The 1984 AFC Asian Cup was the 8th edition of the men's AFC Asian Cup, a quadrennial international football tournament organised by the Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The finals were hosted by Singapore between 1 December and 16 December 1984. The field of ten teams was split into two groups of five. Saudi Arabia won their first title, beating China in the final 2–0. Qualification 21 teams competed in qualifying for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup with the teams being separated into three groups of five teams and one group of six. The top two of each group would qualify through to the Asian Cup as they would join Singapore and Kuwait who automatically qualified. At the end of the qualifying, the remaining eight teams was filled in which included Saudi Arabia as they made their finals debut. Venue Squads Group stage All times are Singapore Standard Time (UTC+8) Group A Group B Knockout stage Semi-finals Third place play-off Final Awards Winners Individual Awards Goalscorers With three goals, Jia Xiuquan, Shahrokh Bayani and Nasser Mohammadkhani are the top scorers in the tournament. In total, 44 goals were scored by 34 different players, with four of them credited as own goals. 3 goals Jia Xiuquan Shahrokh Bayani Nasser Mohammadkhani 2 goals Gu Guangming Zhao Dayu Majed Abdullah Razali Saad 1 goal Li Huayun Lin Lefeng Yang Zhaohui Zuo Shusheng Hamid Alidousti Zia Arabshahi Abdullah Al-Buloushi Faisal Al-Dakhil Muayad Al-Haddad Ibrahim Khalfan Khalid Salman Ali Zaid Mohammed Abduljawad Mohaisen Al-Jam'an Shaye Al-Nafisah Saleh Khalifa Malik Awab Lee Tae-ho Walid Abu Al-Sel Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan Farooq Abdulrahman Adnan Al-Talyani Fahad Khamees Own goals Shahin Bayani (playing against Saudi Arabia) Ibrahim Al-Rumaihi (playing against for Kuwait) Mubarak Anber (playing against Syria) Issam Mahrous (playing against Kuwait) Final positions References External links Details at RSSSF The Awards AFC AFC AFC Asian Cup tournaments International association football competitions hosted by Singapore December 1984 sports events in Asia