First Qualifying Round results, and Second Quali round Fixtures

By: Rob | July 23rd, 2008

Some of the big-ish guns will know who they have to overcome to make it to the next round of Qualifying in the Champions League this season after the First Qualifying Round finished this evening. The big winners of the matchday were Ventspils, who overcame a 1-0 defeat in the first leg against Welsh Champions Llanelli spectacularly with a 4-0 win. UEFA Cup finalists Rangers will play Kaunus in the Second Qualifying round, a club owned by fellow-Scottish club Hearts owner Vladimer Romonov.
Full results and fixtures after the jump.

Linfield 1–3 Dinamo Zagreb (0–2, 1–1)
Valletta 0–3 Artmedia Petržalka (0–2, 0–1)
Dinamo Tbilisi 3–1 NSÍ Runavík (3–0, 0–1)
Santa Coloma 2–7 Kaunas (1–4, 1–3)
Murata 0–9 IFK Göteborg (0–5, 0–4)
Llanelli 1–4 Ventspils (1–0, 0–4)
Anorthosis Famagusta 3–0 Pyunik Yerevan (1–0, 2–0)
Inter Baku (a)1–1 Rabotnički (0–0, 1–1)
Tampere United 3–2 Budućnost (2–1, 1–1)
F91 Dudelange 0–3 Domžale (0–1, 0–2)
Dinamo Tirana 1–4 Modriča (0–2, 1–2)
Aktobe 1–4 Sheriff Tiraspol (1–0, 0–4)
Drogheda United 3–1 Levadia (2–1, 1–0)
BATE 3–0 Valur (2–0, 1–0)

Second Qualifying Round Fixtures

Rangers V Kaunas
Brann V Ventspils
Inter Baku V Partizan
Tampere United V Artmedia Petržalka
Anorthosis Famagusta V Rapid Wien
Domžale V Dinamo Zagreb
Panathinaikos V Dinamo Tbilisi
IFK Göteborg V Basel
Sheriff Tiraspol V Sparta Prague
Drogheda United V Dynamo Kyiv
Anderlecht V BATE
Beitar Jerusalem V Wisła Kraków
Fenerbahçe V MTK Hungária
Aalborg BK V Modriča

Picks of the round are One-time Champions League finalists Panathinaikos taking on Dinamo Tbilisi, and Goteborg who hammered thier way through the first qualifying round, coming against the tougher Basel.

Games will be played on the 29 and 30 of July, and the the second legs on the 5 and 6 of August.