The 2020

Football West Football West is the state governing and censoring body for soccer in Western Australia (WA). It is affiliated with Football Australia (FA), the sport's national governing body, and through FA's affiliation to FIFA. Football West's premier compe ...

season was the seventh season since the

National Premier Leagues The National Premier Leagues (NPL) is a national association football competition in Australia which acts as the second tier of the sport in the country below the A-League. The NPL consists of the highest level state league in each state-based ...

was established in

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. All NPL and grassroots competitions were suspended for one month due to the impacts from the

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, effective 18 March to 14 April, and further extended until early July. The NPL, NPL Women's and Men's State League competitions resumed from 3 July, with grassroots football having recommenced from 21 June.

Pre-season changes

League Tables

2020 National Premier Leagues WA

Only the first round of the double round-robin season was played before the competition was suspended due to restrictions relating to the coronavirus pandemic. The season resumed on 3 July, with results from the matches played in March no longer counting, and promotion/relegation being suspended. After the first 11 rounds of the season, the teams were split into an Upper Table (top 6) and a Lower Table (bottom 6), with teams in each section playing each other once, with all points and goals reset to zero. The Premier was declared as the Upper Table leader at the end of round 16. There was also a separate Finals series, between the top three teams of the Upper table, and the top team of the Lower Table, which was won by Floreat Athena. The NPL Premier normally qualifies for the national NPL finals series, but the 2020 National Premier Leagues finals series was cancelled in July.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Finals

2020 WA State League 1

The 2020 WA State League 1 season was originally scheduled to be played over 22 rounds as a double round-robin. The season commenced on 4 July, with promotion/relegation being suspended. After the first 11 rounds of the season, the teams were split into an Upper Table (top 6) and a Lower Table (bottom 6), with teams in each section playing each other once, with all points and goals reset to zero. The Champion was declared as the Upper Table leader at the end of round 16. No Premier was declared. There was also a separate Finals series, between the top three teams of the Upper table, and the top team of the Lower Table.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Finals

2020 WA State League 2

The 2020 WA State League 2 season was originally scheduled to be played over 22 rounds as a double round-robin. The season started on 4 July, with promotion/relegation being suspended. After the first 11 rounds of the season, the teams were split into an Upper Table (top 6) and a Lower Table (bottom 6), with teams in each section playing each other once, with all points and goals reset to zero. The Champion was declared as the Upper Table leader at the end of round 16. No Premier was declared. There was also a separate Finals series, between the top three teams of the Upper table, and the top team of the Lower Table.

Stage 1

Stage 2

Finals

2020 NPL Women

The 2020 NPL WA Women was the first season in the new

National Premier Leagues WA Women The National Premier Leagues WA Women, also known as the NPL WA Women, is a soccer competition in Western Australia. The competition is conducted by Football West, the organising body in Western Australia. The league is a subdivision of the seco ...

format. It was initially meant to be played over 21 rounds as a triple round-robin, but later rescheduled as a double round-robin, with promotion/relegation being suspended. The Champion was declared as the leader at the end of round 14. No Premier was declared.

Finals

2020 State Cup

Western Australian soccer clubs commenced the

Football West State Cup The Football West State Cup is a soccer competition held between clubs in the Australian state of Western Australia, known as the Belt Up Cup for sponsorship reasons. It serves as preliminary rounds for the Australia Cup, previously known as th ...

competition in February, only to see it suspended due to the impacts from the pandemic. At the time of suspension, only the first two rounds had been played, involving teams from various divisions of the Amateur League and Metropolitan League competitions, and from regional teams from the Goldfields, South West and Great Southern regions. With the return to competitions in June, there was a decision by Football West not to proceed with cup competitions in general. These first two rounds were part of the parallel

2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds The 2020 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were the qualifying competition initially meant to decide 22 of the 32 teams to take part in the 2020 FFA Cup. Some preliminary matches were held in February and March, prior to the competition being suspende ...

, which competition was also cancelled.

References

External links

Football West Official website
{{2019–20 in Australian soccer Soccer in Western Australia

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