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.
Qualified teams
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) |
A | Al-Shabab | Al-Jazira |
B | Foolad | Bunyodkor | |
C | Al-Ain | Al-Ittihad | |
D | Al-Hilal | Al-Sadd | |
East Zone (Groups E–H) |
E | Pohang Steelers | Cerezo Osaka |
F | FC Seoul | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | |
G | Guangzhou Evergrande | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | |
H | Western Sydney Wanderers | Kawasaki Frontale |
Format
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.
Schedule
The schedule of each round was as follows.
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
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. 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. The "country protection" rule was not applied, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.
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.
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pohang Steelers | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Pohang Steelers | 0 | 0 | 0 (0) | ||||||||||||||||||||
FC Seoul (p) | 0 | 0 | 0 (3) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
FC Seoul (a) | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
FC Seoul | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Western Sydney Wanderers | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Western Sydney Wanderers (a) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Western Sydney Wanderers (a) | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Guangzhou Evergrande | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cerezo Osaka | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Guangzhou Evergrande | 5 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Western Sydney Wanderers | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Hilal | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bunyodkor | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Hilal | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Hilal | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Sadd | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Sadd (a) | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Foolad | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Hilal | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Ain | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Jazira | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Ain | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Ain | 2 | 3 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Ittihad | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Ittihad | 1 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Al-Shabab | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Round of 16
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Ittihad | 4–1 | Al-Shabab | 1–0 | 3–1 |
Al-Jazira | 2–4 | Al-Ain | 1–2 | 1–2 |
Al-Sadd | 2–2 (a) | Foolad | 0–0 | 2–2 |
Bunyodkor | 0–4 | Al-Hilal | 0–1 | 0–3 |
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–3 | Pohang Steelers | 1–2 | 0–1 |
Cerezo Osaka | 2–5 | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1–5 | 1–0 |
Kawasaki Frontale | 4–4 (a) | FC Seoul | 2–3 | 2–1 |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3–3 (a) | Western Sydney Wanderers | 3–1 | 0–2 |
First leg
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors | 1–2 | Pohang Steelers |
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Lee Jae-sung 54' | Report | Son Joon-ho 58' Go Moo-yul 74' |
Cerezo Osaka | 1–5 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
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Hasegawa 30' | Report | Muriqui 22', 84' Elkeson 34' (pen.), 37' Gao Lin 78' |
Al-Jazira | 1–2 | Al-Ain |
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Fayez 58' | Report | Gyan 11' O. Abdulrahman 15' |
Al-Ittihad | 1–0 | Al-Shabab |
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Fallatah 77' | Report |
Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 3–1 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
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Ishihara 51', 65' Shibasaki 90+1' |
Report | Juric 78' (pen.) |
Kawasaki Frontale | 2–3 | FC Seoul |
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Kobayashi 49' Renato 61' (pen.) |
Report | Escudero 51' Kim Chi-woo 83' Yun Il-lok 90+3' |
Bunyodkor | 0–1 | Al-Hilal |
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Report | S. Al-Dawsari 38' |
Al-Sadd | 0–0 | Foolad |
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Report |
Second leg
Pohang Steelers | 1–0 | Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors |
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Kim Seung-dae 6' | Report |
Pohang Steelers won 3–1 on aggregate.
Guangzhou Evergrande | 0–1 | Cerezo Osaka |
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Report | Liao Lisheng 49' (o.g.) |
Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–2 on aggregate.
Al-Ain | 2–1 | Al-Jazira |
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Gyan 61', 81' | Report | Mabkhout 17' |
Al-Ain won 4–2 on aggregate.
Al-Shabab | 1–3 | Al-Ittihad |
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Al-Ruwaili 80' | Report | Fallatah 8' F. Al-Muwallad 72', 90+1' |
Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.
Western Sydney Wanderers | 2–0 | Sanfrecce Hiroshima |
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Cole 55' Šantalab 85' |
Report |
3–3 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals.
FC Seoul | 1–2 | Kawasaki Frontale |
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Escudero 8' | Report | Kobayashi 29' Morishima 90+2' |
4–4 on aggregate. FC Seoul won on away goals.
Foolad | 2–2 | Al-Sadd |
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Chimba 77' (pen.), 87' | Report | Belhadj 16' Ibrahim 29' |
2–2 on aggregate. Al-Sadd won on away goals.
Al-Hilal | 3–0 | Bunyodkor |
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Al-Qahtani 20' Al-Shamrani 47' S. Al-Dawsari 58' |
Report |
Al-Hilal won 4–0 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Hilal | 1–0 | Al-Sadd | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Al-Ain | 5–1 | Al-Ittihad | 2–0 | 3–1 |
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Pohang Steelers | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (0–3p) |
FC Seoul | 0–0 | 0–0 (a.e.t.) |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 2–2 (a) | Guangzhou Evergrande | 1–0 | 1–2 |
First leg
Al-Ain | 2–0 | Al-Ittihad |
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Ismail 48' Gyan 61' |
Report |
Al-Hilal | 1–0 | Al-Sadd |
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Al-Faraj 71' | Report |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 1–0 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
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Golec 60' | Report |
Pohang Steelers | 0–0 | FC Seoul |
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Report |
Second leg
Al-Sadd | 0–0 | Al-Hilal |
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Report |
Al-Hilal won 1–0 on aggregate.
Al-Ittihad | 1–3 | Al-Ain |
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Ismail 35' (o.g.) | Report | Gyan 40' O. Abdulrahman 66' Diaky 84' |
Al-Ain won 5–1 on aggregate.
FC Seoul | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Pohang Steelers |
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Report | ||
Penalties | ||
Éverton Santos Osmar Kim Jin-kyu Molina |
3–0 | Hwang Ji-soo Kim Jae-sung Park Hee-chul |
0–0 on aggregate. FC Seoul won 3–0 on penalties.
Guangzhou Evergrande | 2–1 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
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Diamanti 61' Elkeson 90+1' |
Report | Juric 58' (pen.) |
2–2 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals.
- Notes
- The Al-Ittihad and Al-Ain match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by AFC.
Semi-finals
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Al-Hilal | 4–2 | Al-Ain | 3–0 | 1–2 |
Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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FC Seoul | 0–2 | Western Sydney Wanderers | 0–0 | 0–2 |
First leg
Al-Hilal | 3–0 | Al-Ain |
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Al-Shamrani 61', 64' Neves 70' |
Report |
FC Seoul | 0–0 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
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Report |
Second leg
Al-Ain | 2–1 | Al-Hilal |
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Lee Myung-joo 10' Kembo 78' |
Report | Al-Shamrani 66' |
Al-Hilal won 4–2 on aggregate.
Western Sydney Wanderers | 2–0 | FC Seoul |
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Poljak 3' Cole 64' |
Report |
Western Sydney Wanderers won 2–0 on aggregate.
Final
Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League FinalTeam 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Western Sydney Wanderers | 1–0 | Al-Hilal | 1–0 | 0–0 |
Western Sydney Wanderers | 1–0 | Al-Hilal |
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Juric 64' | Report |
Al-Hilal | 0–0 | Western Sydney Wanderers |
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Report |
Western Sydney Wanderers won 1–0 on aggregate.
References
- ^ "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
- "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
- ^ "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
- AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com
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