Women's Nations League: Who has qualified for the finals? And who has failed to make it?

Lucy Bronze scored England's sixth goal against Scotland - but it was not quite enough to reach the Nations League finals

England failed to reach the Women's Nations League finals or keep Team GB's Olympic hopes alive after a remarkable end to the group stage of the inaugural tournament.

The Lionesses appeared to be winning Group A1 with a 6-0 thumping of Scotland on Tuesday evening - only to fall short after the Netherlands defeated Belgium 4-0.

Wales and Scotland were both relegated to League B with a game to spare.

Meanwhile, the Republic of Ireland secured promotion to League A with six wins from six, while Northern Ireland must win a relegation play-off to avoid falling into League C, the bottom tier.

The Netherlands, France, Germany and Spain will contest the Nations League finals in February.

BBC Sport gives you the lowdown on how promotion, relegation and qualification to the finals turned out.

How does the Women's Nations League work?

The 2023-24 competition consists of two leagues of 16 teams and a third of 19.

League A - the top division - and League B are split into four groups of four, while League C is made up of four groups of four and one of three.

The winners of each group in League A advance to next year's finals tournament, where the two finalists will qualify for Paris 2024.

If France, who have already qualified as hosts, are in the final, the winner of the third-placed play-off will reach the Olympics.

The winners of each group in Leagues B and C will be automatically promoted into the division above, with the fourth-placed finishers in Leagues A and B - and the worst-ranked third-placed side in League B - going straight down.

The second-placed sides in League B will meet the third-placed sides in League A in a two-legged promotion and relegation play-off for a spot in the top tier.

The three best-ranked runners-up in League C will also face the remaining three third-placed sides from the second tier in a play-off for a spot in League B.

League A

Team GB will not be at next summer's Olympics after nominated nation England failed to reach the Nations League finals.

Sarina Wiegman's side finished second in Group A1 despite beating Scotland 6-0, after the Netherlands won 4-0 on the same evening against Belgium.

England and the Netherlands had a matched head-to-head record, and the Lionesses would have topped the group if their victory over Scotland was by three goals more than the Dutch win over Belgium. This was the case at full-time at Hampden Park - but a last-gasp goal in Tilburg took the Netherlands through instead.

Scotland were relegated after drawing with Belgium on Friday.

France reached the Nations League finals after they beat Austria on 1 December, and ended their campaign with a last-minute win over Portugal.

That result condemns the Portuguese to League B, while Norway enter the relegation play-off after losing to Austria in their final match.

Wales were relegated after losing 2-1 to Iceland on Friday. Iceland are in the relegation play-offs.

Germany only needed to match Denmark's result on Tuesday when they travelled to Wales to advance to the finals due to their superior head-to-head record. The Germans were held by the Welsh - but remain in Olympic contention after the Danes suffered a shock 1-0 home defeat by Iceland.

World champions Spain qualified for the finals despite losing to Italy on 1 December. That is because Sweden, the only side who could overtake them, lost to Switzerland on the same evening.

Sweden drop into the relegation play-offs after a 5-3 loss to the Spanish, having been 3-1 ahead. Switzerland are relegated.

League B

In Group B1, Republic of Ireland secured promotion to League A with two matches to spare after beating Albania in October, and finish this campaign as the only second-tier side with a 100% record.

Northern Ireland's heavy defeat by Eileen Gleeson's Republic on Tuesday, combined with Hungary's 6-0 win over already-relegated Albania, means they drop into the relegation play-offs.

Finland are promoted to League A with Romania relegated to Group C.

Croatia moved into second and the promotion play-off spot by beating the Romanians in the final game, meaning that Slovakia must contest a relegation play-off despite ruining Finland's 100% record with a 1-1 draw.

Poland beat bottom-ranked Greece in the final round of games to seal promotion, while Ukraine defeated Serbia to avoid automatic relegation by the skin of their teeth.

The Ukrainians avoid being the third-place side with the worst record in League B by goal difference, thanks to their 1-0 win away to the Serbians.

The Czech Republic took control of a previously tight group in the final two matches, beating Bosnia-Herzegovina and Slovenia - two sides which could also have taken top spot - in their final Group B4 games.

A 4-0 victory over Slovenia sealed promotion for the Czechs and consigned the Slovenes to relegation, alongside bottom nation Belarus, as the third-place side in League B with the worst record. Bosnia enter the promotion play-offs.

League C

Malta beat Latvia 2-1 on the final matchday to seal automatic promotion to League B. The consolation for the Latvians is a place in the promotion play-offs against a third-place finisher in League B.

Turkey are promoted automatically into League B with a perfect record. Lithuania finish second but miss out on a play-off spot.

Azerbaijan secured automatic promotion with a match to spare. Cyprus and Montenegro faced each other in the final round of games for second place, with the Montenegrins winning 2-0 to earn a play-off place.

Israel beat Estonia 4-1 in the final round of matches to seal top spot and automatic promotion. It also means Estonia miss out on the promotion play-offs, having collected six of their 10 points from games against bottom side Armenia which are not counted in the rankings of second-placed sides.

And in Group C5, Kosovo have secured automatic promotion and Bulgaria have a promotion play-off spot.

How do the finals in the Nations League work?

A draw will decide the semi-final ties between the group winners from League A, as well as the home team in each of the matches.

The matches, which will take place between 21 and 28 February 2024, will be played as single-leg games, with two semi-finals, a third-place play-off and a final.