Tough draw for Birkirkara in UEFA Women’s Champions League

BOV Women’s League champions Birkirkara were drawn with Olimpia Cluj in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Women’s Champions League. The match will be played in Cluj on November 3 or 4.

Olimpia Cluj had reached the round of 16 in the competition and already met Birkirkara twice, defeating them 8-0 in 2012 and 6-1 in 2018.

The draw involved 40 clubs, paired into 20 single-legged ties. The winners progress to the second qualifying round, with the ten victors at that stage then joining the 22 clubs given byes to the round of 32

First qualifying round draw (3/4 November)

CSKA Moskva (RUS) vs Flora Tallinn (EST)
ŽFK Spartak (SRB) vs Agarista-ȘS Anenii Noi (MDA)
WFC-2 Kharkiv (UKR) vs Alashkert (ARM)
Valur (ISL) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Górnik Łęczna (POL) vs ŽNK Split (CRO)
Gintra Universitetas (LTU) vs Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
St. Pölten (AUT) vs Mitrovica (KOS)
Anderlecht (BEL) vs Linfield (NIR)
PAOK (GRE) vs SL Benfica (POR)
Vllaznia (ALB) vs ALG Spor (TUR)
FC Minsk (BLR) vs Rīgas FS (LVA)
Pomurje (SVN) vs Breznica Pljevlja (MNE)
Okzhetpes (KAZ) vs Lanchkhuti (GEO)
Vålerenga (NOR) vs KÍ Klaksvík (FRO)
Apollon LFC (CYP) vs Swansea City (WAL)
Ferencváros (HUN) vs Racing FC Union Luxembourg (LUX)
NSA Sofia (BUL) vs Kamenica Sasa (MKD)
Glasgow City (SCO) vs Peamount United (IRL)
Olimpia Cluj (ROU) vs Birkirkara (MLT)
SFK 2000 Sarajevo (BIH) vs Ramat Hasharon (ISR)