UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying round draws
Monday, May 1, 2017
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The first qualifying round draw begins the road to the 2017/18 final.
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12:00CET, 19 June, Nyon
First qualifying round draw (matches 27/28 June & 4/5 July)
Draw procedure: The teams were separated into two pots according to their coefficient, with the highest-ranked sides seeded. Balls containing these seeded sides were placed in one bowl, with balls for the unseeded clubs positioned in another. A ball was taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn play its first match at home, against the second one drawn.
Second qualifying round draw (matches 11/12 & 18/19 July)
Draw procedure: The teams were separated into two pots according to their coefficient, with the highest-ranked sides seeded. Balls containing the seeded sides from one such sub-group were placed in one bowl, with balls for the unseeded clubs in the same group positioned in another. A ball was taken from each bowl and put into a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn play its first match at home, against the second one drawn.
- First qualifying round draw
Víkingur (FRO) v Trepça '89 (KOS)
Hibernians (MLT) v FCI Tallinn (EST)
Alashkert (ARM) v FC Santa Coloma (AND)
The New Saints (WAL) v Europa (GIB)
Linfield (NIR) v La Fiorita (SMR)
- Second qualifying round
Group 1
APOEL (CYP) v Dudelange (LUX)
Žalgiris (LTU) v Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL)
Qarabağ (AZE) v Samtredia (GEO)
Partizan (SRB) v Budućnost Podgorica (MNE)
Hibernians (MLT) v Salzburg (AUT)
Group 2
Sheriff (MDA) v Kukës (ALB)
Astana (KAZ) v Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA)
BATE Borisov (BLR) v Alashkert (ARM)
Žilina (SVK) v København (DEN)
Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR) v Budapest Honvéd (HUN)
Rijeka (CRO) v The New Saints (WAL)
Group 3
Malmö (SWE) v Vardar (MKD)
Zrinjski (BIH) v Maribor (SVN)
Dundalk (IRL) v Rosenborg (NOR)
FH (ISL) v Víkingur (FRO)
Linfield (NIR) or La Fiorita (SMR) v Celtic (SCO)
IFK Mariehamn (FIN) v Legia Warszawa (POL)
The list of clubs is provisional and subject to final confirmation from UEFA.