2022–23 UEFA Nations League C

2022–23 UEFA Nations League C

Tournament details
Dates	League phase: 2 June – 27 September 2022 Relegation play-outs: 21–26 March 2024
Teams	16
Tournament statistics
Matches played	48
Goals scored	127 (2.65 per match)
Attendance	496,478 (10,343 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Vedat Muriqi (5 goals each)

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C is the third division of the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.

Format

League C consists of 16 UEFA members ranked from 33–48 in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League access list, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format in June (quadruple matchdays) and September 2022 (double matchdays). The winners of each group were promoted to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B, and the fourth-placed team of each group advanced to the relegation play-outs.

As League C has four groups while League D has only two, the two League C teams that are to be relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League D will be determined by play-outs in March 2024. Based on the Nations League overall ranking, the best-ranked team will face the fourth-ranked team, and the second-ranked team will face the third-ranked team. Two ties will be played over two legs, with the higher-ranked team hosting the second leg. The team that scores more goals on aggregate over the two legs will remain in League C, while the loser will be relegated to League D. If the aggregate score is level, extra time will be played (the away goals rule is not applied). If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will be used to decide the winner.

Teams

Team changes

The following are the team changes of League C from the 2020–21 season:

Incoming Relegated from Nations League B Promoted from Nations League D Bulgaria Northern Ireland Slovakia Turkey Gibraltar Faroe Islands

Outgoing Promoted to Nations League B Relegated to Nations League D Albania Armenia Montenegro Slovenia Estonia Moldova

Seeding

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking. The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021, and were based on the access list ranking.

Pot 1 Team Rank Turkey 33 Slovakia 34 Bulgaria 35 Northern Ireland 36

Pot 2 Team Rank Greece 37 Belarus 38 Luxembourg 39 Macedonia 40

Pot 3 Team Rank Lithuania 41 Georgia 42 Azerbaijan 43 Kosovo 44

Pot 4 Team Rank Kazakhstan 45 Cyprus 46 Gibraltar 47 Faroe Islands 48

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET. Each group contained one team from each pot. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, any group could contain a maximum of one of the following pairs: Northern Ireland and Kazakhstan, Gibraltar and Azerbaijan.

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

Lithuania v Luxembourg

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Lithuania	0–2	Luxembourg
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034433/	Sinani  44', 78'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius Attendance: 3,009 Referee: David Fuxman (Israel)

Turkey v Faroe Islands

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Turkey	4–0	Faroe Islands
Ünder  37' Dervişoğlu  47' Dursun  82' Demiral  85'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034430/

Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 9,515 Referee: Trustin Farrugia Cann (Malta)

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Faroe Islands v Luxembourg

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	0–1	Luxembourg
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034463/	Rodrigues  74' (pen.)

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 2,313 Referee: Rob Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

Lithuania v Turkey

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	0–6	Turkey
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034462/	Sinik  2', 14' Dursun  56' (pen.), 81' Akgün  89' Dervişoğlu  90+1'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius Attendance: 2,843 Referee: Novak Simović (Serbia)

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Faroe Islands v Lithuania

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	2–1	Lithuania
Davidsen  20' (pen.) Andreasen  45'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034490/	Černych  6'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 2,278 Referee: Igor Pajac (Croatia)

Luxembourg v Turkey

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11) 20:45

Luxembourg	0–2	Turkey
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034489/	Çalhanoğlu  37' (pen.) Dursun  76'

Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Attendance: 9,374 Referee: António Nobre (Portugal)

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Luxembourg v Faroe Islands

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14) 20:45

Luxembourg	2–2	Faroe Islands
Rodrigues  12' (pen.) Barreiro  49'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034517/	Bjartalíð  57', 59'

Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Attendance: 5,325 Referee: Michael Fabbri (Italy)

Turkey v Lithuania

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Turkey	2–0	Lithuania
Ayhan  37' Çalhanoğlu  54' (pen.)	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034515/

Gürsel Aksel Stadium, İzmir Attendance: 14,694 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

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Lithuania v Faroe Islands

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Lithuania	1–1	Faroe Islands
Slivka  41'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034526/	Andreasen  22'

LFF Stadium, Vilnius Attendance: 2,376 Referee: Vilhjálmur Alvar Þórarinsson (Iceland)

Turkey v Luxembourg

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Turkey	3–3	Luxembourg
Ünder  16' (pen.) Chanot  39' (o.g.) Yüksek  87'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034525/	Da Graça  8' Sinani  37' Rodrigues  69'

Başakşehir Fatih Terim Stadium, Istanbul Attendance: 12,708 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

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Faroe Islands v Turkey

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Faroe Islands	2–1	Turkey
Davidsen  51' Edmundsson  59'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034556/	Gürler  89'

Tórsvøllur, Tórshavn Attendance: 2,056 Referee: Serhiy Boiko (Ukraine)

Luxembourg v Lithuania

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25) 20:45

Luxembourg	1–0	Lithuania
Rodrigues  89'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034555/

Stade de Luxembourg, Luxembourg Attendance: 5,340 Referee: Giorgi Kruashvili (Georgia)

Group 2

Cyprus v Kosovo

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Cyprus	0–2	Kosovo
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034417/	Berisha  65' Zhegrova  78'

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca Attendance: 1,550 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

Northern Ireland v Greece

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) 20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Northern Ireland	0–1	Greece
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034414/	Bakasetas  39'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 16,977 Referee: Erik Lambrechts (Belgium)

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Cyprus v Northern Ireland

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05) 18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Cyprus	0–0	Northern Ireland
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034439/

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca Attendance: 1,663 Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)

Kosovo v Greece

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05) 20:45

Kosovo	0–1	Greece
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034445/	Bakasetas  36'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina Attendance: 12,300 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

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Greece v Cyprus

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Greece	3–0	Cyprus
Bakasetas  8' Pavlidis  20' Limnios  48'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034468/

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Attendance: 12,418 Referee: Tamás Bognár (Hungary)

Kosovo v Northern Ireland

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09) 20:45

Kosovo	3–2	Northern Ireland
Muriqi  9' (pen.), 52' Bytyqi  19'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034471/	Lavery  44' Ballard  83'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina Attendance: 11,700 Referee: Jakob Kehlet (Denmark)

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Northern Ireland v Cyprus

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12) 15:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

Northern Ireland	2–2	Cyprus
McNair  71' J. Evans  90+4'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034499/	Kakoullis  32', 51'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 16,454 Referee: Ricardo de Burgos Bengoetxea (Spain)

Greece v Kosovo

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Greece	2–0	Kosovo
Giakoumakis  71' Mantalos  90+8'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034493/

Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos Attendance: 15,367 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

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Northern Ireland v Kosovo

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)

Northern Ireland	2–1	Kosovo
Whyte  82' Magennis  90+3'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034538/	Muriqi  58'

Windsor Park, Belfast Attendance: 17,148 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

Cyprus v Greece

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Cyprus	1–0	Greece
Tzionis  18'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034539/

AEK Arena – Georgios Karapatakis, Larnaca Attendance: 4,548 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus)

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Greece v Northern Ireland

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Greece	3–1	Northern Ireland
Pelkas  14' Masouras  55' Mantalos  80'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034570/	Lavery  18'

Georgios Kamaras Stadium, Athens Attendance: 5,871 Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

Kosovo v Cyprus

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27) 20:45

Kosovo	5–1	Cyprus
Muslija  22' Rrudhani  45+1' Rashani  47' Muriqi  52', 84'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034572/	Roberge  81'

Fadil Vokrri Stadium, Pristina Attendance: 10,400 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

Group 3

Kazakhstan v Azerbaijan

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	2–0	Azerbaijan
Aymbetov  50', 60'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034422/

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 19,823 Referee: István Vad (Hungary)

Belarus v Slovakia

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03) 20:45

Belarus	0–1	Slovakia
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034427/	Suslov  61'

Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad (Serbia) Attendance: 0 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

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Belarus v Azerbaijan

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06) 20:45

Belarus	0–0	Azerbaijan
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034456/

Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad (Serbia) Attendance: 0 Referee: Mohammed Al-Hakim (Sweden)

Slovakia v Kazakhstan

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06) 20:45

Slovakia	0–1	Kazakhstan
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034450/	Darabayev  26'

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava Attendance: 4,146 Referee: Kristo Tohver (Estonia)

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Azerbaijan v Slovakia

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	0–1	Slovakia
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034475/	Weiss  81'

Dalga Arena, Baku Attendance: 2,967 Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

Belarus v Kazakhstan

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10) 20:45

Belarus	1–1	Kazakhstan
Malkevich  84'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034483/	Aymbetov  13'

Karađorđe Stadium, Novi Sad (Serbia) Attendance: 0 Referee: Manuel Schüttengruber (Austria)

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Kazakhstan v Slovakia

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13) 16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	2–1	Slovakia
Vorogovsky  18' Astanov  39'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034502/	Bero  51'

Astana Arena, Nur-Sultan Attendance: 28,745 Referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium)

Azerbaijan v Belarus

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	2–0	Belarus
Emreli  76' Sheydayev  90+3'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034503/

Dalga Arena, Baku Attendance: 2,330 Referee: Anastasios Papapetrou (Greece)

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Kazakhstan v Belarus

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22) 16:00 (20:00 UTC+6)

Kazakhstan	2–1	Belarus
Gabyshev  29' Zaynutdinov  79'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034519/	Savitsky  45+3'

Astana Arena, Astana Attendance: 29,637 Referee: Horatiu Fesnic (Romania)

Slovakia v Azerbaijan

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22) 20:45

Slovakia	1–2	Azerbaijan
Jirka  90+3' (pen.)	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034524/	Dadashov  44' Haghverdi  90+5'

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava Attendance: 2,875 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

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Azerbaijan v Kazakhstan

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Azerbaijan	3–0	Kazakhstan
Marochkin  66' (o.g.) Ozobić  74' Nuriyev  90+1'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034550/

Dalga Arena, Baku Attendance: 2,950 Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

Slovakia v Belarus

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25) 18:00

Slovakia	1–1	Belarus
Zreľák  65'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034548/	Bakhar  45'

TSC Arena, Bačka Topola (Serbia) Attendance: 524 Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Group 4

Georgia v Gibraltar

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Georgia	4–0	Gibraltar
Kvaratskhelia  12' Kashia  33' Mikautadze  87' Qazaishvili  88'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034411/

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 43,412 Referee: Morten Krøgh (Denmark)

Bulgaria v Macedonia

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Bulgaria	1–1	Macedonia
Despodov  13'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034419/	M. Ristovski  50'

Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 8,275 Referee: Jérémie Pignard (France)

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Gibraltar v Macedonia

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05) 18:00

Gibraltar	0–2	Macedonia
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034446/	Bardhi  21' Nikolov  84'

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 703 Referee: Alain Durieux (Luxembourg)

Bulgaria v Georgia

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Bulgaria	2–5	Georgia
A. Iliev  50' Stefanov  83'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034440/	Davitashvili  4' A. Hristov  31' (o.g.) Zivzivadze  52' Kvaratskhelia  58' (pen.) Qazaishvili  69'

Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 3,600 Referee: Fabio Maresca (Italy)

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Gibraltar v Bulgaria

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09) 20:45

Gibraltar	1–1	Bulgaria
Walker  61' (pen.)	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034473/	G. Minchev  45+1'

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 1,427 Referee: Petri Viljanen (Finland)

Macedonia v Georgia

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09) 20:45

Macedonia	0–3	Georgia
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034472/	Zivzivadze  52' Kvaratskhelia  62' Kiteishvili  84'

Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 10,775 Referee: Roi Reinshreiber (Israel)

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Georgia v Bulgaria

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Georgia	0–0	Bulgaria
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034496/

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 54,200 Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

Macedonia v Gibraltar

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12) 18:00

Macedonia	4–0	Gibraltar
Bardhi  4' Torrilla  14' (o.g.) Miovski  16' Churlinov  31'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034501/

Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 4,750 Referee: Dumitri Muntean (Moldova)

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Georgia v Macedonia

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) 18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)

Georgia	2–0	Macedonia
Miovski  35' (o.g.) Kvaratskhelia  64'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034529/

Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, Tbilisi Attendance: 54,200 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Bulgaria v Gibraltar

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23) 20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Bulgaria	5–1	Gibraltar
Antov  23' Despodov  36' Kirilov  52' Stefanov  55' Petkov  81'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034535/	R. Chipolina  26'

Huvepharma Arena, Razgrad Attendance: 1,540 Referee: Pavel Orel (Czech Republic)

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Gibraltar v Georgia

26 September 2022 (2022-09-26) 20:45

Gibraltar	1–2	Georgia
Annesley  75'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034564/	Kvaratskhelia  19' (pen.) Tsitaishvili  48'

Victoria Stadium, Gibraltar Attendance: 1,199 Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)

Macedonia v Bulgaria

26 September 2022 (2022-09-26) 20:45

Macedonia	0–1	Bulgaria
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034563/	Despodov  50'

Toše Proeski Arena, Skopje Attendance: 20,173 Referee: Julian Weinberger (Austria)

Relegation play-outs

The fourth-placed teams of League C will participate in the relegation play-outs to determine the two teams which will be relegated. The relegation play-outs are scheduled on the same dates as the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs. If at least one of the teams due to participate in the relegation play-outs also qualifies for the Euro qualifying play-offs, the relegation play-outs will be cancelled, and the teams in League C ranked 47th and 48th in the Nations League overall ranking (Lithuania and Gibraltar) will be automatically relegated.

The play-out ties are as follows, with the higher-ranked teams hosting the second leg:

• Team ranked first vs. team ranked fourth
• Team ranked second vs. team ranked third

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Summary

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Gibraltar		Cyprus	21–23 Mar	24–26 Mar
Lithuania		Belarus	21–23 Mar	24–26 Mar

Matches

Gibraltar v Cyprus

21–23 March 2024 (2024-03)

Gibraltar	v	Cyprus

Cyprus v Gibraltar

24–26 March 2024 (2024-03)

Cyprus	v	Gibraltar

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Lithuania v Belarus

21–23 March 2024 (2024-03)

Lithuania	v	Belarus

Belarus v Lithuania

24–26 March 2024 (2024-03)

Belarus	v	Lithuania

Overall ranking

The 16 League C teams will be ranked 33rd to 48th overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:

• The teams finishing first in the groups will be ranked 33rd to 36th according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing second in the groups will be ranked 37th to 40th according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing third in the groups will be ranked 41st to 44th according to the results of the league phase.
• The teams finishing fourth in the groups will be ranked 45th to 48th according to the results of the league phase.

Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs

Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs § Path C

The four best teams in League C according to the overall ranking that do not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage will compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.

Key

• ^GW Group winner from Nations League C
•      Team qualifying directly based on current results
•      Team qualifying for play-offs based on current results
•  (X)  Team is assured at least a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking, but may still qualify directly

External links

• Official website