England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland in Tuesday's draw
Tuesday 3 March 2020 19:11, UK
With the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League draw approaching on Tuesday, we provide all of the details, permutations and dates as England look for a repeat of their success.
Alongside England, Home Nations sides Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland are in Tuesday's draw, with some slight changes to the format of the 2018/19 edition.
The draw takes place in Amsterdam on Tuesday March 3 from 5pm. Follow live coverage of the draw on SkySports.com and the Sky Sports app.
The 55 international teams have been split into four leagues (A, B, C and D) according to their position in the UEFA National Team Coefficient Rankings.
England are in League A, while the other Home Nations sides and Republic of Ireland are in League B.
Each league is then divided by four pots, bar League D, which is divided by two pots.
England are in Pot 1 of League A, meaning they cannot face Portugal, Netherlands or Switzerland, but could face any side in Pots 2, 3 and 4. Republic of Ireland cannot face Northern Ireland in League B, as both sides are in Pot 3.
League A
Pot 1: Portugal, Netherlands, England, Switzerland
Pot 2: Belgium, France, Spain, Italy
Pot 3: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, Denmark, Sweden
Pot 4: Croatia, Poland, Germany, Iceland
League B
Pot 1: Russia, Austria, Wales, Czech Republic
Pot 2: Scotland, Norway, Serbia, Finland
Pot 3: Slovakia, Turkey, Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland
Pot 4: Bulgaria, Israel, Hungary, Romania
League C
Pot 1: Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Georgia
Pot 2: North Macedonia, Kosovo, Belarus, Cyprus
Pot 3: Estonia, Slovenia, Lithuania, Luxembourg
Pot 4: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Moldova
League D
Pot 1: Gibraltar, Faroe Islands, Latvia, Liechtenstein
Pot 2: Andorra, Malta, San Marino
Whereas the 2018/19 edition had three teams per group in both League A and League B, this edition will see four teams per group.
So League A will have four groups, with one team from each pot. Leagues B and C have the same format, while League D will have one group of four and one group of three.
Teams play each other home and away, with the four group winners of League A qualifying for the Nations League Finals in June 2021, with two semi-finals, a third-place match and the final, exactly like the 2019 summer tournament in Portugal. The host will be decided when the four teams have been confirmed.
The group winners in leagues B, C and D gain promotion and those who finish bottom of the groups in Leagues A and B will be relegated.
In League C, the two teams to be relegated will be determined by two-leg play-offs in March 2022, as League D only has two teams.
Only partially, and not to the same degree that the last edition has given hopes to the likes of Scotland for the Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs.
First up, the 10 group winners from the UEFA division of 2022 World Cup qualifying (starting in March 2021) will qualify directly for the World Cup.
But then, the 10 group runners-up, alongside the best two Nations League group winners who have not yet directly qualified or reached the play-offs for the World Cup, will advance to a 12-team second round
These 12 teams will be drawn into three play-off paths of four teams each, playing a semi-final and final (home teams to be drawn). The three path winners will qualify for the World Cup.
Matchday 1: 3-5 September 2020
Matchday 2: 6-8 September 2020
Matchday 3: 8-10 October 2020
Matchday 4: 11-13 October 2020
Matchday 5: 12-14 November 2020
Matchday 6: 15-17 November 2020
Finals: 2, 3, 6 June 2021
Relegation play-offs: 24, 25, 28, 29 March 2022
