UEFA Nations League draw: Italy and France to meet in 2024/25 league phase

Baku: The draw for the league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League - the fourth edition of the competition - was held in Paris on Thursday, according to the official website of UEFA. Italy will meet France, while Germany take on the Netherlands in League A and England face the Republic of Ireland in League B following the draw for the league phase of the 2024/25 UEFA Nations League. The full draw is as follows: League A Group A1: Croatia, Portugal, Poland, Scotland Group A2: Italy, Belgium, France, Israel Group A3: Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Bosnia and Herzegovina Group A4: Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Serbia League B Group B1: Czechia, Ukraine, Albania, Georgia Group B2: England, Finland, Republic of Ireland, Greece Group B3: Austria, Norway, Slovenia, Kazakhstan Group B4: Wales, Iceland, Montenegro, Trkiye League C Group C1: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Estonia Group C2: Romania, Kosovo, Cyprus, Lithuania/Gibraltar* Group C3: Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, Belarus Group C4 : Armenia, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Latvia League D Group D1: Lithuania/Gibraltar*, San Marino, Liechtenstein Group D2: Moldova, Malta, Andorra Each team plays home and away against the other nations in their league phase group. The 2024/25 edition has been expanded with a new knockout round to be played in March 2025. The League A group winners and runners-up will participate in home-and-away quarter-finals, with the winners of these ties qualifying for the final tournament in June 2025. Source: Azerbaijan State News Agency