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Background |
The very first Nations League Finals was awarded to Portugal on 3 December 2018.
Portugal was officially selected as the
host country by the UEFA Executive Committee during their meeting in
Dublin. Only League A teams could bid for the right to host the Final
tournament, and only one of the four countries could be selected. Ideally,
the Finals are to be held in two stadiums, each holding a minimum of
30,000, and located in the same city, or no more than 93 miles apart.
On 9 March 2013, only three countries expressed interest. Italy,
Poland and Portugal, all from Group A3. Poland were relegated on 14
October, and then on 17 November, Portugal won the group and therefore won
the right to host.
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The Draw |
The final draw for the 2019
Nations League Finals was held at Shelbourne Hotel in Dublin on 3 December 2018,
hosted by Darragh Maloney, and drawn by Gary Massett and Robbie
Keane.
Portugal, Netherlands, Switzerland and then England
were all drawn out of Pot 1. Leading teams first, followed by the
opposition, thus the Swiss were placed with the hosts, and England
against the Dutch.
The second pot consisted of designating
the home and away teams. Semi-Final 1 was drawn first, thus making
Portugal or Switzerland the home side in the Final.
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Semi
Finals |
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5 June 2019 -
7.45pm
WEST |
Portugal 3 Switzerland 1
[1-0]
Estádio do Dragão,
Porto
(42,415) |
Cristiano Ronaldo (3)
Rodríguez |
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6 June 2019 -
7.45pm
WEST |
Netherlands 3 England
1
[0-1]
AET [1-1]
Estádio Dom Afonso
Henriques, Guimarães
(25,711) |
de Ligt,
Walker OG, Promes
Rashford (pen) |
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Third Place
Play-off |
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9 June 2019 -
2.00pm
WEST |
Switzerland 0
England 0
[0-0]
AET
[0-0]
&
Penalties [5-6]
Estádio Dom Afonso
Henriques, Guimarães
(15,742) |
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Penalty Shoot-out:-
Harry Maguire 0-1, Steven Zuber 1-1, Ross
Barkley 1-2, Granit Xhaka 2-2, Jaden
Sancho 2-3, Manuel Akanji 3-3,
Raheem Sterling 3-4, Kevin Mbabu
4-4, Jordan Pickford 4-5, Fabian Schär
5-5, Eric Dier 5-6, Josip Drmić saved. |
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The
2019 Final |
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9 June 2019 -
7.45pm
WEST |
Portugal 1 Netherlands 0
[0-0]
Estádio do Dragão,
Porto
(43,199) |
Guedes |
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