1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification

July 2026 1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification 6 August 1984 – 28 October 1984 21 1 36 185 1980 1988 The qualification for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 21 teams in four groups. Eight teams from the top two of each group advance to the final tournament, joining hosts Singapore and defending champions Kuwait. 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 1Group 2Group 3Group 4BAN Burma 1974 * IDN IRN PHI 1936 THA SYR 1980IND** MAS** NEP OMA 1970 KSA SRI UAEBHR 1972 * JPN 1947 * LIB * MAC municipal * PAK North Yemen KOR 1984AFG 1980 CHN BRU * HKG 1959 IRQ 1963 * JOR QAT South Yemen * * Withdrew ** Moved to Group 3 Kuwait qualified as defending champions Singapore qualified as host Qualification Group 1 All matches played in Indonesia. main WDL Group Q y 2 IRN IRN SYR SYR 1980 IDN IDN THA THA BAN BAN PHI PHI 1936 5 0 0 21 2 3 0 2 9 8 3 0 2 6 5 3 0 2 9 10 1 0 4 6 13 0 0 5 3 16 #ccffcc 1984 AFC Asian Cup A A complete 6 August 1984 19:15 (UTC+7) INA 2–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37453/Indonesia_Thailand.html THA Irmis 74Bolung 90 Suttabun 26 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta Cheung Kwok Kui (Hong Kong) 7 August 1984 18:00 (UTC+7) SYR 1980 2–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38397/Syria_Philippines.html PHI 1936 El-Sibai 42Madarati 60 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 7 August 1984 20:00 (UTC+7) IRN 5–0 BAN Mohammadkhani 65 78 81 89Alidoosti 90 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 5,000 Nadasen Chandra (Singapore) https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37971/Bangladesh_Iran.html 9 August 1984 18:00 (UTC+7) INA 2–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38523/Indonesia_Bangladesh.html BAN Irmis 31 58 Aslam 89 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta Maidin Bin Singah (Singapore) 9 August 1984 18:30 (UTC+7) IRN 3–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37972/Syria_Iran.html SYR 1980 Alidoosti 3 76Mohammadkhani 67 Radwan 4 Sriwedari Stadium, Solo 10,000 Yu Jong-lin (North Korea) 9 August 1984 20:00 (UTC+7) THA 3–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37454/Thailand_Philippines.html PHI 1936 Pue-on 7 34Suttabun 48 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 11 August 1984 18:00 (UTC+7) SYR 1980 2–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38398/Syria_Bangladesh.html BAN El-Sil 6Madarati 89 Jasimuddin 44 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta Au Chi Shing (Hong Kong) 11 August 1984 18:30 (UTC+7) INA 1–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38524/Indonesia_Philippines.html PHI 1936 Meriem 18 Sriwedari Stadium, Solo 11,000 11 August 1984 20:00 (UTC+7) IRN 5–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37455/Iran_Thailand.html THA Me'mar 25Alidoosti 31 81Mohammadkhani 55Darakhshan 63 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta Kim Soo-duk (South Korea) 13 August 1984 18:00 (UTC+7) INA 0–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37973/Indonesia_Iran.html IRN Mohammadkhani 78 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta Yoo Jong-rin (South Korea) 13 August 1984 18:30 (UTC+7) BAN 3–2 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38526/Bangladesh_Philippines.html PHI 1936 Iqbal 8 49Aslam 42 Bedia 25 58 Sriwedari Stadium, Solo 7,000 13 August 1984 20:00 (UTC+7) THA 3–2 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37456/Thailand_Syria.html SYR 1980 Pirom 61Areesngarkul 72Hongkajohn 78 El-Sibai 9Kardaghli 84 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 15 August 1984 18:00 (UTC+7) IRN 7–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37974/Philippines_Iran.html PHI 1936 Arabshahi 16Mohammadkhani 20 52Alidoosti 48Ahadi 50 89Mokhtarifar 77 Araneta 69 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 4,000 15 August 1984 18:30 (UTC+7) THA 2–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37457/Thailand_Bangladesh.html BAN Suttabun 24Areesngarkul 61 Aslam 23 Sriwedari Stadium, Solo 7,500 Stephen Ovinis (Malaysia) 15 August 1984 20:00 (UTC+7) INA 1–2 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38399/Indonesia_Syria.html SYR 1980 Irmis 26 Kardaghli 77Radwan 80 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 65,000 Maidin Bin Singah (Singapore) Additional playoff (purpose unclear) 18 August 1984 18:00 (UTC+7) IRN 1–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37975/Syria_Iran.html SYR 1980 Alidoosti 13 Senayan Stadium, Jakarta 40,000 Kim Soo-duk (Korea Republic) Group 2 All matches played in Saudi Arabia. main WDL Group Q y 2 KSA KSA UAE UAE SRI SRI OMA OMA 1970 NEP NEP 4 0 0 19 0 3 0 1 24 2 1 1 2 6 11 1 1 2 9 15 0 0 4 0 30 #ccffcc 1984 AFC Asian Cup A A complete 19 October 1984 19:40 (UTC+3) KSA 7–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38012/Saudi_Arabia_Nepal.html NEP Abdeljawad 22 89Abdullah 37Al-Dosari 63Al-Jam'an 73 86Al-Nafisah 83 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 13,538 Maidin Bin Singah (Singapore) 20 October 1984 20:10 (UTC+3) OMN 1970 1–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38533/Oman_Sri_Lanka.html SRI Darwish 46 Mahinda 56 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 1,632 Melyvn D'Souza (India) 22 October 1984 21:21 (UTC+3) SRI 4–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38534/Sri_Lanka_Nepal.html NEP Premlal 15 40 Breman 25 Mullaje 84 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 4,864 Jassim Mandi (Bahrain) 22 October 1984 22:10 (UTC+3) KSA 1–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38013/Saudi_Arabia_United_Arab_Emirates.html UAE Abdullah 42(pen.) Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 9,728 Syed Shahid Hakim (India) 24 October 1984 19:40 (UTC+3) KSA 5–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38014/Saudi_Arabia_Sri_Lanka.html SRI Abdullah 3 8 55Al-Jam'an 65Shakor 70 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 7,097 Soetoyo Hartasardjono (Indonesia) 24 October 1984 21:30 (UTC+3) UAE 8–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38436/United_Arab_Emirates_Oman.html OMN 1970 Al Talyani Khamees Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 3,548 Othman Omar (Malaysia) 26 October 1984 19:40 (UTC+3) KSA 6–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38015/Saudi_Arabia_Oman.html OMN 1970 Abdullah 14 24 44(pen.)Al-Nafisah 30 71Khamees 81 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 5,929 Jassim Mandi (Bahrain) 26 October 1984 21:30 (UTC+3) UAE 11–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38437/United_Arab_Emirates_Nepal.html NEP Al Talyani Khamees Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 2,965 Maidin Bin Singah (Singapore) 28 October 1984 19:40 (UTC+3) OMN 1970 8–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38536/Oman_Nepal.html NEP Khamis Amaan Darwish Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 592 Syed Shahid Hakim (India) 28 October 1984 21:30 (UTC+3) UAE 5–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38438/United_Arab_Emirates_Sri_Lanka.html SRI Khamees Al Talyani Balendran 70 Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah 592 Soetoyo Hartasardjono (Indonesia) Group 3 All matches played in India. main WDL Group Q y 2 KOR KOR 1984 IND IND MAS MAS PAK PAK YAR North Yemen 3 1 0 13 0 3 0 1 8 2 2 1 1 10 3 1 0 3 4 14 0 0 4 2 18 #ccffcc 1984 AFC Asian Cup A A complete 10 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) KOR 1984 6–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/7492/South_Korea_North_Yemen.html North Yemen Park Sung-hwa 29 34 pen. ?Chung Hae-won 45 70 Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Mohammad Salehye (Iran) 11 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) MAS 5–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37205/Malaysia_Pakistan.html PAK Abidin 45 59 Yusof 57 ? Lim Teong Kim ? Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Hamed Hamdan Abdullah As Said (Oman) 12 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) IND 4–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38512/India_North_Yemen.html North Yemen Dey ?Shabbir ?Banerjee ?Mani ? Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Cui Baoyin (China) 13 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) KOR 1984 6–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/7491/South_Korea_Pakistan.html PAK Lee Tae-ho 10Choi Sang-kook 15Park Sung-hwa ?Wang Seon-jae ? Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Marwan Arafat (Syria) 14 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) IND 2–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37206/India_Malaysia.html MAS Thapa ? Mani ? Abidin ? Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Abdul A. Karim (Bahrain) 15 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) PAK 4–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38505/Pakistan_North_Yemen.html North Yemen Sharafat 3 18 74Shahzada 10 Nasser 7 pen. Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Zhong Bohong (China) 16 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) KOR 1984 0–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/7482/South_Korea_Malaysia.html MAS Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Abdul Salam Al Yaqoot (Kuwait) 17 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) IND 2–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38506/India_Pakistan.html PAK Shabbir 24 82 Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Marwan Arafat (Syria) 18 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) MAS 4–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/37207/Malaysia_North_Yemen.html North Yemen Abidin ?Gunasegaran ?Mahmud ? Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Cui Baoyin (China) 19 October 1984 14:30 (UTC+5:30) IND 0–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/7461/India_South_Korea.html KOR 1984 Park Chang-sun 48 Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta Hamed Hamdan Abdullah As Said (Oman) Group 4 All matches played in China. main WDL Group Q y 2 CHN CHN QAT QAT JOR JOR HKG HKG 1959 AFG AFG 1980 4 0 0 15 0 3 0 1 11 1 1 1 2 7 10 0 2 2 1 4 0 1 3 1 20 #ccffcc 1984 AFC Asian Cup A A complete 10 September 1984 18:45 (UTC+8) QAT 8–0 https://www.national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38329/Qatar_Afghanistan.html AFG 1980 Al-Khater 11 38Salman 16 Khalfan 32 33 58 Al-Sowaidi 56 Al-Mehaizaa 85 Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou 1,500 Yoshisato Okaya (Japan) 10 September 1984 20:45 (UTC+8) JOR 1–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38488/Jordan_Hong_Kong.html HKG 1959 Awad 35 Lai Wing Cheong 45 Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou 5,000 Subramaniam Kunalingam (Singapore) 12 September 1984 18:45 (UTC+8) QAT 1–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38330/Qatar_Hong_Kong.html HKG 1959 Al-Sowaidi 65 Guangdong Provincial People’s Stadium, Guangzhou 10,000 Reynaldo Reyes (Philippines) 12 September 1984 20:45 (UTC+8) CHN 6–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38094/China_Afghanistan.html AFG 1980 Li Hui ?Zhao Dayu Li Huayun 64Zuo Shusheng 66Yang Zhaohui ? Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou 10,000 15 September 1984 18:45 (UTC+8) CHN 6–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38095/China_Jordan.html JOR Li Huayun 12Gu Guangming 13Zhao Dayu ?Li Hui ?Yang Zhaohui 88 Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou 15,000 Shizuo Takada (Japan) 15 September 1984 20:45 (UTC+8) HKG 1959 0–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38489/Hong_Kong_Afghanistan.html AFG 1980 Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou 20,000 Reinaldo Antonio Lourenco (Macau) 17 September 1984 18:45 (UTC+8) CHN 2–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38096/China_Hong_Kong.html HKG 1959 Zhao Dayu 59 72 pen. Guangdong Provincial People’s Stadium, Guangzhou 18,000 Farid Abdulrahman Zainal (United Arab Emirates) 17 September 1984 20:45 (UTC+8) QAT 2–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38331/Qatar_Jordan.html JOR Al-Barshi 31Al-Mohanadi 54 Guangdong Provincial People's Stadium, Guangzhou 20,000 Yoshisato Okaya (Japan) 20 September 1984 18:45 (UTC+8) JOR 6–1 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38521/Jordan_Afghanistan.html AFG 1980 Ibrahim 35 82 Saddieh 46 Awad 66 89 Dhyabat 68 Farooq 18 Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou 25,000 Reinaldo Antonio Lourenco (Macau) 20 September 1984 20:45 (UTC+8) CHN 1–0 https://national-football-teams.com/matches/report/38097/China_Qatar.html QAT Zhao Dayu 88 Yuexiushan Stadium, Guangzhou 20,000 Reynaldo Reyes (Philippines) Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance SIN * Hosts N/A 0 (debut) KUW 801 1980 AFC Asian Cup champions 30 September 1980 03 3 (1972, 1976, 1980) IRN A1 Group 1 winners 13 August 1984 04 4 (1968, 1972, 1976, 1980) SYR 1980 A2 Group 1 runners-up 15 August 1984 01 1 (1980) KSA B1 Group 2 winners 26 October 1984 0 (debut) UAE B2 Group 2 runners-up 28 October 1984 01 1 (1980) KOR C1 Group 3 winners 19 October 1984 05 5 (1956, 1960, 1964, 1972, 1980) IND C2 Group 3 runners-up 17 October 1984 01 1 (1964) CHN D1 Group 4 winners 17 September 1984 02 2 (1976, 1980) QAT D2 Group 4 runners-up 17 September 1984 01 1 (1980) Goal scorers 185 36 IRN Nasser Mohammadkhani KSA Majed Abdullah UAE Adnan Al Talyani IRN Hamid Alidoosti UAE Fahad Khamees CHN Zhao Dayu ROK Park Sung-hwa MAS Zainal Abidin Hassan IDN Sain Irmis BAN Sheikh Mohammad Aslam CHN Li Hui IND Shabbir Ali PAK Sharafat Ali QAT Ibrahim Khalfan KSA Mohaisen Al-Jam'an KSA Shaye Al-Nafisah THA Chalit Suttabun JOR Khaled Khalil Awad OMA Darwish Ahmed OMA Ghulam Khamis OMA Younis Amaan BAN Khandoker Wasim Iqbal CHN Li Huayun CHN Yang Zhaohui IND Babu Mani IRN Reza Ahadi MAS Abdul Nasir Yusof PHI Elmer Bedia QAT Mohammed Al-Sowaidi QAT Mubarak Al-Khater KSA Mohamed Abdeljawad ROK Chung Hae-won ROK Wang Seon-jae SYR 1980 Abdul Kader Kardaghli SYR 1980 Nabil El-Sibai SYR 1980 Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan THA Piyapong Pue-on THA Thanis Areesngarkul JOR Jamal Ibrahim BAN Kazi Jasimuddin Ahmed Joshi CHN Gu Guangming CHN Zuo Shusheng HKG 1959 Lai Wing Cheong IDN Danny Bolung IDN Noah Meriem IND Krishanu Dey IND Narender Thapa IND Prasanta Banerjee IRN Jaafar Mokhtarifar IRN Hamid Derakhshan IRN Mahmoud Me'mar IRN Zia Arabshahi MAS Kuppan Gunasegaran MAS Lim Teong Kim MAS Salim Mahmud North Yemen Ahmed Nasser PAK Arbab Hayat Shahzada PHI Mariano Araneta QAT Khalid Salman QAT Man'a Al-Barshi QAT Mohammed Al-Mohanadi QAT Saleh Al-Mehaizaa KSA Saleh Khalifa Al-Dosari KSA Sameer Abdul Shakor KSA Yousef Khamees ROK Choi Sang-kook ROK Lee Tae-ho ROK Park Chang-sun SYR 1980 Marwan Madarati SYR 1980 Waleed Abou El-Sil THA Chalee Pirom THA Chalor Hongkajohn JOR Ibrahim Saddieh JOR Najah Dhyabat AFG 1980 Siddiq Farooq References 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 AFC Asian Cup qualification AFC Asian Cup qualification AFC Asian Cup qualification AFC Asian Cup qualification Q Category:AFC Asian Cup qualification