Draw tomorrow for the qualifier... one from non seeded teams...
UEFA Champions' League 2010/11
Play-off round - Non Champions Section
Draw - Friday 6 August 11am BST (12pm CET)
Seeded Teams Non Seeded Teams
Seville 108.951 Dynamo Kiev 42.910
Werden Bremen 94.841 Braga 39.659
Zenit St. Petersburg 61.258 Sampdoria 30.867
Tottenham Hotspur 56.371 Auxerre 19.747
Ajax 55.309 Young Boys Bern 7.675
Draw Format
There will be two draws on Friday. One for Champions of their league and for non-Champions. They are two entirely separate draws. I'm not sure which one goes first but don't worry if you don't see us in the draw when watching it because that means you're watching the "other" draw!
The name of each team will be placed into a plastic ball. The five seeded balls will go into one bowl and the non-seeded teams into another bowl. To make the draw one team from each bowl will be picked and placed into a third bowl. The two balls will be mixed around and one ball will then be opened first. This team will be at home in the first leg of the tie against the team from the other ball.
Match Dates
When the draw is initially made the dates of the legs will not be confirmed. The first leg will either be on 17 or 18 August and the second leg will be on 24 or 25 August. The dates will be confirmed later in the day by the UEFA administration and, until a date and kick-off time has been confirmed, match dates and which leg is at home or away are subject to change.
Automatic Reversals
If two or more teams are drawn to play at home in the same week and both teams play in the same area (within 50 km of each other), or if national football associations have asked UEFA that these teams do not play home games on the same day or week UEFA may reverse one of the ties. That means that if a team is drawn to play in the home leg first UEFA may switch the tie so that that team plays in the away leg first instead (and vice-versa). This actually happened to Liverpool in the 3rd round of the Europa League this season. Also UEFA may reverse ties or otherwise alter match dates or kick-off times if there is some significant event (sporting or otherwise) in the local area.
Matches are NOT confirmed until a match date and kick-off time have been agreed by UEFA.
Travel information to away leg (from London)
Auxerre - no airport, nearest airport is in Paris (Charles De Gaulle or Orly). Accessible by Eurostar via Paris.
Sampdoria - Genoa airport but only two airlines fly directly from London. Accessible via various other Italian airports and then train.
Dynamo Kiev - Five airlines fly direct from London.
Braga - no airport. Accessible via Porto or Lisbon airports and then trains.
Young Boys Bern - no airport. Accessible via various Swiss airports and then trains.
Yeah it was an entertaining draw - but we should have won easily. Credit to their keeper, who should keep between the sticks for England for a very long time.
Remember Spursfan - you can only have a maximum of 3 Spurs players in your fantasy team!!!
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