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• Uefa hold Champions and Europa League qualifying draws
• Liverpool face either Rabotnicki or Mika Ashtarak

Celtic will play the Portuguese side Braga in the third qualifying round of the Champions League.

The Scottish Premier League club will play away in the first leg of the tie on 27 or 28 July with the return match at Parkhead on 3 or 4 August. Victory would take Celtic through to join the likes of Tottenham, Sampdoria and Sevilla in the play-offs for a place in the group stages.

Meanwhile the draw for the third qualifying round of the Europa League pitted Liverpool against either Rabotnicki, last season’s Macedonian runners-up, or Mika Ashtarak, who are currently fourth in Armenia’s STAR Premier League after 13 games. Rabotnicki won the first leg, at their own Filip II Arena in Skobje, 1-0 on Thursday.

Hibernian will play either Videoton or Maribor, runners-up in Hungary and Slovenia respectively. The first leg of their second qualifying round match finished 1-1 in Gyor, Hungary last night.

LiverpoolCelticEuropa LeagueChampions LeagueSimon Burntonguardian.co.uk