 4-2 for a 17th title with LeBron James as Finals MVP.
2020 New England Patriots season
The 2020 New England Patriots season was the team's 61st NFL season, a 7-9 finish without Tom Brady that missed the playoffs for the first time since 2008.
2020 NFL Draft
The 2020 NFL Draft (85th annual NFL draft), held virtually April 23-25, 2020 due to COVID-19; Joe Burrow first overall; 255 picks, record 8.4M average viewers, Draft-A-Thon raised $6.6 million for relief.
2020 NFL season
The 2020 NFL season, the league's 101st, was played during COVID-19 with limited fans, record scoring (12,692 points), expanded playoffs, and Tampa Bay beating Kansas City 31-9 in Super Bowl LV.
2020 PDC World Darts Championship
2020 PDC World Darts Championship, held at Alexandra Palace 13 Dec 2019–1 Jan 2020; Peter Wright beat Michael van Gerwen 7-3 in the final for his first world title, £500,000 prize, oldest first-time PDC champion.
2020 Premier League Darts
2020 Premier League Darts: PDC darts league suspended by COVID-19 in March, resumed behind closed doors in Milton Keynes, and won by debutant Glen Durrant, who beat Nathan Aspinall 11-8 in the Coventry play-off final on October 15.
2020 Pro Bowl
2020 Pro Bowl: NFL all-star game for the 2019 season, played January 26, 2020 at Camping World Stadium, Orlando; AFC beat NFC 38-33 before 54,024 fans; Lamar Jackson led 12 Ravens picks; last Orlando edition before the 2021 game was canceled for COVID-19.
2020 Six Nations Championship
2020 Six Nations Championship: rugby union tournament won by England after COVID-19 suspension; France beat Ireland 35-27 in the rescheduled finale but England's bonus-point 34-5 win over Italy sealed the title.
2020 Stanley Cup Finals
2020 Stanley Cup Final: Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars 4-2, clinching 2-0 in Game 6 at Edmonton's Rogers Place bubble; Victor Hedman won the Conn Smythe, Vasilevskiy set goalie records, first neutral-site Cup since 1927.
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs
2020 Stanley Cup playoffs: NHL's COVID-19 bubble postseason with 24 teams in Toronto and Edmonton hubs, best-of-5 qualifiers plus round-robin, re-seeded best-of-7 rounds; Tampa Bay Lightning beat Dallas Stars in six games for the Cup on Sept. 28, 2020.
2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season
2020 Tampa Bay Buccaneers season: NFL season in which Tom Brady signed, the team went 11-5, and won Super Bowl LV 31-9 over Kansas City at Raymond James Stadium, its second Lombardi Trophy.
2020 Thomas & Uber Cup
2020 Thomas & Uber Cup (TotalEnergies BWF Thomas & Uber Cup Finals 2020): badminton world team championships in Aarhus, Denmark, postponed from May 2020 to October 2021 amid COVID-19; Indonesia beat China 3-0 for its 14th Thomas Cup.
2020 United States Men's Curling Championship
2020 United States Men's Curling Championship, held Feb 8-15, 2020 in Cheney/Spokane, WA; John Shuster's team went 11-0 and beat Rich Ruohonen 8-6 in the final, earning a Glasgow worlds berth later cancelled by COVID-19.
2020 United States men's Olympic basketball team
2020 United States men's Olympic basketball team, Team USA at Tokyo 2020 (played 2021): won a fourth straight gold, beating France 87-82 in the final after an 83-76 opening loss; Kevin Durant earned MVP and a third gold.
2020 US Open (tennis)
2020 US Open (tennis): fan-less Grand Slam, Aug 31–Sep 13, 2020, Flushing Meadows biosecure bubble; Dominic Thiem and Naomi Osaka won singles; $53.4M purse, Hawk-Eye Live debut, Djokovic defaulted.
2020 WNBA draft
2020 WNBA draft: virtual draft held April 17, 2020 (COVID-19), presented by State Farm; Sabrina Ionescu picked first by New York Liberty, Satou Sabally second, 36 selections, Crystal Dangerfield first second-round Rookie of the Year.
2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships
2020 IIHF World Junior Championship, held Dec 26, 2019-Jan 5, 2020 in Ostrava and Trinec, Czech Republic; Canada beat Russia 4-3 on Akil Thomas's late goal for its 18th gold; Sweden took bronze; Lafreniere named MVP.
2020 World Series
2020 World Series: Los Angeles Dodgers beat Tampa Bay Rays 4-2 at neutral-site Globe Life Field, Arlington, for the Dodgers' first title since 1988; Corey Seager MVP, 16-team pandemic playoff format.
2020 WTA Tour
2020 WTA Tour: pandemic-shortened women's tennis season, planned 53 events plus four Grand Slams but cut to 27; rankings frozen March 16, 2020; 'Better of 2019 and 2020' ranking model; Ashleigh Barty year-end No. 1.
2020–21 College Football Playoff
2020-21 College Football Playoff: four-team NCAA FBS postseason won by top-seeded Alabama, 13-0, which beat Ohio State 52-24 in the January 11, 2021 title game after semifinal wins over Notre Dame and Clemson's loss to Ohio State.