UEFA Nations League 2026-27 LEAGUE PHASE: SEP 24 – NOV 17 FORMAT: Teams in each league play each other home and away. Group winners gain promotion to higher league, last-placed teams drop down to league below Quarter-finals Top two teams in League A advance to quarter-finals Promotion-relegation play-offs: Third-placed teams face second-place teams from league below Bruno Fernandes POR League A A1 France Italy Belgium Türkiye A2 Germany Netherlands Serbia Greece A3 Spain Croatia England Czechia A4 Portugal Denmark Norway Wales League B B1 Scotland Switzerland Slovenia N. Macedonia B2 Hungary Ukraine Georgia N. Ireland B3 Israel Austria Ireland Kosovo B4 Poland Bosnia-Herz. Romania Sweden League C C1 Albania Finland Belarus San Marino C2 Montenegro Armenia Cyprus Latvia C3 Kazakhstan Slovakia Faroe Islands Moldova C4 Iceland Bulgaria Estonia Luxembourg League D D1 Gibraltar Malta Andorra D2 Lithuania Azerbaijan Liechtenstein March 2028: Two best-ranked fourth-placed teams from League C and second-placed teams from League D play off to determine final relegation places Matchdays: Sep 24-26, 27-29, Oct 1-3. 4-6, Nov 12-14, 15-17 Quarter-finals / play-offs: March 2027 June 2027: UEFA Nations League Finals Four quarter-final winners from League A play off to be crowned UEFA Nations League champions Source: UEFA Picture: Getty Images © GRAPHIC NEWS