Selected ties:
Shamrock Rovers vs St Joseph’s (Gibraltar) OR Cliftonville (Northern Ireland)
St Patrick’s Athletic OR FC Hegelmann vs Kalju (Estonia) OR Partizani (Albania)
Loser of Shelbourne vs Linfield vs Loser of Zalgiris (Lithuania) vs Hamrun Spartans (Malta)
Larne (Northern Ireland) OR Auda (Latvia) vs Sheriff (Moldova) OR Prishtina (Kosovo)
Dundee United (Scotland) vs FC UNA Strassen (Luxembourg)
Shakhtar (Ukraine) OR Ilves (Finland) vs AZ Alkmaar (Netherlands)
That’s all for today’s coverage of the Uefa Conference League second qualifying round draw. Thanks for joining us.
Cliftonville would need to beat St Joseph’s of Gibraltar to set up the match with Shamrock Rovers. It would be the second all-island clash in Europe this year, with Shelbourne being drawn to face Linfield in the Champions League qualifiers yesterday. St Joseph’s lost 3-2 to Shelbourne on aggregate last year in the first round of the Conference League qualifiers.
All the second round Conference League qualifiers will be held on the 24th and 31st of July. Kick off times will be announced by next Monday. Rovers will play away in the first leg and home in the return.
Should they win their first round tie, St Pat’s will play the first leg at home on the 24th, and the second leg away on the following week.
The loser of the Shelbourne vs Linfield Champions League qualifier will play away on the 24th, with the home leg on the 31st.
Shamrock Rovers will play the winner of St Joseph’s (Gibraltar) vs Cliftonville (Northern Ireland). Another potential all-island clash!
St. Patrick’s Athletic will play the winner of Kalju (Estonia) vs Partizani (Albania) if they progress to the second round of Conference League qualifying.
Time for the main path draw now, with St Pat’s and Rovers in the hat.
The loser of Shelbourne vs Linfield will face the loser of Zalgiris (Lithuania) vs Hamrun Spartans (Malta) in the second round of the qualifying for the Conference League.
The draw is about to get underway now. The Uefa officials are just going through the usual pleasantries, and an explainer of how the draw will work.
Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic are both in the main path draw today, while Shelbourne are in the champions path draw for the Conference League. This means that the whoever loses between Shels and Linfield will face another loser from the first round of Champions League qualifying. Rovers are seeded, while Pat’s and Shels are not.
And here’s St Pat’s potential opponents should they reach the second round.
Here’s the possible opponents for Shamrock Rovers in the second round of qualifying.
Rovers are through to the second round of the Conference League already, following the ruling that removed Drogheda United from the competition. Here’s more details on why the Louth club were expelled.
[Drogheda United’s expulsion from Conference League confirmed as court appeal fails]
Hello and welcome to live coverage of today’s Uefa Conference League second qualifying round draw in Nyon, Switzerland. There’s plenty of Irish involvement in the draw, with three teams finding out potential opponents. Shamrock Rovers and St Patrick’s Athletic will find out they could face in round two of qualifying. Rovers are already through to the second round, while Pat’s will need overcome Lithuania’s FC Hegelmann in the first round. Shelbourne will also find out who they would face if they lose to Linfield in the Champions League qualifiers.
Earlier today, Shelbourne discovered that they would play Qarabag FK of Azerbaijan in the second round of Champions League qualifiers should they get through.
