2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

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2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates 2 June – 27 September 2022
Teams 16
Tournament statistics
Matches played 42
Goals scored 112 (2.67 per match)
Attendance 758,681 (18,064 per match)
Top scorer(s) Erling Haaland
Aleksandar Mitrović
(6 goals each)
2024–25

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.

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 of League B from the 2020–21 season:

Incoming
Relegated from
Nations League A
Promoted from
Nations League C
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Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League A
Relegated to
Nations League C
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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]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Ukraine 17
 Sweden 18
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19
 Iceland 20
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Finland 21
 Norway 22
 Scotland 23
 Russia 24
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Israel 25
 Romania 26
 Serbia 27
 Republic of Ireland 28
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Slovenia 29
 Montenegro 30
 Albania 31
 Armenia 32

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

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8 June 2022 (2022-06-08)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Scotland  2–0  Armenia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034436/
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 38,627[11]
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

8 June 2022 (2022-06-08)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Republic of Ireland  0–1  Ukraine
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034435/
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 40,111[12]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)
15:00
Ukraine  3–0  Armenia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034484/
Stadion Miejski ŁKS, Łódź (Poland)[note 1]
Attendance: 12,503[14]
Referee: Daniel Stefański (Poland)

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)
18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Scotland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034485/
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 46,927[15]
Referee: Marco Di Bello (Italy)

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)
18:00 (20:00 UTC+4)
Armenia  1–4  Scotland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034511/

21 September 2022 (2022-09-21)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Scotland  3–0  Ukraine
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034461/
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 42,846[18]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)
15:00 (17:00 UTC+4)
Armenia  0–5  Ukraine
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034530/

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Scotland  2–1  Republic of Ireland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034533/
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 48,853[20]
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Republic of Ireland  3–2  Armenia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034559/
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 41,719[21]
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

Group 2

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2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Israel  2–2  Iceland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034416/
Sammy Ofer Stadium, Haifa
Attendance: 13,150[23]
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)
20:45 (18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  1–1  Albania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034448/

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Israel  Cancelled  Russia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034453/

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10)
20:45
Albania  1–2  Israel
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034481/
Arena Kombëtare, Tirana
Attendance: 18,100[25]
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Russia  Cancelled  Iceland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034477/

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)
20:45 (18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  2–2  Israel
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034506/

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Russia  Cancelled  Albania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034508/

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)
15:00 (13:00 UTC±0)
Iceland  Cancelled  Russia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034537/

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Israel  2–1  Albania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034543/

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
20:45
Albania  1–1  Iceland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034569/

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Russia  Cancelled  Israel
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034567/

Group 3

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4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)
20:45
Montenegro  2–0  Romania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034437/
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 3,998[30]
Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)
Finland  2–0  Montenegro
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034464/

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Romania  1–0  Finland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034486/

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Romania  0–3  Montenegro
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034492/

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Finland  1–1  Romania
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034534/

26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)
20:45
Montenegro  0–2  Finland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034546/
City Stadium, Podgorica
Attendance: 2,522[39]
Referee: François Letexier (France)

26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Romania  4–1  Bosnia and Herzegovina
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034561/

Group 4

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2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)
20:45
Serbia  0–1  Norway
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034421/

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)
20:45
Slovenia  0–2  Sweden
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034418/
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 5,123[42]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)
20:45
Sweden  1–2  Norway
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034438/
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 42,320[44]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)
20:45
Norway  0–0  Slovenia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034469/
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 18,134[45]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)
20:45
Sweden  0–1  Serbia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034467/
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 24,123[46]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12)
18:00
Norway  3–2  Sweden
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034495/
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 24,273[47]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12)
20:45
Slovenia  2–2  Serbia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034494/
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 13,782[48]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)
18:00
Slovenia  2–1  Norway
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034540/
Stožice Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 14,824[49]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)
20:45
Serbia  4–1  Sweden
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034544/

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
20:45
Norway  0–2  Serbia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034571/
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 24,364[51]
Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)
20:45
Sweden  1–1  Slovenia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2034568/
Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 22,895[52]
Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

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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][53][54]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase, not taking into account results against the fourth-placed team.
  • The teams finishing fourth in Groups 1, 3 and 4 were ranked 29th to 31st according to the results of the league phase.
  • Russia, disqualified from the competition and placed fourth in their group, was ranked 32nd.

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Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs

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The four best teams in League B according to the overall ranking that do not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage will compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.[55]

Key

  • GW Group winner from Nations League A, B or C
  •  (X)  Team is assured at least a play-off spot based on Nations League ranking, but may still qualify directly
  •  (B)  Banned from qualifying competition

Notes

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 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.

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