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West Ham could again play Rapid in Europe

June 1, 2022 at 4:35 pm Leave a comment

West Ham and Rapid Vienna could again meet in the European Conference League this season. Rapid have only qualified via the Austrian qualification playoff and will therefore have to start into the Conference League as early as in the second qualification round. For West Ham it will be sufficient to succeed in the two legged play-offs in August to make the group stage.

Rapid Vienna is going to be seeded when the draw for its first qualifying game (to be played on 21 July) will be made on 15 June 2022. Rapid has to commence its European journey as early as in qualifying round 2. To reach the play-offs of the Conference League (18/25 August) and then get into the group stage (starting from 8 September), Rapid have to be victorious in the second and the third qualification round. The third qualification round is going to be played on 4/11 August.

West Ham will play their first European game of the next season in the play-offs on 18 August, for which the draw will be made on 2 August.

The Final is scheduled for 7 June 2023 and will take place in Prague’s Eden Arena (Sinobo Stadium), the home of Soucek’s and Coufal’s former club, Slavia, with a capacity of only 20,000.

Let’s hope that Rapid as well as West Ham make the group stage again , and let’s also hope for a final pairing next year that will be as interesting as this year’s final of AS Roma vs. Feyenoord Rotterdam – and that West Ham will be one of the clubs playing in this match.

The Premier League is going to start earlier than last year because of the World Cup in Qatar with its first fixtures scheduled for 6 August. The fixtures are expected to be released by the Premier League on June 16, 2022 at 9 a.m. BST.

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