1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship

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 country China
Dates July 31 – August 11, 1985
Teams 16 (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 played 32
Goals scored 91 (2.84 per match)
Attendance 735,000 (22,969 per match)
Top scorer(s) West Germany Marcel Witeczek (8 goals)
Best player Brazil William

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 can participate in this tournament.

Venues

City Stadium Capacity
Beijing Workers' Stadium 80,000
Tianjin Hongqiao Stadium 20,000
Dalian People's Stadium 40,000
Shanghai Hongkou Stadium 30,220

Qualified Teams

Africa (1985 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup)

Asia (1985 AFC U-17 Championship)

Europe

North America (1985 CONCACAF U-16 Championship)

South America (1985 South American Under-16 Football Championship)

Oceania (1983 OFC U-17 Championship)

Host Nation Automatically qualified

Squads

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

Referees

Asia

  • Saudi Arabia Fallaj Al-Shanar
  • China Chen Shengcai
  • China Cui Baoyin
  • China Zhang Diqiao
  • Qatar Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah

Africa

  • Republic of the Congo Simon Bantsimba
  • Guinea Karim Camara
  • Niger Alhati Salahudeen

CONCACAF

  • Costa Rica Carlos Alfaro
  • United States Angelo Bratsis
  • Mexico Joaquin Urrea Reyes

South America

Europe

Oceania

Group stages

Group A

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 China PR 321063+35
 Guinea 320152+34
 United States 31023522
 Bolivia 30122641

31 July 1985
19:00
China PR  11  Bolivia
Xie Yuxin  28' (pen.) (Report) Sánchez  13'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Miklos Nagy

31 July 1985
20:45
Guinea  10  United States
Koita  68' (Report)
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Fallaj Khuzam Al Shanar

2 August 1985
19:00
China PR  21  Guinea
Xie Yuxin  18' (pen.)
Guo Zhuang  27'
(Report) Sylla  42'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Carlos Alfaro Venegas

2 August 1985
20:45
Bolivia  12  United States
Etcheverry  31' (Report) McPhail  51'
Pride  64'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Alhati Salahudeen

4 August 1985
19:00
China PR  31  United States
Cao Xiandong  20'
Guo Zhuang  22'
Sun Bowei  25'
(Report) Pride  75'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Carlos Esposito

4 August 1985
20:45
Bolivia  03  Guinea
(Report) Soumah  32'
Toure  37'
Koita  55'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 60,000
Referee: Miklos Nagy

Group B

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 330041+36
 West Germany 311153+23
 Argentina 311154+13
 Congo 300341060

31 July 1985
19:00
Australia  10  Argentina
Naven  28' Report
Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes

31 July 1985
20:45
Congo  14  West Germany
Kakou  73' Report Mirwald  21'
Witeczek  38', 65'
Dammeier  56'
Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Chen Shengcai

2 August 1985
19:00
Australia  21  Congo
Trimboli  19'
Thodis  42'
Report Kakou  76'
Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah

2 August 1985
20:45
Argentina  11  West Germany
Cáceres  16' Report Gabriel  15'
Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Claudio Pieri

4 August 1985
19:00
Australia  10  West Germany
Trimboli  12' Report
Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Karim Camara

4 August 1985
20:45
Argentina  42  Congo
Maradona  23' (pen.), 24'
Frutos  38'
Alvarez  63'
Report Salles  46'
Mantot  60' (pen.)
Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes

Group C

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 321072+55
 Nigeria 321040+45
 Italy 31023412
 Costa Rica 30031980

31 July 1985
19:00
Saudi Arabia  41  Costa Rica
Al Dosary  25'
Al Suraiti  63'
Al Razgan  66'
Al Fahad  68'
Report Medford  12'
Dalian
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho

31 July 1985
20:45
Nigeria  10  Italy
Momoh  67' (Report)
Dalian
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Angelo Bratsis

2 August 1985
19:00
Saudi Arabia  00  Nigeria
Report
Dalian
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Angelo Bratsis

2 August 1985
20:45
Costa Rica  02  Italy
Report Caverzan  17'
Bresciani  46'
Dalian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Simon Bantsimba

4 August 1985
19:00
Saudi Arabia  31  Italy
Al Boushal  4', 61'
Al Razgan  78' (pen.)
Report Bresciani  37'
Dalian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Arnaldo Coelho

4 August 1985
20:45
Costa Rica  03  Nigeria
(Report) Igbinoba  62'
Momoh  70'
Babatunde  72'
Dalian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Zhang Daqiao

Group D

Teams Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Hungary 321040+45
 Brazil 320142+24
 Mexico 31113303
 Qatar 30032860

31 July 1985
19:00
Qatar  12  Brazil
Al Abdulla  50' Report Bismarck  9'
William  58'
Shanghai
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Christopher Bambridge

31 July 1985
20:45
Mexico  00  Hungary
Report
Shanghai
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Cui Baoyin

2 August 1985
19:00
Qatar  13  Mexico
Al Mohannadi  5' (pen.) Report Cortes  36'
Ledesma  52', 77' (pen.)
Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler

2 August 1985
20:45
Brazil  01  Hungary
Report Kanal  55'
Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Christopher Bambridge

4 August 1985
19:00
Qatar  03  Hungary
Report Huszak  9'
Marik  38'
Kanal  80'
Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Juan Ortube Vargas

4 August 1985
20:45
Brazil  20  Mexico
William  60'
Mauricio  67'
Report
Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler

Knockout stages

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                   
August 7 - Beijing        
  China PR  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 (pen.)  0 (4)  
  Nigeria (pen.)  1 (4) Third place
August 7 - Shanghai
    Guinea  1 (2)  
  Hungary  1   Brazil  4
  Nigeria  3     Guinea  1
August 11 - Beijing

Quarterfinals

7 August 1985
19:30
China PR  24  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: Amaldo Coelho

7 August 1985
19:30
Australia  00 (a.e.t.)
(24 pen.)
 Guinea
Report
Tianjin
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Claudio Pieri

7 August 1985
19:30
Saudi Arabia  12  Brazil
Al Razgan  52' (pen.) Report William  38', 49' (pen.)
Dalian
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Carlos Alfaro Venegas

7 August 1985
19:30
Hungary  13  Nigeria
Marik  2' Report Momoh  17', 58'
Igbinoba  60'
Shanghai
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Christopher Bambridge

Semifinals

9 August 1985
19:30
West Germany  43  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

9 August 1985
19:30
Nigeria  11 (a.e.t.)
(42 pen.)
 Guinea
Atere  10' Report Soumah  20'
Shanghai
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Carlos Esposito

Third place play-off

11 August 1985
17:30
Brazil  41  Guinea
Marques  11'
Mauricio  42'
William  51'
Bismarck  73'
Report Sylla  65'
Workers' Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 80,000
Referee: Cui Baoyin

Final

11 August 1985
19:30
West Germany  02  Nigeria
Report Akpoborie  4'
Igbinoba  79'

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

  • Guinea Mohamed Soumah
  • Guinea Mohamed Sylla
  • Guinea Salifou Koita
  • Hungary László Marik
  • Hungary Zoltán Kanál

1 goal

  • Nigeria Joseph Babatunde
  • Qatar Adel Al Abdulla
  • Qatar Saleh Al Mohannadi
  • Saudi Arabia Adel Al Dosary
  • Saudi Arabia Nasser Al Fahad
  • Saudi Arabia Saadoun Al Suraiti
  • United States Larry McPhail
  • West Germany Detlev Dammeier
  • West Germany Dirk Konerding
  • West Germany Helmut Gabriel
  • West Germany Klaus Mirwald

Own goal

Final ranking

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Nigeria 6420102+810
2  West Germany 6312138+57
3  Brazil 6402138+58
4  Guinea 62227706
Eliminated in the quarter-finals
5  Australia 431041+37
6  Saudi Arabia 421184+45
7  Hungary 421153+25
8  China PR 421187+15
Eliminated at the group stage
9  Argentina 311154+13
10  Mexico 31113303
11  Italy 310234–12
12  United States 310235–22
13  Bolivia 301226–41
14  Congo 3003410–60
15  Qatar 300328–60
16  Costa Rica 300319–80

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