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Europa League: Hull City set to face AS Trencin in third qualifying round

Olivier Giroud of Arsenal battles with Paul McShane of Hull City during the FA Cup final at Wembley
Image: Hull City: FA Cup finalists set for Europa League campaign

Hull City are likely to face AS Trencin in the Europa League's third qualifying round after Friday's draw.

The Slovakian side trounced Vojvodina of Serbia 4-0, Simon scoring a hat-trick, in the first leg and will be confident of holding onto their advantage in the return.

The 2014 FA Cup finalists were seeded, based on their UEFA club coefficient ranking, after qualifying for Europe for the first time due to their run to Wembley.

Steve Bruce's side will travel out on Thursday, July 31 for their competitive European debut, set to be in the Slovakian city of Trencin.

The return leg at the KC Stadium takes place a week later on August 7.

UEFA Europa League third qualifying round draw:

Karabukspor v Rosenborg/Sligo Rovers
Chornomorets v RNK Split/Hapoel Beer Sheva
Lucerne/St Johnstone v FC Zestafoni/FC Spartak Trnava
Mainz v RoPS/Asteras Tripolis
Litex Lovech/Diosgyor VTK v Sillamae Kalev/Krasnodar
Mlada Boleslav/Siroki Brijeg v Lyon
AS Trencin/Vojvodina v Hull City
Buducnost Podgorica/Omonia Nicosia v Metalurg/Zeljeznicar Sarajevo
Torino v Brommapojkarna/Crusaders
PSV v Botev Plovdiv/SKN St Polten
Motherwell/Stjarnan v Nomme Kalju/Lech Poznan
Laci/FC Zarya Lugansk v Molde FK/HiT Gorica
FK Sarajevo/Haugesund v Atromitos
Real Sociedad v Aberdeen/FC Groningen
Astana/Hapoel Tel-Aviv FC  v Linfield/AIK
Zulte Waregem/Zawisza Bydgoszcz v Derry City FC/Shakhtyor
Cukaricki Belgrade/SV Grodig v CSKA Sofia/FC Zimbru
FC Astra Giurgiu v MFK Kosice/Liberec
Ruch Chorzow/FC Vaduz v Kairat Almaty/Esbjerg
Dinamo Moscow v Hapoel Kiryat Shmona
Young Boys v Ermis Aradippou
IF Elfsborg/Inter Baku v Neman/FH Hafnarfjordur
Petrolul Ploiesti /Flamurtari Vlore v Plzen
Vikingur/Tromso v Rijeka/Ferencvaros
Dinamo Minsk/MyPa v CFR Cluj-Napoca/FK Jagodina
Neftchi/Koper v Bursaspor/Chikhura Sachkhere
Gyori/IFK Goteborg v Rio Ave
Club Brugge v Brondby
FK Atlantas/Shakhtyor Karagandy v Dundalk/Hajduk Split

Ties to be played 31 July and 7 August

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