2023 UEFA Nations League Finals
The 2023 UEFA Nations League Finals will be the final tournament of the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. The tournament will be held from 14 to 18 June 2023, 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 final to determine the champions of the UEFA Nations League. France are the defending champions, having  won the 2021 finals. Format. The Nations League Finals will take place in June 2023 and will be contested by the four group winners of League A. The four teams will each drawn into a five-team group (rather than a six-team group) for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage, thereby leaving the June 2023 window available for the Nations League Finals. The Nations League Finals will take place over five days and be played in single-leg knockout matches, consisting of two semi-finals on 14 and 15 June (the first of which features the host team ), and a third place play-off and final three days after the second semi-final on 18 June 2023. The semi-final pairings will be determined by means of an open draw. All matches in the tournament will utilise the goal-line technology and video assistant referee (VAR) systems. In the Nations League Finals, if the scores are level at the end of normal time: Qualified teams. The four group winners of League A will qualify for the Nations League Finals. Host selection. The host will be selected from among the four finalists. UEFA requires the tournament to be played  at two Category 4 stadiums, each with at least 30,000 net seating capacity. Ideally, the stadiums should be located in the same host city or up to approximately apart. UEFA envisions the larger of the stadiums to host the first semi-final (featuring the host team) and the final. The bidding timeline is as follows: On 13 April 2022, UEFA announced that Belgium, the Netherlands, Poland and Wales had declared interest in hosting the tournament. As all four associations form Group A4, the group winner is in line to be appointed as the host, provided that the associations submit bids  which meet UEFA's requirements. Draw. The semi-finals pairings will be determined by means of an open draw following the completion of the league phase. For scheduling purposes, the host team was allocated to the first semi-final as the administrative home team. The administrative home team for both the third place play-off and final were predetermined as the teams which advanced from semi-final 1. Squads. Each national team has to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom have to 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. Bracket. Semi-finals. Semi-final 1. Semi-final 2. Third place play-off. Final.