1984 in sports#Basketball

1984 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

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Alpine Skiing World Cup:
Men's overall season champion: Pirmin Zurbriggen, Switzerland
Women's overall season champion: Erika Hess, Switzerland
At the Winter Olympics, Bill Johnson becomes the first American to win the gold medal in downhill skiing.

Super Bowl XVIII – the Los Angeles Raiders (AFC) won 38–9 over the Washington Redskins (NFC)
Location: Tampa Stadium
Attendance: 72,920
MVP: Marcus Allen, RB (Los Angeles)
Walter Payton breaks Jim Brown's rushing record on October 7.
Philadelphia Stars win United States Football League Championship, 23-3 over Arizona Wranglers
Orange Bowl (1983 season):
The Miami Hurricanes won 31-30 over the Nebraska Cornhuskers to win the national championship
Doug Flutie wins the Heisman Trophy
November 23 – The Hail Flutie Game
1984 college football season:
The Brigham Young Cougars win the national championship following their victory in the Holiday Bowl on December 21

European Championship – Final: France 2-0 Spain; Hosts: France
Asian Cup – Final: Saudi Arabia 2 – 0 P.R. China; Hosts: Singapore
Champions' Cup – – May 30 – Liverpool 1-1 A.S. Roma; Liverpool won 4-2 on penalties after extra time.
UEFA Cup – Two legs; 1st leg Anderlecht 1-1 Tottenham Hotspur; 2nd leg Tottenham Hotspur 1-1 Anderlecht; 2-2 on aggregate, Spurs won 4-2 on penalties
Cup Winners' Cup – Juventus 2-1 Porto
Super Cup – Juventus 2-0 Liverpool
Copa Libertadores de América – Two legs; 1st leg Grêmio 0-1 Independiente; 2nd leg Independiente 0-0 Grêmio; Independiente won 1-0 on aggregate
England – FA Cup – – May 12 – Everton win 2-0 against Watford
FIFA gives the right to host the 1990 FIFA World Cup to Italy
The North American Soccer League folds due to financial problems

Victorian Football League
March 31: Carlton 31.13 (199) beat North Melbourne 9.8 (62) at VFL Park. This remains the largest opening round win in League history.
July 28: On a waterlogged Western Oval, Footscray and Essendon play a goalless first half. It is the first time this has occurred since 1968 and only the second since 1899.
Essendon wins the 88th VFL Premiership, defeating Hawthorn 14.21 (105) to 12.9 (81) in the Grand Final
Brownlow Medal awarded to Peter Moore (Melbourne)
West Australian Football League
May 5: West Perth 15.15 (105) draw with South Fremantle 16.9 (105) at Leederville Oval for the first senior WAFL draw in 888 matches since East Fremantle and Swan Districts each scored 11.14 (80) at East Fremantle Oval on April 21 of 1974.See Christian Geoff; "Wiley Has a Knee Injury"; in The West Australian, 7 May 1984, p. 84 This constitutes the second-longest non-occurrence of draws in a major Australian Rules competition; ironically the only longer one ended with a draw between the same two clubs at the same ground.See [http://waflfootyfacts.net/Teams/All/draws.php WAFL Footy Facts – Draws] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140513010548/http://waflfootyfacts.net/Teams/All/draws.php |date=2014-05-13 }}

Donald Sterling relocates the San Diego Clippers to Los Angeles.
NCAA Men's Basketball Championship –
Georgetown wins 84-75 over Houston
NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship
University of Southern California(USC) wins 72–61 over Tennessee
NBA Finals –
Boston Celtics won 4 games to 3 over the Los Angeles Lakers
National Basketball League (Australia) Finals:
Canberra Cannons defeated the Brisbane Bullets 84-82 in the final.
Central Missouri State University won the NCAA Division II men's and women's basketball titles, becoming the first school ever in any division to accomplish the feat. The University of Connecticut would do the same in Division I in 2004.
NBA draft –
A new era in the NBA is born on June 23 with the drafting of Houston's Hakeem Olajuwon, North Carolina's Michael Jordan, Auburn's Charles Barkley and Gonzaga's John Stockton.

March 31 – Wilfredo Gómez defeats Juan Laporte by a decision in 12 rounds to conquer the WBC's world Featherweight crown.
June 15 – in the most anticipated bout of the year, Thomas Hearns, WBC world Jr. Middleweight champion, knocks out WBA world champion Roberto Durán in two rounds. The WBA elects not to sanction the bout, declaring their version of the title vacant instead.