1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Main article: 1984 AFC Asian Cup

This article details the qualification phase for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup held in Singapore between 1 and 16 December.

1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Tournament details
Dates	6 August 1984 – 19 October 1984
Teams	21 (from 1 confederation)
← 1980 1988 →

Groups

North Korea was banned from international competitions for two years by the AFC and FIFA for attacking a referee after the 1982 Asian Games football semi-final match against Kuwait in New Delhi, India.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4
Bangladesh  Burma *  Indonesia  Iran  Philippines  Thailand  Syria	India**  Malaysia**    Nepal  Oman  Saudi Arabia  Sri Lanka  United Arab Emirates	Bahrain *  Japan *  Lebanon *  Macau *  Pakistan  North Yemen  South Korea	Afghanistan  China  Brunei *  Hong Kong  Iraq *  Jordan  Qatar  South Yemen *

• * Withdrew
• ** Moved to Group 3
•  Kuwait qualified as defending champions
•  Singapore qualified as host

Qualification

Group 1

• All matches played in Indonesia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Iran	5	5	0	0	21	2	+19	10
Syria	5	3	0	2	9	8	+1	6
Indonesia	5	3	0	2	6	5	+1	6
Thailand	5	3	0	2	9	10	–1	6
Bangladesh	5	1	0	4	6	13	–7	2
Philippines	5	0	0	5	3	16	–13	0

Indonesia	2–1	Thailand
Sain Irmis 74' Danny Bolung 90'		Chalit 26'

6 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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Syria	2–0	Philippines
Nabil El-Sibai 42' Marwan Madarati 60'

7 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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Iran	5–0	Bangladesh
Mohammadkhani 65', 78', 81', 89' Alidousti 90'

7 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Chlandar (India)

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Indonesia	2–1	Bangladesh
Sain Irmis 31', 58'		Sheikh Mohammad Aslam 89'

9 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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Iran	3–1	Syria
Alidousti 3', 76' Mohammadkhani 67'		Hasan 4'

9 August 1984

Sriwedari Stadium, Solo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Yu Jong-Lin (Korea DPR)

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Thailand	3–0	Philippines
Piyapong Pue-On 7', 34' Chalit 48'

9 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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Syria	2–1	Bangladesh
Waleed Abou El-Sil 6' Marwan Madarati 89'		Kazi Jasimuddin 44'

11 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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Indonesia	1–0	Philippines
Noah Meriem 18'

11 August 1984

Sriwedari Stadium, Solo

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Iran	5–0	Thailand
Me'mar 25' Alidousti 31', 81' Mohammadkhani 55' Darakhshan 63'

11 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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Bangladesh	3–2	Philippines
Khandoker Wasim Iqbal 8', 49' Sheikh Mohammad Aslam 42'		Elmer Bedia 25', 58'

13 August 1984

Sriwedari Stadium, Solo

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Indonesia	0–1	Iran
		Mohammadkhani 78'

13 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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Thailand	3–2	Syria
Chalee Pirom 61' Thanis Areesngarkul 72' Chalor Hongkajohn 78'		Nabil El-Sibai 9' Abdul Kader Kardaghli 84'

13 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

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Thailand	2–1	Bangladesh
Chalit 24' Thanis Areesngarkul 61'		Sheikh Mohammad Aslam 23'

15 August 1984

Sriwedari Stadium, Solo

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Indonesia	1–2	Syria
Sain Irmis 27'		Abdul Kader Kardaghli 78' Fouad Aziz 85'

15 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 65,000

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Iran	7–1	Philippines
Arabshai 16' Mohammadkhani 20', 52' Alidousti 48' Ahadi 50', 89' Mokhtarifar 77'		Mariano Araneta 69'

15 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 4,000

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Additional playoff (purpose unclear)

Iran	1–0	Syria
Alidosti 13'

18 August 1984

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Kim Soo-Duck (Korea Republic)

Group 2

• All matches played in Saudi Arabia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	4	4	0	0	19	0	+19	8
United Arab Emirates	4	3	0	1	24	2	+22	6
Sri Lanka	4	1	1	2	6	11	–5	3
Oman	4	1	1	2	9	15	–6	3
Nepal	4	0	0	4	0	30	–30	0

Saudi Arabia	7–0	Nepal

19 October 1984

Jeddah

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Oman	1–1	Sri Lanka

20 October 1984

Jeddah

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Saudi Arabia	1–0	United Arab Emirates

22 October 1984

Jeddah

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Sri Lanka	4–0	Nepal

22 October 1984

Jeddah

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Saudi Arabia	5–0	Sri Lanka

24 October 1984

Jeddah

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United Arab Emirates	8–0	Oman

24 October 1984

Jeddah

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Saudi Arabia	6–0	Oman

26 October 1984

Jeddah

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United Arab Emirates	11–0	Nepal

26 October 1984

Jeddah

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United Arab Emirates	5–1	Sri Lanka

28 October 1984

Jeddah

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Oman	8–0	Nepal

28 October 1984

Jeddah

Group 3

• All matches played in India.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
South Korea	4	3	1	0	13	0	+13	7
India	4	3	0	1	8	2	+6	6
Malaysia	4	2	1	1	10	3	+7	5
Pakistan	4	1	0	3	4	14	–10	2
North Yemen	4	0	0	4	2	18	–16	0

South Korea	6–0	North Yemen
Park Sung-hwa Chung Hae-won

10 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

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Malaysia	5–0	Pakistan
Hassan ?', ?' Yusof ?', ?' Kim ?'

11 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

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India	4–0	North Yemen
Krishanu Dey Shabbir Ali Prasanta Banerjee Babu Mani

12 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

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South Korea	6–0	Pakistan
Lee Tae-ho 10' Choi Sang-gook 15' Park Sung-hwa ?', ?' Wang Seon-jae ?', ?'

13 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

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India	2–1	Malaysia
Narender Thapa[1] Babu Mani[1]		Zainal Abidin[1]

14 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

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Pakistan	4–1	North Yemen
Sharafat 3', 18', 74' Arbab Hayat Shahzada 10'	Report	Ahmed Nasser 7' (pen.)

15 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

Referee: Zhong Bohong (China)

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South Korea	0–0	Malaysia

16 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

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India	2–0	Pakistan
Shabbir Ali 24', 82'[2]

17 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

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Malaysia	4–1	North Yemen

18 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

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India	0–1	South Korea
		Park Chang-sun 48'

19 October 1984

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

Group 4

• All matches played in China.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
China	4	4	0	0	15	0	+15	8
Qatar	4	3	0	1	11	1	+10	6
Jordan	4	1	1	2	7	10	–3	3
Hong Kong	4	0	2	2	1	4	–3	2
Afghanistan	4	0	1	3	1	20	–19	1

Qatar	8–0	Afghanistan

10 September 1984

Guangzhou

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Jordan	1–1	Hong Kong
Awad 35'		Lai Wing-Cheong 45'

10 September 1984

Guangzhou

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China	6–0	Afghanistan
Li Hui Zhao Dayu Li Huayun 64' Zuo Shusheng 66' Yang Zhaohui

12 September 1984

Guangzhou

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Qatar	1–0	Hong Kong
Al-Sowaidi 65'

12 September 1984

Guangzhou

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China	6–0	Jordan
Li Huayun 12' Gu Guangming 13' Zhao Dayu Li Hui Yang Zhaohui 88'

15 September 1984

Guangzhou

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Hong Kong	0–0	Afghanistan

15 September 1984

Guangzhou

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China	2–0	Hong Kong
Zhao Dayu 59', 72' (pen.)

17 September 1984

Guangzhou

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Qatar	2–0	Jordan
Al-Barshi 31' Al-Mohanadi 54'

17 September 1984

Guangzhou

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China	1–0	Qatar
Zhao Dayu 88'

20 September 1984

Guangzhou

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Jordan	6–1	Afghanistan

20 September 1984

Guangzhou

Qualified teams

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearance
Singapore	Hosts	N/A	0 (debut)
Kuwait	1980 AFC Asian Cup champions	30 September 1980	3 (1972, 1976, 1980)
Iran	Group 1 winners	13 August 1984	4 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980)
Syria	Group 1 runners-up	15 August 1984	1 (1980)
Saudi Arabia	Group 2 winners	26 October 1984	0 (debut)
United Arab Emirates	Group 2 runners-up	28 October 1984	1 (1980)
South Korea	Group 3 winners	19 October 1984	5 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980)
India	Group 3 runners-up	17 October 1984	1 (1964)
China	Group 4 winners	17 September 1984	2 (1976, 1980)
Qatar	Group 4 runners-up	17 September 1984	1 (1980)

Goal scorers

• Note : Some of the goals which are not recorded are not listed here.

9 Goals

• Nasser Mohammadkhani

6 Goals

• Hamid Alidoosti
• Park Sung-hwa
• Zhao Dayu

4 Goals

• Sain Irmis

3 Goals

• Chalit
• Li Hui
• Sheikh Mohammad Aslam
• Shabbir Ali

2 Goals

• Piyapong Pue-On
• Thanis Areesngarkul
• Khandoker Wasim Iqbal
• Elmer Bedia
• Nabil El-Sibai
• Abdul Kader Kardaghli
• Reza Ahadi
• Wang Seon-je
• Babu Mani
• Li Huayun
• Yang Zhaohui

1 Goal

• Danny Bolung
• Noah Meriem
• Marwan Madarati
• Hassan
• Fouad Aziz
• Kazi Jasimuddin Ahmed Joshi
• Me'mar
• Hamid Derakhshan
• Arabshai
• Mokhtarifar
• Chalee Pirom
• Chalor Hongkajohn
• Mariano Araneta
• Chung Hae-won
• Lee Tae-ho
• Choi Sang-hook
• Park Chang-seon
• Narender Thapa
• Krishanu Dey
• Prasanta Banerjee
• Zainal Abidin
• Awad
• Lai Wing-Cheong
• Zuo Shusheng
• Gu Guangming
• Mohammed Al-Sowaidi
• Man'a Al-Barshi
• Mohammed Al-Mohanadi

References

1. "Indians rally". The Straits Times. 15 October 1984.
2. "Indian in the final reckoning". The Straits Times. 18 October 1984.

External links

• Morrison, Neil; Panahi, Majeed; Veroeveren, Pieter. "Asian Nations Cup 1984". RSSSF.
• "India withdraw pull-out threat"

The Straits Times, 22 March 1983, Page 35

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19830322-1.2.109.aspx

• "It's Singapore all the way"

The Straits Times, 3 July 1983, Page 31

https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19830703-1.2.86.aspx