Hearts will hope to book their place in the Europa League group stages this month and they will find out who they need to beat to get there this month.
The Jambos enjoyed a strong 2021/22 campaign upon their return to the Premiership and booked guaranteed European football until Christmas by finishing third and reaching the Scottish Cup final. Even if they lose out in this tie, they still have the parachute of dropping into Europa Conference League group stages to look forward to.
That won't be on manager Robbie Neilson's mind though as he will keen to get Hearts into the second tier groups where plenty of tasty European glamour ties would await at Tynecastle. They started their domestic campaign well on Saturday with a 2-1 win over Ross County ahead of this Sunday's Edinburgh derby with Hibs. Before it, they will watch their European play-off draw and here is everything you need to know.
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When does the Europa league play-off draw take place?
The draw takes place on August 2nd at 12.00pm. It will be held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.
Is there a live-stream and is it on TV?
The draw will be streamed live on UEFA’s website . It will not be live on TV.
Who could Hearts play?
The Jambos are one of seven Priority 1 teams entering at this stage, alongside Gent (BEL), Austria Vienna (AUT), Neil Lennon’s Omonia Nicosia (CYP), Sivasspor (TUR), Dnipro-1 (UKR), and Silkeborg (DEN). They can't draw any of those but can get a total of 14 teams from qualifying round three.
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Malmö FF (SWE) vs Diddeleng (LUX)
Shamrock Rovers (IRL) vs Shkupi (MKD)
Linfield (NIR) vs Zürich (SUI)
Olympiacos (GRE) vs Slovan Bratislava (SVK)
Maribor (SLO) vs HJK Helsinki (FIN)
AEK Larnaca (CYP) vs Partizan (SRB)
Fenerbahçe (TUR) vs Slovácko (CZE)
What dates will the play-offs be?
The first leg ties will be played on August 18th. Second legs take place a week later on, August 25th.
Hearts will know exactly who they face on Thursday August 11th after the third round qualifying ties come to a close.
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