The 2020 European Masters was a professional ranking snooker tournament which took place from 21 to 27 September 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England.

Organised by the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, it was the first completed ranking event of the 2020–21 season.

Neil Robertson was the defending champion, having defeated Zhou Yuelong in a 9–0 whitewash in the previous season's final.

He also equalled the most consecutive century breaks, scoring four in succession in his 5–0 second round win over Ken Doherty.

[6] The event featured 128 competitors with 124 participants from the World Snooker Tour with four additional places given to the four highest ranked players from continental Europe on the 2020 Q School Order of Merit.

[10] A further three players also withdrew as Elliot Slessor and David Lilley had both been in contact with Wilson, while Michael White came into proximity to Wells.

[10] Having received a walkover in the first round, the 2020 World Snooker Championship winner Ronnie O'Sullivan met new professional Aaron Hill.

[11] Hill suggested that comments made by O'Sullivan about the quality of newer players inspired his performance.

"[13] Newly professional player Peter Devlin defeated three-time world champion Mark Williams 5–4.

Two-time winner Judd Trump took a 4–0 lead over Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals and eventually won 5–2, whilst defending champion Neil Robertson lost to Shaun Murphy on a deciding frame.

[22] The other semi-final saw Gould defeat world number one Trump by the same scoreline to reach his first ranking final since the 2016 German Masters.

[26] Selby won the opening frame of the match after fluking a snooker, forcing Gould to pocket the cue ball.

[26] In frame 15 Gould required just the blue and pink balls to win, but hit the knuckle of the middle pocket.

[28] This was the tenth final win in a row for Selby, who commented: "From being 4–0 down Martin played fantastically well to get back into the match and after that it was nip-and-tuck.