2014 Champions League Twenty20
The 2014 Champions League Twenty20 was the sixth and final edition of Champions League Twenty20, an international Twenty20 cricket tournament. It was held in India from 13 September to 4 October 2014. The tournament featured domestic Twenty20 teams from Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the West Indies.
Mumbai Indians were the defending champions, but they failed to qualify for the main tournament. At the finals on 4 October 2014, the Chennai Super Kings defeated the Kolkata Knight Riders by eight wickets to secure their second CLT20 title.
Format
Prize money
The total prize money of $6 million will be distributed among the Champions League T20 participating tWinners- $1.3 million – Runners-up
- $500,000 – Losing semifinalists
- $200,000 – Team finishing 5th to 10th
Qualification
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | No. of teams |
| 2014 Indian Premier League | IND | 3 |
| 2013–14 Big Bash League season | AUS | 2 |
| 2013–14 Ram Slam T20 Challenge | RSA | 2 |
| 2014 Caribbean Premier League | WIN | 1 |
| 2014 Qualifying stage | See below | 2 |
| Domestic tournament | Teams from | No. of teams |
| 2013–14 HRV Cup | NZL | 1 |
| 2013–14 Faysal Bank T20 Cup | PAK | 1 |
| 2014 Indian Premier League | IND | 1 |
| 2014 Super 4's T20 | SRI | 1 |
Teams
| Team | Domestic tournament | Position | Appearance |
| Mumbai Indians |  2014 Indian Premier League | Fourth place | 5th |
| Northern Knights |  2013–14 HRV Cup | Winners | 1st |
| Lahore Lions |  2013–14 Faysal Bank T20 Cup | Winners | 1st |
| Southern Express |  2014 Super 4's T20 | Winners | 1st |
Squads
On 22 August 2014, the 12 participating teams announced their final 15-man squads for the tournament.Qualifying stage
| Team | ||||||
 Northern Knights ' | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | +2.080 |
| Lahore Lions ' | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | −0.065 |
| Mumbai Indians | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −0.064 |
| Southern Express | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −2.033 |
- Advanced to [|Group A]
- Advanced to [|Group B]
Fixtures
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Group stage
Group A
| Team | ||||||
| Kolkata Knight Riders | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +0.716 |
| Chennai Super Kings | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | +0.945 |
 Perth Scorchers | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | −0.038 |
| Lahore Lions | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −0.051 |
 Dolphins | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −1.338 |
Advanced to [|semifinals]
Fixtures
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Group B
| Team | ||||||
| Kings XI Punjab | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 | +2.130 |
| Hobart Hurricanes | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | +1.193 |
 Barbados Tridents | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.230 |
| Cape Cobras | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −0.955 |
| Northern Knights | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −2.697 |
Advanced to semifinals
Fixtures
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Knockout stage
Fixtures
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The Final
Statistics
Most runs
The following are the top five highest run scorers in the main tournament.| Nat | Player | Team | Runs | ||||||||
| Suresh Raina | Chennai Super Kings | 234 | 5 | 58.50 | 173.33 | 109* | 1 | 1 | 14 | 16 |
| Robin Uthappa | Kolkata Knight Riders | 210 | 5 | 52.50 | 131.25 | 85* | 0 | 1 | 28 | 3 |
 | Jonathan Carter | Barbados Tridents | 203 | 4 | 67.66 | 136.24 | 111* | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 |
| Aiden Blizzard | Hobart Hurricanes | 188 | 5 | 47.00 | 140.29 | 78* | 0 | 2 | 16 | 6 |
| Shoaib Malik | Hobart Hurricanes | 172 | 5 | 86.00 | 138.70 | 66* | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 |
Source: Golden Bat
- Last Update: 4th Oct 2014.
- Robin Uthappa, the second highest runscorer of the tournament, also scored the highest in that year's IPL
Most wickets
| Nat | Player | Team | ||||||||
| Sunil Narine | Kolkata Knight Riders | 12 | 5 | 15.30 | 8.83 | 5.30 | 4/31 | 1 | 0 |
| Ashish Nehra | Chennai Super Kings | 10 | 5 | 15.30 | 11.40 | 8.05 | 4/21 | 1 | 0 |
| Doug Bollinger | Hobart Hurricanes | 9 | 5 | 16.00 | 11.88 | 8.07 | 3/22 | 0 | 0 |
| Parvinder Awana | Kings XI Punjab | 9 | 5 | 18.00 | 12.66 | 8.52 | 4/30 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohit Sharma | Chennai Super Kings | 8 | 4 | 12.87 | 9.75 | 7.92 | 4/41 | 1 | 0 |
Source: Golden Wicket
- Last Update: 4th Oct 2014