World Cup runner-up France, European champion Italy, Belgium and Israel have been drawn collectively in a troublesome group Thursday for the boys’s UEFA Nations League that begins in September.
The Nations League is the following motion for UEFA member nations after this summer season’s European Championship, the place France, Italy and Belgium — all top-10 groups within the FIFA world rankings — have certified for the event in Germany and Israel is within the playoffs subsequent month.
Nations League champion Spain was drawn in a gaggle with Denmark plus Switzerland and Serbia who will resume a powerful rivalry that was fueled by Swiss wins of their video games on the previous two World Cups.
UEFA Nations League.
Croatia was top-seeded in a gaggle with Portugal, Poland and Scotland.
England is ranked No. 3 by FIFA but was relegated from the top-tier Nations League group in 2022 and can face Finland, Greece and Ireland. It would be the first aggressive match between England and Ireland since 1991.
“I feel all people in England will suppose it was a giant disappointment to drop all the way down to League B however you continue to have tough video games,” coach Gareth Southgate mentioned.
Group-stage video games in all 4 tiers are performed from September to November.
In top-tier League A, the highest two groups in every group advance to the quarterfinals in March 2025. The semifinals and last are a mini-tournament hosted by one of many competing nations.
The Final Four is scheduled June 4-8, 2025, earlier than many gamers return to their golf equipment for the inaugural 32-team Club World Cup within the United States. That monthlong FIFA event begins June 15, 2025.
A path to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup can be on supply from the Nations League group standings in November.
European playoffs for the following World Cup are scheduled in March 2026 and can supply 4 entries to the ultimate event being performed throughout North America. The 16 groups in these playoffs in two years’ time will embrace 4 locations based mostly on Nations League rankings.
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