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" Wales to play Portugal in Nations League "

Thu Feb 12, 2026 3:30 pm

WALES TO PLAY IN UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE PORTUGAL, DENMARK AND NORWAY IN UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE





The draw for the UEFA Nations League took place on Thursday.

Wales are in League A, where there are four groups of four teams with each team playing each other home and away. The four group winners and four runners-up will qualify for the Nations League Finals.

The four teams that finish bottom will be relegated to League B, while the four third placed teams will enter a play-off with a runner-up from League B to decide what league they will play in for the next campaign.

All other groups contain four groups of four teams, apart from League D which will have two groups of three teams. Some places in Leagues C and D are still to be confirmed, they will be decided depending on the results of the play-offs in March.

The full draw is below.

The tournament gets underway in September.

UEFA NATIONS LEAGUE DRAW IN FULL

League A

Group 1

France
Italy
Belgium
Turkey

Group 2

Germany
Netherlands
Serbia
Greece

Group 3

Spain
Croatia
England
Czechia

Group 4

Portugal
Denmark
Norway
Wales

League B

Group 1

Scotland
Switzerland
Slovenia
North Macedonia

Group 2

Hungary
Ukraine
Georgia
Northern Ireland

Group 3

Israel
Austria
Ireland
Kosovo

Group 4

Poland
Bosnia
Romania
Sweden

League C

Group 1

Albania
Finland
Belarus
San Marino

Group 2

Montenegro
Armenia
Cyprus
Latvia or Gibraltar

Group 3

Kazakhstan
Slovakia
Faroe Islands
Moldova

Group 4

Iceland
Bulgaria
Estonia
Luxembourg or Malta

League D

Group 1

Gibraltar or Latvia
Malta or Luxembourg
Andorra

Group 2

Lithuania
Azerbaijan
Liechtenstein

Re: " Wales to play Portugal in Nations League "

Thu Feb 12, 2026 5:57 pm

Wales will play Portugal, Denmark and Norway in the UEFA Nations League.

Matches will be played both home and away.

It begins in September.

Re: " Wales to play Portugal in Nations League "

Thu Feb 12, 2026 6:36 pm

A tough but interesting draw; but aren’t they all?

Good to play Portugal (rather than Belgium) from a footballing point of view and those attending may get to see Christianity Ronaldo on his (latest) farewell tour! :laughing6: :ayatollah:

Re: " Wales to play Portugal in Nations League "

Thu Feb 12, 2026 11:57 pm

Tough Group .

Re: " Wales to play Portugal in Nations League "

Fri Feb 13, 2026 9:24 am

Good allocation for those away games and for people who want to get on the ladder for Wales away games. Last time went to Copenhagen was 1987, we lost 1-0 and Rush and Hughes were up front for Wales!

A great group for Ireland too and trips to Tel Aviv, Pristina and Vienna

Re: " Wales to play Portugal in Nations League "

Fri Feb 13, 2026 9:36 am

Very hard group. We’ll finish bottom of that one for sure