2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches

The 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches were the promotion and relegation play-offs 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 play-offs determined which teams would be promoted, relegated, or remain in their respective leagues for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition.

2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League promotion/relegation matches

Tournament details
Dates	23–28 February 2024
Teams	14
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	55 (3.93 per match)
Attendance	31,944 (2,282 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tessa Wullaert (5 goals)
2025–26 → All statistics correct as of 28 February 2024.

Format

The promotion/relegation matches determined the composition of the leagues for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, which used an identical league structure to the 2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League. The matches were played home-and-away over two legs. If the team from the higher league was the winner, both teams would remain in their respective leagues, whereas if the team from the lower league won, they would be promoted to the higher league, with the losers relegated to the lower league.

The third-placed teams of League A played the runners-up of League B, while the three best-ranked third-placed teams in League B played the three best-ranked League C runners-up.^[1] The teams from the higher leagues were seeded, and played the second leg at home. In the two-legged ties, the team that scored more goals on aggregate was the winner. If the aggregate score was level, extra time was played (the away goals rule was not applied). If the score remained level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.^[2]

Draw

The draws for the promotion/relegation matches (for League A vs League B and League B vs League C) were held on 11 December 2023, 13:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. They were held in tandem with the draw for the 2024 UEFA Women's Nations League Finals. In the draws, the teams from the higher leagues were seeded, while the teams from the lower leagues were unseeded. First a team was drawn from the unseeded pot, with their opponents then drawn from the seeded pot.^[3]

League A vs League B

League A (seeded) Group Third place A1   Belgium A2   Norway A3   Iceland A4   Sweden

League B (unseeded) Group Runners-up B1   Hungary B2   Croatia B3   Serbia B4   Bosnia and Herzegovina

League B vs League C

League B (seeded) Group Third place (best three qualify) B1   Northern Ireland B2   Slovakia B3   Ukraine B4 —

League C (unseeded) Group Runners-up (best three qualify) C1   Latvia C2 — C3   Montenegro C4 — C5   Bulgaria

Schedule

The first legs were played on 23 February, while the second legs were played on 27 and 28 February 2024.^[4]

Times are CET (UTC+1), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

League A vs League B

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Serbia	2–3	Iceland	1–1	1–2
Hungary	2–10	Belgium	1–5	1–5
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–10	Sweden	0–5	0–5
Croatia	0–8	Norway	0–3	0–5

Matches

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

16:00

Serbia	1–1	Iceland
Filipović   19'	Report	Eiríksdóttir   24'

Serbian FA Sports Center, Stara Pazova

Attendance: 321

Referee: Ewa Augustyn (Poland)

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27)

15:30 (14:30 WET)

Iceland	2–1	Serbia
Jónsdóttir   75' Níelsdóttir   86'	Report	Poljak   6'

Kópavogsvöllur, Kópavogur

Attendance: 798

Referee: Marta Huerta de Aza (Spain)

Iceland won 3–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

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23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

17:45

Hungary	1–5	Belgium
Turányi   7'	Report	Kees   10', 81' Wullaert   20', 74' Vanhaevermaet   65'

Pancho Aréna, Felcsút

Attendance: 1,113

Referee: Alina Peşu (Romania)

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27)

20:00

Belgium	5–1	Hungary
Wullaert   44', 54' (pen.), 57' Janssens   74', 80'	Report	Kaján   26'

Den Dreef, Leuven

Attendance: 3,794

Referee: Ivana Martinčić (Croatia)

Belgium won 10–2 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

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23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

13:00

Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–5	Sweden
	Report	Janogy   6', 41' Angeldahl   76' Hammarlund   80' Gvozderac   86' (o.g.)

Bosnia and Herzegovina FA Training Centre, Zenica

Attendance: 366

Referee: Olatz Rivera Olmedo (Spain)

28 February 2024 (2024-02-28)

18:30

Sweden	5–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Vinberg   26' Blackstenius   45' Kafaji   45+1' Angeldal   82' Hammarlund   90'	Report

Tele2 Arena, Stockholm

Attendance: 11,463

Referee: Silvia Gasperotti (Italy)

Sweden won 10–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

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23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

18:00

Croatia	0–3	Norway
	Report	Hegerberg   16' Graham Hansen   49' Bizet Ildhusøy   62'

Opus Arena, Osijek

Attendance: 3,132

Referee: Abigail Byrne (England)

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27)

18:00

Norway	5–0	Croatia
Terland   9' Haug   32', 40' Maanum   66', 78'	Report

Viking Stadion, Stavanger

Attendance: 5,315

Referee: Veronika Kovarova (Czech Republic)

Norway won 8–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

League B vs League C

Summary

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Latvia	0–9	Slovakia	0–3	0–6
Montenegro	1–3	Northern Ireland	0–2	1–1
Bulgaria	0–7	Ukraine	0–4	0–3

Matches

23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

15:30 (16:30 EET)

Latvia	0–3	Slovakia
	Report	Škorvánková   62' Morávková   72' Hmírová   88' (pen.)

LNK Sporta Parks, Riga

Attendance: 207

Referee: Fabienne Michel (Germany)

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27)

18:00

Slovakia	6–0	Latvia
Morávková   2' Rybanská   6' Lemešová   36' Mikolajová   83' Vredíková   87' Kaláberová   90+4'	Report

Anton Malatinský Stadium, Trnava

Attendance: 604

Referee: Shona Shukrula (Netherlands)

Slovakia won 9–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

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23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

14:00

Montenegro	0–2	Northern Ireland
	Report	Wade   70' Vance   90+1'

Podgorica City Stadium, Podgorica

Attendance: 187

Referee: Michèle Schmölzer (Switzerland)

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27)

20:00 (19:00 GMT)

Northern Ireland	1–1	Montenegro
Magill   73'	Report	Dešić   66'

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 4,085

Referee: Hristiyana Guteva (Bulgaria)

Northern Ireland won 3–1 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

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23 February 2024 (2024-02-23)

15:00 (16:00 EET)

Bulgaria	0–4	Ukraine
	Report	Kravchuk   6' Andrukhiv   24' Hlushchenko   82' Kotyk   90'

Arena Arda, Kardzhali

Attendance: 459

Referee: Minka Vekkeli (Finland)

27 February 2024 (2024-02-27)

14:00 (16:00 TRT)

Ukraine	3–0	Bulgaria
Ovdiychuk   15' Hlushchenko   18' Shmatko   81'	Report

Mardan Sports Complex, Antalya (Turkey)^{[note 1]}

Attendance: 100

Referee: Zuzana Valentová (Slovakia)

Ukraine won 7–0 on aggregate, and therefore both teams remained in their respective leagues.

Notes

1. Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[5]

References

1. "How will the new UEFA women's national team competition system work?". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
2. "Regulations of the UEFA European Women's Championship including UEFA Nations League and European Qualifiers". UEFA. 7 February 2023. (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2023.
3. "Women's Nations League finals and promotion/relegation matches draws". UEFA. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
4. "Women's Nations League promotion-relegation matches". UEFA. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
5. "Decisions from today's extraordinary UEFA Executive Committee meeting". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 25 February 2022. Retrieved 25 February 2022.

External links

• Official website