UEFA Nations League 2018

[Adnan89]

The competition, which will replace the international friendly calendar and be linked to European Championship qualification, has been voted in by member associations


The Uefa Nations League is set to launch in 2018 after being given the green light by member associations this week.

The competition, which is set to replace the large majority of the international friendly calendar for European nations, will be organised into a league format, featuring promotion and relegation.

Although the precise format of the competition is yet to be decided, Uefa's provisional plan is to divide all 54 member association teams into four groups based on coefficient ranking, with promotion to a higher group - or even a qualifying place at the European Championship - the prize for performing well.

Wolfgang Niersbach, chairman of the National Teams Competition Committee, is confident the move is the right way forward to spark interest in European international football outside of the major tournaments.

"We accept and respect that all Uefa member associations have agreed to create a new competition," he said at the Ordinary Uefa Congress in Astana. "This is a big step for national teams in Europe and we hope that fans will support the new format."

The transition into the new Nations League will begin as qualifying for Euro 2020 gets underway in the autumn of 2018.

Uefa states that the four large coefficient groups will be further split into three or four smaller pools, with each team playing four to six matches between September and November of that year.

A further competition featuring the pool winners will then take place early the following year, well before the play-off round for the Euro 2020 finals, which are planned for March 2020.

Uefa secretary general Gianni Infantino stated prior to the congress: "What has triggered this whole discussion is that we have been working to establish a new international calendar. We also wanted to bring more structure to the dates when there are friendly matches.

"There are some countries everyone wants to play against and other teams who struggle to find opponents, so we looked for something new and have come up with the Nations League."

The move is the latest significant reform adopted by Uefa president Michel Platini, following his decision to stage the Euro 2020 finals across the continent in a "romantic" celebration of the tournament's 60th anniversary.

Ovo sam na Goal (dot) com citao


Sta mislite o ovome i koliko bi nama bilo to dobro?

[Goalgetter]

Bezveze po meni. Prvo prosirenje EP-a na 24 tima, sad jos i ovo. Europsko Prvenstvo polako gubi svoju car.

[Adnan89]

i po meni isto glupo. Ovi ljudi samo prave jos gluplje ideje ali za 24 timova za euro meni je bolje, mi onda imamo bolju shansu da idemo!

[Pirke]

Eh ovako: bezze.

[DukeOfWellington]

Odlična stvar naravno, konačno reprezentativni fudbal dobiva na značaju u odnosu na klupski, iako to naravno nije ni blizu balansa kakav bi trebao biti. Više nacionalnog fudbala je deviza koju ću uvijek podržavati.

[legenda reala]

fura se Platimi na odbojku i vaterpolo

[Coraco]

Koja je razlika sad između ove Lige Nacija i Evropskog ili Svjetskog ? nešto nisam upućen

[Chinaglia]

podržavam ovo, bolje bilo kakvo takmičenje od prijateljskih tekmi

[jestamaji]

cool! sada pored evropskog prvenstva imamo (opet) kup nacija, tj ono što smo imali do sredine sedamdesetih pod istim onim imenom kako se evropsko prvenstvo tada u stvarnosti zvalo ja to vidim jako pozitivno. tako će se ta dva, ionako manje više sporedna takmičenja uzajamno dodatno devalvirati, i na kraju će ostati samo ono što je bitno, elem svjetsko! u klupskom fudbalu su već uspjeli postići isto, ukinuli kup kupova, promjenili kup uefa i na kraju ostala samo liga šampiona kao non-plus-ultra, ostalo nikog živog ne interesuje! bravo uefa

[Amar Dzeko]

Vama je nesto lose cim vidite da dolazi od Platinija

Podrzavam ideju, nece ovo biti bitno takmicenje kao SP ili EP, ali u svakom slucaju bice zanimljivije od prijateljskih utakmica koje nemaju bas nikakvog znacaja.

Kao sto kaze @Duke, reprezentativni fudbal treba vise takmicarskih utakmica.