The championship stage of the
2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
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was played from March 10 to April 24, 2014. A total of eight teams competed in the championship stage.
Qualified teams
The winners of each of the eight groups in the
group stage
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concent ...
qualified for the championship stage.
Seeding
The qualified teams were seeded 1–8 in the championship stage according to their results in the group stage.
Format
In the championship stage, the eight teams played a
single-elimination tournament
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. Each tie was played on a home-and-away
two-legged
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basis. The
away goals rule
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was used if the aggregate score was level after normal time of the second leg, but not after
extra time
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, and so a tie was decided by
penalty shoot-out
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if the aggregate score was level after extra time of the second leg.
Bracket
The bracket of the championship stage was determined by the seeding as follows:
*Quarterfinals: Seed 1 vs. Seed 8 (QF1), Seed 2 vs. Seed 7 (QF2), Seed 3 vs. Seed 6 (QF3), Seed 4 vs. Seed 5 (QF4), with seeds 1–4 hosting the second leg
*Semifinals: Winner QF1 vs. Winner QF4 (SF1), Winner QF2 vs. Winner QF3 (SF2), with winners QF1 and QF2 hosting the second leg
*Finals: Winner SF1 vs. Winner SF2, with winner SF1 hosting the second leg
Quarterfinals
The first legs were played on March 10–12, 2014, and the second legs were played on March 18–20, 2014.
''All times
U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (
UTC−4)''
First leg
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Second leg
''Tijuana won 4–3 on aggregate.''
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''2–2 on aggregate. Toluca won 5–4 on penalties.''
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''Cruz Azul won 5–2 on aggregate.''
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''Alajuelense won 2–0 on aggregate.''
Semifinals
The first legs were played on April 1, 2014, and the second legs were played on April 8–9, 2014.
''All times
U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (
UTC−4)''
First leg
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Second leg
''Toluca won 3–0 on aggregate.''
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''Cruz Azul won 2–1 on aggregate.''
Finals
The first leg was played on April 15, 2014, and the second leg was played on April 23, 2014.
''All times
U.S. Eastern Daylight Time (
UTC−4)''
First leg
Second leg
''1–1 on aggregate. Cruz Azul won on away goals.''
References
External links
CONCACAF Champions League CONCACAF.com
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