1985 CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details | |
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Dates | 24 February – 14 September |
Teams | 9 (from 1 confederation) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Third place | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 24 |
Goals scored | 54 (2.25 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | ![]() |
CONCACAF Qualifiers |
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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]
Qualification[edit]
Final tournament[edit]
First round[edit]
Group 1[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 |
Suriname ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Alfaro ![]() Huezo ![]() Hernández ![]() |
El Salvador ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Rivas ![]() Zapata ![]() |
Suriname ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Entingh ![]() | Laing ![]() |
Honduras ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Figueroa ![]() | Stjeward ![]() |
El Salvador ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Rivas ![]() | Bailey ![]() Laing ![]() |
Honduras ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Group 2[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 7 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | −9 | 0 |
Haiti ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Estrada ![]() |
Guatemala ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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B. Pérez ![]() | Mitchell ![]() |
Guatemala ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Chacón ![]() Galindo ![]() Funes ![]() Solórzano ![]() |
Group 3[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 5 |
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 |
Trinidad and Tobago ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() |
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Williams ![]() Lacey ![]() Nóbrega ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ulate ![]() | De Noon ![]() |
United States ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Borja ![]() Peterson ![]() | Fonrose ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Ramírez ![]() | Kerr ![]() |
United States ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Coronado ![]() |
Final round[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 | 1986 FIFA World Cup | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | ||
3 | ![]() | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | 0–0 | 2–2 | — |
Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Costa Rica ![]() | 2–2 | ![]() |
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Solano ![]() Williams ![]() | Figueroa ![]() Betancourt ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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James ![]() | Williams ![]() |
Costa Rica ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Honduras ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() |
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Betancourt ![]() Figueroa ![]() | Guimarães ![]() |
Canada ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Pakos ![]() Vrablic ![]() | Betancourt ![]() |
1985 CONCACAF Championship winners |
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![]() Canada First title |
Qualified teams[edit]
The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in FIFA World Cup1 |
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![]() | Final round winners | 14 September 1985 | 0 (debut) |
- 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.
Goalscorers[edit]
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 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
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "That one time Canada made it to the World Cup". CBC Sports. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
- ^ a b All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
- ^ a b All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. 21 November 2019.
- ^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. 21 November 2019.