Final hurdle before group stage

The lineup for the UEFA Champions League third qualifying round was completed last night with IF Elfsborg and SK Slavia Praha earning glamour ties against Valencia CF and AFC Ajax.

Away goals
That quartet are joined in the final round before the group stage by FK Sarajevo, the Bosnia-Herzegovnian team who lost 1-0 at home to KRC Genk but eliminated the Belgian club on away goals. They will next face FC Dynamo Kyiv whose Ukrainian rivals FC Shakhtar Donetsk won through to a meeting with FC Salzburg, 7-0 aggregate winners against FK Ventspils. That tally was beaten by Rosenborg BK as the Norwegian outfit plundered ten goals over two legs against FK Astana, setting up a double-header against Tuesday's heroes Tampere United of Finland.