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2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches

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2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches
Tournament details
Dates23–28 February 2024
Teams14
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored55 (3.93 per match)
Attendance31,944 (2,282 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Tessa Wullaert
(5 goals)
2025–26
All statistics correct as of 28 February 2024.

The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches were the promotion and relegation play-offs 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. The play-offs determined which teams would be promoted, relegated, or remain in their respective leagues for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition.

Format

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The promotion/relegation matches determined the composition of the leagues for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, which used an identical league structure to the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League. The matches were played home-and-away over two legs. If the team from the higher league was the winner, both teams would remain in their respective leagues, whereas if the team from the lower league won, they would be promoted to the higher league, with the losers relegated to the lower league.

The third-placed teams of League A played the runners-up of League B, while the three best-ranked third-placed teams in League B played the three best-ranked League C runners-up.[1] The teams from the higher leagues were seeded, and played the second leg at home. In the two-legged ties, the team that scored more goals on aggregate was the winner. If the aggregate score was level, extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score remained level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.[2]

Draw

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The draws for the promotion/relegation matches (for League A vs League B and League B vs League C) were held on 11 December 2023, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. They were held in tandem with the draw for the 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals. In the draws, the teams from the higher leagues were seeded, while the teams from the lower leagues were unseeded. First a team was drawn from the unseeded pot, with their opponents then drawn from the seeded pot.[3]

League A vs League B
League A (seeded)
Group Third place
A1  Belgium
A2  Norway
A3  Iceland
A4  Sweden
League B (unseeded)
Group Runners-up
B1  Hungary
B2  Croatia
B3  Serbia
B4  Bosnia and Herzegovina
League B vs League C
League B (seeded)
Group Third place
(best three qualify)
B1  Northern Ireland
B2  Slovakia
B3  Ukraine
B4
League C (unseeded)
Group Runners-up
(best three qualify)
C1  Latvia
C2
C3  Montenegro
C4
C5  Bulgaria

Schedule

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The first legs were played on 23 February, while the second legs were played on 27 and 28 February 2024.[4]

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

League A vs League B

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Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Serbia  2–3  Iceland 1–1 1–2
Hungary  2–10  Belgium 1–5 1–5
Bosnia and Herzegovina  0–10  Sweden 0–5 0–5
Croatia  0–8  Norway 0–3 0–5

Matches

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Serbia 1–1 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 321
Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)
Iceland 2–1 Serbia
Report

Iceland won 3–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.


Hungary 1–5 Belgium
Report
Attendance: 1,113
Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)
Belgium 5–1 Hungary
Report
Attendance: 3,794

Belgium won 10–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.


Bosnia and Herzegovina 0–5 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 366
Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)
Sweden 5–0 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Attendance: 11,463

Sweden won 10–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.


Croatia 0–3 Norway
Report
Attendance: 3,132
Referee: Abigail Byrne (England)
Norway 5–0 Croatia
Report

Norway won 8–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

League B vs League C

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Summary

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Latvia  0–9  Slovakia 0–3 0–6
Montenegro  1–3  Northern Ireland 0–2 1–1
Bulgaria  0–7  Ukraine 0–4 0–3

Matches

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Latvia 0–3 Slovakia
Report
Attendance: 207
Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)
Slovakia 6–0 Latvia
Report

Slovakia won 9–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.


Montenegro 0–2 Northern Ireland
Report
Attendance: 187
Referee: Michèle Schmölzer (Switzerland)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Montenegro
Report
Attendance: 4,085

Northern Ireland won 3–1 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.


Bulgaria 0–4 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 459
Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)
Ukraine 3–0 Bulgaria
Report

Ukraine won 7–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Goalscorers

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There were 55 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.93 goals per match.

5 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes

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  1. ^ Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "How will the new UEFA women's national team competition system work?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship including UEFA Nations League and European Qualifiers". UEFA. 7 February 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Women's Nations League finals and promotion/relegation matches draws". UEFA. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Women's Nations League promotion-relegation matches". UEFA. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
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