Romania’s national football team, which has qualified for the 2024 European Championship, will learn its opponents from the League of Nations on Thursday. The group draw will begin at 19:00 in Paris.

Romania’s national football teamPhoto: Martin Silva Cosentino/NurPhoto/Shutterstock Editorial/Profimedia

League of Nations draw – League C line-up

In this edition of the Nations League (2024/25), Romania will play in League C, being the first national team in the first ballot.

According to FRF, the coach of the Romanian national team, Edward Iordenescu, will not be able to attend the event. He is still recovering from a seasonal illness. The second coach Ionel Gane will represent the Romanian national team at the draw.

Urn 1: ROMANIA, Sweden, Armenia, Luxembourg

Urn 2: Azerbaijan, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands

Urn 3: North Macedonia, Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Cyprus

Urn 4: Belarus, Lithuania/Gibraltar*, Estonia, Latvia.

League of Nations, group schedule

Stage 1: September 5-7, 2024

Stage 2: September 8-10, 2024

Stage 3: October 10-12, 2024

Stage 4: October 13-15, 2024

Stage 5: November 14-16, 2024

Stage 6: November 17-19, 2024

The final stages are scheduled for March 2025.

What you need to know about the League of Nations 2024/2025 edition

  • The draw will start with League D and end with League A. There is only one restriction in League C, Azerbaijan and Armenia cannot be placed in the same group.
  • Teams are drawn from the urns in order. More precisely, in each group, one team will be drawn from each urn, starting from the first to the fourth. The position in the group will be the same as the bin from which it is taken.
  • *Two teams (Lithuania and Gibraltar) will play a play-off match in March to determine which team will qualify for League C. The loser will qualify for League D.
  • The UEFA Nations League 2024/25 will also be taken into account to determine the final European teams to qualify for the 2026 World Cup. The 4 best ranked teams in the Nations League, excluding the top two teams in the groups in the previous tournament, will participate in the group matches of the World Cup along with all 12 second-placed teams.
  • Thus, there will be four play-offs, each with 4 teams competing on a semi-final-final basis, as well as the last 4 European teams participating in the World Cup from the United States of America, Mexico and Canada. will be determined.