2020–21 UEFA Nations League A

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2020–21 UEFA Nations League A
Tournament details
Dates League phase:
3 September – 18 November 2020
Nations League Finals:
6–10 October 2021
Teams 16
Final positions
Champions  France (1st title)
Runners-up  Spain
Third place  Italy
Fourth place  Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played 51
Goals scored 143 (2.8 per match)
Attendance 156,538 (3,069 per match)
Top scorer(s) Romelu Lukaku
Ferran Torres
(6 goals each
)

The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A was the top division of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.[1] League A culminated with the Nations League Finals in October 2021 to determine the champions of the competition.

Portugal were the defending champions, having won the inaugural 2019 finals. However, they failed to qualify for the 2021 finals after finishing second in their group behind France.[2] None of the teams that had qualified for the previous UEFA Nations League Finals qualified for the 2021 edition.

France won the final 2–1 against Spain for their first UEFA Nations League title.

Format

Following a format change from the first season, League A was expanded from 12 to 16 teams.[3] The league consisted of the top ranked UEFA members from 1–16 in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2020.[4] The winners of each group advanced to the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals, and the fourth-placed team of each group was relegated to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B.[5]

The Nations League Finals was played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off, and final. The semi-final pairings were determined by means of an open draw. Host country Italy was selected among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the champions of the UEFA Nations League. Though originally planned for 2–6 June 2021, the Nations League Finals were moved to October 2021 following the rescheduling of UEFA Euro 2020 to June and July 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7][8]

The four group winners were drawn into groups of five teams for 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification (in order to accommodate for the Nations League Finals).

Teams

Team changes

The following were the team changes of League A from the 2018–19 season:

Incoming
Promoted from
Nations League B
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The following team changes were initially set to occur in League A, but did not after no teams were relegated due to the format change by UEFA:

Outgoing
Initially relegated to
Nations League B
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Seeding

In the 2020–21 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2018–19 Nations League overall ranking, with a slight modification: teams that were originally relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below teams promoted prior to the format change.[9][10] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed 4 December 2019,[11] and were based on the access list ranking.[5][12]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Portugal (title holders) 1
 Netherlands 2
 England 3
  Switzerland 4
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Belgium 5
 France 6
 Spain 7
 Italy 8
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 9
 Ukraine 10
 Denmark 11
 Sweden 12
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Croatia 13
 Poland 14
 Germany 15
 Iceland 16

The draw for the league phase took place at the Beurs van Berlage Conference Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 3 March 2020, 18:00 CET.[13][14][15][16] Each group contained one team from each pot.

Groups

The original fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 3 March 2020 following the draw.[17] On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee adjusted the league phase schedule for October and November 2020 to allow for the completion of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs.[18][19] Following the change, a revised schedule for the October and November 2020 fixtures was released by UEFA on 26 June 2020.[20][21]

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

Group 1

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7 September 2020 (2020-09-07)
20:45
Netherlands  0–1  Italy
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030007/


14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45
Poland  3–0  Bosnia and Herzegovina
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030055/
Stadion Miejski, Wrocław
Attendance: 8,152[31]
Referee: Craig Pawson (England)


18 November 2020 (2020-11-18)
20:45
Poland  1–2  Netherlands
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030121/

Group 2

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5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
18:00 (16:00 UTC±0)
Iceland  0–1  England
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029987/

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)
20:45
Belgium  5–1  Iceland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030017/

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
18:00 (17:00 UTC+1)
England  2–1  Belgium
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030034/

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
20:45 (18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  0–3  Denmark
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030033/

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
England  0–1  Denmark
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030062/

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45 (18:45 UTC±0)
Iceland  1–2  Belgium
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030060/

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
20:45
Belgium  2–0  England
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030079/

15 November 2020 (2020-11-15)
20:45
Denmark  2–1  Iceland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030082/

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18)
20:45
Belgium  4–2  Denmark
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030104/

18 November 2020 (2020-11-18)
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)
England  4–0  Iceland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030105/

Group 3

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5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Portugal  4–1  Croatia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029991/

5 September 2020 (2020-09-05)
20:45
Sweden  0–1  France
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029992/

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)
20:45
France  4–2  Croatia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030016/

8 September 2020 (2020-09-08)
20:45
Sweden  0–2  Portugal
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030018/

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
18:00
Croatia  2–1  Sweden
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030035/
Stadion Maksimir, Zagreb
Attendance: 2,020[52]
Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

11 October 2020 (2020-10-11)
20:45
France  0–0  Portugal
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030032/

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45
Croatia  1–2  France
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030063/

14 October 2020 (2020-10-14)
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)
Portugal  3–0  Sweden
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030061/

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)
Portugal  0–1  France
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030080/

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
20:45
Sweden  2–1  Croatia
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030081/

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)
20:45
Croatia  2–3  Portugal
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030109/

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)
20:45
France  4–2  Sweden
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030108/

Group 4

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3 September 2020 (2020-09-03)
20:45
Germany  1–1  Spain
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029969/

3 September 2020 (2020-09-03)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Ukraine  2–1   Switzerland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2029970/

6 September 2020 (2020-09-06)
20:45
Spain  4–0  Ukraine
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030001/

6 September 2020 (2020-09-06)
20:45
Switzerland   1–1  Germany
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030000/

10 October 2020 (2020-10-10)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Ukraine  1–2  Germany
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030047/
NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 17,753[65]
Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)
20:45
Germany  3–3   Switzerland
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030069/

13 October 2020 (2020-10-13)
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)
Ukraine  1–0  Spain
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030070/
NSC Olimpiyskiy Stadium, Kyiv
Attendance: 10,495[67]
Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland)

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
20:45
Germany  3–1  Ukraine
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030086/

14 November 2020 (2020-11-14)
20:45
Switzerland   1–1  Spain
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030087/

17 November 2020 (2020-11-17)
20:45
Spain  6–0  Germany
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030115/

Nations League Finals

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The host of the Nations League Finals, Italy, was selected from the four qualified teams.[71] The semi-final pairings were determined by means of an open draw on 3 December 2020, 17:30 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. For scheduling purposes, the host team was allocated to semi-final 1 as the administrative home team.[72]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA.

Bracket

 
Semi-finals Final
 
           
 
6 October – Milan
 
 
 Italy 1
 
10 October – Milan
 
 Spain 2
 
 Spain 1
 
7 October – Turin
 
 France 2
 
 Belgium 2
 
 
 France 3
 
Third place play-off
 
 
10 October – Turin
 
 
 Italy 2
 
 
 Belgium 1

Semi-finals

6 October 2021 (2021-10-06)
20:45
Italy  1–2  Spain
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030758/
San Siro, Milan
Attendance: 33,524[73]
Referee: Sergei Karasev (Russia)

7 October 2021 (2021-10-07)
20:45
Belgium  2–3  France
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030759/
Juventus Stadium, Turin
Attendance: 12,409[74]
Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

Third-place play-off

10 October 2021 (2021-10-10)
15:00
Italy  2–1  Belgium
https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/match/2030760/
Juventus Stadium, Turin
Attendance: 16,724[75]
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Final

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2021 UEFA Nations League final

Goalscorers

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Overall ranking

The 16 League A teams were ranked 1st to 16th overall in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[5][76]

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

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Notes

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