Kairat Almaty goalkeeper Temirlan Anarbekov saved three penalties in the shootout on Tuesday to lift the Kazakh champions over Celtic in the qualifying playoffs after the teams played out a second straight 0-0 draw. Almaty won the shootout 3-2.
Norway's Bodo/Glimt eased past Sturm Graz, winning 6-2 on aggregate despite a 2-1 loss on Tuesday in Austria, to bring Champions League games to their stadium inside the Arctic Circle this season.
Unheralded Cypriot champions Pafos stunned Red Star Belgrade, the European champions in 1991, with an 89th-minute goal by Brazilian forward Jaja to draw 1-1 at home and advance 3-2 on aggregate.
All three winners will take their places alongside title-holders Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and a stellar list of European powers in the draw ceremony in Monaco on Thursday.
Kairat advanced 10 years after Astana played in the old group stage as the only other Kazakh team to compete with the European elite.
Almaty are four time zones and thousands of kilometres east of potential opponents from England and Portugal.
Celtic, the 1967 European Cup winners, drop into the second-tier Europa League with Red Star and Sturm Graz, one year after all three played in the Champions League.
Four more Champions League qualifying playoffs will be decided on Wednesday to complete the 36-team line-up.
Jose Mourinho takes Fenerbahce to his former club Benfica with the teams tied at 0-0, Club Brugge start 3-1 up at home to Rangers, while Qarabag lead by the same score against visiting Ferencvaros.
Copenhagen host Basel tied at 1-1.
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