The UEFA Nations League-2022/2023 draw will take place on December 16: the format and the composition of the pots

22.10.2021 17:20

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The draw ceremony of the League of Nations-2022/2023 will take place on December 16 in Montreux, Switzerland (beginning - at 19.00 Kyiv time). 

As in the previous cycle, 16 teams will play in divisions A, B and C, and seven teams in division D.

Ukraine is in the first pot of League B and will receive one opponent from the second (except Russia), third and fourth. 

Baskets are formed according to the rating of national teams based on the results of the League of Nations 2020/2021.

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Seedings of League A participants

Pot 1: France, Spain, Italy, Belgium.

Pot 2: Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany.

Pot 3: England, Poland, Switzerland, Croatia.

Pot 4: Wales, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary.

Seedings of League B participants

Pot 1: Ukraine, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland.

Pot 2: Finland, Norway, Scotland, Russia.

Pot 3: Israel, Romania, Serbia, Ireland.

Pot 4: Slovenia, Montenegro, Albania, Armenia.

Seedings of League C.

Pot 1: Turkey, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland.

Pot 2: Greece, Belarus, Luxembourg, North Macedonia.

Pot 3: Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo.

Pot 4: Kazakhstan / Moldova, Cyprus / Estonia, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands.

Seedings of League D participants

Pot 1: Kazakhstan / Moldova, Cyprus / Estonia, Liechtenstein, Malta.

Pot 2: Latvia, San Marino, Andorra.

Regulations of the League of Nations-2022/2023 

In divisions A, B and C, participants will be divided into four groups of four teams. The winners of the groups in Division A will play in the final stage of the competition (semifinals and final). The host country will be chosen from among the finalists. The teams that will take the last places in their quartets will move to Division B.

The teams that take the first places in the groups of divisions B, C and D will rise in accordance with divisions A, B and C. The teams that take the last places in division B will move to division C. The two worst teams of division C (will be determined in the playoffs). off of the last four teams) will move to Division D. In Division D, the teams will be divided into two groups (four and three teams).

Match calendar

1st round: June 2-4, 2022.

2st round: June 5-8, 2022.

3st round: June 9-11, 2022.

4st round: June 12-14, 2022.

5st round: September 22-24, 2022.

6st round: September 25-27, 2022.

Final round of the tournament: June 14-18, 2023.

Tickets for Euro-2024 - through the Nations League

According to the preliminary scheme, which is yet to be approved by the UEFA Executive Committee, the winners and the second teams of 20 qualifying groups will receive 2024 tickets to the final tournament of Euro-10, where Germany automatically got as the host. Three more licenses will be drawn in March 2024 in the two-round playoff between the 12 best teams of the League of Nations-2022/2023 (among those who do not get to the Euro directly). The playoff rules will be announced later.

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