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The 2026–27 UEFA Nations League is expected to be linked with UEFA Euro 2028 qualifying, providing teams another chance to qualify for UEFA Euro 2028. However, this is pending the formal approval of the format and regulations of UEFA Euro 2028.
The UEFA Nations League is an international football competition played by the senior men's ... The first round of the 2026 World Cup qualification consisted of ...
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 are the defending champions, having won the 2023 finals.
The League C teams are ranked 33rd onwards according to their league rankings. The UEFA Women's Nations League overall phase rankings are established after the conclusion of the promotion/relegation play-offs, and are used to determine the starting positions and seeding of the teams in Women's World Cup 2027 qualifying.
[1] [2] In addition to the automatic promotion and relegation decided by the league phase, the promotion/relegation play-offs will determine the final composition of the leagues for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League. [3] The matches will be played home-and-away over two legs. If the team from the higher league is the winner, both teams will ...
Based on the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League interim overall ranking, the best four Nations League group winners that finish outside the top two of their qualifying group will advance to the play-offs. If fewer than four Nations League group winners can be selected, the remaining spot(s) will be allocated to the best remaining team(s) in the ...
Second round (play-off): 16 teams (twelve group runners-up and four best Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking, that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group) will be drawn into four play-off paths, playing two rounds of single-match play-offs (semi-finals with the seeded teams to host, followed ...
The winners of each group will be promoted to the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group will be relegated to the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League C. In addition, the second-placed and third-placed teams of each group will advance to the promotion/relegation play-offs, played home-and-away over two legs.