Today, the draw for the playoff round of the qualifying Champions League will take place, which will also determine the opponent for Kyiv’s Dynamo in case the "white-blues" advance to this stage of the tournament. The draw ceremony will start at 13:00 Kyiv time.
Since the draw for the Champions League qualifying playoff round will take place before the matches of the 3rd qualifying round, according to the regulations, the highest club coefficients in the pairs of the 3rd qualifying round will be used when forming the pots of the “seeded” and “unseeded” teams.
Pots for the draw of the Champions League qualifying playoff round (Champions Path)
Seeded:
“Bodø/Glimt” (Norway) — 49.000 (UEFA club coefficient)
“Malmö” (Sweden) / “Copenhagen” (Denmark) — 44.875
“Lech” (Poland) / “Crvena Zvezda” (Serbia) — 44.000
“Ludogorets” (Bulgaria) / “Ferencváros” (Hungary) — 39.000
“Celtic” (Scotland) — 38.000.
Unseeded:
“Kairat” (Kazakhstan) / “Slovan” (Slovakia) — 33.500
“Basel” (Switzerland) — 33.000
“Škendija” (North Macedonia) / “Karabakh” (Azerbaijan) — 32.000
“DYNAMO” (Kyiv, Ukraine) / “Paphos” (Cyprus) — 23.500
“Sturm” (Austria) — 23.000.
The winners of this stage will earn spots in the main stage of the Champions League, while the losers will continue competing in the main stage of the Europa League.
Additionally, the first matches of the Champions League qualifying playoff round will take place on August 19 and 20, while the return matches will occur on August 26 and 27.
