1984 Nehru Cup

1984 Nehru Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	11–27 January
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	29 (1.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roman Wójcicki Ricardo Gareca (3 goals each)
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The 1984 Nehru Cup was the third edition of the Nehru Cup. It was held between 11 and 27 January 1984 in Calcutta.

Format

A total of 6 teams participated in the tournament through being invited by the All India Football Federation. The tournament would be played in a round-robin style with the top two in the final standings then meeting in a final match to crown the champions.

Matches

Argentina v Romania at Salt Lake Stadium

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	5	3	2	0	6	3	+3	8
China	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	7
Argentina	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	7
Vasas Budapest	5	1	3	1	5	7	−2	5
Romania U-21	5	0	2	3	3	6	−3	2
India (H)	5	0	1	4	1	7	−6	1

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(H) Host

11 January 1984

India	1–2	Poland
Bhattacharya 42'	Report	Dziekanowski 10' Pawlak 34'

Salt Lake Stadium

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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12 January 1984

Romania U-21	0–1	Argentina
		Burruchaga 11'

Salt Lake Stadium

Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

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13 January 1984

Vasas Budapest	1–1	China
Kiss 32'		Shusheng 82'

Salt Lake Stadium

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14 January 1984

India	0–1	Argentina
		Gareca 79'

Salt Lake Stadium

Referee: Stefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)

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15 January 1984

Poland	1–0	China
Adamiec 22'	Report

Salt Lake Stadium

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

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16 January 1984

Vasas Budapest	2–2	Romania U-21
Kiss 31' Zvara 82/86'		Sertov 49/67' Casuba 65/81'

Salt Lake Stadium

Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

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17 January 1984

Poland	1–1	Argentina
Buncol 84'	Report	Ponce 51'

Salt Lake Stadium

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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18 January 1984

China	2–1	Romania U-21
Hui 38' Hongxiang 75'		Sertov 84'

Salt Lake Stadium

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19 January 1984

India	0–1	Vasas Budapest
		Hires/Kiss 43'

Salt Lake Stadium

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20 January 1984

China	1–0	Argentina
Dayu 86'

Salt Lake Stadium

Referee: Gangadharam Natarajam (India)

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21 January 1984

Vasas Budapest	1–1	Poland
Kiss/Balogh 41'		Wojcicki 30'

Salt Lake Stadium

Referee: Soetty (India)

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22 January 1984

India	0–0	Romania U-21

Salt Lake Stadium

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24 January 1984

Argentina	3–0	Vasas Budapest
Pecha 8' (o.g.) Gareca 49', 59'

Salt Lake Stadium

Referee: Stefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)

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25 January 1984

Poland	1–0	Romania U-21
Wojcicki

Salt Lake Stadium

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25 January 1984

India	0–3	China
		Huayun 42', 60' Xiuquan 81'

Salt Lake Stadium

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Final

27 January 1984

Poland	1–0	China
Wojcicki 60'	Report

Salt Lake Stadium

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

Winners

1984 Nehru Cup champion
Poland First title

External links

• Details at rsssf.com