Malta was drawn in League D2 with San Marino, the loser of the League C play-out between Cyprus and Estonia as the draw of the league phase of the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League was held in Nyon on Thursday.
The teams in League D1 are Liechtenstein, the loser of Kazakhstan vs Moldova, Latvia and Andorra.
The 55 UEFA member associations are participating in the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League and were divided into the four leagues based on the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League Access List. The Access List has been compiled based on the teams’ results in the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League, including promotion and relegation between the leagues and pending the results of the UNL 2020/21 finals and the relegation play-outs.
Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup which will be played between November 21 and December 18, the first four match days will be played in June. Matchdays 1 and 2 are scheduled for 2–8 June and Matchdays 3 and 4 for 8–14 June. Matchdays 5 and 6 are scheduled for 22–27 September.
The format for UEFA EURO 2024 qualifying is not yet confirmed, including any details of how teams might earn play-off spots via the 2022/23 UEFA Nations League. The UEFA EURO 2024 competition regulations are expected to be approved and published by June 2022.
In the first edition of the UEFA Nations League, in 2018, Malta placed at the bottom of League D3, collecting three points in three draws in a group which included Kosovo, Azerbaijan and the Faroe Islands.
On the other hand, in the second edition, which was held in 2020, Malta finished second in League D1 on 9 points, three behind group winners Faroe Islands and two ahead of Latvia with Andorra finishing at the bottom of the group with two points.
