2020 Norwegian Third Division

3. divisjon
Season2020
ChampionsCancelled
PromotedN/A
RelegatedN/A
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2021 →

The 2020 3. divisjon (referred to as Norsk Tipping-ligaen for sponsorship reasons) was scheduled to be a fourth-tier Norwegian football league season. The league was supposed to consist of 84 teams divided into 6 groups of 14 teams each[1] and should have begun on 13 April 2020.[2]

The league should have been played as a double round-robin tournament, where all teams would play 26 matches.

In mid-July it was decided to bar all B teams ("2" teams) from promotion. As reserve players in professional clubs, they would have had the chance to train since May 2020, whereas the amateur teams were not allowed to train all spring and summer as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic in Norway.[3]

The 2020 season was cancelled on 18 September.[4]

  1. ^ "Her er avdelingene i PostNord-ligaen og Norsk Tipping-ligaen". www.fotball.no. Norwegian Football Federation. 7 December 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ "3. divisjon avdeling 1 2020". nifs.no. NTB. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Andrelagene til topplagene får ikke rykke opp i 2. divisjon". Dagsavisen. NTB. 17 July 2020. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  4. ^ Fotballforbund, Norges. "Seriefotball bredde utsettes til neste år". fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2020-12-22.