The 2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League qualifying phase and play-off round began on 6 July and ended on 26 August 2021.
The Main Path included league non-champions, and consisted of the following rounds: Below are the participating teams of the League Path (with their 2021 UEFA club coefficients),[3] grouped by their starting rounds.
If the aggregate score is level at the end of normal time of the second leg, the away goals rule is no longer applied starting from this season.
[4] To decide the winner of the tie, extra time is played, and if the same number of goals are scored by both teams during extra time, the tie is decided by a penalty shoot-out.
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws were held at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland).
[1] The draw for the first qualifying round was held on 15 June 2021, 13:30 CEST.
The winners of the ties advanced to the Main Path second qualifying round.
The winners of the ties advanced to the third qualifying round of their respective path.
The winners of the ties advanced to the play-off round of their respective path.