Dundee United win makes Hibs life a bit easier for Europa League qualification

Third qualifying round draw on July 16th

Dundee United fans were undoubtedly delighted with their Hampden triumph but Hibs fans would have been cheering each Arab goal. This is because United winning the Cup sees Hibs enter the Europa League qualifying round at the third round stage.

Hibs were due to enter the 2nd round of the Europa League qualifying rounds but the Tangerine triumph sees them enter at the next round and their first European match is scheduled to take place on the 29th of July.

The draw for the Europa League takes place on Friday the 16th of July.

There are 30 teams directly entering the Europa League at this stage and some of other clubs joining Hibs include Liverpool, Getafe, Juventus, Sporting Lisbon and CSKA Moscow.

Hibs will no doubt be hoping to progress as far as possible so meeting one of these teams may not help that but a match against one of these teams would be tremendous for the Easter Road club.

The other teams in the Europa League third round come from the previous Europa League qualifying round, with 40 clubs dropping in from there. Scottish football will be hoping that Hibs are joined by Motherwell, who have been given a European place thanks to Dundee United’s Cup win.

This should give Hibs a longer pre-season break and a better chance of making the Europa League stages and John Hughes’ team deserve it thanks to their early season form.

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