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Football: Iceland relegated in UEFA Nations League

Bosnia and Herzegovina close to replacing Iceland in League A

16.10.2018 - Update : 16.10.2018
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By Fatih Erel

ISTANBUL

Iceland was relegated to League B in the UEFA Nations League after defeated by Switzerland in its capital Reykjavik.

At home on late Monday, Iceland was vanquished by Switzerland 1-2 in League A and dropped to League B with zero point in the first three matches in the group.

Bosnia and Herzegovina also beat Northern Ireland 2-0 in a UEFA Nations League group match.

In League B, Bosnia and Herzegovina lead Austria by 6 points at top of Group 3.

The loss ended Northern Ireland's hopes for being promoted to League A, while Bosnia and Herzegovina is close to being promoted to League A.

In an away match, England beat Spain 3-2 and had their first victory in the league.

Other results of the week are as follows:

League A

Group 2: Iceland-Switzerland: 1-2

Group 4: Spain-England: 2-3

League B

Group 3: Bosnia and Herzegovina-Northern Ireland: 2-0

League C

Group 2: Finland-Greece: 2-0

Estonia-Hungary: 3-3


League D

Group 2: Luxembourg-San Marino: 3-0

Belarus-Moldova: 0-0

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