2020 league round-ups

hen coronavirus struck last March, Europe had to decide how to finish championships that were already in the closing straight. South America’s task was more complicated.

Argentina aside, everyone now organises their season by the calendar year. The 2020 campaign had barely started when the action was interrupted. Administrators on the continent were faced with the challenge of improvising entire league championships. They came up with different solutions, which was hardly a surprise, for two reasons. First, a variety of formats are used across the continent – there is nothing like the European consensus in favour of the league system. And also, they had different timescales to work