COVID-19: effect on number of sporting events worldwide 2020, by month

The COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 hit the sports industry hard - many professional leagues across the globe suspended their seasons and hundreds of thousands of jobs were put at risk as public sporting events across the world were cancelled. Analysis suggests that 26,424 sporting events would be held in December 2020, significantly lower than the original projection of almost 50 thousand events that were to be held in the same month before the crisis hit.

2020年爆发的COVID-19疫情对体育产业造成了沉重打击——全球众多职业联赛暂停赛季，成千上万的职位面临风险，世界各地公共体育赛事纷纷取消。分析表明，2020年12月将有26,424场体育赛事举行，这一数字远低于危机爆发前同一月份原计划的近50,000场赛事。