The winners of All-Ireland derby face long journey in 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!
7 minutes ago
Our liveblog will return at 1pm when Irish Cup winners Dungannon Swifts will learn their opponents in the second qualifying round of the Conference League. Cliftonville and Larne will also learn their second round opponents, should they successfully navigate the first qualifying round.
8 minutes ago
Just to recap, the winners of Linfield versus Shelbourne will play Qarabag of Azerbaijan in the second qualifying round of the Champions League.
The first leg will be staged at either Windsor Park or Tolka Park on July 22/23 with the second leg in Azerbaijan on July 29/30
11 minutes ago
Rangers will pay Panathinaikos in the same round, with the first leg at Ibrox.
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The winners of Linfield versus Shelbourne will play Qarabag of Azerbaijan in the second qualifying round of the Champions League!
The first leg will be staged in either Belfast or Dublin, with the winners of the all-Ireland tie away in the second leg.
15 minutes ago
The winners of Linfield and Shelbourne are unseeded for this round
16 minutes ago
Here we go, it's time for Group 3 - the one that features Linfield and Shelbourne
19 minutes ago
We're on to regional group two. Linfield and Shelbourne are also not in this group.
Stay with us!
20 minutes ago
There draw is underway, but Uefa are currently running through a different regional group.
25 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
29 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.
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