1985 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

1985 CONCACAF U-17 Championship
Campeonato Sub-16 CONCACAF 1985 (in Spanish)
Tournament details
Host countryMexico
Dates13–26 April
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Mexico (1st title)
Runners-up Costa Rica
Third place Canada
Fourth place Honduras
Tournament statistics
Matches played26
Goals scored100 (3.85 per match)
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The 1985 CONCACAF U-16 Championship was the second tournament in the Under-16 category organized by the CONCACAF, and it also served as qualifying tournament for the U-16 World Cup to be held at China. Mexico hosted the event between April 13 and 26, and Mexico (as champion) and Costa Rica (as runner-up) won the two spots for China 1985.

Competition format

The first stage consisted of two groups, one with five teams and another with four teams, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semifinals. In the second round, the champion and runner-up obtained qualification spots for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship in China.

First stage

Group A

TeamGPWDLGFGAGDPts
Mexico Mexico4400270+278
Honduras Honduras4301113+86
Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles4202713−64
Panama Panama4103419−152
Guatemala Guatemala4004317−140
Honduras 4–0Panama Panama
Gayre, Pineda x3 Report
Centro Nacional de Capacitaciones, México City
Mexico 9–0Netherlands Antilles Netherlands Antilles
Ledezma x4, Raya x2, Castillo x2, Ramirez Report[link removed]
Honduras 4–1Guatemala Guatemala
E.Pineda 43', M.Pineda 68, Urbina 73', Ramirez 80' Report[link removed] Orozco 53' (pen.)
Mexico 10–0Panama Panama
Ledezma 20' 45' 49' 76' 80', Castillo 15' 25' 29', Ortiz 9' 28' Report[link removed]
Netherlands Antilles 3–1Panama Panama
Rosina 1' 56', Martina 71' Report[link removed] Ariza
Mexico 7–0Guatemala Guatemala
Raya 24' 26' 62', Castillo 11', De la Fuente 30', Ortiz 64', Ledezma 66' Report
Netherlands Antilles 3–0Guatemala Guatemala
Shurswin 9', Martinus 75', Wensley 76' Report
Mexico 1–0Honduras Honduras
Ledezma 28' Report
Netherlands Antilles 1–3Honduras Honduras
Hoor 40' Report Pineda 4' 57'
Rivas 9'
Panama 3–2Guatemala Guatemala
Ariza 10' 67', Barrett 60' Report Esposito 44' 76'

Group B

TeamGPWDLGFGAGDPts
 Canada3210106+45
 Costa Rica312075+24
 Trinidad and Tobago302158−32
 El Salvador301269−31
Trinidad and Tobago 3–3 El Salvador
Latapy 16' 70', Lee 30' Report[link removed] N.N. 25', N.N. 37', N.N. 75'
Canada 3–3 Costa Rica
Vrablic 42', Mobilio 54' 74' Report[link removed] Medford 8' 10, Roses 20'
Canada 4–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Mobilio 3' 21', Fitzgerald 15', Vrablic 47' Report[link removed] Wayne 5'
Costa Rica 3–1 El Salvador
Quesada 33' pen 64' pen, Wanchope 46' Report[link removed] Martinez 75'
Costa Rica 1–1 Trinidad and Tobago
Cordoba Report[link removed] Latapy
Canada 3–2 El Salvador
Vrablic, Mobilio x2 Report[link removed] ?

Second stage

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 10 1 +9 5 Qualified to 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2  Costa Rica 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 5
3  Canada 3 0 1 2 2 6 −4 1
4  Honduras 3 0 1 2 2 10 −8 1
Source:
22 May 1985 Costa Rica  3–1  Honduras Mexico City, Mexico
Medford
Ramírez
Rosses 		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes
22 May 1985 Mexico  3–0  Canada Mexico City, Mexico
Ortiz
Castillo
Raya 		Stadium: Estadio Ciudad de los Deportes

Mexico and Costa Rica qualified to the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship in China.

USA also qualified by way of winning the 1983 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

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