CL 3rd Qualifying Round

[ExpatFan]

So now we know the draw for the 3rd Qualifying round for the CL. The five winners of these ties will join Spurs, Sevilla, Werder Bremen, Auxerre and Sampdoria in the Play-Off round


AFC Ajax (NED)vPAOK FC (GRE)
FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)vKAA Gent (BEL)
BSC Young Boys (SUI)vFenerbahçe SK (TUR)
SC Braga (POR)vCeltic FC (SCO)
FC Unirea Urziceni (ROU)vFC Zenit St Petersburg (RUS)

 

[kcmei]

so if we win the 4th round then we are in the group stages or are there more round? Also which teams will we seeded in the 4th round?

 

[InOffMeLeftShin]

so if we win the 4th round then we are in the group stages or are there more round? Also which teams will we seeded in the 4th round?

The 4th round is now called 'the Playoff' and if we win it we will be in the group stages. We are amongst the seeded teams for the playoff, along with Sevilla, Werder Bremen and two other teams, I think depending on who qualifies.

 

[ExpatFan]

The 4th round is now called 'the Playoff' and if we win it we will be in the group stages. We are amongst the seeded teams for the playoff, along with Sevilla, Werder Bremen and two other teams, I think depending on who qualifies.

Quite right.
Us, Sevilla and Werder Bremen are guaranteed to be seeded. If Zenit get through, so will they. And if Ajax get through so too will they. If one of them doesn't but any of Fenerbahce, Kyiv, Braga and Celtic do, then that team will get seeded. It's all down basically to UEFA's co-efficient system. I have no idea how they arrive at the points total but all those 6 teams I've just mentioned have a higher coefficient rating than both Auxerre and Sampdoria.
So, assuming seeding goes to plan, our Play-Off opponents will be one of:
Auxerre
Braga
Fenerbahce
Kyiv
Sampdoria

 

[C-oops]

So we've decided there is seeding then? There was someone saying a while back that the seeding had been dropped this year.

 

[cwy21]

So we've decided there is seeding then? There was someone saying a while back that the seeding had been dropped this year.

Seeding never has and never will be dropped.

 

[mil1lion]

Not worried about either of these teams tbh.

 

[Niko]

I'm worried about the last 3 teams purely from a "same-old-spurs-losing-to-wolves" reflex in me, but obviously the lads will be proper up for it like the Arsenal/Chelsea/City games so I think (and pray) we will get a result.

 

[LukaMotion]

To be honest, if we cant beat any of those teams to qualify, we don't deserve to be in the group stages.

 

[fazza]

So we will get one of the above teams mentioned????? BSC Young Boys would be the easiest, I reckon we will get Kiev though.

 

[kishman]

I think whoever we get it will be really really tricky, it's going to be a tough draw, i pretty sure before Arsenal or whoever finished 4th use to get easy teams, i don't remember it being this hard.

 

[SlickMongoose]

Arsenal played Celtic last year (and beat them 5-1). It will probably be tough.

 

[werty]

I think whoever we get it will be really really tricky, it's going to be a tough draw, i pretty sure before Arsenal or whoever finished 4th use to get easy teams, i don't remember it being this hard.

Last year they change it into two sections - Champions and non-champions. The champions are from the smaller nations. The non-champions, which we obviously are, are teams from the middle and bigger leagues that didn't win the league. So instead of getting the champions of some nation like Lithuania, we could get the runners up of Portugal or something similar.

Arsenal were in the same section last year and didn't face too tough a game in Celtic. Celtic will probably be one of the harder games we'd get, but we should still be favourites against them.

 

[jonnie83]

Do the seeded teams get the second leg at home, if so what would be the date of the home leg?