The draw is set for the UEFA Conference League knockout stage qualifiers which will take place on December 13 and 20. Paramount+. The road to Wroclaw, Poland, is expected to feature a clash between Gent and Real Betis and Copenhagen facing Heidenheim.
The winners of these matches will face either Chelsea or Vitoria Guimares, who were the best teams in the league stage and will have to be on opposite sides of each other. Chelsea scored 26 goals, eight more than the nearest team, while Vitoria presented a solid defense allowing just one goal per game during group play.
Following the conclusion of the knockout stage qualifiers, there will be a draw for the round of 16 and beyond on February 21 before kick-off on March 6 and 13. The final will take place on May 28 and Enzo Maresca and Chelsea will certainly expect that to be there.
In the knockout stage draw, teams that finished 9-16 in the championship stage were seeded, with teams finishing 17-24 unseeded to be drawn. against these seeded teams. In the round of 16 draw, teams finishing 1-8 in the championship stage will be seeded, teams that come out of the knockout stage playoffs will not be seeded.
UEFA
Conference League knockout playoff pairs
- Gent vs Real Betis
- Vikingur Reykjavik vs Panathinaikos
- TSC vs Jagiellonia Bialystok
- Celje vs. APOEL
- Copenhagen vs Heidenheim
- Omonia vs Paphos
- Molde v Shamrock Rovers
- Borac vs. Olympia
