Friday, July 27, 2012

UEFA Champions League Matchups (Third Qualifying Round)

Here are the match-ups for the third qualifying round for the UEFA Champions League with the opening contests to take place either on Tuesday or Wednesday (indicated by an asterisk) of next week and the return matches set for August 7 or 8 (indicated by two askerisks).

The game-one hosts are listed first

CHAMPIONS ROUTE:

NK Maribor (Slovenia) vs. F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg)

FC BATE Borisov (Belarus) vs. Debrecen (Hungary)

CFR Cluj (Romania) vs. Slovan Liberec (Czech Republic)

Slask Wroclaw (Poland) vs. Helsingborg (Sweden)

FC Sheriff (Moldova) vs. Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia)

Celtic (Scotland) vs. HJK Helsinki (Finland)

Molde (Norway) vs. FC Basel (Switzerland)

Ironi Kiryat Shmona (Israel) vs. Neftchi Baku (Azerbaijan)

AEL Limassol (Cyprus) vs. Partizan Belgrade (Serbia)

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 will advance to the playoff round and will be joined by Sporting Braga (Portugal), Spartak Moscow (Russia), Udinese (Italy), LOSC Lille Metropole (France), Malaga (Spain), and Borussia Monchengladbach (Germany) for the right to advance to the group stage (for which Chelsea, by winning this past May's Champions League final, have automatically qualified).  The losers from the Champions League's third qualifying round will participate in the Europa League's playoff round.

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