The kick-off of the first Women’s Nations League will be given in autumn 2023 across Europe. The France team avoided Spain, the scarecrow of the draw.
The Blue ones are fixed. The France team will face Norway, Austria and Portugal from the fall for the first edition of the Women’s Nations League, according to the draw carried out on Tuesday May 2 by UEFA in Nyon (Switzerland). .
Les Bleues, present in the first division (Ligue A), were seeded for this new event, which will start from the rally in September 2023. They notably avoided the Netherlands and Spain, two nations reversed in the hat number 2.
The “Final 4” in the viewfinder
Similar to the men’s event launched in 2018, this Women’s League of Nations aims to restore interest in the usual friendly matches in the seasons without qualifications for the Euro or the World Cup. This new tournament has led the French Football Federation (FFF) to cancel its Tournoi de France, a friendly event which has been taking place since 2020 in winter in France.
The Women’s League of Nations is divided into three divisions, with a promotion-relegation system as for men. In Ligue A, the four group winners will face each other in a final phase (“Final 4”) in February 2024, and the two finalists will obtain a ticket for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
League A groups (first division):
Group A1: England, Netherlands, Belgium, Scotland
Group A2: France, Norway, Austria, Portugal
Group A3: Germany, Denmark, Iceland, Wales
Group A4: Sweden, Spain, Italy, Switzerland