Nations League draw live: England, Scotland and Wales to learn group opponents for 2026 tournament

We’ll be starting with League D...

These are the teams in the pots:

Pot 1: Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Gibraltar or Latvia, Malta or Luxembourg

Pot 2: Liechtenstein, Andorra

Uefa are now just running through the technical procedure of the draw.

We’ll be getting underway after that (we think).

Portugal go into the 2026/27 as the reigning champions, having secured the 2024/25 trophy after a penalty shootout win over European champions Spain in June of last year.

The Selecao became the first team to win the tournament twice, and both sides will be among the favourites as the tournament begins again in September.

League C

Pot 1: Iceland, Albania, Montenegro, Kazakhstan

Pot 2: Finland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Armenia

Pot 3: Belarus, Faroe Islands, Cyprus, Estonia

Pot 4: Latvia or Gibraltar, Luxembourg or Malta, Moldova, San Marino

League D

Pot 1: Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Gibraltar or Latvia, Malta or Luxembourg

Pot 2: Liechtenstein, Andorra

N.B. The ranking of the teams in 49th to 52nd position will be confirmed following the 2024/25 UNL League C/D play-offs in March 2026. For the draw, the teams participating in these play-off ties will be represented by placeholders.

League A

Pot 1: Portugal, Spain, France, Germany

Pot 2: Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Croatia

Pot 3: Serbia, Belgium, England, Norway

Pot 4: Wales, Czechia, Greece, Türkiye

League B

Pot 1: Scotland, Hungary, Poland, Israel

Pot 2: Switzerland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria, Ukraine

Pot 3: Slovenia, Georgia, Republic of Ireland, Romania

Pot 4: Sweden, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Kosovo

The 54 participating nations are divided into four leagues, based on the Access List and depending on the results of the 2024/25 UNL League C/D play-offs in March 2026.

The League A, B and C draws each determine four groups of four teams. Each team plays six matches in their group – home and away against the other three nations.

The League D draw determines two groups of three teams. Each team plays four matches in their group – home and away against the other two nations.

There are some specific draw conditions to note. Firstly, Bosnia and Herzegovina cannot de drawn against Kosovo, and there is also a restriction on excessive travel and winter venues.

This means nations who are too far apart cannot be drawn to face each other – for example, Iceland could not face Armenia, and the Faroe Islands cannot be drawn against Kazakhstan – and countries at risk of severe winter conditions can only be drawn against one other such country in the same group.

The ceremony is kicking off with a human lights show. Just what the doctor ordered.

I think there’s no better time for a reminder on how this whole thing will work...

Just a couple minutes until the Nations League draw ceremony gets underway!

Let’s see if Uefa get on with proceedings sharpish, or whether they painfully drag it out a la Fifa at the Kennedy Center.

The Uefa Executive Committee were already 20 minutes late, with some more aggrieved stakeholders aggravated, when the reasons suddenly became clear. President Aleksander Ceferin and European Football Clubs [EFC] chairman Nasser Al Khelaifi walked in with a flourish. They could announce that Real Madrid were returning to the fold, again becoming members of the EFC, the lobby group that used to be known as the European Club Association.

For many, this was obviously presented as an unprecedented Florentino Perez climbdown, the ultimate defeat of the Super League. Al-Khelaifi even felt the need to add that, if anyone thought Perez “lost”, “they are stupid and know absolutely nothing about football”.

That’s one area where he’s right. The only way you could believe that Perez has “lost” is if you see the ill-fated project as the be-all and end-all. There is instead another, more important perspective, which the Super League has served in shifting. The project was actually just one manifestation of a wider attempt from the big clubs to control the club game. That’s what Perez always wanted.

“I am very happy and proud to extend my time with England,” Tuchel said.

“It is no secret to anyone that I have loved every minute so far of working with my players and coaches, and I cannot wait to lead them to the World Cup. It is an incredible opportunity and we are going to do our very best to make the country proud.

“I have had so much support from Mark (Bullingham, Football Association CEO), all my colleagues at The FA and from fans wherever I go that I did not hesitate when asked to continue in this dream job.

“Euro 2028 will be a very special tournament and as a coach there is nothing more you want than to compete with the very best on the biggest possible stage.”