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The 2019 UEFA Nations League Finals will be the final tournament of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The tournament will be held by Portugal from 5 to 9 June 2019, and will be contested by the four group winners of Nations League A. The tournament will consist of two semi-finals, a third place play-off, and a final to determine the inaugural champions of the UEFA Nations League.
The Nations League Finals will take place in June 2019 and be contested by the four group winners of League A. These four teams will have been drawn into groups of five teams for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying group stage, therefore leaving the June 2019 window open in order to compete in the Nations League Finals. The competition will be played in a knockout format, consisting of the semi-finals, third place play-off, and final. The semi-final pairings, along with the administrative home teams for the third place play-off and final, are determined by means of an open draw. The draw will take place on 3 December 2018, 14:30 CET (13:30 local time) at the Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
The tournament will take place over five days, with the first semi-final (which will feature the host team) on 5 June and the second semi-final on 6 June, and the third place play-off and final on 9 June. The winners of the final will be crowned as the inaugural champions of the UEFA Nations League.
The Nations League Finals are played in single-leg knockout matches. If the scores are level at the end of normal time, 30 minutes of extra time is played, where each team is allowed to make a fourth substitution. If the scores are still level, the winner is determined by a penalty shoot-out. All matches in the tournament will utilise the goal-line technology system.
The four group winners of League A qualified for the Nations League Finals.
The host country will be officially selected from one of the bidding Nations League Finals participants by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting on 2–3 December 2018 in Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The Nations League Finals will be held in two stadiums, each with a seating capacity of at least 30,000. Ideally, the stadiums should be located in the same host city or up to approximately 150 km apart. The venues will be confirmed with the submission of the bid dossiers.
On 9 March 2018, UEFA announced that Italy, Poland and Portugal expressed interest in bidding prior to the deadline. The deadline to submit their dossiers was 31 August 2018. As all three associations form Group A3, the group winner is in line to be appointed as the host, provided that the associations submit bids which meet UEFA's requirements. Poland were eliminated from winning (and also relegated from) Group A3 on 14 October 2018, leaving Italy and Portugal as the potential hosts. Portugal won Group A3 and advanced to the Finals on 17 November 2018, confirming as the hosts, subject to formal appointment by the UEFA Executive Committee on 3 December 2018, the same day as the Finals draw.
In their bid dossier, the Portuguese Football Federation proposed Estádio do Dragão in Porto and Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães as the venues.
Each national team has to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player becomes injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he will be replaced by another player.
The prize money to be distributed was announced in October 2018. In addition to the €2.25 million solidarity fee for participating in the Nations League, the four participants will receive an additional €2.25 million for winning their groups and qualifying for the Nations League Finals.
In addition, the participants will receive payment based on performance:
This means that the maximum amount of solidarity and bonus fees for the UEFA Nations League winners is €10.5 million.