UEFA Women’s Nations League 2025: who’s in which league? | UEFA Women’s Nations League 2025

The second UEFA Women’s Nations League starts in February 2025.

How the Women’s League of Nations works

The teams are divided into three leagues based on their rankings at the 2024 European Women’s Qualifying League stage. There are 16 teams in League A, 16 teams in League B and 21 teams in League C, including two countries participating in the senior women’s competition for the first time: Gibraltar and Liechtenstein. The draw for the league stages will take place at 13:00 CET on Thursday 7 November.

Each team starting position in the league determined based on 2024 European Women’s Qualifying League stage results.

League A

League A group winners
1 Spain (holders)
2 Germany
3 France
4 Italy
Second place in League A
5 Iceland
6 Denmark
7 England
8 Netherlands
League A third place
9 Sweden
10 Norway
11 Austria
12 Belgium
Relegated from League B (group winners)
13 Portugal
14 Scotland
15 Switzerland
16 Wales

League B

Relegated from League A (fourth place)
17 Finland
18 Czech Republic
19 Ireland
20 Poland
Second place in League B
21 Serbia
22 Ukraine
23 Northern Ireland
24 Türkiye
Third place in League B (top three)
25 Croatia
26 Hungary
27 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Relegated from League C (group winners)
28 Slovenia
29 Romania
30 Belarus
31 Greece
32 Albania

League C

Relegated from League B (fourth place and fourth best third place)
33 Slovakia*
34 Azerbaijan
35 Malta
36 Israel
37 Kosovo
*Fourth best third place team
Second place in League C
38 Luxembourg
39 Montenegro
40 Georgia
41 Bulgaria
42 Latvia
Third place in League C
43 Faroe Islands
44 Armenia
45 North Macedonia
46 Estonia
47 Lithuania
Fourth place in League C and new participants
48 Kazakhstan
49 Moldova
50 Cyprus
51 Andorra
52 Gibraltar
53 Liechtenstein

How do groups work?

All matches in the league stage are played according to the league system: each team plays one home match and one away match against every other team in its group. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Who’s playing in the UEFA Women’s Nations League final?

The four League A group winners advance to the playoff finals.

How are the UEFA Women’s Nations League finals going?

Unlike the first edition, all matches will be played in two matches. There are two semi-finals left, the third place game and the final. A draw will determine the draw and the home team in each of the first matches.

The winners of the final are declared the winners of the UEFA Nations League.

Who gets promoted, relegated or makes the playoffs?

League A

The top two teams in each group remain in League A for European qualifying for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup.

The four third-placed teams will play two matches against the second-placed teams in each group of League B. The winner of each match plays in League A for the European qualifying stage; the losing teams will play in League B.

Teams finishing fourth are relegated to League B.

League B

The four group winners are promoted to League A.

The four second-placed teams play two matches against the third-placed teams in League A. The winner of each match plays in League A; the losing teams will play in League B.

The top two third-placed teams will play two matches against the top two second-placed teams in League C. The winners play in League B for the European qualifying stage; the losing teams will play in League C.

The two lowest-ranked third-place teams and the four fourth-place teams are relegated to League C.

League C

The six group winners are promoted to League B.

The top two second-placed teams will play two matches against the top two third-placed teams in League B. The winners play in League B for the European qualifying stage; losing teams play in League C.

The remaining teams remain in League C.