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.

  • * Withdrew
  • ** Moved to Group 3
  •  Kuwait qualified as defending champions
  •  Singapore qualified as host

Qualification

Group 1

  • All matches played in Indonesia.















Additional playoff (purpose unclear)

Group 2

  • All matches played in Saudi Arabia.









Group 3

  • All matches played in India.









Group 4

  • All matches played in China.









Qualified teams

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

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


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