1984 Nehru Cup

The 1984 Nehru Cup was the third edition of the Nehru Cup. It was held between 11 and 27 January 1984 in Calcutta.

1984 Nehru Cup

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	11–27 January
Teams	6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	29 (1.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roman Wójcicki Ricardo Gareca (3 goals each)
← 1983 1985 →

Format

A total of 6 teams participated in the tournament through being invited by the All India Football Federation. The tournament would be played in a round-robin style with the top two in the final standings then meeting in a final match to crown the champions.

Matches

Argentina v Romania at Eden Gardens

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Poland	5	3	2	0	6	3	+3	8
China	5	3	1	1	7	3	+4	7
Argentina	5	3	1	1	6	2	+4	7
Vasas Budapest	5	1	3	1	5	7	−2	5
Romania U-21	5	0	2	3	3	6	−3	2
India (H)	5	0	1	4	1	7	−6	1

Source:
(H) Host

11 January 1984

India	1–2	Poland
Bhattacharya 42'	Report	Dziekanowski 10' Pawlak 34'

Eden Gardens

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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12 January 1984

Romania U-21	0–1	Argentina
		Burruchaga 11'

Eden Gardens

Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

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13 January 1984

Vasas Budapest	1–1	China
Kiss 32'		Shusheng 82'

Eden Gardens

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14 January 1984

India	0–1	Argentina
		Gareca 79'

Eden Gardens

Referee: Stefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)

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15 January 1984

Poland	1–0	China
Adamiec 22'	Report

Eden Gardens

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Ángel Sánchez (Argentina)

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16 January 1984

Vasas Budapest	2–2	Romania U-21
Kiss 31' Zvara 82/86'		Sertov 49/67' Casuba 65/81'

Eden Gardens

Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

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17 January 1984

Poland	1–1	Argentina
Buncol 84'	Report	Ponce 51'

Eden Gardens

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Károly Palotai (Hungary)

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18 January 1984

China	2–1	Romania U-21
Hui 38' Hongxiang 75'		Sertov 84'

Eden Gardens

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19 January 1984

India	0–1	Vasas Budapest
		Hires/Kiss 43'

Eden Gardens

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20 January 1984

China	1–0	Argentina
Dayu 86'

Eden Gardens

Referee: Gangadharam Natarajam (India)

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21 January 1984

Vasas Budapest	1–1	Poland
Kiss/Balogh 41'		Wojcicki 30'

Eden Gardens

Referee: Soetty (India)

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22 January 1984

India	0–0	Romania U-21

Eden Gardens

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24 January 1984

Argentina	3–0	Vasas Budapest
Pecha 8' (o.g.) Gareca 49', 59'

Eden Gardens

Referee: Stefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)

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25 January 1984

Poland	1–0	Romania U-21
Wojcicki

Eden Gardens

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25 January 1984

India	0–3	China
		Huayun 42', 60' Xiuquan 81'

Eden Gardens

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Final

27 January 1984

Poland	1–0	China
Wojcicki 60'	Report

Eden Gardens

Attendance: 85,000

Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

final was played at Salt Lake stadium

Winners

1984 Nehru Cup champion
Poland First title

External links

• Details at rsssf.com