2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B

The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B is the second division 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 results will be used to determine the leagues for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition.

2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates22 September – 5 December 2023
Teams16
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored46 (2.88 per match)
Attendance56,366 (3,523 per match)
Top scorer(s)Poland Ewa Pajor
Slovakia Patrícia Hmírová
(3 goals each)

Format

League B consists of 16 UEFA members ranked 17th to 32nd among competition entrants in the UEFA women's national team coefficient ranking. Teams were split into four groups of four. Each team will play six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format with double matchdays in September, October and November to December 2023.[1] The competition also acts as the first phase of the preliminary competition for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, which will use an identical league structure. The group winners will be promoted to League A, while the fourth-placed team from each group, as well as the lowest-ranked third-placed team, will be relegated to League C, taking effect in UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying. In addition, the group runners-up of League B will advance to the promotion play-offs against the third-placed teams of League A. The winners of these home-and-away ties will enter League A for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers will enter League B. Meanwhile, the three best-ranked third-placed teams in League B will advance to the relegation play-offs against the three best-ranked League C runners-up. The winners of these home-and-away ties will enter League B for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers will enter League C.[2]

Seeding

Teams were allocated to League B according to their UEFA women's national team coefficient after the conclusion of the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup qualifying group stage on 6 September 2022. Teams were split into four pots of four teams, ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient.[3]

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland in May 2023, 13:00 CEST.[4] Each group contains one team from each pot. The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, with drawn teams assigned to the first available group in ascending order from B1 to B4. Due to the Belarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus and Ukraine cannot be drawn in the same group.[5]

Pot 1
Team Coeff Rank
 Republic of Ireland 28,877 18
 Poland 28,458 19
 Czech Republic 27,508 20
 Finland 26,757 21
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank
 Serbia 26,517 22
 Slovenia 26,445 23
 Northern Ireland 25,711 24
 Romania 24,877 25
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank
 Ukraine 24,359 26
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23,091 27
 Slovakia 19,213 28
 Hungary 18,552 29
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank
 Greece 17,556 30
 Croatia 17,523 31
 Belarus 16,890 32
 Albania 16,826 33

Groups

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

Group 1

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Republic of Ireland Northern Ireland Albania Hungary
1  Republic of Ireland 2 2 0 0 7 0 +7 6 Promotion to League A — 3–0 27 Oct 1 Dec
2  Northern Ireland 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 3 Qualification for promotion play-offs 5 Dec — 1–0 31 Oct
3  Albania 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1 Relegation to League C or qualification for relegation play-offs 31 Oct 1 Dec — 1–1
4  Hungary 2 0 1 1 1 5 −4 1 Relegation to League C 0–4 27 Oct 5 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Albania 1–1 Hungary
Krasniqi 27' Report Fenyvesi 74'
Attendance: 1,210[6]
Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Northern Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 35,944[7]
Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)
Hungary 0–4 Republic of Ireland
Report
Attendance: 1,513
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
Northern Ireland 1–0 Albania
Wade 57' Report
Attendance: 1,597
Referee: Zulema González (Spain)
Republic of Ireland v Albania
Report
Albania v Republic of Ireland
Report
Referee: Araksya Saribekyan (Armenia)
Northern Ireland v Hungary
Report
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)
Republic of Ireland v Hungary
Report
Albania v Northern Ireland
Report
Northern Ireland v Republic of Ireland
Report
Hungary v Albania
Report

Group 2

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Finland Slovakia Croatia Romania
1  Finland 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 6 Promotion to League A — 4–0 27 Oct 30 Nov
2  Slovakia 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 3 Qualification for promotion play-offs 5 Dec — 4–0 31 Oct
3  Croatia 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3 Relegation to League C or qualification for relegation play-offs 31 Oct 1 Dec — 2–1
4  Romania 2 0 0 2 1 3 −2 0 Relegation to League C 0–1 27 Oct 5 Dec —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Finland 4–0 Slovakia
Sällström 5'
Rantala 23'
Kosola 45', 75'		 Report
Attendance: 5,062[8]
Referee: Michèle Schmölzer (Switzerland)
Croatia 2–1 Romania
 Report
Attendance: 300[9]
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
Romania 0–1 Finland
Report
Attendance: 3,176
Referee: Angelika Soeder (Germany)
Slovakia 4–0 Croatia
 Report
Attendance: 536
Referee: Alexandra Collin (France)
Finland v Croatia
Report
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)
Romania v Slovakia
Report
Referee: Eszter Urban (Hungary)
Slovakia v Romania
Report
Referee: Simona Ghisletta (Switzerland)
Croatia v Finland
Report
Referee: Teresa Oliveira (Portugal)
Finland v Romania
Report
Croatia v Slovakia
Report
Romania v Croatia
Report
Slovakia v Finland
Report

Group 3

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Serbia Poland Ukraine Greece
1  Serbia 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Promotion to League A — 31 Oct 5 Dec 4–0
2  Poland 2 2 0 0 5 2 +3 6 Qualification for promotion play-offs 27 Oct — 2–1 5 Dec
3  Ukraine 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 Relegation to League C or qualification for relegation play-offs 1–2 1 Dec — 31 Oct
4  Greece 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0 Relegation to League C 1 Dec 1–3 27 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Ukraine 1–2 Serbia
Ovdiychuk 20' Report Čanković 64'
Damjanović 79'
Stadion Miejski im. Kazimierza Deyny, Starogard Gdański (Poland)[10]
Attendance: 173[11]
Referee: Catarina Campos (Portugal)
Greece 1–3 Poland
 Report
Attendance: 262[12]
Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary)
Poland 2–1 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 4,962
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
Serbia 4–0 Greece
 Report
Sportski centar FSS, Stara Pazova
Attendance: 800
Referee: Désirée Grundbacher (Switzerland)
Greece v Ukraine
Report
Referee: Jana Van Laere (Belgium)
Poland v Serbia
Report
Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)
Ukraine v Greece
Report
Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)
Serbia v Poland
Report
Sportski centar FSS, Stara Pazova
Referee: Galiya Echeva (Bulgaria)
Ukraine v Poland
Report
Greece v Serbia
Report
Poland v Greece
Report
Serbia v Ukraine
Report
Sportski centar FSS, Stara Pazova

Group 4

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation Czech Republic Bosnia and Herzegovina Slovenia Belarus
1  Czech Republic 2 2 0 0 4 1 +3 6 Promotion to League A — 31 Oct 5 Dec 2–1
2  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 4 Qualification for promotion play-offs 27 Oct — 1–1 5 Dec
3  Slovenia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1 Relegation to League C or qualification for relegation play-offs 0–2 1 Dec — 31 Oct
4  Belarus 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 Relegation to League C 1 Dec 1–2 27 Oct —
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Slovenia 0–2 Czech Republic
Report Pochmanová 38'
Cahynová 86'
Attendance: 233[13]
Referee: Jelena Pejković (Croatia)
Belarus 1–2 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Abigail Byrne (England)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–1 Slovenia
 Report
Attendance: 598
Referee: Rasa Grigonė (Lithuania)
Czech Republic 2–1 Belarus
 Report
  • Valiuk 55'
Attendance: 0
Referee: Reelika Turi (Estonia)
Bosnia and Herzegovina v Czech Republic
Report
Referee: Audrey Gerbel (France)
Belarus v Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Referee: Elvira Nurmustafina (Kazakhstan)
Czech Republic v Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Referee: Maria Marotta (Italy)
Slovenia v Belarus
Report
Slovenia v Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Belarus v Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 0[note 2]
Czech Republic v Slovenia
Report

Ranking of third-placed teams

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 B2  Croatia 2 1 0 1 2 5 −3 3 Qualification for relegation play-offs
2 B1  Albania 2 0 1 1 1 2 −1 1
3 B4  Slovenia 2 0 1 1 1 3 −2 1
4 B3  Ukraine 2 0 0 2 2 4 −2 0 Relegation to League C
Updated to match(es) played on 26 September 2023. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Wins; 6) Away wins; 7) Disciplinary points; 8) UEFA national team coefficient.

Goalscorers

There have been 46 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 2.88 goals per match (as of 26 September 2023).

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes
  1. CEST (UTC+2) for times up to 28 October 2023, CET (UTC+1) for times from 29 October 2023.
  2. Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus is required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[14]

References
  1. "2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League: How it works". UEFA. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  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 National Teams Coefficients Overview: Matches considered up to 06/09/2022" (PDF). UEFA. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
  4. "2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League: League Phase Draw". UEFA. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  5. "2023/24 UEFA Women's Nations League: League stage draw on Tuesday". UEFA. 1 May 2023. Retrieved 1 May 2023.
  6. "Albania v Hungary" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  7. "Republic of Ireland v Northern Ireland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  8. "Finland v Slovakia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  9. "Croatia v Romania" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  10. "Decisions from UEFA executive committee meeting 25 February 2022". UEFA. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  11. "Ukraine v Serbia" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  12. "Greece v Poland" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
  13. "Slovenia v Czech Republic" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
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