UEFA official: The third UEFA Nations League group stage draw will be held at 1:00 Beijing time on the 17th

Live Bar December 15, UEFA officially announced that the third UEFA Nations League group draw will be held in Nyon, Switzerland, at 18:00 CET on December 16 (i.e. 1:00 a.m. Beijing time on December 17; 7 hours difference).

The tournament will kick off in June 2022 and the final round will take place in June 2023. As with the second edition (20-21 season), this season's competition consists of four divisions, with 16 teams in each of the first three divisions and 7 teams in the fourth division.

Specific rules:

There are 16 teams in each of the three divisions A, B and C, and each league is divided into four groups; the 7 teams in the D league are divided into two groups (one group of four teams; one group of three teams)

Teams in the same group at each level will play against all opponents in the group according to the home-and-away format, and the group stage will be divided into 6 match days, which will be played in June and September 2022.

The top of the four groups in the A-League will advance to the knockout round in June 2023, and the top group in the other three leagues will advance to this event in the 2024-25 season, while rising at the league level.

Similarly, the fourth place in each group in the A and B leagues will be relegated; the fourth place in the group at the C level will be relegated to the relegation play-off, and the two teams that lose will fall into the D class.

In addition, according to the results of the previous tournament, the promotion and relegation play-offs of the previous tournament will be played in March 2022, with the two groups facing Kazakhstan vs Moldova and Cyprus vs Estonia (the winner plays C level, the loser plays D level).

Specific ratings:

A-Division:

France, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, England, Poland, Switzerland, Croatia, Wales, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary

B Division:

Ukraine, Sweden, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Finland, Norway, Scotland, Russia, Israel, Romania, Serbia, Iceland, Slovenia, Montenegro, Albania, Armenia

C-Class League:

Turkey, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, Greece, Belarus, Luxembourg, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Gibraltar, Faroe Islands,

(Kazakhstan vs Moldova winner), (Cyprus vs Estonia winner)

D Division:

Liechtenstein, Malta, Latvia, San Marino, Andorra, (Kazakhstan vs Moldova losers), (Cyprus vs Estonia losers)

Specific schedule:

Group stage draw: 1:00 Beijing time on the 17th

Group Stage Match Day:

Matchdays 1 and 2: 2-8 June 2022

Matchdays 3 and 4: 8-14 June 2022

Matchdays 5 and 6: 22-27 September 2022

Final stage draw: to be determined

Semi-finals: 14-15 June 2023

Finals, 3rd and 4th place finals: 18 June 2023

Relegation and relegation play-offs of this tournament: 21-23 and 24-26 March 2024

（Thomas）