It turned out okay in an empty Kuip and the Orange can now work towards the World Cup in Qatar, which starts in just over a year. What will happen until then? VoetbalPrimeur outlines the follow-up trajectory for the Dutch national team, with the final tournament and the new Nations League cycle on the way.
Norway home was the last job of 2021 for the Dutch national team. Before the turn of the year, only the draw for the next edition of the Nations League is on the program: this is scheduled for Thursday 16 December. The Orange squad will play in Division A for the third time in a row and will in any case avoid Denmark, Portugal and Germany, the other numbers two in the Division A groups of the previous Nations League edition.
The pot layout for the Nations League 2022/2023 Division A
Pot 1: France, Spain, Italy, Belgium
Pot 2: Portugal, THE NETHERLANDS, Denmark, Germany
Pot 3: England, Poland, Switzerland, Croatia
Pot 4: Wales, Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary
The group stage of the Nations League will be completed before the World Cup: no fewer than four rounds in June 2022 – when no final tournament is played after all – and the last two in September. If the Orange finishes at the top of its group, it may advance to the Final Four in June 2023. As in previous years, this Nations League edition offers a safety net for the qualifying series in the run-up to the European Championship of 2024, which will start in March 2023: if the Orange does not reach that tournament directly, it can still be done with good performances in the Nations League. take an escape route.
But let’s look at the slightly shorter term first. The next international match period is scheduled for the end of January: then, for example, the World Cup qualifiers in South America will continue, but no matches will be organized under the UEFA flag. As a result, Orange will only be back in action in the last two weeks of March 2022.
The Orange squad then does not play the play-offs for World Cup qualification and can therefore look for opponents for practice matches. There is no room for that in the subsequent international match in June, because four Nations League rounds will then be played. Also in September 2022, Nations League football is on the agenda, after that the first autumn World Cup in football history awaits. In October 2022, the preliminary stage for the European Championship of 2024 will also be announced. Orange does not have to be bored in the last 369 days before the World Cup!
Relevant date
16 december 2021: loting Nations League 2022/2023
Last week of January 2022: international match without Orange
Last two weeks of March 2022: Dutch practice internationals
June 2-14, 2022: Rounds 1 to 4 Nations League 2022/2023
September 22-27, 2022: Matchday 1 to 6 Nations League 2022/2023
October 9, 2022: European Championship 2024 qualifying draw
November 21 – December 18, 2022: 2022 World Cup
March 23-25, 2023: start qualifying European Championship 2024
June 14-15, 2023: Nations League 2022/2023 semi-finals
18 juni 2023: finale Nations League 2022/2023
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