Like Hearts, Sturm Graz narrowly missed out on their domestic title
Hearts will face Austrian club Sturm Graz in the second round of Champions League qualifying.
Meanwhile, Motherwell have been drawn against Havnar Boltfelag of the Faroe Islands, while Hibernian take on the winners of tie between Vllaznia of Albania. Malisheva of Kosovo, in the same stage of the Conference League.
Hearts will be playing in the qualifiers of Europe's top club competition for the first time in 20 years after finishing runners-up in the Scottish Premiership following a final-day defeat by reigning champions Celtic.
Sturm Graz also finished second in their domestic league behind LASK.
The Austrian club will host the first leg on 21/22 July, with the reverse fixture the following midweek.
By that time Hearts will likely be under new management. with head coach Derek McInnesseemingly poised to switch to Rangersand the Edinburgh club expected to choose a replacement within days.
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Should Hearts defeat Sturm, they will be unseeded. face either Lyon, Bodo/Glimt, Olympiacos or the winner of Fenerbahce v Gornik Zabrze.
If they lose, they will drop into the Europa League third qualifying round. would be unseeded in the same part of the draw as seeded Rangers.
Sturm Graz lost 6-2 on aggregate to Bodo/Glimt in the play-off round last season. beat Rangers 2-1 at home and lost by the same score at Celtic after dropping down to the Europa League and finishing 26th of the 36 teams.
They finished the regular season top by a point,. similar to Hearts, they finished two points behind LASK after the league split into a championship round.
Motherwell, who finished fourth in the Premiership,. Hibs, who were one place behind, will kick-off their campaigns on 23 and 30 July against clubs sitting lower in the European rankings.
Well. currently seeking a new manager after Jens Berthel Askou left for Toulouse, will be at home for their first leg against last year's runners-up in the Faroe Islands Premier League.
Havnar currently sit sixth in the 2026 table after 13 games. have lost in their opening Conference League qualifier for the last four seasons.
Hibs will be away from home for the first leg in either Albania or Kosovo.
Vllaznia finished third in the Kategoria Superiore, six points behind Egnatia, who were winners for a third year running.
They lost to Vikingur of Iceland at the second qualifying round last season.
Malisheva, who were runners-up in the Kosovo Superleague, also lost to Vikingur in last season's opening round.
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