Football at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's Asian Qualifiers

The Pre-Olympic tournaments of the Asian Qualifiers for the 1984 Summer Olympic were held from 12 August 1983 to 29 April 1984. Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Qatar qualified.[1]

First round edit

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.

Group 1 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Kuwait 6 3 2 1 11 6 +5 8
  Qatar 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 8
  Syria 6 3 1 2 9 8 +1 7
  Jordan 6 0 1 5 3 11 −8 1

Group 2 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Iraq 4 1 3 0 4 3 +1 5
  Bahrain 4 1 2 1 3 3 0 4
  United Arab Emirates 4 0 3 1 3 4 −1 3
Iraq  0–0  Bahrain
Iraq  0–0  United Arab Emirates
Bahrain  0–0  United Arab Emirates
Bahrain  1–2  Iraq
  Radhi  
Saddam  
United Arab Emirates  2–2  Iraq
 
 
Shihab  
Saeed  
United Arab Emirates  1–2  Bahrain

Group 3 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saudi Arabia 8 6 1 1 22 5 +17 13
  Malaysia 8 5 2 1 14 7 +7 12
  India 8 3 1 4 11 14 −3 7
  Singapore 8 2 1 5 4 14 −10 5
  Indonesia 8 0 3 5 3 14 −11 3

Note: Saudi Arabia played home and away matches; the other four countries played tournaments in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur.

Group 4 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Thailand 6 4 1 1 7 3 +4 9
  South Korea 6 3 2 1 12 5 +7 8
  China 6 2 3 1 10 5 +5 7
  Hong Kong 6 0 0 6 1 17 −16 0

Group 5 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  New Zealand 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5 7
  Japan 4 1 1 2 4 5 −1 3
  Chinese Taipei 4 0 2 2 2 6 −4 2

Second round edit

All games in this round were played in National Stadium, Singapore. All times in Singapore Standard Time (SST).

Group 1 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Saudi Arabia 4 3 1 0 13 7 +6 7
  South Korea 4 2 1 1 7 5 +2 5
  Kuwait 4 2 1 1 5 4 +1 5
  Bahrain 4 1 1 2 2 4 −2 3
  New Zealand 4 0 0 4 1 8 −7 0
Kuwait  2-0  Bahrain
Fathi   53'
Yussef   80'
[2]
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: C. Bambridge (AUS)
Saudi Arabia  3-1  New Zealand
Majed   11'   60'
Mohaisen   25'
[3] Herbert   59'
South Korea  0-0  Kuwait
[4]
Referee: Zhang Daqiao (CHN)
Saudi Arabia  1–1  Bahrain
Mohaisen   66' [5] Khalil   77'
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (SIN)
Kuwait  2–0  New Zealand
Abdulla   30'
Nassir   36'
[6]
Referee: Thomson Chan (HKG)
South Korea  1-0  Bahrain
Choi   43' [7]
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ahmad Bash (JOR)
Saudi Arabia  4-1  Kuwait
Mohaisen   34'   52'
Majed   86'   89'
[8] Abdulla   60'
South Korea  2–0  New Zealand
Chung Y.H.   66'
Choi   71'
[9]
Bahrain  1–0  New Zealand
Khalil   42' [10]
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Ahmad Bash (JOR)
Saudi Arabia  5-4  South Korea
Shaye   40'
Mohaisen   47'
Majed   58' (pen.)   66'
Saleh   82'
[11] Chung J.S.   15'
Chung H.W.   18'
Hussein   49' (o.g.)
Lee   75'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: H. Sudarso (INA)

Saudi Arabia won the group and qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Group 2 edit

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Qatar 4 4 0 0 7 1 +6 8
  Iraq 4 3 0 1 6 4 +2 6
  Thailand 4 1 1 2 6 5 +1 3
  Malaysia 4 1 1 2 2 5 −3 3
  Japan 4 0 0 4 5 11 −6 0
Thailand  5–2  Japan
Piyapong   16'  50'  71' (pen.)
Chalor   25'
Chalermvud   49'
[12] Hashiratani   70'
Kimura   79'
Attendance: 15,000
Qatar  2–0  Malaysia
Ibrahim Khalfan   52' (pen.)
Khalid Salman   55'
[13]
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Thomson Chan (HKG)
Iraq  2–1  Thailand
Munir   7'
Jassim   78'
[14] Vorawan   36'
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: H. Sudarso (INA)
Malaysia  2–1  Japan
Yunus   31'
Zainal   54'
[15] Hara   85'
Referee: M. Nazari (IRN)
Qatar  1–0  Thailand
Ibrahim Khalfan   19' [16]
Referee: Lee Kok Leong (SIN)
Iraq  2–1  Japan
Munir   2'
Dirjal   45'
[17] Hara   34'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: N. Chandra (SIN)
Qatar  2–0  Iraq
Ibrahim Khalfan   14' (pen.)
Mansour Muftah   77'
[18]
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Zhang Daqiao (CHN)
Thailand  0–0  Malaysia
[19]
Referee: M. Nazari (IRN)
Qatar  2–1  Japan
Ibrahim Khalfan   21'
Khalid Salman   64'
[20] Hara   50'
Referee: Tulu Gurkan (PHI)
Iraq  2–0  Malaysia
Allawi   37'
Saeed   62'
[21]
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: C. Bambridge (AUS)

Qatar won the group and qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics football tournament.

Playoff match edit

Iraq  1–0  South Korea
Dirjal   43' [22]
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: C. Bambridge (AUS)

Iraq won the play-off and qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics football tournament.

References edit

  1. ^ "Games of the XXIII. Olympiad - Football Qualifying Tournament". RSSSF. Retrieved 28 December 2021.
  2. ^ Jeffrey Low (15 April 1984). "Colourless Kuwait go walkabout". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 32. Retrieved 17 January 2023.
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  4. ^ Jeffrey Low (18 April 1984). "Sweat 'n' sour for Kuwaitis". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 47. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
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  15. ^ Joe Dorai (19 April 1984). "Towkay calls the tune". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 48. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  16. ^ Jeffrey Low (22 April 1984). "Thai-ed up in their own knots". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 32. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  17. ^ Joe Dorai (22 April 1984). "The late, late show of Japanese fire". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 32. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  18. ^ Jeffrey Low (24 April 1984). "Man in the middle of mayhem". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 43. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  19. ^ Joe Dorai (24 April 1984). "Sompong stops Malaysia". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 43. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
  20. ^ Joe Dorai (27 April 1984). "Qatari joy ends on a sour note". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 46. Retrieved 11 January 2023.
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  22. ^ Jeffrey Low (30 April 1984). "Middle East freeze". The Straits Times. eresources.nlb.gov.sg. p. 25. Retrieved 11 January 2023.

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