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The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League B was the second division of the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.
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Dates | 2 June – 27 September 2022 |
Teams | 16 |
Promoted | Bosnia and Herzegovina Israel Scotland Serbia |
Relegated | Armenia Romania Russia Sweden |
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Matches played | 42 |
Goals scored | 112 (2.67 per match) |
Attendance | 758,681 (18,064 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Erling Haaland Aleksandar Mitrović (6 goals each) |
League B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked from 17–32 in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League access list, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format in June (quadruple matchdays) and September 2022 (double matchdays).[1] The winners of each group were promoted to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group were relegated to the 2024–25 UEFA Nations League C.[2]
The following were the team changes in League B from the 2020–21 season:
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In the 2022–23 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2020–21 Nations League overall ranking.[3] The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed on 22 September 2021,[4] and were based on the access list ranking.[2]
The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.[5][6] Each group contained one team from each pot. For political reasons, Russia and Ukraine (due to the Russian military intervention in Ukraine) could not be drawn in the same group. Due to restrictions of excessive travel, Armenia, Israel and Iceland could not all be in the same group.
The fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 17 December 2021, the day following the draw.[7][8] The fixture list for Group 1 was amended due to the postponement of Path A of UEFA qualifying for the World Cup.[9]
Times are CEST (UTC+2), as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).
Armenia | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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Republic of Ireland | 0–1 | Ukraine |
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Ukraine | 1–1 | Republic of Ireland |
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Iceland | 1–1 | Albania |
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Iceland | 2–2 | Israel |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | |||||
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1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina (P) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 11 | Promotion to League A | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Finland | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–1 | ||
3 | Montenegro | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–0 | ||
4 | Romania (R) | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7[lower-alpha 1] | Relegation to League C | 4–1 | 1–0 | 0–3 | — |
Montenegro | 2–0 | Romania |
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Finland | 2–0 | Montenegro |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Romania |
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Montenegro | 1–1 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
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Romania | 0–3 | Montenegro |
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Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Montenegro |
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Montenegro | 0–2 | Finland |
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Serbia | 4–1 | Slovenia |
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Slovenia | 2–2 | Serbia |
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Norway | 0–2 | Serbia |
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There were 112 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 2.67 goals per match.
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:[2][54][55]
Rnk | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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17 | B2 | Israel | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 8 |
18 | B3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 8 |
19 | B4 | Serbia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 7 |
20 | B1 | Scotland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 7 |
21 | B3 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
22 | B1 | Ukraine | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 5 |
23 | B2 | Iceland | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 |
24 | B4 | Norway | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 4 |
25 | B4 | Slovenia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 5 |
26 | B1 | Republic of Ireland | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 |
27 | B2 | Albania | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
28 | B3 | Montenegro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
29 | B3 | Romania | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 7 |
30 | B4 | Sweden | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 |
31 | B1 | Armenia | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 3 |
32 | B2 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The four best teams in League B according to the overall ranking that did not qualify for UEFA Euro 2024 through the qualifying group stage were set to compete in the play-offs, with the winners qualifying for the final tournament.[56] As the Path A play-offs had a vacant spot, the next-best ranked unqualified team in League B, Iceland, qualified for the play-offs as well.
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