UEFA Nations League 2026-27 Draw in Brussels Thursday

The UEFA Nations League draw for the 2026-27 edition takes place on Thursday in Brussels, Belgium, determining group opponents for 54 national teams across four leagues as the competition prepares to resume in September 2026.

The event, scheduled for 6 p.m. Central European Time at the Brussels Expo, will allocate teams into groups based on seeding from the previous cycle. Portugal, the defending champions after their penalty shootout victory over Spain in the 2024-25 final, headlines League A alongside other top contenders including France, Germany, Spain and England. Thomas Tuchel's England team, seeking their first title, enters Pot 3 with Serbia, Belgium and Norway. The top tier features four groups of four teams each, with Pot 1 comprising Portugal, Spain, France and Germany; Pot 2 including Italy, Netherlands, Denmark and Croatia; and Pot 4 consisting of Wales, Czechia, Greece and Türkiye.

Lower leagues follow a similar structure, with Leagues B and C each having 16 teams in four groups of four, while League D includes six teams in two groups of three. In League B, where teams like Scotland, the Republic of Ireland and Ukraine compete, Pot 1 seeds are Scotland, Hungary,...