The national championships are approaching their finals and the picture in Champions League qualifying is becoming ever clearer.

AEK is one of the underdogs of the 3rd qualifying round on their way to becoming champions and last week’s matches didn’t have much impact on their situation and especially on the image of their potential opponents, but when the season comes to an end, they will be able to to make safer judgments about what to expect.

Avoids mold

What the Greek champion has known for a few days is that one of her six possible opponents is the Young Boys, who won the Swiss championship and considered themselves among the strong. In the strong squad, the pair that includes Dinamo Zagreb will be one of the five pairs that will join the strong squad along with the Young Boys.

According to the new data, the corresponding pair, which Molde will be part of, will not be among the Union’s possible opponents as the Norwegian champions’ 24,000 points will not be enough to propel them into the strong league.

It is recalled that the balls in this procedure will only include two teams, AEK and Young Boys, and ten pairs from the 2nd qualifying round as their matches have not been played by the date of the 3rd qualifying draw. Because of this, each pair in a ball takes on the coefficient of the strong.

Visible opportunity to get strong

The draws with the presence of pairs and not clubs give AEK several chances to rise to a strong number in the draw of the playoffs, in which they will be present, since they will be played before their matches in the 3rd qualifying round .

As already mentioned, the “Yellows and Blacks” need a proper draw to place themselves in the group of powerful and theoretically increase their chances of reaching the gold group stage of the competition.

A suitable draw means a highly rated opponent in the 3rd qualifier, allowing them to take them on in the playoff draw and (along with their opponent in the 3rd qualifier) ​​become a powerhouse.

As the games play out, it seems that teams like Ferencvaros, Garabagh, the Turkish champions (Galatasaray or Fenerbahce), Copenhagen (if they win the Danish championship) if they reach the 2nd qualifying round and will be drawn to AEK (also (like Dinamo Zagreb and Young Boys mentioned above), they will likely provide her with a factor that sends her into the strong playoffs.

On the contrary, when AEK meets a pair where the strongest teams will be like BATE, Sherif, Astana, etc., the path to… a move seems more difficult, even if the chances of qualifying for the playoffs are against such teams climb an opponent.

The dates of the qualifiers

Union will play the first game of the 3rd qualifying round on August 8th and 9th, the second on the 15th of the month (draw on July 24th). If they reach the playoffs (drawing on August 7th), then they will meet for the first time on August 22nd and 23rd and for the second time on August 29th and 30th of the month and secure the “ticket” for the groups .

Should he be eliminated in the 3rd qualifier, he will play in the Europa League play-offs on August 24th and play the second leg on the 31st of the month (draw on August 7th). If eliminated in the Champions League play-offs, they move up the Europa League groups, while elimination in the Europa League play-offs relegates them to the Europa Conference League groups.

As games progress and domestic leagues approach their finals, the data is becoming clearer. Until then the Sportish offers a picture of what AEK can expect without factoring in the possible realignment by the end of the season.

Champions League Qualification – Path of Champions

PRELIMINARY (4 TEAMS)

Strong (2 teams)

1. Buduchnost (7,500) or Sutieska (7,500) – Masters of Montenegro
2. broad view (Iceland) 6,000

Powerless (2 groups)

1. three pennies (San Marino) 4,000
2. Athletic d’Escaldes (Andorra) 1,033

FIRST ROUND OF QUALIFICATION (32 TEAMS)

Strong (16 teams)

1. Galatasaray (31,500) or Fenerbahce (30,000) – champion Turkey
2. Ferencvaros (Hungary) 27,000
3. Karabakh (Azerbaijan) 25,000
4. Slovak (Slovakia) 24,500
5. sheriff (Moldova) 19,500
6. BATE (Belarus) 15,000
7. Astana (Kazakhstan) 14,000
8. Maccabi Haifa (Israel) 13,000
9. Ludogorets (21,000) or CSKA Sofia (13,000) – Bulgarian champion
10. Zalgiris (Lithuania) 11,000
11. Helsinki (Finland) 11,000
12. flora (Estonia) 10,500
13. shamrock (Ireland) 9,000
14. The New Saints (Wales) 9,000
15. Olympia (Slovenia) 9,000
16. Zrinsky (Bosnia and Herzegovina) 8,500

Powerless (16 teams)

1. Lincoln Red Ibbs (Gibraltar) 8,500
2. Claxwick (Faroe Islands) 8,000
3. Preliminary Round Winner (7,500)
4. Dynamo Tbilisi (Agriculture) 7,500
5. Rakov (Poland) 5,000
6. Aris Limassol (Cyprus) 4,895
7. hedges (Sweden) 4,750
8. Farul (Romania) 4,100
9. Tirana (4,000) or Partizani (5,000) – Masters of Albania
10. Valmiera (Latvia) 3,500
11. Balkans (Kosovo) 3,000
12. larne (Northern Ireland) 3,000
13. Urartu (3,000) or Punic (8,000) or Ararat Armenia (6,500) – champion from Armenia
14. Hamrun Spartans (Malta) 2,500
15. Esperance (Luxembourg) 1,800
16. Struga (North Macedonia) 1,100

SECOND QUALIFICATION ROUND (20 teams)

Strong (10 groups)

1. dynamo (Croatian) 55,000
2. A couple to which she belongs champion Turkey (30,000-31,500)
3. pair that includes Ferentsvaros (27,000)
4. A couple to which she belongs Karabakh (25,000)
5. pair that includes Slovak (24,500)
6. Molde (Norway) 24,000
7. pair that includes sheriff (19,500)

powerless (10 groups)

1. pair that includes Maccabi Haifa (13,000)
2. pair that includes Zalgiris (11,000)
3. A couple to which she belongs Helsinki (11,000)
4. pair that includes flora (10,500)
5. pair that includes shamrock (9,000)
6. pair that includes The New Saints (9,000)
7. A couple to which she belongs Olympia (9,000)
8. pair that includes Zrinsky (8,500)

Not clear

• A couple to which she belongs COME IN (15,000)
• Sparti (Czech Republic) 14,000
• A couple to which she belongs Astana (14,000)
• A couple to which she belongs champion Bulgaria (13.000-21.0.00)
• Copenhagen (40,500) or Norway (5,565) or Viborg (5,565) – Danish champion

THIRD ROUND OF QUALIFICATION (12 TEAMS)

Strong (6 groups)

1. A couple to which she belongs dynamo (55,000)
2. young boys (Switzerland) 34,500

Powerless (6 teams)

1. pair that includes Molde (24,000)
2. AEK (Greece) 11,000

Not clear

• 8 winners from the 2nd qualifying round

PLAYOFFS (8 TEAMS)

Strong (4 teams)

• –

Powerless (4 teams)

• Antwerp (17,000) or Union (19,000) or Genk (18,000) – champion Belgium

Not clear

• pair that includes young boys (34,500)
• Shakhtar (63,000) or Dnipro (8,000) or Zorya (16,000) – champion of Ukraine
• + 5 winners from the 3rd qualifying round

Group stage (32 teams)

FIRST SKILL GROUP (8 GROUPS)

1. ticket holder Champions League
2. ticket holder Europe League
3. Manchester City (England) ≥140,000
4. Barcelona (Spain) 98,000
5. Naples (Italy) 81,000
6. Bavaria (136,000) or Dortmund (86,000) – German champions
7. Paris (112,000) or Lance (12,232) – champion of France
8. Benfica (82,000) or Porto (81,000) – champion of Portugal

FIRST OR SECOND CAPACITY GROUP

• Benfica (82,000) or Porto (81,000) – Portugal’s second
• Feyenoord (Netherlands) 51,000
• Salzburg (Austria) 59,000

SECOND CAPACITY GROUP (8 GROUPS)

1. real (Spain) 121,000
2. Manchester United (103,000) or Liverpool (123,000) – England Tuesday or Wednesday
3. Bavaria (136,000) or Dortmund (86,000) – Germany’s second
4. Atlético (Spain) 85,000
5. Leipzig (Germany) 84,000

SECOND OR THIRD POTENTIAL GROUP

• arsenal (England) 76,000
• Inter (≥96,000) or AC Milan (50,000) or Roma (≥96,000) or Atalanta (55,500) or Juventus (101,000) – Italy’s second, third or fourth
• Inter (≥96,000) or AC Milan (50,000) or Roma (≥96,000) or Atalanta (55,500) or Juventus (101,000) – Italy’s second, third or fourth

SECOND OR FOURTH POTENTIAL GROUP

• Real Sociedad (33,000) or Villarreal (82,000) – Fourth from Spain
• Paris (112,000) or Lance (12,232) or Marseille (33,000) – Second from France

SECOND OR THIRD OR FOURTH POTENTIAL GROUP

• 2 Winners from the Non-Champions Playoffs

THIRD POTENTIAL GROUP (8 GROUPS)

1. –

THIRD OR FOURTH POTENTIAL GROUP

• Lazio (Italy) 42,000
• Red Star (Serbia) 42,000
• + 4 winners from the Champions Playoffs

FOURTH POTENTIAL GROUP (8 GROUPS)

1. Celtic (Scotland) 31,000
2. Newcastle (England) ≥21.628
3. Union (17,000) or Friborg (16,471) – Fourth from Germany