European Nations League format: New home and away quarter-finals Spain won the hottest[weiyuan]

2025-03-17
In the early morning of March 21, Beijing time, the 24-25 European National League restarted, the semi-finals of the A-League, and the promotion and relegation play-offs of other leagues will be fought. The competition system and promotion and relegation rules of the European League are very complex, and this tournament has also reformed the competition system and added a home-and-away system of the quarter-finals, below to understand.
A League semi-final
A total of 16 teams participate in the UEFA League A, divided into 4 groups of 4 teams, home and away double round-robin matches, and the top two of each group will be ranked among the top 8, and the semi-finals will be held in 2 rounds, and the winners will advance to the UEFA League semi-finals until the final champion is determined.
Europa League semi-final against Europa League semi-final
At present, the A league has been carried out to the semi-final stage, the draw is the top half: Italy v Germany, Denmark v Portugal, and the bottom half of the Netherlands v Spain, Croatia v France. In addition, the third group of the A-League will also play A promotion and relegation play-off with the second group of the B-League, and the last group will be relegated to the B-League of the next European Nations League.
The semi-final is about to start, and the relevant agencies have also immediately updated the odds of the championship of the current European League of Nations, Spain ranks first at 1 to 4, France and Portugal are tied for second at 1 to 4.5, Germany is temporarily fourth at 1 to 5, and Italy, the Netherlands, Croatia and Denmark are more than 1 to 10.
Uefa League A/B relegation play-off
B league is also 16 teams divided into 4 groups of 4 teams, home and away double round-robin matches, the final four groups of the first to advance to the next European League of Nations A league, respectively, the Czech Republic, England, Norway and Wales. As mentioned above, the four Group finishers will play A two-leg play-off against the third teams in Division A, with the winners advancing to Division A, with the current matches being Turkey v Hungary, Ukraine v Belgium, Austria v Serbia, and Greece v Scotland. The last-place finisher in each group is relegated to the C-League of the next European Nations League.
Uefa League B/C relegation play-off
The rules for this division were largely the same as before, with the four group winners advancing to Division B: Sweden, Romania, Northern Ireland and North Macedonia. The four second-placed teams will play a two-leg play-off against the third group of the B League, and the winners will advance to the B League, which will be played against Armenia v Georgia, Bulgaria v Ireland, Kosovo v Iceland and Slovakia v Slovenia.
The difference is that the four group 4th of the C League will not be directly relegated to the D League, the highest ranking of the two fourth and the second of the D League group will be promoted to the relegation play-off, the worst two fourth dropped to the D League.
Uefa League C/D relegation play-off
Uefa League D League only 6 teams participate, divided into 2 groups of 3 teams, home and away double round-robin matches, the final 2 group leaders will advance to the C league, respectively, SAN Marino and Moldova, the 2 group second will be with the highest C ranking of the 2 fourth play-off, the winner will advance to the C League, against Gibraltar vs Latvia, Malta vs Luxembourg.