1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification

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

Last updated October 05, 2025

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

6 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

7 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

7 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Chlandar (India)

9 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

9 August 1984

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

Sriwedari Stadium, Solo

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Yu Jong-Lin (Korea DPR)

9 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

11 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

11 August 1984

Indonesia	1–0	Philippines
Noah Meriem 18'

Sriwedari Stadium, Solo

11 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

13 August 1984

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

Sriwedari Stadium, Solo

13 August 1984

Indonesia	0–1	Iran
		Mohammadkhani 78'

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

13 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

15 August 1984

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

Sriwedari Stadium, Solo

15 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 65,000

15 August 1984

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

Senayan Stadium, Jakarta

Attendance: 4,000

Additional playoff (purpose unclear)

18 August 1984

Iran	1–0	Syria
Alidosti 13'

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

19 October 1984

Saudi Arabia	7–0	Nepal

Jeddah

20 October 1984

Oman	1–1	Sri Lanka

Jeddah

22 October 1984

Saudi Arabia	1–0	United Arab Emirates

Jeddah

22 October 1984

Sri Lanka	4–0	Nepal

Jeddah

24 October 1984

Saudi Arabia	5–0	Sri Lanka

Jeddah

24 October 1984

United Arab Emirates	8–0	Oman

Jeddah

26 October 1984

Saudi Arabia	6–0	Oman

Jeddah

26 October 1984

United Arab Emirates	11–0	Nepal

Jeddah

28 October 1984

United Arab Emirates	5–1	Sri Lanka

Jeddah

28 October 1984

Oman	8–0	Nepal

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

10 October 1984

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

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

11 October 1984

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

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

12 October 1984

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

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

13 October 1984

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

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

14 October 1984

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

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

15 October 1984

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

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

Referee: Zhong Bohong (China)

16 October 1984

South Korea	0–0	Malaysia

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

17 October 1984

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

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

18 October 1984

Malaysia	4–1	North Yemen

Salt Lake Stadium, Calcutta

19 October 1984

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

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

10 September 1984

Qatar	8–0	Afghanistan
Al-Khater 11', 38' Salman 16' Khalfan 32', 33', 58' Al-Sowaidi 56' Al-Mehaizaa 85'	Report

Guangzhou

10 September 1984

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

Guangzhou

12 September 1984

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

Guangzhou

12 September 1984

Qatar	1–0	Hong Kong
Al-Sowaidi 65'

Guangzhou

15 September 1984

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

Guangzhou

15 September 1984

Hong Kong	0–0	Afghanistan

Guangzhou

17 September 1984

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

Guangzhou

17 September 1984

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

Guangzhou

20 September 1984

China	1–0	Qatar
Zhao Dayu 88'

Guangzhou

20 September 1984

Jordan	6–1	Afghanistan

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

4 Goals

Sain Irmis

3 Goals

1 Goal

References

1 2 3 "Indians rally". The Straits Times. 15 October 1984.
↑ "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

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[asiacup1984-1] 1 2 3 "Indians rally". The Straits Times. 15 October 1984.

[2] "Indian in the final reckoning". The Straits Times. 18 October 1984.

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1984 AFC Asian Cup qualification

Contents

Groups

Qualification

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Qualified teams

Goal scorers

References

External links