Thursday, August 30, 2007

Clubs await Uefa Cup draw


Date: Friday, 31 August
Time: 1200 BST
Follow the draw on the BBC Sport website, mobile and BBC Radio 5live

The draw for the first round proper of the Uefa Cup takes place in Monaco on Friday, with several British teams among the names in the hat.

Aberdeen, Bolton, Everton and Tottenham all enter at this stage.

Blackburn will join them after seeing off Finnish side MyPa 3-0 on aggregate in the final qualifying round.

But Dunfermline went out 2-1 to Swedish side BK Haken and Irish League side Drogheda United were beaten 4-1 on aggregate by Helsinborgs.

The 40 teams that progress from the first round proper go into a group phase comprising eight groups of five clubs.

Each team will be play two home and two away ties, with the top three teams progressing through to the round of 32, at which point they are joined by eight sides finishing third in their Champions League group.

Notable clubs in the draw include Bayern Munich, Palermo, Fiorentina, Bordeaux, Villarreal and Galatasaray.

Source: BBC Sport

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