2014 Alaska gubernatorial election
The 2014 Alaska gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the governor and lieutenant governor of Alaska, concurrently with the election of Alaska's Class II U.S. Senate seat, as well as other elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.


2014 Alaska gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor Sean Parnell ran for re-election to a second full term in office, but incumbent lieutenant governor Mead Treadwell instead chose to run for the U.S. Senate. Primary elections were held on August 19, 2014, to determine party nominees for the office, with separate primaries held for governor and lieutenant governor and the winners running together on the same ticket.


2014 Alaska gubernatorial election
Parnell was renominated; his running mate was Anchorage Mayor Dan Sullivan. The Democrats nominated businessman and former executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Byron Mallott, whose running mate was State Senator Hollis French. Also running as an independent was former Republican mayor of Valdez Bill Walker, whose running mate was Craig Fleener, the former deputy commissioner of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.


2014 Alaska gubernatorial election
On September 2, 2014, Walker and Mallott merged their campaigns to appear on the November ballot as a single independent ticket, which the Alaska Democratic Party endorsed. On this ticket, Walker ran for governor with Mallott as his running mate. Both candidates' former running mates withdrew. Parnell was considered vulnerable, as reflected in his low approval ratings. The consensus among The Cook Political Report, Governing, The Rothenberg Political Report, Sabato's Crystal Ball, Daily Kos Elections, and others was that the contest was a tossup. Former Republican governor Sarah Palin, who had praised Parnell as her successor when she resigned in 2009, endorsed Walker and Mallott, taking issue with Parnell's tax cuts for the oil and gas industry.


2014 Alaska gubernatorial election
On November 7, Walker and Mallott held a 3,165-vote lead, which on November 11 had grown to 4,004 out of some 244,000 votes cast, or 1.6%. Walker began preparing for a transition but the race remained officially uncalled and Parnell refused to concede. On November 14, after Walker and Mallott extended their lead to 4,634 votes, multiple media outlets called the race. Parnell conceded the following day. His loss – coupled with Democrat Mark Begich's defeat in the U.S. Senate election – marked just the fifth time in the last 50 years in which an incumbent governor and senator from different political parties were defeated in the same state in the same election cycle.


2014 Alaska gubernatorial election, Democratic–Libertarian–Independence primary
Candidates from the Alaska Democratic Party, Alaska Libertarian Party and Alaskan Independence Party appear on the same ballot, with the highest-placed candidate from each party receiving that party's nomination.


2014 Alaska gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
Parnell drew criticism during his re-election campaign over his support of billions in tax reductions for the petrochemical industry as well an exploding scandal featuring five years of alleged cover ups with regard to rampant sexual abuse, cronyism, corruption and whistleblower suppression, in the Alaska National Guard.


2014 Alaska gubernatorial election, General election, Campaign
In October 2014, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin endorsed Walker and Mallott. The endorsement was prompted by Parnell's oil and gas industry tax cuts, which dismantled her administration's "Alaska's Clear and Equitable Share" (ACES) plan. She had previously supported a referendum to repeal the tax cuts, which was narrowly defeated in August 2014. Walker and Mallott made the repeal of the tax cuts a centerpiece of their campaign.


2014 Albanian Cup Final
The 2014 Albanian Cup Final was a football match played on 18 May 2014 to decide the winner of the 2013–14 Albanian Cup, the 62nd edition of Albania's primary football cup.


2014 Albanian Cup Final
The match was between Flamurtari Vlorë and Kukësi at the Qemal Stafa Stadium in Tiranë.


2014 Albanian Cup Final
Flamurtari Vlorë won the final 1–0 for their fourth Albanian Cup title.


2014 Albanian Supercup
The Albanian Supercup 2014 was the 21st edition of the Albanian Supercup since its establishment in 1989. The match was contested between the 2013–14 Albanian Cup winners KS Flamurtari and the 2013–14 Albanian Superliga champions Skënderbeu Korçë. The cup was won by Skënderbeu Korçë with the minimal score 1–0. This was the second Supercup trophy for Skënderbeu Korçë.


2014 Albanian demonstrations in the Republic of Macedonia
The 2014 Albanian demonstrations in the Republic of Macedonia were series of protests in cities populated with Albanians in the Republic of Macedonia, following the sentence to life imprisonment of six ethnic Albanians, related to Smilkovci lake killings and the Operation "Monster".


2014 Albanian demonstrations in the Republic of Macedonia, Protests
The first protest took place on 4 July in Čairčanka area of Skopje, after the Jum'ah prayer. There were about 9,000 peoples involved in the protest and several participants and police were injured. On 5 July, protest took place the afternoon of in the Čair and the Čairčanka areas of Skopje Demonstrations that took place on 6 July were in the following cities: Skopje, Debar, Gostivar, Kičevo, Kumanovo, Ohrid, Struga, and Tetovo. On 11 July, the protesters were gathered at the Jaja Pasha Mosque in Skopje, after the Friday prayer and continued towards the Courthouse. There were more than 10,000 protesters gathered in this day.


2014 Albany Great Danes football team
The 2014 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his first season as head coach, and played their home games  Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes were members of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 7–5, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in ninth place.


2014 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election
The 2014 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election was prompted by Brian Mason's announcement on April 29, 2014 that he was resigning as leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party after a decade in the position.


2014 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election
For the first time, rather than selecting the leader through a delegated convention, all NDP members were eligible to vote. A weighted voting system was used in which ballots cast by members were weighted to at least 80 per cent of the total, and votes from trade unions and other affiliated organizations were weighted at a maximum of 20 per cent. To be nominated, a candidate had to obtain 50 signatures from party members and make a non-refundable $5,000 deposit. Individuals could not donate more than $15,000 and contributions in excess of $100 were publicly reported. Candidates could not accept donations from publicly traded corporations with more than 100 employees.


2014 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election, Declared candidates, David Eggen
MLA for Edmonton-Calder (2004-2008, 2012–present), served as executive director of Alberta Friends of Medicare (2008-2012). Has served as NDP critic for Agriculture and Food, Environment, K-12 Education, Sustainable Resource Development, and Tourism and Culture. Former teacher.


2014 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Rod Loyola
NDP candidate in Edmonton-Ellerslie (2012) receiving 16% of the vote and the NDP's nominee in that riding for the next election. He works as academic programs co-ordinator at the University of Alberta and also President of the Non-Academic Staff Association (NASA) at the university. Loyola, 40, is also the chair of Public Interest Alberta's Post-Secondary Education task force, a spoken-word poet and executive board member Friends of Medicare and the Knottwood Community League, and founding member of the Mill Woods Artists Collective.


2014 Alberta New Democratic Party leadership election, Declared candidates, Rachel Notley
MLA for Edmonton-Strathcona, (2008–present), NDP House Leader and variously Critic for Enterprise & Advanced Education, Environment & Sustainable Resource Development, Justice & Solicitor General, and Human Services; labour lawyer, daughter of Alberta NDP leader Grant Notley (1969–1984).


2014 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2014 Alberta Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Alberta, was held from January 8 to 12 at the Sylvan Lake Curling Club in Sylvan Lake. The winning Val Sweeting team represented Alberta at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal.


2014 Alberta Winter Games
The 2014 Alberta Winter Games is a multi-sport event that was hosted in Banff and Canmore, Alberta on February 6–9, 2014. Approximately 2,500 athletes participated from the eight zones in Alberta. The 2014 Alberta Winter Games has one mascot.


2014 Alberta Winter Games, Awarding
The Bow Valley was awarded the 2014 Alberta Winter Games on September 7, 2011. They chose this area because the town of Banff had recently built several new state-of-the-art facilities such as the Banff Fenlands Centre which hold two skating rinks and four curling sheets.


2014 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta has provincial legislation allowing its municipalities to conduct municipal censuses between April 1 and June 30 inclusive. Municipalities choose to conduct their own censuses for multiple reasons such as to better inform municipal service planning and provision, to capitalize on per capita based grant funding from higher levels of government, or to simply update their populations since the last federal census.


2014 Alberta municipal censuses
Alberta had 357 municipalities between April 1 and June 30, 2014, down from 358 as at June 30, 2013, which marked the closure of the 2014 legislated municipal census period. At least 39 of these municipalities (10.9%) conducted a municipal census in 2014. Alberta Municipal Affairs recognized those conducted by 37 of these municipalities. By municipal status, it recognized those conducted by 13 of Alberta's 17 cities, 18 of 108 towns, 3 of 93 villages, 1 of 51 summer villages and 2 of 64 municipal districts. In addition to those recognized by Municipal Affairs, censuses were conducted by the Town of Drayton Valley and the Municipal District of Lesser Slave River No. 124.


2014 Alberta municipal censuses
Some municipalities achieved population milestones as a result of their 2014 censuses. Airdrie and Cochrane grew beyond the 50,000 and 20,000 marks respectively, while both Beaumont and Cold Lake exceeded 15,000. The towns of Morinville, St. Paul and Raymond surpassed 9,000, 6,000 and 4,000 residents respectively, while the Municipal District (MD) of Lesser Slave River No. 124 exceeded 3,000.


2014 Alberta municipal censuses, Municipal census results
The following summarizes the results of the numerous municipal censuses conducted in 2014.


2014 Alberta municipal censuses, Breakdowns, Hamlets
The following is a list of hamlets that had populations determined by the 2014 municipal census conducted by their administering municipal districts.


2014 Alberta municipal censuses, Shadow population counts
Alberta Municipal Affairs defines shadow population as "temporary residents of a municipality who are employed by an industrial or commercial establishment in the municipality for a minimum of 30 days within a municipal census year." The Town of Banff and the MD of Bonnyville No. 87 conducted shadow population counts in 2014. The following presents the results of these counts for comparison with its concurrent municipal census results.


2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season
The 2014 season was Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore)'s 11th season in the S.League.


2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season
Tatsuyuki Okuyama began the season as the White Swan's new head coach after taking over from Koichi Sugiyama, whose contracted ended after 4 years in charge.


2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season
Organised by Albirex Singapore Pte Ltd, in partnership with JAPAN Soccer College; the player selection for the coming season was held in Japan, 16 December at Saitama Stadium 2002 and 19 December at J-Green Sakai Stadium. The selected candidates will either earn a professional contract with Albirex Niigata FC (Singapore) in the S.League, Albirex Niigata Phnom Penh in the Cambodian League or admission into JAPAN Soccer College.


2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Singapore Cup
Albirex Niigata (S) is drawn with Svay Rieng from the Cambodian League in the Preliminary Round of the Singapore Cup. The draw was made on 3 May 2014 at Jalan Besar Stadium. The tie took place on 28 May 2014. The White Swans won the Cambodian side 3-0, knocking them out of the competition. Over the 2-legged Quarter-Finals, Albirex lost 3-4 and 1-2 to Brunei DPMM, resulting in their exit.


2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Singapore League Cup
Albirex Niigata (S) came in 3rd in the 2013 S.League, hence were placed in Pot A together with Tampines Rovers, Home United and Balestier Khalsa. The draw took place at Jalan Besar Stadium on 20 June 2014. The White Swans were drawn into Group A; playing away to Tanjong Pagar United on 7 July 2014 and home to Police Sports Association on 10 July 2014. Albirex lost 4-0 to the Jaguars followed by the trashing of NFL side 13-0. Their next opponent in the Quarter-Final would be Geylang International.


2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Singapore League Cup
The game was played on 18 July 2014 at Jalan Besar Stadium. Former defender Kento Fukuda scored the opening goal in the 20th minute which the first half ended at 1-0 to the Eagles. 9 minutes after the break, Argentinian striker Leonel Felice doubled the lead. Former Eagle Norihiro Kawakami pulled one back on the 70th minute, but a late Hafiz Nor strike sealed the victory for Geylang, putting Albirex out of the competition.


2014 Albirex Niigata Singapore FC season, Team Staff
Team Manager:  Yeo JunxianCoach:  Tomoaki SasakiGoalkeeper Coach:  Mizuki ItoTrainer:  Kohei Tanaka


2014 Alcorn State Braves football team
The 2014 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Braves were led by third year head coach Jay Hopson and played their home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) and finished with a record of 10–3 and as SWAC champions after they defeated Southern in the SWAC Championship Game.


2014 Alcorn State Braves football team
After the season, Alcorn State was named the 2014 black college football national champions.


2014 Alderney general election
General elections were held in Alderney on 22 November 2014 in accordance with the rules governing elections in Alderney. Five of the ten seats in the States were up for election.


2014 Aleppo bombing
On 8 May 2014, a bomb blast leveled the Carlton Citadel Hotel in Aleppo, Syria, killing 14–50.


2014 Aleppo bombing, Background
In the weeks preceding the bombing, the rebel group Islamic Front, and other rebel groups, had been attacking government-held positions within the city. On 6 May, a rebel bombing had occurred near Ma'arat al-Nu'man, killing 30 government operatives.


2014 Aleppo bombing, Background
The Carlton Citadel Hotel occupied a 150-year-old building in which government troops had been stationed (opposition claim). A statement from the Islamic Front referred to the building as a "barracks"; troops had been based there for two years. It was originally built as a hospital for World War I and was afterward renovated and reopened as a hotel.


2014 Aleppo bombing, Background
In February 2014, a similar operation occurred at the Carlton Citadel Hotel; the Islamic Front was also responsible for that blast, having spent two months digging a 300-metre-long (980 ft) tunnel and planting explosives in it as a part of Operation Earthquake. That explosion killed five soldiers and wounded eighteen. The attack resulted in the hotel's "partial collapse".


2014 Aleppo bombing, Attack
Though reports differ, the Islamic Front tunnelled either 400 metres (1,300 ft) or 100 metres (330 ft) under sites in the Old City, and remotely detonated "a large quantity", reportedly 20 tons of explosive material (suggested to be chemical fertilisers) which caused a "huge explosion"; resulting in both the destruction of the hotel and severe damage to neighboring buildings.


2014 Aleppo bombing, Attack
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported the death toll as 14 government troops, but the Islamic Front claimed the death toll was 50 in a Twitter statement. Neither gave an explanation as to how they reached their estimate. The Islamic Front also released a video of the attack online.


2014 Aleppo bombing, Attack
The bombing left the hotel as a "pile of rubble", and felt similar to an earthquake in relation to the blast size.


2014 Aleppo bombing, Reactions
Reports following the attack blamed "terrorists", a word the government uses as a byword for the Islamic armed opposition.


2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake
The 2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred on 23 June at 11:53 HDT (UTC-9) with a moment magnitude of 7.9 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe). The shock occurred in the Aleutian Islands – part of the US state of Alaska – 19 miles (31 km) southeast of  Little Sitkin Island.


2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake, Earthquake
The earthquake was initially reported as 8.0 Mw before it was downgraded to 7.9. The rupture was on a normal fault, at ~107 km depth. Based on the geometry of the slab, and the relative movement of the tectonic plates, the slip vector is likely to have been oblique down-dip towards the ESE. The fault plane appears to be oblique, striking NW-SE and cutting steeply into the subducting slab.


2014 Aleutian Islands earthquake, Tsunami
A tsunami warning was issued, but was soon downgraded to a tsunami advisory for much of the Aleutian Islands; however, the hypocenter was too deep to generate a tsunami that would affect the Pacific basin. A small non-destructive tsunami was generated.


2014 Algarve Cup
The 2014 Algarve Cup was the 21st edition of the Algarve Cup, an invitational women's football tournament held annually in Portugal. It took place between 5–12 March 2014.


2014 Algarve Cup, Format
The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.


2014 Algarve Cup, Format
Since the expansion to 12 teams 13 years ago, the Algarve Cup format has been as follows: Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title. The group A and B winners contest the final - to win the Algarve Cup. The runners-up play for third place, and those that finish third in the groups play for fifth place. The teams in Group C played for places 7–12.


2014 Algarve Cup, Format
The winner of Group C played the team that finished fourth in Group A or B (whichever has the better record) for seventh place. The Group C runner-up played the team who finishes last in Group A or B (with the worse record) for ninth place. The third and fourth-placed teams in Group C played for the eleventh place.


2014 Algarve Cup, Format
Points awarded in the group stage followed the standard formula of three points for a win, one point for a draw and zero points for a loss. In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.


2014 Algarve Cup, Group stage
All times are local (WET/UTC+0). The schedule was announced in February 2014.


2014 Algarve Cup squads
This article lists the squads for the 2014 Algarve Cup, the 21st edition of the Algarve Cup. The cup consisted of a series of friendly games, and was held in the Algarve region of Portugal from 5 to 12 March 2014. The twelve national teams involved in the tournament registered a squad of 23 players.


2014 Algarve Cup squads
The age listed for each player is as of 5 March 2015, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches that are of a different nationality than their own national team.


2014 Algarve Cup squads, Group A, Germany
The squad was announced on 24 February 2014. On 2 March 2014, Linda Bresonik withdrew due to injury and was replaced by Tabea Kemme.


2014 Algarve U17 International Tournament
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2014 Algarve U17 International Tournament
The 2014 Algarve U17 International Tournament is the 37th edition of the Algarve U17 International Tournament, a youth football tournament held in Portugal.


2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash
On 11 February 2014, a C-130 Hercules military transport aircraft of the Algerian Air Force, carrying 74 passengers and 4 crew members, crashed into Djebel Fertas mountain near Aïn Kercha, Algeria. Only one person survived.


2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash
Preliminary reports suggest that bad weather conditions might have caused the crash. The accident is under investigation.


2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash, Weather conditions
Algerian defence ministry said the crash was likely caused by bad weather, including a storm and cascading snow, which Algerian aviation experts said most likely had led to poor visibility.


2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash, Weather conditions
According to AccuWeather, at the time of the crash "an area of low pressure moving through the region was producing widespread showers mixed with snow in the higher terrain of the area"; meteorologist Eric Leister added that, "along with the rain and snow, wind gusts more than 30 mph (48 km/h) were reported in several locations in the region".


2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash, Accident
Contact with the aircraft was reportedly lost between Constantine and Oum El Bouaghi just before noon and air traffic controllers dispatched helicopters to search for it. The sole survivor, a soldier, was taken to a military hospital in Constantine due to injuries from head trauma. The passengers included soldiers and members of their families.


2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash, Aircraft
The aircraft was a US-manufactured C-130 Hercules with the registration number 7T-WHM. Lockheed Martin confirmed it sold C-130H aircraft to Algeria from 1981 to 1990. As of 2011, Algeria had 16 of the type according to FlightGlobal.


2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash, Investigation
Recovery teams located one of the two flight recorders, according to El Watan. Emergency services had recovered 76 bodies from the site.


2014 Algerian Air Force C-130 crash, Reaction
Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced three days of state mourning starting 12 February, while also praising the dead soldiers as "martyrs". The defence ministry said it had established an investigative commission and that army chief of staff and deputy defence minister Ahmed Gaid Salah would visit the crash site.


2014 Algerian Cup Final
The 2014 Algerian Cup Final was the 50th final of the Algerian Cup. The final took place on May 1, 2014, at stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida with kick-off at 16:00. MC Alger beat JS Kabylie 5–4 on penalties, to win their seventh Algerian Cup.


2014 Algerian Cup Final
Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 clubs MC Alger and JS Kabylie will contest the final, in what will be the 100th edition of the Algerien Classico. The competition winners are awarded a berth in the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup.


2014 Algerian Cup Final, Pre-match
MC Alger were appearing in an Algerian Cup final for an eighth time. They had won the cup six times previously (in 1971, 1973, 1976, 1983, 2006, 2007) and had lost in the last final 2013, JS Kabylie were appearing in a final a tenth time and had won the cup Five times previously (in 1977, 1986, 1992, 1994, 2011).


2014 Algerian Super Cup
The 2014 Algerian Super Cup is the  8th edition of Algerian Super Cup, a football match contested by the winners of the Ligue 1 and 2013–14 Algerian Cup competitions. The match was scheduled to be played on 9 August 2014 at Stade Mustapha Tchaker in Blida between 2013-14 Ligue 1 winners USM Alger and 2013–14 Algerian Cup winners MC Alger.


2014 Algerian presidential election
Member State of the African Union Member State of the Arab League


2014 Algerian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Algeria on 17 April 2014. Incumbent President Abdelaziz Bouteflika was re-elected with 82% of the vote. Issues in the campaign included a desire for domestic stability after the bloody civil war of the 1990s, the state of the economy (30% unemployment), the frail health of the 15 year incumbent and 77-year-old president whose speech was "slurred and inaudible" in his only public outing during the campaign,  and the less-than-wholehearted support given the president by the normally united and discrete ruling class.


2014 Algerian presidential election, Background
Following the 2009 presidential elections, the region and the country (to a lesser degree) was engulfed by the Arab Spring. A series of protests took place between 2010 and 2012, but the country did not undergo regime change unlike neighbouring Tunisia and Libya.


2014 Algerian presidential election, Candidates
In November 2013, the National Liberation Front endorsed the ailing incumbent Abdelaziz Bouteflika as its candidate in the race. Bouteflika's candidacy was confirmed by then-Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal (who would be later re-appointed to said post) in late February. Ali Benflis, a former Prime Minister, announced on 19 January 2014 that he was running for the presidency. Louisa Hanoune, the secretary-general of the Workers Party, presented her candidacy on 21 January 2014.


2014 Algerian presidential election, Campaign
The campaign officially started on 22 March 2014. Bouteflika only appeared in the campaigning twice, leaving others in the party to campaign.


2014 Algerian presidential election, Campaign, Boycott and protests
The Islamist Movement of Society for Peace announced on 25 January 2014 that it would boycott the elections. The Islamic Renaissance Movement announced on 7 February 2014 that it will also boycott the vote. On 22 March, about 5,000 people rallied in Algiers for a boycott due to Bouteflika seeking another term and called for reforms to the political system. Both Islamic and secular parties were present with Rally for Culture and Democracy's Mohsen Belabes saying: "The people here are the people who have been excluded, who have been put aside, but this is the real Algeria. The regime will collapse, but Algeria will survive".


2014 Algerian presidential election, Campaign, Boycott and protests
A movement called Barakat expressed rejection of a fourth term for Abdelaziz Bouteflika, opposed the nature of the elections, and has organized protests demanding a new political order.


2014 Algerian presidential election, Opinion polls
An opinion poll conducted by Echaâb in March showed the incumbent president Bouteflika winning.


2014 Algerian presidential election, Conduct
The electoral commission reported that there were just a few incidents which entailed just 130 complaints. However, incidents of violence were recorded as groups of youths in the Berber-dominated Kabylie's Bouira region ransacked voting centres in Raffour, M'Chedellah and Saharij just after they opened at 7:00, with riot police then firing tear gas at them. At least 70 people were injured, including 47 policemen as voting was temporarily suspended. In Raffour, masked and armed youths with slings chanted hostile slogans and confronted the police were firing tear gas.


2014 Algerian presidential election, Results
Interior Minister Taieb Belaiz announced on 18 April that Abdelaziz Bouteflika had won 81.53% of the vote, while Ali Benflis came in second with 12.18%. The turnout was 51.7%, down from the 75% turnout in 2009. Turnout was as low as 20.01% in Tizi Ouzou to as high as 82% in Relizane.


2014 Algerian presidential election, Results, Reactions
After the polls closed, Benflis criticised the election as having been marked by "fraud on a massive scale." The turnout figures were also criticised for allegedly being inflated by unnamed activists and opposition politicians. Benflis told his supporters at his headquarters that due to the scale of the alleged fraud and irregularities: "Our history will remember this date as a great crime against the nation by stealing the voice of the citizens and blocking popular will." At the same time, Bouteflika supporters celebrated with fireworks.


2014 Algerian protests
The 2014 Algerian protests or Barakat Revolution was mass protests and a wave of nonviolent demonstrations (some episodes of violence) against president Abdelaziz Bouteflika’s plans for a fourth term, ending up winning the 2014 Algerian presidential election despite boycotts and opposition protests, which is dispersed usually by Tear gas. Thousands continued to resist the violence for the next 2 months.


2014 Algerian protests
The protests began with rallies and  demonstrations by young-Berber students, demanding reform to the political system and calls for people to protest. Despite the protests and acts of civil nonviolent disobedience, strikers and young masked youth used violence against the security forces, igniting tensions and confrontations with the military in Kabylie. Hostile slogans against the government was heard during the demonstrations.


2014 Algerian protests
70 protesters were injured and hundreds were arrested during the demonstrations, including accusations of crackdowns (by Human Rights Watch) and violence against protesters in the Southern regions. In Algiers, thousands participated in the next few weeks in March-April in protests calling for broader reforms and the rejection of the fourth term. There are no concessions made with protesters and their demands aren’t met.


2014 Algoma District municipal elections
Elections were held in the organized municipalities in the Algoma District of Ontario on October 27, 2014 in conjunction with municipal elections across the province.


2014 Algoma District municipal elections, Elliot Lake
The election in Elliot Lake was significantly impacted by the Algo Centre Mall roof collapse of 2012, and the release of the judicial inquiry's report into the incident just 12 days before the election. Incumbent mayor Rick Hamilton and two incumbent city councillors who ran against him for the mayoralty were all defeated by political newcomer Dan Marchisella, and only one seat on city council was won by an incumbent councillor. Marchisella is also the first mayor in the city's history to have been born in the city.


2014 All England Super Series Premier
The 2014 All England Super Series Premier was the third super series tournament of the 2014 BWF Super Series. The tournament took place in Birmingham, England from 4–9 March 2014 and had a total purse of $400,000. A qualification draw occurred to fill four places in all five disciplines of the main draws.


2014 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships
The 2014 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on carpet. It was the 18th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kyoto, Japan between 3 and 9 March.


2014 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships, ATP singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry as a lucky loser into the singles main draw:


2014 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Doubles
Purav Raja and Divij Sharan were the defending champions and successfully defended their title, defeating Sanchai Ratiwatana and Michael Venus in the final, 5–7, 7–6(7–3), [10–4].


2014 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
John Millman was the defending champion but decided not to participate.


2014 All Japan Indoor Tennis Championships – Singles
Martin Fischer won the title, defeating Tatsuma Ito in the final, 3–6, 7–5, 6–4


2014 All Thailand Golf Tour
The 2014 All Thailand Golf Tour is the 16th season of the All Thailand Golf Tour, the main professional golf tour in Thailand since it was established in 1999.


2014 All-Africa Korfball Championship
The 2014 All-Africa Korfball Championship was held in Zambia from August 6 to August 8, with 4 national teams in competition.


2014 All-Africa Korfball Championship
The tournament also served as an African qualifier for the 2015 Korfball World Championship, with the top nation qualifying for the world championship.


2014 All-Africa Korfball Championship, Group stage
The Group Stage took place on the 6th and 7 August.


2014 All-Australian team
The 2014 Virgin Australia All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2014 season. It was announced on 16 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.


2014 All-Australian team, Selection panel
The selection panel for the 2014 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Gillon McLachlan, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Mark Evans, Danny Frawley, Glen Jakovich, Cameron Ling, Matthew Richardson and Warren Tredrea.


2014 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.


2014 All-Australian team, Team, Final team
West Coast midfielder Matt Priddis won that year's Brownlow Medal, but didn't make the final All-Australian team. It was the first time this had happened since Melbourne midfielder Shane Woewodin missed selection in 2000.


2014 All-Big 12 Conference football team
The 2014 All-Big 12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big 12 Conference players for the 2014 Big 12 Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big 12 selectors: (1) the Big 12 conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big 12 also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2014 All-Big 12 Conference football team, Key
Bold = selected as a first-team player by both the coaches and media panel


2014 All-Big Ten Conference football team
The 2014 All-Big Ten Conference football team consists of American football players chosen as All-Big Ten Conference players for the 2014 Big Ten Conference football season. The conference recognizes two official All-Big Ten selectors: (1) the Big Ten conference coaches selected separate offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Coaches" team); and (2) a panel of sports writers and broadcasters covering the Big Ten also selected offensive and defensive units and named first- and second-team players (the "Media" team).


2014 All-Big Ten Conference football team
Michigan State led all other teams with five first-team selections, including wide receiver Tony Lippett and defensive back Shilique Calhoun. Conference and national champion Ohio State followed with four first-team selections, including quarterback J. T. Barrett and Joey Bosa.


2014 All-Big Ten Conference football team
There were only two unanimous selections, both of whom were All-Americans, consensus All-American defensive lineman Joey Bosa and unanimous All-American running back Melvin Gordon.


2014 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
CAPS = Unanimous first-team selection by both the coaches and media


2014 All-Big Ten Conference football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and media


2014 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship was the 31st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship for players in the intermediate grade since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1961. The championship began on 25 May 2014 and ended on 9 August 2014.


2014 All-Ireland Intermediate Hurling Championship
Tipperary were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the provincial decider. Cork won the title after defeating Wexford by 2-18 to 2-12 in the All-Ireland final.


2014 All-Ireland Minor B Hurling Championship, Overview
Kerry are the defending champions, having beaten Wicklow in the 2013 All-Ireland final. The championship began on 7 August 2014.


2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship is the premier "knockout" competition for under-18 competitors who play the game of Gaelic football in Ireland. The games are organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association. The 2014 series of games started in May with the majority of the games played during the summer months. The All-Ireland Minor Football Final took place on 21 September in Croke Park, Dublin, preceding the Senior Game. In 2014 the title sponsor was Electric Ireland.


2014 All-Ireland Minor Football Championship
In the final, Kerry defeated Donegal by 0-17 to 1-10 to win their first minor title since 1994.


2014 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship is the 84th staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship for players under the age of eighteen since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1928. The championship began on 9 April 2014 and will end on 7 September 2014.


2014 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Waterford were the defending champions, however, they were defeated in the All-Ireland semi-final.


2014 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Kilkenny won the title after a 2-17 to 0-19 win against Limerick in the final on 7 September at Croke Park.


2014 All-Ireland Minor Hurling Championship
Kilkenny's Alan Murphy was the championship's top scorer with 3-46.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship—known as the Liberty Insurance All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship for sponsorship reasons— is the premier competition of the 2014 camogie season. Nine county teams compete in the Senior Championship out of twenty-seven who compete overall in the Senior, Intermediate and Junior Championships. It commences on 21 June.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, Structure
The nine teams are drawn into two groups, one of four teams (Group 1) and one of five (Group 2). All the teams play each other once, scoring two points for a win and one for a draw.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final is the eighty-third All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship, an inter-county camogie tournament for the top teams in Ireland.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Trailing the Cats by five points at half time, Cork produced a stunning comeback in the second half to win their 25th title by six points.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship final was a hurling match played at Croke Park on 17 March 2014 to determine the winners of the 2013–14 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, the 44th season of the All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion clubs of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Portumna of Galway and Mount Leinster Rangers of Carlow, with Portumna winning by 0-19 to 0-11.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between Portumna and Mount Leinster Rangers. It remains their only clash in the All-Ireland series. Portumna were hoping to make their own piece of history by becoming only the third team to win four All-Ireland titles while first-time finalists Mount Leinster Rangers were hoping to become the first Carlow team to claim a senior All-Ireland title.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Mount Leinster Rangers got off to a great start and raced into a 0-3 to 0-1 lead. With Edward Byrne proving a thorn in Portumna's side early on, Mount Leinster Rangers deservedly held a two-point advantage after nine minutes play. Six points in a row between the 10th and 20th minutes, though, proved key to Portumna’s victory. Joe Canning – who started at midfield for Portumna – missed a simple first-minute free, but he soon found his range for the Galway champions and hit five points before the break. The real foundation of the Portumna win came in their half-forward line, with Kevin Hayes, Damien Hayes and Ollie Canning all hitting points in an impressive 10-minute spell. Despite Denis Murphy keeping Mount Leinster Rangers in touch from dead balls, Portumna led by 0-9 to 0-5 at the break.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
After the restart Paul Coady came to the fore for the Carlow men, and his 31st-minute point trimmed Portumna's lead to three points. And after Murphy slotted a 34th-minute free, Portumna responded in style with points from Ollie and Joe Canning, before Ronan O'Meara hit his first to open out a six-point lead. Paul Coady continued to keep Mount Leinster Rangers in with a chance of a first All-Ireland title, but every time they pegged Portumna back, the Galway champions hit back immediately. Just five points separated the sides with four minutes remaining, but a straight red card for Edward Coady and three late frees from Joe Canning – including one awarded by Hawk-Eye – clinched the eight-point victory for Portumna.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
Portumna's All-Ireland victory was their first since 2009. The win gave them their fourth All-Ireland title over all and put them in joint second place with Birr on the all-time roll of honour.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was the 127th edition of the GAA's premier inter-county Gaelic football since its establishment in 1887. It was played between 31 counties of Ireland (excluding Kilkenny), London and New York.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Changes for 2014 included the introduction of black cards for "cynical" fouls, the addition of IPTV service GAAGO for international audiences and the broadcasting of live televised matches on Sky Sports for the UK audience.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
The defending champions were Dublin who were beaten by Donegal in the semi-final. This led to the unexpected final pairing of Donegal and Kerry (victors over Mayo in their semi-final replay) – a first on All-Ireland Final day, and only a second meeting in Championship history. Their first Championship encounter, a 2012 quarter-final, led to victory for Donegal, who marched on to lay claim to that year's Sam Maguire Cup.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
Kerry, with goals from Paul Geaney and Kieran Donaghy, won their 37th title after a 2–9 to 0–12 win against Donegal.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Teams
A total of 33 teams contested the championship. These include 31 teams from Ireland, as well as London and New York. As in previous years, Kilkenny footballers decided not to field a team. New York does not participate in the qualifiers.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Broadcasting
In the first year of a deal running from 2014 until 2016, a total of 45 provincial and All-Ireland championship matches in hurling and football were broadcast live on television in Ireland. A total of 31 games were shown by RTÉ and 20 by Sky Sports for the first time, both All-Ireland Semi Final and Finals were shared coverage between the two broadcasters. TV3's six year-involvement with broadcasting games came to an end in 2013. Sky Sports also broadcast live the All-Ireland hurling and football semi-finals and finals along with RTÉ.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Broadcasting
Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney were announced as presenters of Sky's coverage, with Dave McIntyre and Mike Finnerty as commentators. Analysts were Peter Canavan and Paul Earley.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Broadcasting
In May, the GAA and RTÉ launched a new streaming service called GAAGO intended to stream championship games worldwide. The subscription-based service was available to fans everywhere in the world outside of the island of Ireland, including all the games broadcast in Ireland exclusively by Sky Sports. All 45 televised games from the football and hurling championships, as broadcast by both RTÉ and Sky were available to watch on GAAGO. For Great Britain, the games broadcast by Sky were only available through Sky. The price for a worldwide GAAGO 'Season Pass' was €110 while in Britain, the GB Pass was €60. A pay-per-game option is available for €10, and this rose to €14 for the quarter-final, semi-final and final stages of the championship.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Innovations and utilities
The inclusion of GAAGO and Sky Sports in the Championship season. Central Council decided to defer the implementation of the clock/hooter until the 2015 championships.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1
The first round consisted of all teams that failed to reach their respective provincial semi-finals. 16 teams in total took part. The draw took place on Monday 9 June 2014 on RTÉ Radio 1.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 1
2014 saw a new qualifying system implemented. The teams were split into groups A and B depending on which side of the draw they had played in their provincial championships. Each team was drawn to face an opponent from the same group as themselves, meaning A teams were paired with A teams and B teams were paired with B teams. Four games were instituted for each round, with Round 1A staged on 21 June and Round 1B taking place on 28 June.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 2
The second round of the qualifiers featured the eight winning teams of Round 1A and Round 1B, along with the defeated teams from the provincial semi-finals. The draw saw each team from the previous qualifier round face a beaten semi-finalist, with the eight winners of these matches progressing to Round 3.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 3
The third round of the qualifiers featured the eight winning teams of Round 2A and Round 2B. The draw saw each team from the previous qualifier round face each other, with the four winners of these matches progressing to Round 4.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 4
The fourth round of the qualifiers features the four winning teams of Round 3A and Round 3B. The draw saw each team from the previous qualifier round face a provincial runner-up. The teams from Round 3A faced runners up from Connacht and Munster, while the teams from Round 3B faced those from Leinster and Ulster, with the four winners of these matches progressing to the All-Ireland Quarter Finals.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland qualifiers, Round 4
For the Round 4A games no draw was necessary as Sligo had already faced Galway, while Tipperary had previously played Cork. A similar situation occurred on the B side of the draw, with Armagh unable to meet Monaghan, and Kildare having played Meath previously.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland series, Quarter-finals
The quarter-finals featured the four provincial champions, along with the teams that progressed from Round 4 of the qualifiers. The teams from Round 4A were to face either the Connacht or Munster champions in the earlier games, while the following weekend saw the teams from Round 4B face the champions from Leinster and Ulster.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland series, Quarter-finals
Teams coming from the qualifiers that had already met one of the provincial champions in an earlier match in the competition were automatically kept apart from that team. This made a draw unnecessary on the A side of the draw, Cork and Galway were prevented from facing Kerry and Mayo respectively. On the B side of the draw, Armagh had not met either of the teams and were able to play either Donegal or Dublin, but Monaghan's earlier game with Donegal meant that those two teams were kept apart, again making a draw unnecessary.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Fixtures and results, All-Ireland series, Semi-finals
There was no draw for the semi-finals as the fixtures are pre-determined on a yearly rotation (which ensures that the provincial champions can only meet once every three years if they win their quarter finals). The pairings saw last years finalists Dublin and Mayo take on Donegal and Kerry respectively. Kerry became the first team to reach the 2014 final following a win in extra time in a replay at the Gaelic Grounds, while Donegal joined them the following day after seeing off the reigning champions Dublin by six points. The Kerry–Mayo replay was moved to Limerick because Croke Park had been booked for a college American football game between Penn State and UCF.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 21 September, the night of the final. Kerry's James O'Donoghue was named as the Sunday Game player of the year.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, Awards
The 2014 All Star team was named in October. Kerry's James O'Donoghue was named as the All Stars Footballer of the Year with Ryan McHugh of Donegal named the All Stars Young Footballer of the Year.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The 2014 All-Ireland Football Final, the culmination of the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, was played at Croke Park in Dublin on 21 September 2014. Ulster champions Donegal, last champions in 2012 took on Munster champions Kerry, last champions in 2009.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
Both sides defeated the previous year's finalists Dublin and Mayo in their semi-finals to set up this match between "the two great football outposts of the west-coast extremities". This was their first encounter on All-Ireland final day, and only the second in 127 years of Championship history, Donegal having defeated Kerry in their previous encounter at the 2012 quarter-final stage. Kerry narrowly won a close game which ended with a scoreline of 2-9 to 0-12.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final
The game was televised nationally on RTÉ Two as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Joe Brolly, Ciarán Whelan and Colm O'Rourke — the last time until 2019 that the Brolly-O'Rourke-Pat Spillane axis was broken up for live coverage of an All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Paths to the final
Donegal defeated Derry, Antrim and Monaghan to win the Ulster Senior Football Championship. They defeated Armagh in the All-Ireland quarter-final and the reigning champions Dublin in the semi-final. Kerry defeated Clare and Cork to win the Munster Senior Football Championship. They overcame Galway in the All-Ireland quarter-final and Mayo in the semi-final after a replay which went to extra time.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Tickets
Demand for tickets was even higher than the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Alan Milton, the GAA's Head of Media Relations, said he believed the stadium could have been sold out two times over. The reasons he suggested for this included, "a) it's a novel pairing b) the semi-finals were of a such a high standard that there's big neutral interest and c) the numbers from each county who will travel back to Ireland – both Kerry and Donegal have a very strong overseas presence in the United States particularly but also farther afield. ".


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Kits
After Donegal's defeat of All-Ireland champions Dublin confirmed the teams for the final, there was speculation that the counties would wear alternative kits due to the similarities in their traditional county colours. The last time this had occurred on All-Ireland Final day was 2010 when Cork and Down came to a similar arrangement to what occurred when they played in a semi-final of the 1994 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Kits
2010 represented the first occasion since Kerry and Offaly played in the 1982 final that both teams playing in the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final donned alternative strips, while the 1996 final was the last time one team (Meath) wore an alternative strip (versus Mayo). In the event, on 2 September 2014, it was announced that Donegal and Kerry would wear their traditional jerseys.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Team selection
Kerry announced their team on 18 September, with Marc Ó Sé being recalled to the starting line-up and Kieran Donaghy starting at full-forward. Stephen O'Brien came into the half forward line in place of Michael Geaney. Donegal announced their team on 20 September, with Christy Toye and Patrick McBrearty in for Rory Kavanagh and David Walsh. On the day, Toye and McBrearty were named on the bench – though both featured, and indeed scored, later in the game – while Kavanagh and Darach O'Connor started in their place.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Team selection
Six players from the 2006 All-Ireland minor semi-final meeting of the counties at Croke Park featured in the 2014 senior final. These were Michael Murphy, Leo McLoone and Martin McElhinney (Donegal) and Shane Enright, David Moran and Johnny Buckley (Kerry).


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Kerry got off to a great start with a goal from Paul Geaney within 60 seconds of the throw-in. Afterwards, a couple of points by both teams kept it a close game with Kerry always up a point or two. Near the end of the first half, Donegal tied it up. After a minute of extra time in the first half, it was 1–3 Kerry to 0–6 Donegal at half-time.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Match, Summary
Heading into the second half, Donegal took the lead with another point from team captain Michael Murphy, but Kerry quickly answered. Kerry eventually built a small lead and with a one-point lead at ten minutes left, Kerry scored a goal making it 2–6 to 0–8. Donegal responded with three quick points making it 2–6 to 0–11. Kerry hit a couple points in response, and it was 2–8 to 0–12 when two minutes of injury time started. Kerry scored another point to extend their lead to three points. Donegal almost forced a replay when Colm McFadden hit the goalpost in the last minute but Kerry clung on the win by 2–9 to 0–12.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final, Celebrations
The Kerry team celebrated the night of the final at the Clyde Court Hotel where Paul Murphy received his man of the match award. The next day the team departed Heuston Station at 1.45 pm for their first stop at Rathmore for the homecoming celebrations before proceeding to Tralee at 6.10 pm and then on to Killarney at 9.00 pm.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship was the 127th staging of the All-Ireland championship since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1887. The draw for the 2014 fixtures took place on 3 October 2013. The championship began on 27 April 2014 and ended on 7 September 2014.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
On 7 June 2014 Kilkenny versus Offaly was broadcast on Sky Sports, the first time a Championship fixture was broadcast live to a UK-wide audience. British viewers were reported to have been "amazed and confused", "bemused but impressed" and "amused and confounded" after seeing hurling for the first time.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship
Clare entered the championship as defending champions, however, they were defeated by Wexford. Kilkenny won the All-Ireland title following a 2–17 to 2–14 defeat of Tipperary after a replay.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Overview
All teams from the 2013 championship continued to line out in hurling's top tier in 2014.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Overview
On 23 March 2013, the GAA's annual Congress adopted a proposal from the Central Competition Controls Committee (CCCC) which sought to introduce a round-robin qualifying group in Leinster for five designated counties.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Overview
Ten counties competed in the 2013 Leinster championship; however, the CCCC proposal decreased the Leinster competition to a field of five regulars, namely Kilkenny, Dublin, Wexford, Offaly and Galway, alongside two more from a round-robin qualifying group featuring Laois, Westmeath, Carlow, London and Antrim. These five teams each played four games, with the top two qualifying for the Leinster Championship quarter-finals. The fourth-placed team met the winner of the Christy Ring Cup in a promotion/relegation play-off. The bottom county faced automatic relegation to the Christy Ring Cup.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
In the first year of a deal running from 2014 until 2016, a total of 45 provincial and All-Ireland championship matches in hurling and football were broadcast live on television in Ireland. A total of 31 games will be shown by RTÉ and 14 by Sky Sports for the first time. TV3's six year-involvement with broadcasting games came to an end in 2013. Sky Sports will also broadcast live the All-Ireland Hurling and Football semi-finals and finals along with RTÉ.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
The first game to be broadcast by Sky Sports was the Leinster quarter-final between Kilkenny and Offaly in Nowlan Park on Saturday 7 June. Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney were announced as presenters of Sky's coverage, with Dave McIntyre and Mike Finnerty as commentators. Analysts for the hurling championship were Jamesie O'Connor and Nicky English.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
In May, the GAA and RTÉ launched a new streaming service called GAAGO intended to stream championship games worldwide. The subscription-based service will be available to fans everywhere in the world outside of the island of Ireland, including all the games broadcast in Ireland exclusively by Sky Sports. All 45 televised games from the football and hurling championships, as broadcast by both RTÉ and Sky will be available to watch on GAAGO. For Great Britain, the games broadcast by Sky will only be available through Sky. The price for a worldwide GAAGO 'Season Pass' is €110 while in Britain, the GB Pass will be €60. A pay-per-game option is available for €10, and this will rise to €14 for the quarter-final, semi-final and final stages of the championship.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Broadcasting
Despite massive interest in the Leinster hurling semi-final replay between Kilkenny and Galway on 28 June, the game will not be shown live on television. The throw in time is fixed for 7.00pm and Sky Sports are already covering the Ulster football semi-final between Monaghan and Armagh with the GAA's television contracts preventing live television coverage of two championship games at the same time.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Controversies, Involvement of the British Sky Broadcasting Group
The decision by the GAA to grant access to satellite broadcasting company BSkyB of Championship hurling was criticised in some quarters. The first attempt by Sky Sports to cover live televised hurling - a Leinster Championship encounter between Kilkenny and Offaly - drew an audience share of less than 10 per cent of that which tuned into the free-to-air Dublin/Laois encounter at Croke Park the following day. In addition, the match was erroneously billed in advance by Sky as a "Connacht GAA football" game.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
The Sunday Game team of the year was picked on 28 September, which was the night after the final replay. Richie Hogan was named the Sunday game player of the year.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, Awards
Richie Hogan was named the All Stars player of the year with Cathal Barrett named as the young player of the year at the awards ceremony on 24 October.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, the deciding game of the 2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship, was played on 7 September 2014 at Croke Park, Dublin. The final ended - for the third year in a row - in a draw. The replay was held on 27 September 2014.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The final was the seventh national final, between League and Championship, out of a possible 12, that Kilkenny and Tipperary had met in since 2009.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The final was shown live in Ireland on RTÉ One as part of The Sunday Game live programme, presented by Michael Lyster from Croke Park, with studio analysis from Cyril Farrell, Tomás Mulcahy and Ger Loughnane. Match commentary was provided by Ger Canning with analysis by Michael Duignan. The game was also shown live on Sky Sports, presented by Rachel Wyse and Brian Carney.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The first match finished in a draw for the third year in a row after no draws since the 1959 final. The final has been described by many as the greatest final in history and also the greatest hurling match in history.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
Tipperary had a free from 97 metres out in injury time with the scores level. John O'Dwyer took the free which was hit just wide to the right and required confirmation from Hawk-eye that it was wide.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final
The replay was held on 27 September and was won by Kilkenny (who avenged their 2010 defeat to Tipperary) on a 2-17 to 2-14 scoreline. It was their 35th All-Ireland title and the 10th senior All-Ireland of Brian Cody’s managerial career the 10th All-Ireland of Henry Shefflin’s playing career.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Background
It was the sixth successive year that the counties had played each other in the championship, with Kilkenny winning 4 times. Kilkenny went into the final having won 34 All Ireland titles, including 9 titles in the previous 13 years (2000, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012). Meanwhile, Tipperary had won 26 titles, including 2 titles over the same period (2001 and 2010). The teams had played each other 24 times in the championship, the first time being in 1887, with Kilkenny winning 11 times and Tipperary winning on 13 occasions.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game
For the first time ever Etihad Airways showed live coverage of the final on their flights.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game
Kilkenny were favorites to win the final, priced at 8/11 with Paddy Power, with Tipperary priced at 6/4 and the draw at 10/1.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game
The Tipperary team that won the 1989 All-Ireland Final were presented to the crowd before the match to mark 25 years.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game, Referee
Westmeath official Barry Kelly was named as the referee for the 2014 All-Ireland final on 25 August. It will be the fourth time he has refereed a senior final as he did the drawn 2012 final between Kilkenny and Galway, the 2008 final between Kilkenny and Waterford and the 2006 final between Kilkenny and Cork.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game, Tickets
Tickets being sold on black market websites are ranging in price from €250 and €375 each, depending on their location a week before the final. Unusually for an All Ireland Final there was a public sale of tickets on the Friday of the game.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game, Team news
The Tipperary team was named on the evening of 4 September after their last training session. The team is unchanged from the semi-final win against Cork with Michael Cahill failing to regain the number four shirt since a knee injury kept him out of the win against Dublin. Padraic Maher, though named at full-back, is expected to line out at left half-back, with James Barry going to full-back. Captain Brendan Maher is expected to start at centre-back. Five Tipperary players will be playing in their first All-Ireland final, Darren Gleeson, Cathal Barrett, James Barry, Kieran Bergin and John O’Dwyer.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Drawn game, Team news
Walter Walsh was the surprise inclusion in the Kilkeeny line-up that was announced on the evening of the 5 September, with three changes in all from the side that defeated Limerick in the semi-final. Eoin Murphy got the goalkeeper position with Walsh replacing Padraig Walsh, while Richie Power replaced  Mark Kelly at full-forward.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Reaction
Tipperary's Pádraic Maher said that he knew the injury-time attempt from John O’Dwyer was wide before being confirmed by Hawk-Eye saying "“I was standing right behind Bubbles. I stood right behind his free and I thought it was for three-quarters of the way going over the bar, but it just curled off at the finish. I didn’t even look up at the Hawk Eye because I f***ing knew it was gone wide. Excuse my language, but that’s just the ups and downs of the game. It was fantastic. It must have been some game to watch and it was great to be a part of it. It’s a big game again in three weeks’ time and we’ll just try and come out the right side of the result.”


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Reaction
Tipperary manager Eamon O'Shea was focusing on the positives after the draw saying ""I feel I was a participant in a brilliant game," "Of course you feel drained, you try to win the game right until the end, but I just felt the occasion in terms of the game was just one of those was games... "I don't know what it looked like when you're dispassionate...but I just felt it was one of those games, like in 2009 (All-Ireland Final which Kilkenny won), it was just one of those games where you felt it was just good to be there."


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Reaction
O'Shea also thought that John O'Dwyer's late free had gone over the bar saying " "I felt he had a chance," I thought it was over but obviously HawkEye said no. He got a great strike on it and he was unlucky." "I'm looking forward to the next day," "When you're involved in a game like that, from my perspective, you just try and win the game right until the end. You don't get a chance to get too emotional about it so I'm just looking forward to the next day, "I thought they (Tipperary) did really well today. They worked really hard, they believed in what they were doing. We could have won it, we might have lost it because we were playing against a fantastic team."


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Reaction
Highlights of the final were shown on The Sunday Game programme which aired at 9:30pm that night on RTÉ Two and was presented by Des Cahill with analysis from Donal Óg Cusack, Liam Sheedy, and Eddie Brennan. On the man of the match award shortlist were Richie Hogan, John O'Dwyer and Cathal Barrett, with Richie Hogan winning the award.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay
It was announced right after the drawn match that the replay would take place on Saturday, 27 September at 5pm at Croke park.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay
The drawn match was the highest scoring 70-minute final since being introduced in 1975, and the first time in championship history that a total of 31 points wasn’t enough to win the final. It was also the first time in history that Kilkenny and Tipperary drew in a championship game.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay
Kilkenny were slight favorites to win the replay, priced at 10/11 with Paddy Power, with Tipperary priced at 6/5 and the draw at 9/1.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Tickets
The GAA announced on 8 September that ticket prices for the replay would be reduced with stand tickets reduced to €50 from €80 and terrace tickets priced at €25.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Referee
Offaly official Brian Gavin was named as the referee for the replay on 10 September. It was the third time he has refereed a senior final as he did the 2011 final between the same two teams and the drawn 2013 final between Clare and Cork. Wexford’s James Owens was the standby referee with James McGrath as the other linesman, while the sideline official was Alan Kelly from Galway.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Referee
Unlike the 2013 All Ireland Final between Cork and Clare where Gavin played 30 seconds over the added on time in which time Clare scored an equalizing point Gavin did not allow any additional time in this game.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Pre-match - Replay, Team News
Both teams for the replay were announced on 25 September with Kilkenny making three changes to the team. John Power came in to replace Walter Walsh, Padraig Walsh came in at wing-back in place of Joey Holden while Kieran Joyce replaced Brian Hogan. Tipperary made no changes to their team and started with the same fifteen.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Summary
Tipperary scored the first goal of the game in the 28th minute when Lar Corbett passed to the left to Seamus Callanan who passed the ball past the goalkeeper and into the net. Tipperary were leading the game by two points at half time on a 1-7 to 0-8 scoreline. Richie Power scored a goal for Kilkenny on 59 minutes shooting low to the net after catching a high ball, which put Kilkenny four points ahead.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Summary
John Power then got a second goal four minutes later turning the ball home after an initial save from Darren Gleeson to put Kilkenny into a six-point lead. Seamus Callanan got his second goal a minute from the end of normal time shooting low to the net on the ground to leave only two between the teams. Colin Fennelly then got an injury-time point which extended Kilkenny's lead to three which is how the match finished. Kilkenny won the replay on a 2-17 to 2-14 scoreline. It was their 35th All-Ireland title and the 10th senior All-Ireland of Brian Cody’s managerial career the 10th All-Ireland of Henry Shefflin’s playing career.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Trophy Presentation
Kilkenny captain Lester Ryan  accepted the Liam MacCarthy Cup from GAA president Liam O'Neill in the Hogan Stand and gave a speech which was delivered completely in the Irish language.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final, Match details, Celebrations
The Kilkenny team returned home on the 28 September were the homecoming event was held at Nowlan Park in Kikenny City at 4.30pm. Around 15,000 people turned up to celebrate the victory as the team made their way to Nowlan Park on an open top bus.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship is the 41st edition of the Ladies' Gaelic Football Association's premier inter-county Ladies' Gaelic football tournament. It is known for sponsorship reasons as the TG4 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship. It will commence on 26 July 2014.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
The 2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final featured Cork and Dublin. LGFA president Pat Quill criticised the decision to have Cork and Dublin club championship fixtures occurring on the same day as the game, describing it as "unfair on those people, boyfriends and whatever, not being in a position to come along to support the girls".


2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Cork came from ten points down to defeat Dublin by 2–13 to 2–12 and win their ninth All-Ireland title. At half-time, Dublin were in control, leading by 1–7 to 0–4 and when Lindsay Peat netted her second goal in the 35th minute, Dublin established a 2–8 to 0–7 lead. With fifteen minutes remaining, Cork trailed by 0–6 to 2–10 and Dublin were on the verge of their second All-Ireland title. However Cork launched a comeback with goals from subs Rhona Ní Bhuachalla and Eimear Scally. The score was level at 2–11 each with seven minutes left. Dublin briefly regained the lead when Siobhán Woods scored a point before Cork levelled with a Ciara O'Sullivan point. Geraldine O'Flynn had the final say with a winning point two minutes from the end.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final
Dublin manager Gregory McGonigle had previously managed Monaghan in 2011 and 2013. The winning Cork team were later voted winners of the 2014 RTÉ Sports Team of the Year Award. They were the first female team to win the award. They received 27% of the vote, beating the Ireland men's national rugby union team, winners of the 2014 Six Nations Championship, by 11%.


2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Martina O'Brien2 Roisín Phelan3 Angela Walsh4 Bríd Stack5 Vera Foley6 Deirdre O'Reilly7 Geraldine O'Flynn8 Rena Buckley9 Briege Corkery (c)10 Annie Walsh11 Ciara O'Sullivan12 Orlagh Farmer13 Valerie Mulcahy14 Grace Kearney15 Orla Finn


2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Nollaig Cleary for Annie Walsh (half-time)Rhona Ní Bhuachalla for Kearney (42)Doireann O'Sullivan for Farmer (45)Eimear Scally for Finn (50)


2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Team:1 Clíodhna O'Connor2 Rachel Ruddy3 Sorcha Furlong 4 Leah Caffrey5 Sinead Finnegan6 Sinéad Goldrick (c)7 Siobhán McGrath8 Denise Masterson9 Molly Lamb10 Noëlle Healy11 Natalia Hyland12 Carla Rowe 13 Lyndsey Davey14 Sinéad Aherne 15 Lindsay Peat


2014 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, Teams
Substitutes:Siobhan Woods for Hyland (45)Sarah McCaffrey for Lamb (53)Lucy Collins for Furlong (54) Niamh McEvoy for Healy (57)


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 B Hurling Championship, Overview
Kerry are the defending champions, having beaten Kildare in the 2013 All-Ireland final.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
The 2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship was the 51st staging of the All-Ireland hurling championship for players under the age of twenty-one since its establishment by the Gaelic Athletic Association in 1964. The championship began on 28 May 2014 and ended on 13 September 2014.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship
Clare were the defending champions and successfully retained their title and winning three-in-a-row after beating Wexford by 2-20 to 3-11 in the final.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The 2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship final was a hurling match that was played at Semple Stadium, Thurles on 13 September 2014 to determine the winners of the 2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, the 51st season of the All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship, a tournament organised by the Gaelic Athletic Association for the champion teams of the four provinces of Ireland. The final was contested by Clare of Munster and Wexford of Leinster, with Clare winning by 2-20 to 3-11.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
The All-Ireland final between Clare and Wexford was a unique occasion as it was the first ever championship meeting between the two teams. Clare were appearing in their fourth final in six years, while Wexford were lining out in their first All-Ireland decider since 2001.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Wexford opened the scoring with a point from a free by Jack Guiney after five minutes, however, Clare were quickly 1-2 to 0-1 courtesy of two points from Aaron Cunningham and a David Reidy goal. Guiney clipped over a point from a free to get Wexford back on the scoreboard. Clare had another great goal chance with a shot by Reidy, but Wexford 'keeper Oliver O'Leary made a great block, and corner back Andrew Kenny cleared the rebound off the line. At half time Clare led by 1-8 to 0-6.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Wexford fought back after the interval, with Conor McDonald, Jack Guiney and Conor Devitt all scoring points. Clare responded with a point by Bobby Duggan which was followed by a 38th-minute goal by Aaron Cunningham. Gearóid O'Connell got a point for Clare but then Wexford sub David Dunne lifted Wexford hopes with a goal in the 44th minute to put the score at 2-11 for Clare and 1-10 to Wexford. The final fifteen minutes was played at a frenetic pace.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Dunne and Conor McDonald scored goals for Wexford but Clare had been striking points well, so with three minutes left, Clare led by 2-17 to 3-11, just three points between them. Wexford had two goal chances, one that went narrowly wide and another by McDonald that Clare 'keeper Keith Hogan saved for a 65. Further scores by team captain Tony Kelly and Colm Galvin got Clare over the line.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Clare's All-Ireland victory was their third in-a-row. The win gave them their fourth All-Ireland title over all and put them in joint fifth position with Limerick on the all-time roll of honour.


2014 All-Ireland Under-21 Hurling Championship Final
Wexford's All-Ireland defeat was their ninth since last winning the title in 1965.


2014 All-Pac-12 Conference football team
The 2014 All-Pac-12 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pac-12 Conference teams for the 2014 Pac-12 Conference football season. The Oregon Ducks won the conference, defeating the Arizona Wildcats 51 to 13 in the Pac-12 Championship game. Oregon was then the national runner-up, in the College Football Playoff semifinal beating the ACC champion Florida States Seminoles 59 to 20; then losing to the Big Ten champion Ohio State Buckeyes 42 to 20 in the national championship game. Oregon quarterback Marcus Mariota won the Heisman Trophy and was voted Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year. Arizona linebacker Scooby Wright III was voted Pat Tillman Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.


2014 All-Pro Team
The 2014 All-Pro Teams were named by the Associated Press (AP), the Pro Football Writers of America (PFWA), and the Sporting News (SN) for performance in the 2014 NFL season. While none of the All-Pro teams have the official imprimatur of the NFL (whose official recognition is nomination to the 2015 Pro Bowl), they are included in the NFL Record and Fact Book and also part of the language of the 2011  NFLPA Collective Bargaining Agreement. Any player selected to the first-team of any of the teams can be described as an "All-Pro."


2014 All-Pro Team
The AP team, with first-team and second-team selections, was chosen by a national panel of fifty NFL writers and broadcasters. The Sporting News All-NFL team is voted on by NFL players and executives and was released January 20, 2015. The PFWA team is selected by its more than 300 national members who are accredited media members covering the NFL.


2014 All-Pro Team, Key
AP = Associated Press first-team All-ProAP-2 = Associated Press second-team All-ProAP-2t = Tied for second-team All-Pro in the AP votePFWA = Pro Football Writers Association All-NFLSN = Sporting News All- Pro


2014 All-Pro Team, Key
Missing votes: One AP voter selected only one running back; one AP voter did not select a fullback. Positions not selected: AP voters do not vote at punt returner or special teams playerSporting News chose three wide receivers and no fullback


2014 All-SEC football team
The 2014 All-SEC football team consists of American football players selected to the All-Southeastern Conference (SEC) chosen by the Associated Press (AP) and the conference coaches for the 2014 Southeastern Conference football season.


2014 All-SEC football team
The Alabama Crimson Tide won the conference, beating the Missouri Tigers 42 to 13 in the SEC Championship. The Crimson Tide then lost in the College Football Playoff Semifinal to the eventual national champion, the Ohio State Buckeyes 42 to 35.


2014 All-SEC football team
Alabama wide receiver Amari Cooper, a unanimous AP selection, was voted the AP SEC Offensive Player of the Year. Missouri defensive end Shane Ray was voted the AP SEC Defensive Player of the Year.


2014 All-SEC football team, Key
Bold = Consensus first-team selection by both the coaches and AP


2014 Allan Cup
The 2014 Allan Cup was the 2014 Canadian Grand National Championship of Senior ice hockey. This was the 106th year the trophy was awarded. The tournament was contended in Dundas, Ontario from April 14 to April 19, 2014 and hosted by the Dundas Real McCoys of the Ontario Hockey Federation.


2014 Allan Cup
The Real McCoys went a perfect 4-0 in the tournament and defeated the Clarenville Caribous 3-2 in overtime in the championship game to win their first Allan Cup.


2014 Allsvenskan
The 2014 Allsvenskan, part of the 2014 Swedish football season, was the 90th season of Allsvenskan since its establishment in 1924. The 2014 fixtures were released on 20 December 2013. The season started on 30 March 2014 and concluded on 1 November 2014. Malmö FF were the defending champions from the 2013 season.


2014 Allsvenskan
Malmö FF won the Swedish championship this season, their 21st Allsvenskan title and 18th Swedish championship overall, in the 27th round on 5 October 2014 when they won 3–2 in the away fixture against AIK at Friends Arena. Malmö FF became the first club to defend a Swedish championship by winning consecutive Allsvenskan titles since Djurgårdens IF in the 2003 season.


2014 Allsvenskan
A total of 16 teams contested the league; 14 returning from the 2013 season and two that were promoted from Superettan.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Background
The annual pre-season kick-off meeting was held at Swedbank Stadion in Malmö on 25 March 2014. Managers and key players from the major teams as well as some of the predicted bottom teams were interviewed by representatives from the media as well as commentators from C More Entertainment, the official broadcasters of the league. Seven managers out of 16 believed that Malmö FF would defend the title. The remaining managers placed their bets on AIK (six votes), IF Elfsborg (two votes) and IFK Göteborg (one vote). The entire attendance consisted of the clubs' managers, key players and media experts.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Background
The attendance voted Malmö FF as the title favourites (41.9% of the votes) with AIK (38% of the votes) closely after, IFK Göteborg came in third with 6,7% of the votes. The attendance also predicted that Falkenbergs FF (38.3% of the votes) and Gefle IF (25.4% of the votes) were the two favourites to be relegated. When asked about the top goalscorer, a plurality of the audience voted for Malmö FF's Magnus Eriksson.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
The season started on 30 March 2014 with five fixtures. The most prominent match of the first round was the fixture between last year's runner-up AIK and last year's third placed team IFK Göteborg at Friends Arena on 31 March 2014, the match ended with a 2–0 win for IFK Göteborg. The reigning league champions Malmö FF started the season a day earlier with a home fixture at Swedbank Stadion against newcomers and first time Allsvenskan participants Falkenbergs FF, Malmö FF won the match 3–0 after a late surge.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
The first week of matches were deeply affected by the death of a Djurgårdens IF supporter prior to the match between Helsingborgs IF and Djurgården on 30 March 2014. A moment of silence were held at all venues for matches in the first round that were played after the event; players also wore mourning-bands to display their sympathy.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
The season started out in a strong fashion for reigning champions Malmö who won the first four matches and drew in the fifth, not conceding a goal until the fourth match. In the process they defeated fellow title favourite Göteborg in the second week of matches at Gamla Ullevi. The first five weeks of matches saw Malmö top the table ahead of fellow title favourite Elfsborg while Göteborg and AIK positioned themselves 6th and 10th respectively. 2012 runners-up BK Häcken and last year's fourth placed team Kalmar FF chased Malmö and Elfsborg in the top of the table.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
In the lower part of the table Mjällby AIF and IF Brommapojkarna were positioned 16th and 15th respectively while newcomers and relegation favourites Falkenberg took 14th place. Gefle IF, the other team that were voted as one of the teams to be relegated found themselves in 11th place after five weeks of matches.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Seven more rounds of league matches were played before a months break for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Two players from the league participated in the tournament, AIK's Celso Borges for Costa Rica and Malmö FF's Miiko Albornoz for Chile. The matches leading up to the break saw Malmö continuing to hold pole position in front of title challengers Elfsborg and Kalmar who were placed second and third respectively after twelve rounds.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Both Malmö and Kalmar played several matches before losing, Malmö lost their first fixture in the seventh round at home against Häcken while Kalmar didn't lose a match until the tenth round in an away fixture, also against Häcken. In the last round of matches before the World Cup Malmö defeated Elfsborg at Borås Arena to create a six-point table gap to Elfsborg and Kalmar respectively. AIK recovered from their start of the season as they found themselves in fourth place before the break while the other favourites Göteborg remained in sixth place.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
IF Brommapojkarna had dropped down to last place in the table while Halmstads BK joined them in 15th place. Gefle positioned themselves in 14th place after the 12th week of matches while Mjällby proceeded upwards in the table, now arriving in safe territory in 13th place. Relegation favourites and newcomers alike Falkenberg took up 12th place after as many matches.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
After twenty rounds of play, Malmö FF were clearly ahead of the other title contenders. Following a long win-less streak, Brommapojkarna seemed set to finish last as they were nine points behind Mjällby in 15th place. The toughest blow around this time for Brommapojkarna happened off the field; captain Pontus Segerström was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Segerström started undergoing treatment immediately. On 13 October Segerström died due to effects of the brain tumor. In the rounds to come it became clear that AIK and Elfsborg were Malmö FF's strongest contenders for the title.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
After the World Cup break Kalmar had started to fall in the table and were positioned 6th after 20 rounds. IFK Göteborg reached fourth place in the table after 22 rounds, having spent most of the season mid-table. A noteworthy event occurred on 19 August when Malmö FF celebrated a full consecutive year at the top of the Allsvenskan table.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
In the 25th round Brommapojkarnas relegation to Superettan was confirmed as they lost 3–1 away to Helsingborg. In the same round Falkenberg was positioned 15th and was the closest team to join Brommapojkarna to the second tier of Swedish football. The other teams involved in the relegation battle was IFK Norrköping, Gefle and Mjällby, all teams separated by merely five points. At the other end of the table Malmö FF had an eight-point advantage to Elfsborg in second place with only five matches left to play. IFK Göteborg and AIK trailed Elfsborg with one point.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Even though Malmö FF failed to win in three consecutive matches for the first time in more than a year, AIK and Elfsborg failed to take advantage. IFK Göteborg continued a strong streak and passed both AIK and Elfsborg to reach second place in the table for the first time this season. In the 27th round both Elfsborg and IFK Göteborg lost their early matches, providing Malmö FF with an opportunity to secure the title with at least one point at Friends Arena against AIK.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
Malmö FF ended up winning the match 3–2 and became Swedish champions for the second consecutive season, becoming the first Swedish club in eleven years to achieve this. The attention at the top of the table turned towards the two European berths beneath Malmö FF with IFK Göteborg, Elfsborg, AIK and Häcken competing with just four points between each other. At the bottom of the table Mjällby lost an important home fixture against already relegated Brommapojkarna while Norrköping and Falkenberg won their matches, sending Mjällby to 15th place with just three matches left to play. However the relegation battle was still very much alive as Gefle, Falkenberg and Norrköping were only one point ahead of Mjällby.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
On October 29, Elfsborg manager Klas Ingesson died after battling cancer for several years. As a player, he represented IFK Göteborg and the Swedish national team on many occasions, and Ingesson had served as manager of IF Elfsborg since September 2013. Norrköping and Falkenberg gained some ground in the relegation battle after winning their games in the 28th round, IFK Norrköping against fellow relegation contenders Gefle and Falkenberg against Helsingborg. Meanwhile, Mjällby lost their match in the same round.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
In the 29th round Norrköping secured their Allsvenskan spot by winning at home against Örebro 2–0 while Falkenberg lost the Halland derby against Halmstad 4–0 on the road. With both Mjällby and Gefle also losing their games in the 29th round, Mjällby needed to beat Falkenberg in the away game in the last round to ensure survival by making it to the relegation play–offs. Falkenberg needed one point to be sure to avoid the relegation play-offs altogether while Gefle needed to take more points than Mjällby to avoid direct relegation. In the last round Gefle beat Helsingborg at home 2–1 while Falkenberg and Mjällby drew 1–1. This meant that Mjällby finished in 15th place and were relegated together with Brommapojkarna while Gefle finished in 14th place and qualified for the relegation play-offs against third place 2014 Superettan team Ljungskile SK.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
IFK Göteborg finished as league runners-up after winning their remaining three matches in the race for the two qualifying spots for the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, AIK grasped the last spot by finishing ahead of Elfsborg on goal difference. Brommapojkarna hosted Elfsborg in an emotional last game of the season as both clubs had lost team members to cancer during the last month of the season. Newly promoted Örebro SK proved to be one of the big surprises of the season as they finished in 6th place.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Season overview
The other promoted Superettan team and first time Allsvenskan contenders Falkenberg finished in 13th placed and managed to stay in the league. IFK Göteborg's Lasse Vibe became the league top scorer with 23 goals during the season while Markus Rosenberg of Malmö FF made the most assists with 14. Both Rosenberg and Vibe also amounted to the most points with 29. The favourite to become top scorer Magnus Eriksson of Malmö FF scored five goals.


2014 Allsvenskan, Summary, Allsvenskans stora pris
For the second year running, the broadcaster of Allsvenskan, C More Entertainment, hosted an award ceremony where they presented seven awards and two special awards to the players and staff of the 16 Allsvenskan clubs, the award ceremony was held on 6 November 2014. The nominations for the 2014 season were officially announced on 3 November 2014. Nominees are displayed below, the winners are marked in bold text. Malmö FF received the most nominations with eight nominations while IFK Göteborg received four nominations and AIK, Helsingborgs IF and IF Elfsborg received two nominations. Djurgårdens IF, Falkenbergs FF and Örebro SK received one nomination each. Notably none of the players and managers from last years season awards were nominated.


2014 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches
The 2014 Allsvenskan season encountered serious incidents involving pyrotechnical items and supporter violence, with one match needing to be suspended.


2014 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches, Helsingborgs IF vs. Djurgårdens IF
The season-opening match at Olympia between Helsingborgs IF and Djurgårdens IF on 30 March 2014 was abandoned after 42 minutes of play, with the score at that time being 1–1. Djurgården fans invaded the pitch after reports that a Djurgården fan had died from injuries sustained in an assault outside the arena before the beginning of the match. The assault occurred at the Kärnan medieval tower. The death of the 43-year-old man was confirmed by the Skåne police.


2014 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches, Helsingborgs IF vs. Djurgårdens IF
This was the first football-related death in Sweden since 2002, when IFK Göteborg supporter Tony Deogan was killed in Stockholm in a clash with AIK supporters. Another four people also sustained injuries in connection to the match. The decision was made to abandon the match. On 14 April 2014, the Swedish Football Association's (SFA) disciplinary committee decided that the match would not continue and that it would end with the score 1–1. According to the committee, the decision was taken in respect of the man killed.


2014 Allsvenskan, Suspended matches, Helsingborgs IF vs. Djurgårdens IF
Two days after the death, a 28-year-old man from Helsingborg was arrested. On 16 June 2014, the Helsingborg District Court sentenced him to eight months in prison for assault and involuntary manslaughter.


2014 Allsvenskan, Teams
A total of sixteen teams contested the league, including fourteen sides from the 2013 season and two promoted teams from the 2013 Superettan. Two of the three promoted teams for the 2013 season managed to stay in the league, IF Brommapojkarna and Halmstads BK.


2014 Allsvenskan, Teams
Östers IF and Syrianska FC were relegated at the end of the 2013 season after finishing in the bottom two places of the table. They were replaced by 2013 Superettan champions Falkenbergs FF and runners-up Örebro SK. Falkenberg participated in the league for the first time in the club's history, they were the first new club in Allsvenskan's history since Syrianska FC in 2011. Örebro returned to Allsvenskan after one-year absence, having been relegated at the end of the 2012 season. This was Örebro's 46th season in the league.


2014 Allsvenskan, Teams
Halmstads BK as 14th-placed team retained their Allsvenskan spot after winning against third-placed Superettan team GIF Sundsvall 3–2 on aggregate in a relegation/promotion playoff. This was notably a replay of the 2012 play-off where Sundsvall lost their Allsvenskan spot to Halmstad.


2014 Allsvenskan, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players and Managers may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 Allsvenskan, League table, Positions by round
Note: Some matches were played out of phase with the corresponding round, positions were corrected in hindsight.


2014 Alon Shvut stabbing attack
The 2014 Alon Shvut stabbing attack occurred on 10 November 2014, when Palestinian Maher al-Hashlamun first attempted to run his vehicle into a crowd waiting at the bus/hitch-hiking station at the entrance to the Israeli settlement of Alon Shvut, in the Gush Etzion section of the occupied West Bank, then, when the car was stopped by a bollard, got out and attacked with a knife, killing a young woman and wounding two others. The attack occurred four hours after the killing of Sergeant Almog Shiloni in Tel Aviv and took place at the same bus/hitch-hiking stop where three Israeli teenagers were kidnapped and murdered in June 2014.


2014 Alon Shvut stabbing attack, Attack
The attacker, Maher al-Hashlamun, first attempted to ram his vehicle into the crowd at the bus stop, ramming his car into the bus shelter and bollards and only abandoning it to attack the crowd with a knife when he found the way blocked by concrete bollards.


2014 Alon Shvut stabbing attack, Attack
Al-Hashlamun was shot in the chest by a security guard, and was taken to Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem. He later died from his wounds.