In a change from the first edition, all the ties will be played over two legs. As previously, there will be two semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final. A draw will determine the ties and the home team in each of the first legs.

The UEFA Women's Nations League is comprised of a league stage, where teams are broken into three separate leagues based on their UEFA national team coefficient ranking. The league stage comprises of League A, League B and League C.

England will commence their UEFA Women's Nations League campaign this week with group stage matches against Portugal and Spain.

Aleixandri played the full match in the heart of defence, while left-back Ouahabi was replaced after 82 minutes with Spain 2-1 down. The world champions then proved their mettle with two stoppage time goals to turn the result on its head.

European champions England could only muster a 1-1 draw with Portugal to kick off their Nations League campaign on Friday, with Kika Nazareth's late goal cancelling Alessia Russo's early strike in a disappointing opener for England.

England have been held to a 1-1 draw by Portugal in their UEFA Women’s Nations League opener in Portimão this evening.Alessia Russo gave the Lionesses a deserved first half lead but the hosts came