Cypriot team Apoel to play Lithuanian team Suduva and Greek Cup winner PAOK will face Swiss league runner-up Basel in the third qualifying round of the Champions League next month.

The draw by UEFA on Tuesday would place the Thessaloniki club against either Basel or Ajax on the non-champions route to the profitable group stage, and eventually PAOK has avoided the Dutch giant to face the team that only narrowly missed out on extending its title-winning streak in Switzerland.

The first leg of the home-and-away qualifiers will take place on July 24/25 in Greece and the return is scheduled for July 31 or August 1 in Switzerland.

The winner of the tie will advance to the Champions League play-offs in August.

First qualifying round draw (matches 10/11 & 17/18 July):

Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) v Sheriff (MDA)

Shkëndija (MKD) v The New Saints (WAL)

Sūduva (LTU) v APOEL (CYP)

Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) v Qarabağ (AZE)

F91 Dudelange (LUX) v Videoton (HUN)

Winners of the preliminary round v Malmö (SWE)

HJK Helsinki (FIN) v Víkingur (FRO)

Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) v Crusaders (NIR)

Cork City (IRL) v Legia Warszawa (POL)

Valur Reykjavík (ISL) v Rosenborg (NOR)

Kukës (ALB) v Valletta (MLT)

Flora Tallinn (EST) v Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)

Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) v Crvena zvezda (SRB)

Alashkert (ARM) v Celtic (SCO)

Spartak Trnava (SVK) v Zrinjski (BIH)

Astana (KAZ) v Sutjeska (MNE)

Second qualifying round draw (matches 24/25 July & 31 July/1 August)

Champions Path
Astana (KAZ) / Sutjeska (MNE) v Midtjylland (DEN)

Ludogorets Razgrad (BUL) / Crusaders (NIR) v F91 Dudelange (LUX) / Videoton (HUN)

Kukës (ALB) / Valletta (MLT) v Olimpija Ljubljana (SVN) / Qarabağ (AZE)

CFR Cluj (ROU) v Winners of the preliminary round / Malmö (SWE)

Dinamo Zagreb (CRO) v Flora Tallinn (EST) / Hapoel Beer-Sheva (ISR)

Spartaks Jūrmala (LVA) / Crvena zvezda (SRB) v Sūduva (LTU) / APOEL (CYP)

BATE Borisov (BLR) v HJK Helsinki (FIN) / Víkingur (FRO)

Shkëndija (MKD) / The New Saints (WAL) v Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO) / Sheriff (MDA)

Cork City (IRL) / Legia Warszawa (POL) v Spartak Trnava (SVK) / Zrinjski (BIH)

Alashkert (ARM) / Celtic (SCO) v Valur Reykjavík (ISL) / Rosenborg (NOR)

Europa League draw

Stumbras (LTU) v Apollon Limassol (CYP)

Anorthosis Famagusta (CYP) v Laçi (ALB)

Stjarnan (ISL) v Nõmme Kalju (EST)

Ilves Tampere (FIN) v Slavia Sofia (BUL)

Birkirkara (MLT) / KÍ Klaksvík (FRO) v Žalgiris Vilnius (LTU)

Fola Esch (LUX) v Europa (GIB) / Prishtina (KOS)

Glenavon (NIR) v Molde (NOR)

Dunajská Streda (SVK) v Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO)

Široki Brijeg (BIH) v Domžale (SVN)

Rangers (SCO) v Shkupi (MKD)

Progrès Niederkorn (LUX) v Gabala (AZE)

Racing Union (LUX) v Viitorul (ROU)

Samtredia (GEO) v Tobol Kostanay (KAZ)

Partizani (ALB) v Maribor (SVN)

Neftçi (AZE) v Újpest (HUN)

Budućnost Podgorica (MNE) v Trenčín (SVK)

Derry City (IRL) v Dinamo Minsk (BLR)

B36 Tórshavn (FRO) / St Joseph’s (GIB) v OFK Titograd (MNE)

Zaria Balti (MDA) v Górnik Zabrze (POL)

Spartak Subotica (SRB) v Coleraine (NIR)

Pyunik (ARM) v Vardar (MKD)

Shamrock Rovers (IRL) v AIK (SWE)

Connah’s Quay (WAL) v Shakhtyor Soligorsk (BLR)

Lahti (FIN) v Hafnarfjördur (ISL)

Ventspils (LVA) v Luftëtari (ALB)

Cliftonville (NIR) v Nordsjælland (DEN)

Banants (ARM) v Sarajevo (BIH)

Engordany (AND) / Folgore (SMR) v Kairat Almaty (KAZ)

Petrocub (MDA) v Osijek (CRO)

Ferencváros (HUN) v Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR)

Balzan (MLT) v Keşla (AZE)

Budapest Honvéd (HUN) v Rabotnicki (MKD)

Rudar Pljevlja (MNE) v Partizan (SRB)

CSKA Sofia (BUL) v Riga (LVA)

Milsami Orhei (MDA) v Slovan Bratislava (SVK)

Radnički Niš (SRB) v UE Sant Julià (AND) / Gzira United (MLT)

Lech Poznań (POL) v Gandzasar-Kapan (ARM)

Chikhura Sachkhere (GEO) v Beitar Jerusalem (ISR)

Vaduz (LIE) v Levski Sofia (BUL)

Željezničar (BIH) v Narva Trans (EST)

Cefn Druids (WAL) / Trakai (LTU) v Irtysh (KAZ)

Hibernian (SCO) v NSÍ Runavík (FRO)

Rudar Velenje (SVN) v Tre Fiori (SMR) / Bala Town (WAL)

Levadia Tallinn (EST) v Dundalk (IRL)

ÍBV (ISL) v Sarpsborg (NOR)

København (DEN) v KuPS Kuopio (FIN)

Liepāja (LVA) v Häcken (SWE)

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