The 2014 Indonesian Inter Island Cup final was the final match of the 2014 Indonesian Inter Island Cup which took place on 5 February 2015 at Jakabaring Stadium in Palembang and was contested by Arema Cronus and Persib.Arema Cronus won the match 2âÂÂ1 on extra time, following a 2âÂÂ1 after extra time, for their final fifth Indonesian Inter Island Cup title after the competition was postponed previously.
Persib Bandung and Arema Cronous have never won Inter Island Cup. Persib Bandung was embarrassing at home at Jakabaring in the inaugural match of the 2010 Indonesian Inter Island Cup, after being defeated 0âÂÂ6 by hosts Sriwijaya FC.
In 2014 Persib won 3âÂÂ1 over Arema Cronus in the extra time in the Indonesia Super League Semifinals.
The 2014 Indonesian Inter Island Cup final between Arema Cronus and Persib Bandung which was held at the Gelora Delta Stadium was cancelled, because security did not issue permission to hold the match. PT Liga Indonesia was forced to decide to postpone the final until an undetermined time. The reason is, PT LI is still focused on kicking off the 2014 Indonesia Super League competition, on February 1, 2014. However, how would the IIC final be rolled out in June, August or December 2014. PT. LI decided to hold the IIC final in November or December, in line with the ISL competition which would end on November 15, 2014.
The 2014 Inter Island Cup final was planned to take place in January 2015. On January 3, 2015, PT Liga Indonesia decided on the location for the 2014 Inter Island final match which would be the Sultan Agung Stadium, Bantul, Yogyakarta, 27 January 2015. On January 12, 2015, the Pre-Season Tournament entitled was announced to take place on 17-27 January 2015, Making the Inter Island Cup postponed again. Sultan Agung Stadium as a venue was canceled and moved to Palembang, due to reasons by PT Liga Indonesia. PT Liga Indonesia finally appointed Gelora Jakabaring, Palembang as the venue for this match since the first edition in 2010.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
from Group A, Arema Cronus collected 7 points as a result of 2 win, 1 draws in the Group Stage. In the first match, Arema Cronus managed to silence Perseru Serui with a narrow score of 1-0 through Gustavo Lopez's penalty goal in the 56th minute. In the second match, Arema drew 2-2 with Barito Putera. Singo Edan scored a goal from Cristian Gonzáles in the 23rd minute and Irsyad Maulana in the 25th minute, then replied with 2 goals, making Barito Putera regain the lead. In the last match, Arema won 1-0 over Sriwijaya FC.
Persib also qualified from the Group Stage after finishing in Group B. They collected 5 points from 1 wins, 2 draws, and no losses. In the first match, Persib Bandung drew with Persiram 0-0. Persib again drew against Mitra Kukar 1-1 with Fortune Udo's goal in the 75th minute, which was then answered by Erick Weeks Lewis's free-kick in the 84th minute. In the decisive match, Persib finally won over Persik Kediri with a score of 3-2.