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had two qualifying rounds to determine which 16 teams would play in the group stage, along with the eight teams that had qualified automatically. Teams from the higher-ranked UEFA nations received byes to the second qualifying round. Losing teams in the first qualifying round were eliminated from European competition for the season, while the losing teams from the second qualifying round were put into the draw for the first round of the

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. Matches took place between 23 July and 27 August 1997.

Teams

The national champions from associations 8 and below, along with all league runners-up, entered the qualifying rounds.

First qualifying round

Seeding

The 30 teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing 15 teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking.

Summary

Matches

''Maribor won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''MTK won 6–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dinamo Tbilisi won 8–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Košice won 4–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Croatia Zagreb won 5–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Skonto won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Beitar Jerusalem won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Steaua București won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''MPKC Mozyr won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Jazz won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rangers won 11–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Widzew Łódź won 10–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Kyiv won 6–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sion won 5–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Anorthosis Famagusta won 4–1 on aggregate.''

Second qualifying round

Seeding

The 32 teams were divided into seeded and unseeded pots, each containing 16 teams, for the draw based on their association's ranking. ;Notes

Summary

The losing teams qualified for the first round of the

Matches

''Beşiktaş won 3–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Rosenborg won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Galatasaray won 8–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Olympiacos won 7–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sparta Prague won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''IFK Göteborg won 4–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Barcelona won 4–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Dynamo Kyiv won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Newcastle United won 4–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Feyenoord won 8–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Bayer Leverkusen won 6–2 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Košice won 2–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Paris Saint-Germain won 5–3 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Parma won 7–1 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Sporting CP won 3–0 on aggregate.'' ---- ''Lierse won 3–2 on aggregate.''

Notes

References

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First qualifying round

Second qualifying round
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