1984 AFC Asian Cup

1984 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Singapore 1984 1984年亞洲盃足球賽
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 PR
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	44 (1.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jia Xiuquan Shahrokh Bayani Nasser Mohammadkhani (3 goals)
Best player	Jia Xiuquan
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The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the eighth edition of the Asian Nations Cup, the football championship of Asia (AFC). It was hosted by Singapore between December 1 and December 16. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Saudi Arabia won their first championship, beating China in the final 2–0.

Qualification

Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification

• Singapore qualified automatically as host
• Kuwait qualified automatically as defending champions

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

• China PR
• India
• Iran
• Qatar
• South Korea
• Saudi Arabia
• Syria
• United Arab Emirates

Venue

Kallang
National Stadium
Capacity: 55,000

Squads

Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup squads

Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

Key to colours in group tables
	Group winners and runners-up advanced to the semi-finals

Group A

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

1 December 1984 19:00	Qatar	1 – 1	Syria	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)
	Khalfan  7'		Anber  47' (o.g.)

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2 December 1984 19:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	South Korea	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 20,000 Referee: George Joseph (Malaysia)
	Abdullah  90'		Lee Tae-Ho  51'

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3 December 1984 21:00	Kuwait	1 – 0	Qatar	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)
	Al-Rumaihi  52' (o.g.)

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4 December 1984 21:00	Syria	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
			Khalifa  66'

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5 December 1984 19:00	South Korea	0 – 0	Kuwait	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)

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7 December 1984 21:00	Syria	1 – 0	South Korea	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 10,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Hassan  12'

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8 December 1984 19:00	Qatar	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)
	Zaid  47'		Abduljawad  65'

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9 December 1984 19:00	Kuwait	3 – 1	Syria	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)
	Mahrous  66' (o.g.) Al-Dakhil  77' A. Al-Buloushi  79'		Abu Al-Sel  5'

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10 December 1984 21:00	South Korea	0 – 1	Qatar	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)
			Salman  69'

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11 December 1984 21:00	Kuwait	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)
			Al-Jam'an  88'

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China PR	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	6
Iran	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6
United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	3	8	−5	4
Singapore	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
India	4	0	1	3	0	7	−7	1

1 December 1984 21:00	Iran	3 – 0	United Arab Emirates	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Toshikazu Sano (Japan)
	Alidousti  27' Shahrokh Bayani  85' (pen.) Mohammadkhani  87'

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2 December 1984 21:00	Singapore	2 – 0	India	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 21,000 Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)
	Awab  36' Saad  81'

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3 December 1984 19:00	Iran	2 – 0	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 19,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Mohammadkhani  57' Arabshahi  69'

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4 December 1984 19:00	United Arab Emirates	2 – 0	India	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)
	Al-Talyani  81' Khamees  88'

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5 December 1984 21:00	Singapore	0 – 2	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 20,752 Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)
			Jia Xiuquan  21' Zhao Dayu  39'

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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	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)
			Abdulrahman  62'

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9 December 1984 21:00	China PR	3 – 0	India	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 8,256 Referee: Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)
	Lin Lefeng  19' Gu Guangming  59' Jia Xiuquan  79'

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10 December 1984 19:00	Singapore	1 – 1	Iran	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 2,000 Referee: Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)
	Saad  61'		Shahrokh Bayani  55' (pen.)

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11 December 1984 19:00	China PR	5 – 0	United Arab Emirates	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
	Yang Zhaohui  12' Jia Xiuquan  20' Zuo Shusheng  36' Zhao Dayu  52' Gu Guangming  67'

Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

13 December 1984 20:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Iran	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 20,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Shahin Bayani  88' (o.g.)		Shahrokh Bayani  43'
		Penalties
	Abdullah Abduljawad Nu'eimeh Al-Jam'an Al-Musaibeah	5 – 4	Hajiloo Mokhtarifar Derakhshan Panjali Shahrokh Bayani

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14 December 1984 20:00	China PR	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Augusto Lamo (Spain)
	Li Huayun  108'

Third place play-off

16 December 1984 18:00	Iran	1 – 1	Kuwait	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Antonio Márquez (Mexico)
	Mohammadkhani  80'		Al-Haddad  26'
		Penalties
	Hajiloo Derakhshan Ahadi Mokhtarifar	3 – 5	Al-Dakhil Al-Suwayed Juma'a Al-Jasem Al-Qabendi

Final

16 December 1984 20:00	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 26,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
	Al-Nafisah  10' Abdullah  46'

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 PR

Scorers

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)

Final positions

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saudi Arabia	6	3	3	0	7	3	+4	9
2	China PR	6	4	0	2	11	4	+7	8
3	Kuwait	6	2	2	2	5	4	+1	6
4	Iran	6	2	4	0	8	3	+5	8
Eliminated in the First Stage
5	Qatar	4	1	2	1	3	3	0	4
6	United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	3	8	−5	4
7	Singapore	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
8	Syria	4	1	1	2	3	5	−2	3
9	South Korea	4	0	2	2	1	3	−2	2
10	India	4	0	1	3	0	7	−7	1

References

• The Awards

External links

• Details at RSSSF