2020 Norwegian Second Division

2. divisjon
Season2020
Dates10 July 2020 – 12 December 2020
ChampionsFredrikstad (Group 1)
Bryne (Group 2)
PromotedFredrikstad
Bryne
Matches played219
Goals scored722 (3.3 per match)
Top goalscorerGr. 1: Johnny Buduson
(15 goals)
Gr. 2: Joacim Holtan
(15 goals)
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The 2020 2. divisjon (referred to as PostNord-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was a Norwegian football third-tier league season. The league consisted of 28 teams divided into 2 groups of 14 teams. The groups were announced by the NFF on 7 December 2019.[1]

Under normal circumstances, the league would have been played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams play 26 matches. However, this season, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the league was split after 13 rounds, meaning the teams only played each other once in this stage. The seven best ranked teams in each of the two groups qualified for a second stage, the promotion groups, where they were to play six more matches.[2] The seven worst ranked teams in each of the two groups did not play any more matches after the first stage, and no teams were relegated.[3]

On 12 November, four of the last six matches in group 1 were cancelled because the teams had nothing left to play for. The two teams finishing in first and second place had already been determined.[4] One match was also cancelled in group 2 for the same reason.

  1. ^ "Her er avdelingene i PostNord-ligaen og Norsk Tipping-ligaen". www.fotball.no (in Norwegian). Norwegian Football Federation. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  2. ^ Hansen, Jonathan Simchai (12 June 2020). "NFF: Halv serie og sluttspill i 2. divisjon" (in Norwegian). Verdens Gang. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Ikke noe nedrykk fra 2. divisjon, sluttspillet strykes" (in Norwegian). Dagsavisen. 28 September 2020. Retrieved 18 April 2021.
  4. ^ "NFF avlyser flere kamper i PostNord-ligaen avdeling 1". www.nettavisen.no (in Norwegian). Nettavisen. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2020.