UEFA Champions League: Draw For Third Qualifying Round

At Nyon, Switzerland:


The draw for the third qualifying round for next season's UEFA Champions League took place on Friday.  The teams hosting the first game of their respective two-game total-goals series are listed first.


Champions Path:


Liepajas Metalurgs-Sparta Prague Winner vs. Inter Baku-Lech Poznan Winner


FC Aktobe-Olimpi Rustavi Winner vs. Hapoel Tel Aviv-FK Zeljeznicar Sarajevo Winner


FC Sheriff-Dinamo Tirana Winner vs. Dinamo Zagreb-FC Koper Winner


PFC Litex Lovech-FK Rudar Pljevlja Winner vs. Birkirkira FC-MSK Zilina Winner


FC Levadia Tallin-Debrecen VSC Winner vs. FC Basel (Switzerland)


AIK-Jeunesse Esch Winner vs. Linfield FC-Rosenborg BK Winner


Partizan Belgrade-Pyunik FC Winner vs. Ekranas-HJK Helsinki Winner


FC BATE Borisov-FH Hafnarfjordur Winner vs. FC Copenhagen (Denmark)


Bohemian FC-The New Saints Winner vs. RSC Anderlecht (Belgium)


Omonia-Renova Winner vs. Red Bull Salzburg-HB Torshavn Winner


Non-Champions Path:


Ajax Amsterdam (Netherlands) vs. PAOK FC (Greece)


Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) vs. KAA Gent (Belgium)


BSC Young Boys (Switzerland) vs. Fenerbahce (Turkey)


Sporting Braga (Portugal) vs. Celtic (Scotland)


Unirea Urziceni (Romania) vs. Zenit Saint Petersburg (Russia)


The matches in the third qualifying round will take place with the opening contests on July 27 and 28 with the return contests on August 3 and 4.  The winners will advance to the playoff round for the right to qualify for the group stage while the losers will move on to the Europa League's playoff round.