The 2020 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was the 49th season of the
women's association football
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highest division league in
Iceland
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.Due to the effects of the
COVID-19 pandemic
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the season started late on 12 June 2020.
Valur were the defending champions after claiming the
2019 championship.
On 30 October 2020, due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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, the season was abandoned with just two rounds of matches left to be played.
Breiðablik were declared champions, claiming their 18th Úrvalsdeild championship. The top two teams of the league at the time of the abandonment based on the average number of points per game played, Breiðablik and
Valur, were selected to play in the
2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League
The 2021–22 UEFA Women's Champions League was the 21st edition of the European women's club football championship organised by UEFA, and the 13th edition since being rebranded as the UEFA Women's Champions League. It was the first edition to fe ...
by the
Football Association of Iceland
The Football Association of Iceland (, , KSÍ) is the governing body of football in Iceland. It was founded on 26 March 1947, joined FIFA the same year, and UEFA in 1954. It organises the football league, Úrvalsdeild, and the Iceland men's nat ...
, likewise the last two teams relegating to the
1.deild kvenna.
Teams
The 2020 Úrvalsdeild kvenna was contested by 10 teams, eight of which played in the division the
previous season and two promoted from the
2019 1. deild kvenna. The bottom two teams from the previous season,
Keflavík
Keflavík (pronounced , meaning ''Driftwood Bay'') is a town in the Reykjanes region in southwest Iceland. It is included in the municipality of Reykjanesbær whose population as of 2016 is 15,129.
In 1995, Keflavík merged with nearby Njar ...
and
HK/Vikingur were relegated to the
1. deild kvenna and were replaced by
Þróttur and
FH, the winner and runners-up of the
2019 1. deild kvenna respectively.
Source
Scoresway
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League table
Results
Top goalscorers
References
External links
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Association football events curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic