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
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 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
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:

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]

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 edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
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
East Zone
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 edit

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors  1–2  Pohang Steelers
Lee Jae-sung   54' Report Son Joon-ho   58'
Go Moo-yul   74'

Cerezo Osaka  1–5  Guangzhou Evergrande
Hasegawa   30' Report Muriqui   22', 84'
Elkeson   34' (pen.), 37'
Gao Lin   78'

Al-Jazira  1–2  Al-Ain
Fayez   58' Report Gyan   11'
O. Abdulrahman   15'


Sanfrecce Hiroshima  3–1  Western Sydney Wanderers
Ishihara   51', 65'
Shibasaki   90+1'
Report Juric   78' (pen.)



Al-Sadd  0–0  Foolad
Report
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Second leg edit

Pohang Steelers won 3–1 on aggregate.


Guangzhou Evergrande  0–1  Cerezo Osaka
Report Liao Lisheng   49' (o.g.)
Attendance: 38,431

Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–2 on aggregate.


Al-Ain  2–1  Al-Jazira
Gyan   61', 81' Report Mabkhout   17'

Al-Ain won 4–2 on aggregate.


Al-Shabab  1–3  Al-Ittihad
Al-Ruwaili   80' Report Fallatah   8'
F. Al-Muwallad   72', 90+1'

Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.


3–3 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals.


FC Seoul  1–2  Kawasaki Frontale
Escudero   8' Report Kobayashi   29'
Morishima   90+2'

4–4 on aggregate. FC Seoul won on away goals.


Foolad  2–2  Al-Sadd
Chimba   77' (pen.), 87' Report Belhadj   16'
Ibrahim   29'
Attendance: 48,753

2–2 on aggregate. Al-Sadd won on away goals.


Al-Hilal won 4–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
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
East Zone
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 edit

Al-Ain  2–0  Al-Ittihad
Ismail   48'
Gyan   61'
Report

Al-Hilal  1–0  Al-Sadd
Al-Faraj   71' Report


Pohang Steelers  0–0  FC Seoul
Report

Second leg edit

Al-Sadd  0–0  Al-Hilal
Report

Al-Hilal won 1–0 on aggregate.


Al-Ittihad  1–3  Al-Ain
Ismail   35' (o.g.) Report Gyan   40'
O. Abdulrahman   66'
Diaky   84'

Al-Ain won 5–1 on aggregate.


0–0 on aggregate. FC Seoul won 3–0 on penalties.


Guangzhou Evergrande  2–1  Western Sydney Wanderers
Diamanti   61'
Elkeson   90+1'
Report Juric   58' (pen.)
Attendance: 39,874
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

2–2 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals.

Notes
  1. ^
    The Al-Ittihad and Al-Ain match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by AFC.[5]

Semi-finals edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal   4–2   Al-Ain 3–0 1–2
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
FC Seoul   0–2   Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 0–2

First leg edit

Al-Hilal  3–0  Al-Ain
Al-Shamrani   61', 64'
Neves   70'
Report

FC Seoul  0–0  Western Sydney Wanderers
Report

Second leg edit

Al-Ain  2–1  Al-Hilal
Lee Myung-joo   10'
Kembo   78'
Report Al-Shamrani   66'

Al-Hilal won 4–2 on aggregate.


Western Sydney Wanderers  2–0  FC Seoul
Poljak   3'
Cole   64'
Report
Attendance: 18,896

Western Sydney Wanderers won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Western Sydney Wanderers   1–0   Al-Hilal 1–0 0–0
Western Sydney Wanderers  1–0  Al-Hilal
Juric   64' Report
Attendance: 20,053

Western Sydney Wanderers won 1–0 on aggregate.

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ^ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
  3. ^ a b "Holders Guangzhou face Australian debutants". AFC. 28 May 2014.
  4. ^ "ACL 2014 KO Stage Draw Mechanics" (PDF). AFC.
  5. ^ "AFC Disciplinary Committee decisions". AFC. 12 August 2014.

External links edit