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SirStanleyBowles- 07-28-2005
British quintet set for Euro draw
Five British teams will be in the draw for the third qualifying round of the Champions League on Friday. Manchester United, Everton and Rangers enter the competition along with the likes of Inter Milan, Villarreal, Ajax, Monaco, Panathinaikos and Dynamo Kiev. Liverpool and Celtic will be involved despite being at the halfway mark in their second qualifying round games, in which the Bhoys are facing elimination. The draw will take place at 1100 BST at Uefa headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. Celtic go into their second leg match against Artmedia Bratislava on Tuesday 2 August 5-0 down and are unlikely to figure in the next stage of Europe's premier competition. Last season's champions Liverpool lead Kaunas 3-1 and will host the Lithuanians on the same night. The Reds should progress and join 13 other qualifiers from the second qualifying round fighting for a place in the group stages against 18 teams entering the tournament for the first time. Liverpool will be in the seeded pot, alongside Manchester United, but having had special dispensation to enter this year's competition they have no country protection and could be drawn against unseeded Merseyside rivals Everton. It is an exception to Uefa rules which decree that teams from the same national association cannot play each other at this stage of the tournament. As a result, Villarreal will not be drawn against Real Betis and Inter Milan will avoid Udinese. The 16 matches will be played over two legs on 9/10 August and 23/24 August. Arsenal and Chelsea enter the Champions League at the group stage, which commences on Tuesday 13 September following a draw on Thursday 25 August in Monaco. SEEDED TEAMS Ajax Anderlecht/Neftchi Celtic/Artmedia Bratislava Club Brugges Dynamo Kiev/FC Thun Inter Milan Liverpool/Kaunas Lokomotiv Moscow/ Rabotnicki Kometal Manchester United Monaco Panathinaikos Rangers Rosenborg Sporting Lisbon Villarreal Werder Bremen UNSEEDED TEAMS Basle 1893 Brondby/Dynamo Tbilisi CSKA Sofia/Dinamo Tirana Everton Hajduk Split/Debrecen Malmo/Maccabi Haifa Rapid Vienna/F91 Dudelange Real Betis Partizan Belgrade/FC Sheriff Shakhtar Donetsk Slavia Prague Steaua Bucharest/Shelbourne Trabzonspor/ Anorthosis Famagusta Udinese Valerenga/FC Haka Wisla Krakow