2024–25 UEFA Nations League

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

Tournament details
Dates	League phase: 5 September – 19 November 2024 League A quarter-finals, and League A/B and B/C play-offs: 20–23 March 2025 Nations League Finals: 4–8 June 2025 League C/D play-offs: 26–31 March 2026
Teams	54
Final positions
Champions	Portugal (2nd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	France
Fourth place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	184
Goals scored	498 (2.71 per match)[note 1]
Attendance	4,359,750 (23,694 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Viktor Gyökeres (9 goals)
← 2022–23 2026–27 → All statistics correct as of 8 June 2025.

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League is the fourth season of the UEFA Nations League tournament, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The competition is being held from September to November 2024 (league phase), March 2025 (League A quarter-finals and both League A/B and B/C play-offs), June 2025 (Nations League Finals), and March 2026 (League C/D play-offs).

Spain were the defending champions, having won the 2023 finals. Nevertheless, they lost the final to Portugal 5–3 on penalties, following a 2–2 draw after extra time.

The UEFA national teams were divided into four leagues, with Leagues A, B, and C featuring 16 teams each, divided into four groups of four teams, while League D featured 6 teams divided into two groups of three. The teams were allocated to leagues based on the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League overall ranking.^[1] Each team played six matches within their group, except for teams in League D which played four, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2024.^[2]

On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee confirmed an altered format for the Nations League following the league phase.^[3][4] In the top division, League A, the group winners and runners-up advanced to a new quarter-final round, played home-and-away over two legs in March 2025. In each tie, group winners faced a runner-up from a different group, with the group winner hosting the second leg. The four quarter-final winners qualified for the Nations League Finals, retaining its previous format, which will be played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off and final. The semi-final pairings are determined by means of a draw. The host country for the Nations League Finals was selected from among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the Nations League champions.

For the first time, teams also competed for promotion and relegation to a higher or lower league. The group winners in Leagues B, C, and D were directly promoted, while the last-placed teams of each group in Leagues A and B were directly relegated. As League C had four groups while League D had only two, the two lowest-ranked League C teams were automatically relegated (a change from the previous editions, which featured relegation play-outs between the fourth-placed teams of League C). As part of the format change, promotion/relegation play-offs were also introduced, with the third-placed teams of League A facing the runners-up of League B, the third-placed teams of League B facing the runners-up of League C, and the two best-ranked fourth-placed teams of League C facing the runners-up of League D. The matches were scheduled to be played home-and-away over two legs in March 2025 (League A/B and B/C) and March 2026 if necessary (League C/D), with the winners going to the higher league and the losers entering the lower league.^[5]

In all two-legged ties, the higher-ranked teams host the second leg. The team that scores more goals on aggregate is the winner. If the aggregate score is level, extra time is played (the away goals rule is not applied). If the score remains level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner.^[6]

The 2024–25 Nations League will be partially linked with European qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the format confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023.^[7] The twelve group winners of FIFA World Cup qualification after the first round (group stage) will qualify directly for the World Cup. Then, the second round (play-offs) will be contested by the twelve group runners-up, along with the four best Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking, that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group. The play-offs will be split into four play-off paths, played in two single-match knockout rounds (semi-finals and finals, with the home teams to be drawn), from which an additional four teams will also qualify.^[8]

If two or more teams in the same group are equal on points on completion of the league phase, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:^[6]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
2. Higher goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings.^[a] If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 11 apply;
5. Higher goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
8. Higher number of wins in all group matches;
9. Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
10. Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).
11. Higher position in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list.

Notes

Individual league rankings are established according to the following criteria:^[6]

1. Position in the group;
2. Higher number of points;
3. Higher goal difference;
4. Higher number of goals scored;
5. Higher number of goals scored away from home;
6. Higher number of wins;
7. Higher number of wins away from home;
8. Lower disciplinary points total (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).
9. Higher position in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list.

Following the completion of the league phase, the interim overall UEFA Nations League rankings are established as follows:^[6]

1. The 16 League A teams are ranked 1st to 16th according to their league rankings.
2. The 16 League B teams are ranked 17th to 32nd according to their league rankings.
3. The 16 League C teams are ranked 33rd to 48th according to their league rankings.
4. The 6 League D teams are ranked 49th to 54th according to their league rankings.

Following the completion of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs, the final overall UEFA Nations League rankings are established. Within each of the groups listed below, teams are ordered based on their interim overall ranking.^[6]

1. The four Nations League Finals participants are ranked 1st to 4th in order of winner, runner-up, and third place play-off winner and loser.
2. The four League A quarter-final losers are ranked 5th to 8th.
3. The four teams directly promoted to League A, and the four winners of the League A/B play-offs, are ranked 9th to 16th.
4. The four teams directly relegated to League B, and the four losers of the League A/B play-offs, are ranked 17th to 24th.
5. The four teams directly promoted to League B, and the four winners of the League B/C play-offs, are ranked 25th to 32nd.
6. The four teams directly relegated to League C, and the four losers of the League B/C play-offs, are ranked 33rd to 40th.
7. The four League C third-placed teams remain ranked 41st to 44th.
8. The two teams directly promoted to League C, and the two winners of the League C/D play-offs, are ranked 45th to 48th.
9. The two teams directly relegated to League D, and the two losers of the League C/D play-offs, will be ranked 49th to 52nd.
10. The two League D third-placed teams remain ranked 53rd and 54th.

Below is the schedule of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League.^[6]

To allow for enough teams to participate in the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification group stage in March 2025, the League C/D promotion/relegation play-offs will be played in March 2026. However, if any of the teams due to participate in these ties advance to the World Cup play-offs in March 2026, the League C/D promotion/relegation play-offs will be cancelled, and all teams will remain in their respective leagues for the following edition.^[6]

Stage	Round	Dates
League phase	Matchday 1	5–7 September 2024
	Matchday 2	8–10 September 2024
	Matchday 3	10–12 October 2024
	Matchday 4	13–15 October 2024
	Matchday 5	14–16 November 2024
	Matchday 6	17–19 November 2024
League A quarter-finals, and League A/B and B/C play-offs	First leg	20 March 2025
	Second leg	23 March 2025
Finals	Semi-finals	4–5 June 2025
	Third place play-off	8 June 2025
	Final
League C/D play-offs	First leg	26 March 2026
	Second leg	31 March 2026

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 9 February 2024, the day following the draw.^{[9][10][11][12]}

54 of UEFA's 55 national teams entered the competition. Russia, slated to participate in League C, were suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[13] The teams which finished bottom of their group in Leagues A and B, as well as the losers from the relegation play-outs of League C, from the 2022–23 season moved down a league, while the group winners of Leagues B, C and D moved up. The remaining teams stayed in their respective leagues.^[14]

In an interview with the Polish website meczyki.pl, UEFA vice-president Zbigniew Boniek said that all ten teams from CONMEBOL, South America's football federation, could join the UEFA Nations League from the 2024–25 edition of the competition.^[15] The plans, which would act as a response to FIFA's biennial World Cup plans, were intended as part of enhanced cooperation between the two organisations following the signing of a memorandum of understanding and the opening of a joint office in London.^[16] However, such an expansion was not possible after CONMEBOL submitted a request to FIFA to maintain the round-robin qualification format for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.^[17] On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee confirmed the format for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League, with no South American teams to be added.^[3]

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League overall ranking,^[18] with slight modifications: teams that were relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below those who were promoted, and rankings shifted with the removal of Russia.^[6] The seeding pots for the league phase were based on the access list ranking. The seeding pots, draw procedure, and fixture list procedures were confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on 2 December 2023.^[19]

Key

	Promoted after previous season
	Relegated after previous season
*	Participated in relegation play-outs

League A Pot Team Prv Rank 1  Spain (title holders) 1  Croatia 2  Italy 3  Netherlands 4 2  Denmark 5  Portugal 6  Belgium 7  Hungary 8 3   Switzerland 9  Germany 10  Poland 11  France 12 4  Israel 13  Bosnia and Herzegovina 14  Serbia 15  Scotland 16	League B Pot Team Prv Rank 1  Austria 17  Czech Republic 18  England 19  Wales 20 2  Finland 21  Ukraine 22  Iceland 23  Norway 24 3  Slovenia 25  Republic of Ireland 26  Albania 27  Montenegro 28 4  Georgia 29  Greece 30  Turkey 31  Kazakhstan 32
League C Pot Team Prv Rank 1  Romania 33  Sweden 34  Armenia 35  Luxembourg 36 2  Azerbaijan 37  Kosovo 38  Bulgaria 39  Faroe Islands 40 3  North Macedonia 41  Slovakia 42  Northern Ireland 43  Cyprus 44 4  Belarus 45  Lithuania[a] * 46  Estonia 47  Latvia 48	League D Pot Team Prv Rank 1  Gibraltar[a] * 49  Moldova 50 2  Malta 51  Andorra 52  San Marino 53  Liechtenstein 54 Suspended from entering competition Team  Russia

The draw for the league phase took place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France, on 8 February 2024, 18:00 CET.^[20][21][22] The draw, originally planned to take place in Madrid, was relocated due to the Luis Rubiales scandal.^[23][24]

For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict) could not be drawn into the same group. Due to excessive travel restrictions, only one of England, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland or Wales could be drawn with Kazakhstan. No winter venue restrictions were necessary for countries with a risk of severe winter weather, and several other potential political and excessive travel restrictions were not required because the teams concerned were either in different leagues or the same draw pot.^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portugal	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8	14	Advance to quarter-finals		—	2–1	2–1	5–1
2	Croatia	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8			1–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Scotland (R)	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–0	1–0	—	2–3
4	Poland (R)	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4	Relegation to League B		1–3	3–3	1–2	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13[a]	Advance to quarter-finals		—	1–3	2–0	0–0
2	Italy	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13[a]			1–3	—	2–2	4–1
3	Belgium (O)	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4[b]	Qualification for relegation play-offs		1–2	0–1	—	3–1
4	Israel (R)	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4[b]	Relegation to League B		1–4	1–2	1–0	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	6	4	2	0	18	4	+14	14	Advance to quarter-finals		—	1–0	5–0	7–0
2	Netherlands	6	2	3	1	13	7	+6	9			2–2	—	4–0	5–2
3	Hungary (R)	6	1	3	2	4	11	−7	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs		1–1	1–1	—	0–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (R)	6	0	2	4	4	17	−13	2	Relegation to League B		1–2	1–1	0–2	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	16	Advance to quarter-finals		—	1–0	3–0	3–2
2	Denmark	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8			1–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Serbia (O)	6	1	3	2	3	6	−3	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–0	0–0	—	2–0
4	Switzerland (R)	6	0	2	4	6	14	−8	2	Relegation to League B		1–4	2–2	1–1	—

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the semi-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs.^[25][26] In the draw, teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other.^[27] The first legs were played on 20 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 2025.^[10]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands	5–5 (4–5 p)	Spain	2–2	3–3 (a.e.t.)
Croatia	2–2 (4–5 p)	France	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Denmark	3–5	Portugal	1–0	2–5 (a.e.t.)
Italy	4–5	Germany	1–2	3–3

UEFA appointed the winner of the quarter-final tie between Italy and Germany, which Germany ultimately won, as the host for the final tournament.^[28][29] The semi-finals pairings were determined by means of an open draw on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the League A quarter-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs.^[25][26] For scheduling purposes, the host team was allocated to semi-final 1 as the administrative home team.^[27]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.

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There were 190 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

League A top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	8
2	Randal Kolo Muani	4
	Tim Kleindienst
	Florian Wirtz
	Mikel Oyarzabal
6	10 players	3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic (P)	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11	Promotion to League A		—	3–2	2–1	2–0
2	Ukraine	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–1	—	1–0	1–2
3	Georgia (O)	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7[a]	Qualification for relegation play-offs		4–1	1–1	—	0–1
4	Albania (R)	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7[a]	Relegation to League C		0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	England (P)	6	5	0	1	16	3	+13	15[a]	Promotion to League A		—	1–2	5–0	2–0
2	Greece (O, P)	6	5	0	1	11	4	+7	15[a]	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–3	—	2–0	3–0
3	Republic of Ireland (O)	6	2	0	4	3	12	−9	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–2	0–2	—	1–0
4	Finland (R)	6	0	0	6	2	13	−11	0	Relegation to League C		1–3	0–2	1–2	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Norway (P)	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Promotion to League A		—	2–1	3–0	5–0
2	Austria	6	3	2	1	14	5	+9	11	Qualification for promotion play-offs		5–1	—	1–1	4–0
3	Slovenia (O)	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8	Qualification for relegation play-offs		1–4	1–1	—	3–0
4	Kazakhstan (R)	6	0	1	5	0	15	−15	1	Relegation to League C		0–0	0–2	0–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wales (P)	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12	Promotion to League A		—	0–0	4–1	1–0
2	Turkey (O, P)	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Iceland (R)	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs		2–2	2–4	—	2–0
4	Montenegro (R)	6	1	0	5	4	9	−5	3	Relegation to League C		1–2	3–1	0–2	—

There were 128 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

League B top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Erling Haaland	7
2	Benjamin Šeško	5
3	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	4
	Harry Wilson
5	Pavel Šulc	3
	Harry Kane
	Georges Mikautadze
	Fotis Ioannidis
	Orri Óskarsson
	Nikola Krstović
	Antonio Nusa
	Alexander Sørloth

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sweden (P)	6	5	1	0	19	4	+15	16	Promotion to League B		—	2–1	3–0	6–0
2	Slovakia	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Qualification for promotion play-offs		2–2	—	1–0	2–0
3	Estonia	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4			0–3	0–1	—	3–1
4	Azerbaijan (R)	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	Relegation to League D		1–3	1–3	0–0	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Romania (P)	6	6	0	0	18	3	+15	18	Promotion to League B		—	3–0[a]	4–1	3–1
2	Kosovo (O, P)	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–3	—	3–0	1–0
3	Cyprus	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6			0–3	0–4	—	2–1
4	Lithuania (R)	6	0	0	6	4	11	−7	0	Relegation to League D		1–2	1–2	0–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Northern Ireland (P)	6	3	2	1	11	3	+8	11	Promotion to League B		—	5–0	2–0	2–0
2	Bulgaria	6	2	3	1	3	6	−3	9	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–0	—	1–1	0–0
3	Belarus	6	1	4	1	3	4	−1	7			0–0	0–0	—	1–1
4	Luxembourg	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3	Qualification for relegation play-offs		2–2	0–1	0–1	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	North Macedonia (P)	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Promotion to League B		—	2–0	1–0	1–0
2	Armenia	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–2	—	0–1	4–1
3	Faroe Islands	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			1–1	2–2	—	1–1
4	Latvia	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–3	1–2	1–0	—

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	C4	Latvia	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs
2	C3	Luxembourg	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3
3	C1	Azerbaijan (R)	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	Relegation to League D
4	C2	Lithuania (R)	6	0	0	6	4	11	−7	0

There were 115 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.^{[note 1]}

League C top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Viktor Gyökeres	9
2	Răzvan Marin	6
3	Isaac Price	4
	David Strelec
	Alexander Isak
6	Bojan Miovski	3
7	15 players	2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	San Marino (P)	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Promotion to League C		—	1–1	1–0
2	Gibraltar	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–0	—	2–2
3	Liechtenstein	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2			1–3	0–0	—

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Moldova (P)	4	3	0	1	5	1	+4	9	Promotion to League C		—	2–0	2–0
2	Malta	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	7	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–0	—	0–0
3	Andorra	4	0	1	3	0	4	−4	1			0–1	0–1	—

There were 19 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.58 goals per match.

League D top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Liam Walker	2
	Nicola Nanni
3	Ethan Britto	1
	James Scanlon
	Nicolas Hasler
	Ferhat Saglam
	Aron Sele
	Ryan Camenzuli
	Teddy Teuma
	Mihail Caimacov
	Maxim Cojocaru
	Artur Ioniță
	Ion Nicolaescu
	Virgiliu Postolachi
	Alessandro Golinucci
	Lorenzo Lazzari
	Nicko Sensoli

The draw for the promotion/relegation play-offs was held on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the League A quarter-finals and semi-finals.^[25][27][26] The League A/B and B/C play-off matches were scheduled for 20 and 23 March 2025. To ensure enough teams were available for the March 2025 window of World Cup qualifying, the League C/D play-off matches are scheduled for 26 and 31 March 2026.^[10] However, if any team participating in the League C/D play-offs qualifies for the World Cup qualifying play-offs, then the League C/D play-offs will be cancelled, and the teams will remain in their respective leagues.^[6][37]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	6–1	Hungary	3–1	3–0
Ukraine	3–4	Belgium	3–1	0–3
Austria	1–3	Serbia	1–1	0–2
Greece	3–1	Scotland	0–1	3–0

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kosovo	5–2	Iceland	2–1	3–1
Bulgaria	2–4	Republic of Ireland	1–2	1–2
Armenia	1–9	Georgia	0–3	1–6
Slovakia	0–1	Slovenia	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gibraltar	1	Latvia	26 Mar	31 Mar
Malta	2	Luxembourg	26 Mar	31 Mar

There have been 46 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match (as of 23 March 2025).

Promotion/relegation play-offs top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Georges Mikautadze	4
2	Romelu Lukaku	3
	Vedat Muriqi
4	Orri Óskarsson	2
5	33 players	1

Starting from the 2024–25 season, the overall rankings were split into interim and final versions. While the interim overall rankings were based on league rankings, explicitly ordering teams from higher leagues over those from lower ones, the final overall rankings will take into account the results of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs, updating the interim overall rankings accordingly.^[6]

Following the conclusion of the league phase in November 2024, an interim overall ranking was established based on the results of each league.^[6][38]

League A	League B
Rnk Team Pld Pts 1  Spain 6 16 2  Germany 6 14 3  Portugal 6 14 4  France 6 13 5  Italy 6 13 6  Netherlands 6 9 7  Denmark 6 8 8  Croatia 6 8 9  Scotland 6 7 10  Serbia 6 6 11  Hungary 6 6 12  Belgium 6 4 13  Poland 6 4 14  Israel 6 4 15   Switzerland 6 2 16  Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 2 Source: UEFA	Rnk Team Pld Pts 17  England 6 15 18  Norway 6 13 19  Wales 6 12 20  Czech Republic 6 11 21  Greece 6 15 22  Austria 6 11 23  Turkey 6 11 24  Ukraine 6 8 25  Slovenia 6 8 26  Georgia 6 7 27  Iceland 6 7 28  Republic of Ireland 6 6 29  Albania 6 7 30  Montenegro 6 3 31  Kazakhstan 6 1 32  Finland 6 0 Source: UEFA
League C	League D
Rnk Team Pld Pts 33  Romania 6 18 34  Sweden 6 16 35  North Macedonia 6 16 36  Northern Ireland 6 11 37  Slovakia 6 13 38  Kosovo 6 12 39  Bulgaria 6 9 40  Armenia 6 7 41  Belarus 6 7 42  Faroe Islands 6 6 43  Cyprus 6 6 44  Estonia 6 4 45  Latvia 6 4 46  Luxembourg 6 3 47  Azerbaijan 6 1 48  Lithuania 6 0 Source: UEFA	Rnk Team Pld Pts 49  Moldova 4 9 50  San Marino 4 7 51  Malta 4 7 52  Gibraltar 4 6 53  Liechtenstein 4 2 54  Andorra 4 1 Source: UEFA

The final overall ranking, established at the conclusion of the competition, adjusts the interim overall ranking by taking into account the results of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs. Teams that were promoted at the end of the 2024–25 season are ranked above those who were relegated, with the final rankings reflecting the composition of leagues for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League.^[6]

Key

	Promoted after the season
	Relegated after the season
*	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

2026–27 League A participants	2026–27 League B participants
Rnk Team P 1  Portugal    2  Spain    3  France    4  Germany    5  Italy    6  Netherlands    7  Denmark    8  Croatia    9  Serbia * 10  Belgium * 11  England 12  Norway 13  Wales 14  Czech Republic 15  Greece * 16  Turkey * Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria	Rnk Team P/R 17  Scotland * 18  Hungary * 19  Poland 20  Israel 21   Switzerland 22  Bosnia and Herzegovina 23  Austria * 24  Ukraine * 25  Slovenia * 26  Georgia * 27  Republic of Ireland * 28  Romania 29  Sweden 30  North Macedonia 31  Northern Ireland 32  Kosovo * Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
2026–27 League C participants	2026–27 League D participants
Rnk Team P/R 33  Iceland * 34  Albania 35  Montenegro 36  Kazakhstan 37  Finland 38  Slovakia * 39  Bulgaria * 40  Armenia * 41  Belarus    42  Faroe Islands    43  Cyprus    44  Estonia    45–48 League C/D play-off winner[note 3] * 45–48 League C/D play-off winner[note 3] * 45–47  Moldova 46–48  San Marino Updated to match(es) played on 23 March 2025. Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria	Rnk Team R 49–51  Azerbaijan 50–52  Lithuania 49–52 League C/D play-off loser[note 3] * 49–52 League C/D play-off loser[note 3] * 53  Liechtenstein    54  Andorra    Updated to match(es) played on 19 November 2024. Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Based on the interim overall ranking,^[38] the four best-ranked Nations League group winners that finish outside the top two of their World Cup qualifying group will join the twelve group runners-up in the World Cup qualification second round (play-offs). If fewer than four Nations League group winners can be selected, the remaining spot(s) will be allocated to the best-ranked remaining team(s) in the Nations League interim overall ranking that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group.^[39]

UNL	Rank	Team		Qualifying group
Nations League group winners
A	1	Spain	(X)	E
	2	Germany	(X)	A
	3	Portugal	(X)	F
	4	France	(X)	D
B	17	England		K
	18	Norway		I
	19	Wales		J
	20	Czech Republic		L
C	33	Romania		H
	34	Sweden		B
	35	North Macedonia		J
	36	Northern Ireland		A
D	49	Moldova		I
	50	San Marino		H
Nations League remaining teams
A	5	Italy		I
	6	Netherlands		G
	7	Denmark		C
	8	Croatia		L
	9	Scotland		C
	10	Serbia		K
	11	Hungary		F
	12	Belgium		J
	13	Poland		G
	14	Israel		I
	15	Switzerland		B
	16	Bosnia and Herzegovina		H

Key

• (X) Team is assured at least a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking

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