The draw for the 3rd qualifying round of the 2002-03 Champions League has been made with several big clubs who harbour ambitions of winning the trophy, entering the competition.
Manchester United, Newcastle United, Barcelona, Bayern Munich and both Milan clubs are among the teams to join the competition at this stage, with the winners of the two-legged ties qualifying for the Champions League proper.
All the fancied sides wre seeded although Inter face arguably the toughest tie of of the lot, having to meet Portuguese side Sporting Lisbon for a place in the group stage.
Full draw:
Milan v Slovan Liberec
Shakhtar Donetsk v Brugge or Bucharest
Barcelona v Vardar or Legia Warsaw
Lillestrom or Zeljeznicar v Newcastle
Genk v Sparta Prague or Torpedo Kutaisi
Celtic v MSK Zilina or Basel
Boavista or Hibernians v Auxerre
NK Zagreb or Zalaegerszegi v Manchester United
Matches to be played on August and 13/14 with the return legs a fortnight later.
