Nations league groups

League A will begin with the league phase in Septemberand will culminate with the Nations League Finals in June to determine the champions of the competition. For the first time, a quarter-final round will be contested in League A by the group winners and runners-up, with the winners advancing to the Nations League Finals. Spain are the defending champions, nations league groups, having won the finals. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and Nations league groups

The first tournament began in September The four group winners from League A qualified for the finals , played in Portugal in June The competition replaces the international friendly matches previously played on the FIFA International Match Calendar , with European national teams engaging in more frequent competitive matches against other European national teams of comparable level. The concept of the UEFA Nations League would see all of UEFA's member associations' national teams divided into a series of groups based upon a ranking formulated using their recent results, where they would be promoted and relegated to other groups according to their results within the group. In March , UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino stated that one of the benefits of the proposal would be to help less glamorous national associations arrange games. The Royal Belgian Football Association 's general secretary, Steven Martens , said that lower-ranked nations would still benefit financially from the competition, as the television contract with UEFA would be centralised.

Nations league groups

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The Uefa Nations League starts on Wednesday, with all the home nations in action over the next two weeks. The competition fills the gap created by the World Cup in Qatar moving to November. England and Northern Ireland play four group games, while Wales have four along with a World Cup play-off final. The Nations League is a biennial competition in its third edition. It was first won by Portugal in and France are the defending champions after beating Spain in the final. So who are playing, what is the format and what is the point? As with the edition, the competition consists of three leagues of 16 teams and a fourth of seven. League A - the top division - and Leagues B and C are split into four groups of four, while League D is made up of a group of four and a three. The winners of each group in League A qualify for next year's finals tournament, while the winners of each group in Leagues B, C and D secure promotion to the next league up. Teams who finish bottom of their groups in League A and B will be relegated, and those in League C will enter a play-off to decide who drops to League D.

Nations league groups

Portugal were the defending champions, having won the inaugural finals. However, they failed to qualify for the finals after finishing second in their group behind France. On 24 September , UEFA announced that a revised format would be used for the —21 edition, the second season of the competition. League D featured seven teams divided into two groups, with one containing four teams and the other containing three. Each team now played six matches within their group, except for one group in League D that played four, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October, and November This format ensured that for almost all groups, teams in the same group played their last matches at the same time. It also increased the number of total league phase matches from to and minimized the number of friendly matches. The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals, which was played in a knockout format consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off, and final. The semi-final pairings were determined using an open draw. Teams also competed for promotion and relegation to a higher or lower league.

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Wikimedia Commons. The last-placed teams of each group will continue to be relegated directly to League B, while the third-placed teams will compete against the runners-up of League B to determine their permanence in the League A for the next season or their relegation to the —27 UEFA Nations League B. This change to the format followed a collective consultation process, whereby all UEFA national associations reiterated their intent to further reduce the number of friendly matches. Israel's national team is on its way to the Euro Cup] in Hebrew. Retrieved 2 September The four quarter-final winners advance to the Nations League Finals using the same rules above. Radio Sarajevo. Retrieved 26 November USA Today. The semi-final pairings will be determined using an open draw. Northern Ireland.

Following their win in , defending champions France were unable to retain their title in the finals after finishing third in their group. Spain won the final against Croatia , 5—4 on penalties following a 0—0 draw after extra time , for their first UEFA Nations League title.

The semi-finals pairings will be determined by means of an open draw. This change to the format followed a collective consultation process, whereby all UEFA national associations reiterated their intent to further reduce the number of friendly matches. Seasons —19 —21 —23 — Beginning in —25, the group winners and runners-up of League A advance to a new two-legged home-and-away quarter-final round. Archived from the original on 24 September Bosnia and Herzegovina returned to League A, after a one-season absence, by securing first place in its —23 League B group with a 1—0 victory over Montenegro on 23 September Download as PDF Printable version. European association football tournament for men's national teams. USA Today. In the top league, League A, the winners of the four groups go on to play in the Nations League Finals, with two semi-finals, a third and fourth-place decider , and a final to decide which team becomes the UEFA Nations League champion. Retrieved 22 December