2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B


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The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B was 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 were 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
Promoted Czech Republic
 Finland
 Poland
 Republic of Ireland
Relegated Albania
 Belarus
 Greece
 Romania
 Slovenia
Tournament statistics
Matches played48
Goals scored128 (2.67 per match)
Attendance114,203 (2,379 per match)
Top scorer(s)Poland Ewa Pajor
Republic of Ireland Kyra Carusa
Republic of Ireland Katie McCabe
(5 goals each)

League B consisted 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 played 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 acted as the first phase of the preliminary competition for UEFA Women's Euro 2025, which uses an identical league structure. The group winners were promoted to League A, while the fourth-placed team from each group, as well as the lowest-ranked third-placed team, were relegated to League C, taking effect in UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying. In addition, the group runners-up of League B advanced to the promotion play-offs against the third-placed teams of League A. The winners of these home-and-away ties entered League A for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers entered League B. Meanwhile, the three best-ranked third-placed teams in League B advanced to the relegation play-offs against the three best-ranked League C runners-up. The winners of these home-and-away ties entered League B for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers entered League C.[2]

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 contained 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 could not 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

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation        
1   Republic of Ireland (P) 6 6 0 0 20 2 +18 18 Promotion to League A — 1–0 3–0 5–1
2   Hungary 6 2 2 2 11 9 +2 8 Qualification for promotion play-offs 0–4 — 3–2 6–0
3   Northern Ireland (O) 6 2 1 3 9 13 −4 7 Qualification for relegation play-offs 1–6 1–1 — 1–0
4   Albania (R) 6 0 1 5 2 18 −16 1 Relegation to League C 0–1 1–1 0–4 —

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation        
1   Finland (P) 6 5 1 0 18 2 +16 16 Promotion to League A — 3–0 4–0 6–0
2   Croatia 6 3 0 3 5 10 −5 9 Qualification for promotion play-offs 0–2 — 2–0 2–1
3   Slovakia (O) 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 Qualification for relegation play-offs 2–2 4–0 — 1–0
4   Romania (R) 6 0 1 5 1 11 −10 1 Relegation to League C 0–1 0–1 0–0 —

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation        
1   Poland (P) 6 5 1 0 11 4 +7 16 Promotion to League A — 2–1 2–1 2–0
2   Serbia 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10 Qualification for promotion play-offs 1–1 — 0–1 4–0
3   Ukraine (O) 6 2 0 4 5 7 −2 6 Qualification for relegation play-offs 0–1 1–2 — 1–0
4   Greece (R) 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3 Relegation to League C 1–3 0–2 2–1 —

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation        
1   Czech Republic (P) 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13 Promotion to League A — 2–2 4–0 2–1
2   Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11 Qualification for promotion play-offs 1–0 — 1–1 1–0
3   Slovenia (R) 6 1 3 2 4 9 −5 6 Relegation to League C 0–2 2–1 — 0–0
4   Belarus (R) 6 0 2 4 3 7 −4 2 0–1 1–2 1–1 —

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Ranking of third-placed teams

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Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 B2   Slovakia 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8 Qualification for relegation play-offs
2 B1   Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 9 13 −4 7
3 B3   Ukraine 6 2 0 4 5 7 −2 6
4 B4   Slovenia 6 1 3 2 4 9 −5 6 Relegation to League C

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.

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League according to the following rules:[2]

  • The teams finishing first in their groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing second in their groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing third in their groups were ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing fourth in their groups were ranked 29th to 32nd according to the results of the league phase.
Rnk Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 B1   Republic of Ireland 6 6 0 0 20 2 +18 18
18 B2   Finland 6 5 1 0 18 2 +16 16
19 B3   Poland 6 5 1 0 11 4 +7 16
20 B4   Czech Republic 6 4 1 1 11 4 +7 13
21 B4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 3 2 1 8 6 +2 11
22 B3   Serbia 6 3 1 2 10 5 +5 10
23 B2   Croatia 6 3 0 3 5 10 −5 9
24 B1   Hungary 6 2 2 2 11 9 +2 8
25 B2   Slovakia 6 2 2 2 7 8 −1 8
26 B1   Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 9 13 −4 7
27 B3   Ukraine 6 2 0 4 5 7 −2 6
28 B4   Slovenia 6 1 3 2 4 9 −5 6
29 B3   Greece 6 1 0 5 3 13 −10 3
30 B4   Belarus 6 0 2 4 3 7 −4 2
31 B2   Romania 6 0 1 5 1 11 −10 1
32 B1   Albania 6 0 1 5 2 18 −16 1

There were 128 goals scored in 48 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

  1. ^ CEST (UTC+2) for times up to 28 October 2023, CET (UTC+1) for times from 29 October 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus was required to play its home matches at neutral venues behind closed doors until further notice.[32]
  3. ^ Due to the country's involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus were not allowed to enter Czech Republic by local authorities. As a result, the match was played at a neutral venue.
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