Rangers, Kilmarnock & St Mirren await Euro draws

Three Scottish teams will feature in Monday’s European qualifying draws.

Scottish Premiership runners-up Rangers will be drawn in the Champions League third qualifying round draw league path.

Philippe Clement‘s side will face one of Twente, Union Saint-Gilloise, the winner of Lugano and Fenerbahce’s second qualifying round tie or the winner of Dynamo Kyiv’s tie with Partizan Belgrade.

Lugano and Dynamo Kyiv play their respective home legs on Tuesday, with the return legs the following midweek.

Should Rangers lose at the third qualifying round or the play-off round, they will enter the Europa League group stage for the second season in a row.

The draws for the Europa League and Europa Conference League qualifying third qualifying rounds will also be made.

Kilmarnock or Cercle Bruges will be unseeded and drawn in both draws, with the winner remaining in the Europa League main path and the loser entering the Conference League main path.

The first leg of Kilmarnock v Cercle Bruges on Thursday (19:30 BST), will be shown live on BBC Scotland and iPlayer.

Potential opponents for Derek McInnes’ Killie or the Belgian side include the loser of the Dynamo Kyiv v Partizan Belgrade Champions League tie and Viktoria Plzen.

Valur or Stephen Robinson’s St Mirren will feature in the Conference League third qualifying round, unseeded. Should the Paisley side overcome the Icelandic side, they will be one of 52 sides in the main path of the competition, with eight teams in the champions path.

There will be 13 ties overall in the Europa League third qualifying round, including six in the champions path.

Hearts enter the Europa League at the play-off stage, the draw for which takes place on 5 August. Steven Naismith’s side are guaranteed group stage football in either the Europa League or Conference League.

The Champions League and Conference League play-off draws are also on 5 August.

Celtic will feature in the Champions League group stage, the draw for which takes place on 29 August – the day before the Europa League and Conference League group draws.