2025 UEFA Women's Nations League B

League B is the second division of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The results will also be used to determine the leagues for the European qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup.

2025 UEFA Women's Nations League B
Tournament details
DatesLeague phase:
February – June 2025
Promotion/relegation matches:
October 2025
Teams16
2027–28

Format

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League B consists of the teams ranked 17th to 32nd, according to the Women's Euro 2025 qualifying overall ranking,[1] split into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in February, April, and May/June 2025.[2]

The competition will also act as the first phase of the qualifying competition for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup, which will use an identical league structure. The winner of each group will be promoted to League A, and the fourth-placed team from each group, along with the worst-ranked third-placed team, will be relegated to League C for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition. In addition, the runners-up and remaining third-placed teams will advance to the promotion/relegation play-offs:[3]

  • The runners-up of League B will advance to the promotion play-offs against the third-placed teams of League A. The winners of the home-and-away ties will enter League A for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition, while the losers will enter League B.
  • The three best-ranked third-placed teams of League B will advance to the relegation play-offs against the three best-ranked runners-up of League C. The winners of the home-and-away ties will enter League B for the 2027 Women's World Cup qualifying competition, while the losers will enter League C.

Seeding

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Teams were allocated to League B according to their overall ranking[1] after the conclusion of the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying league phase. Teams will be split into four pots of four teams, based on their ranking.

The draw for the league phase will take place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 7 November 2024. For political reasons, Belarus and Ukraine cannot be drawn in the same group.[2]

Pot 1
Team Rank
  Finland 13
  Czech Republic 14
  Republic of Ireland 15
  Poland 16
Pot 2
Team Rank
  Serbia 21
  Ukraine 22
  Northern Ireland 23
  Turkey 24
Pot 3
Team Rank
  Croatia 25
  Hungary 26
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 27
  Slovenia 33
Pot 4
Team Rank
  Romania 34
  Belarus 35
  Greece 36
  Albania 37

Groups

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Group 1

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation B1-1 B1-2 B1-3 B1-4
1 B1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A TBD TBD TBD
2 B1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 B1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
4 B1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 2

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation B2-1 B2-2 B2-3 B2-4
1 B2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A TBD TBD TBD
2 B2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 B2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
4 B2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 3

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation B3-1 B3-2 B3-3 B3-4
1 B3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A TBD TBD TBD
2 B3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 B3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
4 B3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Group 4

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation B4-1 B4-2 B4-3 B4-4
1 B4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to League A TBD TBD TBD
2 B4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for promotion play-offs TBD TBD TBD
3 B4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs or relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
4 B4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C TBD TBD TBD
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 B1 Third-placed team of group B1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for relegation play-offs
2 B2 Third-placed team of group B2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 B3 Third-placed team of group B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 B4 Third-placed team of group B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to League C
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

League ranking

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The 16 League B teams are ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2025 Women's Nations League, according to the criteria for league ranking.[3]

Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 B1 B1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 B2 B2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 B3 B3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 B4 B4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
21 B1 B1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
22 B2 B2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 B3 B3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 B4 B4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25 B1 B1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 B2 B2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
27 B3 B3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
28 B4 B4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
29 B1 B1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 B2 B2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
31 B3 B3-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
32 B4 B4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: February 2025. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Women's European Qualifiers 2024 Overall League Rankings" (PDF).
  2. ^ a b "2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup" (ZIP). UEFA Circular Letter. No. 53/2024. UEFA. 30 September 2024. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Regulations of the 2025 UEFA Women's Nations League and 2026 Women's European Qualifiers for the 2027 FIFA Women's World Cup". uefa.com. UEFA. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
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