2018–19 UEFA Nations League B

2018–19 UEFA Nations League B
Tournament details
Dates	6 September – 20 November 2018
Teams	12
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	48 (2 per match)
Attendance	549,676 (22,903 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Edin Džeko; Patrik Schick; (3 goals each)
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The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League B was the second division of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.^[1]

Format

League B consisted of 12 UEFA members ranked from 13 to 24, split into four groups of three. The winners of each group were promoted to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League A. The third-placed team of each group was initially to be relegated to the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League C,^[2] but remained in League B following UEFA's reformatting of the next edition's groups.^[3]

In addition, League B was allocated one of the four remaining UEFA Euro 2020 places. Four teams from League B which had not already qualified for the European Championship finals competed in the play-offs for each division, which were played in October and November 2020. The play-off berths were first allocated to the group winners, and if any of the group winners had already qualified for the European Championship finals, then to the next best ranked team of the division, etc. If there were fewer than four teams in League B which had not already qualified for the European Championship finals, the play-off berths would be allocated via one of two methods. If League B had a group winner selected for the play-offs, the next best team in the overall ranking from a lower league would be selected. If League B had no group winner available, the best team in the overall ranking would be selected. The play-offs consisted of two "one-off" semi-finals (best-ranked team vs. fourth best-ranked team and second best-ranked team vs. third best-ranked team, played at home of higher-ranked teams) and one "one-off" final between the two semi-final winners (venue drawn in advance between semi-final 1 and 2).^[4]^[5]

Seeding

Teams were allocated to League B according to their UEFA national team coefficients after the conclusion of the 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying group stage on 11 October 2017. Teams were split into three pots of four teams, ordered based on their UEFA national team coefficient.^[6]^[7] The seeding pots for the draw were announced on 7 December 2017.^[8]

Pot 1
Team	Coeff	Rank
Austria	29,418	13
Wales	29,269	14
Russia	29,258	15
Slovakia	28,555	16

Pot 2
Team	Coeff	Rank
Sweden	28,487	17
Ukraine	28,286	18
Republic of Ireland	28,249	19
Bosnia and Herzegovina	28,200	20

Pot 3
Team	Coeff	Rank
Northern Ireland	27,127	21
Denmark	27,052	22
Czech Republic	27,028	23
Turkey	26,538	24

The group draw took place at the SwissTech Convention Center in Lausanne, Switzerland on 24 January 2018, 12:00 CET.^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12] For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine could not be drawn into the same group (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine).^[13]

Groups

The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 24 January 2018 following the draw.^[14]^[15]

Times are CET/CEST,^{[note 1]} as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

Group 1

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Czech Republic v Ukraine

6 September 2018
21:00^{[note 2]}

Czech Republic	1–2	Ukraine
Schick 4'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024053/index.html	Konoplyanka 45+1' Zinchenko 90+3'

Městský fotbalový stadion, Uherské Hradiště
Attendance: 7,974^[16]
Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

Ukraine v Slovakia

9 September 2018
15:00 (16:00 UTC+3)

Ukraine	1–0	Slovakia
Yarmolenko 80' (pen.)	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024054/index.html

Arena Lviv, Lviv
Attendance: 121^[16]^{[note 3]}
Referee: Anastasios Sidiropoulos (Greece)

Slovakia v Czech Republic

13 October 2018
15:00

Slovakia	1–2	Czech Republic
Hamšík 62'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024052/index.html	Krmenčík 52' Schick 76'

Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 17,251^[16]
Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

Ukraine v Czech Republic

16 October 2018
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Ukraine	1–0	Czech Republic
Malinovskyi 43'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024049/index.html

Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv
Attendance: 38,100^[16]
Referee: Gediminas Mažeika (Lithuania)

Slovakia v Ukraine

16 November 2018
20:45

Slovakia	4–1	Ukraine
Rusnák 6' Kucka 26' Zreľák 52' Mak 61'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024050/index.html	Konoplyanka 47'

Štadión Antona Malatinského, Trnava
Attendance: 9,764^[16]
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)

Czech Republic v Slovakia

19 November 2018
20:45

Czech Republic	1–0	Slovakia
Schick 32'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024051/index.html

Sinobo Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 16,623^[16]
Referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Group 2

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Turkey v Russia

7 September 2018
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)

Turkey	1–2	Russia
Aziz 41'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024081/index.html	Cheryshev 13' Dzyuba 49'

Şenol Güneş Stadium, Trabzon
Attendance: 29,702^[18]
Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

Sweden v Turkey

10 September 2018
20:45

Sweden	2–3	Turkey
Kiese Thelin 35' Claesson 49'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024079/index.html	Çalhanoğlu 51' E. Akbaba 88', 90+2'

Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 21,832^[18]
Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

Russia v Sweden

11 October 2018
21:45

Russia	0–0	Sweden
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024080/index.html

Kaliningrad Stadium, Kaliningrad
Attendance: 31,698^[18]
Referee: Luca Banti (Italy)

Russia v Turkey

14 October 2018
18:00 (19:00 UTC+3)

Russia	2–0	Turkey
Neustädter 20' Cheryshev 78'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024082/index.html

Fisht Olympic Stadium, Sochi
Attendance: 38,288^[18]
Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

Turkey v Sweden

17 November 2018
18:00 (20:00 UTC+3)

Turkey	0–1	Sweden
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024083/index.html	Granqvist 71' (pen.)

Konya Büyükşehir Stadium, Konya
Attendance: 37,425^[18]
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)

Sweden v Russia

20 November 2018
20:45

Sweden	2–0	Russia
Lindelöf 41' Berg 72'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024084/index.html

Friends Arena, Solna
Attendance: 20,223^[18]
Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

Group 3

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8 September 2018
15:00 (14:00 UTC+1)

Northern Ireland	1–2	Bosnia and Herzegovina
Grigg 90+3'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024089/index.html	Duljević 36' Sarić 64'

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 16,942^[19]
Referee: Pavel Královec (Czech Republic)

Bosnia and Herzegovina v Austria

11 September 2018
20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Austria
Džeko 78'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024090/index.html

Bilino Polje Stadium, Zenica
Attendance: 9,100^[19]
Referee: Ruddy Buquet (France)

Austria v Northern Ireland

12 October 2018
20:45

Austria	1–0	Northern Ireland
Arnautović 71'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024088/index.html

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 22,300^[19]
Referee: Georgi Kabakov (Bulgaria)

15 October 2018
20:45

Bosnia and Herzegovina	2–0	Northern Ireland
Džeko 27', 73'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024085/index.html

Stadion Grbavica, Sarajevo
Attendance: 11,050^[19]
Referee: Mattias Gestranius (Finland)

Austria v Bosnia and Herzegovina

15 November 2018
20:45

Austria	0–0	Bosnia and Herzegovina
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024086/index.html

Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Vienna
Attendance: 37,200^[19]
Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

Northern Ireland v Austria

18 November 2018
18:00 (17:00 UTC±0)

Northern Ireland	1–2	Austria
C. Evans 57'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024087/index.html	Schlager 49' Lazaro 90+3'

Windsor Park, Belfast
Attendance: 17,895^[19]
Referee: Jonathan Lardot (Belgium)

Group 4

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Wales v Republic of Ireland

6 September 2018
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Wales	4–1	Republic of Ireland
Lawrence 6' Bale 18' Ramsey 37' C. Roberts 55'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024116/index.html	S. Williams 66'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 25,657^[20]
Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Denmark v Wales

9 September 2018
18:00

Denmark	2–0	Wales
Eriksen 32', 63' (pen.)	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024117/index.html

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus
Attendance: 17,506^[20]
Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

Republic of Ireland v Denmark

13 October 2018
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Denmark
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024115/index.html

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 41,220^[20]
Referee: Xavier Estrada Fernández (Spain)

Republic of Ireland v Wales

16 October 2018
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1)

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Wales
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024120/index.html	Wilson 58'

Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Attendance: 38,321^[20]
Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

Wales v Denmark

16 November 2018
20:45 (19:45 UTC±0)

Wales	1–2	Denmark
Bale 89'	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024118/index.html	N. Jørgensen 42' Braithwaite 88'

Cardiff City Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 32,354^[20]
Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

Denmark v Republic of Ireland

19 November 2018
20:45

Denmark	0–0	Republic of Ireland
	https://www.uefa.com/uefanationsleague/season=2019/matches/round=2000959/match=2024119/index.html

Aarhus Stadium, Aarhus
Attendance: 11,130^[20]
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)

Goalscorers

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Overall ranking

The 12 League B teams were ranked 13th to 24th overall in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:^[2]^[21]

The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 13th to 16th according to the results of the league phase.
The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase.

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Prize money

The prize money to be distributed was announced in March 2018.^[22] Each team in League B received a solidarity fee of €1 million. In addition, the four group winners received double this amount with a €1M bonus fee. This meant that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for a team from League B was €2M.

Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs

The four best teams in League B according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2020 through the qualifying group stage competed in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament. If there had been fewer than four teams in League B that had not qualified, the remaining slots would have been allocated to teams from another league, according to the overall ranking.

Notes

↑ CEST (UTC+2) for matchdays 1–4 (September and October 2018), CET (UTC+1) for matchdays 5–6 (November 2018).
↑ The Czech Republic v Ukraine match, originally scheduled for 20:45 CEST, was delayed to 21:00 CEST due to floodlight failure.
↑ The Ukraine v Slovakia match was played behind closed doors due to a UEFA punishment against Ukraine for the display of a banner with racist symbols in their UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying home match against Spain.^[17]

References

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External links

Official websiteTemplate:UEFA Nations League

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