Azerbaijani female soccer players to play vs Montenegro, Cyprus and Faroe Islands at 2023/24 UEFA Women`s Nations League stage
Baku, May 2, AZERTAC
The draw for the league phase of the 2023/24 UEFA Women`s Nations League, which is a brand-new addition to the female football players` calendar, has been held today in Nyon, Switzerland.
According to the drawing, the Azerbaijani national team will take on teams of Montenegro, Cyprus and the Faroe Islands in the League C - Group C3.
The UEFA Nations League starts in autumn 2023 and is composed of a league stage, matches for promotion and relegation, and finals comprising two semi-finals, a third-place match and a final, according to official UEFA.com. website.
In the league stage, teams are split into three leagues based on their current UEFA women's national team coefficient rankings.
Leagues A and B each consist of 16 teams drawn into four groups of four; League C consists of 19 teams drawn into four groups of four and one group of three (note that the actual group composition of League C will depend on the number of participating teams).
All matches will be played over six matchdays, with each team playing one home match and one away match against all the other teams in their group.
The ultimate goals of this phase of the competition are to win the Nations League title and to achieve the best possible starting position for the next phase.
Every four years, the Nations League finals will also serve as the European Qualifiers for the Women's Olympic Football Tournament, i.e. the first edition will qualify teams for the 2024 Olympic Tournament in France.
The Nations League ranking at the end of the league stage will establish who plays in the Nations League finals as well as what starting league position teams will have in the European Qualifiers phase. Depending on the league stage ranking after Matchday 6, teams will either maintain their position in the league, be automatically promoted or relegated, or will enter promotion and relegation matches.
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