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The third opponent of the reigning champions will come out from the lower part of the board of the three preliminary rounds. So far only the first leg has been played between Olimpiacos Piraeus and Beveren (3-1 for the Greeks); the winner will face the Belarusian side of Minchanka Minsk in the second round, where Zok and Brcko, teams of the Serbian and Bosnian championships respectively, are included. Those who pass to the third round will compete between the end of October and the beginning of November, always on home and away matches plus any golden set, to earn the last place in group E. For Conegliano the variable is not on the technical level, which will be in each case less, but on the length of the trip.