Continuation of the Nations League with two decisive matches which are at program. The objective is “simple” for the French team, the Blues are aiming for qualification for the quarter-finals of the League of Nations. To do this, they must finish in the first two places with the arrival of Israel and the trip to Italy this Sunday. A simple draw can offer the Blues qualification. But a victory at the Stade de France on Thursday, coupled with a misstep by the Italians (1st with 10 points) who will challenge the Belgians (3rd with 4 points), and the French team could go to Milan as leaders. An important issue because it would give them a status as head of the series with the advantage of hosting in the quarter-final return leg. Even if it is hard to see the Blues losing, if Belgium does not beat Italy, France is also qualified. The fourth edition of the Nations League began in September 2024, with several major changes to the key. While the organization by league is in continuity with previous editions, with four leagues A, B, C and D in order of level, quarter-finals and promotion/relegation play-offs have been added to the system. For the first time in this 2024-2025 edition, quarter-finals were scheduled before the Final Four, bringing together the four best teams in the tournament. The direct elimination phase was thus reserved for the first two teams in each group of League A, whereas previously only the first could participate. The quarter-finals of the 2025 Nations League, with the eight qualified teams, have been planned according to classic two-legged matches, before the semi-finals and the final, organized as single matches in a host country, as in previous editions. For the first time, promotion and relegation play-offs between leagues have also been planned. As in the first three editions, the last team in each group is relegated to the lower league and the first team is promoted to the higher league. The new feature is therefore a play-off between the third-placed teams in each group against the second-placed teams in the lower league, still based on the principle of two-legged matches. With League D comprising only 6 teams, only the top two teams have a chance of promotion to the top league, while the two worst fourth-placed teams in League C are doomed to relegation. To add to the stakes, four tickets to the 2026 World Cup play-offs have also been secured reserved for the best teams of this League of Nations, not qualified via the qualifiers. Here is the standings for the 2024-2025 Nations League, by league and by group. France is ranked in Group 2 of League A with Belgium, Italy and Israel. The standings are updated after each matchday. The 2024-2025 Nations League schedule is divided into several matchdays from September 5, 2024 to June 10, 2025, the date of the final of the competition. The group stage was Launched in September 2024, the quarter-finals were scheduled for March 2025 and the Final Four in June 2025. Here is the full schedule for the 2022-2023 Nations League: Discover the latest Nations League results below. Match results are updated every at the end of each day. Search for a team in the search engine to display all its scores. The Nations League is organized into four leagues. The top four and the four runners-up from the League A groups qualify for the quarter-finals in two-legged matches, then the winners play in the Final Four (semi-finals + final). The winners of the Leagues B, C and D groups are promoted to the higher leagues and the bottom teams from Leagues A and B are relegated to the lower leagues. Each team ranked third in its group play a two-legged play-off to stay up, against a second-placed team from the lower league who are playing for promotion. Since League D only has 6 teams, only the two teams that came top of their group go up, and the two weakest fourth-placed teams from League C go down. The 2024-2025 Nations League distributes four precious tickets for the 2026 World Cup play-offs. The top four nations in the ranking general of the League of Nations (a 4th in a League A group is just ahead of a 1st in a League B group for example), who are not already directly qualified for the World Cup or the play-offs via the qualifiers, win these tickets. These four teams will join the twelve teams that will have finished second in the group in the qualifiers, to be divided into four paths of four teams in the form of a semi-final and final in single matches, each path winner qualifying for the World Cup.
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ByTeilor Stone
Nov 14, 2024
By Teilor Stone
Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116