1984 AFC Asian Cup

1984 AFC Asian Cup

1984年亞洲盃足球賽 Piala Asia 1984 1984 AFC ஆசிய கோப்பை
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
Third place	Kuwait
Fourth place	Iran
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	44 (1.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Shahrokh Bayani Nasser Mohammadkhani Jia Xiuquan (3 goals each)
Best player(s)	Jia Xiuquan
Best goalkeeper	Abdullah Al-Deayea
Fair play award	China
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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.^[1][2][3]

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.^{[citation needed]}

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	15 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	12 May 1979	1 (1980)
South Korea	Group 3 winners	19 October 1984	5 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980)
India	Group 3 runners-up	19 October 1984	1 (1964)
China	Group 4 winners	20 October 1984	2 (1976, 1980)
Qatar	Group 4 runners-up	20 October 1984	1 (1980)

Kallang	Kallang
	National Stadium
	Capacity: 55,000

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

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

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	4	3	0	1	10	2	+8	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Iran	4	2	2	0	6	1	+5	6
3	United Arab Emirates	4	2	0	2	3	8	−5	4
4	Singapore (H)	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	3
5	India	4	0	1	3	0	7	−7	1

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

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1984 AFC Asian Cup winners
Saudi Arabia First title

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

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

2 goals

1 goal

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)

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