While people like England and Wales have firmly visited their respective qualification campaigns for the 2026 World Cup, elsewhere, there remains the small question of the League of Nations.
This season’s competition is still to be decided, with the quarter -finals and the dams – both on two legs – currently underway.
While things are located in the last eight – composed of the teams that finished first and second in each of the four groups in League A – The Spanish holders meet the Netherlands in Valence on Sunday with the level of equality at 2-2.
In a rehearsal of the 2018 World Cup final, the host of France in Croatia seeking to reverse a deficit of two goals from the first leg, while Denmark has a thin 1-0 advantage in his game with Portugal.
📸 Final practice session before 🇫🇷!#Nationsleague #Vatreni❤️🔥 pic.twitter.com/gker3ncdas
– HNS (@hns_cff) March 22, 2025
Germany and Italy, for their part, compete in Dortmund with the 2-1 score in favor of Germany after the first match.
The semi-final draw has already been made, the winners of Italy and Germany confronted in Denmark or Portugal, while the winners of the Netherlands against Spain progressing to play Croatia or France.
The semi-final matches are scheduled for Wednesday, June 4 and Thursday, June 5, the final taking place on Sunday June 8, organized by Italy or Germany.
At the same time as the quarter -finals are the eliminations of the League of Nations.
These links are disputed between the teams that finished third in League A and the second teams in Ligue B, the winner obtaining a place in the league next season.
Similarly, the team B teams will face the teams in second position in Ligue C, the winners winning a place in League B in the next quarter.
The two nations that finished the bottom of Ligue C with the best record will play the finalists in the D.
Scotland and the Republic of Ireland arise in the play-offs, where a Scott Mctuminay penalty helped the Scottish winning a 1-0 victory in the first stage on Greece in Athens.
Halfway there.
Go behind the scenes for the first time this year with Scotland: integrated from the Karaiskakis stadium.#Gresco pic.twitter.com/j62ktdjgqr
– Scottish national team (@scotlandnt) March 22, 2025
Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland won a 2-1 victory in Bulgaria with the kind authorization of the goals of Finn Azaz and Matt Doherty.
The complete list of the lighting at the second step is as follows:
Georgia (3) against Armenia (0)
Slovenia (0) against Slovakia (0)
Iceland (1) V Kosovo (2)
Republic of Ireland (2) V Bulgaria (1)
Serbia (1) against Austria (1)
Scotland (1) against Greece (0)
Hungary (1) against Türkiye (3)
Belgium (1) against Ukraine (3)
The League of Nations has a direct link with the qualification of the World Cup. Four teams will qualify for a play-off to reach the 2026 tournament in Canada, Mexico and the United States via the League of Nations.
It is the four best -classified group winners who do not end in the top two of their World Cup qualification group.
