# 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B

The 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B was the second division of the 2020–21 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the second season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA.

## Format

Following a format change from the first season, League B was expanded from 12 to 16 teams. The league consisted of UEFA members ranked from 17 to 32 in the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League overall ranking, split into four groups of four. Each team played six matches within their group, using the home-and-away round-robin format on double matchdays in September, October and November 2020. The winners of each group were promoted to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A, and the fourth-placed team of each group was relegated to the 2022–23 UEFA Nations League C.

## Teams
### Team changes

The following were the team changes of League B from the 2018–19 season:
Incoming :
| Promoted from Nations League C ||
| Group winners:  Finland  Norway  Scotland  Serbia | Following format change:  Bulgaria  Hungary  Israel  Romania |
Outgoing :
* Promoted to Nations League A
* Bosnia and Herzegovina
* Denmark
* Sweden
* Ukraine
The following team changes were initially set to occur in League B, but did not after no teams were relegated due to the format change by UEFA:
Incoming :
* Initially relegated from Nations League A
* Croatia
* Germany
* Iceland
* Poland
Outgoing :
* Initially relegated to Nations League C
* Northern Ireland
* Republic of Ireland
* Slovakia
* Turkey

### Seeding

In the 2020–21 access list, UEFA ranked teams based on the 2018–19 Nations League overall ranking, with a slight modification: teams that were originally relegated in the previous season were ranked immediately below teams promoted prior to the format change. The seeding pots for the league phase were confirmed 4 December 2019, and were based on the access list ranking.
Pot 1 :
| Pot 1 Team Rank  Russia 17  Austria 18  Wales 19  Czech Republic 20 | Pot 2 Team Rank  Scotland 21  Norway 22  Serbia 23  Finland 24 | Pot 3 Team Rank  Slovakia 25  Turkey 26  Republic of Ireland 27  Northern Ireland 28 | Pot 4 Team Rank  Bulgaria 29  Israel 30  Hungary 31  Romania 32 |
The draw for the league phase took place at the Beurs van Berlage Conference Centre in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 3 March 2020, 18:00 CET. Each group contained one team from each pot.

## Groups

The original fixture list was confirmed by UEFA on 3 March 2020 following the draw. On 17 June 2020, the UEFA Executive Committee adjusted the league phase schedule for October and November 2020 to allow for the completion of the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying play-offs. Following the change, a revised schedule for the October and November 2020 fixtures was released by UEFA on 26 June 2020.
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times, if different, are in parentheses).

### Group 1

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Austria (P) | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 13 | Promotion to League A | — | 1–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 |
| 2 | Norway | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 | | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Romania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Northern Ireland (R) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | Relegation to League C | 0–1 | 1–5 | 1–1 | — |
* ↑ The Romania v Norway match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Romania after being cancelled as Norway could not travel to the match due to a positive SARS-CoV-2 test in the team.

### Group 2

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Czech Republic (P) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 | Promotion to League A | — | 1–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 10 | | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–0 |
| 3 | Israel | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | | 1–2 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Slovakia (R) | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | Relegation to League C | 1–3 | 1–0 | 2–3 | — |

### Group 3

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Hungary (P) | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 | Promotion to League A | — | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Russia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 | | 0–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Serbia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 | | 0–1 | 5–0 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Turkey (R) | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | Relegation to League C | 0–1 | 3–2 | 2–2 | — |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head points (2) and head-to-head goal difference (0). Head-to-head away goals: Serbia 2, Turkey 0.

### Group 4

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion or relegation | | | | |
| 1 | Wales (P) | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 16 | Promotion to League A | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Finland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 | | 0–1 | — | 1–0 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 0–0 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (R) | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 | Relegation to League C | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–1 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 104 goals scored in 47 matches, for an average of 2.21 goals per match.
6 goals
* Erling Haaland
5 goals
* Eran Zahavi
3 goals
* Fredrik Jensen
* Alexander Sørloth
2 goals
* Adrian Grbić
* Michael Gregoritsch
* Teemu Pukki
* Artem Dzyuba
* Anton Miranchuk
* Ryan Christie
* Lyndon Dykes
* Luka Jović
* Aleksandar Mitrović
* Nemanja Radonjić
* Kenan Karaman
* Kieffer Moore
1 goal
* Christoph Baumgartner
* Karim Onisiwo
* Marcel Sabitzer
* Louis Schaub
* Alessandro Schöpf
* Dimitar Iliev
* Bozhidar Kraev
* Vladimír Coufal
* Vladimír Darida
* Bořek Dočkal
* Michael Krmenčík
* Zdeněk Ondrášek
* Jakub Pešek
* Tomáš Souček
* Matěj Vydra
* Robin Lod
* Robert Taylor
* Zsolt Kalmár
* Norbert Könyves
* Nemanja Nikolić
* Roland Sallai
* Dávid Sigér
* Dominik Szoboszlai
* Kevin Varga
* Ilay Elmkies
* Manor Solomon
* Liam Boyce
* Josh Magennis
* Paddy McNair
* Gavin Whyte
* Mohamed Elyounoussi
* Ghayas Zahid
* Shane Duffy
* Denis Alibec
* Eric Bicfalvi
* Dragoș Grigore
* Alexandru Maxim
* George Pușcaș
* Denis Cheryshev
* Mário Fernandes
* Vyacheslav Karavayev
* Daler Kuzyayev
* Magomed Ozdoyev
* Ryan Fraser
* Sergej Milinković-Savić
* Filip Mladenović
* Dušan Vlahović
* Michal Ďuriš
* Ján Greguš
* Marek Hamšík
* Róbert Mak
* Ivan Schranz
* Hakan Çalhanoğlu
* Cenk Tosun
* Ozan Tufan
* Cengiz Ünder
* David Brooks
* Daniel James
* Jonny Williams
* Neco Williams
* Harry Wilson
1 own goal
* Joel Abu Hanna (against Czech Republic)
* Stuart Dallas (against Norway)

## Overall ranking

The 16 League B teams were ranked 17th to 32nd overall in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League according to the following rules:
* The teams finishing first in the groups were ranked 17th to 20th according to the results of the league phase.
* The teams finishing second in the groups were ranked 21st to 24th according to the results of the league phase.
* The teams finishing third in the groups were ranked 25th to 28th according to the results of the league phase.
* The teams finishing fourth in the groups were ranked 29th to 32nd according to the results of the league phase.
| Rnk | Grp | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | B4 | Wales | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 16 |
| 18 | B1 | Austria | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 13 |
| 19 | B2 | Czech Republic | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 12 |
| 20 | B3 | Hungary | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 11 |
| 21 | B4 | Finland | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 12 |
| 22 | B1 | Norway | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 10 |
| 23 | B2 | Scotland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 10 |
| 24 | B3 | Russia | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 8 |
| 25 | B2 | Israel | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | B1 | Romania | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 8 |
| 27 | B3 | Serbia | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 6 |
| 28 | B4 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 3 |
| 29 | B3 | Turkey | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 |
| 30 | B2 | Slovakia | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 |
| 31 | B4 | Bulgaria | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 2 |
| 32 | B1 | Northern Ireland | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 |