2020 Norwegian Third Division Explained

Competition:	3. divisjon
Season:	2020
Winners:	Cancelled
Promoted:	N/A
Relegated:	N/A
Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	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]

Team changes

The following teams have changed division since the 2019 season.

To 3. divisjon

Promoted from 4. divisjon

• 18 teams

Relegated from 2. divisjon

• Vidar
• Sola
• Byåsen
• Elverum
• Oppsal
• Mjølner

From 3. divisjon

Promoted to 2. divisjon

• Eidsvold Turn
• Vålerenga 2
• Fløy
• Vard Haugesund
• Rosenborg 2
• Fløya

Relegated to 4. divisjon

• 18 teams

League tables

NOT PLAYED

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Notes and References

1. Web site: Her er avdelingene i PostNord-ligaen og Norsk Tipping-ligaen . www.fotball.no . . 7 December 2019 . 29 January 2020.
2. Web site: 3. divisjon avdeling 1 2020 . nifs.no . . 29 January 2020.
3. News: Andrelagene til topplagene får ikke rykke opp i 2. divisjon. Dagsavisen. NTB. 17 July 2020. 17 July 2020.
4. Web site: Fotballforbund. Norges. Seriefotball bredde utsettes til neste år. 2020-12-22. fotball.no - Norges Fotballforbund. no.