# 1984 Merlion Cup > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1984_Merlion_Cup > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/1984_Merlion_Cup.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Merlion_Cup > Source revision: 1273160833 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 1984 Merlion Cup Tournament details Host country Singapore Dates 14–28 October 1984 Teams 8 (from 3 confederations) Venue 1 (in 1 host city) Final positions Champions Iraq (1st title) Runners-up South Korea U23 Third place Netherlands Amateur Fourth place Australia U23 Tournament statistics Matches played 16 Goals scored 52 (3.25 per match) 1985 → International football competition The **1984 [Merlion Cup](/source/Merlion_Cup)** is the third edition of the invitational football tournament. Matches were held at the former [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) held from 14–28 October 1984.[1] ## Group stage ### Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Netherlands Amateur 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 6 Semifinal 2 Australia U23 3 2 0 1 5 6 −1 4 3 Singapore 3 1 0 2 6 4 +2 2 4 Indonesia 3 0 0 3 2 10 −8 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 14 October 1984 Singapore 1–2 Netherlands Amateur Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 14 October 1984 Australia U23 2–1 Indonesia Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 16 October 1984 Netherlands Amateur 3–0 Indonesia Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 19 October 1984 Singapore 0–1 Australia U23 Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 21 October 1984 Netherlands Amateur 5–2 Australia U23 Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 22 October 1984 Singapore 5–1 Indonesia Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) ### Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts 1 Iraq 3 3 0 0 7 1 +6 6 Semifinal 2 South Korea U23 3 1 1 1 5 6 −1 3 3 Argentina U23 3 1 1 1 3 4 −1 3 4 Chile U23 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0 Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: [*[citation needed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)*] 15 October 1984 Iraq 2–0 Argentina U23 Radhi 60' Saeed 87' Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 16 October 1984 South Korea U23 3–1 Chile U23 Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 18 October 1984 Iraq 3–0 South Korea U23 Saeed 4' Hashim 43' Shihab 88' Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 18 October 1984 Argentina U23 1–0 Chile U23 Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 20 October 1984 Iraq 2–1 Chile U23 Saddam 60', 75' Report Marchant 31' (pen.) [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 21 October 1984 South Korea U23 2–2 Argentina U23 Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) ## Final round ### Semi-finals 25 October 1984 South Korea U23 3–1 Netherlands Amateur Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) 26 October 1984 Iraq 1–1 (a.e.t.) Australia U23 Saeed 116' Report Farina 109' Penalties Ali Saeed Karim Allawi Radhi Hashim Khalil Allawi Shihab Gorgis Dirjal Nsaief 9–8 Bernal Farina Panagis Maier Tredinnick Gregson Vlietstra Hooker Spink Mihailidis [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) ### Third place play-off 28 October 1984 Netherlands Amateur 3–0 Australia U23 Report [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) ### Final 28 October 1984 Iraq 2–1 (a.e.t.) South Korea U23 Saeed 43' Munir 108' Report Kim Jong-boo 12' [Singapore National Stadium](/source/Former_National_Stadium%2C_Singapore) ## Awards 1984 Merlion Cup champions Iraq First title ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Merlion Cup 1984"](https://www.rsssf.org/tablesm/merlion84.html). Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 16 July 2020. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [1984 Merlion Cup](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Merlion_Cup) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984_Merlion_Cup?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.