According to the new regulations of the European Football League, the number of participating teams in the-level league will increase from 12 to 16, and four teams will be formed, with four teams in each group. The top names of the four teams will enter the finals week to compete for the championship.
Xinhua News Agency, Lisbon, March 3 (Chen Baiqiao) the UEFA National League for the 2020-2021 season was drawn in groups on the 3rd. As a result, the defending champion Portugal team and France, sweden and Croatia were divided into group 3 together.
According to the new regulations of UEFA, the number of participating teams in the-level league will be increased from 12 to 16, and four teams will be formed, with four teams in each group. The top names of the four teams will enter the finals week to compete for the championship. The final ranking of the first UEFA League event was used as the basis for the division of this competition. The defending champion Portugal and Holland, England and Switzerland became a seed team. Germany, Croatia, poland and Iceland ranked in the fourth gear.
Guest Figo took the Portuguese team to the third group of France, Sweden and Croatia on that day, which was also the same group with the French team again after the European Championship in 2020. Holland, Italy, BiH and Poland were divided into one group. England, Belgium, Denmark and Iceland are in Group 2. The fourth group consists of Switzerland, Spain, Ukraine and Germany.
The group match of the second European league will be held from September to November, and the final week of the top four will be arranged in June 2021. The UEFA tournament will also produce two teams participating in the 2022 World Cup European preliminary play-off, that is, the two teams that failed the European preliminary match, the top ranking of the UEFA.