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Nations League draw: Italy and France to meet in 2024/25 league phase

Nations League draw Italy and France to meet in 202425 league phase
Italy meet France and Germany take on the Netherlands in League A, while England face the Republic of Ireland in League B following the draw for the league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League.

The draw for the league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League – the fourth edition of the competition – was held in Paris on Thursday.

2024/25 UEFA Nations League: All you need to know

League A

Group A1: Croatia, Portugal, Poland, ScotlandGroup A2: Italy, Belgium, France, IsraelGroup A3: Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Bosnia and HerzegovinaGroup A4: Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Serbia

League B

Group B1: Czechia, Ukraine, Albania, GeorgiaGroup B2: England, Finland, Republic of Ireland, GreeceGroup B3: Austria, Norway, Slovenia, KazakhstanGroup B4: Wales, Iceland, Montenegro, Türkiye

Ireland's EURO '88 winner against England

League C

Group C1: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, EstoniaGroup C2: Romania, Kosovo, Cyprus, Lithuania/Gibraltar*Group C3: Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, BelarusGroup C4: Armenia, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Latvia

League D

Group D1: Lithuania/Gibraltar*, San Marino, LiechtensteinGroup D2: Moldova, Malta, Andorra

*To be determined following the 2022/23 play-outs in March 2024

2024/25 Nations League dates

Matchday 1: 5-7 September 2024Matchday 2: 8-10 September 2024Matchday 3: 10-12 October 2024Matchday 4: 13-15 October 2024Matchday 5: 14-16 November 2024Matchday 6: 17-19 November 2024

Knockout round play-off draw: November 2024Knockout round play-offs: 20-25 March 2025League A quarter-finals: 20-25 March 2025Final tournament: 4-8 June 2025

How does the 2024/25 Nations League work?

Each team plays home and away against the other nations in their league phase group.

The 2024/25 edition has been expanded with a new knockout round to be played in March 2025. The League A group winners and runners-up will participate in home-and-away quarter-finals, with the winners of these ties qualifying for the final tournament in June 2025.

The fourth-placed teams in Leagues A and B are automatically relegated to League B and C respectively. The two lowest-ranked fourth-placed teams in League C, meanwhile, are relegated to League D.

The four group winners in Leagues B and C, as well as the two group winners in League D, are automatically promoted to Leagues A, B and C respectively.

The third-ranked teams of League A and the runners-up of League B, as well as the third-ranked teams of League B and the runners-up of League C, will play a home-and-away promotion/relegation play-off.

There will also be play-offs between the two best-ranked fourth-placed teams from League C and the two runners-up from League D.

The expansion of the UEFA Nations League into the International Match Calendar window of March will only concern a selected number of teams and the remaining teams will already be available to start the European Qualifiers. 

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