This article details the qualification phase for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup held in

Singapore Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in Southeast Asia. The country's territory comprises one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet. It is about one degree ...

between 1 and 16 December.

Groups

North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...

was banned from international competitions for two years by the AFC and FIFA for attacking a referee after the

1982 Asian Games The 9th Asian Games (), also known as Delhi 1982 (), were held from 19 November to 4 December 1982, in Delhi, India. 74 Asian and Asian Games records were broken at the event. This was also the first Asiad to be held under the aegis of the Olymp ...

football semi-final match against Kuwait in New Delhi, India. * * Withdrew * ** Moved to Group 3 * qualified as defending champions * qualified as host

Qualification

Group 1

*All matches played in

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

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Group 2

*All matches played in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

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Group 3

*All matches played in

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

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Group 4

*All matches played in

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. With population of China, a population exceeding 1.4 billion, it is the list of countries by population (United Nations), second-most populous country after ...

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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 Hamid Alidoosti ( ; ; born 12 March 1956) is an Iranian football coach and former player. Playing career Alidoosti played for the Iranian club Homa FC for most of his career, and also appeared with FSV Salmrohr in Germany. He was a member of ...

:* Park Sung-hwa :* Zhao Dayu ;4 Goals :* Sain Irmis ;3 Goals :* Sharafat Ali :* Chalit :* Li Hui :* Sheikh Mohammad Aslam :* Shabbir Ali ;2 Goals :*

Piyapong Pue-On Piyapong Pue-on (; ; born Padej Khankruea (; ; 14 November 1959) is a Thai former football player who played as a striker. He was a member of the Thailand national team and also played for South Korean side Lucky-Goldstar FC. Club career Lucky ...

:* 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 Hamid Reza Derakhshan (; born 23 January 1959) is an Iranian former professional football player and now manager who last managed Saipa in Azadegan League. Derakhshan played as a midfielder for a number of clubs, most notably Persepolis, as wel ...

:* Arabshai :* Mokhtarifar :* Chalee Pirom :* Chalor Hongkajohn :* Mariano Araneta :* Chung Hae-won :*

Lee Tae-ho Lee Tae-ho (; ; born January 29, 1961) is a South Korean former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent his entire career playing for the Daewoo Royals. In the history of the FIFA World Cup, he was the first player to be ...

:* Choi Sang-hook :* Park Chang-seon :* Arbab Hayat Shahzada :* Narender Thapa :* Krishanu Dey :* Prasanta Banerjee :* Zainal Abidin :* Awad :* Lai Wing-Cheong :* Zuo Shusheng :*

Gu Guangming Gu Guangming (; born 31 January 1959) is a Chinese former professional football player and manager. Nicknamed "The Weatherfish" because of his ability to dribble out of tight spaces on the flanks and in the corners while avoiding tackles, Gu p ...

:* 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 {{AFC Asian Cup

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