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2025 UEFA Women's Nations League B

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2025 UEFA Women's Nations League B
Tournament details
DatesLeague phase:
February – June 2025
Promotion/relegation matches:
October 2025
Teams16
2027

League B is the second division of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The results will also be used to determine the leagues for the European qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Format

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League B consists of the teams ranked 17th to 32nd, according to the Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings (based on the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying overall ranking, taking into consideration promotion/relegation at the conclusion of that competition),[1] split into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in February, April, and May/June 2025.[2][3]

The competition will also act as the first phase of the qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, which will use an identical league structure. The four group winners will be promoted to League A, and the four last-placed teams, along with the two worst-ranked third-placed teams, will be relegated to League C for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. In addition, the four runners-up and two best-ranked third-placed teams will advance to the promotion/relegation play-offs:[2][3]

  • The four runners-up of League B will advance to the promotion play-offs against the four third-placed teams of League A. The winners of the home-and-away ties will enter League A for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition, while the losers will enter League B.
  • The two best-ranked third-placed teams of League B will advance to the relegation play-offs against the two best-ranked runners-up of League C. The winners of the home-and-away ties will enter League B for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition, while the losers will enter League C.

Seeding

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Teams were allocated to League A according to the Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings,[1] and were seeded into four pots of four teams based on the same ranking.[2][3]

The draw for the league phase will take place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 7 November 2024. For political reasons, Belarus and Ukraine cannot be drawn in the same group.[2]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Finland 17
 Czech Republic 18
 Republic of Ireland 19
 Poland 20
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Serbia 21
 Ukraine 22
 Northern Ireland 23
 Turkey 24
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Croatia 25
 Hungary 26
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 27
 Slovenia 28
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Romania 29
 Belarus 30
 Greece 31
 Albania 32

Groups

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation B1-1 B1-2 B1-3 B1-4
1 B1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A TBD TBD TBD
2 B1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 B1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
4 B1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation B2-1 B2-2 B2-3 B2-4
1 B2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A TBD TBD TBD
2 B2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 B2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
4 B2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation B3-1 B3-2 B3-3 B3-4
1 B3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A TBD TBD TBD
2 B3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 B3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
4 B3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation B4-1 B4-2 B4-3 B4-4
1 B4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A TBD TBD TBD
2 B4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 B4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
4 B4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 B1 B1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs
2 B2 B2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 B3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C
4 B4 B4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

League ranking

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The 16 League B teams are ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2025 Women's Nations League, according to the criteria for league ranking.[3]

Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 B1 B1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 B2 B2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 B3 B3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 B4 B4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 B1 B1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 B2 B2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 B3 B3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 B4 B4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 B1 B1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 B2 B2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 B3 B3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 B4 B4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 B1 B1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 B2 B2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 B3 B3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 B4 B4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "2024 Women's European Qualifiers overall phase rankings" (PDF). uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Women's Nations League: League stage draw". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d "Regulations of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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