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ENTERTAINMENT and ADVENTURE => Sports Watch => Topic started by: Folami David on Jul 20, 2013, 12:14 AM

Title: Swansea City To Face Malmo Or Hibernian
Post by: Folami David on Jul 20, 2013, 12:14 AM
Swansea City will play Malmo or Hibernian in the Europa League third qualifying round.
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Swedish side Malmo beat Scotland's Hibernian 2-0 in the second qualifying first leg on Thursday.
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Swansea will be at home to the winners in the first leg on Thursday, 1 August with the second leg a week later.
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The Swans, who were seeded for the draw, will be competing in European competition for the first time since 1991.
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Michael Laudrup's side qualified for the Europa League after winning last season's Capital One Cup.
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Should Hibernian overcome Malmo it would see summer signing Owain Tudur Jones facing former club Swansea City, the club he left in 2009.
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The winners of the third qualifying round ties will enter the draw for the play-offs, which will be held on Friday, 9 August.
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Welsh Cup winners Prestatyn Town will face Olimpija Ljubljana of Slovenia or Slovakia's MSK Zilina in the third qualifying round in the unlikely event they overcome Rijeka.
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Prestatyn's hopes of progressing look all but over after they lost 5-0 to the Croatian side in the first leg of their second qualifying round tie.
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In the Champions League, The New Saints or Legia Warsaw will face Sligo Rovers or Molde of Norway in the third qualifying round.
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The Welsh Premier League champions trail the Polish side 3-1 following the second qualifying round first leg at Wrexham's Racecourse.