The draw for the group stage of the new edition of the Nations League is scheduled for today at 6pm. The teams are divided into four Leagues, with the Azzurri placed in the first tier of League A. Here are Italy’s possible opponents. Nations League which has now reached its fourth edition and which has become a way to give further interest to the breaks for the national teams.
From this year’s edition, however, there will be some changes, still 4 Leagues, four groups of four for League A, League B and League C, but they will not only be the first to reach the end, a quarter-final round is scheduled final in March 2025, with a round trip between first and second place. The relegation mechanism also changes: the fourth-placed teams from Leagues A and B are relegated directly to Leagues B and C. The two fourth-placed teams with fewer points from League C are relegated to League D. The third-placed teams from Leagues A and B will play a round playoff with the respective third-place teams from Leagues B and C, which will determine further promotions and relegations. There will also be play-offs between the two best fourth-placed teams in League C and the two second-placed teams in League D.
Spain wins the Nations League
Strengthened by their qualification for the final phase in 2023, the Azzurri are naturally in the first bracket with Spain, Croatia and the Netherlands. Portugal and Belgium in the second tier are the opponents not to be faced with, where there are also Hungary and Denmark, while in the third tier Germany and France must be avoided, with the risk of an iron round. Switzerland and Poland are also in third place. Fourth pot instead with Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and Scotland. Each team will play six matches (one home and one away) against the other three nations in the group
(GettyImages) UEFA Nations League, England – Italy, Raheem Sterling and Giovanni Di Lorenzo
LEAGUE A
Pot 1: Spain, Croatia, ItalyNetherlands
Pot 2: Denmark, Portugal, Belgium, Hungary
Band 3: Switzerland, Germany, Poland, France
Band 4: Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Scotland
The draw for League A/B/C will determine four groups of four teams, each team will play six matches (one home and one away) against the other three nations in the group
LEAGUE B
Pot 1: Austria, Czechia, England, Wales
Pot 2: Finland, Ukraine, Iceland, Norway
Pot 3: Slovenia, Republic of Ireland, Albania, Montenegro
Pot 4: Georgia, Greece, Türkiye, Kazakhstan
LEAGUE C
Pot 1: Romania, Sweden, Armenia, Luxembourg
Band 2: Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands
Pot 3: North Macedonia, Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus
Pot 4: Belarus, Lithuania/Gibraltar (to be defined after the 2022-2023 relegation play-offs in March 2024) Estonia, Latvia
LEAGUE D
Pot 1: Lithuania/Gibraltar (to be defined after the 2022-2023 relegation play-offs in March 2024), Moldova
Band 2: Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein
The League D draw will determine two groups of three teams, each team will play four matches (one home and one away) against the other two nations in the group