• The costume parade at Oktoberfest 2023, Munich's annual beer festival in Munich, southern Germany. AFP
    The costume parade at Oktoberfest 2023, Munich's annual beer festival in Munich, southern Germany. AFP
  • An entertainer plays with a monkey on Jamaa El Fna square after the deadly earthquake in Marrakesh, Morocco. Reuters
    An entertainer plays with a monkey on Jamaa El Fna square after the deadly earthquake in Marrakesh, Morocco. Reuters
  • Mexican army soldiers march during the annual military parade at Zocalo in Mexico City, Mexico. Getty Images
    Mexican army soldiers march during the annual military parade at Zocalo in Mexico City, Mexico. Getty Images
  • Competitors run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 2023 Sydney Marathon in Australia. Getty Images
    Competitors run across the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the 2023 Sydney Marathon in Australia. Getty Images
  • UK artist Luke Jerram’s touring artwork, 'the Museum of the Moon', at the Aida camp for Palestinian refugees, Bethlehem. AFP
    UK artist Luke Jerram’s touring artwork, 'the Museum of the Moon', at the Aida camp for Palestinian refugees, Bethlehem. AFP
  • Devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity 'Ganesha' during a procession along a street in Mumbai. AFP
    Devotees carry an idol of the elephant-headed Hindu deity 'Ganesha' during a procession along a street in Mumbai. AFP
  • The Ohio State Buckeyes before the game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Reuters
    The Ohio State Buckeyes before the game against the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Ohio Stadium, Columbus, Ohio, USA. Reuters
  • South Africa's Quinton de Kock plays a shot during a cricket match against Australia at Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg. AFP
    South Africa's Quinton de Kock plays a shot during a cricket match against Australia at Wanderers stadium in Johannesburg. AFP
  • People take pictures of a dachshund during a dachshund parade festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 16, 2023. REUTERS / Anton Vaganov
    People take pictures of a dachshund during a dachshund parade festival in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 16, 2023. REUTERS / Anton Vaganov

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September 17, 2023

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Uefa Nations League: How it Works

The Uefa Nations League, introduced last year, has reached its final stage, to be played over five days in northern Portugal. The format of its closing tournament is compact, spread over two semi-finals, with the first, Portugal versus Switzerland in Porto on Wednesday evening, and the second, England against the Netherlands, in Guimaraes, on Thursday.

The winners of each semi will then meet at Porto’s Dragao stadium on Sunday, with the losing semi-finalists contesting a third-place play-off in Guimaraes earlier that day.

Qualifying for the final stage was via League A of the inaugural Nations League, in which the top 12 European countries according to Uefa's co-efficient seeding system were divided into four groups, the teams playing each other twice between September and November. Portugal, who finished above Italy and Poland, successfully bid to host the finals.

Updated: September 18, 2023, 2:20 PM
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