1985_FIFA_World_Youth_Championship
1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fifth edition FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 24 August to 7 September 1985. The tournament took place in ten venues within eight host cities — Baku, Yerevan, Leningrad, Minsk (2 stadiums), Moscow, Hoktemberyan, Tbilisi (2 stadiums) and Sumqayit — where a total of 32 matches were played. U20 Brazil successfully defended its title, defeating Spain, 1–0, in the final match at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.
Quick Facts Tournament details, Host country ...
| Кубок ФИФА Кока-Кола 1985 | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Soviet Union |
| Dates | 24 August – 7 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Brazil (2nd title) |
| Runners-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 Müller Sebastián Losada Fernando Gómez Monday Odiaka Alberto García Aspe(3 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Paulo Silas |
| Fair play award |  Colombia |
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10 different stadiums hosted the tournament in 8 host cities, divided among 5 Soviet republics: Armenian SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Azerbaijan SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Byelorussian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), Georgian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), and Russian SFSR (2 venues in 2 host cities).
More information Moscow, Leningrad ...
| Moscow | Leningrad | Tbilisi | Yerevan | |
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| Central Lenin Stadium | Kirov Stadium | Lenin Dinamo Stadium | Lokomotivi Stadium | Hrazdan Stadium |
| Capacity: 103,000 | Capacity: 72,000 | Capacity: 74,354 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 70,000 |
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| Minsk | Hoktemberyan | Baku | Sumqayit | |
| Dinamo Stadium | Traktor Stadium | Yubileynyi Stadium | Vladimir Lenin Stadium | Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 17,600 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 15,500 |
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More information Confederation, Qualifying Tournament ...
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- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Group A
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 |  Bulgaria |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4[lower-alpha 1] | |
| 3 |  Hungary |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Tunisia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
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More information Hungary, 2–2 ...
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More information Hungary, 2–1 ...
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Group B
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Brazil |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | |
| 3 |  Saudi Arabia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 |  Republic of Ireland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 |
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More information Republic of Ireland, 1–2 ...
| Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | Brazil |
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Tuite  86' |
Report | Balalo 20' Dida 80' |
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More information Republic of Ireland, 0–1 ...
| Republic of Ireland | 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
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| Report | Al-Jam'an 54' (pen.) |
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Group C
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Soviet Union (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Australia |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 |  Canada |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
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More information Soviet Union, 2–1 ...
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Nigeria |
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| Khudozhilov 23' (pen.) Chedia 41' |
Report | Anunobi 81' |
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More information Soviet Union, 5–0 ...
| Soviet Union | 5–0 | Canada |
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| Ketashvili 38' Tatarchuk 39'Ivanauskas 60'Sklyarov 64' (pen.) Kuzhlev 79' |
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Group D
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Mexico |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 |  China |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Paraguay |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 |  England |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 |
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More information England, 2–2 ...
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More information China, 1–3 ...
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More information Paraguay, 1–2 ...
| Paraguay | 1–2 | China |
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| Mereles 17' |
Report | Song Lianyong 14' Gao Hongbo 76' |
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| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| September 1 - Yerevan | ||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
| September 4 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain (pen.) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| September 1 - Minsk | ||||||||||
| Soviet Union | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | |||||||||
| September 7 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| China | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| September 1 - Tbilisi | ||||||||||
| Brazil (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
| September 4 - Leningrad | ||||||||||
| Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| September 1 - Baku | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Mexico | 1 | |||||||||
| September 7 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 0 (1) | |||||||||
| Nigeria (pen.) | 0 (3) | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
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More information Brazil, 6–0 ...
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Semi-finals
More information Spain, 2–2 (a.e.t.) ...
| Spain | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Soviet Union |
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| Losada 70' Goikoetxea 120' |
Report | Khudozhilov 38' (pen.) Ivanauskas 107' |
| Penalties | ||
| 4–3 | ||
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Third place play-off
More information Soviet Union, 0–0 (a.e.t.) ...
| Soviet Union | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria |
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| Penalties | ||
| 1–3 | ||
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Final
| 1985 World Youth Championship winners |
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 Brazil Second title |
More information Golden Shoe, Golden Ball ...
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
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| Sebastián Losada |
Paulo Silas |
Colombia |
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Sebastián Losada of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring three goals. In total, 80 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 3 goals
Balalo- Gérson da Silva
- Müller
Alberto García Aspe
Odiaka Monday
Fernando Gómez Colomer- Sebastián Losada
- 2 goals
- Dida
Emil Kostadinov
Gao Hongbo- Gong Lei
John Jairo Tréllez
Attila Pintér- Pál Fischer
- Mark Anunobi
Oleg Kuzhlev- Sergei Khudozhilov
- Valdas Ivanauskas
- 1 goal
Cris Kalantzis- John Panagis
- Henrique Arlindo Etges
- Luciano
- Paulo Silas
- Lyuboslav Penev
- Petar Mihtarski
- Radko Kalaydjiev
- Song Lianyong
- Felipe Pérez
- John Castaño
- Wilson Rodríguez
Philip Priest- Robert Wakenshaw
- János Zsinka
Brian Mooney- Pat Kelch
- Marcus Tuite
- Francisco Javier Cruz
- Héctor Becerra
- Ignacio Ambríz
- Víctor Medina
- Augustine Igbinabaro
- Niyi Adeleye
- Samson Siasia
Jorge Cartaman- Luis Jara
- Trigo Mereles
Mohaisen Al-Jam'an- Igor Sklyarov
- Gela Ketashvili
- Soso Chedia
- Vladimir Tatarchuk
- Ion Andoni Goikoetxea
- Marcelino
Mohamed Abdelhak- Sami Touati
More information Pos, Team ...
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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| 1 | Brazil |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 12 | Champions |
| 2 | Spain |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Nigeria |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | Soviet Union (H) |
6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Mexico |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | China |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | |
| 7 | Bulgaria |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Colombia |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
| 9 | Hungary |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 11 | Australia |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 12 | Paraguay |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 13 | England |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |
| 14 | Canada |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | |
| 15 | Republic of Ireland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | |
| 16 | Tunisia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 |
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- 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.
- The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
- 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.
- FIFA acknowledges him first from Scotland and then from England.