The inaugural Women's Nations League will be held the following year.

The new league will start in the fall of 2023 in preparation for the Women's European Championship in 2025, according to Uefa, the governing body of European football.

In order to replace international friendlies with more competitive matches, the men's Nations League was launched in 2018.

Aleksander Ceferin, president of Uefa, said that it was time to advance women's national team football after a historic Women's Euros.

Every match will matter in the open, competitive, and continuous system that we have created, which is a real representation of the European sports paradigm.

"I am certain that this format will benefit all European national organizations and maintain the hope of making it to a significant international competition."

According to rating, nations will be divided into leagues of three or four teams for the Women's Nations League. There will be promotion and relegation between three divisions, and the top four finishers will compete in the finals.

The tournament will serve as a springboard for teams to qualify for the 2025 European Championship and the 2027 World Cup. A team's starting league place in the qualifications will be based on their Nations League ranking.

The European qualifications, which commence in the spring of 2024, will decide a team's starting league position in the next Nations League season as well as qualifying for the European Championships.

The Nations League finals will also decide which three European teams advance to the Olympics every four years.

The two Nations League champions, or the third-place team if France advances to the final, will join the 2024 Olympic hosts France in the competition.