Friday, July 20, 2012

Draw For UEFA Champions League Third Qualifying Round

The draw for the third round of qualifying for the upcoming UEFA Champions League took place on Friday at Nyon, Switzerland.

The opening contests will take place on July 31 or August 1 with the return matches to be played on August 7 or 8.

The game-one hosts are listed first.

Champions Route:

Maribor-Zeljeznicar winner vs. F91 Dudelange-FC Red Bull Salzburg winner

FC BATE Borisov-FK Vardar winner vs. Skenderbeu Korce-Debreceni VSC winner

CFR Cluj (Romania) vs. Slovan Liberec-Shakhter Karagandy winner winner

RSC Anderlecht (Belgium) vs. Shamrock Rovers-Ekranas winner

Buducnost Podgorica-Slask Wroclaw winner vs. TNS-Helsingborg winner

Ulisses-FC Sheriff winner vs. Ludogorets Razgrad-Dinamo Zagreb winner

Celtic vs. HJK Helsinki-KR Reykjavik winner

Molde-Ventspils winner vs. FC Flora Tallinn-FC Basel winner

MSK Zilina-Ironi Kiryat Shmona winner vs. Neftchi Baku-Zestafoni winner

AEL Limassol-Linfield winner vs. Valletta-Partizan Belgrade winner

League Route:

Fenerbahce (Turkey) vs. FC Vaslui (Romania)

Motherwell (Scotland) vs. Panathinaikos (Greece)

FC Copenhagen (Denmark) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium)

Dynamo Kiev (Ukraine) vs. Feyenoord Rotterdam (Netherlands)

The winners would advance to the Champions League's playoff round while the losers move on to the playoff round in the Europa League.

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