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The final was only played earlier this month but already tomorrow UEFA will conduct the draws for the opening two rounds of qualifying (with the preliminary round draw already occurring a starting in late June). As usual, the draw will be separated in the "Champions Path" and "League Path" with 4 champions earning a spot in the CL and 2 league path winners making it as well
PRELIMINARY ROUND (June 25 & June 28)
Feronikeli (KOS) vs. Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)
Tre Penne (SME) vs. Santa Coloma (AND)
Final: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2
*This round is all single elimination with the winner going into the next round. To avoid travel concerns, all three matches will be played in Pristina, Kosovo. It's essentially a mini-tournament for one spot in the qualifying rounds.
FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND (July 9/10 & July 16/17)
The draw is tomorrow (June 18) and UEFA have already determined the groupings
Group 1
SEEDED: Astana (KAZ), Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL), Red Star Belgrade (SRB), Shkendija (MKD), AIK (SWE)
UNSEEDED: Suduva (LTU), CFR Cluj (ROU), Ferencvaros (HUN), Nomme Kalju (EST), Ararat (ARM)
Group 2
SEEDED: Celtic (SCO), Qarabag (AZE), Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA), F91 Dudelange (LUX), Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
UNSEEDED: Valletta (MLT), FK Sarajevo (BIH), Sutjeska Niksic (MNE), Partizani Tirana (ALB), Saburtalo Tbilisi (GEO)
Group 3
SEEDED: BATE Borisov (BLR), Maribor (SVN), Rosenborg (NOR), HJK Helsinki (FIN), Dundalk (IRL), The New Saints (WAL)
UNSEEDED: Piast Gliwice (POL), Valur (ISL), Linfield (NIR), HB Torshavn (FAR), Riga (LVA), *winners of preliminary round
SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND (July 23/34 & July 30/31)
The draw will be done tomorrow but groupings probably won't be made until after the conclusion of the first round. This is also where the league path teams start.
Teams entering this round...
CHAMPIONS: Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), FC Copenhagen (DEN), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), APOEL Nicosia (CYP)
LEAGUE PATH: FC Basel (SUI), Viktoria Plzen (CZE), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Olympiakos (GRE)
In the later stages here are the other clubs who will enter
THIRD ROUND (champions): Ajax (NED), PAOK (GRE)
THIRD ROUND (league path): Krasnodar (RUS), FC Porto (POR), Dynamo Kiev (UKR), Club Brugge (BEL), Istanbul Basaksehir (TUR), LASK Linz (AUT)
PLAYOFF ROUND (champions): Young Boys (SUI), Slavia Prague (CZE)
PRELIMINARY ROUND (June 25 & June 28)
Feronikeli (KOS) vs. Lincoln Red Imps (GIB)
Tre Penne (SME) vs. Santa Coloma (AND)
Final: Winner Match 1 vs. Winner Match 2
*This round is all single elimination with the winner going into the next round. To avoid travel concerns, all three matches will be played in Pristina, Kosovo. It's essentially a mini-tournament for one spot in the qualifying rounds.
FIRST QUALIFYING ROUND (July 9/10 & July 16/17)
The draw is tomorrow (June 18) and UEFA have already determined the groupings
Group 1
SEEDED: Astana (KAZ), Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL), Red Star Belgrade (SRB), Shkendija (MKD), AIK (SWE)
UNSEEDED: Suduva (LTU), CFR Cluj (ROU), Ferencvaros (HUN), Nomme Kalju (EST), Ararat (ARM)
Group 2
SEEDED: Celtic (SCO), Qarabag (AZE), Sheriff Tiraspol (MDA), F91 Dudelange (LUX), Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
UNSEEDED: Valletta (MLT), FK Sarajevo (BIH), Sutjeska Niksic (MNE), Partizani Tirana (ALB), Saburtalo Tbilisi (GEO)
Group 3
SEEDED: BATE Borisov (BLR), Maribor (SVN), Rosenborg (NOR), HJK Helsinki (FIN), Dundalk (IRL), The New Saints (WAL)
UNSEEDED: Piast Gliwice (POL), Valur (ISL), Linfield (NIR), HB Torshavn (FAR), Riga (LVA), *winners of preliminary round
SECOND QUALIFYING ROUND (July 23/34 & July 30/31)
The draw will be done tomorrow but groupings probably won't be made until after the conclusion of the first round. This is also where the league path teams start.
Teams entering this round...
CHAMPIONS: Dinamo Zagreb (CRO), FC Copenhagen (DEN), Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR), APOEL Nicosia (CYP)
LEAGUE PATH: FC Basel (SUI), Viktoria Plzen (CZE), PSV Eindhoven (NED), Olympiakos (GRE)
In the later stages here are the other clubs who will enter
THIRD ROUND (champions): Ajax (NED), PAOK (GRE)
THIRD ROUND (league path): Krasnodar (RUS), FC Porto (POR), Dynamo Kiev (UKR), Club Brugge (BEL), Istanbul Basaksehir (TUR), LASK Linz (AUT)
PLAYOFF ROUND (champions): Young Boys (SUI), Slavia Prague (CZE)