# 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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

## 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 |
Additional playoff (purpose unclear)

### 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 |

### 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 |

### 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 |

## 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