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Last Updated: February 09, 2024, 00:00 IST
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World Cup runnerup France, European champion Italy, Belgium and Israel have been drawn collectively in a troublesome group Thursday for the lads’s UEFA Nations League that begins in September.
PARIS: World Cup runner-up France, European champion Italy, Belgium and Israel have been drawn collectively in a troublesome group Thursday for the lads’s UEFA Nations League that begins in September.
The Nations League is the subsequent motion for UEFA member international locations after this summer time’s European Championship, the place France, Italy and Belgium have all certified for the event in Germany and Israel is within the playoffs subsequent month.
Nations League champion Spain was drawn in a gaggle with Denmark plus Switzerland and Serbia who will resume a powerful rivalry that was fueled by Swiss wins of their video games on the previous two World Cups.
Euro 2024 host Germany is in a Nations League high-tier group with Netherlands, Hungary and Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Croatia was high-seeded in a gaggle with Portugal, Poland and Scotland.
England was relegated from the highest-tier Nations League group in 2022 and can face Erling Haaland-led Norway plus Finland and Greece.
Group-stage video games in all 4 tiers are performed from September to November.
In high-tier League A, the highest two groups in every group advance to the quarterfinals in March 2025. The semifinals and ultimate are a mini-event hosted by one of many competing international locations.
The Final Four is scheduled June 4-8, 2025, earlier than many gamers return to their golf equipment for the inaugural 32-workforce Club World Cup within the United States.
A path to qualifying for the 2026 World Cup can be on provide from the Nations League group standings in November.
European playoffs for the subsequent World Cup are scheduled in March 2026 and can provide 4 entries to the ultimate event being performed throughout North America. The 16 groups in these playoffs in two years’ time will embrace 4 locations primarily based on Nations League rankings.
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