2 0 – 2 6 ▁September ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁ ▁Group ▁stage ▁The ▁draw ▁for ▁the ▁group ▁stage ▁was ▁held ▁on ▁ 2 8 ▁March ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁ 1 6 : 0 0 ▁UTC + 8 , ▁at ▁the ▁A FC ▁House ▁in ▁K ual a ▁L ump ur . ▁The ▁eleven ▁teams ▁were ▁drawn ▁into ▁two ▁groups ▁of ▁four ▁and ▁one ▁group ▁of ▁three . ▁Each ▁group ▁was ▁played ▁on ▁a ▁single ▁round - ro bin ▁basis ▁at ▁a ▁central ized ▁ven ue . ▁The ▁w inners ▁and ▁run ners - up ▁of ▁each ▁group ▁advanced ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁stage . ▁ ▁T ie break ers ▁The ▁teams ▁are ▁ranked ▁according ▁to ▁points ▁( 3 ▁points ▁for ▁a ▁win , ▁ 1 ▁point ▁for ▁a ▁tie , ▁ 0 ▁points ▁for ▁a ▁loss ). ▁If ▁tied ▁on ▁points , ▁tie break ers ▁are ▁applied ▁in ▁the ▁following ▁order : ▁Gre ater ▁number ▁of ▁points ▁obtained ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁matches ▁between ▁the ▁teams ▁concerned ▁Go al ▁difference ▁resulting ▁from ▁the ▁group ▁matches ▁between ▁the ▁teams ▁concerned ▁Gre ater ▁number ▁of ▁goals ▁scored ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁matches ▁between ▁the ▁teams ▁concerned ▁Go al ▁difference ▁in ▁all ▁the ▁group ▁matches ▁Gre ater ▁number ▁of ▁goals ▁scored ▁in ▁all ▁the ▁group ▁matches ▁Pen alty ▁shoot - out ▁if ▁only ▁two ▁teams ▁are ▁involved ▁and ▁they ▁are ▁both ▁on ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁play ▁Fe wer ▁score ▁calculated ▁according ▁to ▁the ▁number ▁of ▁yellow ▁and ▁red ▁cards ▁received ▁in ▁the ▁group ▁matches