{"id":30030,"date":"2025-03-17T18:48:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/?p=30030"},"modified":"2025-03-17T18:48:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T17:48:48","slug":"uefa-nations-league-2024-25-schedule-fixtures-rules-and-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/uefa-nations-league-2024-25-schedule-fixtures-rules-and-dates\/","title":{"rendered":"UEFA Nations League 2024-25 Schedule, Fixtures, Rules and Dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The UEFA Nations League has become one of the most competitive international tournaments in European football. Introduced to replace international friendlies, the tournament featured an updated format for the 2024\/25 edition, with an added quarter-final stage and play-offs, making the tournament even more intense.<\/p><p>The UEFA Nations League returns on Thursday, March 20, 2025, with the first legs of the League A\/B and League B\/C play-offs, along with the quarter-final matchups. The second legs will follow just three days later, on Sunday, March 23, 2025. The winners of the quarter-finals will then progress to the Nations League Finals, set to take place in June 2025.<\/p><p>The UEFA Nations League Finals will be hosted by the winner of the quarter-final clash between Italy and Germany, which adds an extra layer of significance to this highly-anticipated match. Four teams will compete in the final stage, with the semi-finals, third-place play-off, and final set to be played over a five-day period.<\/p><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">125 years of legacy. One legendary jersey &#10024;<br><br>&#128248; DFB\/ Philipp Reinhard <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NeQWGtdqBl\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>pic.twitter.com\/NeQWGtdqBl<\/a><\/p>&mdash; German Football (@DFB_Team_EN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DFB_Team_EN\/status\/1901581938068250987?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>March 17, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure><p>The German national team has released a special edition kit to mark 125 years of its football history. The German players will wear this iconic anniversary jersey when they face Italy on March 20 in the UEFA Nations League quarter-final.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Knockout Stage Fixtures<\/h2><p><strong>Quarter-finals <\/strong><\/p><p><strong>First Leg &ndash; Thursday 20 March 2025<br><\/strong>Netherlands vs Spain<br>Croatia vs France<br>Denmark vs Portugal<br>Italy vs Germany<\/p><p><strong>Second Leg &ndash; Sunday 23 March 2025<br><\/strong>Spain vs Netherlands<br>France vs Croatia<br>Portugal vs Denmark<br>Germany vs Italy<\/p><p><strong>Also read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/gunther-took-playful-jibe-at-lamine-yamal-chanted-hala-madrid-in-enemy-territory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Gunther took playful jibe at Lamine Yamal, chanted &lsquo;Hala Madrid&rsquo; in enemy territory<\/a><\/p><p><strong>Semi-finals &ndash; Wednesday 4 June or Thursday 5 June 2025<br><\/strong>Italy \/ Germany vs Denmark \/ Portugal<br>Netherlands \/ Spain vs Croatia \/ France<\/p><p><strong>Third-place match &ndash; Sunday 8 June 2025<\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Final<\/strong> &ndash; <strong>Sunday 8 June 2025<\/strong><\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Play-offs Fixtures<\/strong><\/h2><p><strong>League A\/B play-offs<\/strong> <strong>-Thursday 20 March 2025<\/strong><br>T&uuml;rkiye vs Hungary <br>Ukraine vs Belgium<br>Austria vs Serbia<br>Greece vs Scotland<\/p><p><strong>Sunday 23 March 2025<br><\/strong>Hungary vs T&uuml;rkiye <br>Belgium vs Ukraine<br>Serbia vs Austria <br>Scotland vs Greece <\/p><p><strong>League B\/C Play-offs &ndash; Thursday 20 March 2025<br><\/strong>Kosovo vs Iceland<br>Bulgaria vs Republic of Ireland<br>Armenia vs Georgia <br>Slovakia vs Slovenia<\/p><p><strong>Sunday 23 March 2025<br><\/strong>Iceland vs Kosovo <br>Republic of Ireland vs Bulgaria<br>Georgia vs Armenia <br>Slovenia vs Slovakia <\/p><p><strong>Also read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/theplayoffs.news\/en\/real-madrid-warns-of-boycott-over-fixture-congestion-and-insufficient-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"trk-cta-link\" data-cta-trk='{\"ctaType\":\"Link\",\"ctaSubType\":\"main\"}'>Real Madrid Warns of Boycott Over Fixture Congestion and Insufficient Rest<\/a><\/p><p><strong>League C\/D Play-offs<\/strong> &ndash; <strong>Thursday 26 March 2026<\/strong><br>Gibraltar vs Latvia<br>Malta vs Luxembourg <\/p><p><strong>Tuesday 31 March 2026<br><\/strong>Latvia vs Gibraltar <br>Luxembourg vs Malta <\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How Will the 2024\/25 UEFA Nations League Finals Work?<\/strong><\/h2><p>The 2024\/25 UEFA Nations League finals will feature a four-team knockout tournament. This final stage will determine the champion of the fourth edition of the tournament, providing an exciting conclusion to the competition. The semi-finals are scheduled to take place on Wednesday, June 4, and Thursday, June 5, 2025. The two winners from these matches will progress to the final on Sunday, June 8, 2025, where they will compete for the coveted Nations League trophy. Meanwhile, the two losing semi-finalists will face each other in the third-place play-off, which will also take place on June 8, earlier in the day before the final.<\/p><p>In the UEFA Nations League finals, if a match is level after 90 minutes, the game will go into extra time to determine a winner. Two 15-minute periods of extra time will be played at the end of the second leg, giving both teams an additional 30 minutes to find a decisive goal.<\/p><p>If the score remains tied after extra time, the match will be decided by a penalty shoot-out. Each team will take five penalties, and if the score is still level, the shootout will continue into sudden death until one team emerges victorious.<\/p><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Previous Winners of UEFA Nations League<\/strong> <\/h2><p><strong>2018\/19<\/strong>: Portugal<\/p><p><strong>2020\/21<\/strong>: France<\/p><p><strong>2022\/23<\/strong>: Spain <\/p>\n<div class=\"mm-layout mm-layout-type-post mm-layout-slot4\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain are the reigning UEFA Nations League champions, having defeated Croatia in a penalty shootout to claim the 2023 title.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":30043,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_mux_skip_reasons":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[4038],"tags":[4775],"class_list":["post-30030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer","tag-uefa-nations-league"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.8 - 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