2014 CAF Champions League knockout stage

The knock-out stage of the 2014 CAF Champions League was played from 20 September to 1 November 2014. A total of four teams competed in the knock-out stage.[1][2]

Qualified teams

The winners and runners-up of each of the two groups in the group stage qualified for the knock-out stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club
B Tunisia CS Sfaxien Algeria ES Sétif

Format

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 (no extra time was played).[1]

Schedule

The schedule of each round was as follows.[3]

Round First leg Second leg
Semi-finals 19–21 September 2014 26–28 September 2014
Final 24–26 October 2014 31 October–2 November 2014

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.[1][4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
ES Sétif Algeria 4–4 (a) Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 2–1 2–3
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 4–2 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 2–1 2–1
ES Sétif Algeria2–1Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Younès 55'
Ziaya 89'		 Report Arroussi 52' (o.g.)
Attendance: 0 (close doors)

4–4 on aggregate. ES Sétif won on the away goals rule and advanced to the final.

AS Vita Club won 4–2 on aggregate and advanced to the final.

Final

Main article: 2014 CAF Champions League Final

In the final, the order of legs was decided by a draw, held after the group stage draw (29 April 2014, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt).[4]

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–3 (a) Algeria ES Sétif 2–2 1–1
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo2–2Algeria ES Sétif
Mabidi 45+3' (pen.), 77' Report Mubele 17' (o.g.)
Djahnit 57'

3–3 on aggregate. ES Sétif won on the away goals rule.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ "CAF Champions League 2014 – Final Stages". African Soccer Weebly. Archived from the original on 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2014-09-14.
  3. ^ "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  4. ^ a b "18th Edition of the Orange Champions League 2014 - Official Draw, Cairo 29.04.2014". Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.