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
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	1,230,976 (38,468 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marcel Witeczek (8 goals)
Best player(s)	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. The 2017 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
Beijing Dalian Shanghai Tianjin

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 Championship	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

Asia Fallaj Al-Shanar Chen Shengcai Cui Baoyin Zhang Daqiao Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah Africa Simon Bantsimba Karim Camara Alhati Salahudeen CONCACAF Carlos Alfaro Angelo Bratsis Joaquin Urrea Reyes

South America Arnaldo Cézar Coelho Carlos Espósito Juan Ortube Europe Miklós Nagy Claudio Pieri Karl-Heinz Tritschler Oceania Chris Bambridge

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

31 July 1985

19:00

China	1–1	Bolivia
Xie Yuxin 28' (pen.)	Report	Sánchez 13'

Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Miklos Nagy (Hungary)

31 July 1985

20:45

Guinea	1–0	United States
Koita 68'	Report

Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Fallaj Khuzam Al Shanar (Saudi Arabia)

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2 August 1985

19:00

China	2–1	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	1–2	United States
Etcheverry 31'	Report	McPhail 51' Pride 64'

Workers' Stadium, Beijing

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Alhati Salahudeen (Niger)

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4 August 1985

19:00

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 Espósito

4 August 1985

20:45

Bolivia	0–3	Guinea
	Report	Soumah 32' Touré 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 ]}

31 July 1985

19:00

Australia	1–0	Argentina
Naven 28'	Report

Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes

31 July 1985

20:45

Congo	1–4	West Germany
Kakou 73'	Report	Mirwald 21' Witeczek 38', 65' Dammeier 56'

Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Chen Shengcai

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2 August 1985

19:00

Australia	2–1	Congo
Trimboli 19' Thodis 42'	Report	Kakou 76'

Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah

2 August 1985

20:45

Argentina	1–1	West Germany
Cáceres 16'	Report	Gabriel 15'

Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Claudio Pieri

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4 August 1985

19:00

Australia	1–0	West Germany
Trimboli 12'	Report

Minyuan Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Karim Camara

4 August 1985

20:45

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 ]}

31 July 1985

19:00

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

31 July 1985

20:45

Nigeria	1–0	Italy
Momoh 67'	Report

Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Angelo Bratsis

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2 August 1985

19:00

Saudi Arabia	0–0	Nigeria
	Report

Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 36,000

Referee: Angelo Bratsis

2 August 1985

20:45

Costa Rica	0–2	Italy
	Report	Caverzan 17' Bresciani 46'

Dalian People's Stadium, Dalian

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Simon Bantsimba

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4 August 1985

19:00

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

4 August 1985

20:45

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 ]}

31 July 1985
19:00

Qatar	1–2	Brazil
Al Abdulla 50'	Report	Bismarck 9' William 58'

Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Christopher Bambridge

31 July 1985
20:45

Mexico	0–0	Hungary
	Report

Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Cui Baoyin

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2 August 1985
19:00

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

2 August 1985
20:45

Brazil	0–1	Hungary
	Report	Kanál 55'

Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Christopher Bambridge

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4 August 1985
19:00

Qatar	0–3	Hungary
	Report	Huszák 9' Marik 38' Kanál 80'

Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Juan Ortube Vargas

4 August 1985
20:45

Brazil	2–0	Mexico
William 60' Mauricio 67'	Report

Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Karl-Heinz Tritschler

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

7 August 1985

19:30

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

7 August 1985

19:30

Australia	0–0 (a.e.t.) (2–4 pen.)	Guinea
	Report

Hongqiao Stadium, Tianjin

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Claudio Pieri

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7 August 1985

19:30

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

7 August 1985

19:30

Hungary	1–3	Nigeria
Marik 2'	Report	Momoh 17', 58' Igbinoba 60'

Hongkou Stadium, Shanghai

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Christopher Bambridge

Semi-finals

9 August 1985

19:30

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

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9 August 1985

19:30

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

11 August 1985

17:30

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

11 August 1985

19:30

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

• Marcel Witeczek

5 goals

• William

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

References

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

External links

• FIFA U-16 World Championship China PR 1985, FIFA.com
• FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)