The final round of the UEFA Nations League group stage took place on Wednesday, which saw Italy and Belgium win their respective groups and consequently progress to the UEFA Nations League finals, set to take place in 2021. There, they will join Spain and France, who already secured their spots in the finals due to winning their groups on Matchday 5.
Italy won group A1 by defeating Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-0, thus fending off close competition from the Netherlands, who finished the group stages just one point behind the Azzurri. As for Belgium, their 4-2 thumping of Denmark saw them put five points between themselves and the second-placed Danes, while England finished in third place due to an inferior goal difference.
At the foot of A1 remains Bosnia and Herzegovina, who will be relegated to League B of the competition after only managing to rack up two points throughout the group stage. While group A2 saw a hotly-contested race being fought by Belgium, Denmark, and England, Iceland could not put up a fight against the giants, ultimately ending the competition on zero points. They will also be playing League B football during their next campaign.
The sides promoted to league A next season include group B1 winners Austria, B2 winners Czech Republic, B3 winners Hungary, and B4 winners Wales, who will be looking to emulate their squad that made it to the semi finals of Euro 2016.
