The lineup for the first two draws of the UEFA Champions League Champions Path is starting to take shape, with 25 of the 38 participating teams confirmed.
21 of the 28 teams in the first qualifying round and 4 of the 10 clubs entering directly into the second qualifying round have been determined, Idman.biz reports.
Azerbaijani champions Qarabag are among the clubs skipping the first round. Under the guidance of Gurban Gurbanov, Qarabag will be among the seeded teams in the draw. Most of their potential opponents will emerge from the first qualifying round matchups.
In the League Path, six teams will compete in the second qualifying round, with three already confirmed.
Champions League
Champions Path
First Qualifying Round
Seeded
Ludogorets (Bulgaria)
Malmö (Sweden)
Žalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania)
RFS (Latvia)
Lincoln (Gibraltar)
KuPS Kuopion (Finland)
Slovenian champion
TNS (Wales)
Drita (Kosovo)
Breiðablik (Iceland)
Linfield (Northern Ireland)
Unseeded
Levadia (Estonia)
Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)
Kairat (Kazakhstan)
Differdange (Luxembourg)
Iberia (Georgia)
Víkingur (Faroe Islands)
Shelbourne (Ireland)
Albanian champion
Maltese champion
Virtus (San Marino)
Undecided
Budućnost (Montenegro)
Inter Club d’Escaldes (Andorra)
Shkëndija (North Macedonia)
Romanian champion
Bosnian & Herzegovinian champion
Armenian champion
Moldovan champion
Second Qualifying Round
Seeded
Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
Danish champion
Qarabag (Azerbaijan)
Winner of the Ludogorets matchup
Unseeded
Winner of the TNS matchup
Winner of the Drita matchup
Winner of the Breiðablik matchup
Winner of the Linfield matchup
Undecided
Israeli champion
Pafos (Cyprus)
Polish champion
Croatian champion
Ukrainian champion
Hungarian champion
Winners of nine first-round ties
League Path
Second Qualifying Round
Seeded
Rangers (Scotland)
Unseeded
Brann (Norway)
Undecided
Panathinaikos (Greece)
Czech runner-up
Austrian runner-up
Swiss runner-up
The first qualifying round draw will be held on June 17, followed by the second qualifying round draw on June 18.
Vugar Kheyrullayev
Idman.biz
