Nations League: France handed a tough group!

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·13 February 2026

Nations League: France handed a tough group!

This Thursday, the draw for the Nations League took place, which will begin next September and will undoubtedly involve many players from Paris Saint-Germain. Find here all the groups, with a draw that is far from simple for the French team.

League A –

Group 1:

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France, Italy, Belgium, Turkey

Group 2:

Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Greece

Group 3:

Spain, Croatia, England, Czech Republic

Group 4:

Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Wales

League B –

Group 1:

Scotland, Switzerland, Slovenia, North Macedonia

Group 2:

Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia, Northern Ireland

Group 3:

Israel, Austria, Republic of Ireland, Kosovo

Group 4:

Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Sweden

League C –

Group 1:

Albania, Finland, Belarus, San Marino

Group 2:

Montenegro, Armenia, Cyprus, Latvia or Gibraltar*

Group 3:

Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Faroe Islands, Moldova

Group 4:

Iceland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Luxembourg or Malta*

League D –

Group 1:

Gibraltar or Latvia*, Malta or Luxembourg*, Andorra

Group 2:

Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein

* The teams will be confirmed following the C/D League playoffs of the UNL 2024/25 in March.

The rules announced by UEFA:

Each team plays twice against the other nations in its league phase group, at home and away. The knockout phase will be played in March 2027. The winners and runners-up of League A will participate in quarter-finals with home and away matches, with the winners of these encounters qualifying for the final tournament in June 2027.

The teams ranked fourth in Leagues A and B are automatically relegated to Leagues B and C respectively. The two worst fourth-placed teams in League C are relegated to League D. The four group winners of Leagues B and C, as well as the two group winners of League D, are automatically promoted to Leagues A, B, and C respectively. The teams ranked third in League A and the runners-up of League B, as well as the teams ranked third in League B and the runners-up of League C, will play a promotion/relegation playoff with home and away matches. There will also be playoffs between the two best fourth-placed teams in League C and the two runners-up in League D.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇫🇷 here.