2022–23 UEFA Nations League A

2022–23 UEFA Nations League ATournament details

Dates| League phase:
1 June – 27 September 2022
Nations League Finals:
14–18 June 2023
Teams| 16
Final positions
Champions|  Spain (1st title)
Runners-up|  Croatia
Third place|  Italy
Fourth place|  Netherlands
Relegated|  Austria
Czech Republic
England
Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 52
Goals scored| 140 (2.69 per match)
Attendance| 1,909,171 (36,715 per match)
Top scorer(s)|  Michy Batshuayi
Luka Modrić
Steven Bergwijn
Memphis Depay
(3 goals each)

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International football competition

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A was the top 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. League A culminated with the Nations League Finals in June 2023 to determine the champions of the competition.

Following their win in 2021, defending champions France were unable to retain their title in the finals after finishing third in their group.[1][2]

Spain won the final against Croatia, 5–4 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time, for their first UEFA Nations League title.

## Format

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League A consisted of the 16 top-ranked UEFA members 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 (four matchdays) and September 2022 (two matchdays).[3] The winners of each group advanced to the 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals, and the fourth-placed team from each group was relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League B.[4]

The Nations League Finals took place in June 2023 and was played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off and final. The semi-final pairings were determined by means of an open draw. The host country was selected among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the champions of the UEFA Nations League.

The four group winners were drawn into groups of five teams for UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying (in order to accommodate for the Nations League Finals).

## Teams

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### Team changes

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The following were the team changes in League A from the 2020–21 season:[5]

Incoming  | Promoted from
Nations League B

* Austria
* Czech Republic
* Hungary
* Wales

Outgoing  | Relegated to
Nations League B

* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Iceland
* Sweden
* Ukraine

### Seeding

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In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking.[6] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021,[7] and were based on the access list ranking.[4]

Pot 1  | Team  | Rank

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France (title holders)  | 1
Spain | 2
Italy | 3
Belgium | 4
Pot 2  | Team  | Rank

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Portugal | 5
Netherlands | 6
Denmark | 7
Germany | 8
Pot 3  | Team  | Rank

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England | 9
Poland | 10
Switzerland | 11
Croatia | 12
Pot 4  | Team  | Rank

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Wales | 13
Austria | 14
Czech Republic | 15
Hungary | 16

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[8][9] Each group contained one team from each pot.

## Groups

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The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[10][11] The fixture list for Group 4 was amended due to the postponement of Path A of UEFA qualifying for the World Cup.[12]

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

### Group 1

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation  |  |  |  |  |

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1  |  Croatia | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 6  | +2  | 13  | Qualification for Nations League Finals |  | -- | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–3
2  |  Denmark | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 5  | +4  | 12  |  |  | 0–1 | -- | 2–0 | 2–0
3  |  France | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 5  | 7  | −2  | 5  |  | 0–1 | 1–2 | -- | 2–0
4  |  Austria (R) | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 6  | 10  | −4  | 4  | Relegation to League B |  | 1–3 | 1–2 | 1–1 | --

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

20:45

Croatia | 0–3|  Austria

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| Report |

* Arnautović 41'
* Gregoritsch 54'
* Sabitzer 57'

Gradski Vrt Stadium, Osijek

Attendance: 13,994[13]

Referee: Chris Kavanagh (England)

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

20:45

France | 1–2|  Denmark

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* Benzema 51'

| Report |

* Cornelius 68', 88'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 75,833[14]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

* * *

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)

20:45

Croatia | 1–1|  France

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* Kramarić 83' (pen.)

| Report |

* Rabiot 52'

Stadion Poljud, Split

Attendance: 30,000[15]

Referee: Marco Guida (Italy)

6 June 2022 (2022-06-06)

22:15[note 1]

Austria | 1–2|  Denmark

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* Schlager 67'

| Report |

* Højbjerg 28'
* Stryger Larsen 84'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 18,700[16]

Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

* * *

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10)

20:45

Austria | 1–1|  France

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* Weimann 37'

| Report |

* Mbappé 83'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 44,800[17]

Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

10 June 2022 (2022-06-10)

20:45

Denmark | 0–1|  Croatia

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| Report |

* Pašalić 69'

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 35,862[18]

Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

* * *

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)

20:45

Denmark | 2–0|  Austria

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* Wind 21'
* Skov Olsen 37'

| Report |

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 35,230[19]

Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

13 June 2022 (2022-06-13)

20:45

France | 0–1|  Croatia

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| Report |

* Modrić 5' (pen.)

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 77,410[20]

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

* * *

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)

20:45

Croatia | 2–1|  Denmark

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* Sosa 49'
* Majer 79'

| Report |

* Eriksen 77'

Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb

Attendance: 22,715[21]

Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)

20:45

France | 2–0|  Austria

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* Mbappé 56'
* Giroud 65'

| Report |

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 70,188[22]

Referee: Andreas Ekberg (Sweden)

* * *

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25)

20:45

Austria | 1–3|  Croatia

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* Baumgartner 9'

| Report |

* Modrić 6'
* Livaja 69'
* Lovren 72'

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 45,700[23]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25)

20:45

Denmark | 2–0|  France

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* Dolberg 34'
* Skov Olsen 39'

| Report |

Parken Stadium, Copenhagen

Attendance: 36,064[24]

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

### Group 2

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation  |  |  |  |  |

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1  |  Spain | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 11  | Qualification for Nations League Finals |  | -- | 1–1 | 1–2 | 2–0
2  |  Portugal | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 3  | +8  | 10  |  |  | 0–1 | -- | 4–0 | 2–0
3  |  Switzerland | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 6  | 9  | −3  | 9  |  | 0–1 | 1–0 | -- | 2–1
4  |  Czech Republic (R) | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 13  | −8  | 4  | Relegation to League B |  | 2–2 | 0–4 | 2–1 | --

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)

20:45

Czech Republic | 2–1|  Switzerland

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* Kuchta 11'
* Sow 58' (o.g.)

| Report | Okafor 44'

Sinobo Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 12,236[25]

Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)[note 2]

2 June 2022 (2022-06-02)

20:45

Spain | 1–1|  Portugal

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* Morata 25'

| Report |

* Horta 82'

Benito Villamarín, Seville

Attendance: 41,236[26]

Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

* * *

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)

20:45

Czech Republic | 2–2|  Spain

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* Pešek 4'
* Kuchta 66'

| Report |

* Gavi 45+3'
* Martínez 90'

Sinobo Stadium, Prague

Attendance: 18,245[27]

Referee: François Letexier (France)

5 June 2022 (2022-06-05)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Portugal | 4–0|  Switzerland

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* Carvalho 15'
* Ronaldo 35', 39'
* Cancelo 68'

| Report |

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 42,325[28]

Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

* * *

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Portugal | 2–0|  Czech Republic

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* Cancelo 33'
* Guedes 38'

| Report |

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 44,100[29]

Referee: Matej Jug (Slovenia)

9 June 2022 (2022-06-09)

20:45

Switzerland | 0–1|  Spain

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| Report |

* Sarabia 13'

Stade de Genève, Geneva

Attendance: 25,875[30]

Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

* * *

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12)

20:45

Spain | 2–0|  Czech Republic

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* Soler 24'
* Sarabia 75'

| Report |

La Rosaleda, Málaga

Attendance: 30,389[31]

Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

12 June 2022 (2022-06-12)

20:45

Switzerland | 1–0|  Portugal

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* Seferovic 1'

| Report |

Stade de Genève, Geneva

Attendance: 26,300[32]

Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

* * *

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)

20:45

Czech Republic | 0–4|  Portugal

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| Report |

* Dalot 33', 52'
* Fernandes 45+2'
* Jota 82'

Fortuna Arena, Prague

Attendance: 19,322[33]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

24 September 2022 (2022-09-24)

20:45

Spain | 1–2|  Switzerland

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* Alba 55'

| Report |

* Akanji 21'
* Embolo 59'

La Romareda, Zaragoza

Attendance: 31,809[34]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

* * *

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Portugal | 0–1|  Spain

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| Report |

* Morata 88'

Estádio Municipal, Braga

Attendance: 28,196[35]

Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy)

27 September 2022 (2022-09-27)

20:45

Switzerland | 2–1|  Czech Republic

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* Freuler 29'
* Embolo 30'

| Report |

* Schick 45'

Kybunpark, St. Gallen

Attendance: 13,353[36]

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

### Group 3

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Pos | Team

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1  |  Italy | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 8  | 7  | +1  | 11  | Qualification for Nations League Finals |  | -- | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–0
2  |  Hungary | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 10  |  |  | 0–2 | -- | 1–1 | 1–0
3  |  Germany | 6  | 1  | 4  | 1  | 11  | 9  | +2  | 7  |  | 5–2 | 0–1 | -- | 1–1
4  |  England (R) | 6  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 10  | −6  | 3  | Relegation to League B |  | 0–0 | 0–4 | 3–3 | --

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)

18:00

Hungary | 1–0|  England

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* Szoboszlai 66' (pen.)

| Report |

Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Attendance: 26,935[37][note 3]

Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04)

20:45

Italy | 1–1|  Germany

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* Pellegrini 70'

| Report |

* Kimmich 73'

Stadio Renato Dall'Ara, Bologna

Attendance: 23,754[39]

Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

* * *

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)

20:45

Germany | 1–1|  England

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* Hofmann 50'

| Report |

* Kane 88' (pen.)

Allianz Arena, Munich

Attendance: 66,289[40]

Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07)

20:45

Italy | 2–1|  Hungary

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* Barella 30'
* Pellegrini 45'

| Report |

* Mancini 61' (o.g.)

Stadio Dino Manuzzi, Cesena

Attendance: 14,942[41]

Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

* * *

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

England | 0–0|  Italy

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| Report |

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 1,782[42][note 4]

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)

20:45

Hungary | 1–1|  Germany

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* Zs. Nagy 6'

| Report |

* Hofmann 9'

Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Attendance: 55,948[44]

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

* * *

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

England | 0–4|  Hungary

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| Report |

* Sallai 16', 70'
* Zs. Nagy 80'
* Gazdag 89'

Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton

Attendance: 28,839[45]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

20:45

Germany | 5–2|  Italy

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* Kimmich 10'
* Gündoğan 45+4' (pen.)
* Müller 51'
* Werner 68', 69'

| Report |

* Gnonto 78'
* Bastoni 90+4'

Borussia-Park, Mönchengladbach

Attendance: 44,144[46]

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

* * *

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23)

20:45

Germany | 0–1|  Hungary

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| Report |

* Szalai 17'

Red Bull Arena, Leipzig

Attendance: 39,513[47]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

23 September 2022 (2022-09-23)

20:45

Italy | 1–0|  England

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* Raspadori 68'

| Report |

San Siro, Milan

Attendance: 50,640[48]

Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

* * *

26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

England | 3–3|  Germany

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* Shaw 72'
* Mount 75'
* Kane 83' (pen.)

| Report |

* Gündoğan 52' (pen.)
* Havertz 67', 87'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 78,949[49]

Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

26 September 2022 (2022-09-26)

20:45

Hungary | 0–2|  Italy

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| Report |

* Raspadori 27'
* Dimarco 52'

Puskás Aréna, Budapest

Attendance: 57,300[50]

Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

### Group 4

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Pos | Team

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| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation  |  |  |  |  |

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1  |  Netherlands | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 14  | 6  | +8  | 16  | Qualification for Nations League Finals |  | -- | 1–0 | 2–2 | 3–2
2  |  Belgium | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 8  | +3  | 10  |  |  | 1–4 | -- | 6–1 | 2–1
3  |  Poland | 6  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 12  | −6  | 7  |  | 0–2 | 0–1 | -- | 2–1
4  |  Wales (R) | 6  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 6  | 11  | −5  | 1  | Relegation to League B |  | 1–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | --

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(R) Relegated

1 June 2022 (2022-06-01)

18:00

Poland | 2–1|  Wales

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* Kamiński 72'
* Świderski 85'

| Report |

* J. Williams 52'

Stadion Wrocław, Wrocław

Attendance: 35,214[51]

Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)

3 June 2022 (2022-06-03)

20:45

Belgium | 1–4|  Netherlands

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* Batshuayi 90+3'

| Report |

* Bergwijn 40'
* Depay 51', 65'
* Dumfries 61'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 38,327[52]

Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

* * *

8 June 2022 (2022-06-08)

20:45

Belgium | 6–1|  Poland

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* Witsel 42'
* De Bruyne 59'
* Trossard 73', 80'
* Dendoncker 83'
* Openda 90+3'

| Report |

* Lewandowski 28'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 27,409[53]

Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

8 June 2022 (2022-06-08)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Wales | 1–2|  Netherlands

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* Norrington-Davies 90+2'

| Report |

* Koopmeiners 50'
* Weghorst 90+4'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 23,395[54]

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

* * *

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)

20:45

Netherlands | 2–2|  Poland

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* Klaassen 51'
* Dumfries 54'

| Report |

* Cash 18'
* Zieliński 49'

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 39,382[55]

Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

11 June 2022 (2022-06-11)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Wales | 1–1|  Belgium

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* Johnson 86'

| Report |

* Tielemans 51'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 27,188[56]

Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

* * *

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

20:45

Netherlands | 3–2|  Wales

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* Lang 17'
* Gakpo 23'
* Depay 90+3'

| Report |

* Johnson 26'
* Bale 90+2' (pen.)

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 37,247[57]

Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania)

14 June 2022 (2022-06-14)

20:45

Poland | 0–1|  Belgium

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| Report |

* Batshuayi 16'

Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw

Attendance: 56,803[58]

Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

* * *

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)

20:45

Belgium | 2–1|  Wales

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* De Bruyne 10'
* Batshuayi 37'

| Report |

* Moore 50'

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels

Attendance: 28,463[59]

Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

22 September 2022 (2022-09-22)

20:45

Poland | 0–2|  Netherlands

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| Report |

* Gakpo 13'
* Bergwijn 60'

Stadion Narodowy, Warsaw

Attendance: 56,673[60]

Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

* * *

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25)

20:45

Netherlands | 1–0|  Belgium

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* Van Dijk 73'

| Report |

Johan Cruyff Arena, Amsterdam

Attendance: 52,314[61]

Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

25 September 2022 (2022-09-25)

20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Wales | 0–1|  Poland

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| Report |

* Świderski 58'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff

Attendance: 31,520[62]

Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

## Nations League Finals

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Main article: 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals

The four nations from Group A4 (Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Wales) bid to host the Nations League Finals.[63] As the nation that qualified for the finals, the Netherlands was granted hosting rights.[64] The semi-final pairings were determined by means of an open draw on 25 January 2023, 11:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. For scheduling purposes, the host team was allocated to semi-final 1 as the administrative home team.[65]

### Bracket

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 14 June – Rotterdam| |

|  Netherlands| 2

| 18 June – Rotterdam

|  Croatia (a.e.t.)| 4 |

|  Croatia| 0 (4)

| 15 June – Enschede

| |  Spain (p)| 0 (5)

|  Spain| 2

|  Italy| 1 |

| Third place play-off

| 18 June – Enschede

|  Netherlands| 2

|  Italy| 3

### Semi-finals

[edit]

14 June 2023 (2023-06-14)

20:45

Netherlands | 2–4 (a.e.t.)|  Croatia

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* Malen 34'
* Lang 90+6'

| Report |

* Kramarić 55' (pen.)
* Pašalić 72'
* Petković 98'
* Modrić 116' (pen.)

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 39,359[66]

Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

* * *

15 June 2023 (2023-06-15)

20:45

Spain | 2–1|  Italy

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* Pino 3'
* Joselu 88'

| Report |

* Immobile 11' (pen.)

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Attendance: 24,558[67]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

### Third-place play-off

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18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

15:00

Netherlands | 2–3|  Italy

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* Bergwijn 68'
* Wijnaldum 89'

| Report |

* Dimarco 6'
* Frattesi 20'
* Chiesa 72'

De Grolsch Veste, Enschede

Attendance: 21,292[68]

Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

### Final

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Main article: 2023 UEFA Nations League final

18 June 2023 (2023-06-18)

20:45

Croatia | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Spain

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Penalties

* Vlašić
* Brozović
* Modrić
* Majer
* Perišić
* Petković

| 4–5 |

* Joselu
* Rodri
* Merino
* Asensio
* Laporte
* Carvajal

De Kuip, Rotterdam

Attendance: 41,110[69]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

## Goalscorers

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There were 140 goals scored in 52 matches, for an average of 2.69 goals per match.

3 goals

* Michy Batshuayi
* Luka Modrić
* Steven Bergwijn
* Memphis Depay

2 goals

* Kevin De Bruyne
* Leandro Trossard
* Andrej Kramarić
* Mario Pašalić
* Jan Kuchta
* Andreas Cornelius
* Andreas Skov Olsen
* Harry Kane
* Kylian Mbappé
* İlkay Gündoğan
* Kai Havertz
* Jonas Hofmann
* Joshua Kimmich
* Timo Werner
* Zsolt Nagy
* Roland Sallai
* Federico Dimarco
* Lorenzo Pellegrini
* Giacomo Raspadori
* Denzel Dumfries
* Cody Gakpo
* Noa Lang
* Karol Świderski
* João Cancelo
* Diogo Dalot
* Cristiano Ronaldo
* Álvaro Morata
* Pablo Sarabia
* Breel Embolo
* Brennan Johnson

1 goal

* Marko Arnautović
* Christoph Baumgartner
* Michael Gregoritsch
* Marcel Sabitzer
* Xaver Schlager
* Andreas Weimann
* Leander Dendoncker
* Loïs Openda
* Youri Tielemans
* Axel Witsel
* Marko Livaja
* Dejan Lovren
* Lovro Majer
* Bruno Petković
* Borna Sosa
* Jakub Pešek
* Patrik Schick
* Kasper Dolberg
* Christian Eriksen
* Pierre-Emile Højbjerg
* Jens Stryger Larsen
* Jonas Wind
* Mason Mount
* Luke Shaw
* Karim Benzema
* Olivier Giroud
* Adrien Rabiot
* Thomas Müller
* Dániel Gazdag
* Ádám Szalai
* Dominik Szoboszlai
* Nicolò Barella
* Alessandro Bastoni
* Federico Chiesa
* Davide Frattesi
* Wilfried Gnonto
* Ciro Immobile
* Davy Klaassen
* Teun Koopmeiners
* Donyell Malen
* Virgil van Dijk
* Wout Weghorst
* Georginio Wijnaldum
* Matty Cash
* Jakub Kamiński
* Robert Lewandowski
* Piotr Zieliński
* William Carvalho
* Bruno Fernandes
* Gonçalo Guedes
* Ricardo Horta
* Diogo Jota
* Jordi Alba
* Gavi
* Joselu
* Iñigo Martínez
* Yeremy Pino
* Carlos Soler
* Manuel Akanji
* Remo Freuler
* Noah Okafor
* Haris Seferovic
* Gareth Bale
* Kieffer Moore
* Rhys Norrington-Davies
* Jonny Williams

1 own goal

* Gianluca Mancini (against Hungary)
* Djibril Sow (against Czech Republic)

## Overall ranking

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The 16 League A teams were ranked 1st to 16th overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[4][70]

* The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 1st to 4th according to the results of the Nations League Finals.
* The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 5th to 8th according to the results of the league phase.
* The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 9th to 12th according to the results of the league phase.
* The teams finishing fourth in the groups were ranked 13th to 16th according to the results of the league phase.

Rnk | Grp | Team

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* t
* e

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1  | A2 |  Spain | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 11
2  | A1 |  Croatia | 6  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 8  | 6  | +2  | 13
3  | A3 |  Italy | 6  | 3  | 2  | 1  | 8  | 7  | +1  | 11
4  | A4 |  Netherlands | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 14  | 6  | +8  | 16
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5  | A1 |  Denmark | 6  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 9  | 5  | +4  | 12
6  | A2 |  Portugal | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 3  | +8  | 10
7  | A4 |  Belgium | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 11  | 8  | +3  | 10
8  | A3 |  Hungary | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 5  | +3  | 10
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9  | A2 |  Switzerland | 6  | 3  | 0  | 3  | 6  | 9  | −3  | 9
10  | A3 |  Germany | 6  | 1  | 4  | 1  | 11  | 9  | +2  | 7
11  | A4 |  Poland | 6  | 2  | 1  | 3  | 6  | 12  | −6  | 7
12  | A1 |  France | 6  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 5  | 7  | −2  | 5
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13  | A1 |  Austria | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 6  | 10  | −4  | 4
14  | A2 |  Czech Republic | 6  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 5  | 13  | −8  | 4
15  | A3 |  England | 6  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 4  | 10  | −6  | 3
16  | A4 |  Wales | 6  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 6  | 11  | −5  | 1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

## Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs

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Main article: UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs § Path A

The four best teams in League A according to the overall ranking that failed to qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage were set to compete against each other to win one extra qualification spot through the path A play-offs. As Poland and Wales were the only unqualified teams from League A, the first available slot for the teams participating in the Path A play-off was allocated to the best-ranked group winner of League D, Estonia, as they had not already qualified in the qualifying group stage. The remaining available slot was allocated to the best ranked un-qualified team from league B (excluding group winners of league B and teams previously chosen to participate in the path B play-offs), Finland.[71]

League A Rank | Team

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1 GW |  Spain
2 GW |  Croatia
3 GW |  Italy
4 GW |  Netherlands
5  |  Denmark
6  |  Portugal
7  |  Belgium
8  |  Hungary
9  |  Switzerland
10  |  Germany †
11  |  Poland
12  |  France
13  |  Austria
14  |  Czech Republic
15  |  England
16  |  Wales

Key

* GW Group winner from Nations League A
* Team qualified directly to final tournament
* Team in bold advanced to play-offs
* † UEFA Euro 2024 host, qualified automatically

The path A play-offs were previously held similarly to decide one extra qualification spot for UEFA Euro 2020.

## Notes

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1. ^ The Austria v Denmark match, originally scheduled to kick-off at 20:45, was delayed to 22:15 due to a power outage in the stadium area.
2. ^ Daniel Siebert was substituted by the fourth official Harm Osmers (Germany) due to injury on the 75th minute.
3. ^ The Hungarian Football Federation were ordered to play behind closed doors due to sanctions by UEFA. They were permitted to distribute tickets to under-14s, with one adult supervising every ten children.[38]
4. ^ The Football Association were ordered to play behind closed doors due to sanctions by UEFA. They were permitted to distribute tickets to under-14s, with one adult supervising every ten children.[43]

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