1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship
FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the Kodak Cup
1985 FIFA U-16世界锦标赛
Tournament details
Host countryChina
DatesJuly 31 – August 11
Teams16 (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 played32
Goals scored91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance1,230,976 (38,468 per match)
Top scorer(s)West Germany Marcel Witeczek (8 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil William
Fair play award West Germany
1987 →

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 but in 2017 India U-17 World cup surpassed this with a record attendance of 1,347,133.[1]

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

Qualified Teams

Confederation Qualifying Tournament Qualifier(s)
AFC (Asia) Host nation  China
1985 AFC U-16 Championship  Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
CAF (Africa) 1985 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup  Congo
 Guinea
 Nigeria
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean) 		1985 CONCACAF U-16 Championship  Costa Rica
 Mexico
1983 CONCACAF U-17 Championship  United States
CONMEBOL (South America) 1985 South American U-16 Championship  Argentina
 Brazil
Invitee  Bolivia
OFC (Oceania) 1983 OFC U-17 Qualifying Tournament  Australia
UEFA (Europe) 1982 UEFA European Under-16 Championship  Italy
1984 UEFA European Under-16 Championship  West Germany
Invitee  Hungary

Squads

For full squad lists for the 1985 U-16 World Championship see 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.

Referees

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
Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts
China 1–1 Bolivia
Xie Yuxin 28' (pen.) Report Sánchez 13'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Miklos Nagy (Hungary)
Guinea 1–0 United States
Koita 68' Report
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Fallaj Khuzam Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia)
China 2–1 Guinea
Xie Yuxin 18' (pen.)
Guo Zhuang 27'		 Report Sylla 42'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Carlos Alfaro Venegas
Bolivia 1–2 United States
Etcheverry 31' Report McPhail 51'
Pride 64'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alhati Salahudeen (Niger)
China 3–1 United States
Cao Xiandong 20'
Guo Zhuang 22'
Sun Bowei 25'		 Report Pride 75'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Carlos Esposito
Bolivia 0–3 Guinea
Report Soumah 32'
Toure 37'
Koita 55'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Miklos Nagy (Hungary)

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
Source:[citation needed]
Australia 1–0 Argentina
Naven 28' Report
Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes
Congo 1–4 West Germany
Kakou 73' Report Mirwald 21'
Witeczek 38', 65'
Dammeier 56'
Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Chen Shengcai
Australia 2–1 Congo
Trimboli 19'
Thodis 42'		 Report Kakou 76'
Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah
Argentina 1–1 West Germany
Cáceres 16' Report Gabriel 15'
Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Claudio Pieri
Australia 1–0 West Germany
Trimboli 12' Report
Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Camara
Argentina 4–2 Congo
Maradona 23' (pen.), 24'
Frutos 38'
Álvarez 63'		 Report Salles 46'
Mantot 60' (pen.)
Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes

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
Source:[citation needed]
Saudi Arabia 4–1 Costa Rica
Al Dosary 25'
Al Suraiti 63'
Al Razgan 66'
Al Fahad 68'		 Report Medford 12'
Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho
Nigeria 1–0 Italy
Momoh 67' Report
Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Angelo Bratsis
Saudi Arabia 0–0 Nigeria
Report
Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Angelo Bratsis
Costa Rica 0–2 Italy
Report Caverzan 17'
Bresciani 46'
Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba
Saudi Arabia 3–1 Italy
Al Boushal 4', 61'
Al Razgan 78' (pen.)		 Report Bresciani 37'
Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho
Costa Rica 0–3 Nigeria
Report Igbinoba 62'
Momoh 70'
Babatunde 72'
Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Zhang Daqiao

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
Source:[citation needed]
Qatar 1–2 Brazil
Al Abdulla 50' Report Bismarck 9'
William 58'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Christopher Bambridge
Mexico 0–0 Hungary
Report
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cui Baoyin
Qatar 1–3 Mexico
Al Mohannadi 5' (pen.) Report Cortes 36'
Ledesma 52', 77' (pen.)
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler
Brazil 0–1 Hungary
Report Kanál 55'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Christopher Bambridge
Qatar 0–3 Hungary
Report Huszák 9'
Marik 38'
Kanál 80'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Juan Ortube Vargas
Brazil 2–0 Mexico
William 60'
Mauricio 67'		 Report
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
August 7 – Beijing
 
 
 China2
 
August 9 – Beijing
 
 West Germany4
 
 West Germany4
 
August 7 – Dalian
 
 Brazil3
 
 Saudi Arabia1
 
August 11 – Beijing
 
 Brazil2
 
 West Germany0
 
August 7 – Tianjin
 
 Nigeria2
 
 Australia0 (2)
 
August 9 – Shanghai
 
 Guinea (pen.)0 (4)
 
 Nigeria (pen.)1 (4)
 
August 7 – Shanghai
 
 Guinea1 (2) Third place
 
 Hungary1
 
August 11 – Beijing
 
 Nigeria3
 
 Brazil4
 
 
 Guinea1
 

Quarter-finals

China 2–4 West Germany
Guo Zhuang 14'
Tu Shengqiao 39'		 Report Witeczek 10', 37', 45'
Bi Sheng 35' (o.g.)
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
Australia 0–0 (a.e.t.)
(2–4 pen.)		 Guinea
Report
Hongqiao Stadium, Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Claudio Pieri
Saudi Arabia 1–2 Brazil
Al Razgan 52' (pen.) Report William 38', 49' (pen.)
Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Carlos Alfaro Venegas
Hungary 1–3 Nigeria
Marik 2' Report Momoh 17', 58'
Igbinoba 60'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Christopher Bambridge

Semi-finals

West Germany 4–3 Brazil
Witeczek 15', 57', 66'
Konerding 47'		 Report Bismarck 6'
Andre Cruz 37'
Rodrigues 70'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes
Nigeria 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 pen.)		 Guinea
Atere 10' Report Soumah 20'
Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Carlos Espósito

Third place play-off

Brazil 4–1 Guinea
Marques 11'
Mauricio 42'
William 51'
Bismarck 73'		 Report Sylla 65'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Cui Baoyin

Final

West Germany 0–2 Nigeria
Report Akpoborie 4'
Igbinoba 79'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Christopher Bambridge

Result

 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners 

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
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

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

References

  1. ^ "India could shatter Under 17 World Cup attendance record". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-10-23.

External links

FIFA U-16 and U-17 World Cup
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