2014 AAA 400
The 2014 AAA 400 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race that was held on September 28, 2014, at Dover International Speedway in Dover, Delaware. Contested over 400 laps, it was the 29th race of the 36 race 2014 Sprint Cup Series championship, and the third race in the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Jeff Gordon won the race, his fourth win of the season and first at Dover since 2001. Brad Keselowski finished second while Jimmie Johnson, Joey Logano and Matt Kenseth rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (6th), Austin Dillon (24th), and Justin Allgaier (29th).


2014 AAA 400, Previous week's race
Joey Logano took off on the first Green-White-Checker attempt to score his fourth victory of the season. “It feels good to go into the next one,” Logano said. “We’ve got to keep doing what we’re doing though. We’ve got to keep our eye on the prize and think about the big trophy at the end.”


2014 AAA 400, Report, Background
The track, Dover International Speedway, is a four-turn short track oval that is 1 mile (1.6 km) long. The track's turns are banked at twenty-four degrees. The front stretch, the location of the finish line, is banked at nine degrees with the backstretch. The racetrack has seats for 113,000 spectators. Jimmie Johnson was the defending race winner from 2013.


2014 AAA 400, Report, Background
Despite his name being on the entry list for this weekend's race, Ryan Truex was released from BK Racing on September 23. Sources within the team stated the change stemmed from unhappiness with the amount of feedback from the rookie driver. Travis Kvapil is expected to drive the car for the rest of the season.


2014 AAA 400, Report, Background
Eight days after sending the case to a grand jury, Ontario County district attorney Michael Tantillo announced on September 24 that Tony Stewart would not be charged in the death of Kevin Ward, Jr. The grand jury could not find sufficient reason to indict Stewart on any charges. “This has been the toughest and most emotional experience of my life, and it will stay with me forever," Stewart said in the statement. "I’m very grateful for all the support I’ve received and continue to receive.


2014 AAA 400, Report, Background
I respect everything the District Attorney and Sheriff’s Office did to thoroughly investigate this tragic accident. While the process was long and emotionally difficult, it allowed for all the facts of the accident to be identified and known. While much of the attention has been on me, it’s important to remember a young man lost his life. Kevin Ward Jr.’s family and friends will always be in my thoughts and prayers.” NASCAR's Chief Communications Officer Brett Jewkes also released a statement. “There are no winners in tragedy,” it said. “Our thoughts and prayers remain with the Kevin Ward Jr. family and Tony Stewart as they all cope with this tragic incident.”


2014 AAA 400, Report, Entry list
The entry list for the AAA 400 was released on Monday, September 22, 2014 at 8:48 a.m. Eastern time. Forty-three drivers were entered for the race.


2014 AAA 400, Practice, First practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 21.971 and a speed of 163.852 mph (263.694 km/h). Landon Cassill blew an engine in the first practice session.


2014 AAA 400, Qualifying
Harvick won the pole with a time of 22.095 and a speed of 162.933 mph (262.215 km/h). "It’s been an amazing year for everybody," Harvick said of his team. "They do a great job in preparing the racecars and put a lot of effort into qualifying, and it’s translated into a lot of good finishes." "This is the most important race of my career," Hamlin said. "This is the most important race now because it's in the present. If we’re going to live to race another day, we’ve got to get past this weekend. If not, we become somewhat irrelevant." Forty-three cars were entered so no one failed to qualify.


2014 AAA 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Second practice
Matt Kenseth was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 23.129 and a speed of 155.649 mph (250.493 km/h).


2014 AAA 400, Practice (post-qualifying), Final practice
Kevin Harvick was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 22.917 and a speed of 157.089 mph (252.810 km/h).


2014 AAA 400, Race
The race was scheduled to begin at 2:15 p.m. Eastern time but started at 2:19 p.m. when Kevin Harvick led the field to the green. Debris in turn four brought out the first caution of the race on lap 62. The race restarted on lap 68. Caution flew for the second time on lap 75 after Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. made contact with the wall in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 80. Debris on the backstretch brought out the third caution of the race on lap 125. The race restarted on lap 130.


2014 AAA 400, Race
After leading the first 147 laps, Harvick surrendered the lead to Brad Keselowski on lap 148. He was dealing with a problem with the left-front suspension.


2014 AAA 400, Race
J. J. Yeley brought out the fourth caution on lap 171 after brushing the wall in turn 2. Keselowski traded the lead with Harvick on pit road thanks to pitting before the start/finish line. Harvick retained the lead off pit road.


2014 AAA 400, Race
The race restarted on lap 176. Kevin Harvick ducked onto pit road on lap 249 and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. Kenseth made his stop the next lap and handed the lead to Clint Bowyer. Bowyer made his stop the next lap and handed the lead to Jamie McMurray.


2014 AAA 400, Race
Harvick cut his left front tire and brought out the fifth caution of the race on lap 254. Keselowski assumed the lead as a result.


2014 AAA 400, Race
The race restarted on lap 261. Jeff Gordon took the lead on lap 305. Gordon made his final pit stop on lap 328 and handed the lead to Matt Kenseth. Kenseth made his final stop on lap 329 and handed the lead to Carl Edwards. Edwards made his final stop on lap 330.


2014 AAA 400, Race
Jeff Gordon cycled back to the lead and kept it to score his 92nd career win. “I knew we could compete with the 2 car [Keselowski],” Gordon said. “The 2 was really good on short runs but we could run them down. He made us work for it there at the end... He got to me and I was really, really tight in traffic there at the end, so I didn’t know if we were gonna pull it off.” Kevin Harvick, who led a race high 223 laps before cutting a left-front tire, finished 13th one lap down.


2014 AAA 400, Race
"I don't know what happened to Kevin Harvick," Gordon said. "That was unfortunate for him. He was the class of the field. ... I was really tight in traffic there at the end. I didn't know if we were going to pull it off." "We can beat every car on the race track. We just need some good luck," Harvick adds. "We'll win races and have a shot at the championship." Kasey Kahne secured the twelfth and final spot in the points to advance to the Contender Round. “I had to push hard,” Kahne said.


2014 AAA 400, Race
“I’m glad NASCAR just let us go and let us race for it. It was pretty interesting, but I’m glad we made it. We had to fight hard, and I think we had a Top-2 or 3 car today – just didn’t get to show it.”  With this being the final race of the Challenger Round, A. J. Allmendinger, Kurt Busch, Greg Biffle and Aric Almirola were the bottom four drivers in points that were eliminated.


2014 AAA Texas 500
The 2014 AAA Texas 500 was a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series stock car race held on November 2, 2014, at Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas. Contested over 341 laps, it was the 34th race of the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season and eighth race of the Chase for the Sprint Cup. Jimmie Johnson won the race, his fourth win of the season and third straight win in the fall Texas race, while Kevin Harvick finished second. Brad Keselowski, Kyle Busch, and Jamie McMurray rounded out the top five. The top rookies of the race were Kyle Larson (7th), Justin Allgaier (20th), and Austin Dillon (21st).


2014 AAA Texas 500, Previous week's race
Dale Earnhardt, Jr. took the lead from Tony Stewart with four laps to go and held off a hard charging Jeff Gordon to score his first career win at Martinsville Speedway. “Oh, man, been trying to win here for so many years,” Earnhardt said. “Real emotional win. I can’t believe we won here. We’re going to drink a lot of beer tonight. It’s a real emotional win. This team on pit road was great and Steve (Letarte, crew chief) and the guys did a real good job all day.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Previous week's race
They gave me a great shot at it there with the call at the end to take tires. I can’t believe we won here. This means so much to all of us. It’s just real emotional.” "That means so much to Hendrick Motorsports," Gordon said. "That's the best way you can possibly pay tribute to those that we lost 10 years ago. To have a 1-2 finish, that's pretty awesome. I would have loved to have gotten that win to move on to Homestead, but this is certainly a great start for us."


2014 AAA Texas 500, Previous week's race
"I thought we had the car to beat," Gordon said. "Those last couple of laps were just wild. This means so much to Hendrick Motorsports. It's the best way to pay tribute to everyone we lost 10 years ago. I would have loved to get that win to move on to Homestead. But I'm real happy for Dale. I know this means so much to him."


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Background
Texas Motor Speedway is a speedway located in the northernmost portion of the U.S. city of Fort Worth, Texas – the portion located in Denton County, Texas. The track measures 1.5 miles (2.4 km) around and is banked 24 degrees in the turns, and is of the oval design, where the front straightaway juts outward slightly. With the ability to seat over 190,000, Texas Motor Speedway has the largest capacity for any NASCAR track after Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The track layout is similar to Atlanta Motor Speedway and Charlotte Motor Speedway (formerly Lowe's Motor Speedway). The track is owned by Speedway Motorsports, Inc., the same company that owns Atlanta and Charlotte Motor Speedways, as well as the short-track Bristol Motor Speedway.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
Brian Vickers was the fastest in the first practice session with a time of 27.106 and a speed of 199.218 mph (320.610 km/h). Matt Kenseth won the pole with a time of 27.095 and a speed of 199.299 mph (320.741 km/h). “It’s crazy fast,’’ Kenseth said. “It’s amazing that you can go around there with that much throttle in a Cup car. It was cold outside and you get a lot of grip. We haven’t qualified that good this year most of the year. All three of those laps were all I could get.”


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Practice and qualifying
“We hit it the second round, and I missed it in the third round, my fault,’’ Tony Stewart said. “To be the first to run 200 mph average on a 1.5-mile is pretty cool.” "It was three incredible laps and a great effort by our Drive to End Hunger Chevrolet team today," Jeff Gordon said. "All day long we have had a fast race car. It's awesome to be able to be able to back that up in qualifying." Carl Edwards was the fastest in the second practice session with a time of 27.503 and a speed of 196.342 mph (315.982 km/h). Jimmie Johnson was the fastest in the final practice session with a time of 27.865 and a speed of 193.791 mph (311.876 km/h).


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
Prior to the start of the race, Danica Patrick changed transmission and started last.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
The race was scheduled to begin at 3:16 PM Eastern time, but started at 3:20 p.m. with Matt Kenseth leading the field to the green. During the first 30 laps of the race, Kenseth moved past Jimmie Johnson to become the all-time laps leader at Texas Motor Speedway. Danica Patrick made an unscheduled stop on lap 37 for a flat tire. The first caution of the race flew on lap 42 after Josh Wise got loose, overcorrected and hit the wall in turn 2. The race restarted on lap 47.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
Kenseth led the first 53 laps, but Jimmie Johnson took the lead from him on lap 54. Johnson gave up the lead on lap 92 to pit and Kevin Harvick assumed the lead. Harvick ducked onto pit road on lap 93 and the lead cycled back to Johnson. Johnson pitted on lap 138 and Jeff Gordon assumed the lead. Gordon hit pit road on lap 139 and gave the lead back to Johnson. Debris in turn 2 brought out the second caution on lap 175.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
Johnson and Gordon swapped the lead on pit road with Johnson pitting before the start/finish line, but he beat Gordon off pit road. The race restarted on lap 183. Earlier in the race, Matt Kenseth became the all-time laps leader at Texas. Jimmie Johnson took back that title at somewhere between lap 183 and lap 200. Kyle Busch, who had won both Truck and Nationwide Series races and was looking to sweep the weekend, hit the wall and lost a tire on lap 205 to bring out the third caution of the race.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
Just as during the previous pit cycle, Gordon and Johnson swapped the lead on pit road before Johnson wins the race off. The race restarted on lap 211. Jeff Gordon took the lead from Johnson on lap 217. Caution flew for the fourth time on lap 223 for a Ford grill plate that came off the front of Carl Edwards's car. Denny Hamlin took two tires when the leaders took four to take the lead. The race restarted on lap 228 and Hamlin promptly lost the lead to Jeff Gordon.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
Debris in turn 4 brought out the fifth caution on lap 241. Jimmie Johnson beat Jeff Gordon off pit road to take back the lead. The race restarted on lap 247. Debris from the No. 10 car of Danica Patrick brought out the sixth caution of the race on lap 252. Brad Keselowski stayed out when the leaders pitted to take the lead. The race restarted on lap 259. Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski swapped the lead with 69 and 68 to go. Gordon was finally able to get by Keselowksi with 59 laps to go.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
The seventh caution of the race came out with 50 laps to go when A. J. Allmendinger lost the car in turn 3. Jimmie Johnson took back the lead off pit road. The race restarted with 44 laps to go. Caution flew for the eighth time with 39 laps to go for a trail of debris left by Brett Moffitt. Matt Kenseth stayed out when the leaders pitted and assumed the lead. The race restarted with 32 laps to go. Kurt Busch took the lead and caution flew for the ninth time with 31 laps to go.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
Joey Logano cut the right-front tire and spun out in turn 2. The race restarted with 26 laps to go. Caution flew for the tenth time with 21 laps to go after Kasey Kahne got loose exiting turn 4, made contact with Marcos Ambrose and went through the grass on the front stretch. The race restarted with 17 laps to go. Jimmie Johnson took back the lead. The eleventh caution of the race flew with 15 laps to go after Trevor Bayne hooked Kasey Kahne and sent him into the backstretch wall. The race restarted with nine laps to go.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race
Jeff Gordon took the lead. Caution flew for the twelfth time with four laps to go after Clint Bowyer got loose, overcorrected and slammed the fall on the front stretch. Gordon lost the lead on the first attempt, made contact with Brad Keselowski, spun out and brought out the 13th caution of the race. Jimmie Johnson held off Keselowski and Harvick to score his 70th career win. “It’s a testament to this team and the fact that we’ll never give up,” said Johnson. “We’ll always keep fighting and keep trying to make our cars better. We’re not in the Chase and not where we want to be - fighting for the championship.”


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
There was a brawl on pit road involving Jeff Gordon and Brad Keselowski and Kevin Harvick. Keselowski and Harvick were parked in the post-race impound area where the cars that finished second through sixth are held for post-race inspection. Gordon pulled his car and parked it right beside Keselowski's car. He got out and had a level-headed conversation with the driver of the No. 2 Ford that seemed to make him more angry. As Keselowski was putting on his Miller Lite cap, Kevin proceeded to shove him towards Gordon and as the brawl began.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
Multiple pit crews from the three racing stables as well as Paul Menard's, Danica Patrick's and Kasey Kahne's crew were involved (Keselowski's spot in the impound area was in the pit stall of the No. 27 car). ESPN's Jamie Little was caught in the middle of it. “We’re racing for the win,” said Keselowski of the on track contact as the crowd booed loudly during the interview. “[Wasn't trying] to wreck him, just racing hard. He left a hole and you know, everything you watch in racing, you leave a hole, you’re supposed to go for it.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
It closed back up and we made contact. I don’t want to ruin anyone’s day. I want to win the race and that was our opportunity. Just didn’t come together.” “I spun the tires a little bit but I got a pretty decent start and we went down into one and I just wanted to get to the outside of the 48 [Johnson] and out of nowhere, I got slammed by the 2 and it cut my left rear tire. He's just a dipshit," Gordon said in a nationally televised interview on ESPN.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
"I don't know how he's ever won a championship. I'm just sick and tired of him. ... That was a huge race for us. I'm proud of Jimmie Johnson for winning that race. I didn't want that you-know-what (Keselowski) to win that race. ... (Keselowski) gets himself in this position himself and as far as I'm concerned he's got to pay the consequences. … It's total crap. The kid is just doing stuff way over his head." “I'm not trying to sit here and sugarcoat it and try to be The Intimidator,’’ Keselowski said.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
“That's not what I'm trying to say. My expectation is if there's a gap, they'll go for it. If there's a gap, I'll go for it. If it closes up, there's contact, then that's racing. And that's what happened today. Will those guys race me hard or harder than others? Absolutely, I'm certain they will. But that's just part of it. I can't fault them for that. I just feel like I have to go for the gap if it's there, and I have to race the way I race or I won't even be in NASCAR.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
I'd rather have enemies in NASCAR than have friends and be sitting at home.’’ “If you’re going to drive like that, you better be willing to fight,’’ Harvick said he told Keselowski. “He was going to stand behind his guys. Jeff Gordon deserved to at least have a face-to-face conversation with him. I wasn’t standing up for anybody. (Keselowski) just ran over (Gordon). He was standing back behind all his guys, not wanting to defend what he did. I said, ‘You’re the problem, get in your own fight.’ ‘’ Robin Pemberton, NASCAR's senior vice president of competition, said that series officials will review what took place to determine what, if any, penalties will be issued. “Holding onto each other and grabbing… that's one thing. When punches are landed, it's a different scenario," Pemberton said.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
On Tuesday, November 4, the following penalties were handed down by NASCAR regarding the post-race brawl.


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
Jeremy Fuller, rear tire changer with the No. 5 team along with Dwayne Doucette and Jason Ingle, mechanics with the No. 24 team, each have been fined $25,000 and suspended from NASCAR through the completion of the next six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship points races (They'll be eligible to return for the March 22, Auto Club 400 at Auto Club Speedway). All three were found to be in violation of:


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
• Section 12-4.9: Behavioral penalty – involved in a post-race physical altercation with a driver on pit road


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
Dean Mozingo, mechanic with the No. 24 team and the team's hauler driver, has been fined $10,000 and suspended from NASCAR through the completion of the next three NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship points races. He was found to be in violation of:• Section 12-1: Actions detrimental to stock car racing


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
• Section 12-4.9: Behavioral penalty – involved in a post-race physical altercation with another crew member on pit road


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
Kenny Francis, crew chief of the No. 5 team, and Alan Gustafson, crew chief of the No. 24 team, have each been fined $50,000 and placed on NASCAR probation through the completion of the next six NASCAR Sprint Cup Series championship points races. They were found to be in violation of:


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
• Section 9-4A: Crew chief assumes responsibility for the actions of his team members


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
"While the intensity and emotions are high as we continue through the final rounds of the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup, the actions that we saw from several crew members Sunday following the race at Texas are unacceptable," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR senior vice president/competition and racing development. "We reviewed the content that was available to us of the post-race incident along pit road, and identified several crew members who crossed the line with their actions, specifically punching others."


2014 AAA Texas 500, Report, Race, Post-race
"We therefore have penalized four crew members as well as their crew chiefs, as they ultimately are responsible for members of their team per the NASCAR rulebook," Pemberton continued. "A NASCAR championship is at stake, but we can't allow behavior that crosses the line to go unchecked, particularly when it puts others in harm's way."


2014 AAMI Classic
The 2014 AAMI Classic took place between 8–11 January 2014, at the Kooyong Stadium in Melbourne, Australia.


2014 AAMI Classic
Lleyton Hewitt was going to play, but was replaced by Jordan Thompson after winning the 2014 Brisbane International. In the final it was Kei Nishikori who defeated Tomáš Berdych in the final 7-5 6–4 to become the first Japanese winner of the event.


2014 ABC Supply Wisconsin 250
The 2014 ABC Supply Wisconsin 250 was the sixteenth round of the 2014 IndyCar Series season, held at The Milwaukee Mile. Will Power dominated and won the race, leading 229 of 250 laps.


2014 ABL Playoffs
The 2014 ABL Playoffs is the postseason of the 2014 ABL Regular Season. The regular season begins on 16 July 2014 and end 26 October 2014. The playoffs will begin in November 2014, with the top four teams (out of six).


2014 ABL season
The 2014 ASEAN Basketball League Regular Season was the fifth season of competition of the ASEAN Basketball League (ABL). Hi-Tech Bangkok City won its second title in its franchise history after defeating Westports Malaysia Dragons in two games. Anthony Macri, the commissioner of the league for the past two years, resigned on 21 February 2014. The regular season began on 16 July 2014 and concluded on 26 October 2014. Two teams from the previous season, defending champions San Miguel Beermen and Sports Rev Thailand Slammers, did not return for the current season.


2014 ABL season, Playoffs, Semi-finals
The semi-finals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.


2014 ABL season, Playoffs, Finals
The Finals is a best-of-three series, with the higher seeded team hosting Game 1, and 3, if necessary.


2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament
The 2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament (or Rotterdam Open) was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It took place at the Rotterdam Ahoy arena in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, between 10–16 February 2014. It was the 41st edition of the Rotterdam Open, whose official name is the ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament. The competition was part of the ATP World Tour 500 series of the 2014 ATP World Tour. Third-seeded Tomáš Berdych won the singles title.


2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Robert Lindstedt and Nenad Zimonjić were the defending champions but decided not to participate together. Lindstedt played alongside Łukasz Kubot, but lost in the first round to Julien Benneteau and Édouard Roger-Vasselin. Zimonjić teamed up with Daniel Nestor, but lost in the quarterfinals to Michaël Llodra and Nicolas Mahut.


2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Doubles
Llodra and Mahut won the title, defeating Jean-Julien Rojer and Horia Tecău in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–4).


2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles
Juan Martín del Potro was the defending champion but lost in the quarterfinals to Ernests Gulbis. Tomáš Berdych won the title, defeating Marin Čilić in the final, 6–4, 6–2.


2014 ABN AMRO World Tennis Tournament – Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 ACB Playoffs
The 2014 ACB Playoffs were the final phase of the 2013–14 ACB season. They started on May 29 and ended on June 19. Real Madrid were the defending champions.


2014 ACB Playoffs
All times are CEST (UTC+02:00), except the game played in the Canary Islands (WEST, UTC+01:00)


2014 ACC Championship Game
The 2014 ACC Championship Game is the tenth football championship game for the Atlantic Coast Conference. It featured the Florida State Seminoles, winners of the ACC's Atlantic Division, and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets, winners of the ACC's Coastal Division. This was the game's fifth consecutive year at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.


2014 ACC Elite League
The first tournament of second division of ACC Premier League was held in Singapore between 7–13 June 2014. Singapore won the tournament and qualified for 2016 ACC Premier League and Saudi Arabia finishing second qualified for 2015 ICC World Cricket League Division Six.


2014 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was the postseason men's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference held from March 12–16 in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. This was the first ACC Tournament to include 15 teams, a result of the conference adding Syracuse, Pitt, and Notre Dame, and also the last to feature Maryland, which left after the season for the Big Ten Conference. Seeds #5 through #9 received a first-round bye, and the top four seeds received a first- and second-round "double bye".


2014 ACC Men's Basketball Tournament
Top-seeded Virginia won the tournament under the guidance of Tony Bennett, defeating Florida State, Pittsburgh, and then Duke in the championship game. It was their second ACC tournament championship and first since 1976. Virginia had lost its most recent five appearances in the tournament championship game, losing to North Carolina in 1977, 1982, and 1994, to NC State in 1983, and to Georgia Tech in 1990. The Cavaliers placed four players on the all-tournament teams, and their leading scorer, Joe Harris, was named tournament MVP.


2014 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament
The 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Soccer Tournament was the 28th edition of the ACC Men's Soccer Tournament. The tournament decided the Atlantic Coast Conference champion and guaranteed representative into the 2014 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship.


2014 ACC Men's Soccer Tournament, Qualification
The top ten teams in the Atlantic Coast Conference earned a berth into the ACC Tournament. The play-in and quarterfinal rounds were held at the higher seed's home field. The semifinals and championship were held at WakeMed Soccer Park in Cary, North Carolina.


2014 ACC Premier League
The three-tier ACC Premier League tournament has evolved from the former two-tier ACC Trophy cricket competition. The 2014–15 season started with top tier tournament which was held in Malaysia in May. It gives Associate and Affiliate members of the Asian Cricket Council experience of international one-day cricket and also helps form an essential part of regional rankings. Some of the individual matches were given One Day International (ODI) status by the International Cricket Council (ICC).


2014 ACC Premier League
The top four teams of top-tier tournament, Afghanistan, UAE, Nepal and Oman qualified for the 2014 ACC Championship, while Hong Kong and Malaysia remained in the 2016 ACC Premier League. In the second division held in Singapore between 7–13 July, the host winning the tournament also qualified for the same tournament. Results of the ACC Premier League 2014 was determined on rankings in the final table. If two or more teams had equal points, rankings were decided by net run-rate.


2014 ACC Premier League, Statistics, Most Runs
The top five run scorers (total runs) are included in this table.


2014 ACC Premier League, Statistics, Most Wickets
The top five wicket takers (total wickets) are listed in this table.


2014 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2014 Atlantic Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament was the postseason women's basketball tournament for the Atlantic Coast Conference, held from March 5–9, 2014, in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum. This was the first ACC Tournament to include 15 teams, a result of the conference adding Syracuse, Pitt, and Notre Dame, and also the last to involve Maryland, which will leave the ACC in July 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference.


2014 ADAC Formel Masters
The 2014 ADAC Formel Masters was the seventh and the final season of the ADAC Formel Masters series, an open-wheel motor racing series for emerging young racing drivers based in Germany. The season began on 26 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and finished on 5 October at Hockenheim after eight race weekends, totalling 24 races.


2014 ADAC Formel Masters
Neuhauser Racing Team driver Mikkel Jensen dominated the battle for the drivers' championship from start to finish taking ten wins from the 24 races on his way to the championship title with a round to spare. The other race wins were shared between his teammate Tim Zimmermann, ADAC Berlin-Brandenburg drivers Maximilian Günther and Marvin Dienst, Schiller Motorsport driver Fabian Schiller, as well as Lotus drivers Dennis Marschall and Joel Eriksson.


2014 ADAC GT Masters
The 2014 ADAC GT Masters season was the eighth season of the ADAC GT Masters, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the German automobile club ADAC. The season started on 26 April at Motorsport Arena Oschersleben and ended on 5 October at Hockenheim after eight double-header meetings.


2014 ADAC GT Masters
The drivers' championship was won by Prosperia C. Abt Racing pairing René Rast and Kelvin van der Linde, finishing 26 points of their nearest rival, Jaap van Lagen of GW IT Racing Team Schütz Motorsport. A further four points behind in third place was Callaway Competition's Daniel Keilwitz, the defending series champion. Keilwitz won the most races during the season with six victories; winning four with Andreas Wirth and two with Oliver Gavin, who split the season alongside Keilwitz. Rast and van der Linde won three races during the season, while van Lagen won two with Kévin Estre. HTP Motorsport and Pixum Team Schubert also won two races, with their respective pairings of Maximilian Buhk and Maximilian Götz, and Dominik Baumann and Claudia Hürtgen, while the other race victory was taken by the RWT RacingTeam, with Sven Barth and David Jahn prevailing at the Nürburgring.


2014 ADAC GT Masters
The teams' championship was also won by Prosperia C. Abt Racing, with two other entries also scoring points towards the championship besides the car of Rast and van der Linde. The team finished four points clear of Callaway Competition, who had entered four cars, with Pixum Team Schubert finishing a further four points behind. Herbert Handlos was the winner of the Gentlemen Drivers' Cup, finishing 72.5 points clear of his nearest rival, Dominic Jöst.


2014 ADAC GT Masters, Race calendar and results
The eight-event calendar for the 2014 season was announced on 25 November 2013.


2014 ADAC Procar Series
The 2014 ADAC Procar Series season was the twentieth season of the ADAC Procar Series, the German championship for Super 2000 touring cars. For this season two new divisions was introduced Super 1600 Turbo & Mini Challenge. The season consisted of eight separate race weekends with two races each, spread over seven different tracks.


2014 AF5
2014 AF5 (also written 2014 AF5) is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid roughly 5–10 meters in diameter that passed less than 1 lunar distance from Earth on 1 January 2014.


2014 AF5, Description
From mid November 2013 until 1 January 2014 15:00 UT the small dim asteroid had an elongation less than 45 degrees from the Sun with an undetectable apparent magnitude of around 30. While less than 18 degrees from the Sun any dim asteroid can be lost in astronomical twilight. On 1 January 2014 10:00 UT the asteroid passed 0.00062 AU (93,000 km; 58,000 mi) from the Moon and at 16:13 UT passed 0.00064 AU (96,000 km; 59,000 mi) from Earth. The asteroid was then discovered on 2 January 2014 by the Catalina Sky Survey at an apparent magnitude of 18.9 using a 0.68-meter (27 in) Schmidt–Cassegrain telescope. By 3 January 2014 the asteroid was becoming dimmer than apparent magnitude 20.


2014 AFC Annual Awards
The 2014 AFC Annual Awards was the fourth year for AFC's awards for the top football players and coaches of the year. The awards were given out in Manila on 30 November 2014.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup
The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup was the fifth and the final edition of the AFC Challenge Cup, an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) member nations that are mainly categorized as "emerging countries" in the now defunct Vision Asia programme. It took place from 19 to 30 May 2014. The winner, Palestine, qualified to the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup, Hosts
The AFC decided that an automatic qualification place will be given to the tournament's hosts starting from this edition. Four countries then expressed interest in bidding to host the tournament; India, Maldives, Philippines, and Tajikistan. The AFC announced on 13 November 2012 that the Philippines and Maldives were in the final shortlist to host the Finals. The final decision was taken in the AFC Competitions Committee meeting on 28 November 2012, and the hosting rights were given to the Maldives. The Maldives Ministry of Youth and Sports then claimed that they wanted to host the tournament due to the poor facilities they encountered in the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup which the Maldives qualified and competed in.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup, Hosts
In mid-November 2013, AFC president Salman Bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa announced that the Philippines would be the backup hosts "if something goes wrong in Maldives." By 25 November, the AFC proposed - pending the approval of the Executive Committee - to move the tournament from the Maldives to the Philippines if the Maldives do not start the required renovation work by 15 December 2013. The AFC then inspected possible venues in Manila and the Philippine Football Federation claimed that they would be ready to host the tournament if given the nod. Despite this, the Maldives' Ministry of Youth and Sports said they would do everything necessary for the country to host the tournament. On 7 January 2014, the AFC announced that the Maldives would remain as the host of the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup, Venues
After the Maldives were given the hosting rights of the tournament, the Maldives' Ministry of Youth and Sports stated that the listed venues below would be used but renovations would be required. Renovations then started in mid-January 2014 and was expected to be completed within 90 days. In a function on 12 May, the National Stadium was handed over to the Ministry of Youth and Sports and opened by President Abdulla Yameen. The stadium was also re-branded as the 'National Football Stadium'. Another function six days later at the second venue, originally known as the Hithadhoo Zone Stadium, was handed over and inaugurated by former President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom. It was also re-branded as the 'Addu Footbal Stadium'.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup, Qualification
The qualification draw was held on 11 December 2012 in AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The twenty teams involved in the qualification draw were drawn into five groups of four teams. The five group winners plus the two best second-placed teams qualified for the finals. North Korea, the 2010 and 2012 champions, were excluded from participating in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup, Draw
The eight participating teams were drawn into two brackets of the group stage. To prepare for this, the teams were separated into four pots of two teams each based on their performance in the 2012 edition of the tournament with the exception of hosts being placed in Pot 1. The final draw was held at the Paradise Island Resort in the Maldives on 12 February 2014.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup, Group stage, Tie-breaking criteria
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:


2014 AFC Challenge Cup, Team statistics
This table shows all team performance. Matches that ended in a penalty shoot out are counted as draws


2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final
The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final was an association football match between Palestine and the Philippines on 30 May 2014 at the National Football Stadium in Malé, Maldives.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final, Background
The AFC Challenge Cup was an international football competition for Asian Football Confederation (AFC) nations that was categorized as "emerging countries" in the "Vision Asia" program. It was an idea by former AFC president, Mohammed Bin Hammam which its goal to raise the standards of Asian football at all levels. The AFC Challenge Cup, which reflected the philosophy of "Vision Asia", was created for teams to experience playing in a continental competition with the possibility to win an AFC trophy and potentially discover new talent.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final, Background
It was held in every two years as its inaugural edition took place on 2006 in Bangladesh. This 2014 Challenge Cup was the last season, due to the expansion of participating national teams in the AFC Asian Cup from 16 to 24. Maldives won the hosting rights, with two renovated stadiums (Addu Football Stadium and National Football Stadium) were used as venues in the tournament. The winner qualifies for the 2015 AFC Asian Cup.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final, Background
The two countries met twice before the finals match. Their first meeting was in the qualification phase of the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup on 23 March 2011 which ended in a goalless draw. While their second match together was at the 2012 AFC Challenge Cup third-place playoff, where the Filipinos won the game, 4–3. That result causes the Philippines to grab their best finish yet in a major tournament and in the Challenge Cup. Michael Weiss, then head coach of the Philippines congratulated his team by "showing their fighting spirit" throughout the game.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final, Background
He later admitted that "[he did not] expected the match to go that way". While, Palestine head coach Jamal Mahmoud described their last game against them was "the worst game that we ever played in international football". Like the Philippines, Palestine also made history as they were the first West Asian team to be in the knockout stage of the tournament. The Philippines were considered the "favorites" heading towards the game. Goal.com predicted that the Filipinos were more likely to beat Palestine in a 2–1 scoreline.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final, Route to the final
Before going to the main contest proper, all participating countries except Maldives competed in a qualifying round. Twenty nations confirmed their interest to take part in the AFC Challenge Cup qualifiers with Brunei withdrawing a day before the qualifiers citing "unavoidable circumstances". The winner of each group, and the best and better ranked second placed teams qualified for the AFC Challenge Cup proper. The teams in the group stages was trimmed down to eight, with the first and second ranked teams of each group advancing to the knockout stage.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup Final, Match
Assistant referees:Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)Lee Jung Min (South Korea)Fourth official:Ko Hyung Jin (South Korea)


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification
The 2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification phase determined the teams which advanced to the final tournament. The qualification draw was held on 11 December 2012, in AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Format
Twenty teams expressed their interest to take part before the deadline of 7 September 2012. The Northern Mariana Islands made their Challenge Cup debut after having been approved by the AFC to participate (the Northern Mariana Islands is an associate member of the AFC).


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Format
It was decided that starting from this tournament, an automatic qualification place will be given to the AFC Challenge Cup host. The hosting rights were given to Maldives in the AFC Competitions Committee meeting on 28 November.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Format
The twenty teams involved in the qualification draw were drawn into five groups of four teams, with each group containing one team from each of the following seeding pots. Teams in each group will play a single round-robin at a pre-determined host country. The five group winners plus the two best second-placed teams will qualify for the finals.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Format
Below the table of national teams that participated in this qualifications along with their FIFA ranking (and points) as of 7 November 2012 (in bracket with their numbers of ranking are bolded)


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Format
Kyrgyzstan (200; 20 pts)   Laos (179; 80 pts)   Myanmar (156; 149 pts)    Nepal (169; 116 pts)   Philippines (143; 184 pts)


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Format
Turkmenistan (129; 254 pts)  Palestine (149; 168 pts)  Tajikistan (137; 225 pts)  India (169; 116 pts)  Afghanistan (167; 121 pts)


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Format
Pakistan (180; 72 pts)  Bangladesh (171; 114 pts)  Sri Lanka (182; 68 pts)   Chinese Taipei (176; 90 pts)   Cambodia (191; 49 pts)


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Format
Macau (199; 22 pts)   Mongolia (186; 55 pts)  Brunei (187; 52 pts) (Withdrew on 20 March 2013)   Guam (181; 71 pts)  Northern Mariana Islands (Not ranked; N/A pt)


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Groups
Groups A, C and D were played 2–6 March 2013, Group B was played 17–21 March 2013, and Group E was played 22–26 March 2013.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Groups
In each group, the teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss) and tie breakers are in following order:


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Groups, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the two best second-placed teams, the following criteria were used:


2014 AFC Challenge Cup qualification, Groups, Ranking of second-placed teams
For this ranking, the non-participation of Brunei in Group E meant that the results of the matches in the four other groups between the runner-up and the bottom-placed team were declared null and void based on Article 16.1 and Appendix 2 of the tournament regulations.


2014 AFC Challenge Cup squads
Below are the squads for the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup in Maldives, which took place between 19 and 30 May 2014. The players' listed age is their age on the tournament's opening day


2014 AFC Champions League
The 2014 AFC Champions League was the 33rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 12th under the current AFC Champions League title. Guangzhou Evergrande were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Western Sydney Wanderers in the quarter-finals.


2014 AFC Champions League
In the final, Western Sydney Wanderers of Australia defeated Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia 1–0 on aggregate, to become the first Australian team to win the title, and in doing so qualified for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup. The Australian club were making their debut in the competition, having won entry to the competition by winning the 2012–13 A-League Premiership in their first year of existence.


2014 AFC Champions League, Allocation of entries per association
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with inspection of the associations interested in participating in the AFC Champions League to be done in 2013, and the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013.


2014 AFC Champions League, Allocation of entries per association
The AFC Competitions Committee proposed the following participating criteria for the 2014–2016 editions of the AFC Champions League on 12 March 2013:


2014 AFC Champions League, Allocation of entries per association
On 26 November 2013, the AFC Executive Committee approved the slots for the 2014 edition of the AFC Champions League.


2014 AFC Champions League, Teams
In the following table, the number of appearances and last appearance count only those since the 2002–03 season (including qualifying rounds), when the competition was rebranded as the AFC Champions League. TH means title holders.


2014 AFC Champions League, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).


2014 AFC Champions League, Schedule
On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed to continue to play the final over two legs on a home-and-away basis (instead of reverting to playing the final as a single match as original proposed), and to split the competition on zonal basis to guarantee an East vs West final for the next three years.


2014 AFC Champions League, Qualifying play-off
The bracket for the qualifying play-off was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with teams from the higher-ranked associations entering at later rounds. Teams from the same association may not play each other in the qualifying play-off. Each tie was played as a single match, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie in round 3 advanced to the group stage to join the 28 automatic qualifiers. All losers of each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the 2014 AFC Cup group stage.


2014 AFC Champions League, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2014 AFC Champions League, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2014 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg.


2014 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 28 May 2014. The "country protection" rule was not applied, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.


2014 AFC Champions League, Knockout stage, Final
The draw to decide the order of two legs of the final was held after the quarter-final draw.


2014 AFC Champions League, Top scorers
Note: Goals scored in qualifying play-off not counted (see regulations, Article 74c).


2014 AFC Champions League Final
The 2014 AFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2014 AFC Champions League, the 33rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 12th under the current AFC Champions League title.


2014 AFC Champions League Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Australian team Western Sydney Wanderers and Saudi Arabian team Al-Hilal. The first leg was hosted by Western Sydney Wanderers at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney on 25 October 2014, while the second leg was hosted by Al-Hilal at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh on 1 November 2014. This was the first AFC Champions League final involving an Australian club since Adelaide United in 2008, as well as the first to not involve a South Korean representative since the said final.


2014 AFC Champions League Final
Western Sydney Wanderers won the match 1–0 on aggregate to become the first Australian team to win the trophy. Wanderers also earned the right to represent the AFC at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the quarter-finals.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
The 2014 AFC Champions League Final is contested in two-legged home-and-away format, held at the home of both finalists. It is the second consecutive year that the AFC adopted such an arrangement, following the success of the 2013 AFC Champions League Final.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
Western Sydney Wanderers' home venue, Parramatta Stadium, is a 21,500 seated stadium located in the city of Sydney. The stadium was chosen in preference to the 45,500 seated Sydney Football Stadium and 84,000 seated Stadium Australia. Although the experience during the final was widely praised, the stadium was built in 1985, and the lack of modern facilities saw the Wanderers lobby the NSW Government to replace the stadium with a new one, as an example, because VIP patrons were kept waiting for elevators to their corporate boxes. The stadium was demolished in February 2017 and replaced on the same site by the Western Sydney Stadium.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
Only one previous final has been held in Australia. In the second leg of the 2008 final, Adelaide United was defeated by Gamba Osaka 0–2 in Hindmarsh Stadium in the city of Adelaide. Gamba Osaka eventually claimed the title 5–0 on aggregate.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
Al-Hilal's home venue, King Fahd International Stadium, is a 61,781 seated stadium located in the capital city of Riyadh. It is also the home ground of several other Saudi Premier League clubs.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
In the history of the competition, seven finals have been held in Saudi Arabia and this final was the fifth that Riyadh hosted. The first final hosted by a Saudi Arabian city was the first ever Asian final, the 1985–86 Asian Club Championship, which was won by South Korean side Daewoo Royals 3–1 against Al-Ahli in the city of Jeddah. The next two consecutive finals, the 1986 and second leg of the 1987, were hosted in the Riyadh. The 1986 final was won by Japanese side Furukawa Electric, with Al-Hilal finishing runners-up.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Venues
The 1987 final was awarded to Yomiuri FC after a walkover by Al-Hilal. Eight years later, Al-Nassr hosted the 1995 final, when Ilhwa Chunma won the match 1–0 in the King Fahd International Stadium. Al-Hilal brought the final back to Riyadh for the 1999–2000 final, in which the club won 3–2 against Japanese side Júbilo Iwata. The first leg of the 2004 final saw Al-Ittihad lose to South Korean side Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 1–3 in the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium (6–3 on aggregate). The second leg of the 2005 final returned to Al-Ittihad's home, when the club was crowned Asian Champions after a 4–2 thrashing of United Arab Emirates side Al-Ain (5–3 on aggregate).


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Background
Al-Hilal have made 21 appearances in continental football and been crowned champions of Asia on two occasions, in the 1991 and the 1999–2000 edition of the tournament. The 2014 Champions League was Western Sydney Wanderers first appearance in continental football, with the club only established in 2012.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Background
Both clubs qualified directly to the Champions League group stage through their respective leagues; Al-Hilal finished second in the 2012–13 Saudi Professional League and Western Sydney Wanderers ended their first ever season of competition (the 2012–13 A-League) as league winners.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Background
In the lead-up to the 2014 Champions League both finalists had strong seasons, with both clubs finishing second in their respective leagues (Al-Hilal in the 2013–14 Saudi Professional League and Western Sydney Wanderers in the 2013–14 A-League). Al-Hilal also managed to reach the quarter-finals of the 2014 King Cup of Champions where they were eliminated, and Western Sydney Wanderers reached the 2014 A-League Grand Final which they eventually lost in extra time.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Background
The clubs began competing in the Champions League group stage in February 2014 during mid-season in their domestic competitions, and they continued in the tournament after the end of the 2013–14 football seasons in Australia and Saudi Arabia due to the calendar format of the Asian tournament. For Al-Hilal, the 2014–15 Saudi Professional League started in early August before the resumption of the Champions League quarter-finals, while for the Western Sydney Wanderers, the 2014–15 A-League started in early October, after the Champions League semi-finals and before the final.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Background
Prior to the final, Al-Hilal coach Laurențiu Reghecampf dismissed the Wanderers as "a small team", and frequently promised that Al-Hilal would win the title.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Rules
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, with the order of legs decided by draw. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
The first leg was hosted by Western Sydney Wanderers at Parramatta Stadium in Sydney on 25 October 2014.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
The game started in a manner that did not reflect the eventual result. Moments after kick off Alfaraj broke into the area on the left flank but couldn't find a team-mate and Western Sydney cleared the ball behind for a corner. Al-Hilal dominated possession and the chances but couldn't find any cracks in the Wanderers defensive armour. Moments before half-time Al Hilal had their best chance of the night after a defensive clearance smashed into Mateo Poljak's face and rebounded for the benefit of Al-Hilal, with Alshamrani being played through on goal but skying his shot.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
Supersub Tomi Juric came on in the 58th minute and it took him all of 6 minutes to make his mark on the final, a peach of a cross from Antony Golec on the left wing found Juric up front, the number 9 connecting with a right boot that saw the ball slide under Abdullah Mohammed Al Sudairy to give the Wanderers a priceless goal. Golec later described it as the best cross in his entire career.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
As the clock ticked past the 70 minute mark Juric nearly had a brace, he picked up the ball after Digao over-ran it, and Juric went on a mazy run at the defence. Juric opened up enough space for a placed shot from the edge of the penalty area, which beat the keeper but not the woodwork, the ball bouncing away from the path of Mark Bridge who would have been faced with a tap-in.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Summary
Al-Hilal had the better of the match but lacked a truly cutting edge and it proved to be their downfall. Without an away goal to show for their trip, the Wanderers will win the Champions League trophy with a win or draw at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh. If the Wanderers can continue their streak of scoring in away ACL matches their opponents will need at least three goals to win the tie.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Details
AFC Man of the Match: Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal)Fans' Man of the Match: Tomi Juric (Western Sydney Wanderers)


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, First leg, Details
Assistant referees:Hassan Kamranifar (Iran)Reza Sokhandan (Iran)Fourth official:Nagor Amir Noor Mohamed (Malaysia)


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
The second leg was hosted by Al-Hilal at the King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh on 1 November 2014.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
In the 18th minute Al Hilal had the first chance of the game, swinging a free kick from the left flank that the Wanderers weren't able to get anything on, thankfully for them neither did one of their opponents, a right boot stuck out but agonisingly distant from making contact.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
A minute before half-time the first penalty shout of the night was waved away by Japanese referee Yuichi Nishimura. Inside the area a ball rolled into the path of the flying Nawaf Al-Abed, Antony Golec clipped the right foot of the attacker but the theatrical leap perhaps weighed the incidence in the favour of the Australians.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
After the break it was another stonewall penalty turned down, Salman Al-Faraj latching onto a through ball deep in the right corner of the penalty area and was clearly brought down by Ante Covic but wasn't punished for the indiscretion. Another potential penalty came when the ball was kicked at short range into arms of Brendon Santalab, Nishimura judging that it was ball to hand rather than hand to ball.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
The Saudi's pushed on and on, pressing for a goal that would take the game into extra time, and it looked for all money like they had one in the 84th minute. A cutback found talismanic striker Yasser Al-Qahtani, his shot from near the penalty spot had no right to be saved but the big hand of Covic found a way. The ball bounced once before spinning out for a corner just inches away from the goalpost. The save was the biggest moment for an Australian keeper since Mark Schwarzer in the famous shootout against Uruguay.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Summary
The Wanderers had precious little attack of their own, the best chance coming from a mazy Vítor Saba dribble that released Labinot Haliti, the shot being blocked desperately. Western Sydney didn't need a goal however, an eventual 6 minutes of injury time passed before the final whistle blew and the Wanderers were officially crowned Champions of Asia.


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Details
AFC Man of the Match: Ante Covic (Western Sydney Wanderers)Fans' Man of the Match: Nawaf Al Abed (Al-Hilal)


2014 AFC Champions League Final, Match details, Second leg, Reactions
Western Sydney Wanderers coach, Tony Popovic, spoke after the match about the win, saying "we were called a small club yesterday, today we are the biggest in Asia."


2014 AFC Champions League group stage
The group stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 25 February to 23 April 2014. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.


2014 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2014 AFC Champions League group stage, Draw
The following 32 teams (16 from West Zone, 16 from East Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 28 automatic qualifiers and the four qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:


2014 AFC Champions League group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2014 AFC Champions League group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2014 AFC Champions League group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 25–26 February, 11–12 March, 18–19 March, 1–2 April, 15–16 April, and 22–23 April 2014.


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage
The knock-out stage of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 6 May to 1 November 2014. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Zone and East Zone had eight teams qualified.


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Format
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament, with the teams split between the two zones until the final. Each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the second leg. The matchups were determined as follows:


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 28 May 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The "country protection" rule was not applied, so teams from the same association could be drawn into the same tie.


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
There was no draw for the semi-finals, with the matchups determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 (West Zone) and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4 (East Zone), with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg.


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Bracket
The draw to decide the order of two legs of the final was held after the quarter-final draw.


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Round of 16, Second leg
3–3 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals.


2014 AFC Champions League knockout stage, Quarter-finals, Second leg
2–2 on aggregate. Western Sydney Wanderers won on away goals.


2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off
The qualifying play-off of the 2014 AFC Champions League was played from 29 January to 15 February 2014, to decide four of the 32 places in the group stage.


2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Format
The bracket for the qualifying play-off was determined by the AFC based on the association ranking of each team, with teams from the higher-ranked associations entering at later rounds. Teams from the same association may not play each other in the qualifying play-off. Each tie was played as a single match, with the team from the higher-ranked association hosting the match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie in round 3 advanced to the group stage to join the 28 automatic qualifiers. All losers of each round from associations with only play-off slots entered the AFC Cup group stage.


2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, Teams
The following 19 teams (11 from West Zone, 8 from East Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off:


2014 AFC Cup
The 2014 AFC Cup was the 11th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia. Al-Kuwait were the two-time defending champions, but were eliminated by Persipura Jayapura in the quarter-finals.


2014 AFC Cup
In the final, Al-Qadsia of Kuwait defeated Erbil of Iraq 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw, to win their first AFC Cup title after losing in the previous year's final.


2014 AFC Cup, Allocation of entries per association
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association:


2014 AFC Cup, Allocation of entries per association
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:


2014 AFC Cup, Allocation of entries per association
Each participating association was given either two entries to the group stage or one entry to the qualifying play-off, based on the AFC Technical Ranking and the number of associations in each zone.


2014 AFC Cup, Teams
The following teams entered the competition. Teams in italics played in the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage (had they advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, they would have been replaced by another team from the same association).


2014 AFC Cup, Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at AFC headquarters in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).


2014 AFC Cup, Qualifying play-off
The bracket for the qualifying play-off was determined by the AFC. Each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each tie advanced to the group stage to join the 30 automatic qualifiers.


2014 AFC Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group. Each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2014 AFC Cup, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2014 AFC Cup, Knock-out stage
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 AFC Cup, Knock-out stage, Round of 16
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match.


2014 AFC Cup, Knock-out stage, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 28 May 2014. Teams from different zones could be drawn into the same tie, and the "country protection" rule was applied, so teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.


2014 AFC Cup, Knock-out stage, Final
The draw to decide the host team of the final was held after the quarter-final draw.


2014 AFC Cup, Top scorers
Note: Goals scored in qualifying play-off not counted (see regulations, Article 74c).


2014 AFC Cup Final
The 2014 AFC Cup Final was the final of the 2014 AFC Cup, the 11th edition of the AFC Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "developing countries" in Asia.


2014 AFC Cup Final
The final was contested as a single match between Iraqi team Erbil and Kuwaiti team Al-Qadsia. The match was hosted by Erbil at the Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium in Dubai on 18 October 2014, as teams from Iraq were not allowed to host their home matches in their country due to security concerns.


2014 AFC Cup Final
Al-Qadsia defeated Erbil 4–2 on penalties after a 0–0 draw, to win their first AFC Cup title after losing in the previous year's final.


2014 AFC Cup Final, Venue
The Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is the home stadium of Al-Shabab and holds 18,000 spectators.


2014 AFC Cup Final, Background
Erbil qualified for the 2014 AFC Cup group stage as the 2012–13 Iraqi Elite League runners-up. This was their fifth appearance in the AFC Cup.


2014 AFC Cup Final, Background
Al-Qadsia qualified for the 2014 AFC Champions League qualifying play-off as the 2012–13 Kuwaiti Premier League runners-up and the 2013 AFC Cup runners-up, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage, and entered the AFC Cup group stage. This was their fifth appearance in the AFC Cup.


2014 AFC Cup Final, Background
Both teams had reached the AFC Cup final before but neither has won the title. Erbil lost to Al-Kuwait in 2012, while Al-Qadsia lost to Al-Ittihad in 2010 and to Al-Kuwait in 2013.


2014 AFC Cup Final, Background
Since 2009 when Kuwaiti clubs first entered the AFC Cup, this was the sixth straight single-match final that feature a team from Kuwait.


2014 AFC Cup Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2014 AFC Cup Final, Rules
The final was played as a single match, with the host team decided by draw. If tied after regulation, extra time and, if necessary, penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner.


2014 AFC Cup Final, Match
Assistant referees:Kim Young-ah (South Korea)Yoon Kwang-Yeol (South Korea)Fourth official:Kim Sang-woo (South Korea)


2014 AFC Cup group stage
The group stage of the 2014 AFC Cup was played from 25 February to 23 April 2014. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage.


2014 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The draw for the group stage was held on 10 December 2013, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 32 teams were drawn into eight groups of four. Teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same group.


2014 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
The following 32 teams (16 from West Asia Zone, 16 from East Asia Zone) were entered into the group stage draw, which included the 30 automatic qualifiers and the two qualifying play-off winners, whose identity was not known at the time of the draw:


2014 AFC Cup group stage, Draw
Note: Teams in italics played in the AFC Champions League qualifying play-off, but failed to advance to the AFC Champions League group stage (had they advanced to the AFC Champions League group stage, they would have been replaced by another team from the same association).


2014 AFC Cup group stage, Format
In the group stage, each group was played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the round of 16.


2014 AFC Cup group stage, Format, Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2014 AFC Cup group stage, Groups
The matchdays were 25–26 February, 11–12 March, 18–19 March, 1–2 April, 8–9 April, and 22–23 April 2014.


2014 AFC Cup knockout stage
The knock-out stage of the 2014 AFC Cup was played from 13 May to 18 October 2014. A total of 16 teams competed in the knock-out stage.


2014 AFC Cup knockout stage, Qualified teams
The winners and runners-up of each of the eight groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage. Both West Asia Zone and East Asia Zone had eight teams qualified.


2014 AFC Cup knockout stage, Format
In the knock-out stage, the 16 teams played a single-elimination tournament. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, each tie was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis, while in the round of 16 and final, each tie was played as a single match. The away goals rule (for two-legged ties), extra time (away goals do not apply in extra time) and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
In the round of 16, the winners of one group played the runners-up of another group in the same zone, with the group winners hosting the match. The matchups were determined as follows:


2014 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
The draw for the quarter-finals was held on 28 May 2014, 15:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Teams from different zones could be drawn into the same tie, and the "country protection" rule was applied, so teams from the same association could not be drawn into the same tie.


2014 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
There was no draw for the semi-finals, with the matchups determined by the quarter-final draw: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF2 and Winner QF3 vs. Winner QF4, with winners QF2 and QF4 hosting the second leg.


2014 AFC Cup knockout stage, Bracket
The draw to decide the host team of the final was held after the quarter-final draw.


2014 AFC Cup qualifying play-off
The qualifying play-off of the 2014 AFC Cup was played on 2 February 2014, to decide two of the 32 places in the group stage.


2014 AFC Cup qualifying play-off, Format
The bracket for the qualifying play-off was determined by the AFC. Each tie was played as a single match. Extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary. The winners of each advanced to the group stage to join the 30 automatic qualifiers.


2014 AFC Cup qualifying play-off, Teams
The following four teams (all from West Asia Zone) were entered into the qualifying play-off:


2014 AFC Futsal Championship
The 2014 AFC Futsal Championship was held in Vietnam from 30 April to 10 May 2014. 16 countries took part in the 13th edition of the tournament. Japan won the championship and successfully defended their title from the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship.


2014 AFC Futsal Championship, Draw
The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2012.


2014 AFC Futsal Championship, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2014 AFC Futsal Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary (no extra time is used in the third place match).


2014 AFC Futsal Championship qualification
The 2014 AFC Futsal Championship qualification is held in late 2013 to determine 12 spots to the final tournament in Vietnam. The teams finishing first, second and third in the 2012 AFC Futsal Championship, and Vietnam, the host nation for the 2014 competition, receive automatic byes to the Finals.


2014 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Format
Twenty-four teams registered in qualifying action for 12 places in the finals. Reigning champions Japan, runners-up Thailand, Iran and 2014 edition hosts Vietnam had direct entry into the tournament proper. The top three of each zone qualified for the 2014 AFC Futsal Championship.


2014 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Zones, ASEAN
Matches played in Thailand from October 19 to October 27, 2013. All times are Thailand Time – UTC+7.


2014 AFC Futsal Championship qualification, Zones, West
The matches will be played in Malaysia from December 8 to December 12, 2013. All times are Malaysia Time – UTC+8.


2014 AFC Futsal Club Championship
The 2014 AFC Futsal Club Championship was the 5th AFC Futsal Club Championship. It was held in Chengdu, China 25–30 August 2014.


2014 AFC Futsal Club Championship, Qualification
Apart from hosts China and defending champions Thailand, teams from Iran, Japan, Uzbekistan, Kuwait, Australia and Lebanon competed in this championship.


2014 AFC President's Cup
The 2014 AFC President's Cup was the tenth, and the last edition of the AFC President's Cup, a football competition organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for clubs from "emerging countries" in Asia. Balkan were the defending champions, but failed to qualify for the tournament.


2014 AFC President's Cup
On 25 November 2013, the AFC Competitions Committee proposed that the 2014 AFC President's Cup to be the last edition of the competition. Starting from 2015, league champions of "emerging countries" are eligible to participate in the AFC Cup qualifying play-off.


2014 AFC President's Cup
In the final, HTTU Aşgabat of Turkmenistan defeated Rimyongsu of North Korea 2–1, and became the second consecutive team from Turkmenistan to win the AFC President's Cup.


2014 AFC President's Cup, Teams
The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations, with the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013. The following changes to the list of participating associations may be made from the 2013 AFC President's Cup if the AFC approves the following applications made by any association:


2014 AFC President's Cup, Teams
The following changes in the participating associations were made compared to the previous year:


2014 AFC President's Cup, Teams
Each participating association was given one entry. The following teams entered the competition.


2014 AFC President's Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 28 March 2014, 16:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur. The eleven teams were drawn into two groups of four and one group of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis at a centralized venue. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the final stage.


2014 AFC President's Cup, Group stage
The teams are ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a tie, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:


2014 AFC President's Cup, Final stage
The draw for the final stage, played at a centralized venue, was held on 25 July 2014, 12:00 UTC+8, at the AFC House in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three. Each group was played on a single round-robin basis, with the same ranking rules as the group stage. The winners of each group advanced to the final. The final was played as a single match, with extra time and penalty shoot-out used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 AFC President's Cup, Final stage
The final stage was played in Sri Lanka (all times UTC+5:30).


2014 AFC President's Cup, Final stage, Final
Assistant referees:Ashley Beecham (Australia)Priyanga Namal Palliya Guruge (Sri Lanka)Fourth official:Abdulrahman Al-Jassim (Qatar)


2014 AFC U-16 Championship
The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship was the 16th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 16 and below. Thailand were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013. The tournament was held from 6 to 20 September 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Chile.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship
North Korea won the tournament, and were joined by South Korea, Australia, and Syria as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship, Qualification
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship, Draw
The draw for the competition was held on 6 April 2014 in Bangkok, Thailand.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship, Group stage
The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, penalty shoot-out is used to decide the winner if necessary (extra time is not used).


2014 AFC U-16 Championship, Qualified teams for FIFA U-17 World Cup
The following four teams from AFC qualify for the 2015 FIFA U-17 World Cup.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship, Goalscorers, Tournament team rankings
As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification
The 2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification was the qualification round for the 2014 AFC U-16 Championship, which took place in Thailand. The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Format
A total of 43 teams entered the qualification tournament and were drawn into ten groups of five or four teams. West Zone, containing teams from West Asia and South/Central Asia, had one group of five teams and five groups of four teams, while East Zone, containing teams from East Asia and ASEAN, had two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2012. After playing each other once at a centralised venue, the ten group winners and best five runners-up from all groups qualified for the final tournament.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to compete in the qualification tournament.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Tiebreakers
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Ranking of second-placed teams
In order to ensure equality when comparing the runners-up team of all the groups, the results of the matches between the runner-up team and the bottom-placed team (for Group C, D, E, I and J, which consist of four teams) or two sides from the bottom (for Group A, G and H, which consists of five teams) were considered null and void due to Groups B and F having only three teams participating in the qualifiers.


2014 AFC U-16 Championship qualification, Ranking of second-placed teams
The best runner-up teams among those ranked second in the groups were determined as follows:


2014 AFC U-19 Championship
The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship was the 38th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) for players aged 19 and below. Myanmar were approved as hosts of the competition on 25 April 2013. The tournament was held from 9 to 23 October 2014, with the top four teams qualifying for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship
Qatar won the tournament, and were joined by North Korea, hosts Myanmar, and Uzbekistan as AFC qualifiers for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualification
The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship, Draw
The draw for the competition was held on 24 April 2014 in Yangon, Myanmar.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship, Squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1995 are eligible to compete in the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship. Each team can register a maximum of 23 players (minimum three of whom must be goalkeepers).


2014 AFC U-19 Championship, Group stage
The top two teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship, Group stage
If two or more teams are equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship, Qualified teams for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup
The top four teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup:


2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification
The 2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification was the qualification round for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship, which took place in Myanmar. The draw for the qualifiers was held on 26 April 2013 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Format
A total of 40 teams entered the qualification tournament and were drawn into nine groups of five or four teams. West Zone, containing teams from West Asia and South/Central Asia, had two groups of five teams and three groups of four teams, while East Zone, containing teams from East Asia and ASEAN, had two groups of five teams and two groups of four teams. The teams were seeded according to their performance in the previous season in 2012. After playing each other once at a centralised venue, the nine group winners and best six runners-up from all groups qualified for the final tournament.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Player eligibility
Players born on or after 1 January 1995 were eligible to compete in the qualification tournament.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Tiebreakers
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Ranking of second-placed teams
In order to ensure equality when comparing the runners-up team of all the groups, the results of the matches between the runner-up team and the bottom-placed team (for Groups D, F, G, H and I, which consist of four teams) or two sides from the bottom (for Groups A and B, which consist of five teams) were considered null and void due to Group C and Group E having only three teams participating in the qualifiers.


2014 AFC U-19 Championship qualification, Ranking of second-placed teams
The best runner-up teams among those ranked second in the groups were determined as follows:


2014 AFC U-19 Championship squads
Player names marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, the 18th edition of the competition, was a women's association football tournament competed by national teams in Asian Football Confederation (AFC). It served as the qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. It was played from 14 to 25 May 2014 in Vietnam.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup
Reigning world champions Japan defeated the reigning Asian champions Australia 1–0 in the final to secure their first continental title.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Qualification
The final tournament was competed by eight teams, four of which were automatically qualified though their 2010 placement, while the others were determined via a qualification tournament.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Qualification
North Korea was banned from the tournament due to the sanction on their doping cases in 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup. Hosts Vietnam had to play the qualifying round; in case of a non-qualification, another host would have been chosen.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Thủ Dầu Một and Ho Chi Minh City.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Group stage
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four teams. Each team then played the others in their group once. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals, and the two third-placed teams played a play-off match for fifth place and the final World Cup qualifying spot. The draw was held on 29 November 2013. In the group stage, teams tied in the points were ranked by the following criteria:


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Fifth place play-off
Thailand won the play-off and thus qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage (including the fifth place match), extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup, Goalscorers
There were 67 goals scored in 17 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
The 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification saw 16 nations attempt to qualify for the 2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup football competition. The four winners from all groups joined the four automatic qualifiers in the final tournament.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification
This tournament also served as the first stage of qualification for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup for the Asian zone.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Participants
Participants from the qualification round were as follows (numbers denote the seeding order):


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Groups
Total sixteen teams were divided into four groups of four, and each group played a single round-robin tournament. The winners of each group qualified for the final tournament. The draw was held on 19 October 2012 in Malacca, Malaysia. The first matches were played on 21 May 2013.


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup qualification, Groups
In the round-robin tournaments, teams tied in the points were ranked by the following criteria:


2014 AFC Women's Asian Cup squads
Each country's final squad has to comprise 23 players. A preliminary squad of 18–50 players was submitted earlier.


2014 AFF Beach Soccer Championship
The 2014 AFF Beach Soccer Championship, also known as the 2014 AFF FELDA Beach Soccer Championship for sponsorship reasons, was the first beach soccer championship for Southeast Asia, held from 21–31 October 2014, in Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia. Seven teams from the AFF participated in the inaugural event, plus a team fielded by sponsors, Federal Land Development Authority.


2014 AFF Championship
The 2014 AFF Championship, sponsored by Suzuki and officially known as the 2014 AFF Suzuki Cup, was the 10th edition of the AFF Championship, an international football competition consisting of national teams of member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF).


2014 AFF Championship
Co-hosting rights to the group stages were awarded to Singapore and Vietnam with matches held on 22 November to 20 December 2014. Meanwhile, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand also hosted knock-out stage matches, as their teams advanced to the semi-finals. Singapore were the defending champion, but failed to qualify from the group stage.


2014 AFF Championship
Thailand won the tournament 4–3 in a two-legged final against Malaysia, with manager Kiatisuk Senamuang being the first man to win the competition as a player then manager.


2014 AFF Championship, Hosts
Singapore and Vietnam were declared as co-hosts at the AFF Council on 3 April 2013. Initially the Philippines and Indonesia were also considered as possible co-hosts.


2014 AFF Championship, Qualification
Qualification was to have been scrapped for this edition of the tournament, but at the AFF Council Meeting in Naypyidaw, Myanmar in December 2013, it was decided that the qualifying round would be retained, and Laos were awarded the hosting rights. It was to involve the five lower ranked teams in the region, with games taking place between the dates of 12–20 October 2014.


2014 AFF Championship, Qualification
In August 2013, Football Federation Australia became a full member of the AFF, thus making them eligible to compete in the ASEAN Football Championship starting with this edition of the tournament. However, Australia had no plans to compete against lower-ranked teams in AFF Championship and that they would continue to play in future editions of the EAFF East Asian Cup.


2014 AFF Championship, Draw
The draw for the tournament was held on 5 August 2014 in Hanoi, Vietnam.


2014 AFF Championship, Final tournament, Group Stage, Tie-breaking criteria
If two or more teams are equal on the basis on the above three criteria, the place shall be determined as follows:


2014 AFF Championship, Final tournament, Group Stage, Group B
Due to problems with the pitch at the National Stadium, the Asean Football Federation have decided for two venues for the Group B matches.


2014 AFF Championship, Statistics, Discipline
In the final tournament, a player was suspended for the subsequent match in the competition for either getting a red card, or accumulating two yellow cards in two different matches.


2014 AFF Championship, Statistics, Discipline
*Players who received a card during the final are not included here.


2014 AFF Championship, Team statistics
This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.


2014 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies
During a group match between Singapore and Malaysia at the Singapore National Stadium, irate Singaporean fans began throwing bottles of water and toilet rolls on the pitch and players gate tunnel at the end of the match due to what was seen as awful decision-making by Oman referee Ahmed Al-Kaf, who awarded the Malaysian side a penalty kick resulting in an advantage for them.


2014 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies
Other incidents occurred soon during the first semi-final between Malaysia and Vietnam in Shah Alam Stadium, where some of the Malaysian fans were seen pointing green laser lights on the field, as recorded on the match video in television camera. The laser incident is a continuation from Malaysian hooligans, as it also happened during the previous edition of AFF Championship semi-final against Vietnam and in the final against Indonesia in 2010.


2014 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies
At the end of Malaysia 1–2 loss to Vietnam, some Malaysian hooligan fans began attacking Vietnamese fans, resulting in injuries. The hooligans rushed to assault Vietnamese fans, who tried to flee and had no intention of fighting back. Bottles, smoke bombs and other dangerous objects continued to get thrown even after the Royal Malaysia Police arrived at the scene to quell the scuffles. This was heavily criticised by the Vietnamese side for the rioting shown by some of the Malaysian supporters.


2014 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies
As a result, the website of the Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) had been hacked in a denial of service attack, perhaps from Vietnam. Other Malaysian supporters together with the Malaysia Minister of Youth and Sports, Khairy Jamaluddin condemn the hooligan fans attitude and has offer their apologies to all Vietnamese fans, adding that five of the perpetrators had been arrested. Another nine people's was arrested for the same offence between 11–12 December.


2014 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies
The Philippines team received a death threat before their 2nd semi-final match against Thailand. Sources say the threat has something to do with the scuffle during 1st leg between Filipino defender Amani Aguinaldo and Thai striker Adisak Kraisorn, which led to Adisak being red-carded and suspended for the 2nd leg.


2014 AFF Championship, Incidents and controversies
In the semi-final between Malaysia and Vietnam, the Vietnam had won the first-leg in Malaysia with a 2–1 score. However, in the second-leg played in Hanoi, Vietnam lost 2–4, thus losing 4–5 on aggregate with Malaysia advancing to the finals. After that defeat, the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF) launched a probe into the defeat, citing potential match-fixing due to the seemingly apathetic performance of the players compared to the first-leg. However, the AFF said that the match was not fixed and went on to say that through Swiss-based sports integrity specialist Sportradar, no unusual betting had taken place during the match.


2014 AFF Championship qualification
The 2014 AFF Championship qualification tournament was the qualification process for the 2014 AFF Championship, the tenth edition of the ASEAN Football Championship. It was held in Laos from 12 to 20 October 2014, and involved the five lower ranked teams in Southeast Asia. The format was a single round-robin tournament with the top two teams qualifying for the tournament proper.


2014 AFF Championship squads
Below are the squads for the 2014 AFF Championship, co-hosted by Singapore and Vietnam, which took place between 22 November and 20 December 2014.


2014 AFF Championship squads
Each team was allowed to register 22 official players (at least 2 goalkeepers) and one more reserve player.


2014 AFF Futsal Championship
The 2014 AFF Futsal Championship is the 11th edition of the tournament which will be held in Shah Alam, Malaysia from 19 to 27 September 2014. Ten from twelve member nations of the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) will enter. All matches were played at the Stadium Melawati.


2014 AFF Futsal Championship, Team statistics
This table will show the ranking of teams throughout the tournament.


2014 AFF Futsal Championship, Team statistics
Teams reached the knockout stage qualified to 2015 AFC Futsal Championship


2014 AFF U-19 Women's Championship
The 2014 AFF U-19 Women's Championship was held from 16 August to 26 August 2014, hosted by Thailand. All games were played at the Rajamangala Stadium. For the first time it was held as an under-19 tournament.


2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
The 2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship was held from 5 September to 13 September 2014, hosted by Vietnam. 5 members of the ASEAN Football Federation have registered to take part in the competition, these being hosts Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, Australia and Myanmar. Japan have also accepted an invitation to take part.


2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship
This is the 5th time that Vietnam was host the championship with all matches set to take place in the Mỹ Đình National Stadium, Hanoi, in Northern Vietnam. Previous editions hosted by Vietnam have all been played in Ho Chi Minh City in the South of the country.


2014 AFF U-19 Youth Championship, Teams
The following teams competed in the tournament as preparation for the 2014 AFC U-19 Championship that was played a month later. Japan are an invited team from outside the region. Two groups of three sides were drawn in early June.