2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind: Heat 1: -1.2 m/s, Heat 2: +1.6 m/s, Heat 3: -0.2 m/s


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles
The men's 110 metres hurdles event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 12–13 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 110 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 13–14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk
The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 in Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 13–14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.7 m/s, Heat 3: +1.0 m/s, Heat 4: 0.0 m/s, Heat 5: +0.3 m/s, Heat 6: +0.1 m/s, Heat 7: -0.5 m/s


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind: Heat 1: -0.5 m/s, Heat 2: -0.9 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase
The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay
The men's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 11–12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Medalists
* Athletes who competed in heats only and received medals.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 10–12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 11–12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 5000 metres
The men's 5000 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 11 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 11–12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 10–11 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw
The men's discus throw event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 11 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw
The men's hammer throw event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 13 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's javelin throw
The men's javelin throw event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 10–11 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance: 7.80 (Q) or 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 13 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 10 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 12–13 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump, Results, Qualification
Qualifying performance: 16.10 (Q) or 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 10,000 metres
The women's 10,000 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 13 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres
The women's 100 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 10–11 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Heats
Wind: Heat 1: -0.3 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s, Heat 3: -0.5 m/s, Heat 4: +0.8 m/s


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles
The women's 100 metres hurdles event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 10–11 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 100 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk
The women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 in Marrakech, Morocco.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 13–14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
Wind: Heat 1: +0.2 m/s, Heat 2: +0.3 m/s, Heat 3: +0.2 m/s, Heat 4: +0.2 m/s, Heat 5: +0.8 m/s


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
Wind: Heat 1: -0.6 m/s, Heat 2: -1.4 m/s, Heat 3: +1.0 m/s


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 3000 metres steeplechase
The women's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay
The women's 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 at Stade de Marrakech in Marrakech, Morocco.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 11–12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles
The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 13–14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 5000 metres
The women's 5000 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 11 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 13–14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's discus throw
The women's discus throw event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's hammer throw
The women's hammer throw event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 10 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon
The women's heptathlon event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 12–13 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw
The women's javelin throw event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 13 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 12 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's pole vault
The women's pole vault event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 11 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Championships in Athletics – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held on August 14 on Stade de Marrakech.


2014 African Cross Country Championships
The 2014 African Cross Country Championships was the third edition of the international cross country running competition for African athletes organised by the Confederation of African Athletics. It was held on 16 March at the Kololo Golf Course in Kampala, Uganda – the first time an East African nation had hosted the event since its re-launch in 2011.


2014 African Cross Country Championships
For a third successive time, Kenya dominated the event, led by men's winner Leonard Barsoton and women's winner Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon. The country won all of the senior race medals and had perfect scores in the team race, having the fourth-place finishers as well. In the junior races Moses Letoyie and Agnes Jebet Tirop similarly led the Kenyans to victory. Afewerki Berhane of Eritrea (third in the men's junior race) and Alemitu Heroye of Ethiopia (second in the women's junior race) were the only non-Kenyan individual medallists. The hosts Uganda sent full strength senior teams and came away with the men's team silver medal and the women's team bronze medal.


2014 African Cross Country Championships
The event was held in close proximity to the 2014 World University Cross Country Championships, which was set in Entebbe, Uganda, one week later.


2014 African Fencing Championships
The 2014 African Fencing Championships were held in Cairo, Egypt from 20 to 24 June.


2014 African Fencing Championships, Medal summary, Women's events
Two nations only, Egypt and Algeria, entered a team in women's foil.


2014 African Handball Champions League
The 2014 African Handball Champions League was the 36th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from October 9–18, 2014 in four venues: Salle Beni Khiar, Salle Hammamet, Salle Nabeul and Salle Zouaoui, in Tunis, Tunisia, contested by 10 teams and won by Club Africain of Tunisia.


2014 African Handball Champions League
Club African and Al Ahly qualified to the 2015 IHF Super Globe.


2014 African Handball Champions League, Preliminary rounds, Group A
* Note:      Advance to quarter-finals      Relegated to 9th place classification


2014 African Handball Champions League, Preliminary rounds, Group B
* Note:      Advance to quarter-finals      Relegated to 9th place classification


2014 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup
The 2014 African Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 20th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the international handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from May 20–29, 2014 in Oyo, Republic of the Congo, contested by 7 teams and won by Espérance Sportive de Tunis of Tunisia.


2014 African Judo Championships
The 2014 African Judo Championships were the 35th edition of the African Judo Championships, and were held in Port-Louis, Mauritius from 26 to 29 June 2014.


2014 African Men's Handball Championship
The 2014 African Men's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the African Men's Handball Championship, held in Algiers and Chéraga, Algeria, from 16 to 25 January 2014. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship in Qatar.


2014 African Men's Handball Championship
In the final, hosts Algeria beat Tunisia 25–21 to win their seventh title after beating


2014 African Men's Handball Championship squads
Every team has to submit a roster of 16 players.


2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
The 2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship was the 20th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Nairobi, Kenya from March 23 to 29, 2014.


2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship
Egypt was the champion and qualified, alongside the two remaining top teams. to the 2015 world championship.


2014 African Men's Junior Handball Championship, Preliminary round
Nine teams were drawn into three groups of three, with the top team of each group plus the second best of all the groups qualifying for the semifinal, the remaining two second-placed teams playing for the 5-6 classification whereas the third-placed teams of each group played for the 7-9 classification matches.


2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
The 2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship was the 6th edition of the tournament, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation and held in Nairobi, Kenya from 15 to 21 March 2014.


2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship
Egypt was the champion and qualified to both the 2015 world championship and the 2014 Youth Olympics whereas the three remaining top teams qualified for the 2015 world championship.


2014 African Men's Youth Handball Championship, Preliminary round
Nine teams were drawn into three groups of three, with the top team of each group plus the second best of all the groups qualifying for the semifinal, the remaining two second-placed teams playing for the 5-6 classification whereas the third-placed teams of each group played for the 7-9 classification matches.


2014 African Nations Championship
The 2014 African Nations Championship was the third African Nations Championship football tournament. The 16 national teams featured players from the respective national championships. The tournament took place between 11 January and 1 February 2014 in South Africa. Originally, the tournament was to be hosted in Libya. This was the first African Nations Championship tournament where all matches were considered full international matches.


2014 African Nations Championship
Hosts South Africa were knocked out in the group stages, which has been attributed to the national league not pausing during the tournament. Many clubs would not release their players. CAF announced a rule change for future versions of the tournament.


2014 African Nations Championship, Draw
The CHAN 2014 official draw was conducted at the CAF Headquarters on 18 September 2013 in Egypt.


2014 African Nations Championship, Venues
The host cities were announced on 4 May 2012. Polokwane, Bloemfontein, and Cape Town hosted the tournament. As the CEO of the LOC said: "We are not going to let the success of Orange AFCON 2013 get into our heads and we are not taking anything for granted. We are applying the same formula we used during AFCON as well as the lessons learnt to make sure that Orange CHAN 2014 delivers in accordance with our objectives as well as CAF expectations.


2014 African Nations Championship, Venues
We are still going to return to the host cities for another round of visits as the LOC, at the end of August and again in November, together with CAF again. This is how serious we take this competition. We also share the same sentiments expressed by the CAF Vice President and Deputy Secretary General of CAF and we are pleased with what we have seen so far."


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


2014 African Nations Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match was level at the end of normal playing time, extra time was played (two periods of fifteen minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by a penalty shoot-out to determine the winner, except for the third place match, where no extra time was played.


2014 African Nations Championship, Prize money
The winner of the 3rd Edition of Orange African Nations Championship in South Africa pocketed USD 750, 000 while the runner-up got USD 400,000. The Confederation of African Football (CAF) revealed the prize money ahead of the knock-out phase of CHAN 2014 tournament which took place in South Africa from 11- January till 1 February.


2014 African Nations Championship, Prize money
A total of 16 national shared $3.2 million, the rest of the prizes are as follows.


2014 African Nations Championship Final
The 2014 African Nations Championship Final was a football match that took place on 1 February 2014 at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town, South Africa, to determine the winner of the 2014 African Nations Championship. Libya defeated Ghana in the penalty kicks 4–3 after end of the game by the score of 0–0, Libya win their first international title.


2014 African Nations Championship Final, Match, Lineups
Assistant referees: Balkrishna Bootun Yanoussa MoussaFourth official: Aboubacar Mario Bangoura


2014 African Nations Championship qualification
The qualification phase for the 2014 African Nations Championship was played from November 2012 to August 2013. Qualification was divided into the CAF Regional Zones. Each zone had either two or three teams that qualified for the final tournament in South Africa.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, North Zone, First Round
The 2 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament. Algeria withdrew due to poor squad standards.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Zone West A, Preliminary Round
The 2 Preliminary Round winners qualify for the First Round. Mali and Senegal receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Zone West A, First Round
The 2 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Zone West B, Preliminary Round
The Preliminary Round winner qualify for the First Round. Ghana, Niger, Côte d'Ivoire, Nigeria and Benin receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Zone West B, First Round
The 3 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament. Benin withdrew from the tournament for financial reasons.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Zone West B, First Round
Nigeria withdrew due to financial constraints on 11 April 2013, but one month later they confirmed their participation.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Central Zone, Preliminary Round
The Preliminary Round winner qualify for the First Round. DR Congo, Cameroon and Gabon receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Central Zone, First Round
The 2 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament. The 2 losers of the First Round qualify for the Second Round.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Central Zone, Second Round
The winner of the Second Round qualify for the final tournament.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Central-East Zone, Preliminary Round
The 2 Preliminary Round winners qualify for the First Round. Sudan, Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Central-East Zone, First Round
The 3 winners of the First Round qualify for the final tournament.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Southern Zone, Preliminary Round
The 2 Preliminary Round winners qualify for the First Round. Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round. Note: Mozambique was not included in the initial draw published by CAF on June 9, 2012, and Seychelles was supposed to also receive a bye and advance directly to the First Round, but then Mozambique was included to play a Preliminary Round against Seychelles, the qualifier taking the spot in the First Round which was firstly drawn for Seychelles (vs. Namibia).


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Southern Zone, First Round
The 4 winners of the First Round qualify for the Second Round.


2014 African Nations Championship qualification, Southern Zone, Second Round
The 2 winners of the Second Round qualify for the final tournament, along with hosts South Africa.


2014 African Nations Championship squads
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2014 African Nations Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2014 African Nations Championship in South Africa.


2014 African Rally Championship
The 2014 African Rally Championship was the 34th season of the African Rally Championship (ARC). This championship was the FIA regional zone rally championship for the African continent. The season began March 14 in Côte d'Ivoire, and ended November 9 in Madagascar, after eight events.


2014 African Rally Championship
After a season long battle, Côte d'Ivoire driver Gary Chaynes won the championship by a single point from Zambian driver Mohamed Essa.


2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The 2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament was the 7th edition of the African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, the biennial international youth football competition organised by the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to determine which women's under-20 national teams from Africa qualify for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament
The tournament was  played on a home and away knockout basis between September 2013 and 24 January 2014. 17 teams entered the competition, although Egypt withdrew before playing a match. The top two teams of the tournament Ghana and Nigeria qualified for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup in Canada as the CAF representatives.


2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Participants
The Confederation of African Football invited all national teams, needing confirmation of participation by 14 July 2013. Eventually 17 teams entered the competition.


2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Preliminary round
Uganda's 13–0 return leg win was a tournament record for the African qualifiers.


2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, First round
Nigeria was drawn to play Burkina Faso this round, but after Burkina Faso withdrew they were paired against Sierra Leone.


2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Third round
Played on weekends of 10 and 24 January 2014. Nigeria qualified for the seventh time in as many attempts. Ghana qualifies for the third time in a row.


2014 African U-20 Women's World Cup Qualifying Tournament, Qualified teams for FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup
The following two teams from CAF qualified for the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup.


2014 African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship
The 2014 African Volleyball Clubs Champions Championship was the 33rd staging of African's premier club volleyball competition held in Sousse, Tunisia over 20–29 March. The champions of the tournament will qualify for 2014 FIVB Volleyball Club World Championship in Belo Horizonte, Brazil as Africa's representative.


2014 African Women's Championship
The 2014 African Women's Championship, the 11th edition of the tournament, was held in Namibia. This tournament, organized by the Confederation of African Football, was also a qualification tournament for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, with top three qualifying for the finals in Canada. It was played on 11–25 October 2014.


2014 African Women's Championship
The tournament marked the first participation of Namibia in the African championship. Also for the first time the defending champions, Equatorial Guinea, were not taking part after failing to win their last qualifying round match.


2014 African Women's Championship
Nigeria defeated Cameroon 2–0 in the final to win their ninth title.


2014 African Women's Championship, Host
Namibia were awarded the hosting rights in October 2011. It is the first time they will appear in the final tournament. There has been some criticism of the slow preparation and campaigning for the event. The national women's league will be suspended this year because all money is used for hosting the continental event.


2014 African Women's Championship, Venues
The final tournament matches were held in two stadium venues located in Windhoek:


2014 African Women's Championship, Qualification
A record 25 teams applied for the 2014 African Women's Championship. The top three teams from the 2012 tournament, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa received a bye to the second round. The preliminary round was held on 13–15 February (first leg) and 28 February–2 March 2014 (second leg), while the final qualifying round was held on 23–25 May (first leg) and 6–8 June (second leg).


2014 African Women's Championship, Format
Eight teams were divided in two groups and play a round-robin tournament. The top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals. The losers of those semifinals played in the third place match, while the winners faced off in the final. The top three placed teams qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.


2014 African Women's Championship, Match officials
12 referees and 15 assistants were announced on 5 October 2014.


2014 African Women's Championship, Group stage
The draw was held on 19 July 2014 at 19:00 local time at Windhoek, Namibia.


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


2014 African Women's Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, if a match is level at the end of normal playing time, extra time is played (two periods of 15 minutes each) and followed, if necessary, by kicks from the penalty mark to determine the winner, except for the third place match where no extra time is played.


2014 African Women's Championship, Statistics, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2014 African Women's Championship, Statistics, Team statistics
Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold. (1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)(2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)


2014 African Women's Championship qualification
The qualification procedure for the 2014 African Women's Championship, the continent's women's association football championship started on 14 February 2014. A record 25 teams applied for the 2014 African Women's Championship. Four teams eventually withdrew before playing any match.


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


2014 African Women's Championship qualification
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a penalty shoot-out (no extra time was played).


2014 African Women's Championship qualification, First round
The best placed teams from the 2012 tournament Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and South Africa received a bye to the second round.


2014 African Women's Championship qualification, First round
The first round was held on 14–16 February (first leg) and 28 February–2 March 2014 (second leg).


2014 African Women's Championship qualification, Second round
The second round was held on 23–25 May (first leg) and 6–8 June 2014 (second leg).


2014 African Women's Championship squads
This article describes about the squads for the 2014 African Women's Championship.


2014 African Women's Handball Champions League
The 2014 African Women's Handball Champions League was the 36th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from October 9–18, 2014 in four venues: Salle Beni Khiar, Salle Hammamet, Salle Nabeul and Salle Zouaoui, in Tunis, Tunisia, contested by 10 teams and won by Clube Desportivo Primeiro de Agosto of Angola.


2014 African Women's Handball Champions League, Draw
Africa Sports National FAP Youndé Mikishi Lubumbashi Nuru Katanga Petro de Luanda


2014 African Women's Handball Champions League, Draw
Étoile du Congo Nairobi Water Phoenix Gabon Progresso do Sambizanga Primeiro de Agosto


2014 African Women's Handball Champions League, Preliminary rounds, Group A
* Note:      Advance to quarter-finals      Relegated to 9th place classification


2014 African Women's Handball Champions League, Preliminary rounds, Group B
* Note:      Advance to quarter-finals      Relegated to 9th place classification


2014 African Women's Handball Championship
The 2014 African Women's Handball Championship was the 21st edition of the African Women's Handball Championship, held in Algiers and Chéraga, Algeria, from 16 to 25 January 2014. It acted as the African qualifying tournament for the 2015 World Women's Handball Championship in Denmark.


2014 African Women's Handball Championship squads
This article displays the squads for the 2014 African Women's Handball Championship. Each team consists of 16 players.


2014 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup
The 2014 African Women's Handball Cup Winners' Cup was the 30th edition, organized by the African Handball Confederation, under the auspices of the International Handball Federation, the handball sport governing body. The tournament was held from May 19–30, 2014 in Oyo, Republic of the Congo, contested by 8 teams and won by Atlético Petróleos de Luanda of Angola.


2014 African Wrestling Championships
The 2014 African Wrestling Championships was held in Tunis, Tunisia from 28 to 30 March 2014.


2014 African Youth Games
The 2nd African Youth Games took place in Gaborone, Botswana's capital city from 22 to 31 May 2014. The Games featured approximately 2000 athletes from 51 African countries competing in 21 sports. Gambia, Eritrea and Mauritania were the only African countries absent from the Games.


2014 African Youth Games
The Botswana African Youth Games Organising Committee (BAYGOC) was charged with organising the Games and was headed by Regina Sikalesele Vaka as Chairman while Tuelo Daniel Serufho led the Secretariat as its chief executive officer.


2014 African Youth Games
The Games were largely perceived as a success and helped boost the profile of certain sports. In addition, certain sporting codes benefited by receiving material or equipment, but the Botswana National Olympic Committee and other federations were also reportedly left with debt following the event


2014 African Youth Games, Sports
Twenty one sports were contested in this edition of African Youth Games.


2014 African Youth Games, Venues
Venues of the 2014 African Youth Games are listed below.


2014 Ag2r–La Mondiale season
The 2014 season for the Ag2r–La Mondiale cycling team began in January at the Tour de San Luis. As a UCI ProTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.


2014 Air Force Falcons football team
The 2014 Air Force Falcons football team represented the United States Air Force Academy in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Falcons were led by eighth-year head coach Troy Calhoun and played their home games at Falcon Stadium. They were members of the Mountain West Conference in the Mountain Division. They finished the season 10–3, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in fourth place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl where they defeated Western Michigan


2014 Aircel Chennai Open
The 2014 Aircel Chennai Open was a 2014 ATP World Tour tennis tournament, played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 19th edition of the only ATP tournament taking place in India and took place at the SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai, India, from 30 December 2013 to 5 January 2014.


2014 Aircel Chennai Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Aircel Chennai Open, ATP doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Aircel Chennai Open – Doubles
Benoît Paire and Stanislas Wawrinka were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to top seeds Rohan Bopanna and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi. Johan Brunström and Frederik Nielsen won the title, defeating Marin Draganja and Mate Pavić in the final, 6–2, 4–6, [10–7].


2014 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles
Janko Tipsarevic was the defending champion, but he withdrew because of an injury. Stanislas Wawrinka won the title, defeating Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2014 Aircel Chennai Open – Singles, Seeds
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.


2014 Akron Zips football team
The 2014 Akron Zips football team represented the University of Akron in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Terry Bowden and played their home games at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field. They were members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division.


2014 Akron Zips men's soccer team
The 2014 Akron Zips men's soccer team will represent The University of Akron during the 2014 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. It will be the 65th season of the university fielding a program. The Zips enter the season as the two-time defending MAC Men's Soccer Tournament champions.


2014 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge
The 2014 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 16th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $75,000 in prize money. It took place in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on 10–16 November 2014.


2014 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following player received entry into the singles main draw as a lucky loser:


2014 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Doubles
Vitalia Diatchenko and Olga Savchuk were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, however they both chose to participate with different partners. Diatchenko partnered Alexandra Panova and Savchuk partnered Lyudmyla Kichenok and both faced each other in the final, with Diatchenko and Panova defeating Kichenok and Savchuk, 3–6, 6–2, [10–4].


2014 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
Jana Čepelová was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, however she lost in the first round to Alexandra Panova.


2014 Al Habtoor Tennis Challenge – Singles
Alexandra Dulgheru won the title, defeating Kimiko Date-Krumm in the final, 6–3, 6–4.


2014 Al-Safira offensive
The 2014 Al-Safira offensive, code-named "Zaeir al Ahrar” ("The Freemen Roar"), was a short-lived operation launched by Syrian rebels during the Syrian civil war in Aleppo Governorate, in an attempt to attack "three sites of the army which are al-Adnaneyyi, al-Zeraa al-Foqaneyyi and al-Ezraa al-Tahtatnia in order to open a road to attack the Defense Factories where helicopters take off in order to drop barrel bombs onto Aleppo, Idlib and Hama". The defense factories produced the barrel bombs that are dropped onto the city of Aleppo and its countryside.


2014 Al-Safira offensive, Rebel offensive
On 8 October, the rebel Ahrar ash-Sham announced the start of a battle called "Zaeir al Ahrar". That day, rebels of this group captured the villages of Qashotah, al Barzaneyyi, Diman, al Zera’ah al Tehtaneyyi and al Zera’ah al Foqaneyyi near the Defense Factories. At least 14 soldiers and 5 rebels were killed, while two helicopters were downed while trying to take off from the Defense Factories.


2014 Al-Safira offensive, Rebel offensive
On 9 October, Army claimed to have conducted a counterattack on rebel forces in Al-Barzaaniyya, Al-Zara’a, Bashkawi, Banaan Al-Hass, Kafr Akkar, and Al-‘Adnaniyya, resulting in the recapture of several of these villages. The Army also claimed that the rebels had refocused their offensive to the Khanasser countryside.


2014 Al-Safira offensive, Rebel offensive
On 10 October, rebels captured the village of Abotbeh, leading to the death of 9 soldiers and losses among the rebels. This village is close to the town of Tal Abour, 2 km away from the Defense Factories. Rebels also captured the village of Sad’ayya overnight, before it was recaptured later that day.


2014 Al-Safira offensive, Army counter-attack
On 12 October, the Army launched a counter-attack and regained control over the villages that were captured by the rebels since 8 October.


2014 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team
The 2014 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team represented Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (Alabama A&M) in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bulldogs were led by first-year head coach James Spady and played their home games at Louis Crews Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 4–8, 3–6 in SWAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team
The 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team represents the University of Alabama in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Crimson Tide play their home games in Sewell-Thomas Stadium.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Schedule and results
† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2014 Southeastern Conference standings. *Rankings are based on the team's current  ranking in the Collegiate Baseball poll the week Alabama faced each opponent.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team, Rankings
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. It marked the Crimson Tide's 120th overall season, 81st as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and its 23rd within the SEC Western Division. The team was led by head coach Nick Saban, in his eighth year, and played its home games at Bryant–Denny Stadium in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
The Alabama Crimson Tide were 12–2 overall and 7–1 in SEC regular season. The Crimson Tide won the SEC Western Division title for the tenth time, advancing to their ninth SEC Championship Game, where they defeated Missouri 42–13. The Crimson Tide played in the inaugural College Football Playoff as the #1 seed, netting a berth in the CFP semifinal 2015 Sugar Bowl, where they were defeated by the #4 seed Ohio State Buckeyes 42–35.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Previous season
In 2013, Alabama came into the season ranked as the number one team in the nation and as two-time, defending national champions. The Crimson Tide opened the season with eleven consecutive victories that included one over Virginia Tech at a neutral site, against Texas A&M in a game that saw many team records broken, and a victory over Louisiana State University (LSU) at Bryant–Denny Stadium. In their last regular-season game, Alabama was upset by Auburn. The Crimson Tide loss resulted in them not making an appearance in the SEC Championship Game. Alabama accepted an invitation to play in the Sugar Bowl, lost to Oklahoma 45–31 and finished the season ranked seventh in the AP poll.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Fall camp
At the start of fall camp on August 1, coach Saban announced Jarran Reed, Brandon Ivory and Tim Williams were suspended indefinitely for violations of team rules. Reed and Ivory returned from suspension on August 4 and Williams returned on August 20. The camp featured several positional battles with incoming freshmen competing for starting spots. Of note were true freshmen Cameron Robinson who landed the starting spot at left tackle over Dominick Jackson and both Tony Brown and Marlon Humphrey who secured back-up roles at defensive back. The most anticipated positional battle of camp was for quarterback. Both Blake Sims and Jacob Coker played themselves into position to be named starter through the end of camp when Sims was selected as the starter for the opening game against West Virginia.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Fall camp
By mid-August, Alabama had a combined 26 players on 12 different preseason award watch lists.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Before the season, Fall camp
Landon Collins, Trey DePriest and A'Shawn Robinson for the Chuck Bednarik Award; Amari Cooper for the Fred Biletnikoff Award; Collins, DePriest and Robinson for the Bronko Nagurski Trophy; DePriest and Reggie Ragland for the Butkus Award; Collins, Cooper and T. J. Yeldon for the Walter Camp Award; Arie Kouandjio and Robinson for the Lombardi Award; O. J. Howard for the John Mackey Award; Jacob Coker, Cooper, Derrick Henry and Yeldon for the Maxwell Award; Ryan Kelly, Kouandjio and Robinson for the Outland Trophy; Kelly for the Rimington Trophy; Collins for the Jim Thorpe Award; and Henry and Yeldon for the Doak Walker Award.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Coaching staff
Alabama head coach Nick Saban entered his eighth year as the Crimson Tide's head coach for the 2014 season. During his previous seven years with Alabama, he led the Crimson Tide to an overall record of 74 wins and 15 losses (74–15) and the 2009, 2011 and 2012 national championships. On January 10, 2014, former Oakland Raiders, Tennessee and USC head coach Lane Kiffin was hired as the replacement for Doug Nussmeier as offensive coordinator. Nussmeier resigned from Alabama on January 9 to become offensive coordinator at Michigan. Kiffin was working with Alabama in some capacity before the team's 2014 Sugar Bowl game and before taking the offensive coordinator position.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Coaching staff
On January 11, defensive line coach Chris Rumph resigned and took a position on the Texas staff under new head coach Charlie Strong to replace former defensive line coach Bo Davis. At that time, Davis had accepted a job at USC. After Rumph left Alabama, Davis resigned as defensive line coach at USC after one week on the job to take Rumph's job at Alabama. Davis previously coached defensive line at Alabama from 2007 to 2010.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Coaching staff
On February 12, Greg Brown resigned after only one season at Alabama to become the safeties coach at Louisville. Two days later, Kevin Steele was promoted from Alabama's director of player personnel to inside linebackers coach. Steele previously served as a defensive assistant for Saban at Alabama in 2007 and 2008.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Players, 2014 recruiting class
Prior to National Signing Day on February 5, 2014, eight players enrolled for the spring semester in order to participate in spring practice and included six former high school seniors and two junior college transfers. The early enrollments from high school included top-ranked offensive tackle Cameron Robinson, wide receiver Cameron Sims, safety Laurence "Hootie" Jones, cornerback Tony Brown, quarterback David Cornwell and linebacker Shaun Dion Hamilton. The junior college transfers enrolled early included defensive end D. J. Pettway and defensive tackle Jarran Reed. All of the players will take part in Alabama's "fourth-quarter" strength and conditioning program in February before spring practice starts in March.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Players, 2014 recruiting class
On National Signing Day, Alabama signed 18 additional players out of high school that completed the 2014 recruiting class.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Players, 2014 recruiting class
The class was highlighted by 19 players from the "ESPN 300": No. 3 Cameron Robinson; No. 6 Da'Shawn Hand; No. 8 Tony Brown; No. 12 Bo Scarbrough; No. 15 Marlon Humphrey; No. 27 Laurence Jones; No. 48 Christian Miller; No. 49 Cameron Sims; No. 52 Rashaan Evans; No. 57 David Cornwell; No. 64 Ross Pierschbacher; No. 71 Ronnie Clark; No. 102 Shaun Dion Hamilton; No. 160 Joshua Frazier; No. 168 Josh Casher; No. 190 J. C. Hassenauer; No. 199 Derek Kief; No. 215 O. J. Smith; and No. 281 Keith Holcombe.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Players, 2014 recruiting class
Alabama signed the No. 1 recruiting class according to Rivals.com, Scout.com and 247Sports.com. Of the 26 players signed only two failed to qualify to compete in 2014: Montel McBride and Bo Scarbrough. McBride played for Iowa Western Community College in 2014 and Scarbrough is expected to enroll at Alabama in January 2015.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Players, 2014 recruiting class
In addition to those signed as part of the 2014 class, on January 26 Florida State quarterback Jacob Coker announced his intention to transfer to Alabama. After he graduated in May 2014, Coker officially enrolled at Alabama on May 5. Based on NCAA transfer rules for student athletes who graduate, Coker had two years of eligibility remaining to compete with the Crimson Tide.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Players, Departed players
Notable departures from the 2013 squad included juniors, Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, Adrian Hubbard, Cyrus Kouandjio, Jeoffrey Pagan, and Vinnie Sunseri who declared their eligibility for the 2014 NFL Draft. Senior starters from the 2013 squad who exhausted their eligibility included A. J. McCarron, Kevin Norwood, and Anthony Steen on offense; Deion Belue, C. J. Mosley, and Ed Stinson on defense; and Cody Mandell, McCarron, and Cade Foster on special teams. Other notable departures from the 2013 squad included several players who transferred to another school. These transfers included quarterback Luke Del Rio to Oregon State, running back Dee Hart to Colorado State, and center Chad Lindsay to Ohio State.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Players, Returning starters
Alabama had seven returning players on offense, five on defense and five on special teams that started games in 2013.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Depth chart
The depth chart listed below shows starters and backups as announced in August 2014.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule
The 2014 schedule was officially released on August 21, 2013. Alabama faced all six Western Division opponents: Arkansas, Auburn, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, and Texas A&M. They also faced two Eastern Division opponents: official SEC rival Tennessee and Florida. Alabama was not scheduled to play SEC opponents Georgia, Kentucky, Missouri, South Carolina or Vanderbilt during the regular season. They played four non-conference games: West Virginia of the Big 12 Conference, Florida Atlantic and Southern Miss of Conference USA and Western Carolina of the Southern Conference.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Schedule
On the final weekend of the regular season, a Missouri victory over Arkansas, coupled with a Mississippi State loss set up a SEC Championship Game against the Tigers for the Crimson Tide. On December 7, the selection committee for the College Football Playoff ranked Alabama as the top seed for the inaugural playoff. For their semifinal match-up, Alabama played Ohio State of the Big Ten Conference in the Sugar Bowl.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
On May 17, 2012, officials from both Alabama and West Virginia announced the Crimson Tide and the Mountaineers would meet for the first time to open the 2014 season in the Chick-fil-A College Kickoff at Atlanta. As they entered their game week preparations, Alabama head coach Nick Saban announced starting linebacker Trey DePriest would be suspended for the game due to an NCAA violation. Although Alabama entered the game as a heavy favorite over the Mountaineers, the Crimson Tide only defeated West Virginia by a score of 33–23 in what was Blake Sims first start at quarterback.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
After Alabama won the coin toss and deferred until the second half, West Virginia had a 14-play drive that took them as far as the Crimson Tide three-yard line. It was from the three that Josh Lambert gave the Mountaineers a 3–0 lead with his 20-yard field goal. Alabama responded on the next possession after Adam Griffith connected on a 47-yard field goal that tied the game 3–3. After the Crimson Tide defense forced a punt on the Mountaineers possession that followed, Alabama scored their first touchdown on the 95-yard drive that ensued. Behind a strong running attack, T. J. Yeldon gave the Crimson Tide a 10–3 lead with his 15-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
West Virginia responded on their next possession with a long touchdown drive of their own. Led by quarterback Clint Trickett, the Mountaineers went 75 yards in nine plays with Trickett throwing a 19-yard touchdown pass to Kevin White that tied the game 10–10. Late in the quarter, Alabama retook a 17–10 lead on a one-yard Yeldon touchdown run. However, on the kickoff that ensued, Mario Alford dodges several Crimson Tide tackles en route to a 100-yard touchdown run that tied the game 17–17. Alabama did respond with a quick, 50-yard drive that ended with a 41-yard Adam Griffith field goal that gave the Crimson Tide a 20–17 halftime lead.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
After Alabama was stopped on a fourth-down conversion and the Mountaineers missed a 47-yard field goal on their opening possessions of the second half, the Crimson Tide took a 27–17 lead behind a 19-yard Derrick Henry touchdown run. Both teams then traded field goals on the next two possessions and made the score 30–20 in favor of the Crimson Tide as they entered the fourth quarter.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, West Virginia
Although only a pair of field goals were scored in the fourth that made the final score 33–23, the Alabama defense played its best quarter of the game and forced the Mountaineers into several three-and-out possessions late in the game. For his four field goal performance, Adam Griffith was recognized as both the SEC Special Teams Player of the Week and as a Lou Groza Award National Star of the Week.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
To open their 2014 home schedule, Alabama defeated the Florida Atlantic Owls 41–0 in a game that was called midway through the fourth quarter due to lightning strikes within eight miles of Bryant–Denny Stadium. The Crimson Tide elected to receive the ball to open the game and then went on a seven-play, 74-yard drive that culminated in a seven-yard Blake Sims touchdown run. After the Alabama defense forced a punt on the Owls' first possession, Sims connected with Amari Cooper on a 52-yard touchdown pass for a 14–0 lead. The Crimson Tide extended their lead further to 21–0 on their next possession when Sims threw a 39-yard touchdown pass to Kenyan Drake. On the first defensive play that followed, Eddie Jackson forced a Kamrin Solomon fumble that was recovered by Reggie Ragland at the Owls' 42-yard line.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
It was on this possession that backup quarterback Jacob Coker entered the game. He led the Crimson Tide on a 37-yard drive that resulted in a 24–0 lead after Adam Griffith connected on a 22-yard field goal early in the second quarter. The Alabama defense continued their strong performance and forced a three-and-out before the offense started their fourth touchdown drive of the game. Coker led the Crimson Tide on a 12-play, 87-yard drive that ended with a three-yard Corker touchdown pass to Jalston Fowler for a 31–0 lead. FAU responded with their longest drive of the game only to again have to punt. Alabama then had their final drive of the first half stall at the Owls' nine-yard line; that made the halftime score 31–0.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
On the first Alabama possession of the third quarter, Eugene Fau recovered a Sims fumble at the FAU one-yard line and prevented another Crimson Tide touchdown. They scored their fifth touchdown on a three-yard Kenyan Drake touchdown run later in the third that extended their lead to 38–0. With many of Alabama's back-ups in the game, Adam Griffith scored the final points of the game with his 28-yard field goal.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida Atlantic
After Cyrus Jones set up a late Crimson Tide scoring opportunity with his 70-yard punt return, officials delayed the game due to lightning strikes in the vicinity of the stadium with Alabama in a fourth and goal situation. Within fifteen minutes of the delay, both schools agreed to call the game with 7:53 to play in the fourth quarter. The game marked the first in Alabama history where two quarterbacks had over 200 yards passing, and Cooper's 13 receptions also tied a Crimson Tide single-game record set by D. J. Hall in 2007. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Owls to 2–0.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
In their third game of the 2014 season and second consecutive home non-conference game, Alabama defeated the Southern Miss Golden Eagles 52–12. Behind their passing game led by Nick Mullins, the Golden Eagles took a 3–0 lead behind a 33-yard Corey Acosta field goal on their opening possession. Alabama responded on the next possession with a 22-yard Blake Sims touchdown pass to Amari Cooper for a 7–3 lead. After a series of punts, the Crimson Tide extended their lead to 14–3 early in the second quarter behind a four-yard Sims touchdown run, and further to 21–3 on a one-yard Kenyan Drake touchdown run. Acosta then made the score 21–6 with his 43-yard field goal just prior to halftime.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Southern Miss
To open the second half, Sims led the Crimson Tide 75 yards in eight-plays with Drake scoring his second touchdown for a 28–6 lead. Acosta connected on his third field goal on the drive that ensued for Southern Miss, but Alabama would go on and score on each of its final four offensive possessions for the 52–12 victory. After Sims completed a five-yard touchdown pass to Brian Vogler in the third, Jacob Coker entered the game on the following possession and led the Crimson Tide on three scoring drives in the fourth quarter. Points were scored by Drake on a 29-yard touchdown run, Adam Griffith on a 30-yard field goal and by Tyren Jones on a two-yard run. The win improved the Crimson Tide's record in the all-time series versus Southern Miss to 34–6–2 (36–5–2 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
The Florida Gators surrendered a school-record 672 yards of total offense to the Crimson Tide in this 42–21 Alabama victory. Florida won the pregame toss and elected to receive. After they held Florida to a three-and-out, Alabama scored on its first play from scrimmage on an 87-yard touchdown pass from Blake Sims to Kenyan Drake. However, Drake lost a fumble on Alabama's next possession, and gave the Gators possession at the Alabama 31-yard line. A 28-yard touchdown pass from Jeff Driskel to Valdez Showers tied the game at 7–7.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
The Crimson Tide's next possession also ended in a lost fumble which was returned by Florida for a touchdown, and gave the Gators a 14–7 lead. On the possession that ensued, Alabama drove 52-yards to set up an Adam Griffith field goal, but Griffith missed the 45-yarder in his first missed field goal of the season. The Crimson Tide forced another Florida three-and-out and punt, and the Alabama offense immediately tied the game 14–14 on a 79-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
On Florida's next possession, Alabama recorded its first interception of the season when Jabriel Washington picked-off a Driskel pass at the Alabama 13-yard line. The ensuing Tide possession ended in yet another fumble, this time by Sims, but the Tide defense held as Florida and Alabama exchanged punts. Alabama forced a fumble from Florida running back Matt Jones, to set up a 56-yard drive that ended in a touchdown pass from Sims to Jalston Fowler to regain the lead, and Alabama led by a touchdown at halftime, 21–14.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
Continuing the theme of the game, Alabama turned the ball over again on the opening possession of the second half when a Blake Sims pass was batted into the air by a Florida defender and intercepted by Antonio Morrison. Two plays later, Driskel ran 14-yards for a touchdown and tied the game 21–21. Alabama used more than seven minutes and converted five third downs on its next possession and regained the lead on a three-yard Derrick Henry touchdown run. Florida punted again, and on Alabama's next possession Sims injured his shoulder on a 24-yard run.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
Backup Jacob Coker entered the game, but Alabama relied mostly on runs from Henry and T. J. Yeldon to move the ball to the Florida four-yard line. Coker threw a four-yard touchdown pass to Cooper and extended Alabama's lead to 35–21. Florida's next possession ended with Driskel's second interception of the day, this time to Landon Collins. After the interception, Sims reentered the game and led a 60-yard that ended in a touchdown pass to Cooper, that made the score 42–21.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Florida
Blake Sims's 445 passing yards were the second highest single-game passing total in Alabama history behind Scott Hunter's 1969 record, and his 484 yards of total offense (including 39 total yards rushing) broke Hunter's single-game total offense record. Additionally, Cooper became Alabama's all-time leader in touchdown receptions after he eclipsed the previous record of 18 set by Dennis Homan. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Gators to 22–14 (23–14 without the NCAA vacation of the 2005 victory).


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
In what was their first true road game of the season, Alabama was upset by the Ole Miss Rebels 23–17 at Oxford. After the Rebels elected to start the game on offense, Mark Dodson returned the opening kickoff 54-yards to the Alabama 39-yard line. After a first down run by Bo Wallace, Ole Miss didn't gain a single yard and settled for a Gary Wunderlich 46-yard field goal and gave Ole Miss an early 3–0 lead. Alabama responded by driving deep into Ole Miss territory, but Adam Griffith missed a 46-yard field goal.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Ole Miss moved the ball easily before the drive stalled at the Alabama- 15, but Andrew Fletcher missed a chip shot 33-yard field goal. From there until 6:59 remaining in the second quarter both teams traded punts. Finally, Alabama managed to march 68 yards and Blake Sims gave Alabama a 7–3 lead with his touchdown run from one-yard out on fourth down. The Crimson Tide then extended their lead to 14–3 at halftime after Cyrus Jones forced a fumble by I'Tavius Mathers and returned it 17-yards for a touchdown.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Alabama opened the second half with a 14 play drive only to have Adam Griffith miss on a 51-yard field goal attempt. Ole Miss responded on the possession that ensued with Wallace connecting on a 50-yard pass to tight-end Evan Engram and on a 14-yard touchdown pass to Laquon Treadwell two plays later, that made the score 14–10. Alabama then drove to the Ole Miss 15, but two penalties moved them to the 29, but Griffith did connect on a 44-yard field goal attempt  and extended the Alabama lead to 17–10 as they entered the fourth quarter.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
In the fourth, Alabama punted from their own 5 which was returned 9 yards to the Rebels' 44. After a 6-yard run by Jaylen Walton, Wallace connected with Engram for a 16-yard gain to the Alabama 34. Finally, the Rebels tied the game on the next play when Wallace connected with Vince Sanders on a 34-yard touchdown reception. The extra point tied the game at 17-17. On the kickoff that ensued, Channing Ward forced a Christion Jones fumble that was recovered by Kailo Moore at the Alabama 31-yard line.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Ole Miss
Five plays later the Rebels took a 23–17 lead after Wallace threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to Jaylen Walton, but Fletcher missed the extra point. Ole Miss then secured the win late in the quarter after Senquez Golson intercepted a Sims pass in the endzone to effectively end the game. The loss brought Alabama's all-time record against the Rebels to 48–10–2 (51–9–2 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
In the 2014 edition of their game against Arkansas, Alabama traveled to Fayetteville and defeated the Razorbacks 14–13 with a missed PAT providing for the winning margin. Each team committed a turnover to start the game. After the Alabama defense forced a three-and-out to open the game, Christion Jones fumbled the punt that followed that Arkansas recovered at the 31-yard line. On the Razorbacks' possession that ensued, Trey DePriest forced a Kody Walker fumble out of the endzone for a touchback.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Neither team had another scoring opportunity in the quarter and the score was tied 0–0 at the end of the first. On their first possession of the second quarter, Adam Griffith missed a 30-yard field goal attempt. However, on the next play, A'Shawn Robinson forced an Alex Collins fumble that was recovered by Ryan Anderson at the Razorbacks' 23-yard line. Three plays later, Blake Sims threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to T. J. Yeldon for a 7–0 Crimson Tide lead. Arkansas responded on the next possession with an 81-yard drive that was capped with a three-yard Jonathan Williams touchdown run. Down by a single point, the John Henson PAT was blocked by Jonathan Allen and Alabama held a 7–6 lead into halftime.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Arkansas
Alabama retained their lead until midway through the third quarter, when Brandon Allen connected with AJ Derby on a 54-yard touchdown pass to give Arkansas a 13–7 lead. The Crimson Tide retook a 14–13 lead early in the fourth after Sims connected with DeAndrew White on a six-yard touchdown pass. Both defensed then controlled the remainder of the game with Landon Collins sealing the Crimson Tide victory late in the quarter after he intercepted an Allen pass. For his performance, J. K. Scott was named SEC Special Teams Player of the Week. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Razorbacks to 15–8 (18–7 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M
In the second home conference game of the 2014 season, Alabama shellacked the Texas A&M Aggies 59–0 at Tuscaloosa behind a 35-point second quarter. The Crimson Tide scored on every possession of the first half en route to a 45–0 halftime lead. After Adam Griffith scored the first points of the game with his 21-yard field goal, T. J. Yeldon scored the first Alabama touchdown on a nine-yard run for a 10–0 lead at the end of the first quarter. Yeldon then opened the second quarter with a one-yard touchdown run for the first of 35 second-quarter points. Blake Sims and Derrick Henry then extended the Crimson Tide lead to 31–0 behind respective runs of 43 and eight-yards on consecutive possessions.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M
The next Alabama touchdown was set up after a 47-yard Christion Jones punt return gave the Crimson Tide possession at the A&M 24-yard line. On the next play, Sims threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper, his first of three touchdown passes in the game. Sims then made the halftime score 45–0 after he connected with Henry on a 41-yard touchdown pass in the final minute of the half. The Crimson Tide then scored on their eighth consecutive possession to start the third quarter on a 45-yard Sims touchdown pass to Cooper. Alabama then scored their final points late in the game when Jacob Coker threw a 14-yard touchdown pass to Ty Flournoy-Smith for the 59–0 victory. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Aggies to 5–2.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
In their annual rivalry game, Amari Cooper set the single-game receiving yardage record as Alabama defeated Tennessee 34–20 for their eighth consecutive win over the Volunteers. The Crimson Tide opened the game with a pair of long Cooper touchdown receptions as they took a 13–0 lead. On Alabama's first offensive play, Blake Sims connected with him on an 80-yard scoring pass and again on their second drive from 41-yards out. They then extended their lead to 20–0 on their third offensive possession on a one-yard T. J. Yeldon touchdown run.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
Early in the second quarter, Reggie Ragland forced a Joshua Dobbs fumble that was recovered by Eddie Jackson and returned to the Vols' 19-yard line. Three plays after a Jarran Reed personal foul penalty pushed the ball back to the 34, Sims scored on a 28-yard touchdown run for a 27–0 lead.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
Tennessee responded on their next two offensive possessions to close the half and cut the Alabama lead to 27–10 at halftime. First, Dobbs led Tennessee on an 84-yard scoring drive capped with his nine-yard touchdown pass to Josh Malone. He then led them on a 59-yard drive and Aaron Medley connected on a 27-yard field goal as time expired. After their defense forced an Alabama punt to open the third quarter, Tennessee scored on their third consecutive possession on a nine-yard Dobbs touchdown pass to Von Pearson that made the score 27–17. The Crimson Tide responded on the possession hat ensued with a 28-yard Derrick Henry touchdown run that extended their lead to 34–17.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Tennessee
In the final quarter, Cyrus Jones intercepted a Dobbs pass and returned it to the Alabama 30-yard line. However, on the play that ensued, Sims fumbled and the Vols regained possession at the Crimson Tide 23. Six plays later, Medley connected on a 24-yard field goal that made the score 34–20. Alabama responded with a long drive, but did not score as Cameron Sutton forced a Jalston Fowler fumble that was recovered by the Vols' Jalen Reeves-Maybin at their one-yard line. This resulted in the final score of 34–17. The 224 yards receiving in the game established a new Crimson Tide record and for his performance, Cooper was recognized as the SEC Co-Offensive Player of the Week alongside Mississippi State's Josh Robinson. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Vols to 51–38–7 (52–37–8 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
In their annual rivalry game, Alabama defeated the LSU Tigers in overtime at Baton Rouge by a final score of 20–13. After each defense forced punts on the opening five possessions, LSU took advantage of a very short field, marching 41 yards, taking a 7–0 lead behind a 14-yard Anthony Jennings touchdown pass to Malachi Dupre. Late in the first quarter, after both teams punted, Alabama drove all the way to the 10-yard line where the drive stalled and Griffith missed a 27-yard field goal.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
After LSU punted on their next drive,  the Crimson Tide tied the game 7–7 when Blake Sims threw a 23-yard touchdown pass to Amari Cooper in the second quarter. With just under a minute left in the half, Eddie Jackson intercepted a Jennings pass and returned it 18 yards back to the Tigers' 29-yard line. Although he missed one earlier from 27-yards out, Adam Griffith then gave the Crimson Tide a 10–7 halftime lead with his 39-yard field goal.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
LSU took the second-half kickoff and reached the 18-yard line where Colby Delahoussaye tied the game 10–10 with his 35-yard field goal. The next seven possessions ended in punts which lasted until a minute remaining in the fourth quarter. With just over one minute remaining in the game, Lamar Louis forced a T. J. Yeldon fumble that was recovered by Kendell Beckwith at the Alabama six-yard line. After a very critical unsportsmanlike conduct penalty and two short runs, Delahoussaye gave the Tigers a 13–10 lead with just under a minute remaining in regulation with his 39-yard field goal.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
Alabama got a break when the kickoff went out-of-bounds, giving them the ball at their own- 35. Sims then proceeded to drive the Crimson Tide 55 yards in nine plays, converting two third downs with his legs, where Griffith tied the game 13–13 with his 27-yard field goal and sent the game into overtime.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, LSU
Alabama took a 20–13 lead in the first overtime period when Sims connected with DeAndrew White on a six-yard touchdown reception. The Tigers were unable to respond on their overtime possession as  four straight incompletions gave the Crimson Tide the 20–13 win. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 49–25–5.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
In their annual rivalry game, Alabama defeated the No. 1 ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs 25–20 at Tuscaloosa. After the teams traded punts on the first three possessions of the game, Trey DePriest gave the Crimson Tide a 2–0 lead when he tackled Josh Robinson in the endzone for a safety. On the possession that followed the free kick, Adam Griffith extended Alabama's lead to 5–0 with his 36-yard field goal. The Crimson Tide then scored their first touchdown midway through the second quarter when Blake Sims hit Amari Cooper for a four-yard touchdown pass and extended their lead to 12–0. On their next offensive series, Sims threw a 50-yard completion and Derrick Henry scored from one-yard out that extended the Crimson Tide lead to 19–0. The Bulldogs responded with a 14-play, 70 yard drive that was capped with a 23-yard Evan Sobiesk field goal that made the halftime score 19–3.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Mississippi State
State opened the third quarter with another long drive, but again were only held to a Sobiesk field goal. Later in the quarter, with the Bulldogs in scoring position, Cyrus Jones intercepted a Dak Prescott pass for a touchback and ended the scoring threat. Early in the fourth quarter, Prescott threw a four-yard touchdown pass to Fred Ross that brought the score to 19–13. Alabama responded on their possession that followed with a 15-play, 76 yard drive that was capped with a seven-yard T. J. Yeldon touchdown run for a 25–13 Crimson Tide lead. The Bulldogs did score once more late in the final minute on a four-yard Jameon Lewis touchdown reception from Prescott, but were unable to recover the onside kick and Alabama won 25–20. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Bulldogs to 77–18–3 (79–17–3 without NCAA vacations and forfeits).


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina
On homecoming in Tuscaloosa, Alabama defeated the Western Carolina Catamounts of the Southern Conference 48–14.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Western Carolina
The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Catamounts to 3–0 (4–0 without an NCAA vacation).


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
In the 2014 edition of the Iron Bowl, Alabama defeated the Auburn Tigers 55–44 at Tuscaloosa in what was the highest scoring game between the rivals. On the opening kickoff, the Crimson Tide failed to recover an onside kick and gave Auburn good field position to start the game. On the next play, the Tigers turned the ball over on a failed lateral pass from Nick Marshall to Roc Thomas. Five plays later, the Crimson Tide took a 7–0 lead behind an eight-yard T. J. Yeldon touchdown run.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
Alabama scored their second touchdown on a 17-yard Amari Cooper reception from Blake Sims after Daniel Carlson converted a 20-yard field goal that made the score 14–3. Auburn then a 16–14 behind a pair of 24-yard Carlson field goals and a 34-yard Nick Marshall touchdown pass to Sammie Coates. The Crimson Tide then briefly took a 21–16 behind a one-yard Yeldon touchdown run before Auburn scored ten points en route to a 26–21 halftime lead. First Marshall threw a 68-yard touchdown pass to Coates, and after Sims threw a late interception Carlson connected on a 20-yard field goal as time expired in the second quarter.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
On their second play of the third quarter, Sims threw his third interception of the game, and on the Auburn drive that ensued they took a 33–21 behind a five-yard Marshall touchdown pass to Quan Bray. The Crimson Tide responded on their next possession with a 39-yard Sims touchdown pass to Cooper and the Tigers followed with a 33-yard Carlson field goal for a 36–27 Tigers lead. After this, the Crimson Tide scored touchdowns on their next four possessions and took a 55–36 lead into the final minutes of the game. After Cooper scored on a 75-yard touchdown reception, Nick Perry intercepted a Marshall pass for the Alabama defense. Five plays later Sims scored on a five-yard touchdown run and completed the two-point conversion pass to DeAndrew White.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
On the Auburn possession that followed, Marshall was unable to make a third-down conversion and the ball was punted back to Alabama. The Crimson Tide then extended their lead further when Sims connected with DeAndrew White on a six-yard touchdown pass. The Crimson Tide defense then forced a change of possession on the next Tigers possession. On the drive that ensued, Derrick Henry had a 49-yard run and followed it two plays later with a 25-yard touchdown run for a 55–36 Crimson Tide lead.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Auburn
A five-yard Corey Grant touchdown run for Auburn in the final minute made the final score 55–44 in favor of Alabama. With his 13 receptions, 224 yards receiving and three touchdown receptions, Cooper tied the Alabama single-game record for all three categories. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 43–35–1.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Game summaries, Missouri
In the 2014 edition of the SEC Championship Game, Alabama defeated the Eastern Division champions Missouri Tigers 42–13 and captured their 24th SEC football championship. The victory improved Alabama's all-time record against the Tigers to 3–2.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, CFP Playoff, Ohio State (Sugar Bowl – CFP Semifinal)
The day after their victory in the SEC Championship Game, Alabama was selected as the No. 1 seed for the inaugural College Football Playoff and played Ohio State in the Sugar Bowl on Thursday, January 1, 2015, for their semi-final match-up. Alabama defeated Ohio State in their previous meeting 24–17 in the 1995 Florida Citrus Bowl and led the all-time series 3–0 before this game. Ohio State was ranked No. 5 in the AP Poll and No. 4 in the College Football Playoff. In the 2015 Sugar Bowl (CFP Semifinal Game), Alabama was defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes by a score of 42–35.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, Rankings
Entering the 2014 football season, the Crimson Tide were ranked No. 2 in both the AP and Coaches' Preseason Polls.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the regular season, Awards
After the SEC Championship Game, multiple Alabama players were recognized for their on-field performances with a variety of awards and recognitions. At the team awards banquet on December 7, Landon Collins, Amari Cooper, Jalston Fowler and Blake Sims were each named the permanent captains of the 2014 squad. At that time Cooper was also named the 2014 most valuable player with Collins and Trey DePriest named defensive players of the year and Cooper and Sims named offensive players of the year.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the regular season, Awards, Conference
The SEC recognized several players for their individual performances with various awards. Amari Cooper was named SEC Offensive Player of the Year by the Associated Press. On December 8, Cooper, Landon Collins, Arie Kouandjio, Jonathan Allen, Reggie Ragland and JK Scott were named to the AP All-SEC First Team. Blake Sims, Austin Shepherd and Cyrus Jones were named to the AP All-SEC Second Team; Trey DePriest, Ryan Kelly, Jarran Reed and A'Shawn Robinson were named to the AP All-SEC Honorable Mention Team. Kouandjio, Cooper, DePriest, Collins and Scott were named to the Coaches' All-SEC First Team. Sims and T. J. Yeldon were named to the Coaches' All-SEC Second Team.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the regular season, Awards, National
After the season, a number of Alabama players both won and were named as national award winners and finalists. Finalists for major awards from the Crimson Tide included: Amari Cooper won the Fred Biletnikoff Award, finished third in the voting for the Heisman Trophy and was a finalist for the Walter Camp Award; J. K. Scott was a finalist for the Ray Guy Award; and Landon Collins was a finalist for the Jim Thorpe Award and the Bronko Nagurski Trophy.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the regular season, Awards, National
For their individual performances during the regular season, several players were named to various national All-American Teams. Amari Cooper and Landon Collins were named to the Walter Camp All-America First Team (WC). Cooper and Collins were named to the Associated Press All-American First Team; Arie Kouandjio and J. K. Scott were named to the Associated Press All-American Second Team. Cooper, Collins and Scott were named to the Sporting News (TSN) All-America Team. Cooper and Collins were named to the Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) All-America Team. Cooper, Collins, Trey DePriest and Kouandjio were named to the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) All-America Team.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide football team, After the regular season, Awards, National
The NCAA recognizes five All-America lists in the determination of both consensus and unanimous All-America selections: the AP, AFCA, the FWAA, TSN and the WC. In order for an honoree to earn a consensus selection, he must be selected as first team in three of the five lists recognized by the NCAA, and unanimous selections must be selected as first team in all five lists. As such, for the 2014 season both Cooper and Collins were unanimous selections.


2014 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team
The 2014 Alabama Crimson Tide softball team is an American softball team, representing the University of Alabama for the 2014 NCAA softball season. The Crimson Tide played their home games at Rhoads Stadium. After losing in the 2013 NCAA Super Regionals, the 2014 team looked to make the postseason for the 16th straight year, and the Women's College World Series for ninth time, where they would lose against the Florida Gators in the championship game. This season represented the 18th season of softball in the school's history.


2014 Alabama Hammers season
The 2014 Alabama Hammers season was the fourth season for the professional indoor football franchise and their third in the Professional Indoor Football League (PIFL). The Hammers were one of eight teams that competed in the PIFL for the 2014 season.


2014 Alabama Hammers season
The team played their home games under head coach Dean Cokinos at the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The Hammers earned a 4–8 record, placing fourth in the American Conference, failing to qualify for the playoffs


2014 Alabama Senate election
The 2014 Alabama Senate elections took place on November 4, 2014, as part of the 2014 United States elections. Alabama voters elected senators in all 35 of the state's Senate districts. Senators serve four-year terms in the Alabama Senate.


2014 Alabama State Hornets football team
The 2014 Alabama State Hornets football team represented Alabama State University in the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Hornets were led by eighth-year head coach Reggie Barlow and played their home games at The New ASU Stadium. They were a member of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 5–4 in SWAC play to finish in second place in the East Division.


2014 Alabama State Hornets football team
On November 24, head coach Reggie Barlow was fired. He finished at Alabama State with an eight-year record of 49–42.


2014 Alabama elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Alabama on November 4, 2014. All of Alabama's executive officers were up for election as well as a United States Senate seat, and all of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives.


2014 Alabama elections
Primary elections were held on June 3, 2014, for offices that need to nominate candidates. Primary runoffs, necessary if no candidate won a majority of the vote, were held on July 15.


2014 Alabama elections, Governor
Incumbent Republican Governor Robert J. Bentley, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term as governor.


2014 Alabama elections, Governor
He defeated former Morgan County Commissioner Stacy Lee George and retired software company owner and candidate for Mayor of Scottsboro in 2012 Bob Starkey in the Republican primary.


2014 Alabama elections, Governor
In the Democratic primary, former U.S. Representative Parker Griffith defeated businessman and former professional baseball player Kevin Bass.


2014 Alabama elections, Lieutenant governor
In Alabama, the governor and lieutenant governor are elected separately. Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term.


2014 Alabama elections, Lieutenant governor
Pastor and conservative activist Stan Cooke also ran in the Republican primary.


2014 Alabama elections, Lieutenant governor
Former State Representative James C. Fields was the only Democrat running for the office. Scott Ninesling, a fire chief and emergency response supervisor for a liquefied natural gas plant in Angola, had declared his candidacy, but he withdrew before the filing deadline.


2014 Alabama elections, Attorney General
Incumbent Republican Attorney General Luther Strange, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, ran for re-election to a second term.


2014 Alabama elections, Attorney General
He was unopposed in the Republican primary. State Representative Joe Hubbard, the great-grandson of former U.S. Senator J. Lister Hill, was the only Democrat running for the office.


2014 Alabama elections, Secretary of State
Incumbent Republican Secretary of State James R. Bennett, who had served in the office since July 31, 2013, did not run for re-election, per the terms of his appointment. Bennett, who had previously served as Secretary of State from 1993 to 2003, was appointed to the office following the resignation of Beth Chapman.


2014 Alabama elections, Secretary of State
Running in the Republican primary were former Montgomery County Probate Judge Reese McKinney, State Representative John Merrill, and Crenshaw County Probate Judge James Perdue.


2014 Alabama elections, Secretary of State
The only Democrat running was Lula Albert-Kaigler, a retired self-employed worker and candidate for Alabama's 1st congressional district in 2013.


2014 Alabama elections, State Auditor
Incumbent Republican State Auditor Samantha Shaw, who had served in the office since January 15, 2007, was term-limited and not eligible to run for re-election to a third term.


2014 Alabama elections, State Auditor
Four Republicans ran for their party's nomination: farmer and candidate for Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries in 2010 Dale Peterson, former Deputy Conservation Commissioner Hobbie Sealy, Secretary of State aide Adam Thompson, and former Public Service Commissioner Jim Zeigler. Attorney Ray Bryan had been running on a platform of abolishing the office, but he was disqualified from the ballot by the Alabama Republican Party for missing the deadline to file a financial statement with the Alabama Ethics Commission. He considered running as an Independent, but decided against it.


2014 Alabama elections, State Auditor
The only Democrat running was Miranda Joseph, the nominee for State Auditor in 2010.


2014 Alabama elections, State Treasurer
Incumbent Republican State Treasurer Young Boozer, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, was running for re-election to a second term.


2014 Alabama elections, State Treasurer
Boozer was unopposed in the Republican primary. Democrat Joe Cottle, a lobbyist for the Alabama Education Association, had been running, but withdrew from the race.


2014 Alabama elections, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
Incumbent Republican Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan, who had served in the office since January 17, 2011, was running for re-election to a second term.


2014 Alabama elections, Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries
McMillan was unopposed in the Republican primary. The only Democrat running was Doug "New Blue" Smith.


2014 Alabama elections, Public Service Commission
Both of the Associate Commissioners on the Alabama Public Service Commission are up for election. Republican Jeremy Oden, who was appointed to the Commission by Governor Bentley in December 2012, was running for election to a first full term. Republican Terry L. Dunn, who was first elected in 2010, was running for re-election to a second term.


2014 Alabama elections, Public Service Commission
Oden was challenged in the Republican primary by Kathy Peterson, the wife of Dale Peterson and a candidate for Public Service Commission in 2012. No Democrat filed to run.


2014 Alabama elections, Public Service Commission
Dunn faced three opponents in the Republican primary: Jonathan Barbee, former interim press secretary for the Alabama Republican Party; Chris "Chip" Beeker, former Greene County Commissioner; and Phillip Brown, the Chairman of the Alabama Minority GOP. No Democrat filed to run.


2014 Alabama elections, United States Senate
Incumbent Republican Senator Jeff Sessions ran for re-election to a fourth term. No other candidates filed before the deadline and so he was unopposed in the primary and general elections.


2014 Alabama elections, United States House of Representatives
All of Alabama's seven seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in 2014.


2014 Alabama gubernatorial election
The 2014 Alabama gubernatorial election took place on November 4, 2014, to elect the Governor of Alabama.


2014 Alabama gubernatorial election
Incumbent Republican Governor Robert J. Bentley ran for re-election to a second term in office. He defeated Democratic former U.S. Representative Parker Griffith in the general election. However, Bentley only served out two years of his term; he resigned in April 2017 due to a scandal and was succeeded by Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey.


2014 Alagoas gubernatorial election
The Alagoas gubernatorial election was held on 5 October 2014 to elect the next Governor of the state of Alagoas. If no candidate had received more than 50% of the vote, a second-round runoff election would have been held on 26 October. Governor Teotônio Vilela Filho was ineligible due to term limits. Federal Deputy Renan Filho of the PMDB won election to the open seat in the first round.


2014 Alaska House of Representatives election
The 2014 Alaska House of Representatives elections were held on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, with the primary election on August 19, 2014. Voters in the 40 districts of the Alaska House of Representatives elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for other offices, including the state senate.


2014 Alaska Measure 2
Alaska Measure 2 was a successful 2014 ballot measure in the U.S. state of Alaska, described as "An Act to tax and regulate the production, sale, and use of marijuana." The measure went into effect on 24 February 2015, allowing Alaskans age 21 and older to possess up to an ounce of cannabis and six plants, making Alaska the third state to legalize recreational marijuana, following Colorado and Washington. Oregon and Alaska both voted in legalization on Election Day 2014, but Alaska preceded Oregon in enacting their legislation.


2014 Alaska Measure 2
The legal status of cannabis in Alaska had varied greatly over the preceding 40 years. Alaska had previously recognized a right to cannabis with the 1975 Ravin v. State case in the Alaska Supreme Court. The state Legislature then decriminalized marijuana in 1982, but a 1990 ballot initiative also entitled Measure 2 recriminalized cannabis until its provisions were struck down in a 2003 Alaska Appeals court case, Noy v. State.


2014 Alaska Measure 2, Campaign
Local KTVA-TV newscaster Charlo Greene garnered national coverage, when on 21 September she publicly quit her job on air, and announced her support for legalization. Greene had been reporting on the Alaska Cannabis Club during the evening's newscast, before abruptly revealing that she was the club's owner:


2014 Alaska Measure 2, Campaign
Now everything you've heard is why I, the actual owner of the Alaska Cannabis Club, will be dedicating all of my energy toward fighting for freedom and fairness, which begins with legalizing marijuana here in Alaska. And as for this job, well, not that I have a choice but, fuck it, I quit.


2014 Alaska Measure 2, Campaign, Opponents and proponents
The Alaska campaign was dominated by one large state group per side: the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Alaska backing the initiative, and Big Marijuana. Big Mistake. Vote No on 2 comprising the main opposition. As of end-August 2014, the Campaign to Regulate had filed $700,000 in contributions with the Alaska Public Offices Commission, while No on 2 had filed $40,487.


2014 Alaska Measure 2, Campaign, Opponents and proponents
The Vote No on 2 group criticized the Campaign to Regulate for receiving the majority of its funds through the national Marijuana Policy Project; more than half of Vote No on 2's funding came from the Alaska Native village corporation Chenega Corp.. By mid-October, the Campaign to Regulate had spent $827,000, against the Vote No's $69,000.


2014 Alaska Measure 2, Implementation
Possession and usage by adults was legalized on 24 February 2015. Alaska House Bill 123, the Marijuana Control Board bill which established a five-member Marijuana Control Board that shares staff with the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, passed the House on 19 April by a vote of 37-1. The first legal marijuana store opened in Valdez in October 2016. Other retail outlets have since opened in most of Alaska's larger cities.


2014 Alaska Senate election
The 2014 Alaska Senate elections were held on Friday, November 4, 2014, with the primary elections on August 19, 2014. Voters in the 10 districts of the Alaska Senate elected their representatives. The elections coincided with the elections for the state assembly.


2014 Alaska State Trooper killings
On May 1, 2014, two Alaska State Troopers were killed in Tanana after responding to a report of a resident brandishing a gun in an altercation over the private sale of a $150 couch. The Fairbanks-based troopers, Sergeant Patrick Scott Johnson and Trooper Gabriel Lenox Rich, had been featured in the National Geographic Channel program Alaska State Troopers. Nineteen-year-old Tanana resident Nathanial Lee Kangas was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and a single count of third-degree assault.


2014 Alaska State Trooper killings, Events
Kangas shot and killed the officers as they attempted to arrest his father, Arvin Kangas, at the family's home. Arvin Kangas, 58, was charged with assault for pointing a shotgun at the local Village Public Safety Officer (VPSO) during the incident that prompted the troopers' investigation.


2014 Alaska State Trooper killings, Aftermath
On May 5, the chairman of the Tanana Tribal Council issued a statement expressing the council's shock and grief and offering condolences to the families of the officers, stating, "We want them to know that this was the action of individuals and that this was not, and is not, Tanana." Later that week, the tribal council voted unanimously to ban the elder Kangas and another resident from the community for their indirect roles in the deaths of the officers.


2014 Alaska State Trooper killings, Aftermath
Nathanial Kangas was tried in May 2016 in Fairbanks for the deaths of troopers Johnson and Rich, and was found guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, one count of third-degree assault for pointing a weapon at a VPSO, and one count of tampering with evidence. He was sentenced in November to 203 years in prison (99 for the death of each trooper, 5 for evidence tampering). Arvin Kangas was convicted in May 2015 of three counts of evidence tampering (two for altering the position of the troopers' weapons, one for disposing of marijuana plants) and was sentenced to 10 years in prison, 8 of which must be served.