[4][5] Spain won the final against Croatia, 5–4 on penalties following a 0–0 draw after extra time, for their first UEFA Nations League title.

The host country was selected among the four qualified teams by the UEFA Executive Committee, with the winners of the final crowned as the Nations League champions.

If the score remained level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was used to decide the winner.

The Euro 2024 qualifying group stage took place from March to November 2023, deciding 20 of the 23 teams that advanced to the final tournament to join hosts Germany.

The three play-off path winners joined the 20 teams that already qualified for the final tournament via the group stage.

[2] Due to the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar that took place at the end of the year, the league phase was played in June and September 2022.

[12][13] The fixture list for groups A4 and B1 were amended due to the postponement of Path A of UEFA qualifying for the World Cup.

[16] The draw for the league phase took place at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland, on 16 December 2021, 18:00 CET.

[17][18] The draw, originally planned to take place in Montreux, was held behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

[19][20] As the league phase would be played in June and September 2022, no winter venue restrictions were applied in the draw.

Due to restrictions of excessive travel, Kazakhstan could be paired with only one of Andorra, Malta or Northern Ireland, Armenia, Iceland and Israel could not all be in the same group together and Gibraltar could not be paired with Azerbaijan if they also had two of Andorra, Malta, Kazakhstan or Northern Ireland.

[22] The semi-final pairings were determined by means of an open draw on 25 January 2023, 11:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

The results of each team were used to calculate the overall ranking of the competition,[2][28] which was used for seeding in the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying group stage draw.

Four teams who did not already qualify for the European Championship finals competed in the play-offs for each of those leagues, with the matches taking place in March 2024.