# 1984 AFC Asian Cup

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.

## 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.
| 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) |

## Venue

| Kallang | Kallang |
| Kallang | National Stadium |
| Kallang | Capacity: 55,000 |

## Group stage

All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8)

### Group A

| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 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 | |

### Group B

| 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 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 | |

## Knockout stage

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

### Final
## Awards
### Winners

* 1984 AFC Asian Cup winners
* Saudi Arabia First title

### Individual awards

| 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 |

## 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

* Jia Xiuquan
* Shahrokh Bayani
* Nasser Mohammadkhani

### 2 goals

* Gu Guangming
* Zhao Dayu
* Majed Abdullah
* Razali Saad

### 1 goal

* Li Huayun
* Lin Lefeng
* Yang Zhaohui
* Zuo Shusheng
* Hamid Alidousti
* Zia Arabshahi
* Abdullah Al-Buloushi
* Faisal Al-Dakhil
* Muayad Al-Haddad
* Ibrahim Khalfan
* Khalid Salman
* Ali Zaid
* Mohammed Abduljawad
* Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
* Shaye Al-Nafisah
* Saleh Khalifa
* Malik Awab
* Lee Tae-ho
* Walid Abu Al-Sel
* Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan
* Farooq Abdulrahman
* Adnan Al-Talyani
* Fahad Khamees

### 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)