The draw, which took place on Thursday in Paris, placed Italy, the 2020 European Championship winner, with France, the 2022 World Cup runner-up, in one group in the European Nations League. The two teams play in the second group of the first level, which also includes Belgium and Israel. As for Germany and Hungary, who face each other in the group stage of the European Championship 2024, they will play in Group C with the Netherlands and Bosnia. Spain, champion of the last edition of the Nations League, plays in Group D alongside Denmark, Switzerland and Serbia. The quarter-finals will be held for the first time in the Nations League, with the teams ranked first and second in each group from the first level qualifying for the new stage of the competition. In the second level, England and Ireland were drawn together in the second group alongside Finland and Greece, and this will be England’s first appearance in the second level after being relegated at the end of the last edition. Russia was excluded from the competition due to its invasion of Ukraine. The European Nations League will be linked to the continent's qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, as the four best-ranked winners in the Nations League groups and those who finish the group stage of the World Cup qualifiers outside the first two places will qualify for the playoff stage. Below are the results of the UEFA Nations League 2024-2025 draw, which was held Thursday in Paris.
* The first level
, the first group: Croatia - Portugal - Poland - Scotland,
the second group: Italy - Belgium, France - Israel,
the third group: Netherlands - Hungary, Germany - Bosnia,
the fourth group: Spain - Denmark - Switzerland - Serbia
* The second level,
the first group: the Czechs. - Ukraine - Albania - Georgia
Group Two: England - Finland - Ireland - Greece
Group Three: Austria - Norway - Slovenia - Kazakhstan Group
Four: Wales - Iceland - Montenegro - Turkey
* Third level
Group One: Sweden - Azerbaijan - Slovakia - Estonia
Group Two: Romania - Kosovo - Cyprus - Lithuania or Gibraltar
Group Three: Luxembourg - Bulgaria - Northern Ireland - Belarus Group Four
: Armenia - Faroe Islands - North Macedonia - Latvia
* Level Four
: Group One: Lithuania or Gibraltar - San Marino - Liechtenstein,
Group Two: Moldova - Malta - Andorra
(Lithuania and Gibraltar will play a playoff match in March to determine which team will be relegated to the fourth level)
Rounds 1-2: from 5 to 10 September 2024 Rounds 3-4: from 10 to 15 October 2024 Rounds 1-2: from 5 to 10 September 2024
Rounds 3-4: from 10 to 15 October 2024
The two rounds 5-6: from November 14 to 19, 2024
Quarter-finals: from March 20 to 23, 2025
Semi-finals: June 4 and 5, 2025
Final and third-place match: June 8, 2025.