2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The seven teams advancing from the second qualifying round joined host nation Norway. Ireland qualified as best runners-up. The draw of groups was held on 29 April in Olso.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
The top two teams of each group advance to the semi-finals.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
If, after having applied criteria 1 to 3, teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1 to 3 were reapplied exclusively to the matches between the teams in question to determine their final rankings. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 4 to 7 were applied.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Group stage
If only two teams were tied (according to criteria 1–7) after having met in the last match of the group stage, their ranking would be determined by a penalty shoot-out.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
In the knockout stage, extra time and penalty shoot-out are used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, Knockout stage
For the first time in the competition history Ireland has reached the semi-finals. Their semi-final against the Netherlands was a rematch of the pairing in the second qualifying round, which ended in a goalless draw. With a 4–0 win the Netherlands reached the final for the first time.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification
The qualification for the 2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship were a series of association football matches between national teams to determine the participants of the 2014 Final Tournament held in Norway.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round
The 48 teams were divided into 11 groups of four teams, with each group being contested as a mini-tournament, hosted by one of the group's teams. After all matches have been played, the 11 group winners and 10 best runners-up will advance to the Second qualifying round.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round
The draw was made on 20 November 2012 at UEFA headquarters in Nyon.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round
Norway qualified as hosts, while England, Spain and Germany received byes to the second round as the sides with the highest coefficients.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round
The first round matches were played between 21 and 26 September 2013.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Seeding
Seeding for the pots of the draw was based on the qualifying matches of the past three seasons with some bonus points for final tournament results. The hosts of the eleven mini-tournament groups are annotated with an H.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Tiebreakers
Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Tiebreakers
If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1–3, if this does not break the tie, go on.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Qualifying round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the ten best second-placed teams from the qualifying round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the winners and the third-placed in each group are taken into account.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round
England, Spain and Germany received byes to the second round as the sides with the highest coefficients. Defending champions France were narrowly eliminated in the second round.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Format
24 team are drawn into six groups of four. The teams then play each other once. After that the group winners and the best runner-up advance to the final tournament.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Format
The draw was held on 20 November 2013 in Nyon. Teams were seeded based on their first round performances. The hosts of the six mini-tournament groups are indicated below in italics.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Tiebreakers
Tie-breakers between teams with the same number of points are:


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Tiebreakers
If now two teams still are tied, reapply tie-breakers 1–3, if this does not break the tie, go on.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
To determine the best second-placed team from the qualifying round, only the results of the second-placed teams against the winners and the third-placed in each group are taken into account.


2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship qualification, Elite round, Ranking of second-placed teams
Ireland advanced as best runners-up to the final tournament. Defending champions France and top seeded Germany were eliminated in this stage.


2014 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
The 2014 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship was the 11th UEFS futsal European championship held in the Czech Republic from 19 May to 23 May, with 9 national teams.


2014 UEFS Futsal Men's Championship
European Union of Futsal (UEFS) organizes the European Championship biennially.


2014 UIFL season
The 2014 UIFL season was the fourth and what would be the final season for the Ultimate Indoor Football League (UIFL). The league went to 4 teams to start the season Corpus Christi Fury, Florida Tarpons, Missouri Voodoo and Miami Inferno. On July 12, 2014, it was announced that the Miami Inferno were suspended for the remainder of the 2014 season and all games would be forfeited. It was also announced that Ultimate Bowl IV would be played on August 2, 2014. The game featured Corpus Christi Fury vs. Florida Tarpons, with the Fury winning 60–23.


2014 UIFL season, Standings
y - clinched league regular-season titlex - clinched playoff spot


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 89th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks
The most significant event of the year was the opening of a new track in the form of Towcester on 6 December 2014. Construction on the track had begun in March, backed by the Northamptonshire's racecourse owner Lord Hesketh. Leading trainers joined the track including five times champion trainer Mark Wallis, 2011 champion trainer Chris Allsopp, Kevin Hutton and Matt Dartnall.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks
The GRA was once again in the news, led by Managing Director Clive Feltham they supported a planning application for housing on Wimbledon Stadium which was against greyhound racing at the track, the other planning application by Paschal Taggart included the facility for greyhound racing. The company then sold the freehold on Belle Vue and Hall Green but retained a fifteen year lease agreement (with a five year mutual break clause). Belle Vue was purchased by the Crown Oil Pension Fund for 2.6 million and Hall Green was bought by Euro Property Investments for more than 3 million.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Tracks
Another company in the spotlight would be Clarke Osborne's Gaming International, who owned Stadia UK, as planning permission was granted for 66 new houses on part of the existing Swindon Stadium site with the plan was to use some of the funds to build a new stadium and then the old site would be demolished for 450 homes. Coventry greyhound racing closed suddenly after owner Harry Findlay pulled out, independent racing would take place at the venue at a later date.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions
The blue riband races went to Salad Dodger, winner of the 2014 English Greyhound Derby and Laughil Blake triumphed in 2014 Irish Greyhound Derby. Following the Derby final there was a series of important announcements, the first came from William Hill who announced a huge sponsorship deal for the 2015 Derby. The winner would receive a record breaking £250,000 prize and then Boylesports stated that they would back the Irish Derby for three years. In a closely fought battle at Sheffield, Paul Young claimed the trainer’s championship after picking up three winners on the night with Jaytee China, Mollys Hope and Jaytee Lightning.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions
Ballymac Eske, arguably the fastest dog in racing, returned to action at Sheffield impressing in the Three Steps to Victory, over three different distances which included a track record over 660 metres. Laurels champion Mileheight Alba defeated Pinpoint Maxi in the final of the William Hill Classic and Ballymac Vic gained a deserved big race victory in the Champions Stakes.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions
In December Peterborough won the SIS/BAGS track championship final, the event at Nottingham went down to the final race when Peterborough runner Bobs Belter took fifth place in a photo finish which resulted in a one point win.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, Competitions
Cornamaddy Jumbo winner of the Grand National, Springbok and Champion Hurdle was voted Greyhound of the Year and his trainer Mark Wallis lifted the Trainer of the Year award for the sixth time surpassing Linda Mullins.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News
The GBGB allowed equal distribution of seeds in open races. Bob Rowe the GRA chief Racing Manager retired and received a special award for services to greyhound racing and the greatest Irish trainer of all time Ger McKenna died. Harlow and former Oxford trainer Maurice Massey also died and Westmead Hawk who had been retired from stud duties died in May.


2014 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary, News
A €2.8 million rise in funding for the Irish greyhound industry was assigned in the 2015 budget. This increase from €10.8m to €13.6m would be put to use by IGB chairman Phil Meaney  but soon after they announced that they would be closing Harolds Cross, due to financial cut backs, in the future.


2014 UK Championship
The 2014 Coral UK Championship was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 25 November and 7 December 2014 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. It was the fifth ranking event of the 2014/2015 season.


2014 UK Championship
Neil Robertson was the defending champion, but he lost 5–6 against Graeme Dott in the last 16. This result led to Ding Junhui becoming the first Asian player to reach the world number one ranking.


2014 UK Championship
Ronnie O'Sullivan won his fifth UK Championship and his 27th ranking title by defeating Judd Trump 10–9 in the final. Trump had trailed 4–9 at one point during the evening session but fought back with 5 consecutive frames to level at 9–9 before O’Sullivan won the deciding frame.


2014 UK Championship
Ronnie O'Sullivan made the 109th official maximum break during his last 16 match against Matthew Selt. This was O'Sullivan's 13th official 147 break and also the fourth maximum break in the 2014/2015 season and the third time in a row that a maximum was made in a UK Championship.


2014 UK Championship
Judd Trump made his 300th career century during his last-64 match against Fraser Patrick.


2014 UK Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


2014 UK Music Video Awards
The 2014 UK Music Video Awards were held on 10 November 2014 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall in Southbank Centre, London and was hosted by Adam Buxton to recognise the best in music videos and music film making from United Kingdom and worldwide. The nominations were announced on 2 October 2014. The collaboration "Turn Down for What" between French producer DJ Snake and American rapper Lil Jon received the award for Video of the Year, directed by filmmaking duo Daniels. Korea-American director Joseph Kahn received the Icon Award.


2014 UK Open
The 2014 Coral UK Open was a darts tournament staged by the Professional Darts Corporation. It was the twelfth year of the tournament where, following numerous regional qualifying heats throughout Britain, players competed in a single elimination tournament to be crowned champion. The tournament was held at the Butlin's Resort in Minehead, England, between 7–9 March 2014, and had the nickname, "the FA Cup of darts" as a random draw was staged after each round until the final.


2014 UK Open
Phil Taylor was the defending champion, but he suffered a huge upset by losing 9–7 to Aden Kirk in the third round.


2014 UK Open
Adrian Lewis won the fourth major title of his career beating Terry Jenkins 11–1 in the final.


2014 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, UK Open Qualifiers
There were six qualifying events staged in February 2014 to determine the UK Open Order of Merit Table. The tournament winners were:


2014 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, UK Open Qualifiers
The tournament featured 138 players. The results of the six qualifiers shown above were collated into the UK Open Order Of Merit. The top 32 players in the Order of Merit received a place at the final tournament. In addition, the next 82 players plus ties in the Order of Merit list qualified for the tournament, but needed to start in the earlier rounds played on the Friday. A further 32 players qualified via regional qualifying tournaments.


2014 UK Open, Format and qualifiers, Riley qualifiers (starting in First and Preliminary Round)
32 amateur players qualified from Riley qualifiers held across the UK.


2014 UK Open, Prize money
The prize fund had increased from £200,000 to £250,000 for this year's event.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood
In March 2014, British Prime Minister David Cameron asked the then British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, Sir John Jenkins, to lead a government review into the Muslim Brotherhood.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood
The news of the review came when Prime Minister Cameron announced the review at a press conference in late March 2014. “We want to challenge the extremist narrative that some Islamist organisations have put out,” the Prime Minister said, and "What I think is important about the Muslim Brotherhood is that we understand what this organisation is, what it stands for, what its beliefs are in terms of the path of extremism and violent extremism, what its connections are with other groups, what its presence is here in the United Kingdom. Our policies should be informed by a complete picture of that knowledge."


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood
Following the announcement at the press conference questions were asked at the House of Lords and the government made it clear that some of the findings of the review would be published. A government announcement stated that “the purpose of the review is to produce an internal report to the Prime Minister to inform government policy towards the Muslim Brotherhood.” The government also asked interested parties to submit evidence to be used in the review.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood
In November 2016, the Foreign Affairs Select Committee released a report denouncing the previous report and attempting to cast the Muslim Brotherhood in a better light. However, this newer report has garnered criticism for its alleged bias as well.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Jenkins Commission
Sir John Jenkins was asked to draw up a report on the philosophy and values and alleged connections with extremism and violence by the Muslim Brotherhood. Other key players in the review team were Sir Kim Darroch, the prime minister's national security adviser,  Sir John Sawers, the current chief of the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) and Charles Farr, at the time of writing Director General of the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism in the Home Office. The final authors of the review were Sir John Jenkins and Charles Farr.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Review period
The investigative part of the review was completed in July 2014. The government also asked interested parties to submit evidence to be used in the review.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Review period
Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood leaders Ibrahim Munir Mustafa, Secretary-General Mahmoud Hussein, as well as the leader of the Tunisian  Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, have given expert evidence. As well as former general comptroller of the Muslim Brotherhood in Jordan, Hammam bin Said, and his deputy Zaki bin Arshid, and Saad Eddine Othmani, a leading figure of the Moroccan Islamist Justice and Development Party were interviewed by the commission. Then the drafting process took some time with The Daily Times reporting mid September 2014 that the report was handed over the Prime Minister's office.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final report and main findings
The final report by the Jenkins Commission remains classified but the publication of the findings of the report were delayed multiple times until they were released in a session of the House of Commons on 17 December 2015.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, First part of the report
The findings are presented in two main parts. The first part was done by Sir John Jenkins, he examined the development, ideology and structures of the Muslim Brotherhood, historically and through its foundational writings. The four main subjects discussed by Jenkins were focused on the Muslim Brotherhoods:


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, First part of the report, Conclusions from first part of the main findings
“Hassan al Banna accepted the political utility of violence, and the Brotherhood conducted attacks, including political assassinations and attempted assassinations against Egyptian state targets and both British and Jewish interests during his lifetime;”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, First part of the report, Conclusions from first part of the main findings
“in return for freedom to reorganise politically and socially in Egypt in the 1970s, the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood officially disowned violence;”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, First part of the report, Conclusions from first part of the main findings
“However, the Muslim Brotherhood at all levels have repeatedly defended Hamas attacks against Israel, including the use of suicide bombers and the killing of civilians. The Muslim Brotherhood facilitate funding for Hamas. The leadership of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood, its Jordanian counterpart and Hamas are closely connected. There are wider links with Muslim Brotherhood affiliates throughout the region. Senior members of the Muslim Brotherhood routinely use virulent, anti-Semitic language;”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, First part of the report, Conclusions from first part of the main findings
“Senior Muslim Brotherhood figures and associates have justified attacks against coalition forces in Iraq and Afghanistan;”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, First part of the report, Conclusions from first part of the main findings
“Some members of the Muslim Brotherhood (mainly in non Muslim countries) have strongly criticised Al Qaida. But leaders in the Muslim Brotherhood have claimed that the attacks on 09/11 were fabricated by the US, and that the so called ‘war on terrorism’ is a pretext to attack Muslims.”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, First part of the report, Conclusions from first part of the main findings
“Sir John concluded that it was not possible to reconcile these views with the claim made by the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood in their evidence to the review that “the Muslim Brotherhood has consistently adhered to peaceful means of opposition, renouncing all forms of violence throughout its existence”.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Second part of the report
The second part of the on the Muslim Brotherhood in the United Kingdom was written Charles Farr. He examined in detail the Muslim Brotherhood's development, ideology and activities in the UK.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Second part of the report, Conclusions from second part of the main findings
“In the 1990s the Muslim Brotherhood and their associates established public facing and apparently national organisations in the UK to promote their views. None were openly identified with the Muslim Brotherhood and membership of the Muslim Brotherhood remained (and still remains) a secret. But for some years the Muslim Brotherhood shaped the new Islamic Society of Britain (ISB), dominated the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB) and played an important role in establishing and then running the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). MAB became politically active, notably in connection with Palestine and Iraq, and promoted candidates in national and local elections. The MCB sought and obtained a dialogue with Government.”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Second part of the report, Conclusions from second part of the main findings
“Mr Farr found that as of mid-2014 the Brotherhood in the UK comprised a range of organisations, loosely associated together but without common command and control or a single leader. Some of these organisations had emerged in and from the UK. Others represented third country Brotherhood organisations using London as a base for overseas activities.”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Second part of the report, Conclusions from second part of the main findings
“The military wing of Hamas was proscribed in the UK as a terrorist organisation in 2001 but Hamas has been active here for over ten years.”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Second part of the report, Conclusions from second part of the main findings
”Muslim Brotherhood organisations in the UK – including charities – are connected to counterparts elsewhere in Europe. MAB are associated with the Federation of Islamic Organisations in Europe (FIOE), established by the Muslim Brotherhood in 1989. FIOE subsequently created the European Council for Fatwa and Research, another pan European Muslim Brotherhood body, intended to provide religious and social guidance to Muslims living in Europe.”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final conclusions
“The Muslim Brotherhood have promoted a radical, transformative politics, at odds with a millennium of Islamic jurisprudence and statecraft”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final conclusions
The Muslim Brotherhood generally tries to transform and remodel individuals and communities through a bottom up approach and where possible participate in politics. But if needed the Muslim Brotherhood is willing to use violence and terror in pursuit of their long term goals;


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final conclusions
The Muslim Brotherhood in the West uses double speak, the public narrative in the West in English the message is significantly different than in Arabic;


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final conclusions
"There is little evidence that the experience of power in Egypt has caused a rethinking in the Muslim Brotherhood of its ideology or conduct."


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final conclusions
"Much about the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK remains secretive, including membership, fund raising and educational programmes. But Muslim Brotherhood associates and affiliates here have at times had significant influence on the largest UK Muslim student organisation, national organisations which have claimed to represent Muslim communities (and on that basis have sought and had a dialogue with Government), charities and some mosques. Though their domestic influence has declined organisations associated with the Muslim Brotherhood continue to have an influence here which is disproportionate to their size;"


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final conclusions
"the Muslim Brotherhood in the UK claimed to act in support of Muslim communities here and use London as a base for activism elsewhere, notably with other Muslim Brotherhood organisations in Europe, in Egypt and the occupied Palestinian territories and in the Gulf. This activity is sometimes secretive, if not clandestine;"


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final conclusions
The Muslim Brotherhood have been publicly committed to political engagement in the United Kingdom.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Final conclusions
"Aspects of Muslim Brotherhood ideology and tactics, in this country and overseas, are contrary to our values and have been contrary to our national interests and our national security.”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s recent criticism of 2014 report
In November 2016, Britain's Foreign Affairs Select Committee, headed by Crispin Blunt, published a new report which harshly criticized the 2014 report. This most recent report was drafted over a period of nine months and specifically denounced the initial selection of Sir John Jenkins:


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s recent criticism of 2014 report
“Notwithstanding his knowledge, experience, and professional integrity, Sir John Jenkins’s concurrent service as UK ambassador to Saudi Arabia made his appointment to lead the Muslim Brotherhood Review misguided. It created the impression that a foreign state, which was an interested party, had a private window into the conduct of a UK Government inquiry… This has undermined confidence in the impartiality of the FCO’s work on such an important and contentious subject.”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s recent criticism of 2014 report
In their own words, the authors of this 2016 report stated their intent was to conduct an inquiry into ‘political Islam’, its characteristics, and how well the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has understood and engaged with ‘political-Islamist’ groups.”


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s recent criticism of 2014 report
Crispin Blunt has also encountered judgement for reportedly being a Muslim Brotherhood advocate, as he has sat in on meetings with the group and has spoken publicly about how the Brotherhood should not have been ousted in 2013.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s recent criticism of 2014 report, Stated shortcomings of 2014 report
The Committee lists three main shortcomings of the prior report:


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s recent criticism of 2014 report, Committee’s mild assessment of the Muslim Brotherhood
Overall, the Committee’s assessment attempts to sheds the Muslim Brotherhood in a better light than the previous assessment.


2014 UK government review of the Muslim Brotherhood, Foreign Affairs Select Committee’s recent criticism of 2014 report, Committee’s mild assessment of the Muslim Brotherhood
In its opening assessment summary of political Islam, the authors provide the caveat that “the Muslim Brotherhood is a secretive group, with an ambiguous international structure. But this is understandable given the repression it now experiences”.


2014 UMass Minutemen baseball team
The 2014 UMass Minutemen baseball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. Mike Stone is in his 27th season as head coach. The Minutemen play their home games at Earl Lorden Field.


2014 UMass Minutemen football team
The 2014 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was their first year with head coach Mark Whipple, who returned after 10 years coaching in the NFL. The Minutemen divided their home schedule between two stadiums. Three home games were played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The other three were played on the UMass campus at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium, which  reopened after a renovation to bring the facility up to FBS standards. This season was UMass's third in the Mid-American Conference in the East Division. They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in MAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the East Division.


2014 UN Climate Summit
The Climate Summit 2014 (sometimes also referred to as the Leader's Climate Summit) was a meeting on climate change in New York on September 23, 2014. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced it in September 2013 and invited leaders of governments, the private sector, and civil society to unite in taking concrete action towards a low-carbon emission world.


2014 UN Climate Summit
The Climate Summit 2014's focus was on initiatives and actions rather than on negotiations between countries. It was seen as a milestone towards closing the emissions gap between reduction pledges and the necessary emission cuts for the 2 °C scenario (with "pursue efforts to" limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C). It was also seen as a key step towards a new legal agreement on climate change, the Paris Agreement, which was adopted by the COP21 in Paris in December 2015 and became effective in November 2016. Another direct product of the Climate Summit 2014 was the New York Declaration on Forests.


2014 UN Climate Summit, Developments and positions prior to the Summit
After the COP19 in Warsaw, the Climate Summit was the next high-level gathering on climate change. Since the Kyoto Protocol's second commitment period expired in 2020, the UNFCCC process attempts to establish a new worldwide contract about climate protection and emission reduction objectives, drafted in 2014 at the COP20 in Lima and adopted in 2015 at the COP21 in Paris.


2014 UN Climate Summit, Developments and positions prior to the Summit
The Climate Summit in September 2014 was not part of this negotiating process, but served as a kick-off for a year of intense activity in climate policy and an indicator on the countries' ambitions to reduce emissions and support climate protection. Having this in mind, UN Secretary-General Ban invited leaders of governments, the private sector and civil society from all over the world to unite in action:


2014 UN Climate Summit, Developments and positions prior to the Summit
I challenge you to bring to the Summit bold pledges. Innovate, scale-up, cooperate and deliver concrete action that will close the emissions gap and put us on track for an ambitious legal agreement through the UNFCCC process.


2014 UN Climate Summit, Developments and positions prior to the Summit
In December 2013, Secretary-General Ban appointed the former President of Ghana, John Kufuor, and Jens Stoltenberg, former Prime Minister of Norway, as special envoys on climate change, to assist Ban in connection with the Climate Summit and provide strategic advice.


2014 UN Climate Summit, Developments and positions prior to the Summit
In preparation for the Climate Summit, on May 4 and 5 the Abu Dhabi Ascent was held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, as a meeting in order to cross-link initiatives between governments, the private sector and civil society and to "generate momentum" for the Climate Summit.


2014 UN Climate Summit, Developments and positions prior to the Summit
In July 2014, Ban Ki-moon appointed former President of Ireland, and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, a special envoy for climate change to interact with global leaders ahead of the Climate Summit, to forge political commitment towards finalizing an agreement in 2015.


2014 UN Climate Summit, Location and participation
The Climate Summit took place at UN Headquarters in New York City on September 23, 2014, one day ahead of the annual General Assembly Debate. Corporations of the Fossil fuel industry and other vested interests and their lobbying arms, such as the Global Climate Coalition (GCC), sent large delegations to the Summit to participate in the discussions, as they have in every major international climate conference for decades. The participation of such vested interests was rarely reported by network news or other major news outlets. This industry-funded GCC undertook to undermine established climate science data, to highlight uncertainties, and accordingly, to advocate for inaction by the public and governments.


2014 UN Climate Summit, Location and participation
A major protest against climate change took place outside the conference and on Sunday two days before the conference in other countries worldwide to encourage the leaders to take strong climate action.


2014 UNAF U-17 Tournament
The 2014 edition of the UNAF U-17 Tournament took place between 21 and 23 March 2014. Morocco hosted the tournament.


2014 UNAF U-20 Tournament
The 2014 UNAF U-20 Tournament was the 8th edition of the UNAF U-20 Tournament. The tournament took place in Misurata, Libya, from March 18 to 21, 2014. Senegal won the competition after topping the group stage.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team
The 2014 UNLV Rebels football team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rebels were led by fifth year head coach Bobby Hauck and played their home games at Sam Boyd Stadium. They were members of the West Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in Mountain West play to finish in last place in the West Division.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team
At the end of the season, head coach Bobby Hauck resigned. He posted a record of 15–49 in five seasons and in 2013 took the Rebels to their first bowl game since 2000.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, at Arizona
In their first game of the season, the Rebels lost, 58–13 to the Arizona Wildcats.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, Northern Colorado
In their second game of the season, the Rebels won, 13–12 over the Northern Colorado Bears.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, Northern Illinois
In their third game of the season, the Rebels lost, 48–34 to the Northern Illinois Huskies.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, at Houston
In their fourth game of the season, the Rebels lost, 47–14 to the Houston Cougars.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, at San Diego State
In their fifth game of the season, the Rebels lost, 34–17 to the San Diego State Aztecs.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, at San Jose State
In their sixth game of the season, the Rebels lost, 33–10 to the San Jose State Spartans.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, Fresno State
In their seventh game of the season, the Rebels won, 30–27, in overtime, over the Fresno State Bulldogs.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, at Utah State
In their eighth game of the season, the Rebels lost, 34–20, to the Utah State Aggies.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, New Mexico
In their ninth game of the season, the Rebels lost, 31–28, to the New Mexico Lobos.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, Air Force
In their tenth game of the season, the Rebels lost, 48–21, to the Air Force Falcons.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, at BYU
In their eleventh game of the season, the Rebels lost, 42–23, to the BYU Cougars.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, at Hawaii
In their twelfth game of the season, the Rebels lost, 37–35, to the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors.


2014 UNLV Rebels football team, Game summaries, Nevada
In their thirteenth game of the season, the Rebels lost, 49–27, to the Nevada Wolf Pack.


2014 UR116
2014 UR116, also known as 2008 XB, is an eccentric sub-kilometer asteroid, categorized as a near-Earth object and potentially hazardous asteroid of the Apollo group with a diameter of approximately 400 meters (1,300 ft). It was first observed on 1 December 2008, by the Mount Lemmon Survey at Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona, United States.


2014 UR116, Orbit
2014 UR116 orbits the Sun at a distance of 0.6–3.6 AU once every 3 years (1,088 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.73 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic.


2014 UR116, Orbit, Close approaches
The asteroid has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of 0.0290 AU (4,340,000 km) which translates into 11.3 lunar distances. On 21 October 2014, it passed 0.0854 AU (12,780,000 km; 7,940,000 mi) from Earth. On 10 April 2047, the asteroid will safely pass 0.0296 AU (4,430,000 km; 2,750,000 mi) from Earth.


2014 UR116, Orbit, Close approaches
Although some inaccurate press reports have suggested that it may pose an impact risk to Earth, the NASA/JPL Near Earth Object Program Office reported that it poses no risk of impact to any planet for at least 150 years. Between 1904 and 2174, the closest approach it makes to any planet was on 9 June 2008 when it passed 0.0144 AU (2,150,000 km; 1,340,000 mi) from Mars. The asteroid has never been listed on the Sentry Risk Table and has a well determined orbit with an observation arc of 6 years.


2014 UR116, Discovery
The asteroid was first detected on 1 December 2008 by the Mount Lemmon Survey and received the provisional designation 2008 XB. However, at an apparent magnitude of 20 and an assumed orbital eccentricity of 0.3, the object had a very short observation arc of less than 2 hours and the body became a lost minor planet. It was only recovered as 2014 UR116 on 27 October 2014, by observers at the MASTER-II Observatory (C41) at Pulkovo Observatory in Kislovodsk, Russia.


2014 US Open (tennis)
The 2014 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 134th edition of the US Open, the fourth and final Grand Slam event of the year. It took place at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.


2014 US Open (tennis)
Rafael Nadal was the defending champion in the men's event; however, on 18 August, the Spaniard announced his withdrawal from the event after failing to recover from a wrist injury, while Serena Williams was the two-time defending champion in the women's event.


2014 US Open (tennis)
In the men's singles competition, Marin Čilić won his first grand slam, while Serena Williams won her Open era record-tying sixth title in the women's singles competition, tying Chris Evert, and her eighteenth grand slam title, tying Evert and Martina Navratilova. Winning the men's doubles, Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan became the most victorious doubles team in Open era history at the tournament, and this was the team's 100th title together and sixteenth grand slam title tying Todd Woodbridge for the Open era record.


2014 US Open (tennis)
Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won women's doubles competition title, becoming two-time grand slam champions with their victory at the 2013 French Open. The winning mixed doubles team was Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares, and for Mirza it was her third mixed doubles grand slam title in her career and Soares' second grand slam title for his career. It was Soares' second US Open title in mixed doubles, and it was the first for Mirza.


2014 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The 2014 US Open was the 134th edition of the tournament and it is held at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park of Queens in New York City, New York, United States.


2014 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The tournament was an event run by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and was part of the 2014 ATP World Tour and the 2014 WTA Tour calendars under the Grand Slam category. The tournament consisted of both men's and women's singles and doubles draws as well as a mixed doubles event. There were singles and doubles events for both boys and girls (players under 18), which was part of the Grade A category of tournaments, and singles, doubles and quad events for men's and women's wheelchair tennis players as part of the NEC tour under the Grand Slam category.


2014 US Open (tennis), Tournament
The tournament was played on hard courts and is taking place over a series of 17 courts with DecoTurf surface, including the three main showcourts, Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and Grandstand.


2014 US Open (tennis), Broadcast
The tournament was scheduled to be broadcast in more than 200 countries around the world. In the United States the tournament was broadcast live on CBS, ESPN, and Tennis Channel. CBS ended its 47-year tenure as the broadcast home of the Open. Beginning in 2015, ESPN will have the exclusive television rights to all USTA events, including the Open and the US Open Series.


2014 US Open (tennis), Broadcast
In 2014, live coverage emanated from seven courts, including Arthur Ashe Stadium, Louis Armstrong Stadium and the Grandstand, as well as Court 5, Court 11, Court 13, and Court 17.


2014 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Point distribution
Below is a series of tables for each of the competitions showing the ranking points on offer for each event.


2014 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Prize money
The US Open total prize money for 2014 was increased by 11.7 percent to a record $38,251,760, which potentially could reach over 40 million dollars, as the top three finishers in the Emirates Airline US Open Series may earn up to an additional $2.6 million in bonus money at the US Open.


2014 US Open (tennis), Point and prize money distribution, Prize money, Bonus prize money
Top three players in the 2014 US Open Series received bonus prize money, depending on where they finish in the 2014 US Open, according to money schedule below.


2014 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds
Seedings are based on rankings as of August 18, 2014. Rankings and points before are as of August 25, 2014.


2014 US Open (tennis), Singles seeds, Women's Singles
†The player did not qualify for the tournament in 2013. Accordingly, this was the 16th best result deducted instead.


2014 US Open (tennis), Protected ranking
The following players were accepted directly into the main draw using a protected ranking:


2014 US Open (tennis), Withdrawals
The following players were accepted directly into the main tournament, but withdrew with injuries.


2014 US Open Series
In tennis, the 2014 US Open Series (known as Emirates Airline US Open Series for sponsorship reasons) was the eleventh edition of the US Open Series, which included nine hard court tournaments that started on July 21, 2014 in Atlanta and concluded in Winston-Salem for the men and in New Haven for the women on August 23, 2014. This edition consisted of four separate men's tournaments and three women's tournaments, with the Western & Southern Open hosting both a men's and women's event. The series was headlined by two ATP World Tour Masters 1000 and two WTA Premier 5 events. Milos Raonic and Serena Williams were the US Open Series champions in 2014. Serena Williams improved the biggest payout in professional tennis history record which she previously shared with Rafael Nadal. The new record was then set at $4 million.


2014 US Open Series, Point distribution for series events
In order to be included in the final standings and subsequently the bonus prize money, a player needs to have countable results from at least two different tournaments. Starting from the 2014 season, a new rule has been added to double the points of a player who has obtained countable results in at least three tournaments.


2014 US Open Series, Point distribution for series events
The players who finish in the top three in the series can earn up to $1 million in extra prize money at the US Open.


2014 US Open Series, US Open Series standings
The standings include all players who received points in at least two tournaments.


2014 US Open Series, Bonus Prize Money
Top three players in the 2014 US Open Series will receive bonus prize money, depending on where they finish in the 2014 US Open, according to money schedule below.


2014 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Kamil Majchrzak and Martin Redlicki were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, but Redlicki was ineligible to participate and Majchrzak chose not to participate.


2014 US Open – Boys' Doubles
Omar Jasika and Naoki Nakagawa won the tournament after beating Rafael Matos and João Menezes in the final, 6–3, 7–6(8–6).


2014 US Open – Boys' Singles
Borna Ćorić was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but elevated to Men's Singles instead as a qualifier.


2014 US Open – Boys' Singles
Omar Jasika won the title, defeating Quentin Halys in the final, 2–6, 7–5, 6–1.


2014 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Barbora Krejčíková and Kateřina Siniaková were the defending champions, having won the event in 2013, however both players chose not to participate. İpek Soylu and Jil Teichmann won the tournament by defeating Vera Lapko and Tereza Mihalíková in the final.


2014 US Open – Girls' Singles
Ana Konjuh was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, however she chose not to participate.


2014 US Open – Girls' Singles
Marie Bouzková won the title, defeating Anhelina Kalinina in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–5).


2014 US Open – Men's Champions Doubles
Pat Cash and Todd Martin won the title by defeating brothers John and Patrick McEnroe in the final in three sets.


2014 US Open – Men's Doubles
Leander Paes and Radek Štěpánek were the defending champions, but lost in the third round to Marcel Granollers and Marc López.


2014 US Open – Men's Doubles
Bob and Mike Bryan won the title, defeating Granollers and López in the final, 6–3, 6–4. This marked several milestones for the American twins:


2014 US Open – Men's Singles
Marin Čilić defeated Kei Nishikori in the final 6–3, 6–3, 6–3 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 2014 US Open. Rafael Nadal was the defending champion, but withdrew before the tournament began because of a right wrist injury. Čilić beat Nishikori to become the second Croatian to win a Grand Slam men's singles title after his coach Goran Ivanišević triumphed at 2001 Wimbledon.


2014 US Open – Men's Singles
Nishikori became the first Japanese player to reach the Grand Slam semifinal since Jiro Sato at the 1933 French Championships (now French Open), and the first Japanese man to do so in the Open Era.


2014 US Open – Men's Singles
The finalists defeated Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in their respective semi-finals to guarantee a new champion, the first Grand Slam final with a guaranteed new champion since the 2008 Australian Open (when Djokovic defeated Jo-Wilfried Tsonga), and the first Grand Slam with two first-time Slam finalists since the 2005 French Open (where Nadal defeated Mariano Puerta). Nishikori and Čilić were also the two lowest-ranked seeds to reach the US Open final since Pete Sampras won the title in 2002 as the 17th seed.


2014 US Open – Men's Singles
Between the 2005 Australian Open and 2020 US Open, this was the only Grand Slam final where none of the Big Three featured in the final. This was also the first US Open appearance for the 2020 US Open champion Dominic Thiem, who reached the fourth round before losing to Tomáš Berdych.


2014 US Open – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková and Max Mirnyi were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hlaváčková played alongside Alexander Peya, but lost in the second round to Taylor Townsend and Donald Young. Mirnyi teamed up with Chan Hao-ching, but lost in the second round to Ashleigh Barty and John Peers.


2014 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Sania Mirza and Bruno Soares won the title, defeating Abigail Spears and Santiago González 6–1, 2–6, [11–9] in the final.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Michael Jeremiasz and Maikel Scheffers were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Michael Jeremiasz played alongside Nicolas Peifer, but lost in the semifinals to Maikel Scheffers who teamed up with Gordon Reid.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Doubles
Stéphane Houdet and Shingo Kunieda won the tournament after beating Maikel Scheffers and Gordon Reid in the final.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Men's Singles
Stéphane Houdet was the defending champion, but lost in the semifinals to Gustavo Fernández. Shingo Kunieda won the tournament after beating Fernández in the final, 7–6(7–0), 6–4.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Doubles
Nick Taylor and David Wagner were the defending champions and successfully defend their title by defeating Lucas Sithole and Andrew Lapthorne in the final, 6–3, 7–5.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
Lucas Sithole was the defending champion, but he did not qualify for the final.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles
Andrew Lapthorne won the title, defeating David Wagner in the final, 7–5, 6–2.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Quad Singles, Draw, Round Robin
Standings are determined by: 1) Number of wins; 2) Number of matches; 3) In two-players-ties, head-to-head records; 4) In three-players-ties, percentage of sets won, or of games won; 5) Steering Committee decision.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Doubles
Yui Kamiji and Jordanne Whiley won the tournament, defeating the defending champions Jiske Griffioen and Aniek Van Koot in the final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–3 and completed the Calendar Slam in Women's Doubles Wheelchair Tennis.


2014 US Open – Wheelchair Women's Singles
Aniek van Koot was the defending champion, but lost in the final to Yui Kamiji, 3–6, 3–6.


2014 US Open – Women's Champions Doubles
Martina Navratilova and Jana Novotná won the title by defeating Tracy Austin and Gigi Fernández in the final in two sets.


2014 US Open – Women's Doubles
Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, but chose not to participate together. Hlaváčková played alongside Zheng Jie, but lost in the quarterfinals to Kimiko Date-Krumm and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová. Hradecká teamed up with Michaëlla Krajicek, but lost in the third round to Zarina Diyas and Xu Yifan. Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won their second Grand Slam doubles title together, defeating Martina Hingis and Flavia Pennetta in the final, 2–6, 6–3, 6–2.


2014 US Open – Women's Singles
Two-time defending champion Serena Williams successfully defended her title, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 2014 US Open. It was her Open Era-record-equaling sixth US Open title 18th major singles title overall, equaling Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert's tally. She did not lose a set during the tournament for a record-equaling third time, and did not lose more than three games in any set.


2014 US Open – Women's Singles
This was the first major main draw appearance for CiCi Bellis, who at the age of 15 became the youngest player to win a match at the US Open since 1996 when she defeated the twelfth seed Dominika Cibulková.


2014 US Open – Women's Singles
The top three seeds (Williams, Simona Halep and Petra Kvitová) were in contention for the world No. 1 ranking at the start of the tournament. Williams retained the top position after Halep and Kvitová lost in the third round.


2014 US Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organised by USA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place February 21–23 in conjunction with the USA Indoor Combined Events Championships which started the day after and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States.


2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The results of the event determined qualification for the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships to be held in Sopot, Poland between 7–9 March 2014 provided the athlete achieved (or will achieve before the cut-off date) the World Championships "A" or "B" standard, the top three athletes can gain a place on the World Championships team in an individual event (although only two can compete). Reigning world champions or Diamond League champions (in events where there is no reigning world champion) received a wild card entry to the World Championships, and they did not count against the maximum number of three athletes per event.


2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Two championship records were set during the competition: Ryan Whiting broke the men's shot put mark with his winning throw of 22.23 m (72 ft 11 in), while Sharon Day won the women's pentathlon with a score of 4805 points, which was also an outright national record for the event.


2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
The women's 3000-meter run attracted the most attention within the competition. Gabe Grunewald, who had previously been diagnosed with cancer, won the race by several seconds to take her first national title. A clash between Grunewald and Jordan Hasay (the fourth placer) in the final lap was originally disregarded by the judges. Alberto Salazar, the coach of Hasay and runner-up Shannon Rowbury, filed a protest which was overruled by the track referee, then a subsequent appeal of that decision was again dismissed.


2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships
Grunewald's coach, Dennis Barker, stated that Nike staff and Salazar continued to apply pressure on the USATF officials, which resulted in the reopening of the appeal and the disqualification of Grunewald hours after the race (in contravention of USATF's own appeal rules). This provoked severe criticism from present athletes and coaches, as well as track and field journalists and fans on social media. As a result, USATF CEO Max Siegel opened discussions with Barker and Salazar which resulted in the withdrawal of Hasay and Grunewald being reinstated as champion on February 24. The affair generated negative publicity for both USATF and Nike, a company whose sponsorship accounted for nearly half the governing body's budget in 2012.


2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships was held at Hornet Stadium in Sacramento, California. Organised by USA Track and Field, the four-day competition took place June 26–29 in conjunction with the USA Junior Combined Events Outdoor Track & Field Championships which started the day before and served as the national championships in track and field for the United States.


2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Schedule
The men's and women's shot put events were contested at the California State Capitol, separate from the rest of the program held at Hornet Stadium.


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge
The 2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge was the fourth edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge stage race. Once again, the race was included on the UCI America Tour, with a UCI classification of 2.HC. As such, the race was only open to teams on the UCI ProTour, UCI Professional Continental and UCI Continental circuits. The race took place between August 18–24, 2014 as a seven-day, seven-stage race, traversing the state of Colorado. The 2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge was one of six UCI-ranked stage races in the United States in 2014, and one of two (along with the 2014 Tour of California) that attracted multiple UCI ProTeams to compete.


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Participating teams
In July, the USA Pro Cycling Challenge announced a sixteen-team field, made up of five UCI ProTeams, four UCI Professional Continental Teams and seven UCI Continental Teams, thus giving the race a total of sixteen-teams (the same as in 2013).


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Results, Stage 1
The opening circuit for the pro challenge began in Aspen, and consisted of three 20 miles (32 km) laps and 3,080 feet (940 m)  of climbing per lap.


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Classification leadership
In the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, five jerseys are awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding the finishing times of the stages per cyclist, the leader receives a yellow jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge, and the winner of the general classification will be considered the winner of the event.


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Classification leadership
Additionally, there is also a sprints classification, akin to what is called the points classification in other races, which awards a green jersey. Points are gathered at sprint line performances as well as finishing the stage in the top-fifteen places.


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Classification leadership
There is also a mountains classification, which awards a red jersey. In the mountains classifications, points are won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb is categorized, either first, second, third, or fourth category, with more points available for the harder climbs.


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Classification leadership
There is also a youth classification. This classification is calculated the same way as the general classification, but only young cyclists (under 23) are included. The leader of the young rider classification receives a blue jersey.


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Classification leadership
The last jersey is awarded to the most aggressive rider of a stage for him to wear on the next stage. It is generally awarded to a rider who attacks constantly or spends a lot of time in the breakaways. This jersey is orange.


2014 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, Classification leadership
There is also a classification for teams. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per stage are added, and the team with the lowest time is the leader.


2014 USA Sevens
The 2014 USA Sevens (also sometimes referred to as the 2014 Las Vegas Sevens) was the eleventh edition of the USA Sevens tournament, and the fifth tournament of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series. The tournament was held January 24–26, 2014 at Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada.


2014 USA Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into four pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets. The bottom two teams from each group went to the Bowl/Shield brackets.


2014 USA Sevens, Teams
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 30 November 2013.


2014 USA Swimming Championships
The 2014 Phillips 66 National Swimming Championships were held from August 6 to 10, 2014, at the William Woollett Jr. Aquatics Center in Irvine, California.


2014 USA Women's Sevens
The 2014 USA Sevens was the second tournament within the 2013-14 Sevens World Series. It was held over the weekend of 15–16 February 2014 at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, Georgia.


2014 USA Women's Sevens, Format
The teams were drawn into three pools of four teams each. Each team played everyone in their pool one time. The top two teams from each pool advanced to the Cup/Plate brackets while the top 2 third place teams will also compete in the Cup/Plate. The rest of the teams from each group went to the Bowl brackets.


2014 USA Women's Sevens, Teams
The participating teams and schedule were announced on 15 January 2014.


2014 USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Series
The 2014 USAC Traxxas Silver Crown Champ Car Series season was the 43rd season of the USAC Silver Crown Series. The series began with the Sumar Classic at the Terre Haute Action Track on April 6, and ended on October 11 at New York State Fairgrounds. Bobby East began the season as the defending champion, and Kody Swanson was the season champion.


2014 USAFL National Championships
The 2014 USAFL National Championships was the 18th installment of the premier United States annual Australian rules football club tournament. The tournament was held in Dublin, Ohio from the 11–12 October. The National Champions from the men's competition were the New York Magpies and from the women's competition the champions were the Denver Bulldogs.


2014 USARL season
The 2014 USARL season was the fourth season of the USA Rugby League competition in the United States. It began on Saturday, May 31, and concluded with the Championship Final on Saturday, August 23. The Philadelphia Fight capped their first perfect season by defeating the Jacksonville Axemen 30-18 in Championship Final, claiming their third USARL Championship.


2014 USARL season, Teams
This season saw significant changes to the number of teams competing, as well as the structure of the competition.


2014 USARL season, Teams
In the wake of failed unification negotiations with the AMNRL in early 2014, it was announced at the USARL February 16 Annual General Meeting that the competition would be expanded by four teams: Brooklyn, Central Florida, Atlanta, and Tampa Bay. The competition would be split into two conferences (North and South) to accommodate expansion and reduce operating costs. Furthermore, the North Conference would be split into two divisions: North East and North Atlantic.


2014 USARL season, Teams
The Northern Virginia Eagles withdrew from the AMNRL and joined the USARL. They played in the new North Atlantic Division.


2014 USARL season, Regular season
The South Conference played a double round-robin schedule. The North Conference (except Baltimore) played 7 games per team. A win was worth 2 points, a draw worth 1 point, and a loss worth 0 points. There were no bonus points for number of tries or close losses.


2014 USARL season, Playoffs
To accommodate the new conference and division structure, the USARL created a new playoff structure for 2014. In the South Conference, all four teams automatically qualified for the South Conference Playoffs. The teams with the best and worst records played each other, as did the teams with the second- and third-best records. The winners played in the South Conference Championship. In the North Conference, the teams with the first- and second-best record in each division played each other in the North Conference Playoffs. The winners played in the North Conference Championship. The winners of the Conference Championships met in the Championship Final.


2014 USC Trojans football team
The 2014 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California in the 2014 college football season. USC played their home games at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They were led by Steve Sarkisian, who returned to USC after coaching Pac-12 opponent Washington for five years. They finished the season 9–4, 6–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for second place in the South Division. They were invited to the Holiday Bowl where they defeated Nebraska.


2014 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters
USC returns 16 starters in 2014, including eight on offense, eight on defense, and the starting kicker, punter & long snapper.


2014 USC Trojans football team, Personnel, Returning starters
Key departures include Kevin Graf (OT), Marqise Lee (WR), Silas Redd (RB), Xavier Grimble (TE), Marcus Martin (C), George Uko (DE / DT), Devon Kennard (DE), Morgan Breslin (LB), Dion Bailey (LB / S), and Demetrius Wright (S)


2014 USL Pro season
The 2014 USL Pro season was the fourth USL Pro season and the 28th season of third-division soccer in the United States.


2014 USL Pro season, Teams
Antigua Barracuda FC and VSI Tampa Bay FC folded following the 2013 season and were replaced by Sacramento Republic FC and Oklahoma City Energy FC. On January 29, 2014, the Los Angeles Galaxy of MLS announced that they would be fielding a USL Pro team, the LA Galaxy II. The Los Angeles Blues were rebranded Orange County Blues FC on February 5, 2014. Arizona United SC replaced Phoenix FC on March 13, 2014.


2014 USL Pro season, Teams
Orlando City Soccer Club spent their final season in USL Pro playing at ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex on the campus of Walt Disney World Resort in Kissimmee, Florida. This is due to the closure of the Florida Citrus Bowl Stadium, their home for their first three seasons, for remodeling during 2014. The following season Orlando City moved up to Major League Soccer.


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


2014 USL Pro season, Teams, MLS-USL Pro Alliance
Each USL PRO team will compete in two additional inter-league games against 2014 MLS Reserve League opponents in a "geographically influenced unbalanced schedule". The inter-league games will count in both the official USL PRO and MLS Reserve League standings.


2014 USL Pro season, Teams, MLS-USL Pro Alliance
USL Pro teams compiled a 14 Win, 5 Tie and 9 Loss record against MLS Reserve Teams in 2014.


2014 USL Pro season, Teams, Player transfers
For full article, see List of USL Pro transfers 2014.


2014 USL Pro season, Playoffs
The 2014 USL PRO Playoffs will include the top eight finishers in the table, with the quarterfinals (No. 1 vs. No. 8, No. 2 vs. No. 7, etc.) set for the weekend of September 12–14. The semifinals featuring the four remaining teams will be played the following weekend, with the 2014 USL PRO Championship set for the weekend of September 26–28. All playoff rounds feature a single-game knockout format and teams will not be re-seeded following each round.


2014 USL Pro season, All-League Teams, First Team
F: Matthew Delicâte (RIC), Chandler Hoffman (LAG), Dane Kelly (CHB)M: George Davis IV (RIC), Rodrigo López (SAC),  Kevin Molino (ORL)D: Luke Boden (ORL), Ashani Fairclough (WIL),  Nemanja Vuković (SAC), William Yomby (RIC)G: John McCarthy (ROC)


2014 USL Pro season, All-League Teams, Second Team
F: J.C. Banks (ROC), Aaron Schoenfeld (DDL), Long Tan (AZU)M: André Auras (LAG), Jorge Herrera (CHE), Allan Russell (OCB)D: Matt Bahner (HAR), Gareth Evans (OKC),  Brad Rusin (ORL), Daniel Steres (LAG)G: Joe Willis (RIC)


2014 USL W-League season
The 2014 W-League season is the 20th season of the league's existence, and 11th season of second division women's soccer in the United States. The regular season started on May 10 and ended on July 13. The Los Angeles Blues won their fourth league championship, finishing the season undefeated and tie-free. They scored 63 goals and had only 6 scored against them in 15 regular season & playoff games.


2014 USL W-League season, Standings
As of 7/13/2014   2014 W-League Champion  2014 Division Title  2014 Playoff Team


2014 USL W-League season, Playoffs
The top two finishers in the Northeastern, Southeastern and Western Conferences and the top three finishers in the Central Conference will qualify for the conference playoffs. The conference winners will play for the 2014 W-League Championship, to be held July 25–27 at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.


2014 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Northeastern Conference
F: Ashley Herndon (WAS), Marisa Park (BRSE) *, Katie Yensen (WAS)M: Laylla da Cruz (NJW), Serina Kashimoto (NYM), Yoreli Rincón (NJW)D: Sue Alber-Weber (LIR) *, Sam Lofton (WAS) *,  Satara Murray (WAS), Lorina White (NYM)G: Samantha Depken (NYM)


2014 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Southeastern Conference
F: Florence Dadson (GCT), Jade Montgomery (CHE), Maria Jose-Rojas (GCT)M: Leah Fortune (CHE), Rose Lavelle (DDL), Blakely Mattern (CAR) * D: Lauren Gorodetsky (ATL), Renee Hurd (GCT),  Kailey Mattison (CAR), Amanda Naeher (CHE) * G: Robyn Jones (CHE)


2014 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Central Conference
F: Arin Gilliland (OTT), Christabel Oduro (OTT), Leticia Skeete (KWU)M: Catherine Charron-Delage (LAV), Arielle Roy-Petitclerc (QUE), Lisa-Marie Woods (OTT)D: Marissa Duguay (LAV), Melanie Pickert (TOR),  Melissa Roy (QUE), Shelina Zadorsky (OTT) * G: Genevieve Richard (LAV) *


2014 USL W-League season, All-League and All-Conference Teams, Western Conference
F: Danica Evans (COR) *, Chloe Logarzo (PRI) *, Mallory Weber (PRI)M: Jessica Ayers (PRI), Mele French (LAB) *, Sarah Killion (LAB) * D: Rachel Daly (LAB), Danielle Johnson (BAB), Holly King (PRI),  Kandace Love (LAB)G: Anna Maria Picarelli (SEA)


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The 2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team represented University of Santo Tomas in the 77th season of the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The men's basketball tournament for the school year 2014-15 began on July 12, 2014 and the host school for the season was University of the East.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
UST finished sixth at the end of the double-round eliminations, winning five games against nine losses. They had an average losing margin of 9.2 points and an average winning margin of 6.6 points per game.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
The Tigers failed to qualify for the final four matches for the first time since Season 73 and after being in the finals the past two years.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team
Cameroonian center Karim Abdul made it to the Mythical team selection for the third straight year.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Bong dela Cruz replaced Pido Jarencio as the head coach of the Growling Tigers senior men's basketball team on March 27, 2014. The coaching change was announced by Institute of Physical Education and Athletics (IPEA) secretary and UAAP board representative Ms. Gilda Kamus following Jarencio's resignation in January.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Jarencio, the Growling Tigers coach for eight years who led the team to the UAAP title in his rookie year in 2006, signed a two-year contract as head coach of GlobalPort in the Philippine Basketball Association.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
Dela Cruz was a point guard of the Glowing Goldies in 1988 before he transferred to the Adamson Falcons to join former high school teammates Giovanni Pineda, Gerardo Hipolito, Manuel Cucio, Marlou Aquino, and Christopher de Leon. Together with Edward Joseph Feihl, the Golden Nuggets juniors team was once regarded as the tallest basketball team in the country.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Coaching changes
After his college playing days, he became a coach in the Philippine Basketball League, the National Basketball Conference, and Liga Pilipinas. He was hired as an assistant coach of the Growling Tigers beginning in Season 75. Aside from UST, he was also an assistant coach for the Enderun Titans under former FEU Tamaraws player Pipo Noundou.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Injuries
Fourth year forward Kevin Ferrer played in only eight games in Season 77 after fracturing his left hand during practice prior to their second round match against the FEU Tamaraws.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Injuries
Karim Abdul missed their game against the UE Red Warriors in the first round after being confined in the hospital from dehydration due to a viral infection.


2014 UST Growling Tigers men's basketball team, Schedule and results
Elimination games were played in a double round-robin format. All games were aired on ABS-CBN Sports and Action.


2014 USTA Player Development Classic
The 2014 USTA Player Development Classic was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the sixth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Carson, California, United States, on July 14–20, 2014.


2014 USTA Player Development Classic, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 USTA Player Development Classic – Doubles
Alexandra Mueller and Asia Muhammad were the defending champions, having won the previous edition in 2011, but Mueller chose not to participate. Muhammad teamed up with Sanaz Marand as the second seeds, but they lost in the first round.


2014 USTA Player Development Classic – Doubles
The top seeds Michaëlla Krajicek and Olivia Rogowska won the title, defeating Samantha Crawford and Sachia Vickery in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–1.


2014 USTA Player Development Classic – Singles
Camila Giorgi was the defending champion, having won the previous edition in 2011, but she chose not to participate.


2014 USTA Player Development Classic – Singles
Nicole Gibbs won the all-American final, defeating Melanie Oudin 6–4, 6–4.


2014 USTA Tennis Classic of Macon
The 2014 USTA Tennis Classic of Macon was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the second edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $50,000 in prize money. It took place in Macon, Georgia, United States, on October 20–26, 2014.


2014 USTA Tennis Classic of Macon, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 USTA Tennis Classic of Macon – Doubles
Kristi Boxx and Abigail Guthrie were the defending champions, but neither player chose to participate this year.


2014 USTA Tennis Classic of Macon – Doubles
The wildcard pairing of Madison Brengle and Alexa Glatch won the tournament, defeating Anna Tatishvili and Ashley Weinhold in the all-American final, 6–0, 7–5.


2014 USTA Tennis Classic of Macon – Singles
Anna Tatishvili was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to Kateryna Bondarenko.


2014 USTA Tennis Classic of Macon – Singles
Bondarenko went on to win the tournament, defeating Grace Min in the final, 6–4, 7–5.


2014 UT Martin Skyhawks football team
The 2014 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks football team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2014 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Jason Simpson and played their home games at Graham Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–6, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in a tie for third place.


2014 UTEP Miners football team
The 2014 UTEP Miners football team represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the second year for head coach Sean Kugler both with UTEP and overall. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA. The Miners played their home games in El Paso, Texas at the Sun Bowl Stadium. They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in a tie for second place in the West Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Utah State. UTEP averaged 28,377 fans per game.


2014 UTEP Miners football team
As of the conclusion of the 2020 season, this is the last season the Miners have finished with a winning record.


2014 UTSA Roadrunners football team
The 2014 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. This was the fourth season for football at UTSA and their second as members of Conference USA in the West Division. Larry Coker returned as the team's head coach for a fourth season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in the West Division.


2014 UZ224
2014 UZ224 is a trans-Neptunian object and possibly a dwarf planet orbiting in the scattered disc of the outermost Solar System. As of 2021, it is approximately 89.7 AU (13.42 billion km) from the Sun, and will slowly decrease in distance until it reaches its perihelion of 38 AU in 2142. The discoverers have nicknamed it "DeeDee" for "Distant Dwarf".


2014 UZ224
2014 UZ224 was discovered by a team led by David Gerdes using data collected by the large camera Dark Energy Camera (DECam). It has a diameter of ~635 km (395 mi) and reflects just 13 percent of the sunlight that hits it on its approximately 1,100 year orbit around the Sun. Since the numbering of (532037) 2013 FY27 in May 2019, 2014 UZ224 may be the largest unnumbered object in the Solar System (though see 2012 VP113). The earliest known precovery observations of 2014 UZ224 were taken at the Mauna Kea Observatory on 15 October 2006.


2014 Uber Cup group stage
This article lists the complete results of the group stage of the 2014 Uber Cup in New Delhi, India.


2014 Ukraine train bus collision
The 2014 Ukraine train bus collision occurred on 4 February 2014 when a bus was hit by a train and killed at least 13 people and another 6 were wounded; the bus driver survived. According to province prosecutor's office: "The shuttle bus ignored the traffic lights and the sound signals and headed to the crossing". The collision took place in Vyry, Sumy Oblast, in northeastern Ukraine.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown
On 14 June 2014, an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft of the 25th Transport Aviation Brigade of the Ukrainian Air Force was shot down by forces of the self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic while on approach to land at Luhansk International Airport, Ukraine, during the initial phase of the war in Donbas. The aircraft was carrying troops and equipment from an undisclosed location. All 49 people on board were killed.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Attack
The aircraft was carrying military equipment and 40 troops, as well as a crew of nine. It was coming in to land at Luhansk International Airport when it came under anti-aircraft fire. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence, a heavy machine gun had been used to fire upon the aircraft. According to the Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office, the aircraft was brought down by man-portable air-defense system equipment. It subsequently crashed at 00:51 local time (21:51 on 13 June, UTC); all 49 people on board died. The Ukrainian Ministry of Defence blamed the pro-Russian separatists for the loss of the aircraft and troops. The aircraft was reported to have been carrying 40 paratroopers of the 25th Separate Dnipropetrovsk Airborne Brigade in addition to its crew.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Attack
A military analyst based in Kyiv reported that two empty launch tubes for Igla missiles had been found near the Luhansk airport. Vladimir Inogorodsky, spokesman of the Donetsk People's Republic, confirmed that Igla missiles had been used. Separatists had said a week prior to the downing of the plane that they would not allow any more flights into the airport.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Attack
The incident was the worst loss suffered by the Ukrainian military in a single event since the pro-Russian conflict began in February 2014. It was also the fourth deadliest involving the Il-76 and the tenth deadliest aircrash in Ukraine.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Attack
According to a Russian source, on 17 June the head of the Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) Valeriy Bolotov announced that investigators from the LPR were able to find neither armaments nor the body parts of soldiers at the crash site. Bolotov hypothesized that the plane was empty and was intended to transport the bodies of soldiers killed in action, while reaffirming that rebels had shot down the plane.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Attack
On 7 October 2017 the Security Service of Ukraine claimed it had established the involvement of the Russian private military company Wagner Group in the downing of the Il-76.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Attack
On June 14, 2019, on the fifth anniversary of the shootdown of the aircraft, the Security Service of Ukraine reported that its investigators established direct involvement of Russian Federation Armed Forces lieutenant general Yevgeny Nikiforov, who ordered Dmitry Utkin from "Wagner Group" to destroy the aircraft.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Aircraft
The aircraft was an Ilyushin Il-76MD of the Ukrainian Air Force, registration 76777, manufacturer's serial number 0083482490. The aircraft had first flown in 1988.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Aircraft
Originally operated by Aeroflot as CCCP-76777, the aircraft had subsequently served with the Ukrainian Air Force, Azov-Azia Aircompany and Avilond TAC as UR-76777 before serving with Payam Air as EP-TPY. A planned acquisition by the ATI Aircompany did not go ahead, and the aircraft was reacquired by the Ukrainian Air Force.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Reactions
Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko threatened separatists with an "adequate response" and declared 15 June a day of national mourning. In a televised emergency meeting, Poroshenko scolded the head of the country's SBU security service for "omissions" in protecting the aircraft. He called for "a detailed analysis of the reasons" for the failure and indicated that personnel changes may be instituted. The acting defense minister of Ukraine Mykhaylo Koval announced that the decision has been made to relieve the chief of staff of the Ukrainian military of his duties for the period of the investigation into the incident.


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Reactions
Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk remarked, "They lost their lives because they defended men and women, children and the elderly". He also said: "First, we will commemorate the heroes by wiping out those who killed them and then by cleaning our land from the evil".


2014 Ukrainian Air Force Il-76 shootdown, Reactions
In March 2017 a Ukrainian court sentenced Major General Viktor Nazarov to seven years' imprisonment, the court decision stated that Nazarov had received information that the plane could have been fired upon by MANPADS equipment. On 21 May 2021 the Criminal Court of Cassation of the Supreme Court acquitted Nazarov.


2014 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The 2014 Ukrainian Amateur Cup was the nineteenth annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition for amateur football teams. The competition started on 13 August 2014 and concluded on 9 November 2014.


2014 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The cup holders Chaika Petropavlivska Borshchahivka did not participate, but finalist FC Yednist Plysky were defeated by FC Kolos Kovalivka in quarterfinals.


2014 Ukrainian Cup Final
The 2014 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that was played on 15 May 2014 in Poltava. The match is the 23rd Ukrainian Cup Final and was contested by Cup holders Shakhtar Donetsk and Dynamo Kyiv.


2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, Leadup crisis before the match
The final was originally to be played at Metalist Stadium, Kharkiv, but was moved to Butovsky Vorskla Stadium in Poltava. Due to the May 2014 pro-Russian conflict in Ukraine, the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU), after being advised to do so by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, decided that the match would be played behind closed doors for security reasons.


2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, Leadup crisis before the match
The decision to have no spectators at the match was met with criticism and protest by both clubs fans including picketing of the House of Football in Kiev a day before the match and was reverted after the FFU held an emergency meeting and conferred with club officials and government security.


2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, Previous encounters
This will be the seventh Ukrainian Cup final between the two teams. Dynamo has defeated Shakhtar three times out of the six Cup finals. Dynamo also lost its last two meetings with Shakhtar in this stage of the tournament. Dynamo has not defeated Shakhtar for the past seven years (seven games losing streak) since winning its last cup back in 2006–07.


2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, Previous encounters
Dynamo had appeared in 12 cup finals, winning nine trophies, while opponents Shakhtar had appeared in 13 cup finals, also winning nine.


2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, Television
The match was broadcast on Futbol 2 and Ukrayina in Ukraine.


2014 Ukrainian Cup Final, Match
As the designated home team for the final, Dynamo chose to wear their white kits and Shakhtar chose their familiar orange and black stripe kits.


2014 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
The 2014 Ukrainian Football Amateur League season was played from 30 April to 17 October 2014.


2014 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Teams, Withdrawn
List of clubs that took part in last year competition, but chose not to participate in 2014 season.


2014 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Second stage
The games in the group took place on September 17 through 20 in Holovkivka and Petrove (both in Kirovohrad Oblast).


2014 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Second stage, Group 2
The games in the group took place on September 17 through 20 in Vynnyky and Dubliany (both suburbs of Lviv).


2014 Ukrainian Super Cup
The 2014 Ukrainian Super Cup became the eleventh edition of Ukrainian Super Cup, an annual football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Ukrainian Top League and Ukrainian Cup competitions.


2014 Ukrainian Super Cup
The match was played at the Arena Lviv, Lviv, on 22 July 2014, and contested by league winner Shakhtar Donetsk and cup winner Dynamo Kyiv. Shakhtar won it 2–0.


2014 Ukrainian local elections
The 2014 Ukrainian local elections took place on 25 May 2014, four years after the conclusion of the last local elections, which took place in October 2010. The elections occurred during the political crisis in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.


2014 Ukrainian local elections
Although the Verkhovna Rada did not schedule early local elections for entire Ukraine, it announced early elections in a number of places throughout Ukraine, including mayoral elections for some large cities, such as Odessa and 2014 Kyiv local election.


2014 Ukrainian local elections
Overall, mayoral elections occurred in 43 cities, 27 settlements, and 200 villages, in addition to 2 city council and 3 village council elections, throughout 14 of Ukraine's 24 oblasts, and were also scheduled to take place in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. No Ukrainian mayoral or council elections took place in the Crimea, however, as, in March 2014 it was unilaterally annexed by Russia.


2014 Ukrainian local elections
In June 2014, the Verkhovna Rada scheduled early mayoral elections for ten additional cities to be held on October 26, 2014.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Changes in the law
On April 8, 2014, the Ukrainian parliament passed a new law regarding the local elections in the country. The new law allows local elections to be conducted concurrently with presidential elections. It also formalized the status of election observers, officially making them a part of the electoral process, and expanding their rights and authority. The new law also provides for the creation of territorial election commissions, provisions for removing local election officials before the end of their term, and changes to how the country's central election commission leadership is appointed.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Changes in the law
On April 10, the parliament proposed to amend the local elections law to require a runoff vote for mayoral elections in cities with populations over 500,000, such as Kyiv and Odessa, but the proposal failed a vote in parliament.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Election locations
The Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of the Ukraine, scheduled the elections for Kyiv's mayor and city council for 25 May 2014, which were contested concurrently with the country's presidential election.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Election locations
In late February, the parliament announced early mayoral elections for 27 cities throughout Ukraine:


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Election locations
On March 15, the Verkhovna Rada announced early elections for 228 localities throughout the country for 25 May 2014. In addition, the parliament also announced early elections for five mayors throughout the country:


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Election locations
On March 17, the parliament announced early elections for the Cherkasy City Council.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Election locations
On March 25, the deadline for announcing early elections according to the Ukraine's electoral law, the Verkhovna Rada announced mayoral elections for 10 additional cities throughout the country:


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Results
Vitali Klitschko won the mayoral election in Kyiv with almost 57% of the votes, while his party the Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform won 73 of the 120 seats in the Kyiv City Council.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Results
In Odessa Gennadiy Trukhanov defeated Eduard Gurwits with 43.39% against 32,02% in the mayoral election.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Results
In Mykolaiv Acting Mayor Yuriy Hranaturov kept this post with 28,29%. Hranaturov was an independent candidate, but former Party of Regions member until a few months for the election.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Results
In Kherson Acting Mayor and Batkivshchyna member Volodymyr Mykolayenko won the mayoral elections in with 35.93%.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Results
In Sumy (also) Acting Mayor and (also) Batkivshchyna member Oleksandr Lysenko won the mayoral elections in with 41,07%.


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Results
The Central Election Commission of Ukraine ordered a re-count in Cherkasy by a new local Election Commission on 4 June 2014 because of "systematic and gross violations of the law".


2014 Ukrainian local elections, Results
Communist Party of Ukraine candidate Valentin Demyanchuk won the mayoral election in Piatykhatky, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast with 27% of the vote.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Snap elections to the Verkhovna Rada took place on 26 October 2014.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Petro Poroshenko, the President of Ukraine, had pressed for early parliamentary elections since his victory in the presidential election in May. The July breakup of the ruling coalition gave him the right to dissolve the parliament, so on 25 August 2014 he announced the early election.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The voting was not provided in the annexed Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol. The voting also did not reach significant parts of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts because of the ongoing war in Donbas. Because of this, 27 out of the 450 seats in the 8th Verkhovna Rada remained unfilled.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
This election can be called a realignment. Ruling from 2010–2014, and taking one of the top 2 spots in elections since 2006, the Party of Regions did not participate in this election, while its informal successor Opposition Bloc showed only a modest result with 9.43% of the vote. For the first time since Ukrainian independence, the Communist Party of Ukraine gained no parliamentary representation.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Four newly created parties got the highest support in this election: Petro Poroshenko Bloc (formed in July 2014 by Poroshenko's supporters), People's Front (split from Fatherland in August 2014), Self Reliance (registered in 2012) and Opposition Bloc (formed in September 2014 by a group of the former Party of Regions members).


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Since the parallel voting system was used, the allocation of seats is not proportional. For example, the winner in party-list voting (22.12%) People's Front got second faction with 82 seats, while Petro Poroshenko Bloc took 123 seats with 21.82% of votes.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election
The work of the new parliament started on 27 November 2014. On the same day, five factions formed the "European Ukraine" coalition: Petro Poroshenko Bloc, People's Front, Self Reliance, Radical Party and Fatherland. On 2 December the second Yatsenyuk government was approved.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Background
According to the election law of November 2011, elections to the Verkhovna Rada must take place at least every five years. That law came into effect with the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election. If the Rada had sat for the maximum allotted time, the next parliamentary election would have occurred on 29 October 2017. Despite this, the president-elect Petro Poroshenko said that he wanted to hold early parliamentary elections following his victory in the presidential election on 25 May 2014. At 26 June session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Poroshenko said that he hoped to hold parliamentary elections in October 2014, portraying this as "the most democratic way".


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Background
The parliamentary coalition that supported the Yatsenyuk Government, formed in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution and of the Euromaidan movement, was dissolved on 24 July. If no new coalition formed within thirty days, President Poroshenko would become entitled to dissolve the Rada and to call early parliamentary elections. On the same day as the dissolution, the Sovereign European Ukraine faction submitted a bill to the Rada that called for elections to take place on 28 September 2014.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Background
In an interview with Ukrainian television channels on 14 August, Poroshenko justified early elections because the Rada refused to recognise the self-proclaimed breakaway Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics as terrorist organisations. The two republics, situated in the eastern Ukrainian region of the Donbas, originated in the Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts of Ukraine respectively, and have been fighting Ukrainian government forces in the war in Donbas. President Poroshenko said: "I don't know how to work with a parliament in which a huge number [of deputies], whole factions, make up 'the fifth column' controlled from abroad [referring to Russia]. And this danger is only increasing". He also said that new elections "are the best and the most efficient form of lustration of not only the parliament but also the political forces".


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Background
Poroshenko announced on 25 August that he had called for elections to the Rada to take place on 26 October 2014. In his accompanying television address, he portrayed the elections as necessary to "purify the Rada of the mainstay of [former president] Viktor Yanukovych". These deputies, Poroshenko said, "clearly do not represent the people who elected them". Poroshenko also painted these Rada deputies as responsible for "the [January 2014] Dictatorship laws that took the lives of the Heavenly Hundred". Poroshenko also stated that many of the (then) current MPs were "direct sponsors and accomplices or at least sympathizers of the militants/separatists".


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The Verkhovna Rada has 450 members, elected to a five-year term in parallel voting, with 225 members elected in single-member constituencies using FPTP system and 225 members elected by proportional representation (closed list) in a single nationwide constituency using the largest remainder method with 5% threshold. Parties are not allowed to form electoral blocs (in contrast to 1998-2007 elections). Attempts to return to proportional representation with open party lists and electoral blocs were failed.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system
The division into 225 electoral districts was the same as at the 2012 election. The voting was organized only in 198 of them.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Non-voting areas
The voting was impossible to provide on the territories that was not under government control. Particularly, because of Russian occupation of Crimea there was no voting in all 10 districts in Autonomous Republic of Crimea and 2 in Sevastopol. The voting in Donbas was provided partially. The democratic watchdog OPORA estimated that 4.6 million Ukrainians were unable to vote: 1.8 million in Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, 1.6 million in Donetsk Oblast and 1.2 million in Luhansk Oblast.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Non-voting areas, Crimea
About 1.8 million of eligible voters live in Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, that is 5% of the whole number of voters in Ukraine. Ukrainian government lost control over the region in March 2014 during the Crimean crisis. Since that time no legitimate elections are provided there. In the 2014 legislative election Crimean voters had ability to vote in any other region for party-lists in the single nationwide constituency, but they were unable to vote for candidates in single-member constituencies.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Non-voting areas, Donbas
"Donbas" is an unofficial name of 2 the most eastern Ukrainian oblasts: Donetsk and Luhansk. About 5 million of eligible voters live there, that is 14% of the whole number of voters in Ukraine. After an active phase of war in Donbas in the summer 2014 and September ceasefire, roughly a half of the region remained to be controlled by separatists loyal to Yanukovych. On the day before the election, the CEC stated that there was no ability to provide voting in the captured areas. Thus, full-fledged voting was provided only in 8 districts of 32.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Non-voting areas, Donbas
Other 9 districts were split by the front line for controlled and not controlled areas, so voting was provided there only partly. In 2 of them only slight number of polling station was opened: in 53rd district only 9% of voters were able to vote and in 45th district only 2%. In spite of this, the elections in these single-member constituencies were recognized as successful, and the winners (Oleh Nedava and Yukhym Zvyahilsky) got mandates. To the other 15 districts ballots were not transferred at all.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system, Non-voting areas, Donbas
Instead of this election, on the captured territories separatists organized so-called "Donbas general elections" on 2 November, that were a violation of Minsk agreement and were not recognized by the world community.


2014 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Campaign
In the 225 electoral districts some 3,321 candidates participated, out of which 2,018 were independent candidates. 52 political parties nominated candidates. 147 candidates withdrew after the 1 October candidate registration deadline.