Nations League: promoted, relegated, final four
Tuesday, November 20, 2018
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Who is up, who is down, who reached the Finals: how all 55 teams did in the League Phase.
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The UEFA Nations League involves promotion and relegation as well as the chance to reach the UEFA EURO 2020 play-offs and, from League A, June's knockout Finals: see how the first League Phase worked out for the 55 nations.
- The teams finishing top in all groups in Leagues B, C and D will be promoted. The teams finishing bottom in Leagues A and B will be relegated. In League C, the teams finishing bottom of the four-team groups (C2, C3 and C4) will be relegated, along with the third-placed finisher from across the four groups with the worst record, not counting results against fourth-placed finishers.
Finals: Portugal (hosts), England, Netherlands, Switzerland
Promoted: Belarus (D→C), Bosnia and Herzegovina (B→A), Denmark (B→A), Finland (C→B), FYR Macedonia (D→C), Georgia (D→C), Kosovo (D→C), Norway (C→B), Serbia (C→B), Scotland (C→B), Sweden (B→A), Ukraine (B→A)
Relegated: Croatia (A→B), Cyprus (C→D), Estonia (C→D), Germany (A→B), Iceland (A→B), Lithuania (C→D), Northern Ireland (B→C), Poland (A→B), Republic of Ireland (B→C), Slovenia (C→D), Slovakia (B→C), Turkey (B→C)
Team-by-team guide
Albania: C1 – finished third
Andorra: D1 – finished fourth
Armenia: D4 – finished second
Austria: B3 – finished second
Azerbaijan: D3 – finished second
Belarus: D2 – promoted
Belgium: A2 – finished second
Bosnia and Herzegovina: B3 – promoted
Bulgaria: C3 – finished second
Croatia: A4 – relegated
Cyprus: C3 – relegated*
Czech Republic: B1 – finished second
Denmark: B4 – promoted
England: A4 – Finals
Estonia: C2 – relegated
Faroe Islands: D3 – finished third
Finland: C2 – promoted
France: A1 – finished second
FYR Macedonia: D4 – promoted
Georgia: D1 – promoted
Germany: A1 – relegated
Gibraltar: D4 – finished third
Greece: C2 – finished third
Hungary: C2 – finished second
Iceland: A2 – relegated
Israel: C1 – finished second
Italy: A3 – finished second
Kazakhstan: D1 – finished second
Kosovo: D3 – promoted
Latvia: D1 – finished third
Liechtenstein: D4 – finished fourth
Lithuania: C4 – relegated
Luxembourg: D2 – finished second
Malta: D3 – finished fourth
Moldova: D2 – finished third
Montenegro: C4 – finished third
Netherlands: A1 – Finals
Northern Ireland: B3 – relegated
Norway: C3 – promoted
Poland: A3 – relegated
Portugal: A3 – Finals
Republic of Ireland: B4 – relegated
Romania: C4 – finished second
Russia: B2 – finished second
San Marino: D2 – finished fourth
Scotland: C1 – promoted
Serbia: C4 – promoted
Slovakia: B1 – relegated
Slovenia: C3 – relegated
Spain: A4 – finished second
Sweden: B2 – promoted
Switzerland: A2 – Finals
Turkey: B2 – relegated
Ukraine: B1 – promoted
Wales: B4 – finished second
*League C third-placed team with the worst record, not counting results against fourth-placed finishers
What does it all mean?
Finalists (applies to League A teams): the four League A group winners go into the finals draw, which takes place on 3 December, with the matches in June These teams are also assured of at least a play-off place should they not go on to reach UEFA EURO 2020 automatically via the European Qualifiers.
Promoted (applies to League B, C and D teams): will move up a League for the next UEFA Nations League. These teams are assured of at least a play-off place should they not go on to reach UEFA EURO 2020 automatically via the European Qualifiers.
Relegated (applies to League A, B and C teams): will move down a League for the next UEFA Nations League.
A team's final position in the overall UEFA Nations League ranking determines their seeding for the UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying draw on 2 December. Teams in League A will be ranked 1st to 12th (determined by their position in a group, points gained, goal difference, goals scored, etc.), with teams in League B 13th to 24th and so on.
