2020–21 UEFA Nations League D

The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League D is the fourth and lowest 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 D
Tournament details
Dates3 September – 17 November 2020
Teams7

Format

Following a format change from the first season, League D was reduced from 16 to 7 teams.[2] The league will consist of the lowest ranked UEFA members from 49–55 in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking, to be split into two groups (one group of four teams and one group of three teams). Each team will play four or 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 both groups will be promoted to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C.[4]

Teams

Team changes

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

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

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

Incoming
Initially relegated from
Nations League C

Seeding

In the 2020–21 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2018–19 Nations League overall ranking.[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
 Gibraltar 49
 Faroe Islands 50
 Latvia 51
 Liechtenstein 52
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Andorra 53
 Malta 54
 San Marino 55

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] Group D1 contains two teams from Pot 1 and two teams from Pot 2, while Group D2 contains two teams from Pot 1 and one team from Pot 2.

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
1  Faroe Islands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League C — 10 Oct 13 Oct 3 Sep
2  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Nov — 3 Sep 13 Oct
3  Andorra 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Sep 17 Nov — 10 Oct
4  Malta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Nov 6 Sep 14 Nov —
First match(es) will be played on 3 September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Faroe Islands v Malta
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Latvia v Andorra
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Andorra v Faroe Islands
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Malta v Latvia
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Faroe Islands v Latvia
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Andorra v Malta
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Faroe Islands v Andorra
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Latvia v Malta
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Malta v Andorra
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Latvia v Faroe Islands
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Andorra v Latvia
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Malta v Faroe Islands
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Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Gibraltar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League C — 17 Nov 5 Sep
2  Liechtenstein 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 Oct — 13 Oct
3  San Marino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Nov 8 Sep —
First match(es) will be played on 5 September 2020. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Gibraltar v San Marino
Report
San Marino v Liechtenstein
Report
Liechtenstein v Gibraltar
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Liechtenstein v San Marino
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San Marino v Gibraltar
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Gibraltar v Liechtenstein
Report

Overall ranking

The seven League D teams will be ranked 49th to 55th overall in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[4]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups will be ranked 49th to 50th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups will be ranked 51st to 52nd according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The teams finishing third in the groups will be ranked 53rd to 54th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The team finishing fourth in Group D1 will be ranked 55th.
Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
49 1st best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 2nd best group 1st place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
51 1st best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
52 2nd best group 2nd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
53 1st best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
54 2nd best group 3rd place 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 D1 Group D1 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).

References
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  12. "44th Ordinary UEFA Congress in Amsterdam". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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  14. "Nations League group stage in September, October and November". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 17 June 2020. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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