2014 CAF Champions League group stage

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2014 CAF Champions League group stage
Dates16 May – 24 August 2014
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored52 (2.17 per match)
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The group stage of the 2014 CAF Champions League was played from 16 May to 24 August 2014. A total of eight teams competed in the group stage.[1][2]

Draw[edit]

The draw for the group stage was held on 29 April 2014, 11:00 UTC+2, at the CAF Headquarters in Cairo, Egypt.[3] The eight winners of the second round were drawn into two groups of four. Each group contained one team from each of the four seeding pots.[4] The seeding of each team was determined by their ranking points calculated based on performances in continental club championships for the period 2009–2013.

The following eight teams were entered into the draw:

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4

Format[edit]

In the group stage, 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.

Tiebreakers[edit]

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:[1]

  1. Number of points obtained in games between the teams concerned
  2. Goal difference in games between the teams concerned
  3. Away goals scored in games between the teams concerned
  4. Goal difference in all games
  5. Goals scored in all games.

Groups[edit]

The matchdays were 16–18 May, 23–25 May, 6–8 June, 25–27 July, 8–10 August, and 22–24 August 2014.[5][6]

Group A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe 6 3 2 1 5 2 +3 8[a] Advance to knockout stage
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo AS Vita Club 6 3 2 1 6 4 +2 8[a]
3 Sudan Al-Hilal 6 2 1 3 7 9 −2 5
4 Egypt Zamalek 6 1 1 4 4 7 −3 3
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tiebreakers: TP Mazembe and AS Vita Club are ranked on head-to-head record.
Al-Hilal Sudan1–0Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Ibrahim 51' Report
AS Vita Club Democratic Republic of the Congo2–1Egypt Zamalek
Mubele 18'
Ngudikana 80'		 Report Zakaria 76'
Attendance: 5,000

Group B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Tunisia CS Sfaxien 6 3 2 1 8 5 +3 11 Advance to knockout stage
2 Algeria ES Sétif 6 2 4 0 9 6 +3 10
3 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 6 2 1 3 8 9 −1 7
4 Libya Al-Ahly Benghazi 6 1 1 4 5 10 −5 4
Source: CAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

Note: All home matches of Al-Ahly Benghazi were played outside of Libya due to security concerns.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Regulations of the CAF Champions League" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. ^ "CAF Champions League 2014 – Group Stage". African Soccer Weebly. Archived from the original on 2014-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-17.
  3. ^ "Congolese and Tunisian clubs paired in CL group stage". Cafonline.com. 29 April 2014.
  4. ^ "CL and CC: Procedure for the draw". Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.
  5. ^ "2014 Competitions Calendar" (PDF). Cafonline.com.
  6. ^ "18th Edition of the Orange CAF Champions League 2014 - Official Draw, Cairo 29.04.2014". Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.

External links[edit]

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