Europa League Qualification Poll

If seventh gets us into the Europa League, how would you feel ?


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Connors Quay beat HJK Helsinski (seed) 1-0
AIK (Sweden) held 0-0 away to side from Faroes
Maccabi TA won 2-0 home, Midj (Denmark) won 6-1 (home), Skenderbau of Albania scraped a 1-0 home win vs Andorran side. Vojvodina scraped a 2-1 home win.

So far then - 15 of 21 seeded sides finished. 7 got poor results (2-1, 2-1 and 1-0 plus 0-0, 0-0 at home, 0-0 and 0-1 away). The other 8 seem to be well placed to progress.
 
St Johnstone's loss at home and Helsinki's 0-1 defeat at Connors Quay the pick of the seeded losses. Helsinki are projected 3rd round seeds. Their projected (seeded) 2nd round opponent also lost 3-0 in the first leg tonight.
 
@ToffeeDan i'm guessing you can help out with this. Presumably we have a good idea of some of the teams we know we could face already. I was having a look and believe we can face the following as they are unseeded and are in Round 2 automatically:

Panionios (Greece)
Utrecht (Holland)
Brann (Norway)
Gabala (Azerbaijan)
Dinamo Brest (Belarus)
Ostersund (Sweden)
Aberdeen (Scotland)
Sturm Graz (Austria)
Bnei Yahuda (Israel)

And we cannot face the following should they progress to the 3rd Qualifying Round:

Apollon Limassol (Cyprus)
Mlada Boleslav (Czech Republic)
Astra Guirgiu (Romania)
Hajduk Split (Croatia)
Galatasaray (Turkey)

I am not sure on Brondby (Denmark) or Luzern (Switzerland). Wikipedia suggests that the Seeding is TBD for both based on the winner of their matches but that Kassies site has both in the unseeded section in Qualifying Round 3.

There are also some outcomes tonight that are all but confirmed:

Kairat (Kazakhstan) won 6-0
Midtjylland (Denmark) won 6-1
Haugesund (Norway) won 7-0
Odd (Norway) won 3-0

Don't think we can face Midtjylland as they would be seeded if they got through. Can you confirm on whether the above is correct?
 
@EFC78

The first round - 50 ties - resulting in 50 winners joining 16 teams in Round 2

The 33 winners join 25 teams (including Everton) in Round 3.

The 1st Round was drawn with 50 seeds playing 50 non-seeds, the winners assume the ranking of the seed for the next 2 rounds as the draw has been made in advance of earlier round completed.

What matters for Everton is:

1. We are assured of seeding in Rd 3. Ranked 13th of 58
2. The projected seedings for Round 3 will be more easily assessed once Round 1 has been completed, next week - then the Round 2 ties will be known and it will be possible to see how many of the 33 winners from Round 2 will become seeded in Round 3 (our round) and unseeded. I could give you a lot of either/or scenarios.

3. We cannot play:
(already qualified)
Zenit St. Petersburg, PAOK Thessaloniki Gre, FK Krasnodar Rus, Panathinaikos Gre, Athletic Bilbao Esp, AA Gent Bel, Girondins Bordeaux Fra, Austria Wien Aut, Maritimo Funchal Por, Sporting Braga Por, FC Sion Sui, Fenerbahçe Tur, PSV Eindhoven Ned, Olympique Marseille Fra, SC Freiburg Ger, Sparta Praha Cze, AC Milan Ita, Dinamo Zagreb Cro, Lech Poznan Pol

Also we cannot play:
These teams starting in Round 2 (or any team they might lose to):
Mladá Boleslav Cze, Galatasaray Tur, Astra Giurgiu Rom, Hajduk Split Cro, Apollon Limassol Cyp

Nor any of these teams starting in Round 1 (but, if they lose (in Round 1 only) we could face the team that beats them):
FC Midtjylland, HJK Helsinki Fin, Maccabi Tel-Aviv Isr, Dinamo Minsk Bls

So - the list of teams we COULD play is as follows:

Joining in Round 3:
KV Oostende Bel, Arka Gdynia Pol, Dinamo Bucuresti Rom, Universitatea Craiova Rom, FC Oleksandriya Ukr, Olimpik Donetsk Ukr

Winning through from Rounds 1 and 2 - this is the 2nd Round draw:

Not the teams I mentioned above - or their opponents

Östersund (SWE) v Galatasaray (TUR)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) or Tirana (ALB) v KR Reykjavík (ISL) or SJK Seinäjoki (FIN)
Zirä (AZE) or Differdange (LUX) v Astra Giurgiu (ROU)
Ferencváros (HUN) or Jelgava (LVA) v Midtjylland (DEN) or Derry City (IRL)
Hajduk Split (CRO) v Levski Sofia (BUL) or Sutjeska (MNE)
Tre Penne (SMR) or Rabotnicki (MKD) v Dinamo Minsk (BLR) or NSÍ Runavík (FRO)
Haugesund (NOR) or Coleraine (NIR) v Lech Poznań (POL) or Pelister (MKD)
Apollon Limassol (CYP) v Zaria Balti (MDA) or FK Sarajevo (BIH)
Shkëndija (MKD) or Dacia Chisinau (MDA) v Connah's Quay Nomads (WAL) or HJK Helsinki (FIN)
Stjarnan (ISL) or Shamrock Rovers (IRL) v Mladá Boleslav (CZE)

So, the winners of these ties MIGHT be unseeded.. the higher up this list the more likely to become seeded for Round 3:
You can see that the teams you asked about are projected to (possibly be seeded) - will know a lot more after the first round is complete.

Željezničar (BIH) or Zeta (MNE) v KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) or AIK (SWE)
UE Santa Coloma (AND) or Osijek (CRO) v Luzern (SUI)
Vojvodina (SRB) or Ružomberok (SVK) v Brann (NOR)
Brøndby (DEN) v VPS Vaasa (FIN) or Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN)
Nõmme Kalju (EST) or B36 Tórshavn (FRO) v Videoton (HUN) or Balzan (MLT)
Rangers (SCO) or Progrès Niederkorn (LUX) v St Joseph's (GIB) or AEL Limassol (CYP)
Gabala (AZE) v Dinamo Batumi (GEO) or Jagiellonia Białystok (POL)
Crusaders (NIR) or Liepāja (LVA) v Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR) or Sūduva (LTU)
Pyunik (ARM) or Slovan Bratislava (SVK) v Lyngby (DEN) or Bangor City (WAL)
Irtysh Pavlodar (KAZ) or Dunav Ruse (BUL) v Crvena Zvezda (SRB) or Floriana (MLT)
Trenčín (SVK) or Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v Bnei Yehuda Tel-Aviv (ISR)
Kairat Almaty (KAZ) or Atlantas (LTU) v Skënderbeu (ALB) or Sant Julià (AND)
Aberdeen (SCO) v Široki Brijeg (BIH) or Ordabasy (KAZ)
Valletta (MLT) or Folgore (SMR) v Utrecht (NED)
Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO) or Altach (AUT) v Dinamo Brest (BLR)
Sturm Graz (AUT) v Mladost Podgorica (MNE) or Gandzasar-Kapan (ARM)
IFK Norrköping (SWE) or Prishtina (KOS) v St Johnstone (SCO) or Trakai (LTU)
AEK Larnaca (CYP) or Lincoln (GIB) v Levadia Tallinn (EST) or Cork City (IRL)
Mladost Lučani (SRB) or İnter Baku (AZE) v Fola Esch (LUX) or Milsami Orhei (MDA)
Partizani (ALB) or Botev Plovdiv (BUL) v Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) or Vasas (HUN)
Ventspils (LVA) or Valur Reykjavík (ISL) v Domžale (SVN) or Flora Tallinn (EST)
Bala Town (WAL) or Vaduz (LIE) v Odd (NOR) or Ballymena United (NIR)
Panionios (GRE) v Shirak (ARM) or Gorica (SVN)
 
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How many qualifying rounds do we have to play. Is it just the one?. When are these games due to be played.
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Bert kassies still top coefficient dog but well done toffee dan - but are you sure we can't play split

This is 100%, it's actually physically impossible now, which is heart wrenching, as I'll be in Split at the time... time for some relocating.
 
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