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The first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League took place on Tuesday, but a day later, followed by a second round in which 20 teams (four entries automatically and 16 first pairs) were split into two. two groups of ten. On the other hand, in each group, five teams (pairs) were expelled, but five were not placed.
Before the draw, it was known that the winners of the pairs "Riga" and "Dundalk" would be among the teams discovered, so that "København" (Denmark), "BATE Borisov" (Belarus) / Piast Gliwice (Poland) , Astana could be attacked Kazakhstan) / CFR Cluj (Romania), Ferencváros (Hungary) / Ludogorets (Bulgaria), Partizani (Albania) / Qarabağ (Azerbaijan).
"Riga" against the Irish champions on July 10th and 17th at Skonto stadium. For the lucky ones, the second qualifying matches will be 23/24. and 30/31 in July.
This year, Partizani won the Albanian championship for the first time since 1993, but lost its first three years in Eurocos in the last three years, as well as seven of the last eight. Meanwhile, "Qarabağ" is the Azerbaijani champion of the last six years, a member of the European League group tournament for five years, but not having left him.
The teams that lose the UEFA Champions League in the first qualifying round will continue in the second round of the UEFA European League, but the second round of the Champions League will pbad in the third round of the European League. In turn, a team that loses the Champions League in the third qualifying round will qualify for the "play-off" round of the European league, which is only one round of the tournament per group.
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