European nations await to know their path at the next UEFA Nations League, which has been expanded to a 54-team tournament in different leagues – League A, B, C and D.
The draw for the newly-expanded Nations League will take place in Paris on Thursday evening. Here the PA news agency takes a closer look at what to expect at the Nations League draw.
How will the draw work?
The 54 competing UEFA nations will be paired into four-team groups – with four groups in Leagues A to C and two groups in League D.
Scotland are in with Europe’s big guns in League A. England, Wales and the Republic of Ireland are in League B and Northern Ireland occupy League C.
So could any of those five nations be drawn together?
In the group phase, the only possible head to head is England or Wales facing the Republic of Ireland in League B. England and Wales are in Pot 1 so cannot be drawn against each other, while the Irish are in Pot 3.
There is then the potential for some of the sides to come together in the competition’s new-look latter stages – see below.
The group stage will consist of teams playing each other home and away during the September, October and November international breaks this year.