2022–23 UEFA Nations League B

2022–23 UEFA Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates2 June – 27 September 2022
Teams16
Promoted Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Israel
 Scotland
 Serbia
Relegated Armenia
 Romania
 Russia
 Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored112 (2.67 per match)
Attendance758,681 (18,064 per match)
Top scorer(s)Norway Erling Haaland
Serbia Aleksandar Mitrović
(6 goals each)
International football competition

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B was the second division of the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.

Format

League B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked from 17–32 in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League access list, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format in June (quadruple matchdays) and September 2022 (double matchdays).[1] The winners of each group were promoted to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group were relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C.[2]

Teams

Team changes

The following were the team changes in League B from the 2020–21 season:

Incoming
Relegated from
Nations League A 		Promoted from
Nations League C
Outgoing
Promoted to
Nations League A 		Relegated to
Nations League C

Seeding

In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking.[3] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021,[4] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]

Pot 1
Team Rank
 Ukraine 17
 Sweden 18
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19
 Iceland 20
Pot 2
Team Rank
 Finland 21
 Norway 22
 Scotland 23
 Russia 24
Pot 3
Team Rank
 Israel 25
 Romania 26
 Serbia 27
 Republic of Ireland 28
Pot 4
Team Rank
 Slovenia 29
 Montenegro 30
 Albania 31
 Armenia 32

The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[5][6] Each group contained one team from each pot. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, Armenia, Israel and Iceland could not all be in the same group.

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[7][8] The fixture list for Group 1 was amended due to the postponement of Path A of UEFA qualifying for the World Cup.[9]

Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Scotland Ukraine Republic of Ireland Armenia
1  Scotland (P) 6 4 1 1 11 5 +6 13 Promotion to League A — 3–0 2–1 2–0
2  Ukraine 6 3 2 1 10 4 +6 11 0–0 — 1–1 3–0
3  Republic of Ireland 6 2 1 3 8 7 +1 7 3–0 0–1 — 3–2
4  Armenia (R) 6 1 0 5 4 17 −13 3 Relegation to League C 1–4 0–5 1–0 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Armenia 1–0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Attendance: 10,600[10]
Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)
Scotland 2–0 Armenia
 Report
Attendance: 38,627[11]
Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)
Republic of Ireland 0–1 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 40,111[12]
Referee: Filip Glova (Slovakia)
Ukraine 3–0 Armenia
Report
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Scotland
 Report
Attendance: 46,927[15]
Armenia 1–4 Scotland
Report
Ukraine 1–1 Republic of Ireland
 Report
Attendance: 10,641[17]
Scotland 3–0 Ukraine
 Report
Attendance: 42,846[18]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Armenia 0–5 Ukraine
Report
Attendance: 7,200[19]
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Scotland 2–1 Republic of Ireland
 Report
  • Egan 18'
Republic of Ireland 3–2 Armenia
 Report
Attendance: 41,719[21]
Referee: Rade Obrenovič (Slovenia)
Ukraine 0–0 Scotland
Report

Group 2

Pos Team
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  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Israel Iceland Albania Russia
1  Israel (P) 4 2 2 0 8 6 +2 8 Promotion to League A — 2–2 2–1 Canc.
2  Iceland 4 0 4 0 6 6 0 4 2–2 — 1–1 Canc.
3  Albania 4 0 2 2 4 6 −2 2 1–2 1–1 — Canc.
4  Russia[a] (R, D) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Banned from tournament Canc. Canc. Canc. —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(D) Disqualified; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ On 2 May 2022, UEFA announced that Russia were suspended and automatically relegated to League C due to their country's invasion of Ukraine.[23]
Albania Cancelled Russia
Report
Israel 2–2 Iceland
 Report
Iceland 1–1 Albania
Report
Israel Cancelled Russia
Report
Albania 1–2 Israel
 Report
Attendance: 18,100[26]
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
Russia Cancelled Iceland
Report
Iceland 2–2 Israel
Report
Attendance: 2,778[27]
Referee: Duje Strukan (Croatia)
Russia Cancelled Albania
Report
Iceland Cancelled Russia
Report
Israel 2–1 Albania
 Report
Attendance: 29,200[28]
Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)
Albania 1–1 Iceland
 Report
Russia Cancelled Israel
Report

Group 3

Pos Team
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Bosnia and Herzegovina Finland Montenegro Romania
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina (P) 6 3 2 1 8 8 0 11 Promotion to League A — 3–2 1–0 1–0
2  Finland 6 2 2 2 8 6 +2 8 1–1 — 2–0 1–1
3  Montenegro 6 2 1 3 6 6 0 7[a] 1–1 0–2 — 2–0
4  Romania (R) 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7[a] Relegation to League C 4–1 1–0 0–3 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head points: Montenegro 6, Romania 0.
Finland 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report
Attendance: 20,181[30]
Referee: Nicholas Walsh (Scotland)
Montenegro 2–0 Romania
 Report
Attendance: 3,998[31]
Finland 2–0 Montenegro
 Report
Attendance: 17,009[32]
Referee: Allard Lindhout (Netherlands)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 Romania
Report
Montenegro 1–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Report
Attendance: 6,555[34]
Romania 1–0 Finland
 Report
Bosnia and Herzegovina 3–2 Finland
 Report
Romania 0–3 Montenegro
Report
Attendance: 11,657[37]
Referee: João Pinheiro (Portugal)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 1–0 Montenegro
 Report
Finland 1–1 Romania
 Report
Montenegro 0–2 Finland
Report
Romania 4–1 Bosnia and Herzegovina
 Report

Group 4

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation Serbia Norway Slovenia Sweden
1  Serbia (P) 6 4 1 1 13 5 +8 13 Promotion to League A — 0–1 4–1 4–1
2  Norway 6 3 1 2 7 7 0 10 0–2 — 0–0 3–2
3  Slovenia 6 1 3 2 6 10 −4 6 2–2 2–1 — 0–2
4  Sweden (R) 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4 Relegation to League C 0–1 1–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Serbia 0–1 Norway
Report
Slovenia 0–2 Sweden
Report
Serbia 4–1 Slovenia
Report
  • Stojanović 30'
Sweden 1–2 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 42,320[45]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)
Norway 0–0 Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 18,134[46]
Referee: Fábio Veríssimo (Portugal)
Sweden 0–1 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 24,123[47]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Norway 3–2 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 24,273[48]
Referee: Harm Osmers (Germany)
Slovenia 2–2 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 13,782[49]
Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Slovenia 2–1 Norway
 Report
Attendance: 14,824[50]
Referee: Lawrence Visser (Belgium)
Serbia 4–1 Sweden
 Report
Norway 0–2 Serbia
Report
Attendance: 24,364[52]
Sweden 1–1 Slovenia
Report
Attendance: 22,895[53]

Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Overall ranking

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][54][55]

  • The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase
  • The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase.
  • The teams finishing fourth in Groups 1, 3, and 4 were ranked 29th to 31st according to the results of the league phase.
  • Russia, disqualifed from the competition and automatically ranked fourth in their group, was ranked 32nd. Because the members of group 2 played two fewer matches as a result, teams finishing first, second, and third in groups 1, 3, and 4 had their match results vs. the fourth place team in their groups discarded for the ranking.
Rnk Grp Team
  • v
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  • e
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
17 B2  Israel 4 2 2 0 8 6 +2 8
18 B3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 2 2 0 6 4 +2 8
19 B4  Serbia 4 2 1 1 8 4 +4 7
20 B1  Scotland 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 7
21 B3  Finland 4 2 1 1 7 4 +3 7
22 B1  Ukraine 4 1 2 1 2 4 −2 5
23 B2  Iceland 4 0 4 0 6 6 0 4
24 B4  Norway 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 4
25 B4  Slovenia 4 1 2 1 5 7 −2 5
26 B1  Republic of Ireland 4 1 1 2 5 4 +1 4
27 B2  Albania 4 0 2 2 4 6 −2 2
28 B3  Montenegro 4 0 1 3 1 6 −5 1
29 B3  Romania 6 2 1 3 6 8 −2 7
30 B4  Sweden 6 1 1 4 7 11 −4 4
31 B1  Armenia 6 1 0 5 4 17 −13 3
32 B2  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Ranking criteria

Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs

The four best teams in League B according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage were set to compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.[56] As the Path A play-offs had a vacant spot, the next-best ranked un-qualified team in League B, Iceland, qualified for the play-offs as well.

League B
Rank Team
17 GW  Israel
18 GW  Bosnia and Herzegovina
19 GW  Serbia
20 GW  Scotland
21  Finland
22  Ukraine
23  Iceland
24  Norway
25  Slovenia
26  Republic of Ireland
27  Albania
28  Montenegro
29  Romania
30  Sweden
31  Armenia
32  Russia ‡

Key

  • GW Group winner from Nations League B
  •   Team qualified directly to final tournament
  •   Team in bold advanced to play-offs
  •  ‡  Banned from qualifying competition

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine were required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.[13]
  2. ^ The Bosnia and Herzegovina v Romania match, originally scheduled to kick-off at 20:45, was delayed to 21:05 due to adverse weather conditions.

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