The draw for the third qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League was conducted today.
The two teams entering in this round (the champions of the 14th and 15th-ranked nations, Ajax and PAOK), are joined by the 10 winners from the second qualifying round champions path, which ties conclude on 30/31 July.
The six sides boasting the best UEFA coefficients were seeded (the second qualifying round winners take the coefficient of the seeded team from those ties).
Clubs defeated in this round, drop into the UEFA Europa League champions path play-offs.
These matches will be played August 6th & 7th and 13th.
Champions path
CFR Cluj (ROU) / Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Celtic (SCO) / Nõmme Kalju (EST)
Sutjeska (MNE) / APOEL (CYP) v Dundalk (IRL) / Qarabağ (AZE)
PAOK (GRE) v Ajax (NED)
Saburtalo (GEO) / GNK Dinamo (CRO) v Ferencváros (HUN) / Valletta (MLT)
Crvena zvezda (SRB) / HJK Helsinki (FIN) v The New Saints (WAL) / København (DEN)
Maribor (SVN) / AIK (SWE) v BATE Borisov (BLR) / Rosenborg (NOR)
League path
İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) v Viktoria Plzeň (CZE) / Olympiacos (GRE)
Krasnodar (RUS) v Porto (POR)
Club Brugge (BEL) v Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)
PSV Eindhoven (NED) / Basel (SUI) v LASK (AUT)
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