The 2014

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was the eighth season of Singapore's premier club football tournament organised by

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, and also known as the 2014 StarHub League Cup for sponsorship reasons. For the second year in succession,

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clubs will participate in the tournament. Unlike the previous season where NFL sides had to compete in play-offs to earn the right to represent the league against the professionals, the representatives in this edition qualified through the league positions from last season. The 2014 Singapore League Cup plate final was played between

Tampines Rovers Tampines Rovers Football Club (currently known as BG Tampines Rovers due to sponsorship reasons) is a professional association football, football club based in Tampines, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of t ...

and

Balestier Khalsa Balestier Khalsa Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Toa Payoh, Singapore, that competes in the Singapore Premier League. Founded in 1898, the club is considered as the oldest Football in Singapore, foot ...

at the

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, Singapore.

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, who scored a hat-trick in the semi-finals against Police Sports Association, reproduced another hat-trick to clinch the plate for Tampines. He becomes the first player in history to score two hat-tricks in the tournament, and consecutively. The 2014 Singapore League Cup final was played between

Tanjong Pagar United Tanjong Pagar United Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Queenstown, Singapore, Queenstown, Singapore. The club currently competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of Singapore football leag ...

and

Brunei DPMM Duli Pengiran Muda Mahkota Football Club ( English: His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Brunei Football Club; abbrev: DPMM or Brunei DPMM) is a professional football club based in Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam. The club set to play ...

at the

, Singapore. Brunei DPMM eliminated Tanjong Pagar United by a score of 2–0 to lift the League Cup trophy.

Teams

The top ten clubs from 2013 S.League were divided into three pots based on their final league positions. Developmental sides Harimau Muda and Young Lions have opted out of participation in this year's edition as they will be on a training tour in Austria. League positions of the previous season are shown in parentheses. * Police SA and Singapore Recreation Club are clubs from the NFL. They finished champions and runners-up respectively in the first division.

Round and draw dates

The schedule of the competition was as follows. The draw took place on 20 June at the

, during which the teams were drawn by various club representatives.

Format

The preliminary phase was a competition between the 12 teams divided among four groups of three, where each group engaged in a

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within itself. The two highest ranked teams in each group advanced to the

knockout phase A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...

. The third-placed team in each group entered the plate knockout phase. Teams were awarded 3 points for a win and one for a draw. Tie-breaking criteria for group play The ranking of teams in each group was based on the following criteria: # Number of points #

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# Number of goals scored # Head-to-head record between tied teams # Drawing of lots The knockout phase involved the eight teams that qualified from the preliminary phase of the tournament, while the plate knockout phase involved the four teams that finished third in the preliminary phase of the tournament. For the knockout phase, there were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round, whereas for the plate knockout phase, there were two rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. For each game in the knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (except the final); if scores were still level there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round.

Preliminary phase

The preliminary phase began on 7 July and will conclude on 15 July. There were some changes to the fixtures released. Changes to fixtures * Group B:

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was postponed from 10 July to 12 July due to technical faults. * Group C:

Home United Lion City Sailors Football Club, commonly referred to as the Sailors or LCS, is a Singaporean professional football club based in Bishan. It competes in the Singapore Premier League, the top tier of the Singapore football league system. Founded ...

Singapore Recreation Club The Singapore Recreation Club (Abbreviation: SRC; ) is one of Singapore's oldest social clubs with a strong sporting tradition, located on Connaught Drive at the north end of the Padang in the heart of Singapore's Civic District. History The ...

has been postponed from 11 July to 14 July. * Group C:

Woodlands Wellington Woodlands Wellington Football Club was a professional association football, football club based in Woodlands, Singapore, Woodlands, Singapore which played in the S.League, the top division of football in Singapore. The club took part in S.League ...

was brought forward from 14 July, 8pm to 11 July, 8.15pm. ''All times listed below are in Singaporean official time (

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).''

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

Knockout phase

The

involved the eight teams that qualified from the preliminary phase of the tournament. There are three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: quarter-finals, semi-finals, and final. For each game in the knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of

extra time Overtime (OT) or extra time (ET) is an additional period of play to bring a game to a decision and avoid declaring the match a tie or draw where the scores are the same. In some sports, this extra period is played only if the game is required t ...

(except the final); if scores were still level there would be a

penalty shoot-out The penalty shootout is a method of determining a winner in sports matches that would have otherwise been drawn or tied. The rules for penalty shootouts vary between sports and even different competitions; however, the usual form is similar to pe ...

to determine who progressed to the next round.

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

Final

Plate knockout phase

The plate knockout phase involved the four teams that finished third in the preliminary phase of the tournament. There are two rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: semi-finals and final. For each game in the plate knockout phase, a draw was followed by thirty minutes of

(except the final); if scores were still level there would be a

to determine who progressed to the next round.

Plate semi-finals

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Plate final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;6 goals *

(TAM) ;4 goals *

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(DPMM) * Firdaus Idros (TPU) ;3 goals * Kazuki Sakamoto (ALB) * Kazuya Okazaki (ALB) * Norihiro Kawakami (ALB) *

Rodrigo Tosi Rodrigo Antonio Lombardo Tosi (born 6 January 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a forward in Brazil, Malaysia, Greece, Switzerland, Iran, Singapore, Indonesia, Republic of Ireland and Brunei. Career Tosi joined ...

(DPMM) * Ahmad Latiff (TPU) *

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(WAR) ;2 goals * Itsuki Yamada (ALB) *

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(DPMM) *

Hafiz Nor Mohd Hafiz bin Mohd Nor (born 22 August 1988) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays as a winger or a right-back for Singapore Premier League club Lion City Sailors and the Singapore national team. Club career Tanjong Pagar Unit ...

(GLI) * Leonel Felice (GLI) *

Lee Kwan-woo Lee Kwan-Woo (born 25 February 1978) is a South Korean retired professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Early life Born in Seoul, Lee graduated from Chunghwa Elementary School, Hanyang Middle School, Hanyang Technical High School, a ...

(HOM) * Geison Moura (HOU) *

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(TAM) * Jozef Kapláň (TAM) *

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(TAM) *

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(TPU) * Sébastien Etiemble (TPU) * Chang Jo-yoon (WLW) ;1 goal * Kaoru Nishio (ALB) * Kazuya Fukuzaki (ALB) * Keisuke Ota (ALB) *

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(DPMM) * Fuad Ramli (GLI) *

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(GLI) * Mustaqim Manzur (GLI) * Thorsten Schneider (GLI) * Bruno Castanheira (HOM) * Fazli Ayob (HOM) *

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(HOM) *

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(HOM) * Sirina Camara (HOM) *

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(HOM) *

Yasir Hanapi Muhammad Yasir bin Hanapi (born 21 June 1989) is a Singaporean professional footballer who plays either as a midfielder or forward for Singapore Premier League club Tampines Rovers and the Singapore national team. Yasir originally played a ...

(HOM) *

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(HOU) * Faiz Salleh (HOU) * Nurhilmi Jasni (HOU) * Daniel Razali (PSA) *

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(TAM) * Chris van Huizen (TAM) * Mustafić Fahrudin (TAM) * Asraf Rashid (TPU) * Bah Mamadou (WLW) ;Own goals * Abdul Aziz (DPMM) for ALB *

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(DPMM) for ALB * Neezam Aziz (WAR) for GLI Source:

Hat-tricks

References

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Teams

Round and draw dates

Format

Preliminary phase

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout phase

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Plate knockout phase

Plate semi-finals

Plate final

Statistics

Goalscorers

Hat-tricks

See also

References