1985 FIFA World Youth Championship

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1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
Кубок ФИФА Кока-Кола 1985
Tournament details
Host countrySoviet Union
Dates24 August – 7 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)10 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Spain
Third place Nigeria
Fourth place Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored80 (2.5 per match)
Attendance657,800 (20,556 per match)
Top scorer(s)Brazil Gérson
Brazil
Brazil Müller
Spain Sebastián Losada
Spain Fernando Gómez
Nigeria
Mexico Alberto García Aspe
(3 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Paulo Silas
Fair play award Colombia
← 1983
1987 →

The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fifth edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 24 August to 7 September 1985. The tournament took place in ten venues within eight host cities — Baku, Yerevan, Leningrad, Minsk (2 stadiums), Moscow, Hoktemberyan, Tbilisi (2 stadiums) and Sumqayit — where a total of 32 matches were played. The winner was Brazil, which managed to retain the title, by beating Spain by 1–0, in the final played at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

Venues[]

10 different stadiums were used during the championship in 8 host cities, divided among 5 Soviet republics: Armenian SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Azerbaijan SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Byelorussian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), Georgian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), and Russian SFSR (2 venues in 2 host cities).

Moscow Leningrad Tbilisi
Central Lenin Stadium Kirov Stadium Lenin Dinamo Stadium Lokomotivi Stadium
Capacity: 103,000 Capacity: 72,000 Capacity: 74,354 Capacity: 36,000
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Boris Paichadze National Stadium.jpg
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Minsk
Dinamo Stadium Traktor Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 17,600
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Yerevan Hoktemberyan Baku Sumqayit
Hrazdan Stadium Yubileynyi Stadium Vladimir Lenin Stadium Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium
Capacity: 70,000 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 15,500
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Qualification[]

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) 1985 AFC Youth Championship  China PR
 Saudi Arabia1
CAF (Africa) 1985 African Youth Championship  Nigeria
 Tunisia
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) 		1984 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament  Canada
 Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America) 1985 South American Youth Championship  Brazil
 Colombia1
 Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) 1985 OFC U-20 Championship  Australia
UEFA (Europe) Host nation  Soviet Union
1984 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship  Bulgaria1
 England
 Hungary
 Republic of Ireland1
 Spain
1.^ Teams that made their debut.

Squads[]

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Bulgaria 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 4 Advance to knockout stage
2  Colombia 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4[a]
3  Hungary 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4
4  Tunisia 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source:[citation needed]
Notes:
  1. ^ Colombia advanced by drawing.
Hungary 2–2 Colombia
Pintér Goal 59' (pen.)
Goal 85'		 Report Goal 88'
Goal 89'
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: (Switzerland)
Tunisia 0–2 Bulgaria
Report Mihtarski Goal 32'
Penev Goal 78'
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Joseph B. Worrall (England)
Hungary 2–1 Tunisia
Pintér Goal 60' (pen.)
Fischer Goal 87'		 Report Goal 46'
Attendance: 19,000
Colombia 1–1 Bulgaria
Tréllez Goal 74' Report Goal 69'
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: (Bahrain)
Colombia 2–1 Tunisia
Goal 19'
Tréllez Goal 68'		 Report Goal 76'
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (Soviet Union)[2]
Hungary 1–1 Bulgaria
Fischer Goal 80' Report Kostadinov Goal 57'
Attendance: 17,000
Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Brazil 3 3 0 0 5 1 +4 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Spain 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
3  Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
4  Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
Source:[citation needed]
Republic of Ireland 1–2 Brazil
Goal 86' Report Goal 20'
Dida Goal 80'
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: (Mali)
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Spain
Report
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Antonio Evangelista (Canada)
Republic of Ireland 0–1 Saudi Arabia
Report Al-Jam'an Goal 54' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,000
Brazil 2–0 Spain
Goal 50'
Goal 65'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Republic of Ireland 2–4 Spain
Mooney Goal 51'
Kelch Goal 56' (pen.)		 Report Fernando Goal 3', 61'
Losada Goal 35', 85'
Attendance: 9,800
Brazil 1–0 Saudi Arabia
Müller Goal 35' Report
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: (Soviet Union)[2]

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Soviet Union (H) 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Nigeria 3 2 0 1 6 4 +2 4
3  Australia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Canada 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Host
Soviet Union 0–0 Australia
Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: (Spain)
Nigeria 2–0 Canada
Goal 1'
Siasia Goal 78'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Soviet Union 2–1 Nigeria
Goal 23' (pen.)
Chedia Goal 41'		 Report Goal 81'
Attendance: 23,000
Australia 0–0 Canada
Report
Attendance: 8,000
Soviet Union 5–0 Canada
Ketashvili Goal 38'
Tatarchuk Goal 39'
Ivanauskas Goal 60'
Sklyarov Goal 64' (pen.)
Kuzhlev Goal 79'		 Report
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)
Australia 2–3 Nigeria
Goal 27'
Kalantzis Goal 38' (pen.)		 Report Goal 63'
Goal 78'
Goal 79'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

Group D[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Group stage result
1  Mexico 3 3 0 0 6 1 +5 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  China PR 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 4
3  Paraguay 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
4  England 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source:[citation needed]
England 2–2 Paraguay
Wakenshaw Goal 19'
Priest Goal 31'		 Report Goal 41'
Goal 74'
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: (Hungary)
China PR 1–3 Mexico
Gong Lei Goal 68' Report Ambríz Goal 19' (pen.)
García Aspe Goal 30', 45'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (New Zealand)
England 0–2 China PR
Report Gao Hongbo Goal 76'
Gong Lei Goal 89'
Attendance: 12,000
Paraguay 0–2 Mexico
Report Cruz Goal 22'
García Aspe Goal 70'
Attendance: 7,000
England 0–1 Mexico
Report Becerra Goal 34'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)
Paraguay 1–2 China PR
Goal 17' Report Song Lianyong Goal 14'
Gao Hongbo Goal 76'
Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium, Sumgait
Attendance: 15,500
Referee: David Syme (Scotland)[4]

Knockout stage[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
September 1 - Yerevan
 
 
 Bulgaria 1
 
September 4 - Moscow
 
 Spain2
 
 Spain (pen.)2 (4)
 
September 1 - Minsk
 
 Soviet Union2 (3)
 
 Soviet Union1
 
September 7 - Moscow
 
 China PR0
 
 Spain0
 
September 1 - Tbilisi
 
 Brazil (a.e.t.)1
 
 Brazil 6
 
September 4 - Leningrad
 
 Colombia0
 
 Brazil2
 
September 1 - Baku
 
 Nigeria0 Third place
 
 Mexico1
 
September 7 - Moscow
 
 Nigeria2
 
 Soviet Union0 (1)
 
 
 Nigeria (pen.)0 (3)
 

Quarterfinals[]

Bulgaria 1–2 Spain
Kostadinov Goal 47' Report Marcelino Goal 33'
Fernando Goal 67' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,500
Referee: Joe Worrall (England)
Brazil 6–0 Colombia
Gérson Goal 51', 69', 90''
Silas Goal 54'
Dida Goal 72'
Müller Goal 81'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Soviet Union 1–0 China PR
Kuzhlev Goal 1' Report
Attendance: 40,000
Mexico 1–2 Nigeria
Medina Goal 50' Report Goal 33'
Goal 35'
Attendance: 20,000

Semi-finals[]

Spain 2–2 (a.e.t.) Soviet Union
Losada Goal 70'
Goikoetxea Goal 120'		 Report Goal 38' (pen.)
Ivanauskas Goal 107'
Penalties
4–3
Attendance: 37,000
Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)
Brazil 2–0 Nigeria
Müller Goal 22'
Goal 44'		 Report
Kirov Stadium, Leningrad
Attendance: 51,500
Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

Third place play-off[]

Soviet Union 0–0 (a.e.t.) Nigeria
(Report)
Penalties
1–3
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: (Bahrain)

Final[]

Brazil 1–0 (a.e.t.) Spain
Henrique Goal 92' Report
Attendance: 41,000
Referee: David Syme (Scotland) [4]

Result[]

 1985 World Youth Championship Winners 

Brazil
Second title

Awards[]

Golden Shoe Golden Ball FIFA Fair Play Award
Spain Sebastián Losada Brazil Paulo Silas  Colombia

Goalscorers[]

Sebastián Losada of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring three goals. In total, 80 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Final ranking[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1  Brazil 6 6 0 0 14 1 +13 12 Champions
2  Spain 6 2 2 2 8 8 0 6 Runners-up
3  Nigeria 6 3 1 2 8 7 +1 7 Third place
4  Soviet Union (H) 6 3 3 0 10 3 +7 9 Fourth place
5  Mexico 4 3 0 1 7 3 +4 6 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  China PR 4 2 0 2 5 5 0 4
7  Bulgaria 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 4
8  Colombia 4 1 2 1 5 10 −5 4
9  Hungary 3 1 2 0 5 4 +1 4 Eliminated in
Group stage
10  Saudi Arabia 3 1 1 1 1 1 0 3
11  Australia 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
12  Paraguay 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
13  England 3 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
14  Canada 3 0 1 2 0 7 −7 1
15  Republic of Ireland 3 0 0 3 3 7 −4 0
16  Tunisia 3 0 0 3 2 6 −4 0
Source: rsssf.com
(H) Host

Notes[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k The FIFA gives no reference as to which stadiums were used for the games all along the competition, except for the match Brazil v Nigeria, played in Kirov Stadium, Leningrad. The information has been retrieved from other sources.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Due to the FIFA not informing on the Stadiums of the competition, there's an inconsistency with the hour of these matches. Whether they were played at different venues, or at different hours in the same venues, is uncertain.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b FIFA acknowledges him first from Scotland and then from England.

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