1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship

FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the Kodak Cup
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	July 31 – August 11, 1985
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Nigeria (1st title)
Runner-up	West Germany
Third place	Brazil
Fourth place	Guinea
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance	735,000 (22,969 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marcel Witeczek
Best player	William

The 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship was held in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Dalian in People's Republic of China from July 31, 1985 to August 11, 1985. Players born after August 1, 1968 can participate in this tournament.

Contents 1 Venues 2 Qualified Teams 3 Squads 4 Referees 5 Group stages 5.1 Group A 5.2 Group B 5.3 Group C 5.4 Group D 6 Knockout stages 6.1 Quarterfinals 6.2 Semifinals 6.3 Third place play-off 6.4 Final 7 Result 8 Top Goalscorers 9 External links

[edit] Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Beijing	Workers' Stadium	80,000
Tianjin	-	-
Dalian	-	-
Shanghai	-	-

[edit] Qualified Teams

Africa (African U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1985)

•  Congo
•  Guinea
•  Nigeria

Asia (AFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1985)

•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia

Europe

•  Hungary (By invitation)
•  Italy (As winner of European U-16 Championship 1982)
•  West Germany (As winner of European U-16 Championship 1984)

North America (CONCACAF U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1985)

•  Costa Rica
•  Mexico
•  United States (As winner of CONCACAF U-16 Championship 1983)

South America (CONMEBOL U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1985)

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia (By invitation)
•  Brazil

Oceania (OFC U-16 Qualifying Tournament 1983)

•  Australia

Host Nation Automatically qualified

•  China PR

[edit] Squads

For full squad lists for the 1985 U-16 World Championship see 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship Squads.

[edit] Referees

Asia Fallaj Al-Shanar Chen Shengcai Cui Baoyin Zhang Diqiao Africa Simon Bantsimba Karim Camara Alhati Salahudeen CONCACAF Carlos Alfaro Angelo Bratsis Joaquin Urrea

South America Arnaldo Cézar Coelho Carlos Espósito Juan Ortube Europe Miklos Nagy Claudio Pieri Karl-Heinz Tritschler Oceania Chris Bambridge

[edit] Group stages

[edit] Group A

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	5	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Guinea	4	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
United States	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
Bolivia	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

July 31, 1985 19:00	China PR	1–1	Bolivia	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Miklos Nagy
	Xie Yuxin 28' (pen)	(Report)	Sánchez 13'

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July 31, 1985 20:45	Guinea	1–0	United States	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Fallaj Khuzam Al Shanar
	Koita 68'	(Report)

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August 2, 1985 19:00	China PR	2–1	Guinea	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Carlos Alfaro Venegas
	Xie Yuxin 18' (pen) Guo Zhuang 27'	(Report)	Sylla 42'

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August 2, 1985 20:45	Bolivia	1–2	United States	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Alhati Salahudeen
	Etcheverry 31'	(Report)	McPhail 51' Pride 64'

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August 4, 1985 19:00	China PR	3–1	United States	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Carlos Esposito
	Cao Xiandong 20' Guo Zhuang 22' Sun Bowei 25'	(Report)	Pride 75'

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August 4, 1985 20:45	Bolivia	0–3	Guinea	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Miklos Nagy
		(Report)	Soumah 32' Toure 37' Koita 55'

[edit] Group B

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3
West Germany	3	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
Argentina	3	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Congo	0	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6

July 31, 1985 19:00	Australia	1–0	Argentina	Tianjin Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes
	Naven 28'	(Report)

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July 31, 1985 20:45	Congo	1–4	West Germany	Tianjin Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Chen Shengcai
	Kakou 73'	(Report)	Mirwald 21' Witeczek 38', 65' Dammeier 56'

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August 2, 1985 19:00	Australia	2–1	Congo	Tianjin Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah
	Trimboli 19' Thodis 42'	(Report)	Kakou 76'

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August 2, 1985 20:45	Argentina	1–1	West Germany	Tianjin Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Claudio Pieri
	Cáceres 16'	(Report)	Gabriel 15'

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August 4, 1985 19:00	Australia	1–0	West Germany	Tianjin Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Karim Camara
	Trimboli 12'	(Report)

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August 4, 1985 20:45	Argentina	4–2	Congo	Tianjin Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes
	Maradona 23' (pen), 24' Frutos 38' Alvarez 63'	(Report)	Salles 46' Mantot 60' (pen)

[edit] Group C

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	5	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5
Nigeria	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
Italy	2	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
Costa Rica	0	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8

July 31, 1985 19:00	Saudi Arabia	4–1	Costa Rica	Dalian Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Arnaldo Coelho
	Al Dosary 25' Al Suraiti 63' Al Razgan 66' Al Fahad 68'	(Report)	Medford 12'

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July 31, 1985 20:45	Nigeria	1–0	Italy	Dalian Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Angelo Bratsis
	Momoh 67'	(Report)

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August 2, 1985 19:00	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Nigeria	Dalian Attendance: 36,000 Referee: Angelo Bratsis
		(Report)

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August 2, 1985 20:45	Costa Rica	0–2	Italy	Dalian Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Simon Bantsimba
		(Report)	Caverzan 17' Bresciani 46'

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August 4, 1985 19:00	Saudi Arabia	3–1	Italy	Dalian Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Arnaldo Coelho
	Al Boushal 4', 61' Al Razgan 78' (pen)	(Report)	Bresciani 37'

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August 4, 1985 20:45	Costa Rica	0–3	Nigeria	Dalian Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Zhang Daqiao
		(Report)	Igbinoba 62' Momoh 70' Babatunde 72'

[edit] Group D

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Hungary	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
Brazil	4	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Mexico	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Qatar	0	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6

July 31, 1985 19:00	Qatar	1–2	Brazil	Shanghai Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Christopher Bambridge
	Al Abdulla 50'	(Report)	Bismarck 9' William 58'

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July 31, 1985 20:45	Mexico	0–0	Hungary	Shanghai Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Cui Baoyin
		(Report)

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August 2, 1985 19:00	Qatar	1–3	Mexico	Shanghai Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler
	Al Mohannadi 5' (pen.)	(Report)	Cortes 36' Ledesma 52', 77' (pen.)

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August 2, 1985 20:45	Brazil	0–1	Hungary	Shanghai Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Christopher Bambridge
		(Report)	Kanal 55'

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August 4, 1985 19:00	Qatar	0–3	Hungary	Shanghai Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Juan Ortube Vargas
		(Report)	Huszak 9' Marik 38' Kanal 80'

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August 4, 1985 20:45	Brazil	2–0	Mexico	Shanghai Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler
	William 60' Mauricio 67'	(Report)

[edit] Knockout stages

	Quarter finals				Semi finals				Final
	August 7 - Beijing
	China PR	2
					August 9 - Beijing
	West Germany	4
					West Germany	4
	August 7 - Dalian
					Brazil	3
	Saudi Arabia	1
									August 11 - Beijing
	Brazil	2
									West Germany	0
	August 7 - Tianjin
									Nigeria	2
	Australia	0 (2)
					August 9 - Shanghai
	Guinea (PSO)	0 (4)
					Nigeria (PSO)	1 (4)			Third place
	August 7 - Shanghai
					Guinea	1 (2)
	Hungary	1							Brazil	4
	Nigeria	3							Guinea	1
									August 11 - Beijing

[edit] Quarterfinals

August 7, 1985 19:30	China PR	2–4	West Germany	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Amaldo Coelho
	Guo Zhuang 14' Tu Shengqiao 39'	(Report)	Witeczek 10', 37', 45' Bi Sheng 35' (o.g.)

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August 7, 1985 19:30	Australia	0–0 (AET) (2–4 PSO)	Guinea	Tianjin Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Claudio Pieri
		(Report)

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August 7, 1985 19:30	Saudi Arabia	1–2	Brazil	Dalian Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Carlos Alfaro Venegas
	Al Razgan 52' (pen)	(Report)	William 38', 49' (pen)

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August 7, 1985 19:30	Hungary	1–3	Nigeria	Shanghai Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Christopher Bambridge
	Marik 2'	(Report)	Momoh 17', 58' Igbinoba 60'

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[edit] Semifinals

August 9, 1985 19:30	West Germany	4–3	Brazil	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes
	Witeczek 15', 57', 66' Konerding 47'	(Report)	Bismarck 6' Andre Cruz 37' Rodrigues 70'

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August 9, 1985 19:30	Nigeria	1–1 (AET) (4–2 PSO)	Guinea	Shanghai Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Carlos Esposito
	Atere 10'	(Report)	Soumah 20'

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[edit] Third place play-off

August 11, 1985 17:30	Brazil	4–1	Guinea	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Cui Baoyin
	Marques 11' Mauricio 42' William 51' Bismarck 73'	(Report)	Sylla 65'

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[edit] Final

August 11, 1985 19:30	West Germany	0–2	Nigeria	Workers' Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 80,000 Referee: Christopher Bambridge
		(Report)	Akpoborie 4' Igbinoba 79'

[edit] Result

1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship Winners
Nigeria First title

[edit] Top Goalscorers

8 goals

• Marcel Witeczek

5 goals

• William

4 goals

• Momoh Billa

3 goals

• Zhuang Guo
• Abdulaziz Al Razgan
• Bismarck
• Victor Igbinoba

[edit] External links

• FIFA.com: 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship

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