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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Josh McCafferty

Hibernian's potential Conference League play-off opponents revealed

Hibernian have learned their potential UEFA Conference League play-off opponents.

David Gray's men were painstakingly eliminated from the Europa League at the second qualifying round last Thursday following a 3-2 aggregate defeat to Danish outfit Midtjylland. 


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Hibs resultantly dropped into the third round of Conference League qualifying, where they will take on Partizan.

They travel to Serbia for the first leg on Thursday, before welcoming the Belgrade outfit to Easter Road a week later. 

Should Hibs get the better of Partizan, they will move into the Conference League play-offs, where they have today been drawn to face either AEK Larnaca or Legia Warszawa. 

The prospective first leg will be played at Easter Road on Thursday, August 21, before Hibs travel to either Cyprus or Poland for the return leg a week later. 

All eyes for now, however, are on the Partizan tie, after Gray's men made a winning start to their Scottish Premiership campaign over the weekend, Kieron Bowie's quick-fire brace securing a 2-1 win away to Dundee

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