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Lesser lights given chance to shine

The draw for the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying rounds will be held in Geneva, Switzerland, today.

The draw for the 2002/03 UEFA Champions League first and second qualifying rounds will be held on Friday.

Madrid triumph
In all 72 teams will ultimately get the chance to emulate Real Madrid CF's success last month when they lifted the European Champions Clubs' Cup after winning 2-1 against Bayer 04 Leverkusen in the Hampden Park final. Zinedine Zidane was the hero for Madrid, scoring the winner after Lucio had cancelled out an early goal from Madrid's Raúl González.

Dates set
The draw will take place at the NOGA Hilton Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland. The first-leg matches in the first qualifying round will be played on 17 July, with the return games to follow a week later. The second qualifying round games will be played on 31 July and 7 August.

Chance to shine
With the likes of Madrid not joining the competition until the first group stage, the early rounds allow the focus to be on some of Europe's lesser lights. As such teams like Barry Town AFC, FC Sheriff Tiraspol and FBK Kaunas will no doubt relish the chance to test their skills against internationally recognised opponents like Brøndby IF, Club Brügge KV and SK Sturm Graz.

Old Trafford final
This 2002/03 Champions League final will be played on 28 May 2003. The honour of staging Europe's showpiece match has gone to Old Trafford in Manchester.

 

Clubs directly qualified for the UEFA Champions League first group stage
Draw: 29 August 2002 at 16:00CET (Monaco)
PosClubCoeff.

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Clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round
Draw: 26 July 2002 at 12:00CET (Nyon, Switzerland)
First leg matches: 13-14 August 2002
Second leg matches: 27-28 August 2002
PosClubCoeff.

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Clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League second qualifying round
Draw: 21 June 2002 at 12:00CET (Geneva, Switzerland)
First leg matches: 31 July 2002
Second leg matches: 7 August 2002
PosClubCoeff.
35FC Dynamo Kyiv (UKR)59.979
36AC Sparta Praha (CZE)48.312
37Club Brugge KV (BEL)41.762
38Boavista FC (POR)36.124
39Grazer AK (AUT)25.625
40Brøndby IF (DEN)20.687
41Maccabi Haifa (ISR)18.666
42Legia Warszawa (POL)17.750
43Lillestrøm SK (NOR)15.737
44FC Basel (SUI)14.312
45FK Partizan (YUG)14.165
46NK Zagreb (CRO)12.520
47PFC Levski Sofia (BUL)11.582
48NK Maribor (SLO)10.916
49FC Dinamo Bucuresti (ROM)8.958
50Hammarby IF FF (SWE)8.620
51MŠK Zilina (SVK)7.832
52Zalaegerszegi TE (HUN)6.874
Clubs in bold are seeded for the draw

 

Clubs participating in the UEFA Champions League first qualifying round
Draw: 21 June 2002 at 12:00CET (Geneva, Switzerland)
First leg matches: 17 July 2002
Second leg matches: 24 July 2002
PosClubCoeff.
53FC Skonto (LAT)8.582
54APOEL Nicosia FC (CYP)4.666
55Tampere United FC (FIN)4.020
56FC Torpedo Kutaisi (GEO)3.499
57FC Sheriff Tiraspol (MOL)2.582
58ÍA Akranes (ISL)2.416
59FC Belshina Bobruisk (BLS)2.041
60FBK Kaunas (LIT)1.915
61Shelbourne FC (IRL)1.665
62FK Vardar (MKD)1.498
63Hibernians FC (MLT)1.249
64Barry Town AFC (WAL)0.916
65FC Flora (EST)0.832
66FC Pyunik (ARM)0.666
67FK Zeljeznicar (BHZ)0.666
68Portadown FC (NIR)0.665
69B36 Tórshavn (FAR)0.582
70KS Dinamo Tirana (ALB)0.582
71F91 Dudelange (LUX)0.416
72FC Zhenis Astana (KAZ)0.000
Clubs in bold are seeded for the draw