After the return matches of the 1st qualifying round of the Champions League took place yesterday and the day before, not only the pairs for the next stage were determined, but also the composition of the pots for the draw of the 3rd qualifying round of the tournament.
Since the draw for the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League will take place before the matches of the 2nd qualification, according to the regulations, the highest club coefficients from the pairs of the 2nd qualifying round are used when forming the pots of "seeded" and "unseeded".
Composition of the pots for the draw of the 3rd qualifying round of the Champions League (champions path)
Seeded:
"Copenhagen" (Denmark) / "Drita" (Kosovo) — 44.875 (UEFA club coefficient)
"Crvena Zvezda" (Serbia) / "Lincoln Red Imps" (Gibraltar) — 44.000
"Ferencváros" (Hungary) / "Noah" (Armenia) — 39.000
"Maccabi" (Tel Aviv, Israel) / "Paphos" (Cyprus) — 37.500
"Slovan" (Slovakia) / "Zrinjski" (Bosnia and Herzegovina) — 33.500
"Karabakh" (Azerbaijan) / "Shelbourne" (Ireland) — 32.000.
Unseeded:
"Ludogorets" (Bulgaria) / "Rijeka" (Croatia) — 24.000
"DYNAMO" (Kyiv, Ukraine) / "Hamrun Spartans" (Malta) — 23.500
"Steaua" (Romania) / "Shkendija" (North Macedonia) — 22.500
"Lech" (Poland) / "Breidablik" (Iceland) — 19.000
"Malmö" (Sweden) / RFS (Latvia) — 14.500
"KuPS" (Finland) / "Kairat" (Kazakhstan) — 10.000.
Additionally, on the day of the draw, UEFA will split the participants of the 3rd qualifying round into two groups of six teams (pairs) each, so the number of possible opponents for "Dynamo" will decrease from six to three.
Playoff round of the Champions League qualification (champions path)
In this round, the six winners of the 3rd qualifying round on the champions path will be joined by Norwegian "Bodø/Glimt" (49.000), Scottish "Celtic" (38.000), Swiss "Basel" (33.000), and Austrian "Sturm" (23.000).
So, if "Dynamo" reaches this stage, it will again be "unseeded" in the draw, and its possible opponents will most likely be:
"Bodø/Glimt" (Norway)
"Copenhagen" (Denmark)
"Crvena Zvezda" (Serbia)
"Ferencváros" (Hungary)
"Celtic" (Scotland).
The winners of this stage will earn tickets to the main phase of the Champions League, while the losers will continue their fight in the main phase of the Europa League.
Calendar of draws and matches for the Champions League qualification
July 21: draw of the 3rd qualifying round.
July 22/23: first matches of the 2nd qualifying round.
July 29/30: return matches of the 2nd qualifying round.
August 4: draw of the playoff round.
August 5/6: first matches of the 3rd qualifying round.
August 12: return matches of the 3rd qualifying round.
August 19/20: first matches of the playoff round.
August 26/27: return matches of the playoff round.
