2014 AFC Champions League knock-out 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

The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Asia Zone and East Asia Zone had eight teams qualified.

Zone Group Winners Runners-up
West Asia 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 Asia 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:

West Asia Zone
  • Winner Group A vs. Runner-up Group C
  • Winner Group C vs. Runner-up Group A
  • Winner Group B vs. Runner-up Group D
  • Winner Group D vs. Runner-up Group B
East Asia Zone
  • Winner Group E vs. Runner-up Group G
  • Winner Group G vs. Runner-up Group E
  • Winner Group F vs. Runner-up Group H
  • Winner Group H vs. Runner-up Group F

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 Asia Zone) and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 (East Asia 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 Asia 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
East Asia 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

6 May 2014
20:00 UTC+4
Al-Jazira United Arab Emirates 1–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Fayez  58' Report Gyan  11'
O. Abdulrahman  15'

7 May 2014
19:00 UTC+3
Al-Sadd Qatar 0–0 Iran Foolad
Report
Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium, Doha
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Second leg

Pohang Steelers won 3–1 on aggregate.

Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–2 on aggregate.

13 May 2014
20:00 UTC+4
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–1 United Arab Emirates Al-Jazira
Gyan  61', 81' Report Mabkhout  17'

Al-Ain won 4–2 on aggregate.

13 May 2014
20:45 UTC+3
Al-Shabab Saudi Arabia 1–3 Saudi Arabia 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.

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

14 May 2014
19:30 UTC+4:30
Foolad Iran 2–2 Qatar Al-Sadd
Chimba  77' (pen.), 87' Report Belhadj  16'
Ibrahim  29'
Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz
Attendance: 48,753
Referee: Kim Dong-jin (South Korea)

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

Al-Hilal won 4–0 on aggregate.

Quarter-finals

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
West Asia 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
East Asia Zone
Pohang Steelers South Korea 0–0 (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

19 August 2014
20:00 UTC+4
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Ismail  48'
Gyan  61' 		Report

Second leg

26 August 2014
19:00 UTC+3
Al-Sadd Qatar 0–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Report

Al-Hilal won 1–0 on aggregate.

26 August 2014
20:50 UTC+3
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 1–3 United Arab Emirates 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.

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 Asia Zone
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 4–2 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain 3–0 1–2
East Asia Zone
FC Seoul South Korea 0–2 Australia Western Sydney Wanderers 0–0 0–2

First leg

16 September 2014
20:30 UTC+3
Al-Hilal Saudi Arabia 3–0 United Arab Emirates Al-Ain
Al-Shamrani  61', 64'
Neves  70' 		Report

Second leg

30 September 2014
19:15 UTC+4
Al-Ain United Arab Emirates 2–1 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Lee Myung-joo  10'
Kembo  78' 		Report Al-Shamrani  66'

Al-Hilal won 4–2 on aggregate.

Western Sydney Wanderers won 2–0 on aggregate.

Final

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Western Sydney Wanderers Australia 1–0 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 1–0 0–0

First leg

Second leg

Western Sydney Wanderers won 1–0 on aggregate.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. ↑ "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
  3. 1 2 "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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