2014 CAF Champions League group stage explained

Tourney Name:CAF Champions League group stage
Year:2014
Matches:24
Goals:52
Prevseason:2013
Nextseason:2015

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

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:

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Format

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

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

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

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Group B

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regulations of the CAF Champions League. Confédération Africaine de Football. 19 October 2014.
  2. Web site: CAF Champions League 2014 – Group Stage. African Soccer Weebly. 2014-05-17. https://archive.today/20140517072959/http://africansoccer.weebly.com/caf-cl-14---gs.html. 2014-05-17. dead.
  3. Web site: Congolese and Tunisian clubs paired in CL group stage. Cafonline.com. 29 April 2014.
  4. Web site: CL and CC: Procedure for the draw. Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.
  5. Web site: 2014 Competitions Calendar. Cafonline.com.
  6. Web site: 18th Edition of the Orange CAF Champions League 2014 - Official Draw, Cairo 29.04.2014. Confederation of African Football. 29 April 2014.