Group draw: These are Germany’s opponents within the Nations League | EUROtoday

National coach Julian Nagelsmann will as soon as once more face arch-rivals the Netherlands within the Nations League. The nationwide soccer staff may also face Serbia and Greece in Group 2 of League A within the subsequent version of the competitors.

In the Brussels Expo Hall not removed from the well-known Atomium, the Portuguese and former Nations League winner Pepe drew the tickets for the primary video games of the DFB choice after the World Cup in the summertime within the USA, Mexico and Canada.

The Netherlands are as soon as once more Germany’s opponents within the Nations League. In the final version, Oranje had been defeated 1-0 in Munich in October 2024, after a 2-2 attract Amsterdam. The DFB staff beneath Nagelsmann celebrated a 2-1 pleasant win in opposition to Greece shortly earlier than the 2024 European Championship at residence. There might be a primary for the nationwide coach in opposition to Serbia. The final duel was a 1-1 draw within the check in Wolfsburg in 2019.

Nagelsmann begins within the Nations League after the World Cup with an innovation within the worldwide calendar. The first 4 video games will happen en bloc between September twenty fourth and October sixth each three to 4 days. This brings somewhat match feeling in early autumn. The group section will conclude with the opposite two video games between November twelfth and seventeenth.

Schedule comes on Friday

The nationwide coach will solely discover out the precise order of play on Friday. Like FIFA not too long ago, UEFA wants an evening after the World Cup attract Washington to repair the calendar. All sport dates should even be coordinated for the decrease leagues B to D. The DFB will decide later the place the three German residence video games will happen.

If Nagelsmann has his manner, the group winner might be within the quarter-finals in March in opposition to a bunch runner-up after which the Final Four from June ninth to thirteenth, the place the following winner of the Nations League might be chosen. At the final version, the DFB staff solely ended up in fourth place after defeats in opposition to Portugal (1:2) and France (0:2).

The winner might be decided in June 2027

Success within the Nations League additionally brings benefits on the best way to the following large match – the European Championships in 2028. A smaller qualifying group awaits the highest 4 on the continent. As a bunch winner you could possibly additionally get a free place for the European Championship playoffs. However, UEFA has not but decided any particulars on this.

After preliminary criticism, the Nations League has established itself as a valued competitors. “The duels with the top European nations are very exciting in the time between the big tournaments – for our fans and for our players, who always want to compete with the best,” stated Nagelsmann earlier than the draw.