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1985 CONCACAF Championship
CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Dates	February 24 – September 14
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runner-up	Honduras
Third place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Roberto Figueroa

The 1985 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition held under the format of serving as qualification to the World Cup (Mexico 1986) and the first to have no host nation for the final round. 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 title and clinched qualification on September 14, 1985 to participate in their first ever World Cup after beating Honduras 2-1 at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland.

[edit] Qualification

Main article: 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification

[edit] Tournament

[edit] Group Stage

[edit] Group 1

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Honduras	6	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2
2	El Salvador	5	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5
3	Suriname	1	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7

Honduras advanced to the Second Round.

24 February 1985	Suriname	0 – 3	El Salvador	San Salvador, El Salvador^[1]
			Alfaro Hernandez Huezo	Referee: Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

27 February 1985	El Salvador	3 – 0	Suriname	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Rivas Zapata			Referee: Escobar López (Guatemala)

3 March 1985	Suriname	1 – 1	Honduras	Tegucigalpa, Honduras^[2]
	Entingh		Laing	Referee: Negreros Castellanos (Guatemala)

6 March 1985	Honduras	2 – 1	Suriname	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Figueroa		Stewart	Referee: Alfaro Venegas (Costa Rica)

10 March 1985	El Salvador	1 – 2	Honduras	San Salvador, El Salvador
	Rivas		Bailey Laing	Referee: Socha (United States)

14 March 1985	Honduras	0 – 0	El Salvador	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
				Referee: Evangelists (Canada)

[edit] Group 2

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Canada	7	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5
2	Guatemala	5	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4
3	Haiti	0	4	0	0	4	0	9	−9

Canada advanced to the second round.

13 April 1985	Canada	2 – 0	Haiti	Vancouver, Canada
	Vrablic 30' Sweeney 41'			Referee: Bratsis (United States)

20 April 1985	Canada	2 – 1	Guatemala	Vancouver, Canada
	Mitchell 22', 43'		Gómez 66'	Referee: Codesal Mendez (Mexico)

26 April 1985	Haiti	0 – 1	Guatemala	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
			Estrada	Referee: Bellion (United States)

5 May 1985	Guatemala	1 – 1	Canada	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	B. Perez 42'		Mitchell 39'	Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)

8 May 1985	Haiti	0 – 2	Canada	Port-au-Prince, Haiti
			Mitchell 14' Vrablic 56'	Referee: Osborne (Bermuda)

15 May 1985	Guatemala	4 – 0	Haiti	Guatemala City, Guatemala
	Chacon 44' Galindo 48' Funes 62' B. Perez 71'			Referee: Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

[edit] Group 3

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Costa Rica	6	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4
2	United States	5	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1
3	Trinidad and Tobago	1	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5

Costa Rica advanced to the second round.

24 April 1985	Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Costa Rica	San José, Costa Rica^[3]
			Lacey Nobrega Williams	Referee: Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

28 April 1985	Costa Rica	1 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago	San José, Costa Rica
	Vlate		De Noon	Referee: Mendez Molina (Guatemala)

15 May 1985	Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 2	United States	St. Louis, United States^[4]
	Fonrose		Borja Peterson	Referee: Alien (Canada)

19 May 1985	United States	1 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago	Los Angeles, United States
	Caligiuri 15'			Referee: Leanza Sansone (Mexico)

26 May 1985	Costa Rica	1 – 1	United States	Alajuela, Costa Rica
	Ramirez 42'		Keer 44'	Referee: Urrea Reyes (Mexico)

31 May 1985	United States	0 – 1	Costa Rica	Los Angeles, United States
			Coronado 35'	Referee: Meachin (Canada)

[edit] Second Round

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Canada	6	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2
2	Honduras	3	4	1	1	2	6	6	0
3	Costa Rica	3	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

11 August 1985	Costa Rica	2 – 2	Honduras	San José, Costa Rica
	Solano 19' Williams 81'		Figueroa 8' (pen.) Betancourt 24'	Referee: Bellion (United States)

17 August 1985	Canada	1 – 1	Costa Rica	Toronto, Canada
	James 58'		Williams 12'	Referee: Mendoza Guillan (Mexico)

25 August 1985	Honduras	0 – 1	Canada	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
			Pakos 58'	Referee: Marshall (Bermuda)

1 September 1985	Costa Rica	0 – 0	Canada	San José, Costa Rica
				Referee: Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador)

8 September 1985	Honduras	3 – 1	Costa Rica	Tegucigalpa, Honduras
	Figueroa 51', 66' (pen.) Betancourt 40'		Guimaraes 7'	Referee: Ramcharan (Trinidad and Tobago)

14 September 1985	Canada	2 – 1	Honduras	St. John's, Canada
	Pakos 15' Vrablic 61'		Betancourt 49'	Referee: Mendez Molina (Guatemala)

1985 CONCACAF Championship Winners
Canada First Title

[edit] Topscorers

5 Goals

Roberto Figueroa

4 Goals

Dale Mitchell

3 Goals

[edit] External links

CONCACAF Championship 1985 on RSSSF Archive

[edit] Notes

^ All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
^ All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
^ All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
^ All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.

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[1] All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.

[2] All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.

[3] All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.

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