All you need to know about Hearts' Europa League play-off round draw including dates and potential opponents

They secured their place back in April with a Scottish Cup semi-final win over Hibs, but Hearts will finally take a step closer to knowing who stands between them and place in the Europa League group stages.

Robbie Neilson ’s side are 180 minutes away from reaching the group stages of the competition for the first time in 18 years. The Jambos were the first Scottish side to do so back in 2004, when it was still called the UEFA Cup. A two-legged win over Portuguese cracks Braga saw Craig Levein’s team progress to a section including Dutch giants Feyenoord, Schlake of the Bundesliga, Basel and Ferencvaros.

A 3-0 defeat in De Kuip was followed up with a narrow 1-0 loss to Schalke at Murrayfield. A famous win in Switzerland was secured with a last minute strike by current boss Neilson, before Ferencvaros also edged their encounter at the home of Scottish Rugby. Future Tynecastle manager Csaba Laszlo was booted on the touchline by John Robertson for his troubles.

There’s still a fair few games to be played before Hearts know exactly who they’ll face, but they at least have an idea of their potential opponents when everyone goes into the hat next week. They know that even defeat means the Euro adventure won't be over before it’s even begun, as they’ll drop into the Europa Conference League.

However, they can cross that bridge if they even come to it. Record Sport has all the info you need ahead of the draw.

The draw takes place on Tuesday, August 2 at 12.00pm.

It will be held at UEFA’s headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland.

This is where the uncertainty lies.

The Jambos are one of seven Priority 1 teams entering at this stage, alongside Gent (BEL), Austria Vienna (AUT), Neil Lennon’s Omonia Nicosia (CYP), Sivasspor (TUR),