England will play world number one team Belgium, Denmark and Iceland in League A of the 2020-2021 Nations League.
Wales will face the Republic of Ireland, Finland and Bulgaria in League B, while Northern Ireland are grouped with Austria, Norway and Romania.
Scotland, also in League B, will play the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Euro 2020 play-off opponents Israel.
The first group games take place in September this year, with the finals scheduled for the summer.
Groups in full:
| League A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Group one | Group two | Group three | Group four |
| Netherlands | England | Portugal | Switzerland |
| Italy | Belgium | France | Spain |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | Denmark | Sweden | Ukraine |
| Poland | Iceland | Croatia | Germany |
| League B | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Group one | Group two | Group three | Group four |
| Romania | Israel | Hungary | Bulgaria |
| Northern Ireland | Slovakia | Turkey | Republic of Ireland |
| Norway | Scotland | Serbia | Finland |
| Austria | Czech Republic | Russia | Wales |
| League C | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Group one | Group two | Group three | Group four |
| Azerbaijan | Armenia | Moldova | Kazakhstan |
| Luxembourg | Estonia | Slovenia | Lithuania |
| Cyprus | North Macedonia | Kosovo | Belarus |
| Montenegro | Georgia | Greece | Albania |
| League D | |
|---|---|
| Group one | Group two |
| Malta | San Marino |
| Andorra | Liechtenstein |
| Latvia | Gibraltar |
| Faroe Islands | |
England lost twice to Belgium at the 2018 World Cup in Russia, going down 1-0 in the group stage before losing 2-0 in the third-place play-off.
Iceland famously beat the Three Lions in the last 16 of Euro 2016, while Daniel Sturridge earned Roy Hodgson's side a 1-0 win in their last meeting with Denmark.
"All of the groups are quite tough and it's a really good fixture with Belgium as well - a team we haven't played as much in the last couple of years," England manager Gareth Southgate told Sky Sports.
"The best way to improve is to play the best teams. We got very proficient in the European qualifiers at beating teams who defended deep, and managed to score a lot of goals. But you are only developing one part of your game in those tests.
"These matches will be a greater test of our all-round game."
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