Wednesday, June 20, 2018

UEFA Champions League: Drawing For First Two Qualifying Rounds

The drawing for the first two qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League was conducted on Tuesday at Nyon, Switzerland.

The game-one hosts are listed first.

First Qualifying Round:

Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia) vs. FC Sheriff (Moldova)

Shkendija (Macedonia) vs. The New Saints (Wales)

FK Suduva Marijampole (Lithuania) vs. APOEL FC (Cyprus)

Olimpija Ljubljana (Slovenia) vs. Qarabag (Azerbaijan)

F91 Dudelange (Luxembourg) vs. Videoton (Hungary)

Winners of Preliminary Round (FC Santa Coloma [Andorra], Drita [Kosovo], La Fiorita [San Marino], or Lincoln Red Imps [Gibraltar]) vs. Malmo FF (Sweden)

HJK Helsinki (Finland) vs. Vikingur Gota (Faroe Islands)

Ludogorets Razgrad (Bulgaria) vs. Crusaders FC (Northern Ireland)

Cork City FC (Republic of Ireland) vs. Legia Warsaw (Poland)

Valur (Iceland) vs. Rosenborg BK (Norway)

Kukesi (Albania) vs. Valletta (Malta)

Flora Tallinn (Estonia) vs. Hapoel Be'er Sheva (Israel)

Spartaks Jurmala (Latvia) vs. Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)

Alashkert (Armenia) vs. Celtic FC (Scotland)

Spartak Trnava (Slovakia) vs. Zrinjski Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Astana (Kazakhstan) vs. Sutjeska Niksic (Montenegro)

The opening games are set for July 10 and 11, with the return contests to be played on July 17 and 18.



Second Qualifying Round:

Astana-Sutjeska Niksic winner vs. FC Midtjylland (Denmark)

Ludogorets-Crusaders winner vs. F91 Dudelange-Videoton winner

Kukesi-Valletta winner vs. Olimpija Ljubljana-Qarabag winner

CFR Cluj (Romania) vs. Prelim Winner-Malmo winner

Dinamo Zagreb (Croatia) vs. Flora-Hapoel Be'er Sheva winner

Spartaks Jurmala-Red Star Belgrade winner vs. Suduva-APOEL winner

FC BATE Borisov (Belarus) vs. HJK-Vikingur Gota winner

Shkendija-TNS winner vs. Torpedo Kutaisi-FC Sheriff Winner

Cork City-Legia Warsaw winner vs. Spartak Trnava-Zrinjski Mostar winner

Alashkert-Celtic winner vs. Valur-Rosenborg winner

The opening games are set for July 24 and 25, with the return matches scheduled for July 31 and August 1.

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