The Nations Cup (also called 4 Associations' Tournament or Celtic Cup) is a biennial international association football tournament involving the national teams of Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The Nations Cup is structured as a round robin, with each team playing each of the others once, resulting in a total of six games in each season of the competition. Three of the teams involved (Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland) formerly competed in the now defunct British Home Championship, along with England.
The tournament was due to start in 2009, but was delayed until 2011 due to 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifying fixtures already being in place. Matches are played in February and May, with the location due to rotate on a tournament-by-tournament basis. The first tournament featuring the four teams began in February 2011 at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.
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