The 2014 CAF Champions League (also known as the 2014
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CAF Champions League for sponsorship reasons) was the 50th edition of
Africa
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's premier club
football tournament organized by the
Confederation of African Football (CAF), and the 18th edition under the current
CAF Champions League format. The two-time defending champions
Al-Ahly were eliminated in the second round by
Al-Ahly Benghazi
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History
Al-Ahly SC Libya was made a professional footba ...
.
In the
final
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,
ES Sétif
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of Algeria defeated
AS Vita Club of the Democratic Republic of the Congo on the away goals rule after drawing 3–3 on aggregate, to win their second title. They qualified for the
2014 FIFA Club World Cup
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, and earned the right to play in the
2015 CAF Super Cup
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.
Association team allocation
All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Champions League, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their
CAF 5-Year Ranking
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eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders could also enter if they had not already qualified for the CAF Champions League.
As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament – although this level has never been reached.
For the 2014 CAF Champions League, the CAF used the 2008–2012
CAF 5-Year Ranking
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, which calculated points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points were the following:
The points were multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:
*2012 – 5
*2011 – 4
*2010 – 3
*2009 – 2
*2008 – 1
Teams
The following teams entered the competition. Teams in bold received a bye to the
first round. The other teams entered the
preliminary round
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''Associations are shown according to their
2008–2012 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.''
;Notes
The following associations did not enter a team:
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Benin
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Cape Verde
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Central African Republic
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Djibouti
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Eritrea
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Malawi
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Mauritius
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Réunion
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Somalia
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Schedule
The schedule of the competition was as follows (all draws held at CAF headquarters in
Cairo
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,
Egypt
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unless otherwise stated).
Qualifying rounds
The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 16 December 2013.
Qualification ties were played on a home-and-away
two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the
away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a
penalty shoot-out
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(no
extra time was played).
Preliminary round
;Notes
First round
Second round
The losers of the second round entered the
2014 CAF Confederation Cup play-off round.
Group stage
The draw for the group stage was held on 29 April 2014.
The eight teams were drawn into two groups of four. Each group was played on a home-and-away
round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advanced to the
semi-finals
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;Tiebreakers
The teams are ranked according to
points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If tied on points, tiebreakers are applied in the following order:
#Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
#
Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
#
Away goals
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scored in games between the teams concerned
#Goal difference in all games
#Goals scored in all games
Group A
Group B
Knock-out stage
Knock-out ties were played on a home-and-away
two-legged basis. If the sides were level on aggregate after the second leg, the
away goals rule was applied, and if still level, the tie proceeded directly to a
penalty shoot-out
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(no
extra time was played).
Bracket
Semi-finals
In the semi-finals, the group A winners played the group B runners-up, and the group B winners played the group A runners-up, with the group winners hosting the second leg.
Final
In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw.
Top scorers
See also
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2014 CAF Confederation Cup
The 2014 CAF Confederation Cup (also known as the 2014 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 11th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African ...
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2014 FIFA Club World Cup
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*
2015 CAF Super Cup
The 2015 CAF Super Cup (officially the 2015 Orange CAF Super Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 23rd CAF Super Cup, an annual football match in Africa organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF), between the winners of the previous s ...
References
External links
Orange CAF Champions League 2014 CAFonline.com
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