2014 Nottingham Challenge, WTA entrants, Doubles, Other entrants
The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 Nottingham Challenge – Men's Doubles
Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Jamie Delgado and Gilles Müller.


2014 Nottingham Challenge – Men's Doubles
Rameez Junaid and Michael Venus won the title, defeating Ruben Bemelmans and Go Soeda in the final, 4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–6].


2014 Nottingham Challenge – Men's Singles
Steve Johnson was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the 2014 Gerry Weber Open instead.


2014 Nottingham Challenge – Men's Singles
Nick Kyrgios won the title, defeating Samuel Groth in the final, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(9–7).


2014 Nottingham Challenge – Women's Doubles
Julie Coin and Stéphanie Foretz Gacon were the defending champions, but Coin chose not to participate. Foretz Gacon partnered with Amandine Hesse, but they lost in the semifinals.


2014 Nottingham Challenge – Women's Doubles
The Australian third seeds Jarmila Gajdošová and Arina Rodionova won the tournament, defeating Verónica Cepede Royg and Stephanie Vogt in the final, 7–6(7–0), 6–1.


2014 Nottingham Challenge – Women's Singles
Elena Baltacha was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but retired at the end of the season and died in May 2014 of liver cancer.


2014 Nottingham Challenge – Women's Singles
Jarmila Gajdošová won the title, defeating Timea Bacsinszky in the final, 6–2, 6–2.


2014 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts
The 2014 Nova Scotia Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Nova Scotia, was held January 7 to 12 at the Sydney Curling Club in Sydney. The winning team of Heather Smith represented Nova Scotia at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in Montreal.


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season
The 2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season officially began on 30 December 2013 with the start of the 2014 ATP World Tour.


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Djokovic began the year with a warmup tournament win at the World Tennis Championship. At the Australian Open, he won against Lukáš Lacko in straight sets for the first round, won against Leonardo Mayer in straight sets, winning the first set with a bagel, and won against Denis Istomin in straight sets too. He continued his straight sets streak beating no.15 seed Fabio Fognini. Djokovic then met eventual champion Stanislas Wawrinka in the quarterfinals of the tournament, who defeated Djokovic in five sets, ending his 25 match winning streak at the Australian Open.


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Djokovic chose to withdraw from the first round of the Davis Cup and returned in late February attempting to defend his Dubai title, however he reached the semi finals falling to eventual champion Roger Federer.


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
In March he returned to Indian Wells and Miami, winning both tournaments, in the first he avenged Federer in three sets and in the latter he defeated Rafael Nadal in straight sets, in their 40th match.


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Djokovic played in the Monte-Carlo Masters, losing to Federer in the semifinals. This ended a remarkable unbeaten run in the Masters 1000 tournaments, starting with Shanghai in 2013, during which he won four consecutive Masters 1000 tournaments: (Shanghai, Paris, Indian Wells, and Miami). On 4 May, withdrew from ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Madrid having suffered a recurrence of the right arm injury that afflicted him at ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Monte-Carlo...


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
On 18 May, he defeated Nadal in Rome, it was his 19th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 trophy and he has now won five of the past seven titles at this tournament level; now tied at No. 13 with Muster in the Open Era titles leader list, with 44 crowns...


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
On 8 June, failed in his bid to win a first Roland Garros title, regain No. 1 in the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time since 6 October 2014 and also complete a career Grand Slam (he would be the eighth man in tennis history)...Finished runner-up for a second time (also 2012), losing to Nadal in four sets...


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Wins seventh Grand Slam championship and second Wimbledon crown (also 2011), beating No. 4 seed Federer in five sets in the final.


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Lost prior to ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Toronto QFs for first time, when he saw his 11-match winning streak against Tsonga end...Saw his hopes of completing a Career Golden Masters end at the hands of Robredo in the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Cincinnati 4R...


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
Dropped one set en route to reaching his eighth straight US Open SF (l. to Nishikori)... It was his 17th major SF in his past 18 Grand Slam championships...Beat seeds Kohlschreiber (4R) and Murray (QFs)...


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
On 5 October, improves to 24-0 in Beijing with fifth title (d. Berdych 60 62 in final)...Did not drop a set all week to win 46th career title...


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
On 11 October, saw his 28-match winning streak on Chinese soil come to an end in ATP World Tour Masters 1000 Shanghai SFs (l. to Federer)...


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
On 2 November, became the fifth active player (23rd in Open Era) to record 600 match wins as he captured his 20th ATP World Tour Masters 1000 title (d. Raonic) in Paris (his third trophy at the tournament, also 2009, 2013)...


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly summary
On 16 November won the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals for the third straight year – and fourth time overall (also 2008)... He is the third player to win three straight year-end titles, after Ilie Nastase (1971–73) and Ivan Lendl (1985-87)...Went undefeated 4-0, but did not contest final due to Federer's back injury...Finished 2014 with a 61-8 match record, including seven titles and $14,250,527 in prize money


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, All matches
This table lists all the matches of Djokovic this year, including walkovers W/O (they are marked ND for non-decision)


2014 Novak Djokovic tennis season, Yearly records, Head-to-Head matchups
Novak Djokovic has a 19–5 (79.2%) record against the top 10, 28–3 (90.3%) against the top 11–50, and 14–0 (100%) against other players. Ordered by number of wins (Bolded number marks a top 10 player at the time of match, Italic means top 50)


2014 Novilon EDR Cup
The 2014 Novilon EDR Cup  was a bicycle race in the Netherlands, which formed part of the Dutch one day women's elite race season. It was held on 16 March 2014 over a distance of 139.5 kilometres (86.7 miles). It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit
The 2014 Nuclear Security Summit was a summit held in The Hague, the Netherlands, on March 24 and 25, 2014. It was the third edition of the conference, succeeding the 2012 Nuclear Security Summit. The 2014 summit was attended by 58 world leaders (5 of which from observing international organizations), some 5,000 delegates and some 3,000 journalists. The representatives attending the summit included US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit
The main goal of the conference was generally to improve international cooperation and more specifically to assess which of the objectives that were set at the previous summits in Washington, D.C., and Seoul had not been accomplished in the previous four years and proposing ways of achieving them.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit
The Nuclear Security Summit aimed to prevent nuclear terrorism by:


2014 Nuclear Security Summit
Countries that participated were interested in leading a certain security theme to a higher level. They could do so by offering a "gift basket", which is an extra initiative that can functioned as a role model for a specific security aspect (provided that it is supported by other countries). The Netherlands, for example, has been developing a gift basket that improves expertise and (international) cooperation regarding nuclear forensics with the help of the Netherlands Forensic Institute.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit
Although nuclear terrorism and its prevention to reduce and secure nuclear supplies are officially the main topic, the Ukraine crisis overshadowed the talks. The event formed the backdrop for an emergency meeting of G7 leaders on Russia's annexation of Crimea earlier in March 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin did not attend, instead sending Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, who was expected to hold talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry and Rose Gottemoeller, the US Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. Notable absentees from the summit were North Korea and Iran, excluded by mutual consent.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Background
Highly enriched uranium and plutonium can be used to manufacture nuclear weapons. However, highly enriched uranium is also used in research reactors and for medical isotope production. Plutonium is used by some countries as fuel for nuclear power plants. The leaders gathered at the Nuclear Security Summit aimed to minimize the use of these materials, the amount kept in storage and the number of storage locations, keeping in mind the uses allegedly beneficial to mankind.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Background
In the 4 years since the Washington Nuclear Security Summit in March 2010, Nuclear Security Summit countries had taken steps to accomplish this goal, as outlined in their national progress reports.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Background
Nuclear and other radioactive materials are used extensively in hospitals, industry, and universities. Some of these places with radioactive materials are open to the public. Better securing these materials is one of the main objectives of the Nuclear Security Summit meetings. In addition to better physical security, improving of sensitive information would also help to reduce the likelihood of a terrorist act with radiological or nuclear material, a dirty bomb.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Background
Installing radiation detection equipment would increase the probability of getting caught when smuggling and this would decrease the likelihood of people trying to acquire the materials in the first place. In these areas the Nuclear Security Summit participants reported progress.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Participants
The 2014 Nuclear Security Summit was the largest conference ever held in the Netherlands at the time. The 53 participating countries and 4 observing organizations of the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit were:


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Reported results
According to the submitted National Progress Reports of the participated states, 26 of the 28 Nuclear Security Summit countries that had at least 1 kg of highly enriched uranium at the time of the Washington Summit indicated that they have taken action to reduce the amount of dangerous nuclear material. Since the Seoul Summit, at least 15 metric tons of highly enriched uranium had been down-blended to low-enriched uranium, which will be used as fuel for nuclear power plants. This would be the equivalent to approximately 500 nuclear weapons.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Reported results
Since 2009, 12 countries worldwide (Austria, Chile, Czechia, Hungary, Libya, Mexico, Romania, Serbia, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine and Vietnam) had removed all highly enriched uranium from their territory. 15 Nuclear Security Summit countries reported that they had repatriated highly enriched uranium or plutonium or were in the process of doing so. Some countries were also assisting other countries in efforts to repatriate highly enriched uranium or plutonium.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Reported results
During the summit, 13 countries had subscribed to the highly enriched uranium-free joint statement. They underlined the importance of highly enriched uranium minimisation and called upon all countries in a position to do so to eliminate all highly enriched uranium from their territories in advance of the Nuclear Security Summit in 2016.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Reported results
17 countries had converted or were in the process of converting at least 32 of their own research reactors of medical isotope production facilities. Nuclear Security Summit countries also assist other countries in converting their reactors. Nine countries reported that they were researching and developing techniques that use low-enriched uranium instead of highly enriched uranium.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Reported results
Almost all Nuclear Security Summit countries stated that they had updated or were currently reviewing, updating or revising nuclear security-related legislation, such as that relating to physical protection, transportation and handling of radioactive sources, to comply with international guidelines and best practices.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Reported results
During the summit, 30 countries supported development of a National Legislation Implementation Kit on Nuclear Security that countries could use as building blocks to incorporate the various guidelines into binding national regulations


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Schedule and agenda, March 24
The schedule for the first day of the summit was as follows:


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Schedule and agenda, March 24
Additionally, an emergency meeting of the G7 took place at 6:30 pm (CET) at the Catshuis (the official residence of the prime minister) to discuss the situation in Crimea. Prior to the meeting, British prime minister David Cameron announced that the upcoming G8 meeting in June that was planned to be held in Russia will not occur in that country due to its role in the Crimean crisis.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Schedule and agenda, March 25
The summit continued the next day with the following events:


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Summit consequences, Japanese turnover of nuclear material
Japan welcomed the opening of the summit with the pledge that it agreed to transfer to the US a (relatively small) part of its nuclear material: more than 700 pounds of weapons-grade plutonium and a large quantity of highly enriched uranium, a decades-old research stockpile allegedly of American and British origin, said to be large enough "to build dozens of nuclear weapons", according to American and Japanese officials. The amount of highly enriched uranium had not been announced, but was estimated in the press at 450 pounds.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Summit consequences, Japanese turnover of nuclear material
This announcement was considered the biggest single success in the five-year-long push of US President Obama to secure the most dangerous materials. Since he began the meetings with world leaders, 13 states had eliminated their caches of nuclear materials and many more improved the security measures around their storage facilities, to prevent theft by potential terrorists.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Summit consequences, Japanese turnover of nuclear material
For years, Japan's stockpiles of weapons-grade material were not a secret, but its security of its stockpiles was criticized, and Iran had cited Japan's stockpiles of bomb-ready material as "evidence of a double standard" about which states could be trusted. In February 2014, China began denouncing Japan's supply, in apparent warning that a nationalistic turn in Japanese politics could result in the country seeking its own weapons.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Summit consequences, Japanese turnover of nuclear material
At various moments right-wing politicians in Japan had referred to the stockpile as a deterrent, suggesting that it was useful to have material so that the world knows the country could easily fashion it into weapons.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Summit consequences, Agreements
In The Hague Nuclear Security Summit Communiqué, the attending leaders raised the bar by committing to minimise their stockpiles of plutonium, in addition to minimising highly enriched uranium.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Summit consequences, Agreements
Leaders of 35 countries have agreed to adopt the Nuclear Security Guidelines, including Algeria, Armenia, Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Czechia, Denmark, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Mexico, Morocco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, the Philippines, Poland, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Vietnam. The leaders of the remaining 18 countries have refused to adopt the Nuclear Security Guidelines, namely China, Russia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Argentina, Thailand, South Africa, Malaysia, Nigeria, Singapore, Egypt, Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Jordan, and Gabon.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, 2016 Summit
The next Nuclear Security Summit was in 2016, hosted by the United States. During the summit in The Hague, both Washington and Chicago were mentioned as locations.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Security
With the gathering of 58 high officials, security was an absolute priority. As a result, the security measures taken during the summit were unprecedented for the Netherlands. Around 13,000 police officers (four times the amount as during the royal succession in 2013), 4,000 gendarmes, and 4,000 military personnel were deployed. Several NASAMS air-defence systems were placed at various spots around The Hague and two F-16 fighter jets were permanently patrolling The Hague airspace. More F-16s were on stand-by for interception tasks and came into action on March 24 when a cargo plane unintentionally entered Dutch airspace without permission.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Security
Apache helicopters were on stand-by as well, and Cougar and Chinook helicopters were available for transportation needs. Police helicopters were also patrolling the airspace. The offshore patrol vessels HNLMS Holland and HNLMS Friesland guarded the coastline from Hook of Holland to IJmuiden and the Dutch air defence and command frigate HNLMS De Zeven Provinciën guarded airspace. NATO assisted the Dutch military with AWACS airplanes.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Security
The area directly around the World Forum Convention Centre, where the summit was held, was completely closed off with fences borrowed from the UK which were previously used at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Because of the heavy security precautions, a number of roads around the World Forum and some major motorways between Schiphol Airport and The Hague were partially or completely closed for regular traffic.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Security
It was feared that these measures would lead to severe traffic jams in the busy Randstad metropolitan area, but the amount of traffic was less than expected on the first day of the summit and major problems did not occur, presumably due to the government's advice for commuters to avoid the densely populated Randstad region or to make use of public transport instead.


2014 Nuclear Security Summit, Security
Even though no major security incidents took place during the duration of the summit, it was reported that two students managed to get access to the final press conference by disguising themselves as journalists. The students came as close as five metres from President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Mark Rutte. The Dutch Organisation of Journalists (Dutch: Nederlandse Vereniging van Journalisten) admitted a mistake was made and that it would evaluate and improve the process of obtaining a student press pass. According to a spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs the breach was not a serious security risk and the security of President Barack Obama was optimal.


2014 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Elections to Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council took place on 22 May 2014. They coincided with other local elections happening in the UK that day, as well as the 2014 election to the European Parliament.


2014 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election
Labour retained control of the council, gaining 3 seats and winning back Arbury ward that was won by the Conservatives in a December 2013 byelection.


2014 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council election, Election results, Council make up
Total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


2014 Nyköping municipal election
Nyköping Municipality held a municipal election on 14 September 2014. This was part of the local elections and being held on the same day as the general election.


2014 Nyköping municipal election, Results
The number of seats remained at 61 with the Social Democrats winning the most at 22, a drop of one from 2010.


2014 Nyköping municipal election, Electoral wards
There were three constituencies, Eastern, Northern and Western. Helgona, Herrhagen, Högbrunn and Väster covered some sparsely populated rural areas, but had the vast majority of the wards within the confines of Nyköping's urban area.


2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup
The 2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the second edition of the tournament, and part of the 2014 WTA Tour. It took place in Nuremberg, Germany, on 18–24 May 2014.


2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received entry into the singles main draw as lucky losers:


2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pair received a wildcard into the doubles main draw:


2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Doubles
Raluca Olaru and Valeria Solovyeva were the defending champions, but Solovyeva chose not to participate this year. Olaru played alongside Shahar Pe'er.


2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Doubles
Michaëlla Krajicek and Karolína Plíšková won the title, defeating Olaru and Pe'er in the final, 6–0, 4–6, [10–6].


2014 Nürnberger Versicherungscup – Singles
Simona Halep was the defending champion, but she chose not to participate this year. Eugenie Bouchard won her first career title, defeating Karolína Plíšková in the final, 6–2, 4–6, 6–3.


2014 O'Byrne Cup
The 2014 O'Byrne Cup was a Gaelic football competition played by the teams of Leinster GAA: eleven county teams (all except Kilkenny) and five third-level colleges' teams competed. Kildare were the winners for the third time in four years.


2014 O'Byrne Cup, Format
The sixteen teams are drawn into four groups of four, each team playing all the other teams in its group once. The top team in each group progresses to the semi-finals.


2014 OEC Kaohsiung
The 2014 OEC Kaohsiung was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the third edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Kaohsiung, Taiwan between 14 and 20 July 2014.


2014 OEC Kaohsiung, Singles main draw entrants, Other Entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 OEC Kaohsiung, Doubles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:


2014 OEC Kaohsiung – Doubles
Juan Sebastián Cabal and Robert Farah were the defending champion but chose not to compete. Gong Maoxin and Peng Hsien-yin won the title, beating Chen Ti and Huang Liang-chi 6–3, 6–2


2014 OEC Kaohsiung – Singles
Lu Yen-hsun was the defending champion, and defended his title defeating Luca Vanni 6–7(7–9), 6–4, 6–4 in the final.


2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger
The 2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the seventh edition of OEC's Taipei Open tournaments, and the third under the 125k series classification. It was part of the 2014 WTA 125K series. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 3–9 November 2014.


2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger, Singles entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Doubles
The 2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger-Doubles was a professional tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts. It was the seventh edition of OEC's Taipei Open tournaments, and the third under the 125k series classification. It was part of the 2014 WTA 125K series. It took place in Taipei, Taiwan, on 3–9 November 2014. Caroline Garcia and Yaroslava Shvedova were the defending champions, however, Shvedova chose not to participate and Garcia chose to compete in Limoges instead.


2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Doubles
Chan Hao-ching and Chan Yung-jan won the title, defeating Chang Kai-chen and Chuang Chia-jung in the all-Taiwanese final, 6–4, 6–3.


2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Singles
Alison Van Uytvanck was the defending champion, but chose to participate at the 2014 Open GDF Suez de Limoges instead.


2014 OEC Taipei WTA Challenger – Singles
Vitalia Diatchenko won the title, defeating Chan Yung-jan in the final, 1–6, 6–2, 6–4.


2014 OFC Champions League Final
The 2014 OFC Champions League Final was the final of the 2013–14 OFC Champions League, the 13th edition of the Oceania Cup, Oceania's premier club football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC), and the 8th season under the current OFC Champions League name.


2014 OFC Champions League Final
The final was contested in two-legged home-and-away format between Amicale of Vanuatu and Auckland City of New Zealand. The first leg was hosted by Amicale at Port Vila Municipal Stadium in Port Vila on 10 May 2014, while the second leg was hosted by Auckland City at Kiwitea Street in Auckland on 18 May 2014. The winner earned the right to represent the OFC at the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, entering at the qualifying play-off round. Both finalists also earned invitations to participate in the 2014 OFC President's Cup.


2014 OFC Champions League Final
The first leg ended in a 1–1 draw, and Auckland City won the second leg 2–1, giving them a record-setting sixth OFC club title.


2014 OFC Champions League Final, Background
Amicale had played in one previous OFC Champions League final, where they lost to Auckland City 6–1 on aggregate in 2011. Auckland City were the three-time defending champions and had played in five previous finals, winning all of them in 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, and 2013.


2014 OFC Champions League Final, Background
The two teams were drawn into Group B of this season's group stage with Nadi of Fiji and Dragon of Tahiti. Both Amicale and Auckland City won their first two matches, and Amicale won 1–0 in the final match to finish top of the group stage, while Auckland City also advanced to the semi-finals as the best runner-up. In the semi-finals, Amicale eliminated Ba of Fiji, while Auckland City eliminated Pirae of Tahiti.


2014 OFC Champions League Final, Road to final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first.


2014 OFC Champions League Final, Rules
The final was played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. The away goals rule, extra time and penalty shoot-out were used to decide the winner if necessary.


2014 OFC Champions League Final, Matches, First leg
Assistant referees:Terry Piri (Cook Islands)Didier Hmuzo (New Caledonia)Fourth official:Isidore Assiene-Ambassa (New Caledonia)


2014 OFC Futsal Championship
The 2014 OFC Futsal Championship, also known as the OFC Futsal Championship Invitational 2014, was the tenth edition of the main international futsal tournament of the Oceanian region, organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC). It took place from 12 to 16 August 2014, and was hosted by Païta, New Caledonia.


2014 OFC Futsal Championship
Five teams took part in the tournament, including Malaysia (appearing as guest nation).


2014 OFC Futsal Championship, Squads
Each team submitted a squad of 12 players, including two goalkeepers. The squads were announced on 5 August 2014.


2014 OFC President's Cup
The 2014 OFC President's Cup was the first edition of the OFC President's Cup, a competition organised by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) between invitational club and/or national sides. A decision to create this competition was confirmed at the OFC's Executive committee in March 2014. The inaugural competition took place in Auckland, New Zealand between the dates of 17–23 November 2014, with Auckland City defeating Amicale in the final to win the 2014 President's Cup.


2014 OFC President's Cup, Format
A total of six teams participated in the tournament: the reigning OFC Champions League winners and runners-up, two teams from the Asian Football Confederation and two further invitational sides.


2014 OFC President's Cup, Format
The competition was played in two groups of three teams with the top team in each group advancing to the final, and the remaining teams advancing to the third and fifth place matches.


2014 OFC President's Cup, Teams
The OFC formally announced the participating teams on 19 September 2014.


2014 OFC President's Cup, Venue
The tournament was staged at the Trusts Arena in Auckland, New Zealand.


2014 OFC President's Cup, Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 8 October 2014 at the OFC Headquarters in Auckland, New Zealand. The six teams were drawn into two groups of three, with Auckland City and Busaiteen seeded. In each group, the three teams played each other on a round-robin basis. The group winners advanced to the final, the runners-up advanced to the third place match, and the third-placed teams advanced to the fifth place match.


2014 OFC U-20 Championship
The 2014 OFC U-20 Championship was the 20th edition of the biennial international youth football tournament organized by the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC) for players aged 19 and below (despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship). The tournament was held in Fiji from 23 to 31 May 2014.


2014 OFC U-20 Championship
Despite the name remaining as U-20 Championship, the age limit was reduced by a year to 19 years of age. So players who want to participate in the tournament needed to be born on or after 1 January 1995. At an OFC Executive Committee meeting held at its Auckland headquarters in November 2013 the competition format was modified. The competition was brought forward a year and the age limit was lowered to 19 years of age. The changes were made in order to allow the winner of the competition plenty of time for preparation and player development for up-and-coming World Cups at Under 20 level.


2014 OFC U-20 Championship
Hosts Fiji won the tournament and qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup in New Zealand. New Zealand, who were the title holders but did not play, automatically qualified for the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup as hosts, so two teams represented the OFC in the 2015 FIFA U-20 World Cup.


2014 OFC U-20 Championship, Officials
Seven referees and eight assistant referees were named for the tournament.


2014 OFC U-20 Championship, Group stage
The group stage fixtures were announced on 7 May 2014, with the games scheduled as a round-robin tournament.


2014 OFC U-20 Championship, Awards
The Golden Ball Award is awarded to the most outstanding player of the tournament. The Golden Glove Award is awarded to the best goalkeeper of the tournament. The Golden Boot Award is awarded to the top scorer of the tournament. The Fair Play Award is awarded to the team with the best disciplinary record at the tournament.


2014 OFC U-20 Championship squads
The 2014 OFC U-20 Championship took place between 23–31 May in Fiji. The squad listings were published by the OFC U-20 Championship programme.


2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship
The 2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship was the sixth edition of the OFC U-20 Women's Championship. The continent's association football youth tournament organised by the Oceania Football Confederation. The tournament takes place in Auckland, New Zealand from 18 to 22 February 2014. Four teams take part.


2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship
The Championship acts as the continent's qualifying event for the 2014 FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup that will take place Canada later in this year.


2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship
Oceania's two top ranked teams New Zealand and Papua New Guinea won their first two games and then played of for the title on the last matchday. New Zealand won 3–0 and qualified to the World Cup.


2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship, Participating Teams
Only four of OFC's eleven nations have entered a team. The official draw was held on 24 January at OFC headquarters.


2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship, Format
The four teams played a round-robin. The winner advanced to the World Cup.


2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship, Officials
Nine referees and nine assistant referees were named for the tournament.


2014 OFC U-20 Women's Championship, Matches
All times are local, UTC+13:00 (New Zealand Daylight saving time)


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup
The 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup (also known as the 2014 OFC Women's Championship) was the 10th edition of the OFC Women's Nations Cup, and took place in Papua New Guinea from 25 to 29 October 2014. The football tournament was organised by the Oceania Football Confederation. It was the tenth edition of the tournament.


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup
New Zealand won the tournament without conceding a goal, thus winning their third straight edition and qualifying to the 2015 Women's World Cup.


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup, Hosts
Papua New Guinea and New Zealand had submitted a bid for the tournament. Papua New Guinea was chosen at the OFC Executive Committee on 29 March 2014. Papua New Guinea had hosted the 2007 edition previously.


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup, Teams
All eleven OFC members were eligible to participate but only four entered teams.


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup, Venue
Matches were originally to be played at the Sir Ignatius Kilage Stadium in Lae. However, the venue was later changed to the Kalabond Oval in Kokopo.


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup, Format
Teams played each other once in a round-robin tournament. The best placed team qualified to the 2015 FIFA World Cup.


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup, Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup, Goalscorers
New Zealand's Amber Hearn won the top scorer award for the second tournament in a row.


2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup squads
This article describes about the squads for the 2014 OFC Women's Nations Cup.


2014 OKC Energy FC season
The 2014 Oklahoma City Energy FC season is the club's first season in existence, and their first season playing in the USL Pro, the third tier of the American soccer pyramid. It is the first time a professional soccer club is playing in the state of Oklahoma since 2000, when the Tulsa Roughnecks disbanded.


2014 OKC Energy FC season, Review
Oklahoma City Energy FC played its first ever match against University of Nebraska-Omaha, the match being a friendly. Five other pre-season friendlies were scheduled against Oral Roberts University, Northeastern State University, Tyler Junior College, Midwestern State University, and Southern Methodist University. The Energy went 5-0-1 in their preseason. The Energy finished the season 9-14-5, in tenth place in the USL Pro and did not qualify for the playoffs.


2014 OKC Energy FC season, Competitions, U.S. Open Cup
Oklahoma City Energy FC will enter the U.S. Open Cup in the second round.


2014 OL339
2014 OL339 (also written 2014 OL339) is an Aten asteroid that is a temporary quasi-satellite of Earth, the fourth known Earth quasi-satellite.


2014 OL339, Discovery
2014 OL339 was discovered on 29 July 2014 by Farid Char of the Chilean University of Antofagasta. The actual observers were O. Vaduvescu and V. Tudor, observing from the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory for the EURONEAR project with the Isaac Newton Telescope. The intended target of the program was the Apollo asteroid 2013 VQ4 but F. Char identified 2014 OL339 as a streak near the edge of the observed field. As of 14 August 2015, it has been observed 39 times with an observation arc of 381 days.


2014 OL339, Orbit and orbital evolution
2014 OL339 is currently an Aten asteroid (Earth-crossing but with a period less than a year). Its semi-major axis (currently 0.9994 AU) is similar to that of Earth (0.9992 AU), but it has a relatively high eccentricity (0.4607) and moderate orbital inclination (10.1910°). Gravitational interaction with Earth causes its orbit to change so that its average period is one year (This means it alternates between being an Aten asteroid and being an Apollo asteroid.) Its mean longitude (around the Sun) is similar to that of Earth, which means that it is fairly close to Earth (less than about 1.5 AU).


2014 OL339, Orbit and orbital evolution
This makes it a quasi-satellite. It moves in a kidney-shaped path going from east to west relative to Earth ("retrograde", the opposite way from the Moon). The relative mean longitude compared to Earth (that is, its mean longitude minus that of Earth) librates around zero. This means that the center of the "kidney" moves back and forth over a period of years, from being in front of Earth to being behind Earth, but this movement is centered on Earth.


2014 OL339, Orbit and orbital evolution
It became a quasi-satellite at least 775 years ago and will stop being that 165 years from now after a "close" encounter with Earth (0.13 AU). This quasi-satellite episode will have had a duration of around a thousand years or more, but less than 2,500 years. Before and after this episode it passes in and out of other types of co-orbital orbits, such as being a trojan or a "passing object" (one whose relative longitude to Earth can attain any value, which is not the case for a quasi-satellite or a Trojan).


2014 OL339, Physical properties
With an absolute magnitude of 22.9, it has an estimated diameter of approximately 170 meters for an albedo of 0.25, which is typical for stony asteroids.


2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open
The 2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It is the first edition of the tournament for the men and for the women. It was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $100,000 in prize money in the men's event and $25,000 in the women's event. It took place in New Delhi, India, on 17–23 February 2014.


2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received special exempt into the singles main draw:


2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open – Men's Doubles
Myneni and Singh won the title, defeating Sanchai Ratiwatana and Sonchat Ratiwatana in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–4.


2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open – Men's Singles
ONGC-GAIL Delhi Open is now known as Delhi Open. The first edition of this tournament was held in 2014. The category of Men's Singles of this tournament (2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open – Men's Singles) was won by Somdev Devvarman. He defeated Aleksandr Nedovyesov in the final, 6-3, 6-1. Though Aleksandr started playing the tournament being the number one seed. Yet, he had been defeated by the number 2 seed of the tournament.


2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open – Women's Doubles
Nicha Lertpitaksinchai and Peangtarn Plipuech won the title, defeating Erika Sema and Yurika Sema in the final, 7–6(7–5), 6–3.


2014 ONGC–GAIL Delhi Open – Women's Singles
Wang Qiang won the title, defeating Yuliya Beygelzimer in the final, 6–1, 6–3.


2014 OO6
2014 OO6 (also written 2014 OO6) is an Apollo near-Earth asteroid discovered in 2014 and was the most dangerous one discovered in 2014 that remained on the Sentry Risk Table as of early December 2014. The asteroid is estimated to be roughly 75 meters (246 ft) in diameter and had a 1 in 83,000 chance of impacting Earth on 11 January 2051. However, the nominal best-fit orbit shows that 2014 OO6 will be 1.5 AU (220,000,000 km; 140,000,000 mi) from Earth on 11 January 2051.


2014 OO6
It was discovered on 27 July 2014 by Pan-STARRS at an apparent magnitude of 20 using a 1.8-meter (71 in) Ritchey–Chrétien telescope. On 18 August 2014 the asteroid passed 0.02975 AU (4,451,000 km; 2,765,000 mi) from Earth. By 23 August 2014, the asteroid had dimmed to below magnitude 25. As of early December 2014, the asteroid had an observation arc of 24 days with an uncertainty parameter of 7. 2014 OO6 was recovered by Cerro Paranal Observatory on 23 and 26 December 2014 at magnitude 25 which extended the observation arc from 24 days to 154 days. The orbital refinement removed the impact risk for 11 January 2051.


2014 OO6
With an absolute magnitude of 23.1, the asteroid is about 60–140 meters in diameter.


2014 OS393
2014 OS393, unofficially designated e31007AI, e3 and PT2, is a possibly binary trans-Neptunian object and likely a classical Kuiper belt object, located in the outermost region of the Solar System. It was first observed by the New Horizons KBO Search using the Hubble Space Telescope on 30 July 2014. Until 2015, when the object 486958 Arrokoth was selected, it was a potential flyby target for the New Horizons probe. Estimated to be approximately 42 kilometres (26 mi) in diameter, the object has a poorly determined orbit as it had been observed for only a few months.


2014 OS393, Discovery and designation
2014 OS393 was discovered by the New Horizons Search Team with the help of the Hubble Space Telescope because the object has a magnitude of 26.3, which is too faint to be observed by ground-based telescopes. Preliminary observations by the HST searching for KBO flyby targets for the New Horizons probe started in June 2014, and more intensive observations continued in July and August. 2014 OS393 was first discovered in observations on July 30, 2014, but it was designated e31007AI at the time, nicknamed e3 for short. Its existence as a potential target of the New Horizons probe was revealed by NASA in October 2014 and designated PT2, but the official name 2014 OS393 was not assigned by the Minor Planet Center until March 2015 after better orbit information was available.


2014 OS393, Orbit and classification
2014 OS393 is a trans-Neptunian object and likely a non-resonant classical Kuiper belt object, also known as "cubewano". It orbits the Sun at a distance of 42.5–45.4 AU once every 291 years and 3 months (106,394 days; semi-major axis of 43.94 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.03 and an inclination of 4° with respect to the ecliptic. As this object has not been observed since October 2014, its orbit remains poorly determined still containing a high uncertainty.


2014 OS393, Orbit and classification
The body's observation arc begins with a precovery taken on 25 June 2014, by the New Horizons KBO Search team using the Subaru Telescope at Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii.


2014 OS393, Possible binary
After the New Horizons probe completed its flyby of Arrokoth, the probe began observations of other nearby surrounding Kuiper belt objects, including 2014 OS393. Observations of 2014 OS393's brightness variations at high phase angles allowed the New Horizons probe to make a rough determination of its rotation period as well as its shape. As New Horizons observed 2014 OS393 at phase angles near 90°, it displayed large variations in brightness, indicating that its shape is either extremely elongated or 2014 OS393 could be a binary system of two separated components. 2014 OS393 appeared to be possibly a separated binary in a few resolved New Horizons images, but it remains inconclusive.


2014 OS393, Exploration
After the New Horizons probe completed its flyby of Pluto, the probe was to be maneuvered to a flyby of at least one Kuiper belt object. Several potential targets were under consideration for the first such flyby. 2014 OS393 has an estimated mean-diameter between 30 and 55 kilometers, depending on the body's assumed albedo. The potential encounter in 2018–2019 would have been at a distance of 43–44 AU from the Sun.


2014 OS393, Exploration
On 28 August 2015, the New Horizons team announced the selection of 2014 MU69 (later named 486958 Arrokoth) as the next flyby target, eliminating the other possible targets — 2014 OS393, 2014 PN70, and 2014 MT69.


2014 OS393, Exploration
The spacecraft passed 2014 OS393 in January 2019, at a distance of less than 0.1 AU (15 million km, 9.3 million miles). This makes 2014 OS393 the second closest KBO observed by New Horizons, after 2014 MU69.


2014 OS393, Numbering and naming
This minor planet has not been numbered by the Minor Planet Center and remains unnamed.


2014 Oakland Athletics season
The 2014 Oakland Athletics season  was the 46th for the franchise at O.co Coliseum, as well as the 114th in club history. The Athletics entered the season hoping to win a third consecutive American League West championship; to that end, the team made a number of key signings and trades during the 2013-14 MLB offseason. Notably, Athletics traded outfielder Michael Choice for left fielder Craig Gentry and pitcher Josh Lindblom; they also traded the promising but oft-injured Brett Anderson for reliever Drew Pomeranz.


2014 Oakland Athletics season
Additional trades brought in relievers Fernando Abad (acquired for John Wooten), Luke Gregerson (acquired for Seth Smith), and Jim Johnson (acquired for Jemile Weeks and David Freitas). In free agency, the Athletics signed former All-Star starting pitcher Scott Kazmir to a two-year deal. These moves, among others, sought to bolster the depth of team's starting pitching and bullpen.


2014 Oakland Athletics season
Shortly before the season opener, the Athletics were dealt a huge blow when starting pitchers Jarrod Parker and A. J. Griffin were ruled out for the season. The team responded by promoting reliever Jesse Chavez (and, eventually, Drew Pomeranz) to the starting rotation. Despite this setback, the team raced out to an impressive start; by the All-Star Break, the Athletics had compiled a league-best record of 59-36. Unexpectedly strong performances by starting pitchers Scott Kazmir, Jesse Chavez, and Drew Pomeranz enabled much of this surge; the Athletics' red-hot hitters (particularly sluggers Josh Donaldson, Yoenis Céspedes, and Brandon Moss) also played a major role.


2014 Oakland Athletics season
Despite their fantastic first-half performance, the Athletics remained locked in a tight battle for first place in the American League West. The Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, like the Athletics, had also raced out to an impressive start; at the All-Star Break, the Angels owned the league's second-best record (and, at 57-37, only trailed the Athletics by 1.5 games). In part because of this, the Athletics traded noted prospects Addison Russell and Billy McKinney, along with starting pitcher Dan Straily, to the Chicago Cubs for two starters (ace Jeff Samardzija and veteran Jason Hammel) on July 4th.


2014 Oakland Athletics season
The Athletics continued to play well throughout July. Still, they failed to gain significant ground on the Angels. On July 31, with a scant 2.5 game lead over Los Angeles, the Athletics stunned the league by trading Yoenis Céspedes for all-star starter Jon Lester and outfielder Jonny Gomes. In the week immediately following the trade, things went well for the team; by August 9th, they had raised their lead over the Angels to four games. From that point forward, however, the A's were met with disaster.


2014 Oakland Athletics season
A historic collapse, defined largely by ineffective hitting and a spate of narrow losses, saw Oakland tumble in the American League standings; all told, the team won just 16 of its final 46 games. The Athletics only managed to clinch an AL Wild-Card berth on the final day of the regular season. The team finished some ten games behind the Angels, who clinched the league's best record with an impressive 98-64 finish.


2014 Oakland Athletics season
The Athletics met the Kansas City Royals in the 2014 American League Wild Card Game. The Athletics held a 7-3 lead over the Royals through seven innings; a furious Royals rally, however, saw the Royals tie the game by scoring three runs in the eighth inning and one run in the ninth. In the 12th inning, the Athletics' took an 8-7 lead on an Alberto Callaspo line drive; the Royals, however, would again rally for a 9-8 walk-off victory (their first playoff win in 29 years). The Athletics did not reach the postseason again until the 2018 season.


2014 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season
Oakland's 2014 season was full of ups and downs. They held the best record in the MLB at (59-36) going into the All-Star break, and were ranked by the Bleacher Report as the number one team in Major League Baseball. By mid-August, however, the Athletics had quickly begun losing ground in the AL race with a record of (11-25) through a 36-game span from August 10, to September 19, and were in the midst of what some called an historic collapse.


2014 Oakland Athletics season, Regular season
General manager Billy Beane and his well-known "Moneyball" strategy came under increased scrutiny when Oakland made several personnel transactions, the most significant of which was finalized on July 31, 2014, while they still maintained a 2-game division lead over the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This deal sent All Star left fielder Yoenis Céspedes to the Boston Red Sox in return for starting pitcher Jon Lester and veteran outfielder Jonny Gomes. They would finish the season with a record of (88-74) and finished the second half of the year with a (29-38) record. Ended the season 10 games out of first place behind the Angels, and barely clinched the 2nd Wild Card spot just one game ahead of division rival, Seattle Mariners.


2014 Oakland Athletics season, Post-season, Wild Card Game
The 2014 American League Wild Card game took place on September 30, 2014 at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Oakland Athletics took on the Kansas City Royals. Oakland went out to an early lead after a first inning 2-run home run from Brandon Moss, scoring Coco Crisp. Kansas City responded in the bottom half of the inning, and trimmed Oakland's Lead to 1 after a Billy Butler single, scoring Nori Aoki. The Royals later took the lead in the 3rd inning, following two RBI singles from Lorenzo Cain, and Eric Hosmer.


2014 Oakland Athletics season, Post-season, Wild Card Game
In the top of the 6th inning, Brandon Moss hit his second homerun of the game, which scored Sam Fuld and Josh Donaldson. Followed by RBI singles from Derek Norris and Coco Crisp, making the score 7-3 Oakland after 6 innings. The Royals then scored 3 more runs in the bottom of the 8th inning, making the score 7-6. Kansas City would later tie the game in the bottom of the 9th using their well documented "small ball" techniques, and scored from an Aoki sacrifice fly, sending the game to extra innings.


2014 Oakland Athletics season, Post-season, Wild Card Game
Both teams remained scoreless until the top of the 12th, where Alberto Callaspo scored Josh Reddick on a single to left field, which put the Athletics up 8-7. In the bottom of the 12th Kansas city rallied back, and tied the game on an infield single, and later won the game in walk-off fashion on a Salvador Pérez single down the 3rd base line. The 2014 AL Wild Card playoff game became the longest game in the history of the MLB wild card. The Royals would later continue their hot streak, and found themselves in the 2014 World Series, where they later lost to the San Francisco Giants.


2014 Oakland Athletics season, All-stars
The following players represented the Athletics at the 2014 Major League Baseball All-Star Game:


2014 Oakland Raiders season
The 2014 Oakland Raiders season was the franchise's 45th season in the National Football League and the 55th overall. Head coach Dennis Allen was fired on September 29 following an 0–4 start, and compiled an 8–28 record in 2+ seasons in Oakland. Offensive line coach Tony Sparano was named interim head coach on September 30. The Raiders were officially eliminated from the playoffs after their Week 11 loss to the Chargers, therefore becoming the earliest team since the 2004 Dolphins to be eliminated from postseason contention.


2014 Oakland Raiders season
After a run of 16 straight losses, including an 0–10 start which had not happened since the 2011 Indianapolis Colts, the Raiders won 24–20 against the Kansas City Chiefs on November 20.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1
The Raiders started their season on the road against the Jets. In the first quarter, the Jets grabbed an early lead as Nick Folk kicked a field goal from 45 yards out for a 3–0 lead. The Raiders took the lead later on in the quarter as Derek Carr found Rod Streater on a 12-yard touchdown pass for a 7–3 game. In the 2nd quarter, the Jets retook the lead when Geno Smith found Chris Johnson on a 5-yard touchdown pass for a 10–7 game at halftime.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 1
After the break, the Jets went back to work as Folk kicked another field goal from 42 yards out for a 13–7 game for that quarter's only score. In the 4th quarter, they increased their lead as Chris Ivory ran for a 71-yard touchdown (with a failed 2-point conversion) for a 19–7 game. The Raiders scored late in the 4th quarter when Carr found James Jones on a 30-yard touchdown pass for a 19–14 final score.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2
After a road loss to the Jets, the Raiders went home to take on the Texans. The Texans would dominate the first half scoring in both the first and second quarters:  Ryan Fitzpatrick found J. J. Watt on a 1-yard touchdown pass for a 7–0 lead followed by Arian Foster's 5-yard touchdown run for a 14–0 and lastly Randy Bullock kicking a 33-yard field goal for a 17–0 lead at halftime.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 2
After the break, the Texans went back to work in the 3rd quarter as DeAndre Hopkins caught a 12-yard touchdown pass from Fitzpatrick for a 24–0 lead followed up by Bullock kicking a 39-yard field goal for a 27–0 lead. The Raiders finally got on the board in the 4th quarter as Darren McFadden ran for a 1-yard touchdown making it a 27–7 game. The Texans moved ahead as Bullock kicked a 46-yard field goal for a 30–7 game. The Raiders scored the final points of the game as Derek Carr found James Jones on a 9-yard touchdown pass for a 30–14 loss.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3
After a home loss to the Texans, the Raiders traveled east to take on the Patriots. The Raiders took an early lead when Sebastian Janikowski kicked a 49-yard field goal for a 3–0 game and the only score of the first quarter. The Patriots took the lead in the 2nd quarter when Tom Brady found Rob Gronkowski on a 6-yard touchdown pass for a 7–3 game followed up by Stephen Gostowski kicking a 21-yard field goal for a 10–3 lead at halftime.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 3
In the 3rd quarter, the Raiders went back to work as Janikowski nailed 2 field goals from 37 and 47 yards out coming within 4, 10–6 and then within 1, 10–9. However, in the 4th quarter, the Patriots were able to eventually win the game when Gostkowski kicked 2 field goals from 20 and 36 yards out first for a 13–9 and the eventual final score of 16–9. The Raiders were held without a touchdown in a single game for the first time since their 17–6 loss to the Panthers in 2012.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4
The Raiders traveled to London and were considered the home team in the International Series against the Dolphins. In the first quarter, they would score first when Derek Carr found Brian Leonhardt on a 3-yard touchdown pass for a 7–0 lead. Later on, the Dolphins got on the board when Caleb Sturgis kicked a 41-yard field goal to shorten the lead to 7–3.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4
This was the beginning of 35 consecutive points for the team as in the 2nd quarter they took the lead when Ryan Tannehill found Mike Wallace on a 13-yard touchdown pass, Lamar Miller ran for a touchdown from 9 yards out, and then Tannehill found Dion Sims on an 18-yard touchdown pass for leads of 10–7, 17–7, and the eventual halftime score of 24–7.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4
In the 3rd quarter, the Dolphins went back to work as Lamar Miller ran for another touchdown from 1 yard out for a 31–7 lead before Cortland Finnegan returned a fumble 50 yards for a touchdown for a 38–7 lead. In the 4th quarter, the Raiders were able to wrap up the scoring when Backup QB Matt McGloin found Andre Holmes on a 22-yard touchdown pass for the eventual final score of 38–14.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 4
With the loss, the Raiders went 0–4 heading into their bye week.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6
After resting up from their bye week, the Raiders went back to the O.co Coliseum for a home game against the Chargers. In the first quarter, they snagged an early 7–0 lead when Derek Carr found Andre Holmes on a 77-yard touchdown pass. Later on, the Chargers would tie it up 7–7 when Philip Rivers found Eddie Royal on a 29-yard touchdown pass. In the 2nd quarter, the Chargers took the lead when Rivers found Malcom Floyd on a 5-yard touchdown pass for a 14–7 game.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 6
However, the Raiders managed to tie it up before halftime when Carr found James Jones on a 6-yard touchdown pass for a 14–14 game. In the 3rd quarter, the Raiders retook the lead when Carr found Brice Butler on a 47-yard touchdown pass leading 21–14. The Chargers however tied it back up when Rivers found Antonio Gates on a 1-yard touchdown pass for a 21–21 game. In the 4th quarter, the Raiders retook the lead again when Carr found Holmes again on a 6-yard touchdown pass for a 28–21 game. However, the Chargers were able to score 10 points later on in the quarter:  First when Nick Novak scored a field goal from 30 yards out to come within 4, 28–24 and then Branden Oliver's 1-yard run for a touchdown for the eventual final score of 31–28.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7
The Raiders stayed home for a game against the Cardinals. The Cardinals scored first in the first quarter when Carson Palmer found Stepfan Taylor on a 2-yard touchdown pass for a 7–0 lead and the only score of the quarter. They made it 14–0 in the 2nd quarter when Palmer found Michael Floyd on a 33-yard touchdown pass. The Raiders got on the board when Darren McFadden ran for a 1-yard touchdown for a 14–7 lead followed up by Sebastian Janikowski kicking a 29-yard field goal for a 14–10 game at halftime.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7
In the 3rd quarter, the Raiders came within 1 as Janikowski managed to kick a 53-yard field goal for a 14–13 game. The Cards however took control of the game as Taylor ran for a 4-yard touchdown for a 21–13 lead. Finally in the 4th quarter the Cards wrapped up the scoring when Chandler Catanzaro nailed a 41-yard field goal for the eventual final score of 24–13.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 7
With the loss, the Raiders dropped to 0–6 and with the Jaguars' win over the Browns, they became the league's only winless team.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8
After losses at home, the Raiders traveled to Cleveland to take on the Browns. The Browns scored 9 straight points leading into the 2nd quarter when Billy Cundiff kicked 3 field goals from:  52 (in the 1st quarter), 33, and 26 yards out (in the 2nd quarter) for leads of 3–0, 6–0, and 9–0. The Raiders got on the board when Sebastian Janikowski kicked 2 field goals before halftime from 46 and 38 yards out for a 9–3 and then 9–6 game at halftime.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 8
After a scoreless 3rd quarter, the Browns got back to work in the 4th when Brian Hoyer found Andrew Hawkins on a 4-yard touchdown pass for a 16–6 lead followed by Ben Tate running in the end zone for a 5-yard touchdown for a 23–6 game. The Raiders wrapped up the scoring of the game later on when Derek Carr found Andre Holmes 10-yard touchdown pass for the final score:  23–13.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9
Still looking for their first win of the season 7 games through, the Raiders headed up to the Pacific Northwest to take on the defending champion Seattle Seahawks.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9
The Raiders received the opening kickoff and immediately scored on their first possession by means of a 48-yard field goal by Sebastian Janikowski. Up 3–0, the Oakland defense took the field and was unable to stop the Seahawks from responding. Seattle took advantage of the multiple flags against the defense as Marshawn Lynch and Russell Wilson facilitated a 72-yard drive to score the game's first touchdown on a 3-yard run by Lynch. Both teams went 3-and-out on their next offensive possession before Derek Carr was picked off by Seahawks LB Bruce Irvin who returned it 35 yards for a touchdown on the final play of the first quarter.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9
In the second quarter, Carr was intercepted again, this time by Richard Sherman. Seahawks kicker Steven Hauschka added a field goal to put the Seahawks up 17–3. Meanwhile, the Raiders were unable to stop turning the ball over. After Hauschka's field goal, on the ensuing kickoff, T.J. Carrie's return was fumbled at the Oakland 25 and recovered by Hauschka himself at the 31 yard line.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9
Though the Seahawks were unable to turn it into any points on Hauschka's missed field goal, Lynch picked up his second rushing touchdown of the day later in the quarter, this time from 5 yards out, and the Seahawks led 24–3 at halftime. To start the second half, however, the Raiders scored in less than a minute by blocking Jon Ryan's punt and recovering it in the end zone for a touchdown.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9
With 5 minutes left in the third, Carr connected with tight end Mychal Rivera on a 1-yard touchdown pass to bring Oakland to within 7. Hauschka added two more field goals early in the fourth quarter and the Seahawks had a 13-point advantage with just over 9 minutes remaining. It took the Raiders until two plays after the 2-minute warning to score. Carr hooked up with Rivera again on another 1-yard touchdown pass and left it up to an onside kick to determine the outcome. Unfortunately for Oakland, their onside kick try was recovered by Seattle's Jermaine Kearse, and the Seahawks hung on to claim the victory, 30–24.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 9
With the loss, the Raiders dropped to 0–8 on the season.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10
After battling the Super Bowl champions in Week 9, the winless Raiders went back home for Week 10 to take on their divisional rival and the defending AFC Champion Denver Broncos for the first time all year.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10
Broncos QB Peyton Manning was immediately picked off by cornerback D.J. Hayden on his second pass of the game 30 seconds in. Taking over near midfield, the Raiders got down to the Denver 23, but were forced to kick a 41-yard field goal, which Janikowski was successful on. Broncos kicker Brandon McManus responded with a field goal of his own, and the game was tied at three apiece. In the second quarter, McManus added another field goal and, later in the period, the Raiders intercepted Manning again; this time, it was Justin Tuck.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10
Oakland scored a touchdown off the turnover and took a 10–6 lead on a Derek Carr five-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Brice Butler. However, after two unsuccessful drives for each team, Carr was  intercepted by Denver cornerback Bradley Roby and the Broncos stormed back with two quick touchdowns. Both touchdowns were passes by Manning to C. J. Anderson and Emmanuel Sanders of 51 and 32 yards, respectively. Denver led 20–10 at the half.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10
In the second half, Oakland's offensive miscues continued as Khalif Barnes fumbled at his own 13-yard line, and the Broncos wasted no time as Manning's 10-yard pass to Julius Thomas put Denver up by 17. Oakland's next possession ended in a punt, and Manning went right back to Thomas for another touchdown, Peyton's fourth of the day and second from 32 yards out. Carr was picked off again, the Broncos scored yet another touchdown on Manning's fifth of the game and second to Emmanuel Sanders, and the visitors took a commanding 41–10 lead. Down 31 points, the Raiders headed into the fourth quarter and were humiliated by the potent Denver offense, and were unable to do much more than score an insignificant touchdown with 53 seconds left. The Broncos left Oakland with a 41–17 win and moved to 7–2 on the season.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 10
Meanwhile, the Raiders' woes continued as their record fell to 0–9.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11
With the loss, the Raiders fell to 0–10 and were the first team this season to be mathematically eliminated from postseason contention. They are the earliest team to be eliminated from the playoffs since the 2004 Miami Dolphins. The loss also mathematically guaranteed a fourth-place finish in the AFC West.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 11
The Raiders also became the first team to start 0–10 after the 2011 Colts. They would later on be joined by the 2016 Cleveland Browns.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 12 vs Chiefs
With the upset win the Raiders not only improved to 1–10, but they finally snapped a 15-game regular season losing streak which dated back to 2013. Also, QB Derek Carr got his first career NFL win as a starter.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 13
The Raiders couldn't get things going offensively all game long as Derek Carr's inconsistency led to his benching. He was replaced by Matt Schuab in the second half. The defense wasn't a factor either as they couldn't stop the Rams' offense, especially their running game. The Raiders looked to respond after allowing 38 points in the first half, but it was too late as they would go on to lose in a 52–0 embarrassment.


2014 Oakland Raiders season, Schedule, Game summaries, Week 14
This would snap a 13-game losing streak for Raiders against NFC teams. This would also be their first win against their Bay Area rivals since 2000.


2014 Oakland mayoral election
The 2014 Oakland mayoral election was held on November 4, 2014 to elect the mayor of Oakland, California. It saw the election of Libby Schaaf, who unseated incumbent mayor Jean Quan.


2014 Oakland mayoral election
This was the first time since 1990 that an incumbent mayor of Oakland was defeated for reelection.


2014 Oakland mayoral election, Background
Four years prior, Jean Quan had won what was regarded to have been a surprise victory. She won a narrow victory in the tenth, and final possible, round of the instant-runoff vote, despite runner-up Don Perata having led the vote count in all nine previous rounds.


2014 Oakland mayoral election, Background
Many challengers filed to unseat Quan in 2014, the best-known names being City Council members Rebecca Kaplan and Libby Schaaf; political science professor, former television commentator, and 2010 mayoral candidate Joe Tuman, City Auditor Courtney Ruby; former Port of Oakland Commissioner Bryan Parker; and civil rights lawyer Dan Siegel.


2014 Oakland mayoral election, Results, Results summary
The following table shows a summary of the instant runoff for the election. The table shows the round in which the candidate was defeated or elected the winner, the votes for the candidate in that round, and what share those votes were of all votes counting for any candidate in that round. There is also a bar graph showing those votes for each candidate and categorized as either first-round votes or votes that were transferred from another candidate.


2014 Oakland mayoral election, Results, Vote counts by round
The following table shows how votes were counted in a series of rounds of instant runoffs. Each voter could mark which candidates were the voter's first, second, and third choice. Each voter had one vote, but could mark three choices for how that vote can be counted. In each round, the vote is counted for the most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated. Then one or more candidates with the fewest votes are eliminated. Votes that counted for an eliminated candidate are transferred to the voter's next most preferred candidate that has not yet been eliminated.


2014 Oakland mayoral election, Results, Vote counts by round
Continuing votes are votes that counted for a candidate in that round. Exhausted ballots represent votes that could not be transferred because a less preferred candidate was not marked on the ballot. Voters were allowed to mark only three choices because of voting system limitations. Over votes are votes that could not be counted for a candidate because more than one candidate was marked for a choice that was ready to be counted. Under votes are ballots were left blank or that only marked a choice for a write-in candidate that had not qualified as a write-in candidate.


2014 Oakland riots
The 2014 Oakland riots were a series of riots and civil disturbances that took place in Oakland, California and surrounding areas in November and December 2014. On November 24, 2014, following the decision of a Grand Jury in St. Louis to not charge Darren Wilson in the shooting death of black teenager Michael Brown, protests and rioting broke out in Oakland and later spread to other Bay Area cities. For more than two weeks, the Bay Area was the site of civil unrest as protesters clashed with police and damaged public and private property.


2014 Oakland riots, Reactions
Reactions to the protests were mixed. Some in the public supported the protests while still condemning the violence. However, others were more angry over the destruction. Storeowner Edwin Cabrillo scuffled with protesters using a broom as he tried to protect his wine store from being vandalized. "I put my whole life into this shop," he said. "This is what makes Oakland worse. ".


2014 Oberstaufen Cup
The 2014 Oberstaufen Cup was a professional tennis tournament played on clay courts. It was the 23rd edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Oberstaufen, Germany between 21 and 27 July 2014.


2014 Oberstaufen Cup, Singles main draw entrants, Other entrants
The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:


2014 Oberstaufen Cup – Doubles
Dominik Meffert and Philipp Oswald are the defending champions but decided not to participate.


2014 Oberstaufen Cup – Doubles
Wesley Koolhof and Alessandro Motti  won the tournament, beating Radu Albot and Mateusz Kowalczyk 7–6(9–7), 6–3


2014 Oberstaufen Cup – Singles
Guillaume Rufin is the defending champion, after defeating Peter Gojowczyk.


2014 Oberstaufen Cup – Singles
Simone Bolelli won the title, beating Michael Berrer 6–4, 7–6(7–2).


2014 Oceania Athletics Championships
The 2014 Oceania Athletics Championships were held at the BCI Stadium in Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between June 24–26, 2014. The event was held jointly with the 2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships, and there were also exhibition events for masters, and athletes with a disability (parasports). Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.


2014 Oceania Athletics Championships
In the senior category, a total of 39 events were contested, 19 by men, 19 by women and 1 mixed medley relay.


2014 Oceania Athletics Championships, Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.


2014 Oceania Athletics Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 155 athletes from 21 countries participated in the senior category. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) including athletes with "their normal place of residence in Northern Australia (defined as comprising the Northern Territory and any parts of Western Australia and Queensland, north of 26th parallel south latitude)."


2014 Oceania Badminton Championships
The 2014 Badminton Oceania Championships was the 9th tournament of the Oceania Badminton Championships. It was held in Ballarat, Australia from February 10 to February 15, 2014.


2014 Oceania Handball Champions Cup
The 2014 Oceania Handball Champions Cup was held in Noumea from 18 to 21 June 2014. This was organised by the Oceania Handball Federation and featured teams from Australia and host's New Caledonia.


2014 Oceania Handball Champions Cup
The tournament was won by Australian team Sydney University. They won the right to represent Oceania in the 2014 IHF Super Globe.


2014 Oceania Handball Championship
The 2014 Oceania Handball Nations Cup was the ninth edition of the Oceania Handball Nations Cup, held from 25 to 26 April 2014 in Auckland, New Zealand. It acted originally as the qualifying competition for the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship, securing one vacancy for the World Championship. The spot was taken away by the IHF on 8 July 2014.


2014 Oceania Handball Championship
Australia and New Zealand played a two-game series to determine the winner.


2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships
The 2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships were held at the BCI Stadium in Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands, between June 24–26, 2014. They were held together with the 2014 Oceania Senior Championships, and there were also exhibition events for masters, and athletes with a disability (parasports). Detailed reports on a day by day basis were given.


2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships
In the junior category, a total of 41 events were contested, 20 by men and 21 by women.


2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships, Medal summary
Complete results can be found on the Oceania Athletics Association webpage.


2014 Oceania Junior Athletics Championships, Participation
According to an unofficial count, 140 athletes from 21 countries participated. As in the years before, there was also a "Regional Australia Team" (dubbed "RAT" in the results list) recruited by Athletics North Queensland and Athletics Northern Territory. Moreover, there was an athlete (Australian Cedric Dubler) representing the IAAF High-Performance Training Centre (HPTC) in Varsity Lakes, Queensland, Australia. Some athletes competed in both the junior and the senior category.


2014 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy
The 2014 Men's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Wellington, New Zealand between 8 and 13 December 2014.


2014 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy
The competition participants were defending champions Australia, host New Zealand, regulars Vanuatu and Cook Islands. New to the championship were America Samoa, Tahiti (French Polynesia), New Caledonia, Papua New Guinea and Samoa.


2014 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy
Tahiti were the winner upsetting Australia in the final and going through undefeated. Third was New Caledonia over host New Zealand. Fifth was Vanuatu, then Papua New Guinea, Samoa, America Samoa and Cook Islands.


2014 Oceania Men's Handball Challenge Trophy, Men's Results, 5th to 9th place
Each team to play each other once. Round robin rounds and additional games to finalize positions.


2014 Oceania Sevens Championship
The 2014 Oceania Sevens Championship was the seventh Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held in Noosa, Australia.


2014 Oceania Sevens Championship
Fiji won the Oceania Sevens Championship by defeating New Zealand 21-5. The two best-placed non-core Sevens World Series teams qualified through to the 2015 Wellington Sevens (Papua New Guinea) and the 2015 Hong Kong Sevens (Tonga).


2014 Oceania Swimming Championships
The 10th Oceania Swimming Championships were held 20–23 May 2014, at the Westwave Aquatic Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. It was the tenth edition of the biennial championships, and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming. The open water events were held 11–12 January 2014, in Lake Taupo.


2014 Oceania Swimming Championships, Participating countries
Countries with confirmed teams for the 2014 Oceania Swimming Championships were:


2014 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy
The 2014 Women's Oceania Handball Challenge Trophy was held at the ASB Sports Centre in Wellington, New Zealand between December 8 and 13, 2014.


2014 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy
The competition participants were defending champions Australia, host New Zealand, regulars Vanuatu and Cook Islands. New to the championship were America Samoa, New Caledonia, and Samoa.


2014 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy
Hosts New Zealand were the winner upsetting Australia in the final and going through undefeated. Third was New Caledonia over Vanuatu. Fifth was Cook Islands, then Samoa and America Samoa.


2014 Oceania Women's Handball Challenge Trophy, Women's results, 5th to 7th place
Each team to play each other once. Round robin rounds and additional games to finalize positions.


2014 Odds BK season
Odds Ballklubb, commonly known as Odd, is a Norwegian football club from Skien. Originally the football section of a multi-sports club, founded in 1894 nine years after the club's founding. All other sports than football were discontinued and the club became dedicated to football only. Odd plays in the Norwegian top division, Tippeligaen, and holds the record winning the Norwegian Football Cup the most times, the last coming in 2000. The club was known as Odd Grenland between 1994 and 2012. During the 2014/15 the club will be participating in the Tippeliean and NM Cupen.


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


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


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


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


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


2014 Oddset Hockey Games
The 2014 Oddset Hockey Games is played between 1–4 May 2014. The Czech Republic, Finland, Sweden and Russia play a round-robin for a total of three games per team and six games in total. Five of the matches are played in the Ericsson Globe in Stockholm, Sweden, and one match in the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland. Finland won the tournament for the fifth time. The tournament is a part of the 2013–14 Euro Hockey Tour.


2014 Oddset Hockey Games, Games
All times are local (UTC+2 for the games in Sweden, and UTC+3 for the game in Finland).


2014 Odessa clashes
Clashes between pro-Maidan and anti-Maidan demonstrators erupted in the southern Ukrainian city of Odessa in 2014, in reaction to Euromaidan. The clashes culminated on the 2nd of May, when 46 anti-Maidan and two pro-Maidan unity activists were killed and over 200 people were injured during a confrontation in the city center and the Trade Unions House.


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins
Odessa, largely Russophone, witnessed continued unrest throughout 2014. Up to 2,000 pro-Maidan protesters marched on the regional state administration (RSA) building in Odessa on 26 January, but were repelled by pro-government supporters and municipal barricades. Odessa municipal administration fortified the RSA with concrete blocks to prevent further incursions on 28 January. Confrontations between Euromaidan and Anti- Maidan protesters continued over the next month, and on 19 February, about 100 unidentified men wearing masks and helmets, and armed with baseball bats, assaulted a pro-Maidan demonstration. Three journalists and two cameramen were injured in the clashes. A number of Russian nationalist groups (Odesska Druzhyna, Anti-Maidan) were active throughout the period and actively supported by senior Russian politicians such as Sergey Glazyev.


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins
After the ousting of president Viktor Yanukovych by Euromaidan protesters in late February, heightened tensions between Euromaidan and anti-Maidan protesters began in Odessa Oblast. Police reported that 5,000 participated in a pro-Russian demonstration in the city of Odessa on 1 March. Rolling demonstrations continued, and on 3 March 2014, 200–500 demonstrators with Russian flags attempted to seize the Odessa RSA building. They demanded that a referendum on the establishment of an "Odessa Autonomous Republic" be held.


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins
Meanwhile, several competing pro-Maidan demonstrations were also held in the city. On 30 March a 5,000-strong pro-Maidan protest was held in Odessa.


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins
On 30 March, Russian ultranationalist Anton Rayevsky was arrested and deported from the city for organizing pro-Russian subversive groups, allegedly for the Russian government. A member of the neo-Nazi Black Hundreds group, materials confiscated from Rayevsky called for the destruction of Ukrainians and Jews in the region, and for Russian military intervention.


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins
An 'Odessa People's Republic' was proclaimed by an internet group in Odessa Oblast on 16 April. Members of the Odessa anti-Maidan protest group later swore that they made no such declaration, and the leaders of the group said they had only heard about it through the media. The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine later confirmed that the situation in Odessa remained calm. Local anti-Maidan and pro-Euromaidan leaders in Odessa Oblast voiced scepticism about the Geneva Statement on Ukraine on 20 April. The anti-Maidan leaders insisted that they aimed not at secession, but at the establishment of a wider federated state called 'Novorossiya' within Ukraine.


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins
A hand grenade was thrown from a passing car at a joint police-Maidan self-defence checkpoint outside Odessa on 25 April, injuring seven people, and causing heightened tensions in the region.


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins, Gallery
Anti - Russian military intervention in Ukraine demonstration in Odessa, 9 March 2014


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins, Gallery
Pro -Russian Odesskaya Druzhina militants at the Trade Unions House encampment on 14 April


2014 Odessa clashes, Unrest begins, Gallery
A sign that condemns members of Ukrainian military unit who opened fire on bandits who stormed their garrison at night in Mariupol


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire
On 2 May 2014, as part of the rising unrest in Ukraine in the aftermath of the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, multiple clashes between pro-Maidan and anti-Maidan groups broke out in the streets of Odessa. Two pro-Maidan and four anti-Maidan activists were killed by gunfire during the clashes in the streets. These clashes culminated in a large skirmish outside the Trade Unions House, an Odessa landmark located on Kulikovo Field in the city centre. That building then caught fire in unclear circumstances, resulting in the deaths of forty-two pro-Russian activists who had holed up in it. The events were the bloodiest civil conflict in Odessa since 1918.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire
A detailed minute-by-minute timeline of events has been compiled by "the 2 May Group", an organisation of 13 local journalists and experts investigating the tragedy on a volunteer basis. The timeline's first version is published in 2014, and an updated version in 2016. According to Guardian, most of what is known today about the tragedy is thanks to the 2 May Group investigation based on analysis of amateur footage and interviews with witnesses.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events
A rally at 14:00 for national unity was held in Sobornaya Square by about 1,500 people, including many FC Chornomorets Odesa and FC Metalist Kharkiv fans, along with some right-wing Right Sector members, and many ordinary people. Joint marches among the sports fans are a regular tradition before all football matches in the area. As they marched down Derybasivska Street, fans of both teams sang the Ukrainian national anthem together, chanted patriotic slogans such as "Odessa, Kharkiv, Ukraine", and sang other songs against Russian President Vladimir Putin. OSCE monitors reported that they saw around one-hundred pro-unity activists in camouflage with sticks and shields participating in the march.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events
Attendees told journalists beforehand that they had found out through social media that "anti-Maidan supporters were calling for everyone to gather and crush the unification march." One of the pages called on their supporters in Odessa to "take after Donetsk," a reference to pro-Russian attacks that took place against pro-Maidan demonstrators in Donetsk days prior. A leaflet that said the pro-Russian groups would "defend Odessa from pogroms" was distributed across the city before the rally.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Escalation into clashes
This rally was later attacked by a pro-Russian mob of 300 from the group Odesskaya Druzhina armed with bats and firearms at Hretska Street. Both sides fought running battles against each other, exchanging stones and petrol bombs, and built barricades throughout the city during the afternoon. According to OHCHR both sides had various kinds of helmets, masks, shields, axes and wooden or metal sticks, and firearms.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Escalation into clashes
According to an OmTV there were mostly air pistols and the first actual firearms used was brought by an Antimaidan activist Vitaly Budko ("Botsman") who opened fire from an AK-74 rifle using 5.45 bullets. Witnesses pointed out that he was shooting from behind the police line, effectively being covered by the law enforcement operatives. The first victim was Igor Ivanov, who died from a 5.45 bullet. Some shots were fired from the roof top of the Afina shopping centre to shoot down at the crowds.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Escalation into clashes
Budko later left the scene in ambulance together with police commander Dmitry Fuchedzhy (Russian: Дмитрий Фучеджи). Afterwards the pro-Russian "Antimaidan" activists claimed that Budko was using blank rounds or, in another version, an airsoft replica. However, analysis of videos by the "2 May Group" has proven that Budko was indeed using a real AK-74 with live rounds. Fuchedzhy shortly after fled to Russia and obtained Russian citizenship, while Russian law enforcement denied any legal help to Ukrainian investigation of his role in the tragedy.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Escalation into clashes
Videos from the killing of Ivanov, rapidly spreading in social networks, was – according to people interviewed by OmTV – the tipping point in the conflict and resulted in bringing in a large number of Molotov cocktails, further airguns and hunting rifles to the conflict. Four anti-Maidan activists died from firearms shortly after on Hretska Ploshcha: Evgeniy Losinsky, Alexandr Zhulkov, Nikolai Yavorskiy – from hunting bullets, and Gennadiy Petrov – from 5.6 bullets.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Trade Unions House fire
As soon as word spread about the attack by pro-Russian demonstrators, a call by pro-Maidan demonstrators to go to Kulikovo Field and destroy the anti-Maidan camp emerged on social networks. As a result, the pro-Russian crowd was later overwhelmed by the pro-Maidan demonstrators, and their encampment outside the Trade Unions House building was torched. This forced the pro-Russian activists to enter that building, and occupy it. The building is five storeys tall, and is the headquarters of the Odessa regional federation of trade unions. It is located on Kulikovo Field, in the city centre.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Trade Unions House fire
Reports about the precise sequence of events that followed vary between different sources, including several confirmed fake reports being spread through social networks. While defending the building, militants on the roof tossed rocks and petrol bombs at the protesters below. A report by the Ukrainian Independent Information Agency (UNIAN) said that the pro-Maidan crowd began to throw petrol bombs into the building after having been fired upon by the pro-Russian group. BBC News said that the situation was unclear, with multiple sources indicating that both sides had been throwing petrol bombs at each other.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Trade Unions House fire
One eyewitness told the BBC that the fire started on the third floor when a petrol bomb was thrown at a closed window from inside the building, and the Kyiv Post reported that several flaming bottles held by Ukrainian unity activists outside were thrown into the front entrance, and through the windows on the second and fourth floors. An official investigation conducted by the Ukrainian Interior Ministry stated that while no firearms were found inside the building, those on the roof were shooting at the crowd below, and accidentally set the building on fire whilst throwing petrol bombs from above. One of the pro-Maidan protesters who was shot (non-fatally) by a sniper from the trade unions building was Andrey Krasilnikov, a Russian citizen and Euromaidan activist. Russia Today disputed this report, saying that the fire was started intentionally by "pro-Kiev radicals", and that those who died were "anti-government activists."


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Trade Unions House fire
Regardless of who started the fire, it is known that it started on the second and third floors of the building, and quickly spread. Firefighters were slow to respond, arriving an hour after the fire began. Thirteen units of fire and rescue apparatus were sent to the scene, but were prevented from operating because of the large number of people gathered around the building. Fifty pro-Russian activists remained on the roof, barricading themselves in and refusing to leave, while others were seen attempting to jump out of the windows.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Trade Unions House fire
Some of those who tried to escape the fire were set upon and beaten during their attempts to flee by some Ukrainian unity demonstrators, while other demonstrators saved several dozen people in rooms on the second and third floor. Some outside the building chanted "burn Colorads, burn," referring to a derogatory term for pro-Russian activists who wear the Ribbon of Saint George. Local pro-Maidan unity protesters said that no one in Odessa's pro-Maidan movement knew the people that were seen chanting such slogans outside the burning building.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Casualties
The official list of people killed during the event is still kept secret by the Ukrainian authorities. Unofficially, the names of all victims have been established by journalists and published by local media: Dumskaya and Timer. According to UN OHCHR report, 42 people died in a fire that erupted in the House of Trade Unions: 32 from carbon monoxide poisoning, and 10 after leaping from windows to escape the flames. These were 34 men, seven women and a 17-year-old boy, all of them - either anti-Maidan supporters or people who happened to be at the site of the incident.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Casualties
Six people were killed earlier the same day from firearms at Hretska Square: four anti-Maidan and two Euromaidan supporters. In total, 48 people died in one day as a result of the clashes. Hospital staff reported that 174 were injured, and 25 were in critical condition. 172 people were reported arrested as a result of the conflict, and 38 anti-Maidan activists were detained by police after they had been evacuated from the burning building; most of them were badly injured.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Casualties
On the day of the event there appeared rumors that of those who died in the fire, fifteen were Russian citizens, and five were from Transnistria. The Interior Ministry debunked these rumors since the identity of most of the victims had not been determined on 2 May. Later reports showed that none of the identified victims was from Russia or Transnistria. Out of the 48 people killed, 46 were from Odessa or Odessa region, one from Mykolaiv Oblast and one from Vinnytsia.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Aftermath
The city of Odessa announced that three days of mourning would be held in honour of those who lost their lives in the clashes. Ukrainian interim President Oleksandr Turchynov followed suit, declaring two days of national mourning for those who died in the clashes, also those who died during a government counter-offensive in Donetsk Oblast.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Aftermath
Both pro-Russian and pro-Maidan demonstrators gathered outside the burnt Trade Unions House on the day after the clashes. Roughly 2,000 pro-Russian protesters gathered outside, chanting: "Odessa is a Russian city." There was a heavy police presence, and some minor scuffles between protesters. In another outbreak of unrest, the Interior Ministry's headquarters in Odessa was attacked by several hundred pro-Russian activists on 4 May. Originally a protest, the events later turned violent when masked demonstrators with improvised weapons started breaking windows, and forcing gates open.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Aftermath
In an attempt to pacify the protesters, the officials inside the building released between 30 and 67 of those arrested in the aftermath of the clashes. Elsewhere in the city, supporters of federalisation attacked a Ukrainian reporter for Channel 5 news. A rally of several hundred pro-Maidan activists marched to the site of the fire, raised the Ukrainian flag from the central flagpole, and observed a moment of silence for the victims.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Aftermath
In response to the conflict, Odessa governor Nemirovsky announced the formation of a 'territorial defence battalion' of the army and would be recruiting to quickly restore order in the region.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Events, Aftermath
7 May 2014 Nemirovsky accused Alexandr Dubovoy of organization of Odessa clashes. In July, the court ordered Nemirovsky to refute this false report.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Investigation
Investigators are probing four theories: an order to extremist groups to destabilise the situation in Ukraine; unlawful activity by Odessa regional authorities and police aimed at discrediting the current central government; unchecked actions by football fans and pro-Russia groups; and a provocation by radical individuals.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Investigation
As of May 2017, the official investigation is still in progress and criticized by Ukrainian human-rights groups and international bodies for lack of progress and failure to investigate key evidence. At least one case has been taken to European Court of Human Rights by a mother whose son has died in the clashes.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Investigation
UN Human Rights office states in its 2016 report: "criminal prosecutions ... appear to have been initiated in a partial fashion. Only activists from the 'pro-federalism' camp have been prosecuted so far, while the majority of victims were supporters of 'pro-federalism' movement... The investigations into the violence have been affected by systemic institutional deficiencies and characterized by procedural irregularities, which appear to indicate an unwillingness to genuinely investigate and prosecute those responsible."


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Investigation
Pro -Maidan activist Sergei Khodiak is officially accused of murder, but he is not under arrest. He was released after two days in custody due to the pressure of other Euromaidan activists on the court. Although the pre-trial investigation was completed in August 2015, the trial has not yet started (as of May 2016). None of Euromaidan activists was under arrest as of March 2016, and May 2017. At the same time, around dozen of anti-Maidan supporters have been held in custody for at least two years. Some of them launched a hunger strike. An anti-Maidan activist Igor Astakhov died after two years in custody from a heart failure. Three years after the events, five anti-Maidan supporters remain in custody.


2014 Odessa clashes, 2 May city centre clashes and Trade Unions House fire, Investigation
Those who set fire to the House of Trade Unions have not been identified.