The 2014 Singapore Cup is the 17th season of Singapore's annual premier club football tournament organised by Football Association of Singapore. Due to sponsorship reasons, the Singapore Cup is also known as the RHB Singapore Cup. Home United are the defending champions, having won the trophy six times. Balestier Khalsa won the Cup with a 3-1 win over defending champion Home United. Teams A total of 16 teams participate in the 2014 Singapore Cup. Eleven of the teams are from domestic S.League and the other five are invited from the Philippines, Cambodia and Laos. Courts Young Lions will not participate in this year's edition of Singapore Cup. S.League Clubs Albirex Niigata (S) Balestier Khalsa DPMM FC Geylang International Harimau Muda B Home United Hougang United Tampines Rovers Tanjong Pagar United Warriors FC Woodlands Wellington Young Lions Invited Foreign Teams Global FC Loyola Meralco Sparks Nagacorp FC SHB Champasak Svay Rieng Format The sixteen teams were drawn into two distinct pools for the preliminary round. They will play against one another in a single-legged knockout basis. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Thereafter, matches are played in two legs with the exception of the one-match finals. Unlike the previous season, away goals rule does not apply. For any match in the knockout stage, a draw after 90 minutes of regulation time is followed by two 15 minute periods of extra time to determine a winner. If the teams are still tied, a penalty shoot-out is held to determine a winner. Knockout phase Bracket Preliminary round In the preliminary round, teams were drawn into two distinct pools. They will play against one another in a single leg knockout basis. The draw for the preliminary round was held on 3 May 2014. The matches will played from 25 May to 1 June 2014. Winners of this round will progress and advance to the quarter-finals. Pool A Quarter-finals |} Semi-finals |} Third place play-off Final Statistics Goalscorers 5 goals Roy O'Donovan (DPMM) 4 goals Rodrigo Tosi (DPMM) 3 goals James Younghusband (LMS) 2 goals Kazuki Sakamoto (ALB) Kazuya Okazaki (ALB) Goran Ljubojević (BAL) Hafiz Nor (GLI) Lee Kwan-woo (HOM) Qiu Li (HOM) Alfredo Razon Gonzalez (LMS) Phil Younghusband (LMS) Jamil Ali (TAM) Jozef Kapláň (TAM) Miljan Mrdaković (TAM) Noh Alam Shah (TAM) Monsef Zerka (TPU) 1 goal Kazuya Fukuzaki (ALB) Keisuke Ota (ALB) Norihiro Kawakami (ALB) Kim Min-ho (BAL)