| League details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 January – 25 October 2020 |
| Teams | 35 |
| League champions | |
| Winners | Limerick (13th win) |
| Captain | Declan Hannon |
| Manager | John Kiely |
| League runners-up | |
| Runners-up | Clare |
| Captain | David McInerney |
| Manager | Brian Lohan |
| Other division winners | |
| Division 2A | Antrim |
| Division 2B | Down |
| Division 3A | Donegal |
| Division 3B | Sligo |
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The 2020 National Hurling League was the 89th season of the National Hurling League for county teams.
Division 1 was restructured in 2020 into two groups of approximately equal strength.[1][2][3]
The league was originally scheduled to end on 29 March 2020. The public health measures introduced to combat the COVID-19 pandemic in Ireland resulted in most of the final stages being delayed to October and the Division 1 final stage being reduced from five games to one.[4][5][6]
Eir Sport and RTÉ provide live TV coverage of the league on Saturday nights. TG4 broadcast Sunday afternoon games. The highlights programmes are RTÉ2's League Sunday on Sunday evenings, TG4's GAA 2020 on Monday evenings and Eir Sport's Allianz Leagues Reloaded on Wednesday evenings.
Limerick were the winners, defeating Clare in the final on 25 October.[7][8]