Saturday, July 05, 2003

It's big, it's bad, it's full of teams you've never heard of, it's the UEFA Cup Qualifying Round!!!!! My picks are in bold as usual.


AIK Stockholm (Sweden) v Fylkir (Iceland)
Vllaznia Shkoder (Albania) v Dundee (Scotland)
Levadia Maardu (Estonia) v NK Varteks (Croatia)
Santa Coloma (Andorra) v Esbjerg (Denmark)
NK Zeljeznicar (Bosnia) v Anorthosis Famagusta (Cyprus)
Banants (Armenia) v Hapoel Tel Aviv (Israel)
OB Odense (Denmark) v Dynamo Minsk (Belarus)
Malmo (Sweden) v Portadown (Northern Ireland)
Dinamo Bucharest (Romania) v Metalurgs (Latvia)
Valletta (Malta) v Neuchatel Xamax (Switzerland)
Kaernten (Austria) v Grindavik (Iceland)
Viktoria Zizkov (Czech Republic) v Zhenis Astana (Kazakhstan)
Sarajevo (Bosnia) v Sartid Smederevo (Serbia and Montenegro)
APOEL Nicosia (Cyprus) v Derry City (Ireland)
Litex Lovech (Bulgaria) v Zimbru Chisinau (Moldova)
Neman Grodno (Belarus) v Steaua Bucharest (Romania)
Etzella Ettelbruck (Luxembourg) v Kamen Ingrad (Croatia)
Manchester City (England) v TNS Llansantffraid (Wales)
Molde (Norway) v KI Klaksvik (Faroe Islands)
Farum (Denmark) v TVMK Tallinn (Estonia)
Ventspils (Latvia) v Wisla Plock (Poland)
MyPa (Finland) v Young Boys (Switzerland)
Vaduz (Liechtenstein) v Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk (Ukraine)
Coleraine (Northern Ireland) v Uniao Leiria (Portugal)
Groclin Grodzisk (Poland) v Atlantas (Lithuania)
Dinamo Tirana (Albania) v Lokeren (Belgium)
Cwmbran Town (Wales) v Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
Celje (Slovenia) v Belasica (Macedonia)
Cementarnica 55 Skopje (Macedonia) v Dospel Katowice (Poland)
Puchov (Slovakia) v Sioni Bolnisi (Georgia)
Red Star Belgrade (Serbia and Montenegro) v Nistru Otaci (Moldova)
Ekranas (Lithuania) v Debrecen (Hungary)
Birkirkara (Malta) v Ferencvaros (Hungary)
Haka Valkeakoski (Finland) v Hadjuk Split (Croatia)
Torpedo Moscow (Russia) v Domagnano (San Marino)
Atyrau (Kazakhstan) v Levski Sofia (Bulgaria)
Olimpija (Slovenia) v Shelbourne (Ireland)
RC Lens (France) v Torpedo Kutaisi (Georgia)
Brondby (Denmark) v Shirak (Armenia)
Petrzalka (Slovakia) v Dudelange (Luxembourg)
Runavik (Faroe Islands) v Lyn (Norway)

Some notes: First of all, the tie of the round is obviously the all-Balkan hookup between Sarajevo and Sartid Smederevo. No chance of crowd trouble at that one, no siree. Secondly, the name of the Armenian League runners-up, Shirak, is the same as the command word for Raistlin's light spell in the Dragonlance novels (See, you're much smarter now!).

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