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The 2020–21
Championnat National 3 The Championnat National 3, commonly referred to as simply National 3 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur 2, is a football league competition. The league serves as the fifth division of the French football league system behind ...
is the fourth season of the fifth tier in the
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in its current format. The competition is contested by 168 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams. The teams include amateur clubs (although a few are
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) and the reserve teams of professional clubs. After a suspension starting in October 2020, the season was declared void by the FFF on 24 March 2021 due to the ongoing
COVID-19 pandemic in France The COVID-19 pandemic in France has resulted in confirmed cases of COVID-19 and deaths. The virus was confirmed to have reached France on 24 January 2020, when the first COVID-19 case in both Europe and France was identified in Bordeaux. T ...
, with some teams having played just three games.


Teams

On 17 July 2020, the
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ratified the constitution of the competition, and published the groups as follows: * 120 teams that were not relegated or promoted from the
2019–20 Championnat National 3 The 2019–20 Championnat National 3 was the third season of the fifth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition was contested by 168 clubs split geographically across 12 groups of 14 teams. The teams include ...
groups. * 11 teams relegated from
2019–20 Championnat National 2 The 2019–20 Championnat National 2 was the 22nd season of the fourth tier in the French football league system in its current format. The competition was contested by 64 clubs split geographically across 4 groups of 16 teams each. The teams incl ...
after any reprieves. * 1 team reprieved from relegation from 2019–20 Championnat National 3 groups. * 36 teams promoted from
Régional 1 The Régional 1, formerly Division d'Honneur or Honneur Ligue is the common generic name for the highest level football league competitions run by each of the 13 Regional Leagues in France. Together, these league competitions serve as the six ...
leagues (as shown in the table below). On 27 July 2020, the Appeals committee of the DNCG confirmed that
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would be allowed to play in
Championnat National 2 The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a Association football, football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system be ...
, thus temporarily leaving a vacant place in Group D. Three days later, the disciplinary committee of the FFF announced that they were demoting the club back to National 3, due to the production of fraudulent documentation at the end of the 2018–19 season.


Promotion and relegation

If eligible, the top team in each group is promoted to
Championnat National 2 The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a Association football, football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system be ...
. If a team finishing top of the group is ineligible, or declines promotion, the next eligible team in that group is promoted. Generally, three teams are relegated from each group to their respective top regional league, subject to reprieves. Extra teams are relegated from a group if more than one team is relegated to that group from Championnat National 2. In the case that no teams are relegated to a group from Championnat National 2, one less team is relegated from that group to the regional league. Reserve teams whose training centres are categorised as category 2B or lower cannot be promoted to Championnat National 2 by the rules of the competition.


Impacts of COVID-19 on the competition

On 28 October 2020, French President
Emmanuel Macron Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (; born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He was Ministry of Economy and Finance (France), Minister of Economics, Industr ...
announced a second
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lockdown, including the suspension of all amateur football, for four weeks. The following day, the ''FFF'' confirmed the suspension of senior football at all levels below
Championnat National The Championnat National (), commonly referred to as simply National or Division 3, is the third division of the French football league system behind Ligue 1 and Ligue 2. Contested by 18 clubs, the Championnat National operates on a system of ...
. By this point in the competition, more than 60 games had been postponed due to positive covid cases impacting one or both teams. On 24 March 2021, the ''COMEX'' (Executive Committee) of the ''FFF'' announced end of all amateur championships below
Championnat National 2 The Championnat National 2, commonly known as National 2 and formerly known as Championnat de France Amateur (CFA), is a Association football, football league competition. The league serves as the fourth tier of French football league system be ...
, including Championnat National 3, due to the ongoing COVID-19 situation. The announcement also confirmed no promotions or relegations would take place, with the season void.


League tables

The league standings are a record of the games that took place before the competition was declared void.


Group A: Nouvelle-Aquitaine


Group B: Pays de la Loire


Group C: Centre-Val de Loire


Group D: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur-Corsica


Group E: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté


Group F: Grand Est


Group H: Occitanie


Group I: Hauts-de-France


Group J: Normandy


Group K: Brittany


Group L: Île-de-France


Group M: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes


Top scorers


References

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