The Ireland Women's National Team will discover their path in the first ever UEFA Women's Nations League when the Draw is made on Tuesday, May 2.

Vera Pauw's team are the top-seeded team in League B with six games to be played in the latter part of 2023.

The Draw will be live streamed on UEFA.com from 12:00 on Tuesday with 51 participating teams divided into three leagues on the basis of their positions in the UEFA women's national team coefficient rankings issued after the conclusion of the group stage of the UEFA European Qualifying Competition for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup.

GROUP STAGE
The teams in each league are seeded into four pots according to the UEFA women's national team coefficient rankings. Each group contains one team from each pot.

Pot 1: Republic of Ireland, Poland, Czechia, Finland
Pot 2: Serbia, Slovenia, Northern Ireland, Romania
Pot 3: Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Slovakia, Hungary
Pot 4: Greece, Croatia, Belarus, Albania

Based on UEFA Executive Committee decisions valid at the time of the draw, Ukraine and Belarus cannot be drawn in the same group.

HOW DO THE GROUPS WORK?
All matches in the league stage are played according to a league system, with each team playing one home match and one away match against each of the other teams in their group. Three points are awarded for a win, one for a draw and none for a defeat.

WHO PLAYS IN THE UEFA WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE FINALS?
The four League A group winners qualify for the knockout finals.

WHO IS PROMOTED OR RELEGATED OR GOES INTO PLAY-OFFS?
The four group winners are promoted to League A.

The four second-placed teams play against the third-placed teams in League A. The winner of each match play in League A; the defeated teams will play in League B.

The three best third-placed teams play off against the three best-ranked second-placed teams of League C. The winners play in League B for the European Qualifiers phase; the defeated teams will play in League C.

The lowest ranked third-placed team and the four fourth-placed teams are relegated to League C.

HOW DO THE UEFA WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE FINALS WORK?
They will played as single-leg games, with two semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final. A draw will determine the semi-final ties and the home team in each of the matches.

The final winners are declared the UEFA Nations League winners.

WHO QUALIFIES FROM THE UEFA WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE FOR THE 2023 OLYMPIC GAMES?
The two finalists qualify for the 2024 Women's Olympic Football Tournament, alongside hosts France.

If France are among the finalists, the third-placed team fills the remaining slot in the Olympic Games. If an association that has not been confirmed by FIFA as eligible to participate in the Women's Olympic Football Tournament qualifies, the next best-placed team that has not qualified takes their place.

2023/24 UEFA WOMEN'S NATIONS LEAGUE CALENDAR

League stage
Draw: 12:00 (13:00 CET), 2 May 2023
Matchdays 1–2: 20–26 September 2023
Matchdays 3–4: 25–31 October 2023
Matchdays 5–6: 29 November–5 December 2023

Finals
Between 21 and 28 February 2024

Promotion/relegation matches
Between 21 and 28 February 2024