Europa League Draw

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Looking at tonight's results, there's hardly any ties, that are dead rubbers, so it's extremely unlikely we will know for definite tomorrow
 


What? Five potential teams

It's unnecessarily complicated, but as far as I know all 58 teams are split into 5 groups, each team is assigned a number (1-12 for 4 groups and 1-10 for the 5th group), the numbers are drawn out and then there's another draw to decide which order the legs are.
 
It's unnecessarily complicated, but as far as I know all 58 teams are split into 5 groups, each team is assigned a number (1-12 for 4 groups and 1-10 for the 5th group), the numbers are drawn out and then there's another draw to decide which order the legs are.

That's more or less it.
They decide the pools of 10 /12 in the morning.
There are 5 / 6 seeded and unseeded teams in each pool.
The seeded teams are in one pot, the unseeded teams in another.
They draw one from each pot, then put the two balls in a third pot, shake em up and draw for who plays home first.
So we'll know tomorrow whether we're home or away first, but wont know until next Thursday, which of the two teams we play !
 
Results First Legs

Östersund (SWE) v GALATASARAY (TUR) 2 - 0
MACCABI TEL AVIV (ISR) v KR Reykjavík (ISL)* 3 - 1
ASTRA GIURGIU (ROU) v Zirä (AZE) 3 - 1
Ferencváros (HUN) v MIDTJYLLAND (DEN) 2 - 4
HAJDUK SPLIT (CRO) v Levski Sofia (BUL) 1 - 0
Rabotnicki (MKD) v DINAMO MINSK (BLR) 1 - 1
Haugesund (NOR) v LECH POZNAN (POL) 3 - 2
APOLLON LIMASSOL (CYP) v Zaria Balti (MDA)* 3 - 0
Shkëndija (MKD)* HJK HELSINKI (FIN) 3 - 1
Shamrock Rovers (IRL)* v MLADA BOLESLAV (CZE) 2 - 3

Winners of these ties will be unseeded in Round 3 draw
Željezničar (BIH) v AIK (SWE) 0 - 0
Osijek (CRO) v LUZERN (SUI) 2 - 0
BRONDBY (DEN) v VPS Vaasa (FIN)* 2 - 0
Nõmme Kalju (EST) v VIDEOTON (HUN) 0 - 3
Progrès Niederkorn (LUX)* v AEL LIMASSOL (CYP) 0 - 1
GABALA (AZE) v Jagiellonia Białystok (POL) 1 - 1
SLOVAN BRATISLAVA (SVK) v Lyngby (DEN) 0 - 1
Irtysh Pavlodar (KAZ) v CRVENA ZVEZDA (SRB) 1 - 1
TRENCIN (SVK) v Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv (ISR) 1 - 1
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) v SKENDERBEU (ALB) 1 - 1
ABERDEEN (SCO) v Široki Brijeg (BIH)* 1 - 1
Valletta (MLT) v UTRECHT (NED) 0 - 0
ALTACH (AUT) v Dinamo Brest (BLR) 1 - 1
STURM GRAZ (AUT) v Mladost Podgorica (MNE) 1 - 1
Cork City (IRL)* v AEK LARNACA (CYP) 1 - 2
INTER BAKU (AZE) v Fola Esch (LUX)* 1 - 0
BEITAR JERUSALEM (ISR) v Botev Plovdiv (BUL) 1 - 1
Vaduz (LIE) v ODD (NOR) 0 - 1
PANIONOS (GRE) v Gorica (SVN)* 2 - 0
IFK NORRKOPING (SWE) v Trakai (LTU)* 2 - 1
Valur Reykjavík (ISL)* v DOMZALE (SVN) -
Ružomberok (SVK)** v BRANN (NOR) 0 - 1
LIEPAJA (LVA)** v Suduva (LTU)* 0 - 2

3rd round Seeds in trouble (winner can't face us in Rd 3 but may in Rd 4):
Galatasaray 0-2 down, Lech 3-2 down, Helsinki 3-1 down

Seeded teams that could face us Rd 3 in trouble (potentially weaker opponents in the unseeded section)

Gabala 1-1 home leg, Altach 1-1 home leg, Beitar Jerusalem 1-1 home leg, Liepaja 0-2 home leg, Slovan Bratislava lost home leg 0-1, Trencin held 1-1 at home, Sturm Graz 0-1 at home, Aberdeen held 1-1 at home, Lucern lost 2-0 away
 
My predicted - if UEFA stick to rules and only adjust for a few possible same-country clashes, that is to say if they allocated any clash to the next available group without getting shifty with everything else we would face one of the following

FC Oleksandriya (Ukr)
Progres Niederkorn (Lux) or AEL Limassol* (Cyp)
Trencin (Slov)* or Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv (Isr)
Sturm Graz* (Aus) or Mladost Podgorica (Mne)
Vaduz (Lie) or Odd* (Norway)
Arka Gdynia (Pol)

But there's absolutely no guarantee that somebody at UEFA won't decide to throw a spanner in the works. In theory Group A will be the group with only 10 teams in order to allocate rankings equally but again that's assuming somebody doesn't fancy tinkering.
 

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