Celtic eased into the Champions League playoffs thanks to goals from Joe Ledley and Georgios Samaras in the 2-0 win against HJK Helsinki at the Sonera Stadium.
The Wales international bundled Charlie Mulgrew's cross into the net the 66th minute before Samaras scored five minutes from the end to give the Scottish champions a 4-1 aggregate win and only their second away victory in Europe in 34 attempts.
Midfielder Victor Wanyama was red-carded in the second-half after picking up the second of two yellow cards but that did not take away from the Hoops' win which would could have been more convincing had skipper Scott Brown, who passed a fitness test on his hip complaint before the game, not missed an early sitter before Samaras passed up on a decent chance moments later.
However, manager Neil Lennon will be delighted to take one step closer to the lucrative group stages of European football's elite club competition.
David Degen fired Basel into the Champions League playoff after a tense third qualifying round tie against Norwegian side Molde.
The Swiss champions, who memorably qualified from last season's group stage at Manchester United's expense, led 1-0 from last week's first leg but were pegged back by Jo Inge Berget in the 32nd minute.
Degen found the net 15 minutes from time, though, to see Heiko Vogel's side through.
FC Copenhagen eliminated Club Brugge in the most dramatic of Wednesday night's ties.
After a goalless first leg, Brugge took a half-time lead at Jan Breydelstadion through Jordi.
Nicolai Jorgenson equalised in the 61st minute but Vadis Odjidja restored the Belgian side's lead five minutes later.
Christian Bolanos' leveller meant Copenhagen would go through and, with their hosts pushing for a late goal, it was instead the Danes who made it 3-2 in the 95th minute through Cesar Santin.
Fenerbahce were given a first-leg scare by Romanian side Vaslui, needing a last-minute equalizer to go into this game level at 1-1.
And after Marius Niculae cancelled out Caner Erkin's opener on Wednesday night, they had to wait until the last 20 minutes before Dirk Kuyt scored twice and Moussa Sow's injury-time goal made it 5-2 on aggregate.
Cypriot side AEL produced something of an upset with a 2-0 aggregate win over Partizan Belgrade despite playing more than an hour tonight with 10 men.
The Limassol outfit won 1-0 last week and replicated that scoreline through Dosa Junior's 23rd-minute goal, but they had to hang on after Jorge Lourenco collected his second booking five minutes later.
Anderlecht completed an 11-0 aggregate romp against 10-man Ekranas.
Sacha Kljestan's ninth-minute goal added to the Belgian champions' commanding 5-0 first-leg lead and Ekranas' troubles mounted when keeper Emilijus Zubas was sent off shortly before the half-hour mark.
Replacement Tadas Kauneckas saved Guillaume Gillet's penalty but was later beaten by Dennis Praet, Olexandr Yakovenko, Tom de Sutter, Guillermo Molins and Fernando.
There was a comfortable 6-1 success for Swedish champions Helsingborg against Slask Wroclaw, Thomas Sorum's hat-trick earning them a 3-1 win as Cristian Diaz replied for the Poles.
CFR Cluj scored in injury time in each half to beat Liberec 2-1 in the Czech Republic and go through 3-1 over two legs.
Pantelis Kapetanos scored on the stroke of half-time to add to their first-leg lead and, though Josef Sural hit back, Modou Sougou grabbed a 94th-minute clincher.
Dinamo Zagreb beat FC Sheriff 4-0 on the night, 5-0 on aggregate, a solitary goal from Ales Mertelj secured Maribor a 5-1 aggregate win over Dudelange and Kiryat Shmona twice came from behind to draw with Neftchi and complete a 6-2 success.
