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

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

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
                                             
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. 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. 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
Cerezo Osaka 1–5 Guangzhou Evergrande
Hasegawa  30' Report Muriqui  22', 84'
Elkeson  34' (pen.), 37'
Gao Lin  78'
Attendance: 17,612
Referee: Muhammad Taqi Aljaafari Bin Jahari (Singapore)
Al-Jazira 1–2 Al-Ain
Fayez  58' Report Gyan  11'
O. Abdulrahman  15'
Attendance: 18,650
Al-Ittihad 1–0 Al-Shabab
Fallatah  77' Report
Attendance: 15,549
Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3–1 Western Sydney Wanderers
Ishihara  51', 65'
Shibasaki  90+1'		 Report Juric  78' (pen.)
Attendance: 8,423
Al-Sadd 0–0 Foolad
Report
Attendance: 6,320
Referee: Ryuji Sato (Japan)

Second leg

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'
Attendance: 9,379

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'
Attendance: 18,643

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'
Attendance: 12,287

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

Team 1 Agg. 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. 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
Al-Ain 2–0 Al-Ittihad
Ismail  48'
Gyan  61'		 Report
Attendance: 18,830
Al-Hilal 1–0 Al-Sadd
Al-Faraj  71' Report
Attendance: 63,500
Pohang Steelers 0–0 FC Seoul
Report
Attendance: 6,553

Second leg
Al-Sadd 0–0 Al-Hilal
Report
Attendance: 14,200

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'
Attendance: 342[A]

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

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

First leg
Al-Hilal 3–0 Al-Ain
Al-Shamrani  61', 64'
Neves  70'		 Report
Attendance: 57,170
Referee: Masaaki Toma (Japan)
FC Seoul 0–0 Western Sydney Wanderers
Report
Attendance: 12,901

Second leg
Al-Ain 2–1 Al-Hilal
Lee Myung-joo  10'
Kembo  78'		 Report Al-Shamrani  66'
Attendance: 24,204

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
Main article: 2014 AFC Champions League Final
Team 1 Agg. 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
  1. "AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations" (PDF). AFC.
  2. "AFC Calendar of Competitions 2014" (PDF). AFC.
  3. "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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