Teams

The current World Cup champions qualified from their group with relative ease, finishing 6 points clear of Ukraine, though they did stumble a little, drawing twice at home, and they may be seething from a poor European Championships by their standards, winning only one of their four games, including a draw against Hungary, and being forced into extra time against Switzerland despite leading by two goals with 15 minutes to go where they were eventually dumped out at the Round of 16 stage on penalties. Their inconsistency continued; after winning the Nations League in the summer of 2021 with a win over Spain, they went on to pick up only two points from their opening 4 Nations League matches this summer. It will be interesting to see which French side turns up this winter.