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 countryIndia India
Dates11–27 January
Teams6 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Poland (1st title)
Runners-up China
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored29 (1.81 per match)
Top scorer(s)Poland Roman Wójcicki
Argentina Ricardo Gareca
(3 goals each)
1983
1985

Format

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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

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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: [citation needed]
(H) Host
India  1–2  Poland
Bhattacharya   42' Report Dziekanowski   10'
Pawlak   34'
Attendance: 80,000

Romania U-21  0–1  Argentina
Burruchaga   11'
Referee: Alojzy Jarguz (Poland)

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

India  0–1  Argentina
Gareca   79'
Referee: Stefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)

Poland  1–0  China
Adamiec   22' Report
Attendance: 85,000

Vasas Budapest  2–2  Romania U-21
Kiss   31'
Zvara   82/86'
Sertov   49/67'
Casuba   65/81'
Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

Poland  1–1  Argentina
Buncol   84' Report Ponce   51'
Attendance: 80,000

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

India  0–1  Vasas Budapest
Hires/Kiss   43'

China  1–0  Argentina
Dayu   86'
Referee: Gangadharam Natarajam (India)

Vasas Budapest  1–1  Poland
Kiss/Balogh   41' Wojcicki   30'
Referee: Soetty (India)

India  0–0  Romania U-21

Argentina  3–0  Vasas Budapest
Pecha   8' (o.g.)
Gareca   49', 59'
Referee: Stefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)

Poland  1–0  Romania U-21
Wojcicki  

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

Final

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Poland  1–0  China
Wojcicki   60' Report
Attendance: 85,000
Referee: Melvyn D'Souza (India)

final was played at Salt Lake stadium

Winners

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 1984 Nehru Cup champion 
 
Poland

First title
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