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.
First round
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
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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
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 |
Group 3
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.
Saudi Arabia | 5–0 | India |
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Group 4
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Thailand | 2–1 | South Korea |
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Vorawan Chitavanich 51' Piyapong Piew-On 71' |
Shin Yeon-Ho 41' |
China | 4–0 | Hong Kong |
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Zuo Shusheng 25' 48' Gu Guangming 26' Liu Haiguang 87' |
Hong Kong | 0–3 | Thailand |
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Hongkajohn Chalor 78' Sangnapol Chalermvud 82' Boonnum Sukswat 84' |
South Korea | 3–3 | China |
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Kim Jong-Keon 33' 49' Kim Jong-Boo 35' |
Jia Xiuquan 51' Liu Haiguang 78' 83' |
South Korea | 4–0 | Hong Kong |
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Kim Jong-Boo 58' 72' 85' Shin Yeon-Ho 68' |
China | 0–0 | South Korea |
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China | 0–1 | Thailand |
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Piyapong Piew-On 65' |
Hong Kong | 0–2 | South Korea |
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Shin Yeon-Ho 36' Kim Jong-Boo 60' |
South Korea | 2–0 | Thailand |
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Shin Yeon-Ho 44' 83' |
Hong Kong | 1–3 | China |
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Jia Xiuquan 35' Li Huayun 61' Li Haiguang 63' |
Group 5
Round 1
Japan | 7–0 | Philippines |
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Hiromi Hara 23' Kazushi Kimura 27' 76' Hisashi Kato 37' Masafumi Yokoyama 41' Kouji Tanaka 48' 78' |
Philippines | 1–10 | Japan |
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Alaneta 32' | 3' (o.g.) Hideki Maeda 10' Kazushi Kimura 28' 35' 77' 82' 89' Hiromi Hara 29' Masafumi Yokoyama 46' Nobutoshi Kaneda 73' |
Japan advanced to Round 2
Chinese Taipei | 3–3 | Papua New Guinea |
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Wu Shui-chi 30' Tu Teng-chuan 50' Wang Tun-cheng 71' |
Daino Sani 5' 43' 60' |
Chinese Taipei advanced to Round 2
Round 2
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 |
Japan | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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Hiromi Hara 43' Kazushi Kimura 80' |
Chinese Taipei | 1–1 | Japan |
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Du Denggen 35' | Hideki Maeda 38' |
New Zealand | 3–1 | Japan |
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Steve Sumner 53' 90' Alan Boath 75' |
Hiromi Hara 20' |
New Zealand | 2–0 | Chinese Taipei |
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Alan Boath 8' Grant Turner 19' |
Japan | 0–1 | New Zealand |
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Steve Sumner 47' |
Chinese Taipei | 1–1 | New Zealand |
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Lee Tsung-Chih 37' | Allan Boath 2' |
Second round
All games in this round were played in National Stadium, Singapore. All times in Singapore Standard Time (SST).
Group 1
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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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 |
Saudi Arabia | 3-1 | New Zealand |
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Majed 11' 60' Mohaisen 25' |
Herbert 59' |
South Korea | 0-0 | Kuwait |
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Saudi Arabia | 1–1 | Bahrain |
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Mohaisen 66' | Khalil 77' |
Kuwait | 2–0 | New Zealand |
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Abdulla 30' Nassir 36' |
South Korea | 1-0 | Bahrain |
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Choi 43' |
Saudi Arabia | 4-1 | Kuwait |
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Mohaisen 34' 52' Majed 86' 89' |
Abdulla 60' |
South Korea | 2–0 | New Zealand |
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Chung Y.H. 66' Choi 71' |
Bahrain | 1–0 | New Zealand |
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Khalil 42' |
Saudi Arabia | 5-4 | South Korea |
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Shaye 40' Mohaisen 47' Majed 58' (pen.) 66' Saleh 82' |
Chung J.S. 15' Chung H.W. 18' Hussein 49' (o.g.) Lee 75' |
Saudi Arabia won the group and qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics football tournament.
Group 2
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 |
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Piyapong 16' 50' 71' (pen.) Chalor 25' Chalermvud 49' |
Hashiratani 70' Kimura 79' |
Qatar | 2–0 | Malaysia |
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Ibrahim Khalfan 52' (pen.) Khalid Salman 55' |
Qatar | 1–0 | Thailand |
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Ibrahim Khalfan 19' |
Qatar | 2–0 | Iraq |
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Ibrahim Khalfan 14' (pen.) Mansour Muftah 77' |
Qatar | 2–1 | Japan |
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Ibrahim Khalfan 21' Khalid Salman 64' |
Hara 50' |
Qatar won the group and qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics football tournament.
Playoff match
Iraq | 1–0 | South Korea |
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Dirjal 43' |
Iraq won the play-off and qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics football tournament.
References
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