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Europa League draw and Europa Conference draw in full
Martin Macdonald
- Updated: 23 May 2023 08:55 CDT
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The draw for the Europa League play-off round and the Europa Conference play-off round has been made, with Barcelona v Napoli the standout tie.
The knockout stage of both competitions has a brand new format this season after the Europa Conference League was established.
For the Europa, instead of a round of 32, there will be a play-off round which will see the teams who finished second in their Europa League group face a team dropping down from the Champions League in a play-off.
Those eight ties will be decided to determine a last 16 and then the competition will progress as normal.
For the Europa Conference, the teams who finished third in their Europa League group will drop into a play-off against the sides who finished second in their Europa Conference group.
The Europa League play-off draw
The undoubted standout fixture from the draw is Barcelona facing Napoli.
The Blaugrana failed to qualify for the knockout stage of the Champions League for the first time in 21 years this season and are at a low ebb both on and off the pitch.
They take on a Napoli side who finished second in the Europa League in a group alongside Spartak Moscow, Leicester and Legia Warsaw.
Another tasty tie will see Borussia Dortmund take on Scottish champions Rangers.
Knockout round play-off draw ✅
🤩 Which game are you looking forward to most? #UELdraw | #UEL pic.twitter.com/J7q7sJDiCs— UEFA Europa League (@EuropaLeague) December 13, 2021
The Europa Conference play-off draw
Knockout round play-offs are set ✅
Which will be the most exciting game? 🤗#UECLdraw | #UECL pic.twitter.com/OuVQfsE9cP— UEFA Europa Conference League (@europacnfleague) December 13, 2021
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