For countries from Continental Europe, the FIFA Matchday calendar is often filled with the UEFA Nations League. What is the UEFA Nations League? The UEFA Nations League Competition is a meeting between European countries which is divided into four league divisions, namely Divisions A, B, C and D.
Each division consists of a dozen countries. In Division A-C filled by 16 countries. While Division D is only filled with seven countries. The League A Division will include the top-ranked teams, while the D League Division is filled with the lowest ranked teams.
What is the Goal of the UEFA Nations League? This event was held with the aim of improving the quality of international football and reducing the number of friendly matches which were deemed ineffective to improve the quality of European national teams.
In addition, the UEFA Nations League event minimizes the presence of trials on the FIFA Matchday calendar. Thus, the FIFA Matchday calendar can be filled with more competitive competitions.
Meanwhile, League D contains two groups of four and three teams respectively. The promotion and relegation system is enforced after qualifying ends. A total of four teams will be promoted from Liga D to C, C to B, and B to A. And vice versa applies to the format of the teams that will be relegated.
What is the Final Four? The UEFA Nations League applies the term final four. In this phase, the four winners of League A group will face each other in a knockout format (semi-finals and final) to compete for the UEFA Nations League title.
A draw will be made to determine the teams that will compete in the top four. The Final Four took place in an odd year, meaning a year when there was no World Cup or European championship until there would eventually be a champion of this league.
