The Champions League qualifying draw

2004-06-25 13:46 © EuroFootball.com

Today at the headquarters of the European Football Association (UEFA), the draw for the first two qualifying rounds of the Champions League took place. The Lithuanian champion FBK "Kaunas" will face the Maltese champion "Sliema Wanderers" in the first round, and the winner of this tie will play against the Swedish team "Djurgårdens" in the second round. The first leg matches will take place on July 14th, and the second leg matches on July 21st.

Champions League first qualifying round ties:

1. "KR Reykjavik" (Iceland) - "Shelbourne FC" (Ireland)
2. (Latvia) - "Rhyl FC" (Wales)
3. "FC Flora" (Estonia) - "NK Gorica" (Slovenia)
4. "HJK Helsinki" (Finland) - "Linfield FC" (Northern Ireland)
5. "FK Pobeda" (Macedonia) - "FC Pyunik" (Armenia)
6. "FC Sheriff" (Moldova) - "AS Jeunesse Esch" (Luxembourg)
7. "FC Wit Georgia" (Georgia) - "HB Tórshavn" (Faroe Islands)
8. "Sliema Wanderers FC" (Malta) - (Lithuania)
9. "NK Siroki Brijeg" (Bosnia and Herzegovina) - "PFC Neftchi" (Azerbaijan)
10. "FC Gomel" (Belarus) - "KF Tirana" (Albania)

Champions League second qualifying round ties:

• Winner of tie 5 - (Ukraine)
• "APOEL FC" (Cyprus) - "AC Sparta Praha" (Czech Republic)
• "Rosenborg BK" (Norway) - Winner of tie 6
• "BSC Young Boys" (Switzerland) - (Serbia and Montenegro)
• Winner of tie 3 - "FC København" (Denmark)
• Winner of tie 9 - (Russia)
• "MŠK Žilina" (Slovakia) - "FC Dinamo Bucuresti" (Romania)
• Winner of tie 4 - "Maccabi Tel-Aviv" (Israel)
• Winner of tie 2 - "Trabzonspor" (Turkey)
• (Belgium) - (Bulgaria)
• Winner of tie 10 - "Ferencvárosi TC" (Hungary)
• "HNK Hajduk Split" (Croatia) - Winner of tie 1
• (Sweden) - Winner of tie 8
• Winner of tie 7 - "Wisla Kraków" (Poland)