[1] According to the draw that took place on 27 April 2018, the Regionalliga Nord, Südwest, and Bayern champions were directly promoted to the 2020–21 3.
[2] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, all scheduled match days in the five Regionalligas were initially suspended in March 2020.
The Bavarian Football Association (BFV) announced its decision to suspend all scheduled match days indefinitely on 4 March 2020.
[11] 18 teams from the states of Bremen, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and Schleswig-Holstein competed in the eighth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nord.
After the season's cancellation, the final standings were based on an average of points earned per matches played.
[11] 18 teams from the states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Thuringia competed in the eighth season of the reformed Regionalliga Nordost.
After the season's cancellation, the final standings were based on an average of points earned per matches played.
After the season cancellation, the final standings were based on an average of points earned per matches played.
18 teams from Baden-Württemberg, Hesse, Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland competed in the eighth season of the Regionalliga Südwest.
After the season cancellation, the final standings were based on an average of points earned per matches played.
After the Bavarian association cancelled the 2020–21 season, which would have been the ninth for the Regionalliga Bayern, and enrolled Türkgücü München in the 3.