{"id":1265943,"date":"2025-07-21T15:23:20","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/champions-league-draw-who-will-be-dynamo-kyivs-opponent\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:23:20","slug":"champions-league-draw-who-will-be-dynamo-kyivs-opponent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/champions-league-draw-who-will-be-dynamo-kyivs-opponent\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions League draw: who will be Dynamo Kyiv&#8217;s opponent?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The draw for the third qualifying round of the 2025\/26 Champions League took place in Nyon, Switzerland. Dynamo Kyiv received a potential opponent &#8211; the winner of the match between Paphos of Cyprus and Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel. The draw turned out to be relatively favorable for Oleksandr Shovkovskyi&#8217;s team.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> The draw for the third qualifying round of the Champions League took place at UEFA headquarters in Nyon on Monday, July 21. Ukrainian fans were particularly keen to see the results, as Dynamo Kyiv were also there, currently in the second qualifying round, where they face Hamrun Spartans of Malta.<\/p>\n<p> Despite being among the unseeded teams, the &#8220;white-and-blue&#8221; managed to avoid the most formidable opponents, such as &#8220;Copenhagen&#8221; or &#8220;Red Star&#8221;. According to the draw, in case of victory over the Maltese, &#8220;Dynamo&#8221; will meet the winner of the confrontation <strong>&#8220;Paphos&#8221; (Cyprus) &#8211; &#8220;Maccabi&#8221; Tel Aviv (Israel)<\/strong> .<\/p>\n<p> Both clubs have strong European ambitions. Israeli Maccabi is an experienced European contender, while Cypriot Paphos is showing ambitions to become a new force in its league.<\/p>\n<p> This draw is a relatively favorable option for Dynamo, given the club&#8217;s experience in European competitions. At the same time, there are no easy opponents in this phase &#8211; especially in the format of two-match duels.<\/p>\n<p> In total, more than ten pairs have been formed in two main paths &#8211; champions and league representatives.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>The path of champions<\/strong> \u2013 clubs that became champions of their countries<\/p>\n<p> Along the way, two main groups were formed:<\/p>\n<p> <strong>Group 1<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> <strong>The teams are:<\/strong>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 1: &#8220;Copenhagen&#8221; (Denmark) &#8211; &#8220;Drita&#8221; (Kosovo).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 2: Lincoln Red Imps (Gibraltar) \u2013 Crvena Zvezda (Serbia).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 3: Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) \u2013 Zrinski (Bosnia and Herzegovina).<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>Unseeded teams:<\/strong>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 4: Lech (Poland) \u2013 Breidablik (Iceland).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 5: RFU (Latvia) \u2013 Malmo (Sweden).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 6: &#8220;KuPS&#8221; (Finland) &#8211; &#8220;Kairat&#8221; (Kazakhstan).<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<h4> <strong>Group 2<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> <strong>The teams are:<\/strong>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 7: &#8220;Noah&#8221; (Armenia) &#8211; &#8220;Ferencvaros&#8221; (Hungary).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 8: Paphos (Cyprus) \u2013 Maccabi Tel Aviv (Israel).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 9: Shelbourne (Ireland) \u2013 Qarabag (Azerbaijan).<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> <strong>Unseeded teams:<\/strong>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 10: Rijeka (Croatia) \u2013 Ludogorets (Bulgaria).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 11: Hamrun Spartans (Malta) \u2013 <strong>Dynamo Kyiv (Ukraine).<\/strong><\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 12: &#8220;Shkendija&#8221; (North Macedonia) &#8211; &#8220;FKSB&#8221; (Romania).<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p><\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> Thus, in case of victory over Hamrun, Dynamo will face the winner of the Paphos &#8211; Maccabi Tel Aviv match.<\/p>\n<p> <strong>The path of league representatives<\/strong> \u2013 teams that did not become champions of their countries.<\/p>\n<p> This path consists mainly of clubs from stronger European championships.<\/p>\n<p> Pairs of the third qualifying round (league representative route):<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> Nice (France) \u2013 Benfica (Portugal).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Feyenoord (Netherlands) \u2013 Fenerbahce (Turkey).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 2: Brann (Norway) \u2013 Salzburg (Austria) vs. Club Brugge (Belgium).<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> Winner of Pair 1: Rangers (Scotland) \u2013 Panathinaikos (Greece) vs. Winner of Pair 3: Viktoria Plzen (Czech Republic) \u2013 Servette (Switzerland).<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> The third qualifying round consists of two matches \u2013 home and away. The winners advance to the Champions League play-off round, while the losers are relegated to the Europa League.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The draw for the third qualifying round of the 2025\/26 Champions League took place in Nyon, Switzerland. Dynamo Kyiv received a potential opponent &#8211; the winner of the match between Paphos of Cyprus and Maccabi Tel Aviv of Israel. The draw turned out to be relatively favorable for Oleksandr Shovkovskyi&#8217;s team. 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