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| Event | 1984-85 Soviet Cup | ||||||
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| Date | 23 June 1985 | ||||||
| Venue | Tsentralny Stadion imeni Lenina, Moscow | ||||||
| Referee | Valeriy Butenko (Moscow) | ||||||
| Attendance | 53,200 | ||||||
The 1985 Soviet Cup Final was a football match that took place at the Lenin's Central Stadium, Moscow on June 23, 1985. The match was the 44th Soviet Cup Final and it was contested by FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC Shakhtar Donetsk. The Soviet Cup winner Dinamo won the cup for the seventh time. The last year defending holders Dinamo Moscow were eliminated in the round of 16 of the competition by Dinamo Kiev on penalties.
It was fourth and the last all-Ukrainian Soviet Cup final.
All sixteen Soviet Top League clubs did not have to go through qualification to get into the competition, so Dinamo and Shakhter both qualified for the competition automatically.
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).
| Dinamo Kiev | Round | Shakhter Donetsk | ||
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| Opponent | Result | 1984–85 Soviet Cup | Opponent | Result |
| Nistru Kishinev (A) | 4–2 | First round | Kotaik Abovyan (A) | 3–1 |
| Dinamo Moscow (H) | 1–1 ( a.e.t. )(6–5 p ) | Second round | Ararat Yerevan (H) | 2–1 |
| Kairat Alma-Ata (H) | 2–1 | Quarter-finals | Dnepr Dnepropetrovsk (H) | 2–1 |
| Iskra Smolensk (H) | 3–0 | Semi-finals | Zenit Leningrad (H) | 0–0 ( a.e.t. )(4–2 p ) |
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| Dinamo Kiev | 2 – 1 | Shakhter Donetsk |
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Demianenko  56'Blokhin 58' | Report | Morozov 68' |
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| Soviet Cup 1985 Winners |
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| Dynamo Kyiv Seventh title |
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