BRUSSELS/NYON: England, back in League A of the UEFA Nations League for 2026-27, have been drawn with familiar opponents such as Spain, Croatia and Czechia in Group A3.

The Three Lions lost to Spain in the final of the European Championship in 2024 and will meet Croatia in the World Cup finals in the initial group stage in June.

The Nations League opening phase runs from September to November 2026, with home-and-away matches in each group. In League A the top two teams in each group advance to quarter-finals in March 2027, leading up to the Nations League Finals in June 2027.

League A (Top Division — 16 teams, 4 groups of 4)
Group A1: France, Italy, Belgium, Türkiye
Group A2: Germany, Netherlands, Serbia, Greece
Group A3: Spain, Croatia, England, Czechia
Group A4: Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Wales

League B (Second Tier — 16 teams, 4 groups of 4)
Group B1: Scotland, Switzerland, Slovenia, North Macedonia
Group B2: Hungary, Ukraine, Georgia, Northern Ireland
Group B3: Israel, Austria, Republic of Ireland, Kosovo
Group B4: Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Sweden

League C (Third Tier — 16 teams, 4 groups of 4)
Group C1: Albania, Finland, Belarus, San Marino
Group C2: Montenegro, Armenia, Cyprus, Latvia or Gibraltar
Group C3: Kazakhstan, Slovakia, Faroe Islands, Moldova
Group C4: Iceland, Bulgaria, Estonia, Luxembourg or Malta
(*Teams marked with “or” will be confirmed after the League C/D play-offs in March 2026.)

League D (Fourth Tier — 6 teams, 2 groups of 3)
Group D1: Gibraltar or Latvia, Luxembourg or Malta, Andorra
Group D2: Lithuania, Azerbaijan, Liechtenstein
(*Play-offs in March 2026 determine which teams take the placeholders.)

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