2019 UEFA Nations League Final
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The 2019 UEFA Nations League Final was a
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match that determined the winners of the final tournament of the 2018–19 UEFA Nations League. It was the inaugural final of the international
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competition involving the men's national teams of the member associations of
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. The match was held on 9 June 2019 at the Estádio do Dragão in
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, Portugal, and was contested by hosts
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and the
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
. Portugal won the final 1–0 to become the first champions of the UEFA Nations League.


Venue

The final was played at the Estádio do Dragão in
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Portugal's second largest city. The stadium is home to
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.


Background

Ahead of the inaugural final, hosts
Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of th ...
held a World Ranking of 7, while opponents the
Netherlands ) , anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau") , image_map = , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands , established_title = Before independence , established_date = Spanish Netherl ...
were ranked sixteenth. En route to the Nations League final, the Netherlands beat
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—who had won their world title approximately four months prior to their match. Portugal and the Netherlands beat
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and
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respectively in their
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.


Route to the final

''Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).''


Pre-match


Officials

On 7 June 2019, UEFA announced the appointment of Spaniard Alberto Undiano Mallenco as
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for the final, in what would be his final match as a professional referee. He was joined by compatriots Roberto Alonso Fernández and Juan Yuste Jiménez as assistant referees,
Antonio Mateu Lahoz Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz (; born 12 March 1977) is a Spanish association football referee who has refereed La Liga matches since 2008. He is also an international referee with experience at the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers, 2018 FIFA Wo ...
as the fourth official, and Raúl Cabañero Martínez as the reserve official.
Alejandro Hernández Hernández Alejandro José Hernández Hernández (born 10 November 1982) is a Spanish professional football referee. He has been a full international for FIFA FIFA (; stands for ''Fédération Internationale de Football Association'' (French), mean ...
served as the video assistant referee and Juan Martínez Munuera as the assistant video assistant referee.


Match


Details

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if necessary. *
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if scores still level. *Maximum of twelve named substitutes. *Maximum of three substitutions, with a fourth allowed in extra time.


Statistics


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Uefa Nations League Final 2019
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