The2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League B was the second division of the2023–24 edition of theUEFA Women's Nations League, the inaugural season of the internationalfootball competition involving the women's national teams of the member associations ofUEFA. The results were used to determine the leagues for theUEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying competition.
League B consisted of 16 UEFA members ranked 17th to 32nd among competition entrants in theUEFA women's national team coefficient ranking. Teams were split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-awayround-robin format with double matchdays in September, October and November to December 2023.[1] The competition also acted as the first phase of the preliminary competition forUEFA Women's Euro 2025, which uses an identical league structure. The group winners were promoted to League A, while the fourth-placed team from each group, as well as the lowest-ranked third-placed team, were relegated to League C, taking effect inUEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying. In addition, the group runners-up of League B advanced to thepromotion play-offs against the third-placed teams of League A. The winners of these home-and-away ties entered League A for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers entered League B. Meanwhile, the three best-ranked third-placed teams in League B advanced to therelegation play-offs against the three best-ranked League C runners-up. The winners of these home-and-away ties entered League B for UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying, while the losers entered League C.[2]
The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters inNyon, Switzerland in May 2023, 13:00CEST.[4] Each group contained one team from each pot. The draw started with Pot 1 and ended with Pot 4, with drawn teams assigned to the first available group in ascending order from B1 to B4. Due to theBelarusian involvement in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Belarus and Ukraine could not be drawn in the same group.[5]
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