By Emre Asikci
ISTANBUL (AA) - The 2024/25 UEFA Nations League draw took place at the Maison de la Mutualite in Paris on Thursday.
Türkiye paired with Wales, Iceland, and Montenegro in Group B4 following the draw for the league phase of the Nations League, which runs from Sept. 5 to Nov. 19, with winners entering the knockouts in March 2025.
UEFA's biennial international football event, the Nations League, which was launched in 2018, was previously won by Portugal in 2019, and France in 2021.
Spain are the current holders after they beat Croatia in the final in 2023.
Each national side will play home and away against the other countries in their league phase group.
Unlike previous editions, there is an extra knockout stage to be held in March 2025 to decide who advance the Final Four in June 2025 and the top two teams from each group move into that quarterfinal round.
League A
Group A1: Croatia, Portugal, Poland, Scotland
Group A2: Italy, Belgium, France, Israel
Group A3: Netherlands, Hungary, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Group A4: Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Serbia
League B
Group B1: Czech Republic, Ukraine, Albania, Georgia
Group B2: England, Finland, Ireland, Greece
Group B3: Austria, Norway, Slovenia, Kazakhstan
Group B4: Wales, Iceland, Montenegro, Türkiye
League C
Group C1: Sweden, Azerbaijan, Slovakia, Estonia
Group C2: Romania, Kosovo, Greek Cypriot administration of Southern Cyprus, *Gibraltar or Lithuania
Group C3: Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Northern Ireland, Belarus
Group C4: Armenia, Faeroe Islands, North Macedonia, Latvia
League D
Group D1: *Gibraltar or Lithuania, San Marino, Liechtenstein
Group D2: Moldova, Malta, Andorra
* To be determined following the 2022/23 play-outs in March 2024