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Originally Posted by Newry Hibs
:top marksThe same snobs call the Europa League the losers league to them it's just the champions league that matters as far as a European football competition goes, they are better ignored
The English pundits like those two care only for the Champions League. They take a passing interest in the Europa if any of their clubs get to the end, but even then it’s very much treated as a lesser thing. The Conference League will be dismissed even more so, unless or until an English team looks like winning it.
The likes of Ferdinand can barely string a coherent sentence together. Having overly coordinated feet doesn’t lead to having an opinion worth a damn.
No doubt Jenas will be happy to commentate on it when Spurs play in it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by calumhibee1
Clubs like Everton, Leeds and Aston Villa would love to be part of the competition, their supporters have gone years without watching their team play in Europe, for many supporters a lot of their enjoyment is the match day experience, the away trips to places you’ve never visited, playing in some of the best and worst stadiums in Europe, that’s what makes playing in Europe so special and you can actually win a trophy at the end of it.
I hadn’t realised how few teams go directly into the europa league now. The qualification process is so much shorter than the other two tournaments, with only a handful of teams going in at each stage. Half of the teams in the tournament will have dropped down from the champions league.
We were getting excited about how much money we'd get from an extended run in Europe even though we've no chance of winning it.Quote:
Originally Posted by MyJo
Yeah, it’s way more second (or third) chance saloon for Champions League teams than a tournament for smaller clubs / leagues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Man
it is a ridiculous situation that teams in the Champions League qualifiers have to lose 3 times before they are out of Europe I.e club loses Champions league qualifier so drop down to the Europa league qualifiers and have another go and if they lose again, never mind have a go at the Confrence qualifiers. As in life the rich can't fail and get loads of chances.
Never mind, let's see if we can get 3 lucky draws and 6 decent performances. A long shot but let's see what we draw.
Update on who we can play:
Servette (Switzerland)
Aris Thessaloniki (Greece)
Dynamo Brest (Belarus)
Dunajska Streda (Slovakia)
Winners of match involving KUPS (Finland)
Winners of match involving FH (Iceland)
FC Ashdod (Israel)
Winners of match involving Sutjeska (Montenegro)
Winners of match involving FC Santa Coloma (Andorra)
Winners of match involving Partizani (Albania)
Valerenga (Norway)
Hammarby IF (Sweden)
BK Hacken (Sweden)
IF Elfsborg (Sweden)
Lokomotiv Plovdiv (Bulgaria)
Arda (Bulgaria)
Winners of match involving Laci (Albania)
Winners of match involving Europa (Gibraltar)
Winners of match involving Liepaja (Latvia)
Winners of match involving Hibernians (Malta)
Winners of match involving FCI Levadia Tallinn (Estonia)
Sepsi OSK (Romania)
Winners of match involving Drita (Kosovo)
Kesla (Azerbaijan)
Sumgayit (Azerbaijan)
Winners of match involving La Fiorita (San Marino)
Winners of match involving Stjarnan (Iceland)
Tobol (Kazakhstan)
Shakhter Karagandy (Kazakhstan)
Winners of match involving Puskas Academia (Hungary)
Ujpest (Hungary)
Torpedo Zhodino (Belarus
Rakow Czestochowa (Poland)
Pogon Szczecin (Poland)
Winners of match involving Slask Wroclaw (Poland)
Winners of match involving Shkupi (North Macedonia)
Winners of match involving Petrocub Hincesti (Moldova)
Winners of match involving NSI Runavik (Faroe Islands)
Winners of match involving Coleraine (Northern Ireland)
Winners of match involving Tre Penne (San Marino)
Winners of match involving Siroki Brijeg (Bosnia & Herzegovina)
Winners of match involving MSK Zilina (Slovakia)
Winners of match involving Bala Town (Wales)
Panevezys (Lithuania)
I'd take Servette. We might get to Switzerland for an away trip. Only 2 players I recognise in their squad and they couldn't be more opposite. Gael Clichy and Alex ShcalkQuote:
Originally Posted by St Pauli Hibee
C'mon, just give us Hibernians.
Isn't Bale on more than that?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir David Gray
Possibly but he doesn't play for Tottenham anymore.Quote:
Originally Posted by ekhibee
Gibraltar for an away day in the sun 🍺Quote:
Originally Posted by St Pauli Hibee
Coleraine or Bala Town so we have a chance of going to the away leg please.Quote:
Originally Posted by St Pauli Hibee
This is great work SPH, but please can you close the brackets on this one? Makes me flinch every time.Quote:
Originally Posted by St Pauli Hibee
Is there any regionalising in the ECL qualifying rounds?
Does the draw format follow that of EL previously in which the pool of teams is split into groups of 10 (5 seeded, 5 unseeded)?
I’m not sure if they’ve officially announced how it’s going to be done but I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s split in to the groups by some form of regionalisation in the early rounds, especially this year to help with any travel restrictions etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by CapitalGreen
Based on how they’ve done it in recent years we’re probably more likely to be playing one of the UK/Ireland teams, or someone from the Faroes, Iceland or one of the Scandinavian countries
Yes, this will be the case according to Bert Kassies.Quote:
Originally Posted by CapitalGreen
Thanks, in that case we can probably reduce that list St Pauli posted to something like the below.Quote:
Originally Posted by H18 SFR
Dynamo Brest (Belarus)
Winners of match involving KUPS (Finland)
Winners of match involving FH (Iceland)
Valerenga (Norway)
Hammarby IF (Sweden)
BK Hacken (Sweden)
IF Elfsborg (Sweden)
Winners of match involving Liepaja (Latvia)
Winners of match involving FCI Levadia Tallinn (Estonia)
Winners of match involving Stjarnan (Iceland)
Torpedo Zhodino (Belarus)
Winners of match involving NSI Runavik (Faroe Islands)
Winners of match involving Coleraine (Northern Ireland)
Winners of match involving Bala Town (Wales)
Panevezys (Lithuania)
Yep Coleraine for me. My hometown team (well Portstewart actually but grew up watching Coleraine).Quote:
Originally Posted by Sir David Gray
I am sure I saw on twitter last night we had drawn the winners of a match in Hungary (Winners of match involving Puskas Academia). It was late so my eyes would not be at their best then but I saw the Saltire then Hibernian vs Winners of match involving Puskas Academia (Hungary), 1st leg at home. I assume the draw hasn't been made and what I saw was someones attempt at a 'practise' draw of something similar.
I think the list of teams above has been going around as a 2 column list of teams and someone has thought that the columns were a sign of left team v right team.Quote:
Originally Posted by Oscar T Grouch
That makes sense, cheers Dani :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by danhibees1875
Hopefully we don't get a Swedish or Norwegian side.
Yep slap bang in the middle of their season.Quote:
Originally Posted by Since90+2
Norwegian/Swedish teams ate always hard in the summer months, as they are well into their seasonQuote:
Originally Posted by Since90+2
When is the draw being made?
Draws | UEFA Europa Conference League | UEFA.com
The opening draw for the inaugural UEFA Europa Conference League will be streamed live at 13:00 CET on 15 June as the first qualifying round ties are set.
In all 70 of the eventual 184 entrants will be involved in the first qualifying round. They will be split into two pots (seeded and unseeded) according to the UEFA club coefficient
rankings established at the beginning of the season.
The teams will be drawn into 35 ties, with each involving one seeded and one unseeded team. Any groupings or further restrictions will be confirmed ahead of the draw.
The ties will be played on 8 and 15 July and the winners will advance to the second qualifying round main path, for which the draw is made on 16 June and to which 55 clubs will
receive direct entry.
lord knows where we enter :)
P.S. i still hate St Johnstone