The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B is 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.
League B consists 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 will play 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 will be promoted to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group will be relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C.[2]
Teams[]
Team changes[]
The following are the team changes of League B from the 2020–21 season:
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]
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, any group could contain a maximum of one of the following pairs: Armenia and Iceland, Israel and Iceland.
Groups[]
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[7][8]
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
First match(es) will be played on 2 June 2022. Source: UEFA Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
Notes[]
^ Jump up to: abcdefDue to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia and Ukraine are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[9]