The2020 VFL Women's season was meant to have been the fifth season of theVFL Women's (VFLW), the state-level senior women'sAustralian rules football competition inVictoria.^[1][2] However, the season was cancelled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.^[3][4]

Preparations for the 2020 season featured twelve teams, eleven of which had participated in2019.^[5][6] The changes in league membership came about afterMelbourne University transferred its license toNorth Melbourne after ten years of partnership between the clubs, andNorthern Territory folded in September 2019.^[7][8]

The 2020 fixture was released on 5 February 2020, withWestern Bulldogs scheduled to playDarebin on 9 May in the season opener as part of a 14-match home-and-away season over 16 rounds, followed by a four-week finals series ending on 20 September.^[9][10]

The season was disrupted by theCOVID-19 pandemic, which was formally declared a pandemic on 11 March 2020.^[11] The start of the VFLW season was suspended indefinitely on 16 March.^[12][13]

After months of uncertainty, it was announced on 16 June 2020 that the VFLW season would be cancelled.^[14][15] Instead, a four-team "Super Series" would be held in September 2020 to allow for 120 players to push for inclusion on anAFL Women's (AFLW) list in2021.^[16][17]

On 7 July, the second wave of COVID-19 cases across Melbourne resulted in anew lockdown being imposed by the state government, which all but precluded organised sport in the state until at least 19 August (ultimately lasting several months beyond that).^[18][19] The2020 VFL season was cancelled outright the following day, before the decision was made to cancel the planned VFLW Super Series one month later on 4 August.^[20][21]

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