2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League

The competition began with the league stage, featuring the national teams split into three leagues (A, B, and C) based on their UEFA Women's national team coefficient.^[2] Leagues A and B featured 16 teams in four groups of four teams, while League C consisted of the remaining competition entrants split into groups of three or four teams.

The teams in each group played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The four group winners of League A advanced to the Nations League Finals, which featured single-leg semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and final. An open draw determined the pairings and home teams for the semi-final matches, as well as which semi-final will have its teams host the third-place play-off and final. The two best-ranked teams in the Nations League Finals (excluding France) qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics.^[3]

In addition, the competition featured promotion and relegation, taking effect in UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying (which uses an identical league structure). The group winners of Leagues B and C were automatically promoted, while the fourth-placed teams in Leagues A and B, as well as the lowest-ranked third-placed team in League B, were automatically relegated. Promotion/relegation matches were also held on a home-and-away basis, taking place in parallel with the Nations League Finals, to determine which teams would be promoted, relegated or remain in their respective leagues. The third-placed teams of League A played the runners-up of League B, while the three best-ranked third-placed teams in League B played the three best-ranked League C runners-up.^[4] The teams from the higher leagues were seeded, and played the second leg at home. In the two-legged ties, 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.^[3]

If two or more teams in the same group are equal on points on completion of the league phase, the following tie-breaking criteria are applied:^[3]

1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
2. Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played among the teams in question;
4. If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still have an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 are reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings.^[a] If this procedure does not lead to a decision, criteria 5 to 11 apply;
5. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
6. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
7. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
8. Higher number of wins in all group matches;
9. Higher number of away wins in all group matches;
10. 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).
11. Position in the UEFA Women's national team coefficient ranking.^[2]

Notes

Individual league rankings are established according to the following criteria:^[3]

1. Position in the group;
2. Higher number of points;
3. Superior goal difference;
4. Higher number of goals scored;
5. Higher number of goals scored away from home;
6. Higher number of wins;
7. Higher number of wins away from home;
8. 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).
9. Position in the UEFA Women's national team coefficient ranking.^[2]

To rank teams in League C, which may be composed of different-sized groups, the results against the fourth-placed teams in these leagues are not taken into account to compare teams placed first, second, and third in their respective groups.^[3]

The ranking of the top four teams in League A is determined by their finish in the Nations League Finals.^[3]

The overall UEFA Nations League rankings are established as follows:^[3]

1. The 16 League A teams are ranked 1st to 16th according to their league rankings.
2. The 16 League B teams are ranked 17th to 32nd according to their league rankings.
3. The League C teams are ranked 33rd onwards according to their league rankings.

The competition was played from September 2023 to February 2024.^[5] It began with the league phase and ended with the Nations League Finals and promotion/relegation matches played in parallel.^[4] Below is the schedule of the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League.^[6]

 

All 55 UEFA national teams were able to submit an entry for the competition by 23 March 2023 at the latest,^[7] which also acted as entry for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying.^[4] In total, 51 teams entered the competition. Russia were not permitted to enter the competition, as Russian teams were suspended indefinitely from UEFA and FIFA competitions since 28 February 2022 due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.^[8]

In addition, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein and San Marino did not submit an entry, which meant that they could not qualify for UEFA Women's Euro 2025.

The draw for the league phase took place on 2 May 2023, 13:00 CEST, at the House of European Football in Nyon, Switzerland.^[7][9] Teams were split into leagues based on their UEFA Women's national team coefficient ranking.^[2] Teams were divided into four pots of four in Leagues A and B, and three pots of five and one pot of 4 in League C.^[10] For political reasons, Armenia and Azerbaijan (due to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict), as well as Belarus and Ukraine (due to the Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine), could not be drawn in the same group. Due to winter venue restrictions, a group could contain a maximum of two of Sweden, Norway, and Iceland in League A, and two of Estonia, the Faroe Islands, Latvia, and Lithuania in League C. Due to excessive travel restrictions, only one of Andorra, the Faroe Islands, and Malta could be drawn with Kazakhstan.^[10]

League A Pot Team Coeff Rank 1   England 46,178 1   Germany 43,043 2   France 42,584 3   Sweden 40,823 4 2   Spain 40,472 5   Netherlands 39,910 6   Norway 38,715 7   Denmark 37,535 8 3   Italy 36,455 9   Belgium 34,794 10   Austria 33,963 11   Iceland 33,348 12 4   Switzerland 33,101 13   Wales 29,942 15   Portugal 29,744 16   Scotland 29,335 17

League B Pot Team Coeff Rank 1   Republic of Ireland 28,877 18   Poland 28,458 19   Czech Republic 27,508 20   Finland 26,757 21 2   Serbia 26,517 22   Slovenia 26,445 23   Northern Ireland 25,711 24   Romania 24,877 25 3   Ukraine 24,359 26   Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,091 27   Slovakia 19,213 28   Hungary 18,552 29 4   Greece 17,556 30   Croatia 17,523 31   Belarus 16,890 32   Albania 16,826 33

League C Pot Team Coeff Rank 1   Malta 16,021 34   Israel 15,543 35   Azerbaijan 14,876 36   Turkey 14,865 37   North Macedonia 14,483 38 2   Kosovo 14,226 39   Montenegro 12,668 40   Luxembourg 12,051 41   Estonia 9,750 42   Moldova 9,654 43 3   Lithuania 9,649 44   Kazakhstan 8,662 45   Latvia 8,543 46   Bulgaria 8,200 47   Cyprus 8,032 48 4   Faroe Islands 7,020 49   Georgia 6,977 50   Armenia 6,500 51   Andorra 1,958 52

Did not enter Team Coeff Rank   Gibraltar 0 —   Liechtenstein 0 —   San Marino 0 —

Banned from entering the competition Team Coeff Rank   Russia 32,203 14

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands	6	4	0	2	14	6	+8	12[a]	Qualification for Nations League Finals		—	2–1	4–0	4–0
2	England	6	4	0	2	15	8	+7	12[a]			3–2	—	1–0	2–1
3	Belgium (O)	6	2	2	2	7	10	−3	8	Qualification for relegation play-offs		2–1	3–2	—	1–1
4	Scotland (R)	6	0	2	4	3	15	−12	2	Relegation to League B		0–1	0–6	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	France	6	5	1	0	9	1	+8	16	Qualification for Nations League Finals		—	3–0	0–0	2–0
2	Austria	6	3	1	2	7	8	−1	10			0–1	—	2–1	2–1
3	Norway (O)	6	1	2	3	9	8	+1	5	Qualification for relegation play-offs		1–2	1–1	—	4–0
4	Portugal (R)	6	1	0	5	5	13	−8	3	Relegation to League B		0–1	1–2	3–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	6	4	1	1	14	3	+11	13	Qualification for Nations League Finals		—	3–0	4–0	5–1
2	Denmark	6	4	0	2	10	6	+4	12			2–0	—	0–1	2–1
3	Iceland (O)	6	3	0	3	4	8	−4	9	Qualification for relegation play-offs		0–2	0–1	—	1–0
4	Wales (R)	6	0	1	5	4	15	−11	1	Relegation to League B		0–0	1–5	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	6	5	0	1	23	9	+14	15	Qualification for Nations League Finals		—	2–3	5–3	5–0
2	Italy	6	3	1	2	8	5	+3	10			0–1	—	0–1	3–0
3	Sweden (O)	6	2	1	3	8	10	−2	7	Qualification for relegation play-offs		2–3	1–1	—	1–0
4	Switzerland (R)	6	1	0	5	2	17	−15	3	Relegation to League B		1–7	0–1	1–0	—

The pairings and home teams were determined via an open draw on 11 December 2023.^[6]

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 February 2024 – Seville
	Spain	3
					28 February 2024 – Seville
	Netherlands	0
					Spain	2
	23 February 2024 – Décines-Charpieu
					France	0
	France	2
	Germany	1
					Third place play-off
					28 February 2024 – Heerenveen
					Netherlands	0
					Germany	2

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

21:00

Spain	3–0	Netherlands
Hermoso   41' Bonmatí   45' Batlle   77'	Report

La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 21,856

Referee: Rebecca Welch (England)

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

21:00

France	2–1	Germany
Diani   41' Karchaoui   45+4' (pen.)	Report	Gwinn   82' (pen.)

Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Décines-Charpieu

Attendance: 30,267

Referee: Esther Staubli (Switzerland)

28 February 2024 (2024-02-28)

19:00

Spain	2–0	France
Bonmatí   32' Caldentey   53'	Report

La Cartuja, Seville

Attendance: 32,657

Referee: Tess Olofsson (Sweden)

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Malta (P)	6	5	1	0	13	1	+12	16	Promotion to League B		—	2–1	5–0	2–0
2	Latvia	6	3	1	2	17	6	+11	10	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–1	—	4–0	5–0
3	Andorra	6	1	1	4	2	17	−15	4			0–3	0–4	—	0–0
4	Moldova	6	0	3	3	4	12	−8	3			0–0	3–3	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Turkey (P)	6	6	0	0	16	0	+16	18	Promotion to League B		—	2–0	1–0	2–0
2	Lithuania	6	1	2	3	4	9	−5	5[a]			0–4	—	0–2	0–0
3	Luxembourg	6	1	2	3	6	11	−5	5[a]			0–4	1–1	—	1–1
4	Georgia	6	1	2	3	5	11	−6	5[a]			0–3	0–3	4–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Azerbaijan (P)	6	5	1	0	9	2	+7	16	Promotion to League B		—	3–0	1–1	1–0
2	Montenegro	6	4	0	2	14	4	+10	12	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–1	—	2–0	9–0
3	Cyprus	6	2	1	3	3	6	−3	7			0–1	0–2	—	1–0
4	Faroe Islands	6	0	0	6	1	15	−14	0			1–2	0–1	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Israel (P)	6	5	1	0	21	2	+19	16	Promotion to League B		—	4–1	0–0	6–1
2	Estonia	6	3	1	2	11	11	0	10			0–5	—	0–0	5–1
3	Kazakhstan	6	2	2	2	6	5	+1	8			0–2	0–1	—	4–1
4	Armenia	6	0	0	6	5	25	−20	0			0–4	1–4	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or qualification
1	Kosovo (P)	4	3	1	0	10	2	+8	10	Promotion to League B		—	5–1	3–1
2	Bulgaria	4	1	2	1	4	7	−3	5	Qualification for promotion play-offs		0–0	—	2–2
3	North Macedonia	4	0	1	3	3	8	−5	1			0–2	0–1	—

Due to differing group sizes in League C, results against fourth-placed teams were disregarded when ranking second-placed teams.

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	C1	Latvia	4	2	0	2	9	3	+6	6	Qualification for promotion play-offs
2	C3	Montenegro	4	2	0	2	4	4	0	6
3	C5	Bulgaria	4	1	2	1	4	7	−3	5
4	C4	Estonia	4	1	1	2	2	9	−7	4
5	C2	Lithuania	4	0	1	3	1	9	−8	1

The pairings for the promotion/relegation matches were determined using a draw on 11 December 2023.^[6]

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Serbia	2–3	Iceland	1–1	1–2
Hungary	2–10	Belgium	1–5	1–5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–10	Sweden	0–5	0–5
Croatia	0–8	Norway	0–3	0–5

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Latvia	0–9	Slovakia	0–3	0–6
Montenegro	1–3	Northern Ireland	0–2	1–1
Bulgaria	0–7	Ukraine	0–4	0–3

The results of each team's league rankings were used to calculate the overall ranking of the competition, using the ranking criteria,^[3] and were used for seeding in the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying draw.

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

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