1985 CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 24 February – 14 September |
Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Canada (1st title) |
Runners-up | Honduras |
Third place | Costa Rica |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 54 (2.25 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | José Roberto Figueroa (5 goals) |
CONCACAF Qualifiers |
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The 1985 CONCACAF Championship was the ninth edition of the CONCACAF Championship. It also served as the qualification for the 1986 World Cup. A total of 18 CONCACAF teams entered the competition. The North, Central American and Caribbean zone was allocated 2 places (out of 24) in the final tournament. Mexico, the World Cup host, qualified automatically, leaving 1 spot open for competition between 17 teams. Canada earned their first major title and clinched qualification on 14 September 1985 to participate in their first World Cup after beating Honduras 2–1 at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland.[1]
Qualification[]
Final tournament[]
First round[]
Group 1[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Honduras | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
2 | El Salvador | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
3 | Suriname | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
Honduras advanced to the Second Round.
Suriname | 0–3 | El Salvador |
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Alfaro 33' Hernández 60' 68' |
El Salvador | 3–0 | Suriname |
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Rivas 41' 87' Ramírez Zapata 55' |
Honduras | 2–1 | Suriname |
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Figueroa 25' 38' | 79' |
El Salvador | 1–2 | Honduras |
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Rivas 63' | Bailey 1' Laing 77' |
Honduras | 0–0 | El Salvador |
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Group 2[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Canada | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
2 | Guatemala | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
3 | Haiti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Canada advanced to the second round.
Haiti | 0–1 | Guatemala |
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Guatemala | 1–1 | Canada |
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B. Pérez 42' | Mitchell 39' |
Group 3[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Costa Rica | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
2 | United States | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
3 | Trinidad and Tobago | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Costa Rica advanced to the second round.
Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Costa Rica |
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Lacey 54' 61' 65' |
Costa Rica | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
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Ulate 57' | 18' |
Trinidad and Tobago | 1–2 | United States |
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19' | Borja 24' Peterson 89' |
Costa Rica | 1–1 | United States |
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Ramírez 42' | Kerr 44' |
United States | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
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Coronado 35' |
Final round[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | Canada | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
2 | Honduras | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
3 | Costa Rica | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 |
Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Costa Rica | 2–2 | Honduras |
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Solano 19' 81' |
Figueroa 8' (pen.) Betancourt 24' |
Canada | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
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James 58' | 12' |
Costa Rica | 0–0 | Canada |
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Honduras | 3–1 | Costa Rica |
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Betancourt 40' Figueroa 51', 66' (pen.) |
Guimarães 7' |
Canada | 2–1 | Honduras |
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Pakos 15' Vrablic 61' |
Betancourt 49' |
1985 CONCACAF Championship Winners |
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Canada First title |
Goalscorers[]
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Mike Sweeney
- Paul James
- Alexandre Guimarães
- Alvaro Solano
- Evaristo Coronado
- Miguel Lacey
- Oscar Ramírez
- Jorge Manuel Ulate
- Baltazar Zapata
- Ever Hernández
- Mauricio Alfaro
- Julio Gómez Rendón
- Juan Manuel Funes
- Roberto Bailey
- Rinaldo Entingh
- Chico Borja
- John Kerr, Jr.
- Mark Peterson
- Paul Caligiuri
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "That one time Canada made it to the World Cup". CBC Sports. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
- ^ Jump up to: a b All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.
External links[]
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- 1984–85 in Salvadoran football
- 1984–85 in Honduran football
- 1984–85 in Costa Rican football
- 1984–85 in Guatemalan football
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