Nations League 2022-23 Stadiums and Fixtures

Luckily the 2022-23 Nations League edition went ahead without the disruption the 2020-21 version faced with the Covid pandemic. Still, it wasn’t without drama and plenty of fancied teams didn’t do too well. For example, Germany finished third in League A Group 3 but that wasn’t the biggest surprise, that was England who finished fourth and who were then relegated to League B for the 2024-25 tournament. Indeed, Scotland leap-frogged England by winning League B Group A. That is one of the beauties of the Nations League.

The group A4 winner would act as host for the finals in 2023 as all nations expressed an interest in hosting. As it turned out the winner of that group was The Netherlands and so the the finals were held between FC Twente Stadium and Feyenord’s De Kuip (which hosted the final).

Despite being on home soil the Netherlands were leaky at the back conceding four against Croatia in the semi-final to lose 4-2. Spain triumphed against Italy to set up the final against Croatia. The final was a cagey affair that ended 0-0 after full time and extra time but it was Spain that edged it on penalties winning 5-4 to take home their first trophy.

League A

Country	2021 Rank	Group	Group Position	W-D-L	Points
Croatia	12	1	1	4-1-1	13
Denmark	7	1	2	4-0-2	12
France	1	1	3	1-2-3	5
Austria	17	1	4	1-1-4	4
Spain	2	2	1	3-2-1	11
Portugal	5	2	2	3-1-2	10
Switzerland	11	2	3	3-0-3	9
Czech Rep	19	2	4	1-1-4	4
Italy	3	3	1	3-2-1	11
Hungary	20	3	2	3-1-2	10
Germany	8	3	3	1-4-1	7
England	9	3	4	0-3-3	3
Netherlands	6	4	1	5-1-0	16
Belgium	10	4	2	3-1-2	10
Poland	10	4	3	2-1-3	7
Wales	17	4	4	0-1-5	1

League B

Country	2021 Rank	Group	Group Position	W-D-L	Points
Scotland	23	1	1	4-1-1	13
Ukraine	13	1	2	3-2-1	11
Ireland	28	1	3	2-1-3	7
Armenia	36	1	4	1-0-5	3
Israel	26	2	1	2-2-0	8
Iceland	16	2	2	0-4-0	4
Albania	35	2	3	0-2-2	2
Russia*	24	2	4	0-0-0	0
Bos & Herz	15	3	1	3-2-1	11
Finland	21	3	2	2-2-2	8
Montenegro	34	3	3	2-1-3	7
Romania	25	3	4	2-1-3	7
Serbia	27	4	1	4-1-1	13
Norway	22	4	2	3-1-2	10
Slovenia	33	4	3	1-3-2	6
Sweden	14	4	4	1-1-4	4

* – Russia did not compete in 2022-23 due to sanctions placed on the country by UEFA for invading Ukraine. They were automatically relegated to Group C.

League C

Country	2021 Rank	Group	Group Position	W-D-L	Points
Turkey	29	1	1	4-1-1	13
Luxembourg	39	1	2	3-2-1	11
Faroe Is	50	1	3	2-2-2	8
Lithuania	41	1	4	0-1-5	1
Greece	37	2	1	5-0-1	15
Kosovo	44	2	2	3-0-3	9
Cyprus	46	2	4	1-2-3	5
N. Ireland	32	2	3	1-2-3	5
Khazakhstan	45	3	1	4-1-1	13
Azerbaijan	43	3	2	3-1-2	10
Slovakia	30	3	3	2-1-3	7
Belarus	38	3	4	0-3-3	3
Georgia	42	4	1	5-1-0	16
Bulgaria	31	4	2	2-3-1	9
Macedonia	40	4	3	2-1-3	7
Gibraltar	49	4	4	0-1-5	1