2025 UEFA Nations League Draw: All You Need To Know

The Draw for the 2025 UEFA Women’s Nations League takes place in UEFA HQ, Switzerland on Thursday, November 7th with the Ireland Women’s National Team set to compete in League B.

Starting at 12pm, the Draw will be live streamed on UEFA.com as Ireland prepare to discover who they will face in the second staging of this competition.

In their first involvement in the Nations League, Ireland topped Group B1 with six wins – beating Northern Ireland, Hungary and Albania twice – and earned promotion to League A for the EURO 2025 Qualifiers.

After finishing fourth in Group A3, Ireland will now compete in League B in the Nations League again where they will be in Pot 1 for the Draw.

The League stage will determine which four teams progress to the Finals (which will now be played as two-legged ties) and also promotion and relegation between the Leagues ahead of the European Qualifiers phase for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil.

Who could Ireland be drawn against?

Ireland will play one team from each Pot. Based on UEFA Executive Committee decisions valid at the time of the draw, Ukraine and Belarus cannot be drawn in the same group.​​​​​​​

Pot 2: Serbia, Ukraine, Northern Ireland, Türkiye

Pot 3: Croatia, Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovenia

Pot 4: Romania, Belarus, Greece, Albania​​​​​​​

Who plays in the UEFA Women’s Nations League finals?

The four League A group winners qualify for the knockout finals.

Who is promoted or relegated or goes into Play-Offs?

League A

The top two teams in each group remain in League A for the European Qualifiers for UEFA Women’s EURO 2025. The four third-placed teams play off against the second-placed teams in each group of League B. The winner of each tie play in League A for the European Qualifiers phase; the defeated teams play in League B. The fourth-placed teams are relegated to League B.

League B

The four group winners are promoted to League A. The four second-placed teams play against the third-placed teams in League A. The winner of each tie will play in League A; the defeated teams will play in League B. The two best third-placed teams play off against the two best-ranked second-placed teams of League C. The winners will play in League B for the European Qualifiers phase; the defeated teams will play in League C. The two lowest-ranked third-placed teams and the four fourth-placed teams are relegated to League C.

League C

The six group winners are promoted to League C. The two best-ranked second-placed teams play off against the two best third-placed teams of League B. The winners will play in League B for the European Qualifiers phase; the defeated teams will play in League C. The remaining teams stay in League C.

How do the UEFA Women’s Nations League finals work?

They will be played as two-legged games, with two semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final. A draw will determine the semi-final ties and the home team in each of the first legs. The final winners are declared the UEFA Nations League winners.

Promotion/relegation matches

All matches are played over two legs, with ties determined by a draw. The third-placed teams are seeded for the draw and play their respective second-leg matches at home.

Schedule

League stage 

Matchdays 1 & 2: Between 19 and 26 February 2025

Matchdays 3 & 4: Between 2 and 8 April 2025

Matchdays 5 & 6: Between 28 May and 3 June 2025

Finals 

Draw: 6 June 2025, Nyon (date TBC)

Semi-finals (two legs): Between 22 and 28 October 2025

Final/third-place play-off (two legs): Between 26 November and 2 December 2025

Promotion/relegation Play-Offs

Draw: 6 June 2025, Nyon (date TBC)

Matches (two legs): Between 22 and 28 October 2025