The French team is already at the head of Euro 2020, but it will have an eye this Tuesday on Amsterdam for the draw for the second edition of the League of Nations, the UEFA tournament which has replaced windows since 2018 friendly matches often disappointing in their intensity.
Didier Deschamps, present in the Dutch capital, will know shortly after 6.30pm the three opponents that his Blues will find in the fall, after having challenged in the first edition Germany and the Netherlands, with a second place obtained behind the selection "Oranje".
They could also find these two same adversaries in particular, because the Germans, initially relegated to the second division, were finally kept in Ligue A. Portugal, the Netherlands, Switzerland and England, the "finalists" of the first edition are seeded, while France is in hat 2 alongside Belgium, Spain and Italy.
A 4th high-level hat
The “Nationalmannschaft” is like a scarecrow with the Croatian vice-world champions, Iceland and Poland in the 4th hat, which seems more formidable than the third, made up of Ukraine, Bosnia, Denmark and from Sweden.
After the success of the inaugural edition, won at home by Portugal by Cristiano Ronaldo in the spring of 2019, the event is repeated in an almost identical format. Fifty-five nations, still divided into four "Leagues", divisions of close level. In each League, several groups, whose teams compete in round-trip matches between September and November.
The last of each group is relegated to the lower division for the next edition, the first are promoted to the upper echelon. Except for the first division group winners: they will compete for the trophy during a final phase scheduled for June 2021.
The dates of the League of Nations
March 3, 2020: group phase draw
September 3-5, 2020: 1st day
September 6-8: 2nd day
October 8-10: 3rd day
October 11-13: 4th day
November 12-14: 5th day
November 15-17: 6th day
June 2-6, 2021: final phase
