UEFA Nations League: Second instalment of competition to begin in September
International football will make a return in the autumn and will feature triple-headers to accommodate the European Championship qualifiers, Uefa has confirmed.
The second instalment of the Nations League will get underway in September.
The inaugural tournament was won by Portugal, who beat Netherlands 1-0 in Porto to lift the trophy.
A statement from Uefa read: “The national football team windows of October and November 2020 will now feature triple-headers instead of double-headers, thus allowing the postponed European Qualifiers Play-Offs to be rescheduled at the beginning of the respective windows, on 8 October and 12 November.”
Wales were drawn into Group B4 alongside Finland, Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria.
Ryan Giggs’ side will start their campaign with a trip to Helsinki to take on Finland on 3 September, before hosting Bulgaria in Cardiff three days later.
After this, however, dates for Wales’ four remaining fixtures are yet to be finalised.
The Football Association of Wales (Faw) have said the revised dates are 10/11 & 13/14 October, and 14/15 & 17/18 November.
Should the order of fixtures remain the same, it will see Wales being on the road for consecutive away matches against Republic of Ireland and Bulgaria, before hosting back-to-back home matches against the Irish and Finns to end the group.
The window also includes space for two friendly matches, which are scheduled to take place on 7/8 October and 11/12 November.
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