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World Cup runner-up France, European champion Italy, Belgium and Israel were drawn together in a tough group Thursday for the men’s UEFA Nations League that starts in September.
The Nations League is the next action for UEFA member countries after this summer’s European Championship, where France, Italy and Belgium will play the tournament in Germany and Israel will be in the playoffs next month.
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Nations League champions Spain have been drawn into an organization with Denmark, Switzerland and Serbia, who will resume a rivalry fuelled by Switzerland’s victories in their matches at the last two World Cups.
Germany, hosts of Euro 2024, are part of the best Nations League organisation with the Netherlands, Hungary and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Croatia was top-seeded in a group with Portugal, Poland and Scotland.
England was relegated from the top-tier Nations League group in 2022 and will face Erling Haaland-led Norway plus Finland, Greece and Ireland. It will be the first competitive match between England and Ireland since 1991.
Group-stage games in all four tiers are played from September to November.
In the first division of League A, the two best organizations in the organization qualify for the quarterfinals in March 2025. The semifinals and final are a mini-tournament organized in one of the competing countries.
The Final Four is scheduled for June 4-8, 2025, before many players return to their clubs for the first-ever 32-team Club World Cup in the United States.
In November, a path to qualification for the 2026 World Cup is proposed in the Nations League organization’s qualifying.
The European qualifiers for the next World Cup are scheduled for March 2026 and will offer four tickets to the final tournament to be played in North America. The 16 teams that will participate in those playoffs in two years will have four spots at stake. the classification of the League of Nations.
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