Out of the 38 teams set to participate in the first two draws of the UEFA Champions League's Champions Path, 32 have been confirmed.
27 of the 28 participants in the first qualifying round and 5 of the 10 clubs starting from the second qualifying round have already been determined, Idman.biz reports.
Azerbaijan’s champion, Qarabag, is among the teams exempt from the first round. Gurban Gurbanov’s side will be among the seeded teams in the draw.
Most of Qarabag’s potential opponents are winners of ties from the first qualifying round. These may include winners from matchups involving RFS, Lincoln, Kuopio, TNS, Drita, Breidablik, Budućnost, and Linfield.
Champions League
Champions Path
First Qualifying Round
Seeded Teams
Ludogorets (Bulgaria)
FCSB (Romania)
Olimpija (Slovenia)
Malmö (Sweden)
Žalgiris Vilnius (Lithuania)
RFS (Latvia)
Champion of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Lincoln (Gibraltar)
Kuopio (Finland)
TNS (Wales)
Drita (Kosovo)
Breidablik (Iceland)
Linfield (Northern Ireland)
Budućnost (Montenegro)
Unseeded Teams
Inter Club d’Escaldes (Andorra)
Shkëndija (North Macedonia)
Levadia (Estonia)
Dinamo Minsk (Belarus)
Ħamrun Spartans (Malta)
Milsami (Moldova)
Kairat (Kazakhstan)
Noah (Armenia)
Differdange (Luxembourg)
Iberia (Georgia)
Víkingur (Faroe Islands)
Shelbourne (Ireland)
Egnatia (Albania)
Virtus (San Marino)
Second Qualifying Round
Seeded Teams
Crvena Zvezda (Serbia)
Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia)
Danish champion
Qarabağ (Azerbaijan)
Winner of tie involving Ludogorets
Winner of tie involving Dinamo Zagreb
Winner of tie involving FCSB
Winner of tie involving Olimpija
Israeli champion
Unseeded Teams
Winner of tie involving RFS
Winner of tie involving Lincoln
Winner of tie involving Kuopio
Winner of tie involving TNS
Winner of tie involving Drita
Winner of tie involving Breidablik
Winner of tie involving Linfield
Winner of tie involving Budućnost
Unconfirmed Participants
Pafos (Cyprus)
Polish champion
Croatian champion
Hungarian champion
Winner of tie involving Malmö
Winner of tie involving Žalgiris
Winner of tie involving Bosnia and Herzegovina champion
League Path
Second Qualifying Round
Seeded
Rangers (Scotland)
Unseeded
Brann (Norway)
Unconfirmed
Panathinaikos (Greece)
Czech runner-up
Austrian runner-up
Swiss runner-up
The draw for the first qualifying round will be held on June 17, followed by the second qualifying round draw on the next day.
Vugar Kheyrullayev
Idman.biz
