The curtain is set to rise on the second edition of the UEFA Women’s Nations League. Tomorrow, the league stage draw for the competition, which will begin in February 2025, will take place at 13:00 CET in Nyon (it will be streamed live on uefa.com).  The 53 participating teams have been divided into three leagues on the basis of the 2024 Women’s European Qualifiers overall phase rankings. Having won their group, Italy will be in Pot 1 of League A together with Spain (who won the first edition of the competition), Germany and France.

Head Coach Andrea Soncin, who began his adventure in the Azzurre dugout in the Nations League in September last year, will attend the draw. The league stage will determine which four teams progress to the finals and also promotion and relegation between the leagues ahead of the European Qualifiers phase for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup in Brazil.

League A. Each team will play against each other both home and away. The top two teams in every group will remain in League A for the European Qualifiers for the next edition of the World Cup. The four third-placed teams will play off against the second-placed teams in each group of League B. The winners of each tie will play in League A for the European Qualifiers phase; the defeated teams will play in League B. The fourth-placed teams will be relegated to League B. The four League A group winners will contest the UEFA Nations League finals, which will be played as two-legged games, with two semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final.

LEAGUE A

Pot 1: Spain (holders), Germany, France, Italy
Pot 2: Iceland, Denmark, England, Netherlands
Pot 3: Sweden, Norway, Austria, Belgium
Pot 4: Portugal, Scotland, Switzerland, Wales

2025 UEFA Nations League calendar

League stage
Draw: 7 November 2024, 13:00 CET, Nyon
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