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Report: PSG to Be Crowned Ligue 1 Champion After Season Ends Prematurely

PSG likely didn't need any favors, but the club will reportedly be crowned Ligue 1 champion for the fourth straight season–and eighth time in the last nine seasons–after the league abandoned the rest of the 2019-20 campaign amid the coronavirus pandemic.

PSG led Marseille by 12 points, with a game in hand, when play was suspended, and with the French government not allowing any sports leagues to resume until Sept. 1 at the earliest, the league pulled the plug on the remainder of the season in the nation's top two flights.

As opposed to the Netherlands, which did not crown a champion, suspended promotion and relegation and only awarded European places based on the table when canceling the rest of its season, France has covered all the bases, according to ESPN.