The 2024/25 UEFA Nations League group section has drawn to an in depth however the fourth iteration of the competitors first launched in 2018 shouldn’t be but near reaching a conclusion.
UEFA have opted for a unique method to this Nations League, with the governing physique fittingly deciding extra soccer is required to appease the lots. Because of this, eight groups from League A will progress into the primary Nations League quarter-finals subsequent March – with the ties performed over two legs – earlier than the semi-finals and ultimate play out in June 2025.
Whereas the majority of followers eager to take pleasure in some worldwide motion after 4 months of unrelenting membership soccer will focus their consideration on the ‘main’ nations competing for silverware, the Nations League play-offs are sure to supply drama and a touch of suspense, too.
These ties, based mostly on performances through the 2024/25 group section, will in the end form the competitors for its subsequent iteration in 2026/27. England threatened to be concerned throughout Thomas Tuchel‘s first break in cost, however a late restoration of their maiden League B enterprise means they’ve made a swift return to League A.
This is every little thing it’s essential to know concerning the 2024/25 Nations League play-offs.
There are three completely different play-offs to think about: League C/D play-offs, League C/B play-offs, and League B/A play-offs.
The League B/C and League B/A play-offs will happen on 20 and 23 March 2025, whereas the League C/D play-offs won’t be held till Thursday 26 and Tuesday 31 March 2026.
The Nations League play-offs basically resolve how the leagues will search for the following iteration of the competitors in 2026/27.
The 4 groups who completed backside of their League A bunch will face off towards the 4 groups who got here second of their League B group over two legs. The winner of those 4 ties will compete in League A for the 2026/27 Nations League and the 4 losers will both drop down or stay in League B.
The idea is identical for the League B/C play-offs, solely the League C runners-up will likely be taking up the third-place finishers from League B. People who rank backside in League B are robotically relegated.
The League C/D play-offs is made up of simply two ties between the 2 best-ranked fourth-placed groups from League C and two runners-up from League D.
Eight nations are concerned in each the League B/A and League C/B play-offs, whereas 4 will compete within the League D/C play-offs.
This is a rundown of which groups will likely be concerned in every of the 2024/25 Nations League play-offs.
League B/A
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Nation |
Technique of qualification for play-offs |
|---|---|
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Scotland |
Third-place A1 |
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Belgium |
Third-place A2 |
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Hungary |
Third-place A3 |
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Serbia |
Third-place A4 |
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Ukraine |
Runners-up B1 |
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Greece |
Runners-up B2 |
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Austria |
Runners-up B3 |
|
Turkiye |
Runners-up B4 |
League B/C
|
Nation |
Technique of qualification for play-offs |
|---|---|
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Georgia |
Third-place B1 |
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Republic of Eire |
Third-place B2 |
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Slovenia |
Third-place B3 |
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Iceland |
Third-place B4 |
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Slovakia |
Runners-up C1 |
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Kosovo |
Runners-up C2 |
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Bulgaria |
Runners-up C3 |
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Armenia |
Runners-up C4 |
League C/D
|
Nation |
Technique of qualification for play-offs |
|---|---|
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Latvia |
Greatest ranked fourth-place League C finisher |
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Luxembourg |
Second-best ranked fourth-place League C finisher |
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Gibraltar |
Runners-up D1 |
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Malta |
Runners-up D2 |
The three Nations League play-off attracts will likely be made on the identical day because the quarter-finals draw at UEFA HQ in Nyon, Switzerland on Friday 22 November.
The draw is scheduled to get underway at midday CET (11:00 GMT).
