1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship
International football competition
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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 the 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]
Host countryChina
DatesJuly 31 – August 11
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venues4 (in 4 host cities)
| 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) |
| Venues | 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 | Marcel Witeczek (8 goals) |
| Best player | William |
| Fair play award | West Germany |
1987 → | |
Venues
| Beijing | Dalian | Shanghai | Tianjin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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Qualified teams
Squads
For full squad lists for the 1985 U-16 World Championship see 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.
Referees
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Asia
Africa
CONCACAF
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South America
Europe
Oceania
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Group stages
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Guinea | 1–0 | United States |
|---|---|---|
Koita  68' |
Report |
| Bolivia | 1–2 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Etcheverry 31' |
Report | McPhail 51' Pride 64' |
| China | 3–1 | United States |
|---|---|---|
| Cao Xiandong 20' Guo Zhuang 22' Sun Bowei 25' |
Report | Pride 75' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Congo | 1–4 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Kakou 73' |
Report | Mirwald 21' Witeczek 38', 65' Dammeier 56' |
| Argentina | 1–1 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Cáceres 16' |
Report | Gabriel 15' |
| Australia | 1–0 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Trimboli 12' |
Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4–1 | Costa Rica |
|---|---|---|
| Al Dosary 25' Al Suraiti 63' Al Razgan 66' Al Fahad 68' |
Report | Medford 12' |
| Costa Rica | 0–2 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Caverzan 17' Bresciani 46' |
| Saudi Arabia | 3–1 | Italy |
|---|---|---|
| Al Boushal 4', 61' Al Razgan 78' (pen.) |
Report | Bresciani 37' |
| Costa Rica | 0–3 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Igbinoba 62' Momoh 70' Babatunde 72' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Knockout stage
| 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 (p) | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| Nigeria (p) | 1 (4) | |||||||||
| August 7 – Shanghai | ||||||||||
| Guinea | 1 (2) | Third place | ||||||||
| Hungary | 1 | |||||||||
| August 11 – Beijing | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 3 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 4 | |||||||||
| Guinea | 1 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| China | 2–4 | West Germany |
|---|---|---|
| Guo Zhuang 14' Tu Shengqiao 39' |
Report | Witeczek 10', 37', 45' Bi Sheng  35' (o.g.) |
Semi-finals
| West Germany | 4–3 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Witeczek 15', 57', 66' Konerding 47' |
Report | Bismarck 6' Andre Cruz 37' Rodrigues 70' |
Third place play-off
Final
| West Germany | 0–2 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Akpoborie 4' Igbinoba 79' |
Result
| 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners |
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 Nigeria First title |
Goalscorers
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 Touré (Guinean football player)
- 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)
Final ranking
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |