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Notes from the organizer: Welcome to Apterous’ newest League based tournament - The Nations League. All games in the Nations League will be in the 5-rounder format (LNLNC) - all games will have no effect on ratings or Pro Ranks. Players will have a month to play games in each cycle prior to the 'Play-offs'

Upon signing-up you are required to pick a nation to represent. Select your nation from the 'Flags' tab of the following spreadsheet - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ewYX5wGdf6xaiKF_O3rtNZG5SzQOeqcLIy82v7jcfHk/edit?gid=101923317#gid=101923317 and then leave a comment in the comments section of this page. Nations that are highlighted have already been selected.

The way the Nations League works will be quite similar to the UEFA Nations League. Here is a description of how the UEFA Nations League works for people that are not familiar with it:
1) The 54 national teams of UEFA are divided into 4-leagues - League A, B and C each featuring 16 teams and League D featuring 6-teams.

2) In Leagues A, B and C, teams are divided into 4-groups of 4-teams. In League D, teams are divided into 2-groups of 3-teams.

3) In Leagues A, B and C, each team plays 6-games within their group (each other team twice). In League D, each team plays 4-games within their group.

4) In League A, the winners and runners-up of each group advance to the ‘Finals’ to find out who the overall champion is. The finals consist of a Quarter Final, Semi Final and Final.

5) In League B, C and D, the group winners are promoted to a higher league. In League A and B, the teams that finish bottom of each group are relegated to a lower league.

6) Since League C has 4-groups and League D has 2-groups, the two lowest ranked League C teams (bottom of the group) are automatically relegated.

7) 3rd placed teams of League A face runners-up of League, 3rd placed teams of League B face runners-up of League C and the two best ranked 4th-placed teams of League C face the runners-up of League D over two legged ties. These matches decide what leagues these teams play in for the next cycle.

Anybody is welcome to join in. The structure used for the tournament will be dependent on the number of players that sign-up but i'll try and replicate the real life structure as much as possible. To start with players will be divided into leagues based on their pro-ranks in the week beginning 19th October. New players will be able to join 'The Nations League' before the start of a new cycle. Any new players that do join in will be assigned to a league based on what their pro rank is but will never be assigned to League A. Anybody that leaves 'The Nations League' at any point and comes back during a future cycle will be placed back into the league they were in when they left.

If anybody has any questions then please feel free to ask.

Runs from: 30 September – 25 October 2026. Format: 5 Rounder. Matches: One-off. Level scores: Drawn. Unrated: no effect on ratings or Pro Ranks. Approved.

Matches: 0. Completed: 0.