1984 AFC Asian Cup

The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Singapore between 1 December and 16 December 1984. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Saudi Arabia won their first title, beating China in the final 2–0.^[1][2][3]

1984 AFC Asian Cup

1984年亞洲盃足球賽 Piala Asia 1984 1984 AFC ஆசிய கோப்பை
Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Dates	1–16 December
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	44 (1.83 per match)
Attendance	316,537 (13,189 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shahrokh Bayani Nasser Mohammadkhani Jia Xiuquan (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Jia Xiuquan
Best goalkeeper	Abdullah Al-Deayea
Fair play award	China
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Qualification

Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification

21 teams competed in qualifying for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup with the teams being separated into three groups of five teams and one group of six. The top two of each group would qualify through to the Asian Cup as they would join Singapore and Kuwait who automatically qualified. At the end of the qualifying, the remaining eight teams was filled in which included Saudi Arabia as they made their finals debut.^{[citation needed]}

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Singapore	Hosts	N/A	0 (debut)
Kuwait	1980 AFC Asian Cup champions	30 September 1980	3 (1972, 1976, 1980)
Iran	Group 1 winners	15 August 1984	4 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980)
Syria	Group 1 runners-up	15 August 1984	1 (1980)
Saudi Arabia	Group 2 winners	26 October 1984	0 (debut)
United Arab Emirates	Group 2 runners-up	12 May 1979	1 (1980)
South Korea	Group 3 winners	19 October 1984	5 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980)
India	Group 3 runners-up	19 October 1984	1 (1964)
China	Group 4 winners	20 October 1984	2 (1976, 1980)
Qatar	Group 4 runners-up	20 October 1984	1 (1980)

Venue

Kallang	Kallang
	National Stadium
	Capacity: 55,000

Squads

Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup squads

Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Kuwait	4	2	1	1	4	2	+2	5
3	Qatar	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
4	Syria	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3
5	South Korea	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2

Source: RSSSF

1 December 1984

19:00

Qatar	1–1	Syria
Khalfan 7'		Anber 47' (o.g.)

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

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2 December 1984

19:00

Saudi Arabia	1–1	South Korea
Majed Abdullah 90'		Lee Tae-ho 51'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 24,340

Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)

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3 December 1984

21:00

Kuwait	1–0	Qatar
Al-Rumaihi 52' (o.g.)

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 18,525

Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)

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4 December 1984

21:00

Syria	0–1	Saudi Arabia
		Khalifa 66'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

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5 December 1984

19:00

South Korea	0–0	Kuwait

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 20,752

Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)

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7 December 1984

21:00

Syria	1–0	South Korea
Hassan 12'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 9,270

Referee: George Courtney (England)

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8 December 1984

19:00

Qatar	1–1	Saudi Arabia
Zaid 47'		Al-Jawad 65'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

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9 December 1984

19:00

Kuwait	3–1	Syria
Mahrous 66' (o.g.) Al-Dakhil 77' A. Al-Buloushi 79'		Abu Al-Sel 5'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)

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10 December 1984

21:00

South Korea	0–1	Qatar
		Salman 69'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 3,659

Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)

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11 December 1984

21:00

Kuwait	0–1	Saudi Arabia
		Al-Jam'an 88'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 10,980

Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iran	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6
3	United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	3	8	−5	4
4	Singapore (H)	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
5	India	4	0	1	3	0	7	−7	1

Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

1 December 1984

21:00

Iran	3–0	United Arab Emirates
Alidousti 27' Shahrokh Bayani 85' (pen.) Mohammadkhani 87'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

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2 December 1984

21:00

Singapore	2–0	India
Malik 36' Razali 81'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 55,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

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3 December 1984

19:00

Iran	2–0	China
Mohammadkhani 57' Arabshahi 69'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 18,525

Referee: George Courtney (England)

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4 December 1984

19:00

United Arab Emirates	2–0	India
Al-Talyani 81' Khamees 88'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)

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5 December 1984

21:00

Singapore	0–2	China
		Jia Xiuquan 21' Zhao Dayu 39'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 20,752

Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

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7 December 1984

19:00

Iran	0–0	India

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Koh Guan Kiat (Malaysia)

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8 December 1984

21:00

Singapore	0–1	United Arab Emirates
		Abdulrahman 62'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

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9 December 1984

21:00

China	3–0	India
Lin Lefeng 19' Gu Guangming 59' Jia Xiuquan 79'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 8,256

Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

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10 December 1984

19:00

Singapore	1–1	Iran
Razali 61'		Shahrokh Bayani 55' (pen.)

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)

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11 December 1984

19:00

China	5–0	United Arab Emirates
Yang Zhaohui 12' Jia Xiuquan 20' Zuo Shusheng 36' Zhao Dayu 52' Gu Guangming 67'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 December–Singapore
	Saudi Arabia (pen.)	1 (5)
					16 December–Singapore
	Iran	1 (4)
					Saudi Arabia	2
	14 December–Singapore
					China	0
	China (a.e.t.)	1
	Kuwait	0
					Third place
					16 December–Singapore
					Iran	1 (3)
					Kuwait (pen.)	1 (5)

Semi-finals

13 December 1984

20:00

Saudi Arabia	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Iran
Shahin Bayani 88' (o.g.)		Shahrokh Bayani 43'
Penalties
Majed Abdullah Al-jawad Al-Nu'eimeh Al-Jam'an Al-Musaibeah	5–4	Hajiloo Mokhtarifar Derakhshan Panjali Shahrokh Bayani

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 4,769

Referee: George Courtney (England)

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14 December 1984

20:00

China	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait
Li Huayun 108'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 9,600

Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)

Third place play-off

16 December 1984

18:00

Iran	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait
Mohammadkhani 80'		Al-Haddad 26'
Penalties
Hajiloo Mokhtarifar Derakhshan Ahadi	3–5	Al-Dakhil Al-Suwayed Al-Mubarak Juma'a Al-Qabendi

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

Final

Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup final

16 December 1984

20:00

Saudi Arabia	2–0	China
Al-Nafisah 10' Majed Abdullah 46'

National Stadium, Singapore

Attendance: 26,109

Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Awards

Winners

1984 AFC Asian Cup winners
Saudi Arabia First title

Individual awards

Top Goalscorers	Best Goalkeeper	Most Valuable Player	Fastest Goal Award	Fair Play Award
Jia Xiuquan Shahrokh Bayani Nasser Mohammadkhani	Abdullah Al-Deayea	Jia Xiuquan	Walid Abu Al-Sel	China

Goalscorers

With three goals, Jia Xiuquan, Shahrokh Bayani and Nasser Mohammadkhani are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 44 goals were scored by 34 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.

3 goals

• Jia Xiuquan
• Shahrokh Bayani
• Nasser Mohammadkhani

2 goals

• Gu Guangming
• Zhao Dayu
• Majed Abdullah
• Razali Saad

1 goal

• Li Huayun
• Lin Lefeng
• Yang Zhaohui
• Zuo Shusheng
• Hamid Alidousti
• Zia Arabshahi
• Abdullah Al-Buloushi
• Faisal Al-Dakhil
• Muayad Al-Haddad
• Ibrahim Khalfan
• Khalid Salman
• Ali Zaid
• Mohammed Abduljawad
• Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
• Shaye Al-Nafisah
• Saleh Khalifa
• Malik Awab
• Lee Tae-ho
• Walid Abu Al-Sel
• Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan
• Farooq Abdulrahman
• Adnan Al-Talyani
• Fahad Khamees

Own goals

• Shahin Bayani (playing against Saudi Arabia)
• Ibrahim Al-Rumaihi (playing against for Kuwait)
• Mubarak Anber (playing against Syria)
• Issam Mahrous (playing against Kuwait)