After the return matches of the 3rd qualifying round of the Europa League took place last Wednesday, not only all the participants in the next stage of the tournament were determined, but also the playoff pairs of the qualifying round (recall that the draw for this stage of the tournament took place last week).
In particular, the rival of Dnipro-1 in the playoff round was the Cypriot AEK, which in the third qualification coped with the Belgrade Partizan (2:1, 2:2).
Europa League play-off qualifying round
DNEPR-1 (Dnepr, Ukraine) — AEK (Larnaca, Cyprus)
"Ghent" (Belgium) - "Omonia" (Nicosia, Cyprus)
"Austria" (Vienna, Austria) - Fenerbahce (Istanbul, Turkey)
"Malmo" (Sweden) - "Sivasspor" (Sivas, Turkey)
Ferencvaros (Budapest, Hungary) - Shamrock Rovers (Ireland)
"Zurich" (Switzerland) — "Harts" (Edinburgh, Scotland)
"Apollo" (Limassol, Cyprus) — Olympiacos (Piraeus, Greece)
HIK (Helsinki, Finland) - "Silkeborg" (Denmark)
Pyunik (Yerevan, Armenia) — "Sheriff" (Tiraspol, Moldova)
"Ludogorets" (Razgrad, Bulgaria) - "Zalgiris" (Vilnius, Lithuania)
The first matches of the third qualifying round will be held on August 18 on the fields of the teams indicated first (Dnepr-1 will host AEK in the Slovak city of Kosice), the return matches will take place on August 25. The winners on the sum of two meetings will advance to the group stage of the Europa League, the losers will continue to fight in the group stage of the Conference League.
