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| count = 1 | second_other = Al-Hilal | third_other = Al-Ain FC Seoul | matches = 141 | goals = 374 | attendance = | top_scorer = Asamoah Gyan (12 goals) | player = Ante Covic | prevseason = 2013 | nextseason = 2015 }} The 2014 AFC Champions League was the 33rd edition of the top-level Asian club football tournament organized by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC), and the 12th under the current AFC Champions League title. Guangzhou Evergrande were the defending champions, but were eliminated by Western Sydney Wanderers in the quarter-finals. In the final, Western Sydney Wanderers of Australia defeated Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia 1–0 on aggregate, to become the first Australian team to win the title,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Western Sydney Wanderers win AFC Champions League on aggregate )〕 and in doing so qualified for the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AFC Champions League 2014 Competition Regulations )〕 The Australian club were making their debut in the competition, having won entry to the competition by winning the A-League Premiership in their first year of existence. ==Allocation of entries per association== The AFC laid out the procedure for deciding the participating associations and the allocation of slots, with inspection of the associations interested in participating in the AFC Champions League to be done in 2013, and the final decision to be made by the AFC on 26 November 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ACL Slots Decisions By Exco pt. 2 )〕 The AFC Competitions Committee proposed the following participating criteria for the 2014–2016 editions of the AFC Champions League on 12 March 2013:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=ACL base widened from 2014 )〕 *The top 23 member associations (MAs) as per the AFC rankings can apply either for direct slots or play-off slots.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AFC MA Ranking by Technical Standard )〕 The interested MAs are given points and ranked according to the AFC evaluating system. *In both the East and West zones, there are a total of 14 direct slots in the group stage, with the 2 remaining slots filled through play-offs. *The top five MAs in both the East and West zones, if they acquire a minimum of 600 points, get direct slots in the group stage, while the remaining MAs, if they meet the minimum requirements, get play-off slots. The following scheme of allocating slots was approved by the AFC for the 2014–16 tournaments:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Manual for points systems & decision method for AFC Champions League participation )〕 * *The top two ranked MAs in both the East and West zones get four direct slots each. * *The third-ranked MAs get three direct and one play-off slot. * *The fourth-ranked MAs get two direct and two play-off slots. * *The fifth-ranked MAs get one direct and two play-off slots. * *The sixth- to eleventh-ranked MAs each get one play-off slot. *The maximum number of slots for each MA is one-third of the total number of clubs in the top division (e.g., Australia can only get a maximum of three total slots as there are only nine Australia-based clubs in the A-League). *The AFC Cup winners and runners-up are given a play-off slot, regardless of their respective MA's rank, as long as the club meets the minimum criteria. If they have already qualified based on domestic performance, the slot is given to the next eligible club in its MA, as long as the club meets the minimum criteria. On 26 November 2013, the AFC Executive Committee approved the slots for the 2014 edition of the AFC Champions League.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=AFC ExCo okays ACL slots, format )〕 ;Notes 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2014 AFC Champions League」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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