UEFA Champions League third qualifying round draw

Group stage regulars CSKA Moskva, Dynamo Kyiv and Olympiacos, plus 2017 UEFA Europa League runners-up Ajax, were among the clubs who discovered their next UEFA Champions League opponents when the third qualifying round draw was made in Nyon.

The draw, which was split into the league and champions routes, also threw up a potential Nordic derby between København and Malmö, cities linked by the Øresund Bridge.

Third qualifying round draw (matches 25 & 26 July/1 & 2 August)

League route

FCSB (ROU) v Viktoria Plzeň (CZE)
Nice (FRA) v Ajax (NED)
Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) v Young Boys (SUI) 
AEK Athens (GRE) v CSKA Moskva (RUS)
Club Brugge (BEL) v İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR)

Champions route

Slavia Praha (CZE) v BATE Borisov (BLR)/Alashkert (ARM) 
Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA)/Astana (KAZ) v IFK Mariehamn (FIN)/Legia Warszawa (POL)
Zrinjski (BIH)/Maribor (SVN) v FH Hafnarfjördur (ISL)/Víkingur (FRO)
Žilina (SVK)/København (DEN) v Malmö (SWE)/Vardar (MKD)
Linfield (NIR)/Celtic (SCO) v Dundalk (IRL)/Rosenborg (NOR)

Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)/Honvéd (HUN) v Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)/Ludogorets (BUL)
Viitorul (ROU) v APOEL (CYP)/Dudelange (LUX)
Hibernians (MLT)/Salzburg (AUT) v Rijeka (CRO)/TNS (WAL)
Qarabağ (AZE)/Samtredia (GEO) v Sheriff (MDA)/Kukësi (ALB) 
Partizan (SRB)/Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) v Olympiacos (GRE)

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