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1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
Кубок ФИФА Кока-Кола 1985
Tournament details
Host country	USSR
Dates	August 24–September 7
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Brazil (2nd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Nigeria
Fourth place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	80 (2.5 per match)
Attendance	657,800 (20,556 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gérson; Balalo; Muller; Sebastián Losada; Fernando Gómez; Monday Odiaka; Alberto García Aspe; (3 goals)
Best player	Paulo Silas

The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fifth edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from August 24 to September 7, 1985. The tournament took place in eight venues — Baku, Yerevan, Leningrad, Minsk, Moscow, Hoktemberyan, Tbilissi 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 a final played at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

[edit] Squads

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

[edit] Group stages

[edit] Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Bulgaria	4	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
Colombia ^[1]	4	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Hungary	4	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1
Tunisia	0	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4

August 24, 1985 15:00	Hungary	2–2	Colombia	Hrazdan Stadium,^[2] Yerevan Attendance: 10,000 Referee: George Sandoz (Switzerland)
	Pintér 59' (pen.) Zsinka 85'	(Report)	Pérez 88' Rodríguez 89'

August 24, 1985 19:00	Tunisia	0–2	Bulgaria	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Joseph B. Worrall (England)
		(Report)	Mikhtarski 32' Penev 78'

August 26, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Hungary	2–1	Tunisia	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)
	Pintér 60' (pen.) Fischer 87'	(Report)	Touati 46'

August 27, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Colombia	1–1	Bulgaria	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Jassim Mandi Abdul-Rahman (Bahrain)
	Tréllez 74'	(Report)	Kalaydjiev 69'

August 29, 1985 18:30 ^[3]	Colombia	2–1	Tunisia	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Vladimir Kuznetsov (Soviet Union) ^[4]
	Castaño 19' Tréllez 68'	(Report)	Abdelhak 76'

August 29, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Hungary	1–1	Bulgaria	Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Edgardo Codesal Méndez (Mexico)
	Fischer 80'	(Report)	Kostadinov 57'

[edit] Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Brazil	6	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4
Spain	3	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
Saudi Arabia	3	3	1	1	1	1	1	0
Republic of Ireland	0	3	0	0	3	3	7	−4

August 24, 1985 15:00	Republic of Ireland	1–2	Brazil	Boris Paichadze Stadium,^[2] Tbilisi Attendance: 45,000 Referee: Nouhoum Traore (Mali)
	Tuite 86'	(Report)	Balalo 20' Dida 80'

August 24, 1985 19:00	Saudi Arabia	0–0	Spain	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Antonio Evangelista (Canada)
		(Report)

August 26, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Republic of Ireland	0–1	Saudi Arabia	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
		(Report)	Al Dosari 54' (pen.)

August 27, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Brazil	2–0	Spain	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)
	Luciano 50' Balalo 65'	(Report)

August 29, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Republic of Ireland	2–4	Spain	Boris Paichadze Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 9,800 Referee: Jesús Díaz Palacio (Colombia)
	Mooney 51' Kelch 56' (pen.)	(Report)	Fernando 3', 61 Losada 35', 85'

August 29, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Brazil	1–0	Saudi Arabia	Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Yuriy Savchenko (Soviet Union) ^[4]
	Muller 35'	(Report)

[edit] Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Soviet Union	5	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6
Nigeria	4	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2
Australia	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1
Canada	1	3	0	1	2	0	7	−7

August 24, 1985 15:00	Soviet Union	0–0	Australia	Dinamo Stadion,^[2] Minsk Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)
		(Report)

August 24, 1985 19:00	Nigeria	2–0	Canada	Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 16,000 Referee: -
	Monday 1' Siasia 78'	(Report)		Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 16,000 Referee: -

August 26, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Soviet Union	2–1	Nigeria	Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 23,000 Referee: José Ramiz Wright (Brazil)
	Khudozhilov 23' (pen.) Chedia 41'	(Report)	Anunobi 81'

August 27, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Australia	0–0	Canada	Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Ali Bennaucer (Tunisia)
		(Report)

August 29, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Soviet Union	5–0	Canada	Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 16,000 Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)
	Ketashvili 38' Tatarchuk 39' Ivanauskas 60' Sklyarov 64' (pen.) Kuzhlev 79'	(Report)

August 29, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Australia	2–3	Nigeria	Dinamo Stadion, Minsk Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)
	Panagis 27' Kalantzis 38' (pen.)	(Report)	Adeleye 63' Monday 78' Anunobi 79'

[edit] Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Mexico	6	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5
China PR	4	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1
Paraguay	1	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3
England	1	3	0	1	2	2	5	−3

August 24, 1985 15:00	England	2–2	Paraguay	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium,^[2] Baku Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Laszlo Padar (Hungary)
	Wakenshaw 19' Priest 31'	(Report)	Cartaman 41' Jara 74'

August 24, 1985 19:00	China PR	1–3	Mexico	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 30,000 Referee: William K. Munro (New Zealand)
	Gong 68'	(Report)	Ambríz 19' (pen.) García Aspe 30', 45'

August 26, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	England	0–2	China PR	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
		(Report)	Gao H. 76' Gong L. 89'

August 27, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Paraguay	0–2	Mexico	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)
		(Report)	Cruz 22' García Aspe 70'

August 29, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	England	0–1	Mexico	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)
		(Report)	Becerra 34'

August 29, 1985 19:00 ^[3]	Paraguay	1–2	China PR	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku Attendance: 15,500 Referee: David F.T. Syme (Scotland) ^[5]
	Mereles 17'	(Report)	Song 14' Gao H. 76'

[edit] Knockout stage

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

September 1 - Yerevan

Bulgaria

1

September 4 - Moscow

Spain

2

Spain (PSO)

2 (4)

September 1 - Minsk

Soviet Union

2 (3)

Soviet Union

1

September 7 - Moscow

China PR

0

Spain

0

September 1 - Tbilisi

Brazil (aet)

1

Brazil

6

September 4 - Leningrad

Colombia

0

Brazil

2

Third place

September 1 - Baku

Nigeria

0

Mexico

1

Soviet Union

0 (1)

Nigeria

2

Nigeria (PSO)

0 (3)

September 7 - Moscow

[edit] Quarterfinals

September 1, 1985 19:00	Bulgaria	1–2	Spain	Hrazdan Stadium,^[2] Yerevan Attendance: 20,500 Referee: Joseph B. Worrall (England)
	Kostadinov 47'	(Report)	Marcelino 33' Fernando 67' (pen.)

September 1, 1985 17:00	Brazil	6–0	Colombia	Boris Paichadze Stadium,^[2] Tbilisi Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
	Gérson 51', 69', 90' Silas 54' Dida 72' Muller 81'	(Report)

September 1, 1985 17:00	Soviet Union	1–0	China PR	Dinamo Stadion,^[2] Minsk Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Ali Bennaucer (Tunisia)
	Kuzhlev 1'	(Report)

September 1, 1985 17:00	Mexico	1–2	Nigeria	Tofik Bakhramov Stadium,^[2] Baku Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)
	Medina 50'	(Report)	Igbinabaro 33' Monday 35'

[edit] Semi-finals

September 4, 1985 19:00	Spain	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4-3 pen.)	Soviet Union	Luzhniki Stadium,^[2] Moscow Attendance: 37,000 Referee: Hernán Silva Arce (Chile)
	Losada 70' Goikoetxea 120'	(Report)	Khudozhilov 38' (pen.) Ivanauskas 107'

September 4, 1985 18:00	Brazil	2–0	Nigeria	Kirov Stadium, Leningrad Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Joel Quiniou (France)
	Muller 22' Balalo 44'	(Report)

[edit] Third place play-off

September 7, 1985 13:00	Soviet Union	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1-3 pen.)	Nigeria	Luzhniki Stadium,^[2] Moscow Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Jassim Mandi Abdul-Rahman (Bahrain)
		(Report)

[edit] Final

September 7, 1985 19:00	Brazil	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Spain	Luzhniki Stadium,^[2] Moscow Attendance: 41,000 Referee: David F.T. Syme (England) ^[5]
	Henrique 92'	(Report)

[edit] Result

1985 World Youth Championship Winners
Brazil Second title

[edit] Awards

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

[edit] Notes

^ Colombia advanced by drawing.
^ ^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.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p 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.
^ ^a ^b The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
^ ^a ^b FIFA acknowledges him first from Scotland and then from England.

[edit] External links

[Draw-0] Colombia advanced by drawing.

[Stadium-1] ^ ^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.

[Hour-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p 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.

[Kuznetsov-3] The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.

[Syme-4] FIFA acknowledges him first from Scotland and then from England.

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