Monday, June 20, 2011

Champions League Draw: Tough Matchup For Linfield

The draw for the first two qualifying rounds for next season's UEFA Champions League took place on Monday in Nyon, Switzerland.

First qualifying round, with the opening contests to take place on June 28/29 and the return matches taking place on July 5/6.   The hosts for the opening games are listed first:

Tre Fiori (San Marino) vs. Valletta (Malta)

Santa Coloma (Andorra) vs. F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg)

Second qualifying round, with the opening games of the respective two-match series to take place on July 12/13 and the return matches to take place on July 19/20.  The hosts of the opening contests are listed first:

Maccabi Haifa (Israel) vs. Borac (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Mogren (Montenegro) vs. Litex Lovech (Bulgaria)

Maribor (Slovenia) vs. Santa Coloma-F91 Dudelange winner

Skenderbeu Korce (Albania) vs. APOEL (Cyprus)

Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) vs. Tobol Kostanay (Kazakhstan)

SK Sturm Graz (Austria) vs. Videoton FC (Hungary)

FC Zestafoni (Georgia) vs. FC Dacia (Moldova)

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) vs. Neftci (Azerbaijan)

Partizan Belgrade (Serbia) vs. Shkendija Tetovo (Macedonia)

Tre Fiori-Valletta winner vs. FK Ekranas (Lithuania)

Malmo FF (Sweden) vs. HB Torshavn (Faroe Islands)

Shamrock Rovers (Ireland) vs. Flora Tallinn (Estonia)

Rosenborg (Norway) vs. Breidablik (Iceland)

HJK Helsinki (Finland) vs. Bangor City (Wales)

Skonto FC (Latvia) vs. Wisla Krakow (Poland)

Linfield (Northern Ireland) vs. BATE Borisov (Belarus)

Pyunik FC (Armenia) vs. Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic)

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