Nations League draw LIVE: Latest updates as home nations learn groups

The draw itself will be taking place in Paris and comes after the news that Aleksander Ceferin announced he would not be standing for a fourth term in 2027.

The draw is just five minutes away…

Spain go in as the current winners, having lifted the trophy the last time around, but they may face a difficult task this time around to defend their title.

There are also routes into the World Cup that can be forged with a successful Nations League campaign, so it is not just an entirely separate multi-tiered tournament.

The draw starts in just over 10 minutes when we will learn who England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland and Northern Ireland will have in their groups.

Matchday 1: 5-7 September 2024 Matchday 2: 8-10 September 2024 Matchday 3: 10-12 October 2024 Matchday 4: 13-15 October 2024 Matchday 5: 14-16 November 2024 Matchday 6: 17-19 November 2024

Knockout round play-off draw: November 2024 Knockout round play-offs: 20-25 March 2025 League A quarter-finals: 20-25 March 2025 Final tournament: 4-8 June 2025

The draw is less than half an hour away, and a reminder that both England and Wales were in League A last time but dropped out after finishing bottom of their respective groups.

While Scotland won their group in League B so have been promoted.

England and Wales cannot be in the same group, but one of them could face the Republic of Ireland, while Northern Ireland are in League C.

How does the tournament work?

The top two teams from each group in League A go into a two-legged quarter-final in March 2025, with the winners going into a final-four tournament in June. The winner will win the Uefa Nations League trophy.

The winners of each group in Leagues B, C and D are promoted to the higher division, and the teams who finish bottom in each group in the top two leagues are relegated.

For those finishing third in Group A, there is a play off between themselves and the League B runners up.

The third-placed teams in League B will face League C runners up in a two-legged promotion/relegation play off.

The two best fourth-placed teams in League C and the two runners up in League D also have a play off.

The four best Nations League group winners who do not qualify for the World Cup either via the play offs or the qualifying groups will also go into the play offs.

The top three leagues, A, B and C all have four groups of four teams, with one drawn from each pot into each group and the teams will play each other home and away.

League D has two groups of three teams.

There are some restrictions on who can play who, but many prohibited fixtures are impossible because of the leagues and pots.

Kazakhstan can only be drawn in a group with a maximum of one of England, Wales, Republic of Ireland or Iceland for excessive travel reasons, while Armenia and Azerbaijan cannot be drawn together in League C for political reasons.

Pot 1: Lithuania/Gibraltar, Moldova

Pot 2: Malta, Andorra, San Marino, Liechtenstein

Gibraltar and Lithuania face a play-out, effectively a relegation play-off to see who ends in Leagues C and D, in March 2024.

Pot 1: Romania, Sweden, Armenia, Luxembourg

Pot 2: Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands

Pot 3: North Macedonia, Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus

Pot 4: Belarus, Lithuania/Gibraltar, Estonia, Latvia