2024–25 UEFA Nations League

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

The 2024–25 UEFA Nations League was the fourth season of the UEFA Nations League tournament, an international association football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The competition was 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 were the defending champions, having won the 2023 finals.

Format

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

The UEFA national teams were divided into four leagues, with Leagues A, B, and C featuring 16 teams each, divided into four groups of four teams, while League D featured 6 teams divided into two groups of three. The teams were allocated to leagues based on the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League overall ranking. Each team played six matches within their group, except for teams in League D which played four, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2024.

On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee confirmed an altered format for the Nations League following the league phase. In the top division, League A, the group winners and runners-up advanced to a new quarter-final round, played home-and-away over two legs in March 2025. In each tie, group winners faced a runner-up from a different group, with the group winner hosting the second leg. The four quarter-final winners qualified for the Nations League Finals, retaining its previous format, which will be played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off and final. The semi-final pairings are determined by means of a draw. The host country for the Nations League Finals was selected from among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the Nations League champions.

For the first time, teams also competed in separate play-offs for promotion and relegation to a higher or lower league, whereas in previous editions it was only based on standings. The group winners in Leagues B, C, and D were directly promoted, while the last-placed teams of each group in Leagues A and B were directly relegated. As League C had four groups while League D had only two, the two lowest-ranked League C teams were automatically relegated (a change from the previous editions, which featured relegation play-outs between the fourth-placed teams of League C). As part of the format change, promotion/relegation play-offs were introduced, with the third-placed teams of League A facing the runners-up of League B, the third-placed teams of League B facing the runners-up of League C, and the two best-ranked fourth-placed teams of League C facing the runners-up of League D. The matches were scheduled to be played home-and-away over two legs in March 2025 (League A/B and B/C) and March 2026 (League C/D), with the winners going to the higher league and the losers entering the lower league.

In all two-legged ties, the higher-ranked teams hosted the second leg. The team that scored more goals on aggregate was the winner. If the aggregate score was level, extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score remained level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.

2026 FIFA World Cup qualification

The 2024–25 Nations League was partially linked with European qualification for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, with the format confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Nyon, Switzerland, on 28 June 2023. The twelve group winners of FIFA World Cup qualification after the first round (group stage) qualified directly for the World Cup. Then, the second round (play-offs) was contested by the twelve group runners-up, along with the four best Nations League group winners, based on the Nations League overall ranking, that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group. The play-offs were split into four play-off paths, played in two single-match knockout rounds (semi-finals and finals, with the home teams to be drawn), from which an additional four teams also qualified.

Tiebreakers

Tiebreakers for group ranking

If two or more teams in the same group were equal on points on completion of the league phase, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:

• Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question; • Higher goal difference in matches played among the teams in question; • Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question; • If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 11 applied; • Higher goal difference in all group matches; • Higher number of goals scored in all group matches; • Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches; • Higher number of wins in all group matches; • Higher number of away wins in all group matches; • Lower disciplinary points total in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card). • Higher position in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list.

Criteria for league ranking

Individual league rankings were established according to the following criteria:

• Position in the group; • Higher number of points; • Higher goal difference; • Higher number of goals scored; • Higher number of goals scored away from home; • Higher number of wins; • Higher number of wins away from home; • Lower disciplinary points total (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card). • Higher position in the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League access list.

Criteria for interim overall ranking

Following the completion of the league phase, the interim overall UEFA Nations League rankings were established as follows:

• The 16 League A teams were ranked 1st to 16th according to their league rankings. • The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd according to their league rankings. • The 16 League C teams were ranked 33rd to 48th according to their league rankings. • The 6 League D teams were ranked 49th to 54th according to their league rankings.

Criteria for final overall ranking

Following the completion of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs, the final overall UEFA Nations League rankings were established. Within each of the groups listed below, teams were ordered based on their interim overall ranking.

• The four Nations League Finals participants were ranked 1st to 4th in order of winner, runner-up, and third place play-off winner and loser. • The four League A quarter-final losers were ranked 5th to 8th. • The four teams directly promoted to League A, and the four winners of the League A/B play-offs, were ranked 9th to 16th. • The four teams directly relegated to League B, and the four losers of the League A/B play-offs, were ranked 17th to 24th. • The four teams directly promoted to League B, and the four winners of the League B/C play-offs, were ranked 25th to 32nd. • The four teams directly relegated to League C, and the four losers of the League B/C play-offs, were ranked 33rd to 40th. • The four League C third-placed teams remained ranked 41st to 44th. • The two teams directly promoted to League C, and the two winners of the League C/D play-offs, were ranked 45th to 48th. • The two teams directly relegated to League D, and the two losers of the League C/D play-offs, were ranked 49th to 52nd. • The two League D third-placed teams remained ranked 53rd and 54th.

Schedule

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

Below was the schedule of the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League.

To allow for enough teams to participate in the start of the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualification group stage in March 2025, the League C/D promotion/relegation play-offs were played in March 2026. However, if any of the teams due to participate in these ties had advanced to the World Cup play-offs in March 2026, the League C/D promotion/relegation play-offs would have been cancelled, and all teams would have remained in their respective leagues for the following edition.

Stage	Round	Dates
League phase	Matchday 1	5–7 September 2024
Matchday 2	8–10 September 2024
Matchday 3	10–12 October 2024
Matchday 4	13–15 October 2024
Matchday 5	14–16 November 2024
Matchday 6	17–19 November 2024
League A quarter-finals, and League A/B and B/C play-offs	First leg	20 March 2025
Second leg	23 March 2025
Finals	Semi-finals	4–5 June 2025
Third place play-off	8 June 2025
Final
League C/D play-offs	First leg	26 March 2026
Second leg	31 March 2026

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 9 February 2024, the day following the draw.

Seeding

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

Map showing the league for each national team.  League A   League B   League C   League D   Team suspended from competition

54 of 55 national teams within UEFA confederation participated the competition. Russia, slated to participate in League C, were suspended due to Russian invasion of Ukraine. The teams which finished bottom of their group in Leagues A and B, as well as the losers from the relegation play-outs of League C, from the 2022–23 season moved down a league, while the group winners of Leagues B, C and D moved up. The remaining teams stayed in their respective leagues.

In an interview with the Polish website meczyki.pl, UEFA vice-president Zbigniew Boniek said that all ten teams from CONMEBOL, South America's football federation, could join the UEFA Nations League from the 2024–25 edition of the competition. The plans, which would act as a response to FIFA's biennial World Cup plans, were intended as part of enhanced cooperation between the two organisations following the signing of a memorandum of understanding and the opening of a joint office in London. However, such an expansion was not possible after CONMEBOL submitted a request to FIFA to maintain the round-robin qualification format for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. On 25 January 2023, the UEFA Executive Committee confirmed the format for the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League, with no South American teams to be added.

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League overall ranking, with slight modifications: teams that were relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below those who were promoted, and rankings shifted with the removal of Russia. The seeding pots for the league phase were based on the access list ranking. The seeding pots, draw procedure, and fixture list procedures were confirmed by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in Hamburg, Germany, on 2 December 2023.

	Promoted after previous season
	Relegated after previous season
	Participated in relegation play-outs

Pot	Team	Prv	Rank
1	Spain (title holders)		1
Croatia		2
Italy		3
Netherlands		4
2	Denmark		5
Portugal		6
Belgium		7
Hungary		8
3	Switzerland		9
Germany		10
Poland		11
France		12
4	Israel		13
Bosnia and Herzegovina		14
Serbia		15
Scotland		16
Pot	Team	Prv	Rank
1	Austria		17
Czech Republic		18
England		19
Wales		20
2	Finland		21
Ukraine		22
Iceland		23
Norway		24
3	Slovenia		25
Republic of Ireland		26
Albania		27
Montenegro		28
4	Georgia		29
Greece		30
Turkey		31
Kazakhstan		32
Pot	Team	Prv	Rank
1	Romania		33
Sweden		34
Armenia		35
Luxembourg		36
2	Azerbaijan		37
Kosovo		38
Bulgaria		39
Faroe Islands		40
3	North Macedonia		41
Slovakia		42
Northern Ireland		43
Cyprus		44
4	Belarus		45
Lithuania		46
Estonia		47
Latvia		48
Pot	Team	Prv	Rank
1	Gibraltar		49
Moldova		50
2	Malta		51
Andorra		52
San Marino		53
Liechtenstein		54
Team
Russia

The draw for the league phase took place at the Maison de la Mutualité in Paris, France, on 8 February 2024, 18:00 CET. The draw, originally planned to take place in Madrid, was relocated due to the Luis Rubiales scandal.

For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict) could not be drawn into the same group. Due to excessive travel restrictions, only one of England, Iceland, the Republic of Ireland or Wales could be drawn with Kazakhstan. No winter venue restrictions were necessary for countries with a risk of severe winter weather, and several other potential political and excessive travel restrictions were not required because the teams concerned were either in different leagues or the same draw pot.

League A

Group A1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Portugal	6	4	2	0	13	5	+8	14	Advance to quarter-finals		—	2–1	2–1	5–1
2	Croatia	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8		1–1	—	2–1	1–0
3	Scotland (R)	6	2	1	3	7	8	−1	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–0	1–0	—	2–3
4	Poland (R)	6	1	1	4	9	16	−7	4	Relegation to League B		1–3	3–3	1–2	—

Group A2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	6	4	1	1	12	6	+6	13	Advance to quarter-finals		—	1–3	2–0	0–0
2	Italy	6	4	1	1	13	8	+5	13		1–3	—	2–2	4–1
3	Belgium (O)	6	1	1	4	6	9	−3	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs		1–2	0–1	—	3–1
4	Israel (R)	6	1	1	4	5	13	−8	4	Relegation to League B		1–4	1–2	1–0	—

Group A3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	6	4	2	0	18	4	+14	14	Advance to quarter-finals		—	1–0	5–0	7–0
2	Netherlands	6	2	3	1	13	7	+6	9		2–2	—	4–0	5–2
3	Hungary (R)	6	1	3	2	4	11	−7	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs		1–1	1–1	—	0–0
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (R)	6	0	2	4	4	17	−13	2	Relegation to League B		1–2	1–1	0–2	—

Group A4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	5	1	0	13	4	+9	16	Advance to quarter-finals		—	1–0	3–0	3–2
2	Denmark	6	2	2	2	7	5	+2	8		1–2	—	2–0	2–0
3	Serbia (O)	6	1	3	2	3	6	−3	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–0	0–0	—	2–0
4	Switzerland (R)	6	0	2	4	6	14	−8	2	Relegation to League B		1–4	2–2	1–1	—

Quarter-finals

The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the semi-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs. In the draw, teams from the same group could not be drawn against each other. The first legs were played on 20 March, and the second legs were played on 23 March 2025.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Netherlands	5–5 (4–5 p)	Spain	2–2	3–3 (a.e.t.)
Croatia	2–2 (4–5 p)	France	2–0	0–2 (a.e.t.)
Denmark	3–5	Portugal	1–0	2–5 (a.e.t.)
Italy	4–5	Germany	1–2	3–3

Nations League Finals

UEFA appointed the winner of the quarter-final tie between Italy and Germany, which Germany ultimately won, as the host for the final tournament. The semi-finals pairings were determined by means of an open draw on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the League A quarter-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs. For scheduling purposes, the host team was allocated to semi-final 1 as the administrative home team.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.

Top goalscorers

There were 190 goals scored in 60 matches, for an average of 3.17 goals per match.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Cristiano Ronaldo	8
2	Randal Kolo Muani	4
Tim Kleindienst
Florian Wirtz
Mikel Oyarzabal
6	10 players	3

League B

Group B1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Czech Republic (P)	6	3	2	1	9	8	+1	11	Promotion to League A		—	3–2	2–1	2–0
2	Ukraine	6	2	2	2	8	8	0	8	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–1	—	1–0	1–2
3	Georgia (O)	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs		4–1	1–1	—	0–1
4	Albania (R)	6	2	1	3	4	6	−2	7	Relegation to League C		0–0	1–2	0–1	—

Group B2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	England (P)	6	5	0	1	16	3	+13	15	Promotion to League A		—	1–2	5–0	2–0
2	Greece (O, P)	6	5	0	1	11	4	+7	15	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–3	—	2–0	3–0
3	Republic of Ireland (O)	6	2	0	4	3	12	−9	6	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–2	0–2	—	1–0
4	Finland (R)	6	0	0	6	2	13	−11	0	Relegation to League C		1–3	0–2	1–2	—

Group B3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Norway (P)	6	4	1	1	15	7	+8	13	Promotion to League A		—	2–1	3–0	5–0
2	Austria	6	3	2	1	14	5	+9	11	Qualification for promotion play-offs		5–1	—	1–1	4–0
3	Slovenia (O)	6	2	2	2	7	9	−2	8	Qualification for relegation play-offs		1–4	1–1	—	3–0
4	Kazakhstan (R)	6	0	1	5	0	15	−15	1	Relegation to League C		0–0	0–2	0–1	—

Group B4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Wales (P)	6	3	3	0	9	4	+5	12	Promotion to League A		—	0–0	4–1	1–0
2	Turkey (O, P)	6	3	2	1	9	6	+3	11	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–0	—	3–1	1–0
3	Iceland (R)	6	2	1	3	10	13	−3	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs		2–2	2–4	—	2–0
4	Montenegro (R)	6	1	0	5	4	9	−5	3	Relegation to League C		1–2	3–1	0–2	—

Top goalscorers

There were 128 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Erling Haaland	7
2	Benjamin Šeško	5
3	Kerem Aktürkoğlu	4
Harry Wilson
5	Pavel Šulc	3
Harry Kane
Georges Mikautadze
Fotis Ioannidis
Orri Óskarsson
Nikola Krstović
Antonio Nusa
Alexander Sørloth

League C

Group C1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Sweden (P)	6	5	1	0	19	4	+15	16	Promotion to League B		—	2–1	3–0	6–0
2	Slovakia	6	4	1	1	10	5	+5	13	Qualification for promotion play-offs		2–2	—	1–0	2–0
3	Estonia	6	1	1	4	3	9	−6	4			0–3	0–1	—	3–1
4	Azerbaijan (R)	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	Relegation to League D		1–3	1–3	0–0	—

Group C2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Romania (P)	6	6	0	0	18	3	+15	18	Promotion to League B		—	3–0	4–1	3–1
2	Kosovo (O, P)	6	4	0	2	10	7	+3	12	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–3	—	3–0	1–0
3	Cyprus	6	2	0	4	4	15	−11	6			0–3	0–4	—	2–1
4	Lithuania (R)	6	0	0	6	4	11	−7	0	Relegation to League D		1–2	1–2	0–1	—

Group C3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	Northern Ireland (P)	6	3	2	1	11	3	+8	11	Promotion to League B		—	5–0	2–0	2–0
2	Bulgaria	6	2	3	1	3	6	−3	9	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–0	—	1–1	0–0
3	Belarus	6	1	4	1	3	4	−1	7			0–0	0–0	—	1–1
4	Luxembourg (O)	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3	Qualification for relegation play-offs		2–2	0–1	0–1	—

Group C4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion, qualification or relegation
1	North Macedonia (P)	6	5	1	0	10	1	+9	16	Promotion to League B		—	2–0	1–0	1–0
2	Armenia	6	2	1	3	8	9	−1	7	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–2	—	0–1	4–1
3	Faroe Islands	6	1	3	2	5	6	−1	6			1–1	2–2	—	1–1
4	Latvia (O)	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–3	1–2	1–0	—

Ranking of fourth-placed teams

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	C4	Latvia	6	1	1	4	4	11	−7	4	Qualification for relegation play-offs
2	C3	Luxembourg	6	0	3	3	3	7	−4	3
3	C1	Azerbaijan (R)	6	0	1	5	3	17	−14	1	Relegation to League D
4	C2	Lithuania (R)	6	0	0	6	4	11	−7	0

Top goalscorers

There were 115 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.4 goals per match.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Viktor Gyökeres	9
2	Răzvan Marin	6
3	Isaac Price	4
David Strelec
Alexander Isak
6	Bojan Miovski	3
7	15 players	2

League D

Group D1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	San Marino (P)	4	2	1	1	5	3	+2	7	Promotion to League C		—	1–1	1–0
2	Gibraltar	4	1	3	0	4	3	+1	6	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–0	—	2–2
3	Liechtenstein	4	0	2	2	3	6	−3	2			1–3	0–0	—

Group D2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Moldova (P)	4	3	0	1	5	1	+4	9	Promotion to League C		—	2–0	2–0
2	Malta	4	2	1	1	2	2	0	7	Qualification for promotion play-offs		1–0	—	0–0
3	Andorra	4	0	1	3	0	4	−4	1			0–1	0–1	—

Top goalscorers

There were 19 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 1.58 goals per match.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Liam Walker	2
Nicola Nanni
3	Ethan Britto	1
James Scanlon
Nicolas Hasler
Ferhat Saglam
Aron Sele
Ryan Camenzuli
Teddy Teuma
Mihail Caimacov
Maxim Cojocaru
Artur Ioniță
Ion Nicolaescu
Virgiliu Postolachi
Alessandro Golinucci
Lorenzo Lazzari
Nicko Sensoli

Promotion/relegation play-offs

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

The draw for the promotion/relegation play-offs was held on 22 November 2024, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, along with the draw for the League A quarter-finals and semi-finals. The League A/B and B/C play-off matches were scheduled for 20 and 23 March 2025. To ensure enough teams were available for the March 2025 window of World Cup qualifying, the League C/D play-off matches are scheduled for 26 and 31 March 2026. Had any team participating in the League C/D play-offs qualified for the World Cup qualifying play-offs, then the League C/D play-offs would have been cancelled with the teams remaining in their respective leagues.

League A vs League B

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Turkey	6–1	Hungary	3–1	3–0
Ukraine	3–4	Belgium	3–1	0–3
Austria	1–3	Serbia	1–1	0–2
Greece	3–1	Scotland	0–1	3–0

League B vs League C

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Kosovo	5–2	Iceland	2–1	3–1
Bulgaria	2–4	Republic of Ireland	1–2	1–2
Armenia	1–9	Georgia	0–3	1–6
Slovakia	0–1	Slovenia	0–0	0–1 (a.e.t.)

League C vs League D

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gibraltar	0–2	Latvia	0–1	0–1
Malta	0–5	Luxembourg	0–2	0–3

Top goalscorers

There were 53 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.65 goals per match.

Rank	Player	Goals
1	Georges Mikautadze	4
2	Romelu Lukaku	3
Vedat Muriqi
4	Orri Óskarsson	2
Vincent Thill
6	38 players	1

Overall ranking

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

Starting from the 2024–25 season, the overall rankings were split into interim and final versions. While the interim overall rankings were based on league rankings, explicitly ordering teams from higher leagues over those from lower ones, the final overall rankings took into account the results of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs, updating the interim overall rankings accordingly.

Interim overall ranking

Following the conclusion of the league phase in November 2024, an interim overall ranking was established based on the results of each league.

League A	League B
Source: UEFA	Source: UEFA
Rnk	Team	Pld	Pts
1	Spain	6	16
2	Germany	6	14
3	Portugal	6	14
4	France	6	13
5	Italy	6	13
6	Netherlands	6	9
7	Denmark	6	8
8	Croatia	6	8
9	Scotland	6	7
10	Serbia	6	6
11	Hungary	6	6
12	Belgium	6	4
13	Poland	6	4
14	Israel	6	4
15	Switzerland	6	2
16	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6	2
Rnk	Team	Pld	Pts
17	England	6	15
18	Norway	6	13
19	Wales	6	12
20	Czech Republic	6	11
21	Greece	6	15
22	Austria	6	11
23	Turkey	6	11
24	Ukraine	6	8
25	Slovenia	6	8
26	Georgia	6	7
27	Iceland	6	7
28	Republic of Ireland	6	6
29	Albania	6	7
30	Montenegro	6	3
31	Kazakhstan	6	1
32	Finland	6	0
League C	League D
Source: UEFA	Source: UEFA
Rnk	Team	Pld	Pts
33	Romania	6	18
34	Sweden	6	16
35	North Macedonia	6	16
36	Northern Ireland	6	11
37	Slovakia	6	13
38	Kosovo	6	12
39	Bulgaria	6	9
40	Armenia	6	7
41	Belarus	6	7
42	Faroe Islands	6	6
43	Cyprus	6	6
44	Estonia	6	4
45	Latvia	6	4
46	Luxembourg	6	3
47	Azerbaijan	6	1
48	Lithuania	6	0
Rnk	Team	Pld	Pts
49	Moldova	4	9
50	San Marino	4	7
51	Malta	4	7
52	Gibraltar	4	6
53	Liechtenstein	4	2
54	Andorra	4	1

Final overall ranking

The final overall ranking, established at the conclusion of the competition, adjusted the interim overall ranking by taking into account the results of the League A knockout stage and promotion/relegation play-offs. Teams that were promoted at the end of the 2024–25 season were ranked above those who were relegated, with the final rankings reflecting the composition of leagues for the 2026–27 UEFA Nations League.

	Promoted after the season
	Relegated after the season
	Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs

2026–27 League A participants	2026–27 League B participants
Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria	Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
Rnk	Team	P
1	Portugal
2	Spain
3	France
4	Germany
5	Italy
6	Netherlands
7	Denmark
8	Croatia
9	Serbia
10	Belgium
11	England
12	Norway
13	Wales
14	Czech Republic
15	Greece
16	Turkey
Rnk	Team	P/R
17	Scotland
18	Hungary
19	Poland
20	Israel
21	Switzerland
22	Bosnia and Herzegovina
23	Austria
24	Ukraine
25	Slovenia
26	Georgia
27	Republic of Ireland
28	Romania
29	Sweden
30	North Macedonia
31	Northern Ireland
32	Kosovo
2026–27 League C participants	2026–27 League D participants
Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria	Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
Rnk	Team	P/R
33	Iceland
34	Albania
35	Montenegro
36	Kazakhstan
37	Finland
38	Slovakia
39	Bulgaria
40	Armenia
41	Belarus
42	Faroe Islands
43	Cyprus
44	Estonia
45	Latvia
46	Luxembourg
47	Moldova
48	San Marino
Rnk	Team	R
49	Azerbaijan
50	Lithuania
51	Malta
52	Gibraltar
53	Liechtenstein
54	Andorra

2026 World Cup qualification play-offs

2024–25 UEFA Nations League

Based on the interim overall ranking, the four best-ranked Nations League group winners that finished outside the top two of their World Cup qualifying group joined the twelve group runners-up in the World Cup qualification second round (play-offs). If fewer than four Nations League group winners had been selected, the remaining spot(s) would have been allocated to the best-ranked remaining team(s) in the Nations League interim overall ranking that finished outside the top two of their qualifying group.

<table><thead><tr><th>UNL</th><th>Rank</th><th>Team</th><th>Qualifying group</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Nations League group winners</td></tr><tr><td>A</td><td>1</td><td> Spain &</td><td>E</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td> Germany &</td><td>A</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td> Portugal &</td><td>F</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td> France &</td><td>D</td></tr><tr><td>B</td><td>17</td><td> England &</td><td>K</td></tr><tr><td>18</td><td> Norway &</td><td>I</td></tr><tr><td>19</td><td> Wales †</td><td>J</td></tr><tr><td>20</td><td> Czech Republic †</td><td>L</td></tr><tr><td>C</td><td>33</td><td> Romania ‡</td><td>H</td></tr><tr><td>34</td><td> Sweden ‡</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td>35</td><td> North Macedonia ‡</td><td>J</td></tr><tr><td>36</td><td> Northern Ireland ‡</td><td>A</td></tr><tr><td>D</td><td>49</td><td> Moldova</td><td>I</td></tr><tr><td>50</td><td> San Marino</td><td>H</td></tr><tr><td>Nations League remaining teams</td></tr><tr><td>A</td><td>5</td><td> Italy †</td><td>I</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td> Netherlands &</td><td>G</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td> Denmark †</td><td>C</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td> Croatia &</td><td>L</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td> Scotland &</td><td>C</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td> Serbia</td><td>K</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td> Hungary</td><td>F</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td> Belgium &</td><td>J</td></tr><tr><td>13</td><td> Poland †</td><td>G</td></tr><tr><td>14</td><td> Israel</td><td>I</td></tr><tr><td>15</td><td>  Switzerland &</td><td>B</td></tr><tr><td>16</td><td> Bosnia and Herzegovina †</td><td>H</td></tr></tbody></table>

•  &  Team qualified directly for World Cup as qualifying group winner •  †  Team advanced to the play-offs as qualifying group runner-up •  ‡  Team (in bold) advanced to the play-offs as one of the best four Nations League group winners outside top two of their qualifying group