UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League draws to be held on Monday

The draws for the first and second qualifying rounds of the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League will be held on Monday in Nyon.

Malta will be represented by Hibernians in the UEFA Champions League and by Balzan, Floriana and Valletta in the UEFA Europa League.

Hibernians are one of the seeded teams in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round along with The New Saints (WAL), Linfield (NIR), Víkingur (FRO) and FC Santa Coloma (AND). The Paolites’ possible opponents are therefore Alashkert (ARM), La Fiorita (SMR), Europa (GIB), FCI Tallinn (EST) and Trepça ’89 (KOS).

The draws for the 2017/18 UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying rounds will be held at 12:00CET on Monday.

The teams will be split into two pots, with the clubs with the highest coefficients seeded. Each tie will match a seeded and unseeded team with the first side drawn out at home in the opening leg. Ties played on 27/28 June and 4/5 July.

In the second qualifying round draw, the champions of the countries who enter in this round are joined by the first qualifying round winners. Before the draw, clubs are split into groups with equal numbers of seeded and unseeded teams who are drawn together. The first sides drawn out for each tie are at home in the opening leg.

The teams in the second qualifying round are: Celtic (SCO), Salzburg (AUT), København (DEN), Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL), BATE Borisov (BLR), Legia Warszawa (POL), APOEL (CYP), Maribor (SVN), Qarabağ (AZE), Malmö (SWE), Astana (KAZ), Partizan (SRB), Rijeka (CRO), Rosenborg (NOR), Sheriff (MDA), Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR), FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL), Žilina (SVK), Žalgiris (LTU), Dundalk (IRL), Vardar (MKD), Dudelange (LUX), Kukës (ALB), Zrinjski (BIH), Budućnost Podgorica (MNE), Budapest Honvéd (HUN), IFK Mariehamn (FIN), Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA), Samtredia (GEO).

Meanwhile in the UEFA Europa League, Balzan, Floriana and Valletta are three out of the hundred teams in the first qualifying round.

Valletta are seeded while Balzan and Floriana are unseeded.

The first qualifying round draw will be held at 13:00CET, followed at 14:30CET by the second qualifying round draw.

Teams ranked according to their coefficient and further split into seeding groups prior to the draw. Balzan were placed in Group 4 and are set to face Videoton (HUN), Ordabasy (KAZ), Botev Plovdiv (BUL), Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) or Slovan Bratislava (SVK).

In Group 5, Floriana will be facing one of the seeded teams, namely AEL Limassol (CYP), Crvena zvezda (SRB), Osijek (CRO), Željezničar (BIH) and Rabotnicki (MKD).

Valletta, on the other hand, are seeded in Group 6 and will face a team among Lincoln (GIB), Progrès Niederkorn (LUX), Zaria Balti (MDA), Folgore (SMR) and Sant Julià (AND).

First qualifying round matches are scheduled for June 29 and July 6.

In the second qualifying round, scheduled for July 13 and 20, the 50 winners from the first qualifying round are joined by another sixteen clubs.

Entering in first qualifying round

Group 1
Seeded
Trenčín (SVK) 6.850
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) 23.375
İnter Bakı (AZE) 6.050
Dacia Chisinau (MDA) 3.650
Shirak (ARM) 3.775

Unseeded
Shkëndija (MKD) 3.375
Gorica (SVN) 3.375
Mladost Lučani (SRB) 3.075
Tirana (ALB) 1.825
Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) 1.775

Group 2
Seeded
Lech Poznań (POL) 10.950
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) 5.550
Altach (AUT) 6.570
Levski Sofia (BUL) 4.425
Zirä (AZE) 3.550

Unseeded
Sutjeska (MNE) 3.300
Differdange (LUX) 3.475
Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO) 3.025
Atlantas (LTU) 1.825
Pelister (MKD) 1.125

Group 3
Seeded
Mladost Podgorica (MNE) 3.550
Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) 5.875
Milsami Orhei (MDA) 4.900
CSKA Sofia (BUL) 4.175
Vojvodina (SRB) 9.075

Unseeded
Irtysh Pavlodar (KAZ) 3.550
Ružomberok (SVK) 2.350
Fola Esch (LUX) 3.475
Vasas (HUN) 1.900
Gandzasar-Kapan (ARM) 1.775

Group 4
Seeded
Videoton (HUN) 8.650
Ordabasy (KAZ) 4.050
Botev Plovdiv (BUL) 4.675
Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) 4.450
Slovan Bratislava (SVK) 7.350

Unseeded
Dinamo Batumi (GEO) 1.525
Pyunik (ARM) 3.275
Partizani (ALB).075
Široki Brijeg (BIH) 3.550
BALZAN (MLT) 1.300

Group 5
Seeded
AEL Limassol (CYP) 8.210
Crvena zvezda (SRB) 7.325
Osijek (CRO) 5.550
Željezničar (BIH) 4.800
Rabotnicki (MKD) 3.875

Unseeded
Zeta (MNE) 2.550
Tre Penne (SMR) 1.566
UE Santa Coloma (AND) 1.233
FLORIANA (MLT) 1.050
St Joseph’s (GIB) 0.500

Group 6
Seeded
Skënderbeu (ALB) 6.825
VALLETTA (MLT) 4.550
FK Sarajevo (BIH) 5.300
AEK Larnaca (CYP) 6.210
Rangers (SCO) 3.785

Unseeded
Lincoln (GIB) 3.000
Progrès Niederkorn (LUX) 1.225
Zaria Balti (MDA) 2.150
Folgore (SMR) 1.066
Sant Julià (AND) 0.733

Group 7
Seeded
Haugesund (NOR) 4.165
Ventspils (LVA) 5.725
Vaduz (LIE) 4.450
Midtjylland (DEN) 16.300
Domžale (SVN) 4.125

Unseeded
Derry City (IRL) 2.315
Flora Tallinn (EST) 3.050
Bala Town (WAL) 1.525
Valur Reykjavík (ISL) 1.925
Coleraine (NIR) 0.900

Group 8
Seeded
Stjarnan (ISL) 4.175
St Johnstone (SCO) 6.535
Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) 4.625
Dinamo Minsk (BLR) 10.975
Crusaders (NIR) 3.900

Unseeded
NSÍ Runavík (FRO) 1.450
Liepāja (LVA) 2.225
VPS Vaasa (FIN) 2.030
Trakai (LTU) 1.575
Shamrock Rovers (IRL) 3.065

Group 9
Seeded
IFK Norrköping (SWE) 4.945
Odd (NOR) 5.665
HJK Helsinki (FIN) 10.530
Ferencváros (HUN) 3.900
Nõmme Kalju (EST) 4.800

Unseeded
Jelgava (LVA) 2.975
B36 Tórshavn (FRO) 2.450
Connah’s Quay Nomads (WAL) 1.275
Ballymena United (NIR) 0.900
Prishtina (KOS) 0.000

Group 10
Seeded
AIK (SWE) 9.945
Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) 7.475
KR Reykjavík (ISL) 5.175
Lyngby (DEN) 4.800
Levadia Tallinn (EST) 4.050

Unseeded
Bangor City (WAL) 1.275
Cork City (IRL) 2.565
SJK Seinäjoki (FIN) 2.780
Sūduva (LTU) 1.825
KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) 0.700