2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B is the second division of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[1]

2020–21 UEFA Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates3 September – 18 November 2020
Teams16

Format

Following a format change from the first season, League B was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.[2] The league consists of UEFA members ranked from 17–32 in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking, split into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2020.[3] The winners of each group will be promoted to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group will be relegated to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C.[4]

Teams

Team changes

The following are the team changes of League B from the 2018–19 season:

Incoming
Promoted from
Nations League C
Group winners:
Following format change:
Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League A

The following team changes were initially set to occur in League B, but did not after no teams were relegated due to the format change by UEFA:

Incoming
Initially relegated from
Nations League A
Outgoing
Initially relegated to
Nations League C

Seeding

In the 2020–21 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2018–19 Nations League overall ranking, with a slight modification: teams that were originally relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below teams promoted prior to the format change.[5][6] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed 4 December 2019,[7] and were based on the access list ranking.[4][8]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Russia 17
 Austria 18
 Wales 19
 Czech Republic 20
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Scotland 21
 Norway 22
 Serbia 23
 Finland 24
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Slovakia 25
 Turkey 26
 Republic of Ireland 27
 Northern Ireland 28
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Bulgaria 29
 Israel 30
 Hungary 31
 Romania 32

The draw for the league phase took place at the Beurs van Berlage Conference Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 3 March 2020, 18:00 CET.[9][10][11][12] Each group contains one team from each pot.

Groups

The original fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 3 March 2020 following the draw.[13] On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee adjusted the league phase schedule for October and November 2020 to allow for the completion of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs.[14][15] Following the change, a revised schedule for the October and November 2020 fixtures was released by UEFA on 26 June 2020.[16][17]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A — 18 Nov 15 Nov 7 Sep
2  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sep — 14 Oct 11 Oct
3  Northern Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Oct 7 Sep — 18 Nov
4  Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 14 Oct 15 Nov 4 Sep —
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Norway v Austria
Report
Romania v Northern Ireland
Report
Austria v Romania
Report
Northern Ireland v Norway
Report
Norway v Romania
Report
Northern Ireland v Austria
Report
Norway v Northern Ireland
Report
Romania v Austria
Report
Austria v Northern Ireland
Report
Romania v Norway
Report
Austria v Norway
Report
Northern Ireland v Romania
Report

Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A — 7 Sep 18 Nov 15 Nov
2  Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Oct — 11 Oct 4 Sep
3  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Sep 15 Nov — 14 Oct
4  Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 11 Oct 18 Nov 7 Sep —
First match(es) will be played on 4 September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Scotland v Israel
Report
Slovakia v Czech Republic
Report
Czech Republic v Scotland
Report
Israel v Slovakia
Report
Israel v Czech Republic
Report
Scotland v Slovakia
Report
Scotland v Czech Republic
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Slovakia v Israel
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Slovakia v Scotland
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Czech Republic v Israel
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Czech Republic v Slovakia
Report
Israel v Scotland
Report

Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A — 3 Sep 11 Oct 14 Oct
2  Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Nov — 6 Sep 11 Oct
3  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Nov 14 Oct — 3 Sep
4  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 6 Sep 15 Nov 18 Nov —
First match(es) will be played on 3 September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Russia v Serbia
Report
Turkey v Hungary
Report
Hungary v Russia
Report
Serbia v Turkey
Report
Russia v Turkey
Report
Serbia v Hungary
Report
Russia v Hungary
Report
Turkey v Serbia
Report
Turkey v Russia
Report
Hungary v Serbia
Report
Hungary v Turkey
Report
Serbia v Russia
Report

Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A — 18 Nov 15 Nov 6 Sep
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Sep — 14 Oct 11 Oct
3  Republic of Ireland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 Oct 6 Sep — 18 Nov
4  Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C 14 Oct 15 Nov 3 Sep —
First match(es) will be played on 3 September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Bulgaria v Republic of Ireland
Report
Finland v Wales
Report
Wales v Bulgaria
Report
Republic of Ireland v Finland
Report
Republic of Ireland v Wales
Report
Finland v Bulgaria
Report
Finland v Republic of Ireland
Report
Bulgaria v Wales
Report
Bulgaria v Finland
Report
Wales v Republic of Ireland
Report
Republic of Ireland v Bulgaria
Report
Wales v Finland
Report

Overall ranking

The 16 League B teams will be ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[4]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups will be ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups will be ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing third in the groups will be ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing fourth in the groups will be ranked 29th to 32nd according to the results of the league phase.
Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 1st best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 2nd best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 3rd best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 4th best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 1st best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 2nd best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 3rd best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 4th best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 1st best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 2nd best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 3rd best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 4th best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 1st best group 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 2nd best group 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 3rd best group 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 4th best group 4th place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 3 September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Notes
  1. CEST (UTC+2) for matchdays 1–4 (September and October 2020), CET (UTC+1) for matchdays 5–6 (November 2020).

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