"Understandably, ever since December's gala draw for the summer's finals in North America, every Scotland fan has been consumed with thoughts of facing Haiti, Morocco and Brazil. The prospect of partying at the finals for the first time since 1998 has given long-suffering supporters plenty to savour and there's been no need to look beyond, nor anything definite to anticipate."
"Since being introduced in 2018 in an attempt to add more structure to the international calendar and phase out meaningless friendlies, the competition has followed a familiar format. National teams are split into four tiers based on promotion and relegation from the last edition, theoretically putting sides of the same level together. Each of these tiers are split into groups of four and there's promotion and relegation through the divisions."
The Nations League draw in Belgium will confirm Scotland's opponents for matches in the second half of 2027. Scottish supporters have focused on World Cup finals opponents Haiti, Morocco and Brazil after qualification — the first appearance since 1998. The Nations League was introduced in 2018 to add structure to the international calendar and reduce meaningless friendlies. National teams are divided into four tiers with promotion and relegation and tier groups of four, and the best League A teams advance to a knockout finals tournament. Scotland played in League A in 2024, finished third behind Portugal and Croatia, lost a play-off to Greece and were relegated to League B, though World Cup qualification later avenged that defeat.
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