In 2022, before the November and December events, the League of Nations group stage will take place. The matches are scheduled for June (4 matches) and September (2 matches). will play in Division A, the strongest one.
We will find out who we will play with in the group on Thursday evening. The draw will take place at 18:00 and Poland will be drawn from the third basket. Regardless of how the draw may go, we will surely find very strong rivals. The first and second baskets are full of very demanding competitors.
Division into baskets of the highest LN division:
- Basket I: France, Spain, Italy, Belgium
- Pot II: Portugal, the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany
- Basket III: England, Poland, Switzerland, Croatia
- Basket IV: Wales, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary
We certainly will not find England, Switzerland and Croatia in our basket. But we can play, among others with France and Portugal or Italy and Germany. So European powers will certainly come to Poland.
League of Nations schedule:
- 1st matchday: 2-4.06.2022
- 2nd matchday: 5-8/06/2022
- 3rd matchday: 8-11.06.2022
- 4th matchday: 12-14.06.2022
- 5th matchday: 22-24/09/2022
- Matchday 6: September 25-27, 2022
- Final tournament: June 14-18, 2023
Before the League of Nations is reached, even more important matches await the Polish national team in March. In the World Cup qualifying play-offs we will play against Russia, and if we beat her, we will play the decisive match at the National Stadium with the winner of the Sweden – Czech Republic pair.
What is the League of Nations?
The Nations League is an international football competition organized by UEFA since the 2018/201 season, in which the national teams of all 55 European national associations play. The first edition was won by Portugal, the second by France. The Polish national team played in Division A in both editions, but we did not manage to leave the group. In the first edition, we took 3rd place out of 3 teams in the group, and in the second also 3rd place, but in a four-team group.
Source: Sport
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