Football|The reigning Lithuanian champion will face HJK.
HJK will face Lithuanian Panevezys in the men’s Champions League qualifiers. The match pairs for the opening round of the Champions League qualifiers were drawn on Tuesday in Switzerland.
HJK, which was the ranked team in the draw, basically plays its first qualifying match away from home.
Panevezys won the Lithuanian championship last year, but the current season has been difficult. The team has collected only 15 points from its 16 matches and is second to last in the league table. HJK is third in the Finnish football league.
Last season, HJK beat Northern Ireland’s Larne in the first qualifying round of the Champions League. After that came the loss to Norwegian Molde. The people of Helsinki finally reached the group stage of the Conference League, where the team collected two points and finished last in its group.
The opponents of KuPS and VPS for the opening round of the Conference League qualifiers will be drawn later on Tuesday. As the winner of the Finnish Cup, Ilves went directly to the second round of the Conference League qualifiers. Tampere’s opponent will be drawn tomorrow.
The matches of the first qualifying round of the Champions League will be played on the 9th-10th. and 16.–17. July.
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