The qualification for the 1984 AFC Asian Cup consisted of 21 teams in four groups. Eight teams from the top two of each group advance to the final tournament, joining hosts Singapore and defending champions Kuwait.
Groups 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 1Group 2Group 3Group 4 ***
* Withdrew ** Moved to Group 3 Kuwait qualified as defending champions Singapore qualified as host
Qualification Group 1 All matches played in Indonesia.
Additional playoff (purpose unclear)
Group 2 All matches played in Saudi Arabia.
Group 3 All matches played in India.
Group 4 All matches played in China.
Qualified teams Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearance 0 (debut) 30 September 1980 13 August 1984 15 August 1984 26 October 1984 0 (debut) 28 October 1984 19 October 1984 17 October 1984 17 September 1984 17 September 1984
Goal scorers
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