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After the intriguing draws of the Champions League in Nyon and the draws for the second strongest European tournament, the UEFA Cup, the 8 teams dropped from the Champions League will join the successful 16 teams that have passed the group stage in the round of 16, and the winners of these matches will advance to the quarterfinals.
The defending champions of "CSKA" Moscow, the only club to ever win the cup, have withdrawn from the tournament, leaving the team from Gelsenkirchen "Schalke", who were quite unlucky with the draw - they will face Barcelona's "Espanyol" in the round of 16.
The Belgian champions "Brugge", who withdrew from the Champions League, have also been given a tough task, playing against the Italian team "Roma". The winner of this match will play against the winner of another intriguing match - either "Stuttgart" or "Middlesbrough".
One of the favorites in the UEFA Cup, "Hamburger", will play against this season's European surprise team "Thun" from Switzerland, while the other Swiss team "Basel" will play against "Marseille". "Bolton" will face the 2004 finalist "Marseille", R. Pokes St. Petersburg's "Zenit" will face Trondheim's "Rosenborg", Sevilla's clubs "Betis" and "Sevilla" will play against Alkmaar "AZ" and Moscow's "Lokomotiv" respectively, and Donetsk's "Shakhtar" will face the challenge from "Lille" from Ukraine.
All round of 16 matchups:
1. Lovech's "Litex" (Bulgaria) - "Strasbourg" (France) 2. "Stuttgart" (Germany) - "Middlesbrough" (England) 3. Prague's "Slavia" (Czech Republic) - "Palermo" (Italy) 4. "Heerenveen" (Netherlands) - Bucharest's "Steaua" (Romania) 5. Moscow's "Lokomotiv" (Russia) - "Sevilla" (Spain) 6. "Bolton" (England) - "Marseille" (France) 7. Berlin's "Hertha" (Germany) - Bucharest's "Rapid" (Romania) 8. "Basel" (Switzerland) - "Monaco" (France) 9. "Udinese" (Italy) - "Lens" (France) 10. Trondheim's "Rosenborg" (Norway) - St. Petersburg's "Zenit" (Russia) 11. "Brugge" (Belgium) - "Roma" (Italy) 12. Gelsenkirchen's "Schalke" (Germany) - "Espanyol" (Spain) 13. "Lille" (France) - Donetsk's "Shakhtar" (Ukraine) 14. "Thun" (Switzerland) - "Hamburger" (Germany) 15. Seville's "Betis" (Spain) - Alkmaar's "AZ" (Netherlands) 16. Bratislava's "Artmedia" (Slovakia) - Sofia's "Levski" (Bulgaria)
Quarterfinal matchups:
1. Winner of match 7 - Winner of match 14 2. Winner of match 8 - Winner of match 1 3. Winner of match 2 - Winner of match 11 4. Winner of match 4 - Winner of match 15 5. Winner of match 3 - Winner of match 12 6. Winner of match 6 - Winner of match 10 7. Winner of match 9 - Winner of match 16 8. Winner of match 13 - Winner of match 5
