1985 CONCACAF Championship

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1985 CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Dates24 February – 14 September
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Canada (1st title)
Runners-up Honduras
Third place Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Honduras José Roberto Figueroa (5 goals)
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FIFA World Cup

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[]

Main article: 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Final tournament[]

First round[]

Group 1[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:[citation needed]

Honduras advanced to the Second Round.

Suriname 0–3 El Salvador
Alfaro Goal 33'
Hernández Goal 60'
Goal 68'
San Salvador, El Salvador[2]
El Salvador 3–0 Suriname
Rivas Goal 41' Goal 87'
Ramírez Zapata Goal 55'
San Salvador, El Salvador
Referee: (Guatemala)
Suriname 1–1 Honduras
Entingh Goal 21' Laing Goal 57'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras[2]
Referee: (Guatemala)
Honduras 2–1 Suriname
Figueroa Goal 25' Goal 38' Goal 79'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Referee: (Costa Rica)
El Salvador 1–2 Honduras
Rivas Goal 63' Bailey Goal 1'
Laing Goal 77'
Honduras 0–0 El Salvador
Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Group 2[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:[citation needed]

Canada advanced to the second round.

Canada 2–0 Haiti
Vrablic Goal 30'
Sweeney Goal 41'
Victoria, Canada
Referee: (United States)
Canada 2–1 Guatemala
Mitchell Goal 22', 43' Gómez Goal 66'
Victoria, Canada
Haiti 0–1 Guatemala
Goal
Referee: (United States)
Guatemala 1–1 Canada
B. Pérez Goal 42' Mitchell Goal 39'
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Haiti 0–2 Canada
Mitchell Goal 14'
Vrablic Goal 56'
Referee: (Bermuda)
Guatemala 4–0 Haiti
Goal 44'
Goal 48'
Funes Goal 62'
B. Pérez Goal 71'
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Referee: (Honduras)

Group 3[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:[citation needed]

Costa Rica advanced to the second round.

Trinidad and Tobago 0–3 Costa Rica
Lacey Goal 54'
Goal 61'
Goal 65'
San José, Costa Rica[3]
Referee: (Honduras)
Costa Rica 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Ulate Goal 57' Goal 18'
San José, Costa Rica
Trinidad and Tobago 1–2 United States
Goal 19' Borja Goal 24'
Peterson Goal 89'
St. Louis, United States[3]
Referee: (Canada)
United States 1–0 Trinidad and Tobago
Caligiuri Goal 15'
Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States
Referee: (Mexico)
Costa Rica 1–1 United States
Ramírez Goal 42' Kerr Goal 44'
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Referee: (Mexico)
United States 0–1 Costa Rica
Coronado Goal 35'
Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States
Referee: (Canada)

Final round[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
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
Source:[citation needed]

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Costa Rica 2–2 Honduras
Solano Goal 19'
Goal 81'		 Figueroa Goal 8' (pen.)
Betancourt Goal 24'
San José, Costa Rica
Referee: (United States)
Canada 1–1 Costa Rica
James Goal 58' Goal 12'
Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 13,486[4]
Referee: (Mexico)
Honduras 0–1 Canada
Pakos Goal 58'
Attendance: 37,000[5]
Referee: (Bermuda)
Costa Rica 0–0 Canada
Attendance: 23,398[6]
Referee: (El Salvador)
Honduras 3–1 Costa Rica
Betancourt Goal 40'
Figueroa Goal 51', 66' (pen.)		 Guimarães Goal 7'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Referee: (Trinidad and Tobago)
Canada 2–1 Honduras
Pakos Goal 15'
Vrablic Goal 61'		 Betancourt Goal 49'
Attendance: 13,000
 1985 CONCACAF Championship Winners 

Canada
First title

Goalscorers[]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "That one time Canada made it to the World Cup". CBC Sports. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
  4. ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.
  5. ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.
  6. ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com.

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