League A consisted of the 16 top-ranked UEFA members in the2023–24 UEFA Women's Nations League ranking, 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 April, May to June, and July 2024.
After the league phase, the top two teams of each group qualified automatically for thefinal tournament and the bottom two teams of each group advanced to theplay-offs.
For the first play-off round the eight League A teams were seeded, and drawn against the eight best-ranked teams inLeague C. The winner of those ties will advance to the second round.[1][2]
The competition also acted as the first phase for the2025 UEFA Women's Nations League, which will use an identical league structure. The fourth-placed team from each group was relegated to League B.[1][2]
^abcdBelgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Hungary, Iceland, Norway, Serbia, and Sweden participated in theLeague A vs League B promotion/relegation matches in February 2024 to determine each team's league allocation.
The draw took place inNyon,Switzerland on 5 March 2024 at 13:00 CET.[3] 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 A1 to A4.