"Draw of the UEFA Champions League Knockout Stage Matches" © EuroFootball.com

On Friday, the Champions League knockout draw was made, dividing 20 teams into ten pairs, whose winners will advance to the main tournament stage.

Teams will face each other on August 17-18, and for the second time on August 24-25.

A challenging task awaits the Genoa's "Sampdoria" team, still owned by the Lithuanian Marius Stankevičius. The Italians will have to face Bremen's "Werder" from Germany.

London's "Tottenham", who have never played in the Champions League, got a relatively less formidable opponent - "Young Boys" from Switzerland, while "Sevilla" will face "Braga", who eliminated Glasgow's "Celtic".

Draw results:

"Young Boys" (Switzerland) - London's "Tottenham" (England)

"Braga" (Portugal) - "Sevila" (Spain)

Bremen's "Werder" (Germany) - Genoa's "Sampdoria" (Italy)

St. Petersburg's "Zenit" (Russia) - "Auxerre" (France)

Kiev's "Dynamo" (Ukraine) - Amsterdam's "Ajax" (Netherlands)

"Salzburg" (Austria) - Tel Aviv's "Hapoel" (Israel)

"Rosenborg" (Norway) - "Kobenhavn" (Denmark)

"Basel" (Switzerland) - "Sheriff" (Moldova)

Prague's "Sparta" (Czech Republic) - "Zilina" (Slovakia)

Belgrade's "Partizan" (Serbia) - Brussels' "Anderlecht" (Belgium)