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.
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Dates | League phase: February – June 2025 Promotion/relegation matches: October 2025 |
Teams | 16 |
← 2023–24 2027–28 → |
Format
editLeague 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
editTeams 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]
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Groups
editGroup 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 | |
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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 | — |
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 | |
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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 | — |
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 | |
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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 | — |
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 | |
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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 | — |
Ranking of third-placed teams
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Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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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 |
League ranking
editThe 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 |
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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 |
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Women's European Qualifiers 2024 Overall League Rankings" (PDF).
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.