1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
International football competition
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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.
Host countrySoviet Union
Dates24 August – 7 September
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venues10 (in 8 host cities)
| Кубок ФИФА Кока-Кола 1985 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Soviet Union |
| Dates | 24 August – 7 September |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venues | 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 | Paulo Silas |
| Fair play award |  Colombia |
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Venues
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).
| 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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Qualification
- 1.^Teams that made their debut.
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Group stage
Group A
- Colombia advanced by drawing.
Hungary  | 1–1 |  Bulgaria |
|---|---|---|
Fischer  80' |
Report | Kostadinov 57' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–2 | Brazil |
|---|---|---|
| Tuite 86' |
Report | Balalo 20' Dida 80' |
| Saudi Arabia | 0–0 | Spain |
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| Report |
| Republic of Ireland | 0–1 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Al-Jam'an 54' (pen.) |
| Brazil | 1–0 | Saudi Arabia |
|---|---|---|
| Müller 35' |
Report |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Soviet Union | 2–1 | Nigeria |
|---|---|---|
| Khudozhilov 23' (pen.) Chedia 41' |
Report | Anunobi 81' |
| Soviet Union | 5–0 | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| Ketashvili 38' Tatarchuk 39'Ivanauskas 60'Sklyarov 64' (pen.) Kuzhlev 79' |
Report |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| England | 0–2 | China |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Gao Hongbo 76' Gong Lei 89' |
| Paraguay | 0–2 | Mexico |
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| Report | Cruz 22' García Aspe 70' |
| Paraguay | 1–2 | China |
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| Mereles 17' |
Report | Song Lianyong 14' Gao Hongbo 76' |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| September 1 - Yerevan | ||||||||||
| Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
| September 4 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain (p) | 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 (p) | 0 (3) | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
| Soviet Union | 1–0 | China |
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| Kuzhlev 1' |
Report |
Semi-finals
| 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 | ||
Third place play-off
| Soviet Union | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Nigeria |
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| (Report) | ||
| Penalties | ||
| 1–3 | ||
Final
Result
| 1985 World Youth Championship winners |
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 Brazil Second title |
Awards
| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
|---|---|---|
| Sebastián Losada |
Paulo Silas |
Colombia |
Goalscorers
Sebastián Losada of Spain won the Golden Boot 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
- 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
Final ranking
| 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 |