Soccer Asian Cup 1984

Madjed Abdullah (Saudi Arabia) with the trophy

The 8th Asian Football Championship took place in Singapore from December 1st to 16th, 1984 . Saudi Arabia was able to prevail in the field of ten teams and defeated the People's Republic of China 2-0 in the final. It was Saudi Arabia’s first Asian Cup win.

qualification

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Automatically qualified

•  Singapore as host
•  Kuwait as defending champion

The following 8 teams were also able to qualify:

•  People's Republic of China
•  India
•  Iran
•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia
•  South Korea
•  Syria
•  United Arab Emirates

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Saudi Arabia	4th	3	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
2.	Kuwait	4th	2	1	1	004: 200	+2	05
3.	Qatar	4th	2	0	2	003: 300	± 0	04th
4th	Syria	4th	2	1	1	003: 500	−2	05
5.	South Korea	4th	0	2	2	001: 300	−2	02

1st December 1984
Qatar	-	Syria	1: 1
2nd December 1984
Saudi Arabia	-	South Korea	1: 1
3rd December 1984
Kuwait	-	Qatar	1-0
4th December 1984
Saudi Arabia	-	Syria	1-0
5th December 1984
Kuwait	-	South Korea	0-0
7th December 1984
Syria	-	South Korea	1-0
December 8, 1984
Saudi Arabia	-	Qatar	1: 1
December 9, 1984
Kuwait	-	Syria	3: 1
December 10, 1984
Qatar	-	South Korea	1-0
December 11, 1984
Saudi Arabia	-	Kuwait	1-0

Group 2

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	4th	3	0	1	010: 200	+8	06th
2.	Iran	4th	3	0	1	006: 100	+5	06th
3.	United Arab Emirates	4th	2	0	2	003: 800	−5	04th
4th	Singapore	4th	1	1	2	004: 400	± 0	03
5.	India	4th	0	1	3	000: 800	−8	01

1st December 1984
Iran	-	UAE	3-0
2nd December 1984
Singapore	-	India	3-0
3rd December 1984
China	-	Iran	0: 2
4th December 1984
UAE	-	India	2-0
5th December 1984
Singapore	-	China	0: 2
7th December 1984
Iran	-	India	0-0
December 8, 1984
Singapore	-	UAE	0: 1
December 9, 1984
People's Republic of China	-	India	3-0
December 10, 1984
Singapore	-	Iran	1: 1
December 11, 1984
China	-	UAE	5-0

Final round

Semifinals

December 13, 1984
Saudi Arabia	-	Iran	1: 1; 5: 4 n.e.
December 14, 1984
People's Republic of China	-	Kuwait	1-0

3rd place match

December 16, 1984
Kuwait	-	Iran	1: 1; 5: 3 n.e.

final

December 6, 1984
Saudi Arabia	-	People's Republic of China	2-0