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2016/17 UEFA Europa League: Final Round of qualifiers draw out!

UEFA Europa LeagueThe draw for the final round of the 2016/17 UEFA Europa League qualifiers was carried out in Nyon, Switzerland earlier today.

English Premier League side West Ham United will hope to avenge their third qualifying round defeat last season by Astra Giurgiu of Romania while newcomers Sassuolo Calcio of Italy face Serbian giants Crvena Zvezda.

UEFA Europa League play-off draw

Astana (KAZ) v BATE Borisov (BLR)
AEK Larnaca (CYP) v Slovan Liberec (CZE)
Arouca (POR) v Olympiacos (GRE)
Dinamo Tbilisi (GEO) v PAOK (GRE)
Midtjylland (DEN) v Osmanlıspor (TUR)
Austria Wien (AUT) v Rosenborg (NOR)
Trenčín (SVK) v Rapid Wien (AUT)
Beitar Jerusalem (ISR) v Saint-Étienne (FRA)
Lokomotiva Zagreb (CRO) v Genk (BEL)
Vojvodina (SRB) v AZ Alkmaar (NED)
Maribor (SVN) v Qäbälä (AZE)
Gent (BEL) v Shkëndija (MKD)
Slavia Praha (CZE) v Anderlecht (BEL)
İstanbul Başakşehir (TUR) v Shakhtar Donetsk (UKR)
Astra Giurgiu (ROU) v West Ham United (ENG)
SønderjyskE (DEN) v Sparta Praha (CZE)
Fenerbahçe (TUR) v Grasshoppers (SUI)
Sassuolo (ITA) v Crvena Zvezda (SRB)
Brøndby (DEN) v Panathinaikos (GRE)
IFK Göteborg (SWE) v Qarabağ (AZE)
Krasnodar (RUS) v Partizani Tirana (ALB)
Maccabi Tel-Aviv (ISR) v Hajduk Split (CRO)

Matches
Ties will be played on 18 and 25 August, with the 22 winners qualifying for the UEFA Europa League draw, which takes place in Monaco on Friday, 26 August. Also in that draw will be the 16 automatic entrants and the ten teams defeated in the UEFA Champions League play-offs.

Bye to group stage: Schalke (GER), Zenit (RUS), Manchester United (ENG) Athletic Club (ESP), Internazionale Milano (ITA), Fiorentina (ITA), Braga (POR), Standard Liège (BEL), Celta Vigo (ESP), Feyenoord (NED), Mainz (GER), FC Zürich (SUI), Southampton (ENG), Nice (FRA), Zorya Luhansk (UKR), Konyaspor (TUR)

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