1985_CONCACAF_Championship
1985 CONCACAF Championship
International football competition
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]
Quick Facts Tournament details, Dates ...
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 24 February – 14 September |
| Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Canada (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Honduras |
| Third place |  Costa Rica |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 24 |
| Goals scored | 54 (2.25 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | José Roberto Figueroa (5 goals) |
← 1981 1989 → | |
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Main article: 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification
First round
Group 1
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honduras (A) |
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 |
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More information Suriname, 0–3 ...
| Suriname | 0–3 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
Alfaro  25' Huezo 52' Hernández 89' |
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Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras[2]
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Mamerto Negreros (Guatemala)
Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 27,453
Referee: Alfaro Venegas (Costa Rica)
Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 38,175
Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)
Group 2
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada (A) |
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 |
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Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica)
More information Guatemala, 4–0 ...
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Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Referee: Rodolfo Martinez Mejia (Honduras)
Group 3
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Costa Rica (A) |
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 |
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More information Trinidad and Tobago, 0–3 ...
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Williams 15' Lacey 65'Nóbrega 79' |
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Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica[3]
Attendance: 9,689
Referee: Rodolfo Martinez Mejia (Honduras)
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,839
Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)
More information United States, 2–1 ...
| United States | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Borja 29' Peterson 89' |
Fonrose 19' |
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More information Trinidad and Tobago, 0–1 ...
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Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Attendance: 20,173
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes (Mexico)
Final round
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Canada (C) |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
| 2 | Honduras |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
| 3 | Costa Rica |
4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — |
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Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
More information Costa Rica, 2–2 ...
| Costa Rica | 2–2 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Solano 19' Williams 81' |
Figueroa 8' (pen.) Betancourt 24' |
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Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 23,398[6]
Referee: José Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador)
More information Honduras, 3–1 ...
| Honduras | 3–1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Betancourt 40' Figueroa 51', 56' (pen.) |
Guimarães 7' |
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Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Referee: Richard Ramcharan (Trinidad and Tobago)
| 1985 CONCACAF Championship winners |
|---|
 Canada First title |
The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
More information Team, Qualified as ...
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Final round winners | 14 September 1985 | 0 (debut) |
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- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
Igor Vrablic
Johnny Williams
José María Rivas
Porfirio Armando Betancourt
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Mike Sweeney
- Paul James
- Alexandre Guimarães
- Alvaro Solano
- Evaristo Coronado
- Miguel Lacey
- Milton Noriega
- Oscar Ramírez
- Jorge Manuel Ulate
- Baltazar Zapata
- Ever Hernández
- Mauricio Alfaro
- Wilfredo Huezo
Eduardo Estrada Aquino- Raul Galindo
- Julio Gómez Rendón
- Juan Manuel Funes
- Raúl Chacón
- Roberto Bailey
Kenneth Stewart- Rinaldo Entingh
Necik De Noon- Adrian Fonrose
Chico Borja- John Kerr, Jr.
- Mark Peterson
- Paul Caligiuri
- "That one time Canada made it to the World Cup". CBC Sports. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
- All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
- "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. 21 November 2019.
- "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. 21 November 2019.
- "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. 21 November 2019.