Teams will compete for a coveted position in the famous tournament’s main event on August 20/21 and 27/28. The draw, which took place at 12:00 CET, decided the matches.

This was taken from a release that NAIJA STREET MATTERS downloaded on Monday night from the UCL website. “UEFA Champions League play-off round draw” was the title.

Here is the full list of the draws:

Galatasaray (TUR) vs. Young Boys Bern (SUI)

Qarabag (AZE) versus Ludogorets (BUL) or Dinamo Zagreb (CRO)

Slovan Bratislava (SVK) or APOEL Nicosia (CYP) vs. Midtjylland (DEN) or Ferencvaros (HUN)

Jagiellonia Bialystok (POL) or Bodo/Glimt (NOR) vs. Crvena Zvezda (SRB)

Malmo (SWE) or PAOK (GRE) vs. Sparta Prague (CZE) or Steaua Bucharest (ROU)

Lille (FRA) or Fenerbahce (TUR) vs Slavia Prague (CZE) or Union Saint-Gilloise (BEL)

Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) or Rangers (SCO) vs. RB Salzburg (AUT) or Twente (NED)

NAIJA STREET MATTERS reports that the UEFA Champions League play-off round draw follows specific procedures to ensure fairness. Teams play home and away matches in a knockout system. An equal number of seeded and unseeded clubs are paired based on club coefficient rankings. Restrictions prevent certain teams from being drawn against each other. In the Champions Path, 10 teams were split into five seeded and five unseeded categories. In the league path, four teams were divided into two seeded and two unseeded groups.

Matchups and home teams for the first legs are decided by draw; UEFA oversees the schedule and kickoff times.