1984 AFC Asian Cup

Asian Cup Singapore 1984
Tournament details
Host country	Singapore
Dates	1 December – 16 December
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Runner-up	China PR
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	44 (1.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Nasser Mohammadkhani Shahrokh Bayani (3 goals)
Best player	Jia Xiuquan

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.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Group stage 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 3 Knockout stage 3.1 Semi-finals 3.2 Third place play-off 3.3 Final 4 Winners 5 Awards 5.1 MVP (Most Valuable Player) 5.2 Top Scorer 6 Goalscorers 7 Top scoring teams 8 External links

[edit] Qualification

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

The other 8 qualifying teams were:

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

[edit] Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

[edit] Group A

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

1984-12-01 21:00	Qatar	1 – 1	Syria	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 15,000
	Khalfan  6'		Amber  46' (o.g.)

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1984-12-02 19:00	Korea Republic	1 – 1	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore
	Lee Tae-Ho  51'		Abdullah  90'

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1984-12-03 21:00	Kuwait	1 – 0	Qatar	National Stadium, Singapore
	Al-Rumaihi  50' (o.g.)

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1984-12-04 21:00	Syria	0 – 1	Saudi Arabia	National Stadium, Singapore
			Khalifa  71'

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1984-12-05 19:00	Kuwait	0 – 0	Korea Republic	National Stadium, Singapore

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1984-12-07 21:00	Korea Republic	0 – 1	Syria	National Stadium, Singapore
			Hassan  13'

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1984-12-08 19:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1	Qatar	National Stadium, Singapore
	Al-Jawad  61'		Zaeid  46'

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1984-12-09 19:00	Syria	1 – 3	Kuwait	National Stadium, Singapore
	Abu Al-Sel  6'		Mahrous  71' (o.g.) Al-Dakhil  78' Abdullah Al-Buloushi  83'

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1984-12-10 21:00	Qatar	1 – 0	Korea Republic	National Stadium, Singapore
	Salman  69'

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1984-12-11 21:00	Saudi Arabia	1 – 0	Kuwait	National Stadium, Singapore
	Al-Jamaan  90'

[edit] Group B

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

1984-12-01 19:00	Iran	3 – 0	United Arab Emirates	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 15,000
	Alidousti  27' Shahrokh Bayani  85' (pen.) Mohammadkhani  87'

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1984-12-02 21:00	Singapore	2 – 0	India	National Stadium, Singapore
	Awab  38' Saad  70'

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1984-12-03 19:00	China PR	0 – 2	Iran	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 50,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)
			Mohammadkhani  56' Arabshahi  67'

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1984-12-04 19:00	United Arab Emirates	2 – 0	India	National Stadium, Singapore Referee: Abu Waheed (Oman)
	Al-Talyani  81' Khamees  90'

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1984-12-05 21:00	China PR	2 – 0	Singapore	National Stadium, Singapore
	Jia Xiuquan  22' Zhao Dayu  39'

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1984-12-07 19:00	India	0 – 0	Iran	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Kiat Koo Kwan (Malaysia)

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1984-12-08 21:00	Singapore	0 – 1	United Arab Emirates	National Stadium, Singapore
			Abdulrahman  62'

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1984-12-09 21:00	India	0 – 3	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore
			Lin Luofeng  12' Gu Guangming  59' Li Hui  79'

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1984-12-10 19:00	Iran	1 – 1	Singapore	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 20,000
	Shahrokh Bayani  56' (pen.)		Saad  62'

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1984-12-11 19:00	United Arab Emirates	0 – 5	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 15,000
			Yang Chaohui  12' Jia Xiuquan  21' Zuo Shusheng  34' Zhao Dayu  52' Gu Guangming  67'

[edit] Knockout stage

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

[edit] Semi-finals

1984-12-13	Saudi Arabia	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Iran	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 40,000 Referee: George Courtney (England)
	Shahin Bayani  88' (o.g.)		Shahrokh Bayani  42'

		Penalties
	Abdullah Al-Jawad Al-Naima Al-Jamaan Al-Musaibeah	5 – 4	Hajiloo Mokhtarifar Derakhshan Panjali Shahrokh Bayani

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1984-12-14	China PR	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait	National Stadium, Singapore
	Li Huayun  108'

[edit] Third place play-off

1984-12-16	Iran	1 – 1 (a.e.t.)	Kuwait	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 50,000
	Mohammadkhani  81'		Al-Haddad  21'

		Penalties
	Hajiloo Ahadi Derakhshan	3 – 4	Al-Dakhil Al-Suwayed W. Mubarak M. Mubarak

[edit] Final

1984-12-16	Saudi Arabia	2 – 0	China PR	National Stadium, Singapore Attendance: 40,000
	Al-Nafisa  10' Abdullah  47'

[edit] Winners

AFC Asian Cup 1984 Winners
Saudi Arabia First title

[edit] Awards

[edit] MVP (Most Valuable Player)

• Jia Xiuquan

[edit] Top Scorer

• Nasser Mohammadkhani - 3 goals
• Shahrokh Bayani - 3 goals

[edit] Goalscorers

3 goals Shahrokh Bayani Nasser Mohammadkhani 2 goals Gu Guangming Jia Xiuquan Zhao Dayu Majed Abdullah Razali Saad

1 goal Li Huayun Li Hui Lin Luofeng Yang Chaohui Zuo Shusheng Hamid Alidousti Zia Arabshahi Lee Tae-Ho Abdullah Al-Buloushi Faisal Al-Dakhil Muayad Al-Haddad Ibrahim Khalfan Khalid Salman Ali Zaeid Mehaisen Al-Jamaan Mohamed Al-Jawad Shaye Al-Nafisa Saleh Khalifa Malik Awab Walid Abu Al-Sel Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan Faruq Abdulrahman Adnan Al-Talyani Fahad Khamees Own goals Shahin Bayani (1) (for Saudi Arabia) Ibrahim Al-Rumaihi (1) (for Kuwait) Mubarak Amber (1) (for Syria) Issam Mahrous (1) (for Kuwait)

[edit] Top scoring teams

11 goals:  China PR 8 goals:  Iran 7 goals:  Saudi Arabia 5 goals:  Kuwait

3 goals:  Qatar  Singapore  Syria  United Arab Emirates 1 goal:  Korea Republic 0 goals:  India

[edit] External links

• Details at RSSSF

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