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.

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]

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearance
SingaporeHostsN/A0 (debut)
Kuwait1980 AFC Asian Cup champions30 September 19803 (1972, 1976, 1980)
IranGroup 1 winners15 August 19844 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980)
SyriaGroup 1 runners-up15 August 19841 (1980)
Saudi ArabiaGroup 2 winners26 October 19840 (debut)
United Arab EmiratesGroup 2 runners-up12 May 19791 (1980)
South KoreaGroup 3 winners19 October 19845 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980)
IndiaGroup 3 runners-up19 October 19841 (1964)
ChinaGroup 4 winners20 October 19842 (1976, 1980)
QatarGroup 4 runners-up20 October 19841 (1980)

Venue

KallangKallang
National Stadium
Capacity: 55,000

Squads

Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Saudi Arabia422042+26Advance to knockout stage
2Kuwait421142+25
3Qatar41213304
4Syria411235−23
5South Korea402213−22
Qatar1–1Syria
Khalfan 7'Anber 47' (o.g.)
Saudi Arabia1–1South Korea
Abdullah 90'Lee Tae-ho 51'
Kuwait1–0Qatar
Al-Rumaihi 52' (o.g.)
Syria0–1Saudi Arabia
Khalifa 66'
South Korea0–0Kuwait
Syria1–0South Korea
Hassan 12'
Qatar1–1Saudi Arabia
Zaid 47'Al-Jawad 65'
Kuwait3–1Syria
Mahrous 66' (o.g.) Al-Dakhil 77' A. Al-Buloushi 79'Abu Al-Sel 5'
South Korea0–1Qatar
Salman 69'
Kuwait0–1Saudi Arabia
Al-Jam'an 88'

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1China4301102+86Advance to knockout stage
2Iran422061+56
3United Arab Emirates420238−54
4Singapore (H)411234−13
5India401307−71
Iran3–0United Arab Emirates
Alidousti 27' Shahrokh Bayani 85' (pen.) Mohammadkhani 87'
Singapore2–0India
Malik 36' Razali 81'
Iran2–0China
Mohammadkhani 57' Arabshahi 69'
United Arab Emirates2–0India
Al-Talyani 81' Khamees 88'
Singapore0–2China
Jia Xiuquan 21' Zhao Dayu 39'
Iran0–0India
Singapore0–1United Arab Emirates
Abdulrahman 62'
China3–0India
Lin Lefeng 19' Gu Guangming 59' Jia Xiuquan 79'
Singapore1–1Iran
Razali 61'Shahrokh Bayani 55' (pen.)
China5–0United Arab Emirates
Yang Zhaohui 12' Jia Xiuquan 20' Zuo Shusheng 36' Zhao Dayu 52' Gu Guangming 67'

Knockout stage

Semi-finalsFinal
13 December–Singapore
Saudi Arabia (pen.)1 (5)
16 December–Singapore
Iran1 (4)
Saudi Arabia2
14 December–Singapore
China0
China (a.e.t.)1
Kuwait0
Third place
16 December–Singapore
Iran1 (3)
Kuwait (pen.)1 (5)

Semi-finals

Saudi Arabia1–1 (a.e.t.)Iran
Shahin Bayani 88' (o.g.)Shahrokh Bayani 43'
Penalties
Abdullah Al-Jawad Al-Nu'eimeh Al-Jam'an Al-Musaibeah5–4Hajiloo Mokhtarifar Derakhshan Panjali Shahrokh Bayani
China1–0 (a.e.t.)Kuwait
Li Huayun 108'

Third place play-off

Iran1–1 (a.e.t.)Kuwait
Mohammadkhani 80'Al-Haddad 26'
Penalties
Hajiloo Mokhtarifar Derakhshan Ahadi3–5Al-Dakhil Al-Suwayed Al-Mubarak Juma'a Al-Qabendi

Final

Saudi Arabia2–0China
Al-Nafisah 10' Abdullah 46'

Awards

Winners

1984 AFC Asian Cup winners
Saudi Arabia First title

Individual awards

Top GoalscorersBest GoalkeeperMost Valuable PlayerFastest Goal AwardFair Play Award
China Jia Xiuquan Iran Shahrokh Bayani Iran Nasser MohammadkhaniSaudi Arabia Abdullah Al-DeayeaChina Jia XiuquanSyria Walid Abu Al-SelChina

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

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

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