The Nations League, just like in every season, is bound to move into the stage where teams vie for promotion and battle against relegation, besides an eventual spot in the final.
As 54 teams are spread across four leagues – Leagues A, B and C have 16 teams with four groups of four each, while League D has the remaining six teams divided into two groups of three teams each. The allocation of the teams is done on the basis of their ranking of the previous edition and that may also play a role in the tie-breakers if required.
All teams play home and away games in the round-robin format to determine their standing in their respective groups in each of the leagues, with teams from Leagues A, B and C playing six games each here, except for League D where teams will play four games in the group stage.
Among all four leagues, only League A throws an opportunity to land a trophy.
If two or more teams in a group are locked on equal points at the end of their group phase games, the following tie-breaking criteria will be decide who moves forward: