Singapore qualified as hosts, Kuwait as holders
The original draw, announced on 10th April 1984, was as follows:
Group 1, in Indonesia, Aug 7-18
Bangladesh, Burma, Indonesia, Iran, Philippines, Syria, Thailand.
Group 2, in Saudi Arabia, Oct 20-31
Lebanon, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka, UAE
Group 3, in India, Oct
Bahrain, India, Japan, Macao, Pakistan, South Korea, North Yemen
Group 4, (venue and date undecided)
Brunei, China, Hong Kong, Iraq, Jordan, Qatar, South Yemen
Burma withdrew from Group 1, Lebanon withdrew from Group 2,
Bahrain, Japan and Macao withdrew from Group 3, Brunei, Iraq
and South Yemen withdrew from Group 4, Malaysia were moved
from Group 2 to Group 3, and Afghanistan were entered late into
Group 4.
Group 1 (tournament in Jakarta and Surakarta, Indonesia)
6- 8 Indonesia 2-1 Thailand
7- 8 Syria 2-0 Philippines
7- 8 Iran 5-0 Bangladesh
[Nasser Mohamedkhani 65' 78' 81' 89', Hameed Alidosti 90']
9- 8 Indonesia 2-1 Bangladesh
9- 8 Iran 3-1 Syria
[Hameed Alidosti 3' 76', Nasser Mohamedkhani 67' / Marwan Al-Shaikh Hassan 4']
9- 8 Thailand 3-0 Philippines
11- 8 Syria 2-1 Bangladesh
11- 8 Indonesia 1-0 Philippines
11- 8 Iran 5-0 Thailand
[Mahmoud Memar 25', Hameed Alidosti 31' 81', Nasser Mohamedkhani 55',
Hameed Darakhshan 63']
13- 8 Bangladesh 3-2 Philippines
13- 8 Thailand 3-2 Syria
13- 8 Indonesia 0-1 Iran
[Nasser Mohamedkhani 78']
15- 8 Iran 7-1 Philippines
[Zia Arabshahi 16', Nasser Mohamedkhani 20' 52', Hameed Alidosti 48', Reza Ahadi 50' 89',
Jaafar Mokhtarifar 77' / Mariano Aranto 70']
15- 8 Thailand 2-1 Bangladesh
15- 8 Indonesia 1-2 Syria
1.IRAN 5 5 0 0 21- 2 10
2.SYRIA 5 3 0 2 9- 8 6
3.Indonesia 5 3 0 2 6- 5 6
4.Thailand 5 3 0 2 9-10 6
5.Bangladesh 5 1 0 4 6-13 2
6.Philippines 5 0 0 5 3-16 0
NB: there was an additional playoff (purpose unclear):
18- 8 Iran 1-0 Syria
[Hameed Alidosti 13']
Group 2 (tournament in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
19-10 Saudi Arabia 7-0 Nepal
20-10 Oman 1-1 Sri Lanka
22-10 Saudi Arabia 1-0 UAE
22-10 Sri Lanka 4-0 Nepal
24-10 Saudi Arabia 5-0 Sri Lanka
24-10 UAE 8-0 Oman
26-10 UAE 11-0 Nepal
26-10 Saudi Arabia 6-0 Oman
28-10 Oman 8-0 Nepal
28-10 UAE 5-1 Sri Lanka
1.SAUDI ARABIA 4 4 0 0 19- 0 8
2.UAE 4 3 0 1 24- 2 6
3.Sri Lanka 4 1 1 2 6-11 3
4.Oman 4 1 1 2 9-15 3
5.Nepal 4 0 0 4 0-30 0
Group 3 (tournament in Calcutta, India)
10-10 South Korea 6-0 North Yemen
[Park Sung-Hwa x4, Chung Hae-Won x2]
11-10 Malaysia 5-0 Pakistan
12-10 India 4-0 North Yemen
13-10 South Korea 6-0 Pakistan
[Lee Tae-Ho 10', Choi Sang-Gook 15', Park Sung-Hwa x2, Wang Seon-Jae x2]
14-10 India 2-1 Malaysia
15-10 Pakistan 4-1 North Yemen
16-10 South Korea 0-0 Malaysia
17-10 India 2-0 Pakistan
18-10 Malaysia 4-1 North Yemen
19-10 India 0-1 South Korea
[Park Chang-Seon 48']
1.SOUTH KOREA 4 3 1 0 12- 0 7
2.INDIA 4 3 0 1 8- 2 6
3.Malaysia 4 2 1 1 10- 3 5
4.Pakistan 4 1 0 3 4-14 2
5.North Yemen 4 0 0 4 2-17 0
Group 4 (tournament in Guangzhou, China)
10- 9 Qatar 8-0 Afghanistan
10- 9 Jordan 1-1 Hongkong
[Khaled Khalil Awad 35' / Lai Wing-Cheong 45']
12- 9 China 6-0 Afghanistan
[Li Hui 25' ??', Zhao Dayu ??', Li Huayun 64', Zuo Shusheng 66', Yang Zhaohui ??']
12- 9 Qatar 1-0 Hongkong
[Mohammed Suweidi 65']
15- 9 China 6-0 Jordan
[Li Huayun 12', Gu Guangming 13', Zhao Dayu ??' 41', Li Hui ??', Yang Zhaohui 88']
15- 9 Hongkong 0-0 Afghanistan
17- 9 China 2-0 Hongkong
[Zhao Dayu 59' 72' pen]
17- 9 Qatar 2-0 Jordan
[Mahah Baishi 31', Khalid Al-Muhannadi 54']
20- 9 China 1-0 Qatar
[Zhao Dayu 88']
20- 9 Jordan 6-1 Afghanistan
1.CHINA 4 4 0 0 15- 0 8
2.QATAR 4 3 0 1 11- 1 6
3.Jordan 4 1 1 2 7-10 3
4.Hongkong 4 0 2 2 1- 4 2
5.Afghanistan 4 0 1 3 1-20 1
Group top scorer: Zhao Dayu (China), 6 goals
Group 1
1-12 Qatar 1-1 Syria
[Ibrahim Khalfan Ahmed 6' / Mubarak Ambar Al-Ali 47' OG]
2-12 Saudi Arabia 1-1 South Korea
[Majed Mohammed Abdullah 90' / Lee Tae-Ho 53']
3-12 Kuwait 1-0 Qatar
[Ibrahim Saeed Al-Rumahi OG]
4-12 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Syria
[Saleh Kh. Al-Dosari 72']
5-12 Kuwait 0-0 South Korea
7-12 South Korea 0-1 Syria
[Radwan Al-Sheikh Hassan 13']
8-12 Saudi Arabia 1-1 Qatar
[Mohammed A.M. Abduljawad 63' / Issa Ahmed Al-Mohammad 46']
9-12 Kuwait 3-1 Syria
[Walid Abu Al-Sil 70' OG, Faisal Al-Dakheel 78', Abdul Nafee Hamwieh 83' OG /
Walid Abu Al-Sil 6']
10-12 Qatar 1-0 South Korea
[Khalid Mohammed Al-Mohannadi 70']
11-12 Saudi Arabia 1-0 Kuwait
[Mehaisen M.J. Al-Dosari 90']
1.SAUDI ARABIA 4 2 2 0 4- 2 6
2.KUWAIT 4 2 1 1 4- 2 5
3.Qatar 4 1 2 1 3- 3 4
4.Syria 4 1 1 2 3- 5 3
5.South Korea 4 0 2 2 1- 3 2
Group 2
1-12 Iran 3-0 UAE
[Hameed Alidosti 28', Shahrokh Bayani 85' pen, Nasser Mohamedkhani 87']
2-12 Singapore 2-0 India
[Malek Awab 39', Razali Mohd Saad 80']
3-12 Iran 2-0 China
[Nasser Mohamedkhani 57', Zia Arabshahi 68']
4-12 UAE 2-0 India
[Adnan Khamis Al-Talyani 81', Fahad Khamis Mubarak 90']
5-12 China 2-0 Singapore
[Jia Xiuquan 22', Zhao Dayu 40']
7-12 Iran 0-0 India
8-12 Singapore 0-1 UAE
[Fahad Khamis Mubarak 61']
9-12 China 3-0 India
[Lin Luofeng 19', Gu Guangming 56', Jia Xiuquan 79']
10-12 Iran 1-1 Singapore
[Shahrokh Bayani 56' pen / Razali Mohd Saad 62' pen]
11-12 China 5-0 UAE
[Yang Zhaohui 12', Jia Xiuquan 21', Zuo Shusheng 36', Zhao Dayu 52',
Gu Guangming 67']
1.CHINA 4 3 0 1 10- 2 6
2.IRAN 4 2 2 0 6- 1 6
3.UAE 4 2 0 2 3- 8 4
4.Singapore 4 1 1 2 3- 4 3
5.India 4 0 1 3 0- 7 1
Semifinals
13-12 Saudi Arabia 1-1 Iran [5-4 pen]
[Shahin Bayani 90' OG / Shahrokh Bayani 43']
14-12 China 1-0 Kuwait [AET]
[Li Huayun 108']
Third Place Match
16-12 Kuwait 1-1 Iran [5-3 pen]
[Moayed L.B. Al-Haddad 27' / Nasser Mohamedkhani 81']
Final
16-12 Saudi Arabia 2-0 China
[Shaye M.S. Al-Nafeesah 12', Majed Mohammed Abdullah 47']
Official Awards
Best Player: Jia Xiuquan, China
"Go for Goals" award: Jia Xiuquan, China, and Shakrokh Bayani, Iran, 3 goals.
Fastest Goal: Walid Abu Al-Sil, Syria, 6'
Best Goalkeeper: Abdullah Al-Diaye (Saudi Arabia)
Sportsmanship Award: China
Sources: Xinhua General News Service, The Times, Team Melli, Yansfield
Thanks to Mark Cruickshank
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