[5] The 2020 event was set to be based in Ypres in West Flanders and was scheduled to be contested over twenty-three special stages.

The rally was planned to cover a total competitive distance of 265.69 km (165.09 mi).

This would mark the Ypres Rally run as a WRC event for the first time.

The country was set to become the thirty-fourth nation to stage a championship round in the WRC.

[7] The first two days of action would take place in the area around Ypres, while Sunday's final leg would be focused on the iconic Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Stavelot, with the rally-closing Power Stage featuring the famous Eau Rouge-Raidillon section of the track.