2022–23_UEFA_Nations_League_B

2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

International football competition


The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B was the second 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.

Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...

Format

League B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked from 17–32 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).[1] The winners of each group were promoted to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group were relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C.[2]

Teams

Team changes

The following were the team changes in League B from the 2020–21 season:

More information Relegated from Nations League A, Promoted from Nations League C ...

Seeding

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking.[3] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021,[4] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]

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The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[5][6] Each group contained one team from each pot. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, Armenia, Israel and Iceland could not all be in the same group.

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[7][8] The fixture list for Group 1 was amended due to the postponement of Path A of UEFA qualifying for the World Cup.[9]

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

Group 1

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
More information Armenia, 1–0 ...

More information Scotland, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 38,627[11]
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
More information Republic of Ireland, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 40,111[12]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

More information Ukraine, 3–0 ...
More information Republic of Ireland, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 46,927[15]

More information Armenia, 1–4 ...
More information Ukraine, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 10,641[17]

More information Scotland, 3–0 ...
Attendance: 42,846[18]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

More information Armenia, 0–5 ...
More information Scotland, 2–1 ...

More information Republic of Ireland, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 41,719[21]
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
More information Ukraine, 0–0 ...

Group 2

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia were suspended and automatically relegated to League C due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[23]
More information Albania, Cancelled ...
More information Israel, 2–2 ...

More information Iceland, 1–1 ...
More information Israel, Cancelled ...

More information Albania, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 18,100[26]
More information Russia, Cancelled ...

More information Iceland, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 2,778[27]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
More information Russia, Cancelled ...

More information Iceland, Cancelled ...
More information Israel, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 29,200[28]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

More information Albania, 1–1 ...
More information Russia, Cancelled ...

Group 3

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Montenegro 6, Romania 0.
More information Finland, 1–1 ...
More information Montenegro, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 3,998[31]

More information Finland, 2–0 ...
Attendance: 17,009[32]
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1–0 ...

More information Montenegro, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 6,555[34]
More information Romania, 1–0 ...

More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3–2 ...
More information Romania, 0–3 ...

More information Bosnia and Herzegovina, 1–0 ...
More information Finland, 1–1 ...

More information Montenegro, 0–2 ...
More information Romania, 4–1 ...

Group 4

More information Pos, Pld ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
More information Serbia, 0–1 ...
More information Slovenia, 0–2 ...

More information Serbia, 4–1 ...
More information Sweden, 1–2 ...
Attendance: 42,320[45]

More information Norway, 0–0 ...
Attendance: 18,134[46]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
More information Sweden, 0–1 ...
Attendance: 24,123[47]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

More information Norway, 3–2 ...
Attendance: 24,273[48]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
More information Slovenia, 2–2 ...
Attendance: 13,782[49]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

More information Slovenia, 2–1 ...
Attendance: 14,824[50]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
More information Serbia, 4–1 ...

More information Norway, 0–2 ...
Attendance: 24,364[52]
More information Sweden, 1–1 ...
Attendance: 22,895[53]

Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][54][55]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase
  • The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing fourth in Groups 1, 3, and 4 were ranked 29th to 31st according to the results of the league phase.
  • Russia, disqualifed from the competition and automatically ranked fourth in their group, was ranked 32nd. Because the members of group 2 played two fewer matches as a result, teams finishing first, second, and third in groups 1, 3, and 4 had their match results vs. the fourth place team in their groups discarded for the ranking.
More information Rnk, Grp ...
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs

The four best teams in League B according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage were set to compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.[56] As the Path A play-offs had a vacant spot, the next-best ranked un-qualified team in League B, Iceland, qualified for the play-offs as well.

More information Rank, Team ...

Key

  • GW Group winner from Nations League B
  •   Team qualified directly to final tournament
  •   Team in bold advanced to play-offs
  •    Banned from qualifying competition

Notes

  1. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[13]
  2. The Bosnia and Herzegovina v Romania match, originally scheduled to kick-off at 20:45, was delayed to 21:05 due to adverse weather conditions.

References

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  23. "Israel vs. Iceland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  24. "Iceland vs. Albania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  25. "Albania vs. Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2022.
  26. "Iceland vs. Israel" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2022.
  27. "Israel vs. Albania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  28. "Albania vs. Iceland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  29. "Finland vs. Bosnia and Herzegovina" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
  30. "Montenegro vs. Romania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 4 June 2022.
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  41. "Serbia vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  42. "Slovenia vs. Sweden" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 2 June 2022. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
  43. "Serbia vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  44. "Sweden vs. Norway" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 5 June 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  45. "Norway vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  46. "Sweden vs. Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 9 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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  48. "Slovenia vs. Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
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  50. "Serbia vs. Sweden" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
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  52. "Sweden vs. Slovenia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
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  54. "Regulations of the UEFA European Football Championship, 2022–24". Union of European Football Associations. 10 May 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2022. Retrieved 16 May 2022.

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