The four League A group winners and the four League A group runners-up participate in the quarter-finals.
The quarter-final pairings are referred to as quarter-final 1, quarter-final 2, quarter-final 3 and quarter-final 4 and are determined by means of a draw in accordance with the following principles:
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League A group winners are seeded and are each drawn against a runner-up from a different group.
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Additional draw conditions may be applied, subject to approval by the UEFA Executive Committee.
The quarter-finals are played under the knockout system with two-legged ties (home and away matches). The runners-up of each group in League A play the first leg at home. The team that scores the greater aggregate of goals in the two matches qualifies for the semi-finals. Otherwise, the provisions of Article 18 apply.
The semi-finals, third-place match and the final are played in single-leg knockout matches at a venue designated by the UEFA Executive Committee.
The semi-final pairings are drawn between the quarter-final winners. Draw conditions may be applied, subject to approval by the UEFA Executive Committee.
For scheduling purposes, if a host association team is participating in the semi-finals, its semi-final match is declared semi-final 1 and the host association is considered to be the home team of that match.
The winners of the two semi-finals contest the final and the two teams defeated in the semi-finals contest the third-place match. The winner of semi-final 1 is considered the home team of the final, and the defeated team of semi-final 1 is considered the home team of the third-place match.
The winner of the final is declared the UEFA Nations League winner.