Nations League draw to be held this afternoon

Paris will be the scene of the start of the defence of the Nations League title so brilliantly won by Luis de la Fuente’s Spanish national team against Croatia in Rotterdam last June.

The Maison de la Mutualité, in the Parisian capital, will host the draw from 18:00, a draw for which Spain is one of the seeded teams in Pot A. The Spain coach himself will be present at the event, along with Albert Luque, national team director.

In a relatively new competition that is starting to turn heads on the European and World football stage, the fourth edition of the Nations League kicks off in September and the final phase will take place from 4 to 8 June 2025.

This season’s edition of the competition includes a slight tweak in format, now in each of the four groups, the two top teams will qualify and not just the first place teams, as has been the case until now. As a result, a round-robin quarter-final will be played before the usual Final Four. The dates of these quarter-finals will be from 20 to 25 March 2025.