1985 CONCACAF Championship
International football competition
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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]
Dates24 February – 14 September
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Champions
Canada (1st title)
Canada (1st title)Runners-up
Honduras
Honduras| 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 | José Roberto Figueroa (5 goals) |
← 1981 1989 → | |
Qualification
Teams
Final tournament
First round
Group 1
| 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 |
| Suriname | 0–3 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
Alfaro  25' Huezo 52' Hernández 89' |
| El Salvador | 3–0 | Suriname |
|---|---|---|
| Rivas 49', 87' Zapata 70' |
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)
| El Salvador | 1–2 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Rivas 63' |
Bailey 1' Laing 77' |
| Honduras | 0–0 | El Salvador |
|---|---|---|
Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 38,175
Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)
Group 2
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)
Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala
Referee: Rodolfo Martinez Mejia (Honduras)
Group 3
| 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 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0–3 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Williams 15' Lacey 65'Nóbrega 79' |
Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica[3]
Attendance: 9,689
Referee: Rodolfo Martinez Mejia (Honduras)
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Ulate 57' |
De Noon 18' |
Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica
Attendance: 10,839
Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)
| United States | 2–1 | Trinidad and Tobago |
|---|---|---|
| Borja 29' Peterson 89' |
Fonrose 19' |
| Costa Rica | 1–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Ramírez 42' |
Kerr 44' |
Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica
Attendance: 20,173
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes (Mexico)
| United States | 0–1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Coronado 35' |
Final round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
|
| |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
| Costa Rica | 2–2 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Solano 19' Williams 81' |
Figueroa 8' (pen.) Betancourt 24' |
| Canada | 1–1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| James 58' |
Williams 12' |
| Costa Rica | 0–0 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 23,398[6]
Referee: José Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador)
| Honduras | 3–1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Betancourt 40' Figueroa 51', 56' (pen.) |
Guimarães 7' |
Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Referee: Richard Ramcharan (Trinidad and Tobago)
| Canada | 2–1 | Honduras |
|---|---|---|
| Pakos 15' Vrablic 61' |
Betancourt 49' |
| 1985 CONCACAF Championship winners |
|---|
 Canada First title |
Qualified teams
Canada won the 1985 CONCACAF Championship and thereby qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
| Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | Final round winners | 14 September 1985 | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers
- 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