2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A

2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A
Tournament details
DatesLeague phase:
22 September – 5 December 2023
Nations League Finals:
21–28 February 2024
Teams16
Relegated Portugal
 Scotland
 Switzerland
 Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored142 (2.96 per match)
Attendance539,136 (11,232 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Lineth Beerensteyn (6 goals)
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All statistics correct as of 5 December 2023.

The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League A was the top division of the 2023–24 edition of the UEFA Women's Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. League A culminated with the Nations League Finals in February 2024 to determine the champions of the competition, and which two teams (in addition to hosts France) would qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics. The results were also used to determine the leagues for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition.

Format[edit]

League A consisted of the 16 top-ranked UEFA members in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in September, October, and November to December 2023.[1] The winners of each group advanced to the 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals. The competition also acted as the first phase of the preliminary competition for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, which uses an identical league structure. The fourth-placed team from each group were relegated to League B, taking effect in UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying. In addition, the third-placed teams of League A advanced to the relegation play-offs against the runners-up of League B. The winners of the home-and-away ties entered League A for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers entered League B.[2]

The Nations League Finals took place in February 2024 and were played in a knockout format, consisting of single-leg semi-finals, a third-place play-off, and a final. An open draw determined the pairings and home teams for the semi-final matches and which semi-final would have its teams host the third-place play-off and final. The two best-ranked teams in the Nations League Finals (excluding France) qualified for the 2024 Olympic football tournament, while the winners of the final was crowned as the champions of the UEFA Women's Nations League.[2] England, Scotland, and Wales are not members of the IOC, thus are ineligible to participate in the Olympics, but the results of the England team, by agreement of the Home Nations and FIFA were taken to represent Great Britain's qualification bid for that tournament.[3] As England did not reach the Nations League Finals, Great Britain would not be represented at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Seeding[edit]

Teams were allocated to League A according to their UEFA women's national team coefficient after the conclusion of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying group stage on 6 September 2022. Teams were split into four pots of four teams, ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient.[4]

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 2 May 2023, 13:00 CEST.[5] Each group contained one team from each pot. The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, with drawn teams assigned to the first available group in ascending order from A1 to A4. Due to winter venue restrictions, a group could contain a maximum of two of Sweden, Norway and Iceland.[6]

Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
 England 46,178 1
 Germany 43,043 2
 France 42,584 3
 Sweden 40,823 4
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Spain 40,472 5
 Netherlands 39,910 6
 Norway 38,715 7
 Denmark 37,535 8
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Italy 36,455 9
 Belgium 34,794 10
 Austria 33,963 11
 Iceland 33,348 12
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Switzerland 33,101 13
 Wales 29,942 15
 Portugal 29,744 16
 Scotland 29,335 17

Groups[edit]

Times are CET/CEST,[note 1] as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Netherlands England Belgium Scotland
1  Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12[a] Qualification for Nations League Finals — 2–1 4–0 4–0
2  England 6 4 0 2 15 8 +7 12[a] 3–2 — 1–0 2–1
3  Belgium (O) 6 2 2 2 7 10 −3 8 Qualification for relegation play-offs 2–1 3–2 — 1–1
4  Scotland (R) 6 0 2 4 3 15 −12 2 Relegation to League B 0–1 0–6 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head results. Ranked on overall goal difference: Netherlands +8, England +7
Belgium 2–1 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 3,694[7]
England 2–1 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 41,947[8]
Netherlands 2–1 England
 Report
Attendance: 24,000[9]
Scotland 1–1 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 7,058[10]
England 1–0 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 28,321[11]
Netherlands 4–0 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 10,850[12]
Belgium 3–2 England
 Report
Attendance: 7,235[13]
Scotland 0–1 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 5,186[14]
Belgium 1–1 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 4,730[15]
England 3–2 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 71,632[16]
Netherlands 4–0 Belgium
 Report
Attendance: 12,031[17]
Scotland 0–6 England
Report
Attendance: 15,320[18]
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

Group 2[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation France Austria Norway Portugal
1  France 6 5 1 0 9 1 +8 16 Qualification for Nations League Finals — 3–0 0–0 2–0
2  Austria 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10 0–1 — 2–1 2–1
3  Norway (O) 6 1 2 3 9 8 +1 5 Qualification for relegation play-offs 1–2 1–1 — 4–0
4  Portugal (R) 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3 Relegation to League B 0–1 1–2 3–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Norway 1–1 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 7,011[19]
France 2–0 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 18,377[20]
Austria 0–1 France
Report
Attendance: 10,051[21]
Portugal 3–2 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 6,132[22]
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Austria 2–1 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 4,800[23]
Norway 1–2 France
 Report
Attendance: 9,062[24]
Portugal 1–2 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 3,598[25]
France 0–0 Norway
Report
Attendance: 13,121[26]
Norway 4–0 Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 2,383
France 3–0 Austria
 Report
Attendance: 26,453
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Austria 2–1 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 1,300
Portugal 0–1 France
Report
Attendance: 5,337

Group 3[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Germany Denmark Iceland Wales
1  Germany 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13 Qualification for Nations League Finals — 3–0 4–0 5–1
2  Denmark 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12 2–0 — 0–1 2–1
3  Iceland (O) 6 3 0 3 4 8 −4 9 Qualification for relegation play-offs 0–2 0–1 — 1–0
4  Wales (R) 6 0 1 5 4 15 −11 1 Relegation to League B 0–0 1–5 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Denmark 2–0 Germany
Vangsgaard 23', 64' Report
Attendance: 4,210[27]
Iceland 1–0 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 2,014[28]
Germany 4–0 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 14,998[29]
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
Wales 1–5 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 8,607[30][31]
Germany 5–1 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 20,107[32]
Iceland 0–1 Denmark
Report
Attendance: 1,712[33]
Denmark 2–1 Wales
 Report
Attendance: 2,227[34]
Iceland 0–2 Germany
Report
Attendance: 1,245[35]
Wales 1–2 Iceland
 Report
Attendance: 5,275[36]
Germany 3–0 Denmark
 Report
Attendance: 19,180[37]
Denmark 0–1 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 4,453[38]
Wales 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 5,982[39]

Group 4[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation Spain Italy Sweden Switzerland
1  Spain 6 5 0 1 23 9 +14 15 Qualification for Nations League Finals — 2–3 5–3 5–0
2  Italy 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10 0–1 — 0–1 3–0
3  Sweden (O) 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7 Qualification for relegation play-offs 2–3 1–1 — 1–0
4  Switzerland (R) 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3 Relegation to League B 1–7 0–1 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Sweden 2–3 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 16,114[40]
Switzerland 0–1 Italy
Report
Attendance: 6,452[41]
Italy 0–1 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 2,483[42]
Spain 5–0 Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 14,194[43]
Italy 0–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 4,694[44]
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
Sweden 1–0 Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 13,123[45]
Sweden 1–1 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 11,376[46][47]
Switzerland 1–7 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 8,515[48]
Switzerland 1–0 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 3,938
Spain 2–3 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 9,212
Italy 3–0 Switzerland
 Report
Attendance: 3,500
Spain 5–3 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 15,896

Nations League Finals[edit]

Main article: 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals

The draw for the Nations League Finals was held on 11 December 2023.[49] Spain hosted Netherlands and France hosted Germany in the semi-final matches, and the winner and loser of the Spain–Netherlands match hosted the final and third place play-off, respectively.

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Bracket[edit]

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 February 2024 – Seville
 
 
 Spain3
 
28 February 2024 – Seville
 
 Netherlands0
 
 Spain2
 
23 February 2024 – Décines-Charpieu
 
 France0
 
 France2
 
 
 Germany1
 
Third-place play-off
 
 
28 February 2024 – Heerenveen
 
 
 Netherlands0
 
 
 Germany2

Semi-finals[edit]

Spain 3–0 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 21,856
France 2–1 Germany
 Report
Attendance: 30,267

Third-place play-off[edit]

Netherlands 0–2 Germany
Report
Attendance: 21,128

Final[edit]

Qualified teams for 2024 Summer Olympics[edit]

The following three teams from UEFA qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympic women's football tournament, including France, who qualified as the hosts.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in Summer Olympics[a]
 France Host 13 September 2017 2 (2012, 2016)
 Spain Nations League finalist 23 February 2024 0 (Debut)
 Germany Nations League third place match winner[b] 28 February 2024 5 (1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, 2016)
  1. ^ Italics indicates host for that year, Bold indicates champions
  2. ^ The two Nations League finalists would qualify for the Olympics. As France was one of the finalists, the other spot was awarded to the winner of the third place play-off.[2]

League ranking[edit]

The 16 League A teams were ranked 1st to 16th overall in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League according to the following rules:[2]

  • The teams finishing first in their groups are ranked 1st to 4th according to their finish in the Nations League Finals.
  • The teams finishing second in their groups are ranked 5th to 8th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing third in their groups are ranked 9th to 12th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing fourth in their groups are ranked 13th to 16th according to the results of the league phase.

Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 A4  Spain 6 5 0 1 23 9 +14 15
2 A2  France 6 5 1 0 9 1 +8 16
3 A3  Germany 6 4 1 1 14 3 +11 13
4 A1  Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 6 +8 12
5 A1  England 6 4 0 2 15 8 +7 12
6 A3  Denmark 6 4 0 2 10 6 +4 12
7 A4  Italy 6 3 1 2 8 5 +3 10
8 A2  Austria 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10
9 A3  Iceland 6 3 0 3 4 8 −4 9
10 A1  Belgium 6 2 2 2 7 10 −3 8
11 A4  Sweden 6 2 1 3 8 10 −2 7
12 A2  Norway 6 1 2 3 9 8 +1 5
13 A2  Portugal 6 1 0 5 5 13 −8 3
14 A4  Switzerland 6 1 0 5 2 17 −15 3
15 A1  Scotland 6 0 2 4 3 15 −12 2
16 A3  Wales 6 0 1 5 4 15 −11 1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria


Goalscorers[edit]

There were 142 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.96 goals per match (as of 5 December 2023).

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for times up to 28 October 2023, CET (UTC+1) for times from 29 October 2023.

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