1984 AFC Asian Cup#Final

{{Infobox international football competition

| tourney_name =

| year = 1984

| other_titles = 1984年亞洲盃足球賽
Piala Asia 1984
1984 AFC ஆசிய கோப்பை

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = Singapore

| dates = 1–16 December

| num_teams = 10

| confederations =

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion = KSA

| count = 1

| second = CHN

| third = KUW

| fourth = IRN

| matches = 24

| goals = 44

| attendance = 316537

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|Iran}} Shahrokh Bayani
{{flagicon|Iran}} Nasser Mohammadkhani
{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Xiuquan
(3 goals each)

| player = {{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Xiuquan

| goalkeeper = {{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Deayea

| fair_play = {{fb|CHN}}

| prevseason = 1980

| nextseason = 1988

}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.goal.com/en/news/8/main/2011/01/07/2293901/asian-cup-know-your-history-part-one-1956-1988 |title=Asian Cup: Know Your History - Part One (1956-1988) |publisher=Goal.com |date=2011-01-07 |access-date=2015-05-03}}{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/schedule/asian-cup-1984-in-singapur-gruppe-1/0/|title=Asian Cup 1984 Singapore » Group 1|access-date=4 December 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://globalsportsarchive.com/competition/soccer/afc-asian-cup-qualification-1984-singapore/qualifying-round/16377/|title=1984 AFC Asian Cup|access-date=4 December 2021}}

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.{{fact|date=April 2023}}

Team ! Qualified as ! Qualified on ! Previous appearance
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:left;"
{{fb\|SIN}}	{{Sort\|*\|Hosts}}	{{N/A\|N/A}}	0 (debut)
{{fb\|KUW}}	{{Sort\|801\|1980 AFC Asian Cup champions}}	30 September 1980	{{sort\|03\|3 (1972, 1976, 1980)}}
{{fb\|IRN}}	{{Sort\|A1\|Group 1 winners}}	15 August 1984	{{sort\|04\|4 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980)}}
{{fb\|SYR\|1980}}	{{Sort\|A2\|Group 1 runners-up}}	15 August 1984	{{sort\|01\|1 (1980)}}
{{fb\|KSA}}	{{Sort\|B1\|Group 2 winners}}	26 October 1984	0 (debut)
{{fb\|UAE}}	{{Sort\|B2\|Group 2 runners-up}}	12 May 1979	{{sort\|01\|1 (1980)}}
{{fb\|KOR\|1984}}	{{Sort\|C1\|Group 3 winners}}	19 October 1984	{{sort\|05\|5 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980)}}
{{fb\|IND}}	{{Sort\|C2\|Group 3 runners-up}}	19 October 1984	{{sort\|01\|1 (1964)}}
{{fb\|CHN}}	{{Sort\|D1\|Group 4 winners}}	20 October 1984	{{sort\|02\|2 (1976, 1980)}}
{{fb\|QAT}}	{{Sort\|D2\|Group 4 runners-up}}	20 October 1984	1 (1980)

Venue

rowspan=4\|{{location map \|Singapore\|float=none \|width=300 \|caption= \|lat=1.310833 \|long=103.865556 \|label=Kallang \|position=bottom }} ! Kallang
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
National Stadium
Capacity: 55,000
200px

Squads

Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

=Group A=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group A

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=KSA|name_KSA={{fb|Saudi Arabia}}

|team2=KUW|name_KUW={{fb|Kuwait}}

|team3=QAT|name_QAT={{fb|Qatar}}

|team4=SYR|name_SYR={{fb|Syria|1980}}

|team5=KOR|name_KOR={{fb|South Korea|1984}}

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source={{url|http://www.rsssf.com/tables/84asch.html|RSSSF}}

}}

{{football box

|date = 1 December 1984

|time= 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}}

|goals1 = Khalfan {{goal|7}}

|goals2 = Anber {{goal|47|o.g.}}

|attendance= 8,000

|referee = Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

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{{football box

|date = 2 December 1984

|time= 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KSA}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}

|goals1 = Majed Abdullah {{goal|90}}

|goals2 = Lee Tae-ho {{goal|51}}

|attendance= 24,340

|referee = George Joseph (Malaysia)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 3 December 1984

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|QAT}}

|goals1 = Al-Rumaihi {{goal|52|o.g.}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 18,525

|referee = Augusto Lamo (Spain)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 4 December 1984

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Khalifa {{goal|66}}

|attendance= 2,000

|referee= Shizuo Takada (Japan)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 5 December 1984

|time= 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|KUW}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|attendance= 20,752

|referee= Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 7 December 1984

|time= 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SYR|1980}}

|score = 1–0

|team2 = {{fb|KOR|1984}}

|goals1 = Hassan {{goal|12}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 9,270

|referee= George Courtney (England)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 8 December 1984

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|QAT}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}

|goals1 = Zaid {{goal|47}}

|goals2 = Al-Jawad {{goal|65}}

|attendance= 15,000

|referee = Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 9 December 1984

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 3–1

|team2 = {{fb|SYR|1980}}

|goals1 = Mahrous {{goal|66|o.g.}}
Al-Dakhil {{goal|77}}
A. Al-Buloushi {{goal|79}}

|goals2 = Abu Al-Sel {{goal|5}}

|attendance= 8,000

|referee= Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 10 December 1984

|time= 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KOR|1984}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|QAT}}

|goals1 =

|attendance= 3,659

|goals2 = Salman {{goal|69}}

|referee = Augusto Lamo (Spain)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 11 December 1984

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|KUW}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|KSA}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Al-Jam'an {{goal|88}}

|attendance= 10,980

|referee= Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

=Group B=

{{#invoke:sports table|main|style=WDL

|section=Group B

|res_col_header=Q

|show_positions=y

|winpoints=2

|team1=CHN|name_CHN={{fb|China}}

|team2=IRI|name_IRI={{fb|Iran}}

|team3=UAE|name_UAE={{fb|United Arab Emirates}}

|team4=SGP|name_SGP={{fb|Singapore}}

|team5=IND|name_IND={{fb|India}}

|col_A=green1|text_A=Advance to knockout stage

|result1=A|result2=A

|update=complete|source={{url|http://www.rsssf.com/tables/84asch.html|RSSSF}}

}}

{{football box

|date = 1 December 1984

|time= 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRI}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}

|goals1 = Alidousti {{goal|27}}
Shahrokh Bayani {{goal|85|pen.}}
Mohammadkhani {{goal|87}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 9,000

|referee= Toshikazu Sano (Japan)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 2 December 1984

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|IND}}

|goals1 = Malik {{goal|36}}
Razali {{goal|81}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 55,000

|referee = Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 3 December 1984

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRI}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

|goals1 = Mohammadkhani {{goal|57}}
Arabshahi {{goal|69}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 18,525

|referee= George Courtney (England)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 4 December 1984

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|UAE}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|IND}}

|goals1 = Al-Talyani {{goal|81}}
Khamees {{goal|88}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 2,000

|referee= Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 5 December 1984

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}}

|score = 0–2

|team2 = {{fb|CHN}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Jia Xiuquan {{goal|21}}
Zhao Dayu {{goal|39}}

|attendance= 20,752

|referee= Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 7 December 1984

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRI}}

|score = 0–0

|team2 = {{fb|IND}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 =

|attendance= 10,000

|referee= Koh Guan Kiat (Malaysia)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 8 December 1984

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}}

|score = 0–1

|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}

|goals1 =

|goals2 = Abdulrahman {{goal|62}}

|attendance= 15,000

|referee= Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 9 December 1984

|time = 21:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 3–0

|team2 = {{fb|IND}}

|goals1 = Lin Lefeng {{goal|19}}
Gu Guangming {{goal|59}}
Jia Xiuquan {{goal|79}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 8,256

|referee= Ahmed Jassim (Bahrain)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 10 December 1984

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|SIN}}

|score = 1–1

|team2 = {{fb|IRI}}

|goals1 = Razali {{goal|61}}

|goals2 = Shahrokh Bayani {{goal|55|pen.}}

|attendance= 2,000

|referee= Abu Wahid Shanbe (Oman)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

----

{{football box

|date = 11 December 1984

|time = 19:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHN}}

|score = 5–0

|team2 = {{fb|UAE}}

|goals1 = Yang Zhaohui {{goal|12}}
Jia Xiuquan {{goal|20}}
Zuo Shusheng {{goal|36}}
Zhao Dayu {{goal|52}}
Gu Guangming {{goal|67}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 5,000

|referee= Shizuo Takada (Japan)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

Knockout stage

{{Round4-with third

|widescore=yes

|RD1=Semi-finals

|RD2=Final

|Consol=Third place

|13 December–Singapore|{{fb|Saudi Arabia}} (pen.)|1 (5)|{{fb|Iran}}|1 (4)

|14 December–Singapore|{{fb|China}} {{aet}}|1|{{fb|Kuwait}}|0

|16 December–Singapore|{{fb|Saudi Arabia}}|2|{{fb|China}}|0

|16 December–Singapore|{{fb|Iran}}|1 (3)|{{fb|Kuwait}} (pen.)|1 (5)

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{football box

|date = 13 December 1984

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Saudi Arabia}}

|score = 1–1

|aet=yes

|team2 = {{fb|Iran}}

|goals1 = Shahin Bayani {{goal|88|o.g.}}

|goals2 = Shahrokh Bayani {{goal|43}}

|attendance= 4,769

|referee= George Courtney (England)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore

|penalties1 = Majed Abdullah {{pengoal}}
Al-jawad {{pengoal}}
Al-Nu'eimeh {{pengoal}}
Al-Jam'an {{pengoal}}
Al-Musaibeah {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 5–4

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Hajiloo
{{pengoal}} Mokhtarifar
{{pengoal}} Derakhshan
{{penmiss}} Panjali
{{pengoal}} Shahrokh Bayani

}}

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{{football box

|date = 14 December 1984

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|China}}

|score = 1–0

|aet=yes

|team2 = {{fb|Kuwait}}

|goals1 = Li Huayun {{goal|108}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 9,600

|referee = Augusto Lamo (Spain)

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore}}

=Third place play-off=

{{football box

|date = 16 December 1984

|time = 18:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Iran}}

|score = 1–1

|aet = yes

|team2 = {{fb|Kuwait}}

|goals1 = Mohammadkhani {{goal|80}}

|goals2 = Al-Haddad {{goal|26}}

|attendance= 10,000

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore

|referee = Antonio Márquez (Mexico)

|penalties1 = Hajiloo {{pengoal}}
Mokhtarifar {{penmiss}}
Derakhshan {{pengoal}}
Ahadi {{pengoal}}

|penaltyscore = 3–5

|penalties2 = {{pengoal}} Al-Dakhil
{{pengoal}} Al-Suwayed
{{pengoal}} Al-Mubarak
{{pengoal}} Juma'a
{{pengoal}} Al-Qabendi

}}

=Final=

{{football box

|date = 16 December 1984

|time = 20:00

|team1 = {{fb-rt|Saudi Arabia}}

|score = 2–0

|team2 = {{fb|China}}

|goals1 = Al-Nafisah {{goal|10}}
Majed Abdullah {{goal|46}}

|goals2 =

|attendance= 26,109

|stadium = National Stadium, Singapore

|referee= Shizuo Takada (Japan)}}

Awards

=Winners=

=Individual awards=

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"
width=180\|Top Goalscorers !width=180\|Best Goalkeeper !width=180\|Most Valuable Player !width=180\|Fastest Goal Award !width=180\|Fair Play Award
align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Jia Xiuquan {{flagicon\|IRI}} Shahrokh Bayani {{flagicon\|IRI}} Nasser Mohammadkhani \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Deayea \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|CHN}} Jia Xiuquan \|align=left\|{{flagicon\|SYR\|1980}} Walid Abu Al-Sel \|align=left\|{{fb\|China}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center; margin: 0 auto;"

width=180|Top Goalscorers

!width=180|Best Goalkeeper

!width=180|Most Valuable Player

!width=180|Fastest Goal Award

!width=180|Fair Play Award

align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Xiuquan
{{flagicon|IRI}} Shahrokh Bayani
{{flagicon|IRI}} Nasser Mohammadkhani

|align=left|{{flagicon|KSA}} Abdullah Al-Deayea

|align=left|{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Xiuquan

|align=left|{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Walid Abu Al-Sel

|align=left|{{fb|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

{{flagicon|CHN}} Jia Xiuquan
{{flagicon|IRI}} Shahrokh Bayani
{{flagicon|IRI}} Nasser Mohammadkhani

;2 goals

{{flagicon|CHN}} Gu Guangming
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Dayu
{{flagicon|KSA}} Majed Abdullah
{{flagicon|SIN}} Razali Saad

;1 goal

{{flagicon|CHN}} Li Huayun
{{flagicon|CHN}} Lin Lefeng
{{flagicon|CHN}} Yang Zhaohui
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zuo Shusheng
{{flagicon|IRI}} Hamid Alidousti
{{flagicon|IRI}} Zia Arabshahi
{{flagicon|KUW}} Abdullah Al-Buloushi
{{flagicon|KUW}} Faisal Al-Dakhil
{{flagicon|KUW}} Muayad Al-Haddad
{{flagicon|QAT}} Ibrahim Khalfan
{{flagicon|QAT}} Khalid Salman
{{flagicon|QAT}} Ali Zaid
{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohammed Abduljawad
{{flagicon|KSA}} Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
{{flagicon|KSA}} Shaye Al-Nafisah
{{flagicon|KSA}} Saleh Khalifa
{{flagicon|SIN}} Malik Awab
{{flagicon|KOR|1984}} Lee Tae-ho
{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Walid Abu Al-Sel
{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan
{{flagicon|UAE}} Farooq Abdulrahman
{{flagicon|UAE}} Adnan Al-Talyani
{{flagicon|UAE}} Fahad Khamees

;Own goals

{{flagicon|IRI}} Shahin Bayani (playing against Saudi Arabia)
{{flagicon|QAT}} Ibrahim Al-Rumaihi (playing against for Kuwait)
{{flagicon|QAT}} Mubarak Anber (playing against Syria)
{{flagicon|SYR|1980}} Issam Mahrous (playing against Kuwait)

References

External links

[https://www.rsssf.org/tables/84asch.html Details] at RSSSF
[http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Page/straitstimes19841218.1.43.aspx The Awards]

1984

Asian Cup

Category:1984 in Singaporean football

Category:International association football competitions hosted by Singapore

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