2014 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
This section shows the most used players for each position considering a 3–4–2–1 or 3–4–3 formation.


2014 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Starting eleven and formation
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2014 FC Seoul season, Tactics, Substitutes
Source: Squad stats and Start formations. Only competitive matches. Using the most used start formation. Ordered by position on pitch (from back right to front left).


2014 FC Shakhter Karagandy season
The 2014 FC Shakhter Karagandy season was the 23rd successive season that the club played in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Shakhter Karagandy finished the season in 6th position, reached the Semi-Finals of the Kazakhstan Cup and the Third Qualifying Round of the UEFA Europa League.


2014 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Squad, Reserve team
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2014 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
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2014 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Shakhter Karagandy season, Transfers, Summer
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2014 FC Spartak Semey season
The 2014 FC Spartak Semey season was the club's 1st season back in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, since 2004 and their 14th season in total. Spartak Semey finished the season in 12th position and were relegated back to the Kazakhstan First Division whilst also being knocked out of the Kazakhstan Cup at the First Round by FC Lashyn.


2014 FC Spartak Semey season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Spartak Semey season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Spartak Semey season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Spartak Semey season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Spartak Semey season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Taraz season
The 2014 FC Taraz season was the 6th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Taraz finished the season in 11th position, beating FC Kyran on penalties in a relegation play-off whilst also reaching the Quarter-finals of the Kazakhstan Cup, where they lost to Aktobe.


2014 FC Taraz season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Taraz season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Tobol season
The 2014 FC Tobol season was the 16th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan. Tobol finished the season in 7th position, whilst also reaching the Quarter-finals of the Kazakhstan Cup, where they lost to Astana.


2014 FC Tobol season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Tobol season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Tokyo season
The 2014 FC Tokyo season was the club's 14th year in existence and third consecutive season in the J.League Division 1, the top tier of Japanese football.


2014 FC Tokyo season, Players, Senior squad
As of February 6, 2014Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Tokyo season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Zhetysu season
The 2014 FC Zhetysu season was the 8th successive season that the club playing in the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest tier of association football in Kazakhstan, and 18th in total. Zhetysu finished the season in 8th position, whilst also being knocked out of the Kazakhstan Cup at the First-Round by Gefest.


2014 FC Zhetysu season
In September 2014, Omari Tetradze and his coaching staff left Zhetysu by mutual consent.


2014 FC Zhetysu season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Winter
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Winter
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Summer
In:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC Zhetysu season, Transfers, Summer
Out:Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2014 FC69
2014 FC69 is a trans-Neptunian object of the scattered disc on an eccentric orbit in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was first observed on 25 March 2014, by American astronomers Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo at the Cerro Tololo Observatory in Chile. It is one of the most distant objects from the Sun, even further away than Sedna. The object measures approximately 533 kilometers (330 miles) in diameter and is a dwarf planet candidate.


2014 FC69, Orbit and classification
As of 2021 and based on an  orbital uncertainty of 6–7 and an observation arc of only 682 days, 2014 FC69 orbits the Sun at a distance of 40.1–104.2 AU once every 612 years and 10 months (223,847 days; semi-major axis of 72.15 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.44 and an inclination of 30° with respect to the ecliptic.


2014 FC69, Orbit and classification
Based on the best-fit (albeit uncertain) orbital solution, 2014 FC69 is a scattered disc object, or "near-scattered" in the classification of the Deep Ecliptic Survey, that still interacts gravitationally with Neptune due to its relatively low perihelion of 40.1 AU, contrary to the extended-scattered/detached objects and sednoids which never approach Neptune as close as 2014 FC69 does.


2014 FC69, Orbit and classification, Most distant objects from the Sun
2014 FC69 last came to perihelion around 1865, moving away from the Sun ever since and is currently about 85.6 AU from the Sun, which is further away than the dwarf planet Sedna. Other than long-period comets, it is the 10th-most-distant known larger body in the Solar System (also see List of Solar System objects most distant from the Sun § Known distant objects).


2014 FC69, Physical characteristics
Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion, 2014 FC69 measures approximately 533 kilometers (330 miles) in diameter, for an assumed albedo of 0.9 and an magnitude of 4.6. Mike Brown considers this object a "likely" dwarf planet candidate estimating a mean-diameter of 518 km (320 mi).


2014 FC69, Physical characteristics
As of 2021, no rotational lightcurve for this object has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.


2014 FC72
2014 FC72 is a trans-Neptunian object, classified as a scattered and detached object, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was first observed on 24 March 2014 by astronomers with the Pan-STARRS survey at Haleakala Observatory, Hawaii, United States. With its perihelion distant from Neptune, it belongs to a small and poorly understood group of objects with moderate eccentricities. The possible dwarf planet measures approximately 500 kilometers (310 miles) in diameter.


2014 FC72, Orbit and classification
2014 FC72 orbits the Sun at a distance of 51.7–100.6 AU once every 664 years (242,547 days; semi-major axis of 76.11 AU). Its orbit has a moderate eccentricity of 0.32 and an inclination of 30° with respect to the ecliptic.


2014 FC72, Orbit and classification
The object belongs to the same orbital group as 2004 XR190 ("Buffy"), 2014 FZ71, 2015 FJ345 and 2015 KQ174 (also see diagram). With an orbital period of 664 years, they seem to be resonant trans-Neptunian objects in a 1:4 resonance with Neptune, as are 2003 LA7 and 2011 UP411, but with lower eccentricities and therefore higher perihelia as the latter.


2014 FC72, Orbit and classification
Considered a scattered and detached object, 2014 FC72 is particularly unusual as it has an unusually circular orbit for a scattered-disc object (SDO). Although it is thought that traditional scattered-disc objects have been ejected into their current orbits by gravitational interactions with Neptune, the low eccentricity of its orbit and the distance of its perihelion (SDOs generally have highly eccentric orbits and perihelia less than 38 AU) seems hard to reconcile with such celestial mechanics. This has led to some uncertainty as to the current theoretical understanding of the outer Solar System. The theories include close stellar passages, unseen planet/rogue planets/planetary embryos in the early Kuiper belt, and resonance interaction with an outward-migrating Neptune. The Kozai mechanism is capable of transferring orbital eccentricity to a higher inclination.


2014 FC72, Physical characteristics
2014 FC72 has a diameter estimated at around 500 kilometers (310 miles), roughly a fifth the size of Pluto.


2014 FCBL season
The 2014 FCBL season was the fourth season of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League, a wood bat collegiate summer baseball league.


2014 FCBL season
On September 20, 2013, John Creedon Jr., who prior to the 2013 season had discussed bringing baseball back to the city of Worcester, announced that he would indeed operate the league's tenth franchise at Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field starting in 2014, and unveiled the Bravehearts on December 2, 2013.


2014 FCBL season
The league split into an East and West division of five teams each. The All-Star Game assembled teams comprising the best players of each division; on July 24, the West beat the East, 4–1. The regular season expanded to 56 games, with each team playing 28 home games and 28 road games. No team actually played 56 games, as rain-outs occurring late in the season were not made up. The 2014 FCBL playoffs were conducted as in 2013, except that the rules gave the winner of each division the bye in round one, and guaranteed that, of the next four teams with the best overall records, the higher-seeded team would host the one-game play-in.


2014 FCBL season
The two division winners, Worcester (West) and Martha's Vineyard (East), won their semifinal series and met in the best-of-three final series. Worcester swept the series to become the 2014 champions.


2014 FCBL season, All-star game
The FCBL's third annual All-Star game was hosted by the Brockton Rox at Campanelli Stadium in Brockton, Massachusetts, on July 24, 2014. The format for this year's game had members from the league's East Division teams pitted against players from the league's West Division teams. The West All-Stars defeated the East All-Stars 4–1.


2014 FCBL season, Postseason
The postseason for the 2014 season to include a one-game Play-In round. The playoff field of six teams, where the two teams with the best records would get a bye for the first round. The Play-In game would be played at the home field of the higher seeded team. The Semi-Final and Final Series would be a 3-game series.


2014 FDJ.fr season
The 2014 season for FDJ.fr began in January at the 2014 Tour Down Under. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the 2014 UCI World Tour.


2014 FE72
2014 FE72 is a trans-Neptunian object first observed on 26 March 2014, at Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena. It is a possible dwarf planet, a member of the scattered disc, whose orbit extends into the inner Oort cloud. Discovered by Scott Sheppard and Chad Trujillo, the object's existence was revealed on 29 August 2016. Both the orbital period and aphelion distance of this object are poorly constrained. 2014 FE72 had the largest barycentric aphelion until 2018. However, the heliocentric aphelion of 2014 FE72 is second among trans-Neptunian objects (after the damocloid 2017 MB7).


2014 FE72, Orbit
Orbits of 2014 FE72 (green, at lower left) and other scattered/detached objects, along with hypothetical Planet Nine on the right


2014 FE72, Orbit
2014 FE72 is seen at the top here in green, moving away from the Sun


2014 FE72, Orbit
Its elongated orbit (eccentricity = 0.977) has a perihelion of 36.19 AU, an aphelion of ~3,060 AU and a barycentric orbital period of ~60,900 years. The latter values are the largest known for any Solar System body that is not a long-period comet. Based on the barycentric orbital period, 2014 FE72 takes roughly 5 times longer than Sedna to orbit the Sun.


2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage)
The 2014 FEI World Cup Finals in Lyon was held between April 17 and April 21, 2014. It was the final of the Show jumping and Dressage World Cup series. The finals were held in the Lyon Euroexpo. For the first time since 1987, the Show Jumping World Cup Final was held in France while the Dressage World Cup Final had not been held in France since 1991.


2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Dressage, Qualification
* Extra competitor (a rider representing a country which is not affiliated to the World Cup League. The rider competes in qualifying rounds in their own country. At the end of the season the rider's score is deducted from the qualifying scores of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the lowest qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final)** Qualified on reallocation*** Qualified as an extra athlete after Anna Kasprzak withdrew


2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Dressage, Agenda and results, Grand Prix
On April 19, 2014 (15:00) the Grand Prix was held. It was the first competition of the Dressage World Cup final, but it did not count for the final ranking. Every rider competing in the Grand Prix qualified for the Grand Prix Freestyle. Denmark's Nanna Skodborg Merrald was scheduled to compete, but had to withdraw after her horse failed to pass the veterinary test.


2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Dressage, Agenda and results, Grand Prix Freestyle
The second competition of the Dressage World Cup final was the Grand Prix Freestyle, held on the afternoon of Sunday, April 21. Charlotte Dujardin won her first World Cup title with Valegro. Dujardin also set the new highest winning score, becoming the first rider to score above 90% at the World Cup final. Result:


2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Show jumping, Qualification
* Extra competitor (a rider representing a country which is not affiliated to the World Cup League. The rider competes in qualifying rounds in their own country. At the end of the season the rider's score is deducted from the qualifying scores of this league. If they have just as many or more points as the lowest qualified rider, they have the chance to start at the World Cup Final)** Qualified on reallocation


2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Show jumping, Agenda and results, World Cup
The first competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final, a speed and handiness competition, was held at Friday evening (April 18, 2014). The results of this competition were converted into faults for the World Cup Final standings.


2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Show jumping, Agenda and results, World Cup
Last year final winner Beezie Madden had one obstacle fault in the speed and handiness competition, so she had a result of 68.55 seconds and was placed 12th after the first round.


2014 FEI World Cup Finals (show jumping and dressage), Show jumping, Agenda and results, World Cup
On the April 19 evening the second competition of the Show Jumping World Cup Final was held, a show jumping competition with one jump-off. After the second round, the World Cup Points were converted in Penalties for the Final Round.


2014 FEI World Equestrian Games
The 2014 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games were held in the region of Normandy, France. It was the seventh edition of the Games, which are held every four years and run by the International Federation for Equestrian Sports (FEI). For team events in the dressage, eventing, and show jumping disciplines, these Games were the first qualifying event for the 2016 Summer Olympics.


2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, Venues and disciplines
Competition venues in the Normandy region hosted the following disciplines:


2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, Medal summary, Medalists
Michael Jung on Fischerrocana Fst Ingrid Klimke on Frh Escada Js Dirk Schrade on Hop And Skip


2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, Medal summary, Medalists
Zara Phillips on High Kingdom Tina Cook on De Novo News Harry Meade on Wild Lone


2014 FEI World Equestrian Games, Medal summary, Medalists
Tim Lips on Keyflow N.O.P. Merel Blom on Rumour Has It Andrew Heffernan on Boleybawn Ace


2014 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team
The 2014 FEU Tamaraws men's basketball team represented Far Eastern University in UAAP's 77th men's basketball tournament. The team finished second after losing to NU Bulldogs in the finals in three games.


2014 FFA Cup
The 2014 FFA Cup was the inaugural season of the FFA Cup, the main national soccer knockout cup competition in Australia. 631 teams in total from around Australia entered the competition. Only 32 teams competed in the competition proper (Round of 32), including the 10 A-League teams and 22 Football Federation Australia (FFA) member federation teams determined through individual state preliminary rounds held in early 2014 (and 2013 in the case of the ACT). The FFA Cup competition proper commenced on 29 July 2014 and concluded with the FFA Cup Final on 16 December 2014. which was brought forward from Australia Day in order to avoid a clash with the 2015 Asian Cup, which was hosted by Australia.


2014 FFA Cup
The winner of the FFA Cup received $50,000 as part of a total prize money pool of $131,450.


2014 FFA Cup, Preliminary rounds
621 FFA member federations teams competed in various state-based preliminary rounds to win one of 22 places in the competition proper (Round of 32). Eight of the nine FFA member federations took part in the tournament, the exception being Northern Territory, which is expected to start participating from the 2015 season. Player registration numbers in each jurisdiction was used to determine the number of qualifying teams for each member federation:


2014 FFA Cup, Preliminary rounds
The first of the preliminary rounds began on 6 April 2013 and the final of the preliminary rounds took place on 25 June 2014. Seven of the eight member federation preliminary rounds took place in 2014 (16 February–25 June). The exception was the ACT, whose competition took place during 2013 (6 April–28 August).


2014 FFA Cup, Teams
A total of 32 teams participated in the 2014 FFA Cup competition proper, ten of which came from the A-League, the remaining 22 teams from FFA member federations, as determined by the preliminary rounds. A-League clubs represent the highest level in the Australian league system, where as member federation clubs come from Level 2 and below. The current season tier of member federation clubs is shown in parentheses.


2014 FFA Cup, Draw
After the completion of the 2013–14 A-League season and the preliminary rounds by the respective member federations, the 32 teams were organised for the FFA Cup Round of 32 draw, the first of four draws in the competition proper. The draw for the Round of 32 used three pots to arrange the teams: Pot A included the four A-League teams to reach the semi-finals in the 2013–14 A-League Finals series (Brisbane Roar, Central Coast Mariners, Melbourne Victory and Western Sydney Wanderers), Pot B included the remaining six A-League teams and Pot C contained the 22 member federation teams.


2014 FFA Cup, Draw
Teams were drawn randomly into pre-determined positions. From the Round of 16, Quarter-finals and Semi-finals, teams will be allocated in one of two pots. The remaining A-League teams were allocated to Pot A and the remaining member federation teams into Pot B. In each draw, teams were again drawn randomly into pre-determined positions.


2014 FFA Cup, Draw
The positions which teams are drawn into are structured to ensure that member federation teams have the best chance of advancing in the competition. The draw ensures a minimum of one non-A-League team reaches the Semi-finals stage, a minimum of three in the Quarter-finals and a minimum of nine in the Round of 16. This structure is achieved by allocating teams (which are randomly drawn) into pre-determined positions, with some A-League teams guaranteed to be drawn against one another to ensure that a certain number of A-League teams are eliminated and that a certain number of member federation teams may progress in the tournament.


2014 FFA Cup, Draw
The draw for each round did not take place until after the scheduled completion of the previous round. The draws also determined which teams will play at home; that is, if a member federation team draws an A-League team, the member federation team will host the fixture. However, if two A-League teams or two member federation teams are drawn together, the first team drawn will host, with the exception that Wellington Phoenix must play all of their matches in Australia, away from home.


2014 FFA Cup, Round of 32
The Round of 32 draw took place on Friday 27 June 2014. The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Hakoah Sydney City East and South Springvale. They were the only level 4 teams left in the competition.


2014 FFA Cup, Round of 16
The Round of 16 draw took place on Friday 22 August 2014. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was South Springvale. They were the only level 4 team left in the competition.


2014 FFA Cup, Quarter-finals
The Quarter-final draw took place on 23 September, with all timing and venue details confirmed on 29 September. The lowest ranked sides that qualified for this round were Adelaide City, Bentleigh Greens and Palm Beach. They were the only level 2 teams left in the competition.


2014 FFA Cup, Semi-finals
The Semi-final draw took place on 31 October, with all timing and venue details confirmed on 5 November. The lowest ranked side that qualified for this round was Bentleigh Greens. They were the only level 2 team left in the competition.


2014 FFA Cup, Broadcasting rights
The live television rights for the competition were held by the subscription channel Fox Sports, who broadcast the following 10 games live:


2014 FFA Cup, Match ball
The official match ball for the 2014 competition was the Umbro Neo 150 Elite.


2014 FFA Cup Final
The 2014 FFA Cup Final was the 1st final of the premier association football knockout cup competition in Australia. The match was an all A-League affair, contested between Adelaide United and Perth Glory at Coopers Stadium on 16 December 2014. Although future editions of the tournament will involve the Cup final being played late in the Australian summer, this season's final was brought forward in order to avoid a clash with the 2015 AFC Asian Cup, which was hosted by Australia. Adelaide United were the inaugural champions, winning 1–0 with Sergio Cirio scoring the lone goal of the match shortly after Joshua Risdon was sent off for a second bookable offence, reducing Perth to 10 men.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Venue
On 12 November 2014, Coopers Stadium (home of Adelaide United), was announced as the venue of the 2014 final by Football Federation Australia following the completion of the season's cup semi-final matches. The venue was chosen in preference to Perth Glory's home ground of nib Stadium. Discussing the choice of venue Perth Glory Chief Executive Jason Brewer commented "It wasn't going to be played in Perth for any number of reasons at the FFA's discretions", adding "I think Western Australian and Perth football fans have been fairly hard done by".


2014 FFA Cup Final, Venue
The home ground of Adelaide United since 2003, the stadium holds a capacity crowd of 17,000 which makes it the smallest capacity of any full-time A-League venue. It was first opened in 1960 and it hosted its first National Soccer League match on 11 April 1977. The venue has formerly been home to both Adelaide City and West Adelaide and in 2000, the ground underwent a full redevelopment at the cost of $27 million in order to host matches of the 2000 Olympic football tournament.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Venue
Hindmarsh Stadium has also held other events, including the National Soccer League Grand Finals of 1986 and 1995, the 1986, 1989 and 1992 NSL Cup finals, the final of the 1987 OFC Club Championship, the second leg of the 2008 AFC Champions League Final, and various 2004 OFC Nations Cup, 2006 AFC Women's Asian Cup, and FIFA World Cup qualifying matches. During their tenure in the NRL, the Adelaide Rams briefly used Hindmarsh Stadium as their home for their final four matches of the 1998 season. The stadium's record attendance of 18,430 was set during the 2000 Olympic Games when temporary stands were in place to bring the capacity up to 20,000.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Adelaide United and Perth Glory were among 631 teams who entered the inaugural FFA Cup competition, and as A-League clubs, both entered the tournament in the Round of 32.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Adelaide United's first match was at home against Wellington Phoenix. A single goal by Sergio Cirio in the 31st minute was enough to see the game end in favor of the home team. United progressed to a Round of 16 home match against Brisbane Roar, where goals by Cirio and Bruce Djite within the first half left the score 2–0. In the quarter-final stage, Adelaide United were drawn away to Sydney FC. Goals scored by Cirio and Sydney FC captain Alex Brosque took the match into extra time, where Djite found the net on twice to end the game 1–3. In the semi-finals, United took on Central Coast Mariners at home. A brace from Cirio either side of a goal from Awer Mabil saw the match end 3–2, with Adelaide progressing to the first ever FFA Cup Final.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Perth Glory's cup run started with an away tie against fellow A-League side Newcastle Jets. Goals from Irish import Andy Keogh either side of half time gave Perth Glory a 0–2 win. In the Round of 16, Glory were drawn against St Albans Saints of National Premier Leagues Victoria, away from home. Goals from Jamie Maclaren and Keogh complimented a double from Nebojša Marinković to give the Glory a 1–4 win. For the quarter-finals, Perth was drawn against Melbourne Victory at home.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Road to the final
Ben Khalfallah gave Melbourne Victory an early lead, though Glory were quick to respond with Keogh leveling the score within the first 15 minutes; although a late penalty by Keogh was not enough for the home side to secure the match, with Gui Finkler leveling the scores in the 92nd minute. Goals by Daniel De Silva and Marinković during extra time finished the match 4–2 in favor of the home team. For the semi-finals, Glory faced another National Premier Leagues Victoria side away from home, in the form of Bentleigh Greens. A 0–3 result with goals from Marinković and Chris Harold sent Perth Glory into the final.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Pre-match
Although the final was held at a small-sized venue, interest in tickets exceeded expectation, with tickets selling out within three days of going on sale to the public. Ticket prices varied from $30 for general admission to $40 for reserved seating.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Pre-match
Chris Beath was named as the referee of the final, together with George Lakrindis and Anton Shchetinin as the assistant referees, Jonathan Barreiro as the fourth official and Kris Griffiths-Jones and Shaun Evans as additional assistant referees. In the 2014 FFA Cup, Beath took charge of the semi-final match between Adelaide United–Central Coast Mariners. He had previously taken charge of a number of A-League, AFC Cup and AFC Champions League matches, international friendlies, as well as named as one of the referees in the 2014 AFC Challenge Cup and 2014 AFC U-19 Championship.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Pre-match
Going into the final, Osama Malik was left out of Adelaide United's squad due to injury. Craig Goodwin was also left out due to being contracted to Newcastle Jets for the remainder of the cup season. Perth Glory were also missing three players due to injury: Youssouf Hersi, Diogo Ferreira and Mitch Nichols.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Awer Mabil had the first chance of the match. The Adelaide United forward could have opened the scoring inside the opening five minutes but he failed to latch on to Sergio Cirio's square pass through the penalty area. As the match progressed, Adelaide playmaker Marcelo Carrusca was next to test Perth Glory keeper Danny Vukovic, stinging the keeper's fingers from long range. Perth's shouts for a penalty on the 25th minutes were waved away by the referee, when Adelaide's keeper Eugene Galekovic and Richard Garcia tangled just outside the area but replays showed Galekovic won the ball.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
The visiting team racked up the fouls with Garcia and Joshua Risdon earning bookings on the 32nd and 42nd minutes respectively before Mabil squandered an opportunity to break the deadlock in first half injury time. After Carrusca won back possession on halfway, he released Bruce Djite who in turn teed up Mabil who blasted high and wide from eight metres with just the keeper to beat.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Adelaide continued to dominate proceedings in the second half and Mabil wasted another chance just after the break, blazing over the bar once again after some neat build up play from Cirio. The hosts took full advantage when Risdon's tug on Carrusca's shorts saw him earn a second yellow card just before the hour mark and the deadlock was broken not 10 minutes later. Carrusca slipped Cirio through from the edge of the area, and the player rounded Vukovic and slotted his shot from a tight angle.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Match, Summary
Perth had Vukovic to thank for keeping the score at 1–0 when he tipped over a 30-metre shot from Isaías with five minutes remaining. Late into the match, Adelaide were content to maintain possession and saw out the final few minutes without any incident, ensuring they held on for the win.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:George LakrindisAnton ShchetininFourth official:Jonathan BarreiroAdditional assistant referees:Kris Griffiths-JonesShaun Evans


2014 FFA Cup Final, Post match
After scoring the match winning goal, Sergio Cirio was named man of the match, awarded the Mark Viduka Medal by the former Australian captain, for his efforts.


2014 FFA Cup Final, Post match
Adelaide United captain Eugene Galekovic commented on the match, saying "We knew it wasn't going to be a walk in the park today and credit to them (Perth Glory), they fought with 10 men. In the end we probably had the better chances and I think we deserved it today."


2014 FFA Cup Final, Post match
The match was broadcast live in Australia by Fox Sports. A peak audience of 104,000 viewers watched the final, which was the highest viewership of any cup match broadcast in the tournament that season.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
The 2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds were a series of state-based knockout competitions, providing a qualification pathway for the 2014 FFA Cup, the Australian association football knockout cup competition.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds
The majority of clubs entered the tournament through their respective state federations, in which they competed in a state-based cup tournament to progress to the overall Round of 32 of the competition. A total of 22 teams will qualify from these qualifying competitions, joining the  10 A-League clubs in the Round of 32.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, ACT
ACT clubs qualified for the FFA Cup via the 2013 Federation Cup. From 2015 onwards the winner of that same years' Federation Cup would become the ACT's qualifier for the FFA Cup Round of 32. Scheduling meant the 2014 winner would not be decided until after the qualifier needed to be named. To overcome this Capital Football announced that the 2014 winner of the ACTs pre-season competition was to be the ACT's qualifier in 2014. However, Tuggeranong United – as the 2013 Federation Cup winners – successfully appealed to Capital Football to qualify them as ACT's 2014 FFA Cup entrant.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, ACT, First Round
22 Clubs from various divisions of the ACT State Leagues, as well as 4 Masters teams, entered into the 2013 Federation Cup competition at this stage. Matches in this round were played on 6 April 2013.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, ACT, Second Round
Matches in this round were played on 13 April 2013.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, ACT, Third Round
8 Clubs from the ACT National Premier League (Tier 2) entered into the competition at this stage. Matches in this round were played on 2–23 May 2013.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, ACT, Quarter Finals
All matches in this round were completed by 20 June–3 July 2013.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, ACT, Semi Finals
Matches in this round were played on 25 July–1 August 2013.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, ACT, Final
A total of 2 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The victorious team in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32. Matches in this round were played on 28 August 2013.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW
New South Wales clubs, other than Northern NSW and A-League clubs, qualify for the FFA Cup via the 2014 Waratah Cup. There are seven allocated places from the Waratah Cup that qualify for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32; the four quarterfinal winners, and a separate competition for the four quarterfinal losers to determine the final three places.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW
The competition is for all teams of the National Premier Leagues NSW, NPL Division 2, State League Division 1, State League Division 2, as well as 55 Association teams which applied to participate in the 2014 competition.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW, First Round
A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition, comprising 9 teams from the State League Division 2, and 55 teams from other amateur Associations that successfully applied. All matches in this round were completed by 16 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW, Second Round
A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed by 23 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW, Third Round
A total of 40 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 12 Clubs from the NPL Division 2 and 12 Clubs from the State League Division 1 entered into the competition at this stage. All matches in this round were completed by 9 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW, Fourth Round
A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues NSW entered into the competition at this stage. All matches in this round were completed by 23 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW, Fifth Round
A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed by 8 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW, Quarter Finals
A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The four victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32, and to the semi-finals of the 2014 Waratah Cup. The losers progressed to the next round. Matches in this round were played on 21 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW, Playoff Round 1
A total of 4 teams (the losers of the quarter-final fixtures) took part in this stage of the competition. The two victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32, with the losers progressing to the next round. Matches in this round were played on 4–5 June 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, NSW, Playoff Round 2
A total of 2 teams (the losers of the first two playoff matches) took part in this stage of the competition. The victorious team in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32. The match in this round was played on 17 June 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW
Northern NSW clubs, other than Newcastle Jets in the A-League, qualified for the FFA Cup proper via a state-wide knockout competition called the NNSWF State Cup. This competition was open to all men's NNSWF Premier Competition Clubs and Senior Zone Member Clubs.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW
Due to travel distances and time restraints, the competition was divided into two pools, the Northern Pool and the Southern Pool, to determine Final Series participants. The Northern Pool (NORTH) was composed of club teams from Football Mid North Coast, North Coast Football, Northern Inland Football and Football Far North Coast. The Southern Pool was split into two further sub-pools, the first (SOUTH) comprising National Premier League and New FM 1st Division club teams and the second (SOUTH-INTER) comprising inter-district club teams from Newcastle Football, Macquarie Football and Hunter Valley Football. Four teams from the Northern pool qualified for the Final Series, two teams from the Southern pool (NPL+NEWFM), and two teams from the Southern inter-district pool (SOUTH-INTER).


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW
A total of 78 Northern New South Wales teams took part in the State-wide Knockout Competition.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW, First Round
The first round for the Northern Pool took place on 15–16 February 2014. The first round for both the Southern pools was scheduled to be completed by 2 March 2014, although many games were washed out and had to be rescheduled.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW, Second Round
The second round for all pools was scheduled to be completed by 16 March 2014. However, several matches were delayed due to the wet weather issues from Round 1.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW, Third Round
Matches were scheduled for the Northern Pool on 26–27 April 2014, for the Southern (NPL+NEWFM) pool on 22–23 March 2014, for the Southern inter-district pool (SOUTH-INTER), all games were completed by 23 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW, Third Round
Although Inverell Joeys lost, they were then drawn as a 'lucky loser' for the final series, at the same time as the Round Four draw was undertaken for the Southern inter-district pool (SOUTH-INTER).


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW, Fourth Round
Matches for the Southern (NPL+NEWFM) pool were scheduled for 7 May 2014, and matches for the Southern inter-district pool (SOUTH-INTER) on 21 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW, Fifth Round
The match for the Southern inter-district pool (SOUTH-INTER) was scheduled for 28 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW, Quarter Finals
A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition; four teams from the Northern Pool, two teams from the Southern Pool (NPL+NEWFM) and two teams from the inter-district Southern Pool (SOUTH-INTER). Matches in this round were played on 21 June 2014, at the neutral venue of Coffs Harbour International Stadium.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Northern NSW, Semi Finals
A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The two victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32, and qualified for the final of the NNSWF State Cup. Matches in this round were played on 22 June 2014, at the neutral venue of Coffs Harbour International Stadium.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland
Queensland clubs, other than Brisbane Roar in the A-League, qualified for the FFA Cup proper via the FQ Cup 2014 and the parallel linked Canale Travel Cup competition. The FQ Cup was split into three regionalised zones; North Queensland (NTH), South East Queensland (SEQ) (excluding Brisbane), and Brisbane (BNE).


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland
The North Queensland Zone comprised 4 sub zones; Far North Queensland (FNQ), North Queensland (NQ), Mackay Regional (MRF), and Central Queensland (CQ). The South East Queensland Zone comprised 4 sub zones; Wide Bay (WB), Sunshine Coast (SC), South West Queensland (SWQ), and Gold Coast (GC).


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland
The 4 semi finalists qualified for the FFA Cup, with 1 team coming from North Queensland, 1 coming from South East Queensland and 2 coming from Brisbane. The two finalists of Brisbane's Canale Cup qualified for both the FFA Cup and the FQ Cup Semi Finals.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland, Qualifying Round
A total of 32 Queensland teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed by 22 February 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland, First Round
A total of 72 Queensland teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed by 13 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland, First Round
This round saw the inclusion of teams from remaining Sub Zones FNQ, CQ, WB, SC, and SWQ; as well as more teams from NQ and MRF.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland, Second Round
A total of 44 Queensland teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed by 2 April 2014. New teams entering this round were Bayside United and Mitchelton.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland, Third Round
A total of 34 Queensland teams took part in this stage of the competition. Twelve Brisbane Premier League teams (Tier 3) were admitted into the competition at this stage. This round also functions as the playoffs for each sub zone. All matches in this round were completed by 17 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland, Fourth Round
A total of 28 Queensland teams took part in this stage of the competition. Twelve Queensland National Premier League teams, plus Murwillumbah, were admitted into the competition at this stage. All matches in this round were completed by 4 May 2014. Central Queensland Energy were removed from the NPL in March 2014 – and therefore from the qualifiers – after failing to meet licensing conditions.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland, Fifth Round
A total of 16 Queensland teams took part in this stage of the competition. All matches in this round were completed by 24 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Queensland, Quarter Finals
A total of 8 Queensland teams took part in this stage of the competition. The four victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32. Matches in this round were played on 27 May–21 June 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, South Australia
South Australian clubs, other than Adelaide United in the A-League, may qualify for the FFA Cup via the 2014 Coca-Cola Federation Cup. One place from South Australia (the winner of the Final) will qualify for the 2014 FFA Cup.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, South Australia, First Round
A total of 26 South Australian teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 15 February–2 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, South Australia, Second Round
A total of 16 South Australian teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 5 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, South Australia, Quarter Finals
A total of 8 South Australian teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 21–30 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, South Australia, Semi Finals
A total of 4 South Australian teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 7–14 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, South Australia, Final
A total of 2 South Australian teams took part in this stage of the competition. The victorious team in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup. The match in this round was played on 31 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Tasmania
Tasmanian clubs qualify for the FFA Cup via the Milan Lakoseljac Cup. One place from Tasmania (the winner of the Final) will qualify for the 2014 FFA Cup.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Tasmania, Qualifying Round
A total of 7 Tasmanian teams took part in this stage of the competition. Byes to the Round of 16 were given to two clubs. Matches in this round were played on 10 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Tasmania, First Round
A total of 16 Tasmanian teams took part in this stage of the competition. Clubs from the T-League a conference of the National Premier Leagues and the top two clubs from the Northern Premier League and Southern Premier League in 2013 were admitted into the competition at this stage. Matches in this round were played on 15–23 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Tasmania, Quarter Finals
A total of 8 Tasmanian teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 21 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Tasmania, Semi Finals
A total of 4 Tasmanian teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 3–4 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Tasmania, Final
A total of 2 Tasmanian teams took part in this stage of the competition. The victorious team in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32. This match was played on 9 June 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Victoria
Victorian clubs, other than A-League clubs, will qualify for the final rounds of the FFA Cup via the 2014 Dockerty Cup (formerly known as the FFV State Knockout Cup). Other than the two A-League teams, four teams from Victoria (the semi-finalists) will qualify for the Round of 32.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Victoria, First Round
A total of 70 teams took part in this stage of the competition, which was open to teams from the Victorian State League Division 5, regional, metros and masters leagues. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2013. Tiers in the table refer to the current (2014) division, after a major reorganization of the Victorian competition structure. A total of 10 teams were given a Bye to the Second Round. Matches in this round were played on 1–4 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Victoria, Second Round
A total of 112 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 72 Clubs from the clubs from the Victorian State League Division 4 and Division 3 entered into the competition at this stage. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2013. Tiers in the table refer to the current (2014) division. Matches in this round were played on 7–9 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Victoria, Third Round
A total of 80 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 24 Clubs from the Victorian State League Division 2 entered into the competition at this stage. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2013. Tiers in the table refer to the current (2014) division. Matches in this round were played on 14–22 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Victoria, Fourth Round
A total of 64 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 12 Clubs from the Victorian Premier League and 12 Clubs from the Victorian State League Division 1 entered into the competition at this stage. Teams were seeded in terms of which round they would enter based on their Division in 2013. Tiers in the table refer to the current (2014) division. Matches in this round were played on 20 March–15 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Victoria, Fifth Round
A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 17 April–14 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Victoria, Sixth Round
A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 28 May–4 June 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Victoria, Quarter Finals
A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The four victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32 and to the Semi Finals of the 2014 Dockerty Cup. Matches in this round were played on 11–25 June 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Western Australia
Western Australian clubs, other than Perth Glory in the A-League, qualify for the FFA Cup via the Football West State Cup, known this year for sponsorship reasons as the 2014 Cool Ridge Cup. Two places from WA (the semi-final winners) qualified for the FFA Cup 2014 Round of 32.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Western Australia, Qualifying Round
A total of 39 Western Australian teams took part in this stage of the competition. 24 clubs from the All Flags State League Division 1 and State League Division 2 and 15 clubs from various divisions of the 2014 Sunday League were admitted into the competition at this stage. Matches in this round were played on 29 March 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Western Australia, First Round
A total of 32 teams took part in this stage of the competition. 11 of the 12 Clubs from the National Premier Leagues entered into the competition at this stage, with the exception of Perth Glory Youth who were not eligible. Matches in this round were played on 5 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Western Australia, Second Round
A total of 16 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 21 April 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Western Australia, Quarter Finals
A total of 8 teams took part in this stage of the competition. Matches in this round were played on 10 May 2014.


2014 FFA Cup preliminary rounds, Western Australia, Semi Finals
A total of 4 teams took part in this stage of the competition. The two victorious teams in this round qualified for the 2014 FFA Cup Round of 32, and also for the Cool Ridge Cup Final. Matches in this round were played on 2 June 2014.


2014 FFAS Senior League
The 2014 season of the FFAS Senior League Division 1 is the thirty-fourth season of association football competition in American Samoa.


2014 FFAS Senior League, Format
Six teams compete in the league. The top team becomes the champion and earns a spot in the 2015–16 OFC Champions League Preliminary Stage. The last place team is relegated to Division 2 while the fifth-place club must play a relegation playoff match against the Division 2 runner up.


2014 FFSA GT Championship
The 2014 FFSA GT Championship season was the eighteenth season of the FFSA GT Championship, the grand tourer-style sports car racing founded by the French automobile club Fédération Française du Sport Automobile. The season started on 26 April at Le Mans and ended on 26 October at Le Castellet after seven double-header meetings.


2014 FFSA GT Championship
The drivers' championship was won by IMSA Performance drivers Raymond Narac and Nicolas Armindo, finishing just two points of their nearest rivals, Henri Hassid and Mike Parisy. A further five points behind in third place were Saintéloc Racing's David Hallyday and Grégory Guilvert. Narac and Armindo won the most races during the season with three victories. Hassid, Parisy, Hallyday, Guilvert,  Philippe Giauque, Morgan Moullin-Traffort, Jean-Claude Police, Soheil Ayari, all scored two wins during the season.


2014 FFSA GT Championship, Race calendar and results
All races were held in France and were part of the GT Tour weekends, while Spa round was held and supported FIA WTCC Race of Belgium.


2014 FFSA season
The Football Federation South Australia 2014 season was the second season under the new competition format in South Australia. The competition consists of two divisions across the State of South Australia. The overall premier for the new structure qualified for the National Premier Leagues finals series, competing with the other state federation champions in a final knockout tournament to decide the National Premier Leagues Champion for 2014.


2014 FFSA season, League Tables, 2014 National Premier Leagues South Australia
The National Premier League South Australia 2014 season was the second season under the new competition format in South Australia. It was played over 26 rounds, beginning on 21 February with the regular season concluding on 16 August 2014. The league consisted of 14 teams across the State of South Australia, all playing each other twice for a total of 26 rounds, with the final series winners qualifying for the 2014 National Premier Leagues Finals and the bottom two at the end of the year being relegated to the 2015 FFSA State League.


2014 FFSA season, League Tables, 2014 National Premier Leagues South Australia
West Adelaide and South Adelaide joined from the 2013 FFSA State League.


2014 FFSA season, League Tables, 2014 NPL State League
The 2014 NPL State League was the second edition of the new NPL State League as the second level domestic association football competition in South Australia (and third level within Australia overall). 15 teams competed, all playing each other twice for a total of 28 rounds, with the league and playoff winners at the end of the year being promoted to the 2015 NPL South Australia.


2014 FFSA season, League Tables, 2014 Women's Premier League
The 9 teams played a double round-robin for a total of 16 games.


2014 FFSA season, Cup Competitions, 2014 Federation Cup
South Australian soccer clubs competed in 2014 for the Federation Cup, known as the 2014 Coca-Cola Federation Cup for sponsorship reasons. Clubs entered from the NPL SA and the State League 1.


2014 FFSA season, Cup Competitions, 2014 Federation Cup
The competition also served as the South Australian Preliminary Rounds for the 2014 FFA Cup. In addition to Adelaide City, the A-League club Adelaide United qualified for the final rounds, entering at the Round of 32.


2014 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
The 2014 FIA Alternative Energies Cup was the eighth season of the FIA Alternative Energies Cup, a world championship for vehicles with alternative energy propulsion organized by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile.


2014 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
For the fourth successive year, Massimo Liverani won the Category VII/VIII title for hybrid vehicles, despite winning only one of the seven events during the season. He won the championship by 24 points ahead of Guido Guerrini, who finished as the championship runner-up for the fourth successive year. Third place went to Kalin Dedikov, who won his home event in Bulgaria. The other wins were shared by Sylvain Blondeau, Txema Foronda, Massimo Zanasi, Gregor Zdovc, as well as Roberto Viganò, who was ineligible to score points towards the championship. Guerrini's co-driver Isabelle Barciulli was the winner of the co-drivers' championship, as Liverani used both Valeria Strada and Fulvio Ciervo during the season. Strada finished second to Barciulli, four points in arrears. Abarth were the winners of the manufacturers' championship.


2014 FIA Alternative Energies Cup
In the all-electric Category III, it was Walter Kofler who claimed the championship title, after winning four out of the category's seven events. His tally of 50 points was over 4 times that of his nearest competitor, James Morlaix, who scored 11. Jesús Echave, Greg Jonkerlinck and Akash Makhan shared third place overall, with one-off category victories. Franco Gaioni was the winner of the co-drivers' championship, with Think the winners of the manufacturers' championship.


2014 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup
The 2014 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup season was the 22nd season of the FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup. Vladimir Vasilyev in Mini was the champion.


2014 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Calendar
The calendar for the 2014 season featured ten rallies. Some of the rallies are also part of FIM Cross-Country Rallies World Championship and the FIM Bajas World Cup.


2014 FIA Cross Country Rally World Cup, Calendar
The six Bajas award 30 points to the winner, whereas the other four races are worth 60 points for the winner.


2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
The 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship was a multi-event motor racing championship for single-seat open wheel formula racing cars that held across Europe. The championship featured drivers competing in two-litre Formula Three racing cars built by Italian constructor Dallara which conformed to the technical regulations, or formula, for the championship. It was the third edition of the FIA Formula 3 European Championship. Raffaele Marciello was the reigning drivers' champion, but he did not defend his title as he stepped up to the GP2 Series. His team, Prema Powerteam represented in the Teams' championship by Esteban Ocon and Antonio Fuoco, defended their Teams' title.


2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship
Ocon clinched both the main and rookie championship titles after nine race wins. Jagonya Ayam with Carlin driver Tom Blomqvist finished as runner-up, securing six wins, while Van Amersfoort Racing driver Max Verstappen, who made his début in single-seaters, collected ten wins and finished just nine points behind Blomqvist. Lucas Auer, who raced for kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport, won races at Hockenheim and the Nürburgring to finish fourth in the championship. Fuoco achieved wins at Silverstone and Spielberg and completed the top five in the championship. His compatriot Antonio Giovinazzi was a winner of races at Spielberg and the Nürburgring, while series veteran Felix Rosenqvist was the only other driver to win a race, triumphing at the Pau Grand Prix meeting.


2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Drivers and teams
The following teams and drivers competed during the 2014 season:


2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Calendar
A provisional eleven-round calendar was announced on 4 December 2013. The series returned to Pau after a one-year absence, as the previously-scheduled British F3 event in 2013 was cancelled, after a restructure of the championship calendar.


2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Drivers' championship
† — Drivers did not finish the race, but were classified as they completed over 90% of the race distance.


2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship, Championship standings, Teams' championship
Prior to each round of the championship, two drivers from each team – if applicable – were nominated to score teams' championship points.


2014 FIA Hill Climb Masters
The 2014 FIA Hill Climb Masters was the first edition of FIA Hill Climb Masters, between the winners of hill climb national championships, and the winners of the FIA Hill Climb Competitions. The event was held between 11–12 October 2014 in Eschdorf, Luxembourg.


2014 FIA Hill Climb Masters
The overall win was taken by Frenchman Nicolas Schatz, at the wheel of his Category III Norma, as he recorded a time of 48.344 seconds for the 1.85 km (1.15 mi) run. He finished almost a quarter of a second clear of Scott Moran, in his Gould, while the best of the Category II cars finished in third place with Eric Berguerand driving his Formula 3000 Lola. The top Category I driver was Yanick Bodson, recording a time of 60.834 seconds.


2014 FIA Hill Climb Masters
In the Nations' Cup, countries were ranked in their consistency; three drivers per nation were considered, with the gaps between a driver's two runs counting towards the rankings. Italy's gap of 3.182 seconds was the smallest and therefore won the Cup, beating Switzerland's gap of 3.463 seconds, while third place went to Austria, with their gap of 4.952 seconds.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina was the eighth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the second running of the FIA WTCC Race of Argentina. It was held on 3 August 2014 at the Autódromo Termas de Río Hondo in Termas de Río Hondo, Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina
Both races were won by José María López driving for Citroën Total WTCC.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Background
José María López led the drivers' championship coming into his home round, thirty–nine points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Background
Camilo Echevarría joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler on a one–off basis, replacing Pasquale Di Sabatino. Citroën Total WTCC reverted to three cars with Ma Qing Hua missing the Argentine round.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Background
When the compensation weights were revised after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs retained 20 kilograms (44 lb) of ballast to weigh–in at 1,120 kilograms (2,469 lb) and the Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb). The Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s gained 20 kilograms (44 lb) to increase their weight to 1,140 kilograms (2,513 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
López was quickest in Friday testing ahead of Muller and the Honda of Gabriele Tarquini.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
López stayed on top in free practice one on Saturday. Sébastien Loeb was second with Mehdi Bennani third in the Proteam Racing Honda.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was fastest in the final practice session, morning pacesetter López was second ahead of ROAL Motorsport's Tom Chilton.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
The first part of qualifying saw Norbert Michelisz top the times, while Belgium race two pole sitter Gianni Morbidelli did not make it through to the second part of qualifying and lined up 15th for the races.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
López was quickest in the second part of qualifying; his Citroën teammates Muller and Loeb also made it through to the final part of qualifying along with Michelisz and Tiago Monteiro. Robert Huff secured pole on the race two reversed grid in his Lada.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Qualifying
At the end of qualifying López claimed pole position at his home race with Muller and Loeb once again making it a Citroën 1–2–3.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race One
Michelisz and Monteiro moved up into second place and third at the start while López retained the lead. At the end of the back straight Muller and Loeb were able to repass Monteiro; Monteiro took back fourth from Loeb before Loeb nudged his way back into the position. On lap five Dušan Borković dropped from 11th to 13th having been passed by James Thompson and Morbidelli while his teammate Hugo Valente pitted with cooling problems. On lap eight Borković suffered a left rear puncture and returned to the pits for repairs.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race One
Thompson had been on the tail of Tom Coronel for the final laps and took tenth at the final corner to score his first championship point since the Race of France, the second round of the season. Lopez took victory with Michelisz holding off Muller for second, while Franz Engstler was the winner of the TC2 class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
Huff got away from pole into the lead, Mehdi Bennani jumped up to second place while Valente dropped to fifth and got a light tap from Tarquini at the start. Muller ran wide on the first lap allowing Michelisz and López to get alongside and pass him, dropping him down to ninth. On the second lap López was on the tail of Tom Chilton for fifth place as Chilton was trying to pass Valente. The Campos Racing Chevrolet delayed López's attempt to pass Chilton.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
On lap five Bennani started to drop down the order as Tarquini, Monteiro and Chilton passed him followed closely by Muller and López who had finally passed Chilton. On lap six López moved up into third with the benefit of good straight line speed on the back straight. Muller was now engaged in a close battle with Chilton who was holding on to fifth place despite Muller nearly completing the moves on the a number of occasions.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
Morbidelli was issued with a drive–through penalty on lap six for an earlier collision with Thompson which sent the Lada driver into a half spin. López was now in second place and closing in on Huff who had led from the start. Muller had passed Chilton by lap eight and Loeb was next to try to get by the ROAL Motorsport Chevrolet. The two collided sending Chilton off onto the grass at turn 11; Chilton pulled off the circuit on lap ten and retired.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
On lap nine López took the lead from Huff at the end of the back straight with superior straight line speed and claimed his second win of the day. Huff was second to take Lada's first podium finish in the World Touring Car Championship ahead of Muller in third and Franz Engstler was the victor in the TC2 class once again.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Argentina, Report, Race Two
After the race, Borković was excluded from the results when his car was found to be underweight in parc fermé. Echevarría was dropped one place for a controversial overtake on John Filippi.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria was the fifth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the third running of the FIA WTCC Race of Austria. It was held on 25 May 2014 at the Salzburgring in Salzburg, Austria.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC, as Yvan Muller won race one and José María López won race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Background
López continued to lead the drivers' championship after four rounds, twenty–five points ahead of teammate Sébastien Loeb. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Background
No changes were made to the compensation weight system after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb) while the rest of the grid remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Testing and free practice
López was quickest in the shortened test session on Friday with Campos Racing's Hugo Valente second and Mehdi Bennani third in the Proteam Racing Honda. Tom Coronel stopped on the back straight after suffering a puncture at the first chicane while Gabriele Tarquini also stopped on the circuit with technical problems. The two cars stopped on the circuit brought out the red flags three minutes before the end of the session which did not resume.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Testing and free practice
Free practice one saw López set the pace once again in a session which saw two red flags. The first occurred halfway through when Pasquale Di Sabatino spun at turn ten and collided with the barriers. The session was stopped once again with one minute to go when the Lada of Mikhail Kozlovskiy stopped on the circuit with electrical problems.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Testing and free practice
Loeb led a Citroën 1–2–3 in practice two which was interrupted by a red flag once again when Valente crashed into the barriers and bounced back across the circuit. The amounting damage to Valente's car was expected to rule him out for the rest of the weekend, but Valente's car was repaired for the races.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Qualifying
Yvan Muller was quickest in the first part of qualifying, while the three Lukoil Lada Sport TC1 cars of James Thompson, Robert Huff and Mikhail Kozlovskiy were the only three taking part in the session, that failed to progress to Q2.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Qualifying
The second session was stopped midway through due to a crash for Campos Racing's Dušan Borković; he did not set a time and ended the session in 12th place. Muller remained quickest with Coronel second and Gianni Morbidelli third ahead of the other two Citroëns of Loeb and López. Tarquini was tenth and took pole position for race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Qualifying
In the Q3 shootout it was Morbidelli who claimed pole position, the first for a non–Citroën driver in 2014. Muller and Loeb were second and third with Coronel fourth ahead of championship leader López.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying it was found Morbidelli had improved his Q1 time under yellow flags, he was given a five–place grid penalty with Muller inheriting pole position for race one.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race One
Muller led away from pole while Coronel passed Loeb to get into second place at the first corner. The move allowed López and Monteiro to get ahead of Loeb; further around the lap Loeb was able to re–pass Monteiro and move into fourth position. On lap five Norbert Michelisz ran wide at turn five which allowed Tarquini to move up to eighth place; Morbidelli had dropped down the order from sixth on the grid and was running tenth.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race One
On lap eight López locked up and went straight on at the first chicane, when he returned to the track he had dropped down to third behind Coronel. Coronel kept López at bay for the rest of the race as Muller claimed the win. Franz Engstler was the winner in the TC2 class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race Two
Tarquini started on pole position, while Monteiro – starting from fourth – dived between Mehdi Bennani and Michelisz ahead of him. Behind them the Lada of Thompson was tapped and spun across the circuit, collecting his teammate Huff and colliding with Muller who would need to return to the pits for repairs. Both Ladas were stopped on the pit straight and safety car came out onto the circuit. Under safety car conditions Tom Chilton's right rear wheel came off and went underneath his car, pulling the floor of his Chevrolet Cruze off and leaving him stranded across the circuit.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race Two
At the same time the Campos Chevrolet of Borković also stopped at the side of the circuit. At this point the red flag came out. The race resumed with Tarquini leading Monteiro, Michelisz and Bennani. López in fifth place was the best placed non–Honda car and on lap five he was able to pass Bennani to take fourth place. On lap six Morbidelli passed Loeb on the back straight while López picked off Michelisz for third. By lap seven Monteiro was under attack from López and lost second place to him.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Austria, Report, Race Two
Morbidelli was also moving through the field and passed Bennani for sixth place. On lap 11 Coronel ran wide on the gravel at turn one which had been spread across the track by René Münnich the lap previously. This gave Morbidelli the opportunity to try and pass Coronel before the safety car came out for the circuit to be swept clean. On the restart Tarquini left it late to go as he looked to defend from López, the Citroen passed the Honda on the back straight to take the lead. Coronel and Morbidelli tried to pass Michelisz on the final lap but could not get around the Honda as López claimed the win.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium was the seventh round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Belgium after an absence of two seasons. It was held on 22 June 2014 at the Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps in Francorchamps, Belgium.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC; Yvan Muller won race one from pole position and José María López won race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Background
López continued to lead the drivers' championship after the first six rounds, forty–one points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Background
European Touring Car Cup racer Norbert Nagy joined Campos Racing for the Belgian round, driving a TC2 SEAT León WTCC.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Background
The compensation weights remained unchanged after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs and Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s retained 20 kilograms (44 lb) of ballast to weigh–in at 1,120 kilograms (2,469 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Background
Tiago Monteiro picked up a five–place grid penalty for the first race after colliding with Tom Chilton in race two at the FIA WTCC Race of Russia.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Testing and free practice
López led a Citroën 1–2 in Friday testing, Monteiro was third for Honda.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Testing and free practice
López led a Citroën 1–2–3–4 in free practice one, Hugo Valente was best of the rest.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Testing and free practice
López was ahead of Valente in free practice two. The session saw a number of drivers lose lap times for exceeding track limits.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Qualifying
Muller was quickest in the first part of qualifying, López and Loeb were second and third. The fourth Citroën of Ma Qing Hua had balance issues and set a best time slower than his practice times and ended up 14th behind the Lada of Robert Huff.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Qualifying
The second session saw many of the cars running together in order to get a slipstream to assist them on the fast straights, Muller was second in the pack behind Michelisz and went fastest before López quickly knocked him down to second. Sébastien Loeb was third with Valente fourth and Gabriele Tarquini the last of the five cars to make it through to Q3. Gianni Morbidelli finished tenth and claimed pole position for race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Qualifying
In the Q3 shootout it was Muller who claimed pole ahead of Loeb and López, Valente lined up fourth ahead of Tarquini.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Qualifying
After qualifying, Dušan Borković had an engine change in his Chevrolet Cruze and was dropped to the back of the grid for race one.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Race One
Borković's Chevrolet sprung an oil leak on the grid after his engine change, with sand applied to his grid slot as a result. At the start the three Citroëns got away while Tarquini attacked Valente for fourth and Monteiro and Michelisz battles for sixth. Chilton did not get away at the start and the rest of the field went around the stranded Chevrolet before he got going. Valente went wide at La Source but got back as Tarquini dropped back towards Monteiro the midfield pack. Morbidelli passed the two factory Hondas and took fifth place.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Race One
Huff spun out on the oil on the track at turn 12 and dropped to the back of the field. Both Valente and Mehdi Bennani were given drive–through penalties for exceeding track limits as López and Loeb battled for second place at the start of lap four which gave Muller a chance to distance himself from his title rivals. The windscreen on Ma's car broke on lap six as he battled for tenth position with Chilton and Borković, the screen had bent and distorted his vision.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Race One
On the last lap López passed Loeb for second place at Les Combes while Monteiro was close up behind Morbidelli in pursuit of fourth place. Muller claimed a dominant win with López second and Loeb in third completing the Citroën 1–2–3, Monteiro made a last corner lunge on Morbidelli which allowed Tom Coronel to close in and take fifth place at the line. Franz Engstler was the winner in the TC2 category.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Race Two
Morbidelli from pole position was passed around the outside of La Source by Coronel at the start of the race. The two ran side–by–side up to Eau Rouge where Coronel came out on top and took the lead. Valente and López made contact at Malmedy sending the Campos Chevrolet into a half spin and allowing Muller to follow López through the gap. Monteiro got ahead of Morbidelli and into second place at the end of the first lap as Coronel led by a second.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Race Two
López gained another position on lap two when he passed Tarquini as he was lining up a pass on Michelisz at Rivage; López picked off Michelisz at the Bus Stop at the end of lap two and then Morbidelli at the same place the following lap. Ma went into the pits on lap five to retire after struggling in both races. At the start of lap six Coronel was under pressure for the lead from López, Muller was following him through the pack and was fourth behind Monteiro.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Belgium, Report, Race Two
Coronel defended but López drew alongside at La Source and made the pass at Eau Rouge to take the lead. Shortly after Muller passed Monteiro and then Coronel as he chased his title rival. López led a Citroën 1–2 with Muller second and Coronel held on to third place. Franz Engstler was the TC2 winner once again.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing was the ninth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of China. It was the first of two rounds held in China in 2014, the second taking place at the Shanghai International Circuit the following weekend. It was held on 5 October 2014 at the Goldenport Park Circuit in Beijing, China.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing
Race one was won by Tom Chilton for ROAL Motorsport and race two was won by Robert Huff for Lada Sport, the manufacturer's first victory in the World Touring Car Championship.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Background
José María López led the drivers' championship coming into the round, sixty points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Background
The event was a late replacement for the FIA WTCC Race of the United States which was cancelled in June 2014 due to logistical issues. The Beijing race will form half of a Chinese double–header with the originally planned Shanghai race the following weekend.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Background
Felipe De Souza joined Liqui Moly Team Engstler for the remained of the 2014 season, replacing Pasquale Di Sabatino. Michael Soong joined Campos Racing in a TC2T SEAT León and Ma Qing Hua returned to Citroën Total WTCC.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Background
When the compensation weights were revised after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs gained 10 kilograms (22 lb) of ballast to weigh–in at 1,130 kilograms (2,491 lb) and the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s lost 20 kilograms (44 lb) to drop their weight to 1,120 kilograms (2,469 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Testing and free practice
The first test session took place in wet conditions and Tiago Monteiro set the fastest time ahead of López and Robert Huff.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Testing and free practice
Monteiro was quickest again in the first free practice session with Citroën pair López and Ma Qing Hua second and third. The session ended 40 seconds early when López beached his car in the gravel at turn eight.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Testing and free practice
Ma set the fastest time in the final free practice session ahead of Huff and Gianni Morbidelli as the sun set, the session was stopped two minutes early due to the deteriorating light conditions.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Qualifying
Monteiro topped the first part of qualifying which was stopped twice; early on De Souza went off at the last corner and beached his Engstler BMW in the gravel trap. Later on Dušan Borković spun off and damaged his car which was then recovered by the marshals. Franz Engstler qualified 18th to take pole in the TC2T class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Qualifying
López was fastest in the second part of qualifying while Monteiro finished 11th having led three out of the four sessions so far during the weekend. James Thompson was eighth and his Lada teammate Huff was tenth and therefore took pole for race two with Tom Coronel starting alongside him. López, Muller, Gabriele Tarquini, Morbidelli and Chilton made it through the Q3 shootout with Norbert Michelisz narrowly missing out.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Qualifying
Having been fifth in Q2, Chilton set his time first and it would go unbeaten for the rest of the session. Tarquini was second with the Citroëns of Muller and López ahead of Morbidelli.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Race One
Chilton got away from pole while Muller jumped ahead of Tarquini to take second. After three laps the safety car came out following a collision between René Münnich and Borković. The race resumed on lap 11 with no immediate change in the order at the front although Tarquini was enduring pressure from López for third place. Michelisz moved up to fifth place at the expense of Sébastien Loeb who had also lost a place to Morbidelli. Monteiro went into the pits at half distance having struggled to get his car around the last lap.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Race One
At the front Chilton was extending his lead while further back Ma took eighth off Thompson to put himself on the tail of teammate Loeb. On lap 23 Ma went off and dropped behind Thompson, Huff and Mehdi Bennani down to eleventh place. The following lap Tarquini returned to the pits for repairs, as did Coronel, Mikhail Kozlovskiy and Ma. Hugo Valente slowed with a puncture as Chilton claimed his first victory of the season ahead of Muller and López. Franz Engstler took victory in the TC2T class.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Race Two
Prior to the race Honda had taken Monteiro's car out of parc fermé and he was dropped to the back of the grid for race two. Kozlovskiy was unable to start the race following on from technical issues in race one. Huff started on pole and narrowly beat Coronel into the first corner as Loeb jumped up to third ahead of Thompson who then lost another place to Michelisz. Bennani was given a drive–through penalty for a breach of the start procedure on the second lap.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Race Two
By the third lap Monteiro had moved up to 12th ahead of Ma as further back De Souza spun and recovered. Chilton had moved up to eighth since the start and had passed a struggling Muller, by half distance he was attacking Morbidelli for seventh although he would be unable to make further progress during the race. López had taken fourth place on lap 17 to increase his points haul over Muller, leaving him with ten laps to close the three second gap to Loeb who was still running third.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Beijing, Report, Race Two
In the final laps Coronel began closing in on race leader Huff while López had more than halved the gap to Loeb. Huff claimed the first WTCC victory for Lada, Coronel finished second while Loeb and Lopez were neck–and–neck to the line with Loeb claiming the final podium spot by three-hundredths of a second ahead. Franz Engstler claimed the TC2T class victory once again.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai was the tenth round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fifth running of the FIA WTCC Race of China. It was the second of two rounds held in China in 2014, the first having taken place at the Goldenport Park Circuit in Beijing the previous weekend. It was held on 12 October 2014 at the Shanghai International Circuit in Shanghai, China.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai
Race one was won by José María López for Citroën Total WTCC and race two was won by Mehdi Bennani for Proteam Racing. Victory for Bennani in race two was the first for a Moroccan driver in an FIA–sanctioned race. Citroën secured the manufacturers' title for first time while Franz Engstler wrapped–up the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Background
López led the drivers' championship coming into the round, sixty–six points ahead of teammate Yvan Muller. Franz Engstler held the lead of the Yokohama Trophy.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Background
William Lok replaced Michael Soong at Campos Racing as planned, joining regular driver John Filippi.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Background
When the compensation weights were revised after the previous round; the Citroën C-Elysée WTCC retained the maximum ballast to keep their weight at 1,160 kilograms (2,557 lb). The Honda Civic WTCCs lost 10 kilograms (22 lb) of ballast to weigh–in at 1,120 kilograms (2,469 lb) and the Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1s gained 20 kilograms (44 lb) to drop their weight to 1,140 kilograms (2,513 lb). The Lada Granta 1.6Ts remained at the base weight of 1,100 kilograms (2,425 lb).


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Testing and free practice
Muller was quickest in the foggy conditions of free practice one on Saturday morning, the Hondas of Gabriele Tarquini and Tiago Monteiro separated the four Citroëns in the top–six.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Testing and free practice
Ma Qing Hua led a Citroën 1–2–3 in free practice two. The session had been briefly interrupted by yellow flags for Lok's Campos SEAT which had gone off at the first corner.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Qualifying
Ma was quickest in the first part of qualifying with him and his Citroën teammates filling the first four positions. Gianni Morbidelli was the first driver to miss out on a place in Q2 while all three Lada Sport cars missed out on Q2 with James Thompson the quickest of them in 14th.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Qualifying
Citroën was 1–2–3–4 once again in Q2 with Muller the quickest ahead of López, Ma and Sébastien Loeb. Zengő Motorsport's Norbert Michelisz was the fifth driver to through to the Q3 superpole session. Mehdi Bennani finished tenth to take pole position on the reversed race two grid, taking the place in the final moments of qualifying from Tom Coronel who had returned to the pit lane early.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Qualifying
López took pole with his Q3 lap one–tenth better than that of Ma's. Muller was third with Michelisz spoiling a perfect result for Citroën ahead of fifth placed Loeb.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Race One
At the start Muller had defend his third place from Michelisz, behind them the two factory Hondas of Monteiro and Tarquini were fighting over fifth place with Tarquini edging ahead. On the back straight Monteiro was under attack from Loeb although it would be on the following lap where Loeb would move ahead of Monteiro. On lap three the right rear wheel of eighth placed Tom Chilton's car came off and he was out of the race.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Race One
On lap four Loeb was chasing Michelisz for fourth place, benefiting from the extra straight line speed of the Citroën on the back straight. Loeb passed Michelisz at the end of lap six to make it four Citroëns in the first four places. Double waved yellow flags were shown at the final corner near the end of the race when Lok went off at the final corner with broken suspension which left his SEAT in the gravel on the outside of the pit straight. Robert Huff slowed with a puncture on the last lap as López led a Citroën 1–2–3–4 to secure the first World Touring Car Championship manufacturers' title for the French team. Franz Engstler finished first in the TC2 class to secure the Yokohama Trophy title.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Race Two
Bennani started on pole position and retained the lead at the start while fellow front row starter Hugo Valente dropped back behind Tarquini and Monteiro. After the first few corners Bennani was starting to break away from the rest of the field who were bunched up behind Valente. On lap two Loeb made contact with Muller at the final hairpin while attempting a pass, breaking Muller's right–rear suspension in the process and the reigning champion peeled off into the pits to retire his car.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Race Two
On lap five Huff stopped at the side of the circuit after turn two following contact with Gianni Morbidelli who was later given a drive–through penalty for causing the collision. On the same lap Tarquini started to slow with technical problems promoting Monteiro to second as López moved into third at the expense of Valente. On lap six Loeb went up the inside of Valente at the final hairpin but it was on the following lap that he could make that move stick. Bennani held on to claim his first outright win in the WTCC with Monteiro second and López third.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of China, Shanghai, Report, Race Two
After the race Loeb was given a 30–second time penalty for the incident with Muller, dropping him from fourth to twelfth in the final classification.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of France (formally the FIA WTCC JVC Kenwood Race of France) was the second round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the sixth running of the FIA WTCC Race of France. It was held on 20 April 2014 at the Circuit Paul Ricard in Le Castellet, France.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France
Both races were won by Citroën Total WTCC, reigning champion Yvan Muller won race one and José María López won race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Background
After the opening round of the season, José María López was leading the drivers' championship by one point over of teammate Sébastien Loeb. Franz Engstler was leading the Yokohama Trophy for drivers in TC2 specification cars.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Background
After a crash in race two caused significant damage to his car, Tom Coronel missed the French round while his Chevrolet RML Cruze TC1 was repaired. Mehdi Bennani came into the weekend with a three–place grid penalty for race one having been deemed to have caused the collision.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Testing and free practice
López led a Citroën 1–2 in Friday testing, he headed Loeb and the Zengő Motorsport Honda of Norbert Michelisz.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Testing and free practice
Loeb headed Campos Racing's Hugo Valente in free practice one on Saturday. The session was interrupted when Yvan Muller collided with a tyre stack and damaged his Citroën C-Elysée WTCC.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Testing and free practice
Valente was quickest in the second practice session with Tom Chilton in second making it a Chevrolet 1–2.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Qualifying
Muller was quickest in the first part of qualifying while the Lukoil Lada Sport drivers all missed out, as Mikhail Kozlovskiy suffered a steering arm issue, James Thompson stopped on the circuit and Robert Huff narrowly missed out on a Q2 place to Tiago Monteiro.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Qualifying
Muller set the pace once again in the second part of qualifying ahead of his Citroën team mates. Gabriele Tarquini in fifth put a Honda through to Q3 for the first time this season.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Qualifying
In the Q3 shoot–out it was Loeb who came out on top to claim his first WTCC pole position with López and Muller second and third. Tarquini was fourth ahead of the Chevrolet of Valente.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Qualifying
Loeb and López were later excluded from qualifying due to an error with their automatic fuel cut-off systems. They would start at the back for both races with Muller gaining pole position for race one and Mehdi Bennani promoted to pole for race two.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Race One
The race began on a damp track, Muller got a slow start and was passed by Tarquini and Michelisz before the first corner. Muller regained the lead on lap three while Valente was under pressure from Huff who had put himself up to fifth place with a good start. By lap three Loeb had worked his way up to sixth place and the Frenchman made the move at the start of lap four. Loeb then took fourth from Valente and Huff followed him through to demote Valente again.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Race One
Loeb had eventually fought his way up to third behind Tarquini while López was delayed by the Lada of Huff who he finally cleared on lap seven. On lap ten Michelisz came together with López, sending the Citroën sideways although neither car sustained damage and they continued in fourth and fifth. After a number of laps fighting over second place, Tarquini made a mistake over one of the kerbs and this allowed Loeb to close in and pass the Honda.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Race One
Further back Valente tried a pass up the inside of Huff although the Chevrolet lost grip and had a near-miss with Huff and Michelisz. Shortly after Huff and Valente moved up to fifth and sixth at the expense of Michelisz. Muller claimed his first win of the season with Loeb second and Tarquini on degrading tyres third. Engstler finished 16th and was the Yokohama Trophy winner.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Race Two
Monteiro leapt ahead of Bennani at the start, Morbidelli was spun around further back in the pack by Chilton. At the end of lap two Muller and Loeb collided as Muller tried to go up the inside of his teammate. On lap five Tarquini passed Bennani to move up to second behind Monteiro who had put a gap between himself and the rest of the field. Both López and Muller then moved up ahead of Bennani in their pursuit of the factory Hondas. On lap seven Tarquini made a mistake at the chicane which allowed López and Muller through.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Race Two
At this point Loeb took out one of the tyre stacks while attempting a pass on Dušan Borković and the debris on the track led to the safety car being brought out. The race was restarted on lap 10, Monteiro defended from López immediately as the Citroën tried to go around the outside at the first corner. This opened the door for Muller to try to pass López for second place.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Race Two
At the back of the field John Filippi collided with Engstler which brought out the safety car for a second time, Chilton meanwhile was issued with a drive–through penalty for causing the collision with Morbidelli on the opening lap. The race resumed on lap 12, Loeb tried to pass Borković at the first corner and the pair came together with Loeb being pushed into a half spin. On lap 14 López passed Monteiro to take the lead, Muller followed through and took part of Monteiro's front bumper off as he went through.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of France, Report, Race Two
On lap 17 Valente drifted wide allowing Huff to have a look, the pair touched with Valente going wide and Morbidelli behind saw an opportunity to pass and move himself up to ninth place. Loeb had passed Borković after a number of laps and was now looking to catch Bennani, he had a lunge at the first corner. At the front López led Muller home at the checkered flag with Monteiro taking the final podium spot. Engstler took the Yokohama Trophy victory once again.


2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary
The 2014 FIA WTCC Race of Hungary was the third round of the 2014 World Touring Car Championship season and the fourth running of the FIA WTCC Race of Hungary. It was held on 4 May 2014 at the Hungaroring in Mogyoród near Budapest, Hungary.