Linfield and Shelbourne await Champions League Second Qualifying Round draw
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Today's Champions League draw begins at 11am, with the Conference League draw to follow at 1pm.
Follow along on our LIVE blog below!
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We're on to regional group two. Linfield and Shelbourne are also not in this group.
Stay with us!
2 minutes ago
There draw is underway, but Uefa are currently running through a different regional group.
7 minutes ago
The draw is about to begin. The first leg of these ties will be staged on July 22 or 23, with the second leg on July 29 and 30
11 minutes ago
Hello and welcome to the draw for the second qualifying round of the Champions League, where we will find out who the winners of Linfield and Shelbourne will face in the next round.
The Irish pair's potential opponents include Slovan Bratislavia, Qarabag, Steaua Bucharest or Inter Club d'Escaldes, Olimpija Ljubljana and Kairat Almaty
Yesterday 02:13 PM
St Patrick's Athletic off to Lithuania
The League of Ireland side have been drawn against FC Hegelmann, with the first leg at Richmond Park and the return leg at the Raudondvaris Stadium.
Yesterday 02:10 PM
BREAKING | Cliftonville will play St Joseph's in the UEFA Conference League first qualifying round
The first leg will be in Gibraltar on July 10, with the second leg at Solitude on July 17.
Yesterday 02:08 PM
BREAKING | Larne will play FK Auda in the UEFA Conference League first qualifying round
Larne will be at home in the first leg on July 10, with the second leg in Latvia on July 17.
Yesterday 02:06 PM
Draw under way
This is going to happen fast and furious here, so bear with me please!
Yesterday 02:03 PM
Here we go!
We have the draw coming up here as we are about to discover who Larne and Cliftonville will get in the Conference League!
Just the technicals to get through first.
Yesterday 01:45 PM
When are the matches?
The first leg will be on July 10, with the return fixture a week later on July 17.
Yesterday 01:30 PM
How will this draw work?
In short, very differently to the Champions League draw.
Each Group is split into eight teams, four seeded and four unseeded. Each team is assigned a number within each Group - for instance, Larne are No.3 in Group 4 and Cliftonville are No.5 in Group 5.
Rather than draw each individual group, which would take a lifetime, all eight groups will be drawn at once by having eight individually numbered balls placed in a bowl and drawn two at a time to create each tie, with the team drawn first at home in the first leg.
So, for instance, if ball No.3 was drawn first followed by ball No.5, then every team assigned No.3 in each Group would play each team assigned No.5 in the same Group, with team No.3 hosting the first leg.
Hopefully that clears things up!
Yesterday 01:15 PM
Who can Larne and Cliftonville play?
LARNE: Penybont FC (Wales), Valur (Iceland), SJK Seinäjoki (Finland), FK Auda (Latvia)
CLIFTONVILLE: Víkingur Reykjavík (Iceland), FK Partizani (Albania), Floriana FC (Malta), St Joseph's FC (Gibraltar)
Yesterday 12:20 PM
Break time for us!
That's the Champions League draw completed with Linfield knowing their opponents - we're going to take a break until Larne and Cliftonville find out their opponents for the Conference League first qualifying round at 3pm. See you then!
Yesterday 12:18 PM
No luck
Linfield and Shelbourne are not drawn out of the hat. So the loser of that tie will go into the second qualifying round for the Europa League.
Yesterday 12:18 PM
Bonus draw
Due to the uneven number of teams in the competition, there is a secondary draw to determine which team that loses their tie will go into the third qualifying round for the Europa League as opposed to the second.
Yesterday 12:17 PM
What a draw!
We knew it was a possibility but that's a massive tie for Linfield against Damien Duff's Shelbourne! A massive cross-border derby to look forward to. Is that the one that they would have wanted?
Yesterday 12:12 PM
BREAKING | Linfield to face Shelbourne in the Champions League first qualifying round
The first leg will be at Tolka Park on July 8/9, with the return leg at Windsor Park on July 15/16.
Yesterday 12:10 PM
Time for Group 2!
Linfield's time to shine! Will it be a local draw against Shelbourne?
Yesterday 12:06 PM
Technical side done
Here comes the draw. We start with Group 1, with Linfield awaiting in Group 2.
No teams for us to bother ourselves with in Group 1.
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