2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage
The knock-out stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 6 May to 1 November 2014. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.[1]
Qualified teams
[edit]The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Zone and East Zone had eight teams qualified.
Zone | Group | Winners | Runners-up |
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West Zone (Groups A–D) |
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B | ![]() |
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C | ![]() |
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D | ![]() |
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East Zone (Groups E–H) |
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F | ![]() |
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G | ![]() |
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H | ![]() |
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Format
[edit]In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.[1]
Schedule
[edit]The schedule of each round was as follows.[2]
Round | First leg | Second leg |
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Round of 16 | 6–7 May 2014 | 13–14 May 2014 |
Quarter-finals | 19–20 August 2014 | 26–27 August 2014 |
Semi-finals | 16–17 September 2014 | 30 September–1 October 2014 |
Final | 25 October 2014 | 1 November 2014 |
Bracket
[edit]In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.[1] The matchups were determined as follows:
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The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 28 May 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.[3] The "country protection" rule was not applied, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.[4]
There was no draw for the semi-finals, with the matchups determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 (West Zone) and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 (East Zone), with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg.
The draw to decide the order of two legs of the final was held after the quarter-final draw.[3]
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Round of 16
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Ittihad ![]() |
4–1 | ![]() |
1–0 | 3–1 |
Al-Jazira ![]() |
2–4 | ![]() |
1–2 | 1–2 |
Al-Sadd ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
0–0 | 2–2 |
Bunyodkor ![]() |
0–4 | ![]() |
0–1 | 0–3 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ![]() |
1–3 | ![]() |
1–2 | 0–1 |
Cerezo Osaka ![]() |
2–5 | ![]() |
1–5 | 1–0 |
Kawasaki Frontale ![]() |
4–4 (a) | ![]() |
2–3 | 2–1 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ![]() |
3–3 (a) | ![]() |
3–1 | 0–2 |
First leg
[edit]Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Lee Jae-sung ![]() |
Report | Son Joon-ho ![]() Go Moo-yul ![]() |
Cerezo Osaka ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() |
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Hasegawa ![]() |
Report | Muriqui ![]() Elkeson ![]() Gao Lin ![]() |
Al-Ittihad ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Fallatah ![]() |
Report |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Ishihara ![]() Shibasaki ![]() |
Report | Juric ![]() |
Kawasaki Frontale ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() |
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Kobayashi ![]() Renato ![]() |
Report | Escudero ![]() Kim Chi-woo ![]() Yun Il-lok ![]() |
Bunyodkor ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | S. Al-Dawsari ![]() |
Second leg
[edit]Pohang Steelers won 3–1 on aggregate.
Guangzhou Evergrande ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | Liao Lisheng ![]() |
Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–2 on aggregate.
Al-Ain won 4–2 on aggregate.
Al-Shabab ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Al-Ruwaili ![]() |
Report | Fallatah ![]() F. Al-Muwallad ![]() |
Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.
3–3 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals.
4–4 on aggregate. FC Seoul won on away goals.
2–2 on aggregate. Al-Sadd won on away goals.
Al-Hilal ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Qahtani ![]() Al-Shamrani ![]() S. Al-Dawsari ![]() |
Report |
Al-Hilal won 4–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Hilal ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Al-Ain ![]() |
5–1 | ![]() |
2–0 | 3–1 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Pohang Steelers ![]() |
0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–3p) |
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0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
Western Sydney Wanderers ![]() |
2–2 (a) | ![]() |
1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
[edit]Al-Ain ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ismail ![]() Gyan ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
[edit]Al-Hilal won 1–0 on aggregate.
Al-Ittihad ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() |
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Ismail ![]() |
Report | Gyan ![]() O. Abdulrahman ![]() Diaky ![]() |
Al-Ain won 5–1 on aggregate.
FC Seoul ![]() | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | ![]() |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Éverton Santos ![]() Osmar ![]() Kim Jin-kyu ![]() Molina ![]() |
3–0 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
0–0 on aggregate. FC Seoul won 3–0 on penalties.
Guangzhou Evergrande ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Diamanti ![]() Elkeson ![]() |
Report | Juric ![]() |
2–2 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals.
- Notes
Semi-finals
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Hilal ![]() |
4–2 | ![]() |
3–0 | 1–2 |
Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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FC Seoul ![]() |
0–2 | ![]() |
0–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
[edit]Al-Hilal ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Al-Shamrani ![]() Neves ![]() |
Report |
Second leg
[edit]Al-Ain ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Lee Myung-joo ![]() Kembo ![]() |
Report | Al-Shamrani ![]() |
Al-Hilal won 4–2 on aggregate.
Western Sydney Wanderers ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Poljak ![]() Cole ![]() |
Report |
Western Sydney Wanderers won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Western Sydney Wanderers ![]() |
1–0 | ![]() |
1–0 | 0–0 |
Western Sydney Wanderers ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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Juric ![]() |
Report |
Western Sydney Wanderers won 1–0 on aggregate.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ a b "Holders Guangzhou face Australian debutants". AFC. 28 May 2014.
- ^ "ACL 2014 KO Stage Draw Mechanics" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ "AFC Disciplinary Committee decisions". AFC. 12 August 2014.
External links
[edit]- AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com