UEFA Nations League: Netherlands Advance To Finals; Norway, Macedonia Gain Promotion

Group-stage play in the UEFA Nations League continued on Monday with nine games.

LEAGUE A:

Group One:

At Gelsenkirchen, Germany:

Quincy Promes (85') and Virgil Van Dijk (90'+1) each scored a goal in the final minutes as the Netherlands erased a two-goal deficit to gain a 2-2 road draw with Germany and won a berth in next June's Nations League Finals.

Timo Werner (9') and Leroy Sane (20') each scored a goal for the hosts, who were already relegated to League B for the 2020-21 tournament.

Final Group One Standings:

1. Netherlands (GP: 4; GD: +4; PTS: 7)
2. France (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 7)
3. Germany (GP: 4; GD: -4; PTS: 2)

The Netherlands, thanks to superior head-to-head differential vis a viv France (+1 to -1), advanced to next June's Nations League Finals; Germany were relegated to League B



LEAGUE B:

Group One:

At Prague, Czech Republic:

Patrik Schick scored the only goal of the match in the 32nd minute as the Czech Republic defeated visiting Slovakia 1-0 and condemned the guests to relegation to League C.

Final Group One Standings:

1. Ukraine (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 9)
2. Czech Republic (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 6)
3. Slovakia (GP: 4; GD: 0; PTS: 3)

Ukraine won promotion to League A while Slovakia were relegated to League C for the 2020-21 tournament.

Group Four:

Denmark, already having clinched promotion to League A, and the visiting (and already-relegated to League C) Republic of Ireland battled to a 0-0 stalemate.



LEAGUE C:

Group Three:

At Sofia, Bulgria:

Miha Zajc's equalizer in the 75th minute lifted Slovenia to a 1-1 road draw with Bulgaria, helping ending the hosts' dreams of promotion to League B.

Galin Ivanov scored for the hosts in the 68th minute.

At Nicosia, Cyprus:

Ola Kamara (of the Los Angeles Galaxy) scored twice (36', 48') as Norway blanked Cyprus 2-0 on the road and won promotion to League B.

Final Group Three Standings:

1. Norway (GP: 6; GD: +5; PTS: 13)
2. Bulgaria (GP: 6; GD: +2; PTS: 11)
3. Cyprus (GP: 6; GD: -4; PTS: 5)
4. Slovenia (GP: 6; GD: -3; PTS: 3)

Norway won promotion to League B while Cyprus, who finished third, depending on results on Tuesday, may or may not be relegated to League D, which was what happened to Slovenia.


LEAGUE D:

Group One:

At Andorra la Vella, Andorra:

Andorra and visiting Latvia battled to a 0-0 deadlock.

At Tbilisi, Georgia:

Giorgi Chakvetadze scored the game winner in the 84th minute as Georgia, who had already secured promotion to League C, defeated visiting Kazakhstan 2-1.

Final Group One Standings:

1. Georgia (GP: 6; GD: +10; PTS: 16)
2. Kazakhstan (GP: 6; GD: +1; PTS: 6)
3. Latvia (GP: 6; GD: -4; PTS: 4)
4. Andorra (GP: 6; GD: -7; PTS: 4)

Georgia gained promotion to League C.



Group Four:

At Skopje, Macedonia:

Ilija Nestorovski scored twice (67', 80') as Macedonia, heading for promotion to League C, demolished visiting Gibraltar 4-0.

At Vaduz, Liechtenstein:

Sargis Adamyan (9') and Aleksandre Karapetian (85') each scored once to lift Armenia to a 2-2 road draw with Liechtenstein.

Marcel Buchel (44') and Nicolas Hasler (47') delivered the goals for the hosts.

Final Group Four Standings:

1. Macedonia (GP: 6; GD: +9; PTS: 15)
2. Armenia (GP: 6; GD: +6; PTS: 10)
3. Gibraltar (GP: 6; GD: -10; PTS: 6)
4. Liechtenstein (GP: 6; GD: -5; PTS: 4)

Macedonia won promotion to League C.