1985_FIFA_U-16_World_Championship
1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship
International football competition
The 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the first edition of the tournament, 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, could participate in this tournament. The total attendance for the tournament was a record 1,230,976. The 2017 U-17 World Cup surpassed this, with a record attendance of 1,347,133.[1]
Quick Facts FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the Kodak Cup, Tournament details ...
| FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the Kodak Cup 1985 FIFA U-16世界锦标赛 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | China |
| Dates | July 31 – August 11 |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Nigeria (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  West Germany |
| Third place |  Brazil |
| Fourth place |  Guinea |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 91 (2.84 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,230,976 (38,468 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Marcel Witeczek (8 goals) |
| Best player(s) | William |
| Fair play award | West Germany |
1987 → | |
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More information Beijing, Dalian ...
| Beijing | Dalian | Shanghai | Tianjin |
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| Workers' Stadium | People's Stadium | Hongkou Stadium | Minyuan Stadium |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 32,220 | Capacity: 18,000 |
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More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
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For full squad lists for the 1985 U-16 World Championship see 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.
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Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
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South America
Europe
Oceania
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Group A
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  China (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Guinea |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 |  United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Bolivia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 |
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More information China, 2–1 ...
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More information Bolivia, 1–2 ...
| Bolivia | 1–2 | United States |
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Etcheverry  31' |
Report | McPhail 51' Pride 64' |
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More information China, 3–1 ...
| China | 3–1 | United States |
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| Cao Xiandong 20' Guo Zhuang 22' Sun Bowei 25' |
Report | Pride 75' |
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Group B
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Australia |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | West Germany |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Argentina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Congo |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
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More information Congo, 1–4 ...
| Congo | 1–4 | West Germany |
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| Kakou 73' |
Report | Mirwald 21' Witeczek 38', 65' Dammeier 56' |
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More information Argentina, 4–2 ...
| Argentina | 4–2 | Congo |
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| Maradona 23' (pen.), 24' Frutos 38' Álvarez 63' |
Report | Salles 46' Mantot 60' (pen.) |
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Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Saudi Arabia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Italy |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
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More information Saudi Arabia, 4–1 ...
| Saudi Arabia | 4–1 | Costa Rica |
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| Al Dosary 25' Al Suraiti 63' Al Razgan 66' Al Fahad 68' |
Report | Medford 12' |
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| Saudi Arabia | 3–1 | Italy |
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| Al Boushal 4', 61' Al Razgan 78' (pen.) |
Report | Bresciani 37' |
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More information Costa Rica, 0–3 ...
| Costa Rica | 0–3 | Nigeria |
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| Report | Igbinoba 62' Momoh 70' Babatunde 72' |
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Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Hungary |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Mexico |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Qatar |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 |
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| August 7 – Beijing | ||||||||||
| China | 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 (pen.) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| August 7 – Shanghai | ||||||||||
| Guinea | 1 (2) | Third place | ||||||||
| Hungary | 1 | |||||||||
| August 11 – Beijing | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| Guinea | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
More information China, 2–4 ...
| China | 2–4 | West Germany |
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| Guo Zhuang 14' Tu Shengqiao 39' |
Report | Witeczek 10', 37', 45' Bi Sheng 35' (o.g.) |
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More information Hungary, 1–3 ...
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Semi-finals
More information West Germany, 4–3 ...
| West Germany | 4–3 | Brazil |
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| Witeczek 15', 57', 66' Konerding 47' |
Report | Bismarck 6' Andre Cruz 37' Rodrigues 70' |
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More information Nigeria, 1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–2 pen.) ...
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Third place play-off
More information Brazil, 4–1 ...
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Final
More information West Germany, 0–2 ...
| West Germany | 0–2 | Nigeria |
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| Report | Akpoborie 4' Igbinoba 79' |
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| 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners |
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 Nigeria First title |
Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the Golden Shoe award for scoring eight goals. In total, 91 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.
- 8 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
Billa Momoh
- 3 goals
Bismarck Barreto Faria
Guo Zhuang- Victor Igbinoba
Abdulaziz Al Razgan
- 2 goals
Hugo Maradona
Paul Trimboli- Mauricio
- Xie Yuxin
Herve Kakou
Mohamed Soumah- Mohamed Sylla
- Salifou Koita
László Marik- Zoltán Kanál
Giorgio Bresciani
Elias Ledesma- Boushal Al Boushal
Curtis Pride
- 1 goal
- Diego Álvarez
- Fernando Cáceres
- Lorenzo Frutos
- Craig Naven
- Stan Thodis
Erwin Sánchez- Marco Etcheverry
- Andre Cruz
- Marques
- Natalino Rodrigues Antunes
- Cao Xiandong
- Sun Bowei
- Tu Shengqiao
- Eric Mantot
- Etienne Salles
Hernán Medford- Lamine Toure
- Zsolt Huszák
- Andrea Caverzan
- Francisco Cortes
- Fatai Atere
- Jonathan Akpoborie
- Joseph Babatunde
Adel Al Abdulla- Saleh Al Mohannadi
- Adel Al Dosary
- Nasser Al Fahad
- Saadoun Al Suraiti
- Larry McPhail
Detlev Dammeier- Dirk Konerding
- Helmut Gabriel
- Klaus Mirwald
- Own goal
- Bi Sheng (playing against West Germany)
More information Rank, Team ...
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
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| 1 | Nigeria |
6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | |
| 2 | West Germany |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 7 | |
| 3 | Brazil |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 | |
| 4 | Guinea |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | ||||||||||
| 5 | Australia |
4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 | |
| 7 | Hungary |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |
| 8 | China |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 | |
| Eliminated at the group stage | ||||||||||
| 9 | Argentina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 10 | Mexico |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Italy |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | |
| 12 | United States |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 | |
| 13 | Bolivia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 | |
| 14 | Congo |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | –6 | 0 | |
| 15 | Qatar |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 0 | |
| 16 | Costa Rica |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 | |
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- "India could shatter Under 17 World Cup attendance record". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-10-23.