These are ties for the Conference League knockout round play-off draw

14:20: The Conference League ties are Qarabag v Gent, Trabzonspor v Basel, Lazio v CFR Cluj, Bodo/Glimt v Lech Poznan, Braga v Fiorentina, AEK Larnaca v Dnipro, Sheriff v Partizan and Ludogorets v Anderlecht are the ties. Thanks for joining us and see you again soon!

 

November 7, 2022

14:18: That leaves us with Ludogorets against Anderlecht in the final tie!

14:18: Time for Sheriff to come out and they will get Partizan!

14:17: AEK Larnaca of Cyprus are drawn to play Dnipro.

14:16: Braga take on Fiorentina in the tie of the round!

14:16: Braga's ball has been draw and their opponents will be Fiorentina!

14:15: Bodo/Glimt of Norway have been drawn and they will face Lech Poznan!

14:14: Lazio's name is out and they will take on CFR Cluj!

14:13: Trabzonspor's ball has been drawn and Basel are their opponents!

14:12: Qarabag's opponents will be Gent!

14:11: The first ball is out and the team out is Qarabag!

14:08: Tobias Hedtstuck is back to take us through the technical procedure.

14:07: Former Liverpool man Vladimir Smicer is on stage now.

14:05: Giorgio Marchetti is on stage once again. He stressed the fact that every club got at least two points and that there were more goals in this season's group stage than last season's. 

14:03: Belgium and Italy are the only countries to have two teams in the draw. As Anderlecht and Gent both finished runners-up in the Conference League, the only "prohibited" tie is Fiorentina v Lazio.

14:02: A video of the 16 teams involved is now shown to everyone in the auditorium.

14:01: Pedro Pinto is back for his final stint of the day.

14:00: Conference League draw underway!

13:49: Roma beat Feyenoord in last season's final and the Italians are in the Europa League this time around so we will have a new name on the trophy.

13:46: There was no VAR in this competition until the semis last year and once again it has absent in the group stage. Cologne were very unhappy with the officiating in their crucial defeat to Nice on the last day and UEFA refereeing head Roberto Rosetti mentioned in an interview with a Dutch newspaper that VAR would bre used in the knockouts. There is nothing official as of yet though.

13:45: The eight winners will join Istanbul Baseksehir, West Ham, Villarreal, Nice, AZ Alkmaar, Djurgardens, Sivasspor and Slovan Bratislava in the last 16.

13:44: The Europa League third placed sides are Bodo/Glimt, AEK Larnaca, Ludogorets, Braga, Sheriff, Lazio, Qarabag and Trabzonspor.

13:41: The Conference League group runners-up are Fiorentina, Anderlecht, Lech Poznan, Partizan Belgrade, Dnipro, Gent, CFR Cluj and Basel.

13:40: A reminder that this season's final will take place at the Fortuna Arena in Prague on 7th June.

13:39: The knockout round ties will be played on 16th and 23rd February.

13:39: A reminder that the eight teams who came second in their Conference League group will face a third placed team from the Europa League. Teams from the same country cannot be drawn together and the teams who came second in the Conference League will host the second leg.

13:37: Hello and welcome to live coverage of the Conference League knockout round play-off draw from Nyon. The draw begins at 14:00 CET.

13:35: Not long until the Conference League draw!