2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage

none 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.http://www.the-afc.com/sites/default/files/afc_champions_league_2014_competitions_regulations.pdf AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations AFC PDF 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. ZoneGroupWinnersRunners-upWest Zone(Groups A–D)AKSA Al-ShababUAE Al-JaziraBIRN FooladUZB BunyodkorCUAE Al-AinKSA Al-IttihadDKSA Al-HilalQAT Al-SaddEast Zone(Groups E–H)EKOR Pohang SteelersJPN Cerezo OsakaFKOR FC SeoulJPN Sanfrecce HiroshimaGCHN Guangzhou EvergrandeKOR Jeonbuk Hyundai MotorsHAUS Western Sydney WanderersJPN 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.http://www.the-afc.com/sites/default/files/afc_competition_calendar_2014.pdf AFC AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014 PDF RoundFirst legSecond legRound of 166–7 May 201413–14 May 2014Quarter-finals19–20 August 201426–27 August 2014Semi-finals16–17 September 201430 September–1 October 2014Final25 October 20141 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: West 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 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.http://www.the-afc.com/afc-champions-league-2014/holders-guangzhou-face-australian-debutants Holders Guangzhou face Australian debutants AFC 28 May 2014 The "country protection" rule was not applied, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.http://www.the-afc.com/jdownloads/finish/182-acl/313-acl-2014-ko-stage-draw-mechanics.html ACL 2014 KO Stage Draw Mechanics AFC PDF 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. 2 y n 240 Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 1 0 1 KOR Pohang Steelers 2 1 3 JPN Kawasaki Frontale 2 2 4 KOR FC Seoul (a) 3 1 4 JPN Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3 0 3 AUS Western Sydney Wanderers (a) 1 2 3 JPN Cerezo Osaka 1 1 2 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 5 0 5 UZB Bunyodkor 0 0 0 KSA Al-Hilal 1 3 4 QAT Al-Sadd (a) 0 2 2 IRN Foolad 0 2 2 UAE Al-Jazira 1 1 2 UAE Al-Ain 2 2 4 KSA Al-Ittihad 1 3 4 KSA Al-Shabab 0 1 1 KOR Pohang Steelers 0 0 0 (0) KOR FC Seoul 0 0 0 (3) AUS Western Sydney Wanderers (a) 1 1 2 CHN Guangzhou Evergrande 0 2 2 KSA Al-Hilal 1 0 1 QAT Al-Sadd 0 0 0 UAE Al-Ain 2 3 5 KSA Al-Ittihad 0 1 1 KOR FC Seoul 0 0 0 AUS Western Sydney Wanderers 0 2 2 KSA Al-Hilal 3 1 4 UAE Al-Ain 0 2 2 AUS Western Sydney Wanderers 1 0 1 KSA Al-Hilal 0 0 0 Round of 16 |- |+West Zone Al-Ittihad KSA 4–1 Al-Shabab KSA 1–0 3–1 Al-Jazira UAE 2–4 Al-Ain UAE 1–2 1–2 Al-Sadd QAT 2–2 (a) Foolad IRN 0–0 2–2 Bunyodkor UZB 0–4 Al-Hilal KSA 0–1 0–3 |} |+East Zone Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 1–3 Pohang Steelers KOR 1–2 0–1 Cerezo Osaka JPN 2–5 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–5 1–0 Kawasaki Frontale JPN 4–4 (a) FC Seoul KOR 2–3 2–1 Sanfrecce Hiroshima JPN 3–3 (a) Western Sydney Wanderers AUS 3–1 0–2 |} First leg "Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors v Pohang Steelers" 6 May 2014 16:00 UTC+9 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors KOR 1–2 Report KOR Pohang Steelers Lee Jae-sung 54 Son Joon-ho 58Go Moo-yul 74 Jeonju World Cup Stadium, Jeonju 19,327 Banjar Al-Dosari (Qatar) "Cerezo Osaka v Guangzhou Evergrande" 6 May 2014 19:00 UTC+9 Cerezo Osaka JPN 1–5 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Hasegawa 30 Muriqui 22 84Elkeson 34 pen. 37Gao Lin 78 Nagai Stadium, Osaka 17,612 Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore) "Al-Jazira v Al-Ain" 6 May 2014 20:00 UTC+4 Al-Jazira UAE 1–2 Report UAE Al-Ain Fayez 58 Gyan 11O. Abdulrahman 15 Mohammed Bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi 18,650 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) "Al-Ittihad v Al-Shabab" 6 May 2014 20:50 UTC+3 Al-Ittihad KSA 1–0 Report KSA Al-Shabab Fallatah 77 King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Makkah 15,549 Hettikamkanamge Perera (Sri Lanka) "Sanfrecce Hiroshima v Western Sydney Wanderers" 7 May 2014 19:00 UTC+9 Sanfrecce Hiroshima JPN 3–1 Report AUS Western Sydney Wanderers Ishihara 51 65Shibasaki 90+1 Juric 78 pen. Hiroshima Big Arch, Hiroshima 8,423 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) "Kawasaki Frontale v FC Seoul" 7 May 2014 19:00 UTC+9 Kawasaki Frontale JPN 2–3 Report KOR FC Seoul Kobayashi 49Renato 61 pen. Escudero 51Kim Chi-woo 83Yun Il-lok 90+3 Todoroki Athletics Stadium, Kawasaki 9,161 Mohamed Al Zarouni (United Arab Emirates) "Bunyodkor v Al-Hilal" 7 May 2014 18:00 UTC+5 Bunyodkor UZB 0–1 Report KSA Al-Hilal S. Al-Dawsari 38 Pakhtakor Markaziy Stadium, Tashkent 5,360 Mohd Amirul Izwan Bin Yaacob (Malaysia) "Al-Sadd v Foolad" 7 May 2014 19:00 UTC+3 Al-Sadd QAT 0–0 Report IRN Foolad Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 6,320 Ryuji Sato (Japan) Second leg "Pohang Steelers v Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors" 13 May 2014 19:30 UTC+9 Pohang Steelers KOR 1–0 Report KOR Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors Kim Seung-dae 6 Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang 13,155 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Pohang Steelers won 3–1 on aggregate. "Guangzhou Evergrande v Cerezo Osaka" 13 May 2014 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 0–1 Report JPN Cerezo Osaka Liao Lisheng 49 o.g. Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 38,431 Alireza Faghani (Iran) Guangzhou Evergrande won 5–2 on aggregate. "Al-Ain v Al-Jazira" 13 May 2014 20:00 UTC+4 Al-Ain UAE 2–1 Report UAE Al-Jazira Gyan 61 81 Mabkhout 17 Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 9,379 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) Al-Ain won 4–2 on aggregate. "Al-Shabab v Al-Ittihad" 13 May 2014 20:45 UTC+3 Al-Shabab KSA 1–3 Report KSA Al-Ittihad Al-Ruwaili 80 Fallatah 8F. Al-Muwallad 72 90+1 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 18,643 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Al-Ittihad won 4–1 on aggregate. "Western Sydney Wanderers v Sanfrecce Hiroshima" 14 May 2014 19:30 UTC+10 Western Sydney Wanderers AUS 2–0 Report JPN Sanfrecce Hiroshima Cole 55Šantalab 85 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 10,639 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) 3–3 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals. "FC Seoul v Kawasaki Frontale" 14 May 2014 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 1–2 Report JPN Kawasaki Frontale Escudero 8 Kobayashi 29Morishima 90+2 Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 12,287 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) 4–4 on aggregate. FC Seoul won on away goals. "Foolad v Al-Sadd" 14 May 2014 19:30 UTC+4:30 Foolad IRN 2–2 Report QAT Al-Sadd Chimba 77 pen. 87 Belhadj 16Ibrahim 29 Ghadir Stadium, Ahvaz 48,753 Kim Dong-jin (South Korea) 2–2 on aggregate. Al-Sadd won on away goals. "Al-Hilal v Bunyodkor" 14 May 2014 21:00 UTC+3 Al-Hilal KSA 3–0 Report UZB Bunyodkor Al-Qahtani 20Al-Shamrani 47S. Al-Dawsari 58 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 40,851 Ben Williams (Australia) Al-Hilal won 4–0 on aggregate. Quarter-finals |- |+West Zone Al-Hilal KSA 1–0 Al-Sadd QAT 1–0 0–0 Al-Ain UAE 5–1 Al-Ittihad KSA 2–0 3–1 |} |+East Zone Pohang Steelers KOR 0–0 (0–3p) FC Seoul KOR 0–0 0–0 Western Sydney Wanderers AUS 2–2 (a) Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 1–0 1–2 |} First leg "Al-Ain v Al-Ittihad" 19 August 2014 20:00 UTC+4 Al-Ain UAE 2–0 Report KSA Al-Ittihad Ismail 48Gyan 61 Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 18,830 Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) "Al-Hilal v Al-Sadd" 19 August 2014 20:55 UTC+3 Al-Hilal KSA 1–0 Report QAT Al-Sadd Al-Faraj 71 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 63,500 Valentin Kovalenko (Uzbekistan) "Western Sydney Wanderers v Guangzhou Evergrande" 20 August 2014 19:30 UTC+10 Western Sydney Wanderers AUS 1–0 Report CHN Guangzhou Evergrande Golec 60 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 17,093 Abdulla Hassan Mohamed (United Arab Emirates) "Pohang Steelers v FC Seoul" 20 August 2014 19:30 UTC+9 Pohang Steelers KOR 0–0 Report KOR FC Seoul Pohang Steel Yard, Pohang 6,553 Fahad Al-Mirdasi (Saudi Arabia) Second leg "Al-Sadd v Al-Hilal" 26 August 2014 19:00 UTC+3 Al-Sadd QAT 0–0 Report KSA Al-Hilal Jassim bin Hamad Stadium, Al Rayyan 14,200 Kim Jong-hyeok (South Korea) Al-Hilal won 1–0 on aggregate. "Al-Ittihad v Al-Ain" 26 August 2014 20:50 UTC+3 Al-Ittihad KSA 1–3 Report UAE Al-Ain Ismail 35 o.g. Gyan 40O. Abdulrahman 66Diaky 84 King Abdul Aziz Stadium, Makkah 342A Peter Green (Australia) Al-Ain won 5–1 on aggregate. "FC Seoul v Pohang Steelers" 27 August 2014 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 0–0 yes Report KOR Pohang Steelers Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 14,122 Abdullah Balideh (Qatar) 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 v Western Sydney Wanderers" 27 August 2014 20:00 UTC+8 Guangzhou Evergrande CHN 2–1 Report AUS Western Sydney Wanderers Diamanti 61Elkeson 90+1 Juric 58 pen. Tianhe Stadium, Guangzhou 39,874 Ryuji Sato (Japan) 2–2 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals. Notes A The Al-Ittihad and Al-Ain match was played behind closed doors due to punishment by AFC.http://www.the-afc.com/media-releases/afc-disciplinary-committee-decisions-3 AFC Disciplinary Committee decisions AFC 12 August 2014 Semi-finals |- |+West Zone Al-Hilal KSA 4–2 Al-Ain UAE 3–0 1–2 |} |+East Zone FC Seoul KOR 0–2 Western Sydney Wanderers AUS 0–0 0–2 |} First leg "Al-Hilal v Al-Ain" 16 September 2014 20:30 UTC+3 Al-Hilal KSA 3–0 Report UAE Al-Ain Al-Shamrani 61 64Neves 70 King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 57,170 Masaaki Toma (Japan) "FC Seoul v Western Sydney Wanderers" 17 September 2014 19:30 UTC+9 FC Seoul KOR 0–0 Report AUS Western Sydney Wanderers Seoul World Cup Stadium, Seoul 12,901 Nawaf Shukralla (Bahrain) Second leg "Al-Ain v Al-Hilal" 30 September 2014 19:15 UTC+4 Al-Ain UAE 2–1 Report KSA Al-Hilal Lee Myung-joo 10Kembo 78 Al-Shamrani 66 Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium, Al Ain 24,204 Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Al-Hilal won 4–2 on aggregate. "Western Sydney Wanderers v FC Seoul" 1 October 2014 19:30 UTC+10 Western Sydney Wanderers AUS 2–0 Report KOR FC Seoul Poljak 3Cole 64 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 18,896 Abdulrahman Abdou (Qatar) Western Sydney Wanderers won 2–0 on aggregate. Final 2014 AFC Champions League Final Western Sydney Wanderers AUS 1–0 Al-Hilal KSA 1–0 0–0 |} "Western Sydney Wanderers v Al-Hilal" 25 October 2014 19:30 UTC+11 Western Sydney Wanderers AUS 1–0 Report KSA Al-Hilal Juric 64 Parramatta Stadium, Sydney 20,053 Alireza Faghani (Iran) "Al-Hilal v Western Sydney Wanderers" 1 November 2014 20:30 UTC+3 Al-Hilal KSA 0–0 Report AUS Western Sydney Wanderers King Fahd International Stadium, Riyadh 63,763 Yuichi Nishimura (Japan) Western Sydney Wanderers won 1–0 on aggregate. References External links AFC Champions League, the-AFC.com *3