The nine matches played tonight closed the group stage of a Nations League which provided emotions, confirmations and many surprises. We will return to the field in March for the quarter-finals of League A and the many playoffs/playouts. Here are all the verdicts after the last day, which decreed the promotion of the Czech Republic and Wales to League A and the relegation of Albania to League C:
League A
First classified and qualified for the quarter-finals as seeds: Portugal, France, Germany and Spain.
Runners-up and qualified for the quarter-finals as unseeded: Croatia, Italy, Holland and Denmark.
Third place and in the playout against the runners-up of League B: Scotland, Belgium, Hungary and Serbia.
Fourth place and relegated to League B: Poland, Israel, Bosnia and Switzerland.
League B
First classified and promoted to League A: Czech Republic, England, Norway and Wales.
Runners-up and in the playoffs against the third-placed teams in League A: Ukraine, Greece, Austria and Türkiye.
Third place and in the playout against the runners-up of League C: Georgia, Ireland, Slovenia and Iceland
Fourth place and relegated to League C: Albania, Finland, Kazakhstan and Montenegro
League C
First classified and promoted to League B: Sweden, Romania, Northern Ireland and North Macedonia
Second-placed and in the playoffs against the third-placed teams in League B: Slovakia, Kosovo, Bulgaria and Armenia.
Best fourth-placed teams and in playouts against League D runners-up: Latvia and Luxembourg
Worst fourth-placed and relegated to League D: Azerbaijan and Lithuania
League D
First classified and promoted to League C: San Marino and Moldova
Second place and in the playoffs against the two best quarters of the League C groups: Gibraltar and Malta