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League C and D: The format, teams and schedule
Unlike Leagues A and B, the two lower leagues will have more teams. League C will have 15 while League D will have 16. They will follow the similar promotion and relegation rules except for League D from which there will obviously be no relegation.
League C
By far the most complex division of the tournament. League C will have an odd 15 participants. These are the teams that were ranked 25-39 at the time of seeding. Due to the oddity in the number of participants, Group 1 was decided to have a team less than the other groups. Pot 4, as a result also had one team less in it.
These teams were then sorted into their respective groups as follows:
Group 1 - Scotland, Albania and Israel.
Group 2 - Hungary, Greece, Finland and Estonia.
Group 3 - Slovenia, Norway, Bulgaria and Cyprus.
Group 4 - Romania, Serbia, Montenegro and Lithuania.
Slovenia will host Bulgaria and Norway will host Cyprus in the opening games for the group on 6 September 2018 at 8:35 PM CET. The final day of this league will have 3 matches as Scotland take on Israel on home soil, Serbia welcome Lithuania and Montenegro hosts Romania.
The winners of each group will be promoted to League B for the 2019-20 season. But, not all the bottom placed teams will be relegated. The bottom placed teams of Groups 2, 3 and 4 will be relegated for sure. But the 3rd placed teams of all groups will be then ranked according to their statistics. The bottom placed team among all the 3rd placed teams will be relegated down to League D finally.
League D
The bottom league of the tournament drew criticism due to the decision made to allow the group winners from this stage a play-off spot in the Euro 2020 qualification. Nonetheless, there are 16 teams in this league. They were the bottom 16 European teams at the time of seeding. They were placed in 4 pots of 4 teams each. The pots are as follows.
The groups are as follows:
Group 1 - Georgia, Latvia, Kazakhstan and Andorra.
Group 2 - Belarus, Luxembourg, Moldova and San Marino.
Group 3 - Azerbaijan, Faroe Islands, Malta and Kosovo.
Group 4 - Macedonia, Armenia, Liechtenstein and Gibraltar.
Kazakhstan will host Georgia in the Astana Arena on 6 September 2018 at 4:00 PM CET to begin this league. The games end with Kosovo facing Azerbaijan and Malta hosting Faroe Islands on 20 September 2018 at 8:45 PM CET.
The winners of each group will be promoted to League C for the next season. The bottom placed teams won't be relegated as this is the lowest division in the League.
