Nice to face Ajax in CL qualifying

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Ajax will face Nice in the Champions League qualifying. AFP

Ajax will meet Nice and Red Bull Salzburg will face HNK Rijeka or The New Saints in the third phase of Champions League qualifying.

Nice have been drawn against Dutch giants Ajax in the third round of Champions League qualifying.

The Ligue 1 outfit will face Marcel Keizer's side across two legs in the most engaging match-up of the qualification phase so far.

Scottish champions Celtic will meet either League of Ireland holders Dundalk or Rosenborg, should they overcome Linfield in round two.

Red Bull Salzburg will face HNK Rijeka or The New Saints if they get past Hibernians of Malta, while FCSB – formerly Steaua Bucharest – have been pitted against Viktoria Plzen.

Dynamo Kiev, who competed in last season's group stage, will take on Young Boys of Switzerland.

Draw in full:

FCSB v Viktoria Plzen Nice v Ajax Dynamo Kyiv v Young Boys AEK Athens v  CSKA Moscow Club Brugge v Istanbul Basaksehir Slavia Praha v BATE or Alashkert Spartaks Jurmala or Astana v IFK Mariehamn or Legia Warsaw Zrinjski or Maribor v FH Hafnarfjordur or Vikingur Zilina or FC Copenhagen v Malmo or Vardar Linfield or Celtic v Dundalk or Rosenborg Hapoel Beer-Sheva or Honved v Zalgiris Vilnius or Ludogorets Viitorul v APOEL or Dudelange Hibernians or Salzburg v Rijeka or TNS Qarabag or Samtredia v Sheriff or Kukesi Partizan or Buducnost Podgorica v Olympiacos

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