Nations League draw live: England, Scotland and Wales to learn group opponents for 2026 tournament | OneFootball

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The draw for the 2026/27 Nations League league phase takes place in Brussels this evening, with Thomas Tuchel’s England side learning their League A opponents for the fifth edition of the tournament.

The Three Lions were promoted back into the top league last time out and could now face the likes of Spain, France, Germany, Italy and defending champions Portugal.

And Craig Bellamy’s Wales team are one of the surprise packages in the top league, having finished top of their group to be promoted in 2024/25.

League D draw

Group D1

Gibraltar 🇬🇮 or Latvia 🇱🇻

Malta 🇲🇹 or Luxembourg 🇱🇺

Andorra 🇦🇩

Group D2

Lithuania 🇱🇹

Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

Liechtenstein 🇱🇮

Will Castle12 February 2026 17:21

Almost draw time

Uefa are now just running through the technical procedure of the draw.

We’ll be getting underway after that (we think).

Will Castle12 February 2026 17:13

Who are the current holders?

Portugal go into the 2026/27 as the reigning champions, having secured the 2024/25 trophy after a penalty shootout win over European champions Spain in June of last year.

The Selecao became the first team to win the tournament twice, and both sides will be among the favourites as the tournament begins again in September.

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Will Castle12 February 2026 17:10

How does the draw work?

The 54 participating nations are divided into four leagues, based on the Access List and depending on the results of the 2024/25 UNL League C/D play-offs in March 2026.

The League A, B and C draws each determine four groups of four teams. Each team plays six matches in their group – home and away against the other three nations.

The League D draw determines two groups of three teams. Each team plays four matches in their group – home and away against the other two nations.

There are some specific draw conditions to note. Firstly, Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot de drawn against Kosovo, and there is also a restriction on excessive travel and winter venues.

This means nations who are too far apart cannot be drawn to face each other – for example, Iceland could not face Armenia, and the Faroe Islands cannot be drawn against Kazakhstan – and countries at risk of severe winter conditions can only be drawn against one other such country in the same group.

The truth behind Real Madrid’s climbdown over doomed Super League

The Uefa Executive Committee were already 20 minutes late, with some more aggrieved stakeholders aggravated, when the reasons suddenly became clear. President Aleksander Ceferin and European Football Clubs [EFC] chairman Nasser Al Khelaifi walked in with a flourish. They could announce that Real Madrid were returning to the fold, again becoming members of the EFC, the lobby group that used to be known as the European Club Association.

For many, this was obviously presented as an unprecedented Florentino Perez climbdown, the ultimate defeat of the Super League. Al-Khelaifi even felt the need to add that, if anyone thought Perez “lost”, “they are stupid and know absolutely nothing about football”.

That’s one area where he’s right. The only way you could believe that Perez has “lost” is if you see the ill-fated project as the be-all and end-all. There is instead another, more important perspective, which the Super League has served in shifting. The project was actually just one manifestation of a wider attempt from the big clubs to control the club game. That’s what Perez always wanted.