2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage

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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[]

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 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
B Iran Foolad Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
C United Arab Emirates Al-Ain Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
D Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal Qatar Al-Sadd
East Zone
(Groups E–H) 		E South Korea Pohang Steelers Japan Cerezo Osaka
F South Korea FC Seoul Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
G China Guangzhou Evergrande South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
H Australia Western Sydney Wanderers Japan 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.[1]

Schedule[]

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[]

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
                
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 0 1
South Korea Pohang Steelers 2 1 3
South Korea Pohang Steelers 0 0 0 (0)
South Korea FC Seoul (p) 0 0 0 (3)
Japan Kawasaki Frontale 2 2 4
South Korea FC Seoul (a) 3 1 4
South Korea FC Seoul 0 0 0
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 0 2 2
Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 0 3
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers (a) 1 2 3
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers (a) 1 1 2
China Guangzhou Evergrande 0 2 2
Japan Cerezo Osaka 1 1 2
China Guangzhou Evergrande 5 0 5
Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0 0 0
Uzbekistan Bunyodkor 0 0 0
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1 3 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1 0 1
Qatar Al-Sadd 0 0 0
Qatar Al-Sadd (a) 0 2 2
Iran Foolad 0 2 2
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 3 1 4
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 0 2 2
United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira 1 1 2
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2 2 4
United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 2 3 5
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 0 1 1
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1 3 4
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 0 1 1

Round of 16[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 4–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1–0 3–1
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 2–4 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 1–2 1–2
Al-Sadd Qatar 2–2 (a) Iran Foolad 0–0 2–2
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan 0–4 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 0–1 0–3
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 1–3 South Korea Pohang Steelers 1–2 0–1
Cerezo Osaka Japan 2–5 China Guangzhou Evergrande 1–5 1–0
Kawasaki Frontale Japan 4–4 (a) South Korea FC Seoul 2–3 2–1
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan 3–3 (a) Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 3–1 0–2

First leg[]

Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea1–2South Korea Pohang Steelers
Lee Jae-sung 54' Report Son Joon-ho 58'
Go Moo-yul 74'
Attendance: 19,327
Cerezo Osaka Japan1–5China Guangzhou Evergrande
Hasegawa 30' Report Muriqui 22', 84'
Elkeson 34' (pen.), 37'
Gao Lin 78'
Nagai Stadium, Osaka
Attendance: 17,612
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates1–2United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fayez 58' Report Gyan 11'
O. Abdulrahman 15'
Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 18,650
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
Fallatah 77' Report
Attendance: 15,549
Referee: Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka)
Sanfrecce Hiroshima Japan3–1Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Ishihara 51', 65'
Shibasaki 90+1'		 Report Juric 78' (pen.)
Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima
Attendance: 8,423
Kawasaki Frontale Japan2–3South Korea FC Seoul
Kobayashi 49'
Renato 61' (pen.)		 Report Escudero 51'
Kim Chi-woo 83'
Yun Il-lok 90+3'
Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki
Attendance: 9,161
Referee: Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates)
Bunyodkor Uzbekistan0–1Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report S. Al-Dawsari 38'
Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent
Attendance: 5,360
Referee: Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia)
Al-Sadd Qatar0–0Iran Foolad
Report
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Second leg[]

Pohang Steelers South Korea1–0South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
Kim Seung-dae 6' Report
Attendance: 13,155
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Pohang Steelers won 3–1 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande China0–1Japan Cerezo Osaka
Report Liao Lisheng 49' (o.g.)
Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
Attendance: 38,431
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)

Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–2 on aggregate.

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–1United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Gyan 61', 81' Report Mabkhout 17'
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 9,379
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)

Al-Ain won 4–2 on aggregate.

Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia1–3Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Al-Ruwaili 80' Report Fallatah 8'
F. Al-Muwallad 72', 90+1'
Attendance: 18,643
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate.

Western Sydney Wanderers Australia2–0Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
Cole 55'
Šantalab 85'		 Report
Attendance: 10,639

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

FC Seoul South Korea1–2Japan Kawasaki Frontale
Escudero 8' Report Kobayashi 29'
Morishima 90+2'
Attendance: 12,287

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

Foolad Iran2–2Qatar Al-Sadd
Chimba 77' (pen.), 87' Report Belhadj 16'
Ibrahim 29'
Attendance: 48,753
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

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

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia3–0Uzbekistan Bunyodkor
Al-Qahtani 20'
Al-Shamrani 47'
S. Al-Dawsari 58'		 Report
Attendance: 40,851
Referee: Ben Williams (Australia)

Al-Hilal won 4–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 1–0 Qatar Al-Sadd 1–0 0–0
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 5–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 2–0 3–1
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
Pohang Steelers South Korea 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(0–3p) 		South Korea FC Seoul 0–0 0–0 (a.e.t.)
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 2–2 (a) China Guangzhou Evergrande 1–0 1–2

First leg[]

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–0Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Ismail 48'
Gyan 61'		 Report
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 18,830
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia1–0Qatar Al-Sadd
Al-Faraj 71' Report
Attendance: 63,500
Referee: Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan)
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia1–0China Guangzhou Evergrande
Golec 60' Report
Attendance: 17,093
Referee: Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates)
Pohang Steelers South Korea0–0South Korea FC Seoul
Report
Attendance: 6,553

Second leg[]

Al-Sadd Qatar0–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 14,200
Referee: Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea)

Al-Hilal won 1–0 on aggregate.

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia1–3United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Ismail 35' (o.g.) Report Gyan 40'
O. Abdulrahman 66'
Diaky 84'
Attendance: 342[A]
Referee: Peter Green (Australia)

Al-Ain won 5–1 on aggregate.

FC Seoul South Korea0–0 (a.e.t.)South Korea Pohang Steelers
Report
Penalties
Éverton Santos soccer ball with check mark
Osmar soccer ball with check mark
Kim Jin-kyu soccer ball with red X
Molina soccer ball with check mark		 3–0 soccer ball with red X Hwang Ji-soo
soccer ball with red X Kim Jae-sung
soccer ball with red X Park Hee-chul
Attendance: 14,122

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

Guangzhou Evergrande China2–1Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Diamanti 61'
Elkeson 90+1'		 Report Juric 58' (pen.)
Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou
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[]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 4–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3–0 1–2
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
East Zone
FC Seoul South Korea 0–2 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 0–2

First leg[]

Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia3–0United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Al-Shamrani 61', 64'
Neves 70'		 Report
Attendance: 57,170
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
FC Seoul South Korea0–0Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 12,901

Second leg[]

Al-Ain United Arab Emirates2–1Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Lee Myung-joo 10'
Kembo 78'		 Report Al-Shamrani 66'
Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain
Attendance: 24,204
Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)

Al-Hilal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Western Sydney Wanderers Australia2–0South Korea FC Seoul
Poljak 3'
Cole 64'		 Report
Attendance: 18,896

Western Sydney Wanderers won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final[]

Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League Final
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1–0 0–0
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia1–0Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Juric 64' Report
Attendance: 20,053
Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia0–0Australia Western Sydney Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 63,763
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan)

Western Sydney Wanderers won 1–0 on aggregate.

References[]

  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.

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