Town to Learn Carabao Cup Opponents Today - Ipswich Town News

Town will discover their first round opponents in the Carabao Cup - the competition known as the EFL Cup last season - at 1pm today.

The draw takes place in Bangkok where the competition’s new sponsor, Carabao Energy Drink, are based.

It will be available via various platforms, including the EFL’s new iFollow service, on the Carabao Cup Facebook page and SkySports.com.

The draw will be carried out by former France and Arsenal midfielder Emmanuel Petit, Carabao’s CEO Sathien Setthasit, the British Ambassador to Thailand, Brian Davidson, and the EFL’s chief executive Shaun Harvey.

It is regionalised and seeded based on clubs’ finishing positions in the EFL last season. Town are among the southern seeds. The ties take place in the week commencing 7th August.

The @Carabao_Cup Round One Draw takes place at 1pm.

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— EFL (@EFL) June 16, 2017

Last season the Blues were beaten 1-0 at home in the first round by League Two Stevenage, who they have faced in the opening round in three of the last four seasons.

Town will learn their 2017/18 Championship fixtures on Wednesday 21st June.

South — Seeds""

1. Aston Villa
"2. Birmingham City
"3. Brentford
"4. Bristol City
"5. Bristol Rovers
"6. Cardiff City
"7. Charlton Athletic
"8. Fulham
"9. Ipswich Town
"10. Millwall
"11. Milton Keynes Dons
"12. Norwich City
"13. Oxford United
"14. Peterborough United
"15. Queens Park Rangers
"16. Reading
"17. Southend United
"18. Wolverhampton Wanderers

South — Non-Seeds""

19. AFC Wimbledon
"20. Barnet
"21. Cambridge United
"22. Cheltenham Town
"23. Colchester United
"24. Crawley Town
"25. Exeter City
"26. Forest Green Rovers
"27. Gillingham
"28. Luton Town
"29. Newport County
"30. Northampton Town
"31. Plymouth Argyle
"32. Portsmouth
"33. Stevenage
"34. Swindon Town
"35. Wycombe Wanderers
"36. Yeovil Town

North — Seeds""

1. Barnsley
"2. Blackburn Rovers
"3. Bolton Wanderers
"4. Bradford City
"5. Burton Albion
"6. Derby County
"7. Fleetwood Town
"8. Leeds United
"9. Nottingham Forest
"10. Preston North End
"11. Rochdale
"12. Rotherham United
"13. Scunthorpe United
"14. Sheffield United
"15. Sheffield Wednesday
"16. Sunderland
"17. Wigan Athletic

North — Non-Seeds

""18. Accrington Stanley
"19. Blackpool
"20. Bury
"21. Carlisle United
"22. Chesterfield
"23. Coventry City
"24. Crewe Alexandra
"25. Doncaster Rovers
"26. Grimsby Town
"27. Lincoln City
"28. Mansfield Town
"29. Morecambe
"30. Notts County
"31. Oldham Athletic
"32. Port Vale
"33. Shrewsbury Town
"34. Walsall

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