1985 CONCACAF Championship

1985 CONCACAF Championship
CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Dates February 24 – September 14
Teams (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions  Canada (1st title)
Runners-up  Honduras
Third place  Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played 24
Goals scored 54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s) Roberto Figueroa

The 1985 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition held under the format of serving as qualification to the World Cup (Mexico 1986) and the first to have no host nation for the final round. 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 title and clinched qualification on September 14, 1985 to participate in their first ever World Cup after beating Honduras 2-1 at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland.

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Qualification

Final tournament

First round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Honduras 6 4 2 2 0 5 3 +2
2  El Salvador 5 4 2 1 1 7 2 +5
3  Suriname 1 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7

Honduras advanced to the Second Round.

24 February 1985
Suriname  0 – 3  El Salvador {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)
Mauricio Alfaro
Ever Hernandez
Wilfredo Huezo

27 February 1985
El Salvador  3 – 0  Suriname {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Escobar López (Guatemala)
José María Rivas
Baltazar Zapata

3 March 1985
Suriname  1 – 1  Honduras {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Negreros Castellanos (Guatemala)
Rinaldo Entingh Eduardo Laing

6 March 1985
Honduras  2 – 1  Suriname {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Alfaro Venegas (Costa Rica)
José Roberto Figueroa Kenneth Stewart

10 March 1985
El Salvador  1 – 2  Honduras {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Socha (United States)
Rivas Bailey
Laing

14 March 1985
Honduras  0 – 0  El Salvador {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Evangelists (Canada)

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Canada 7 4 3 1 0 7 2 +5
2  Guatemala 5 4 2 1 1 7 3 +4
3  Haiti 0 4 0 0 4 0 9 −9

Canada advanced to the second round.

13 April 1985
Canada  2 – 0  Haiti {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Bratsis (United States)
Vrablic  30'
Sweeney  41'

20 April 1985
Canada  2 – 1  Guatemala {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Codesal Mendez (Mexico)
Mitchell  22'43' Gómez  66'

26 April 1985
Haiti  0 – 1  Guatemala {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Bellion (United States)
Estrada

5 May 1985
Guatemala  1 – 1  Canada {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)
B. Perez  42' Mitchell  39'

8 May 1985
Haiti  0 – 2  Canada {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Osborne (Bermuda)
Mitchell  14'
Vrablic  56'

15 May 1985
Guatemala  4 – 0  Haiti {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Martinez Mejia (Honduras)
Chacon  44'
Galindo  48'
Funes  62'
B. Perez  71'

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 6 4 2 2 0 6 2 +4
2  United States 5 4 2 1 1 4 3 +1
3  Trinidad and Tobago 1 4 0 1 3 2 7 −5

Costa Rica advanced to the second round.

24 April 1985
Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 3  Costa Rica {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Martinez Mejia (Honduras)
Lacey
Nobrega
Williams

28 April 1985
Costa Rica  1 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Mendez Molina (Guatemala)
Vlate De Noon

15 May 1985
Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 2  United States {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Alien (Canada)
Fonrose Borja
Peterson

19 May 1985
United States  1 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Leanza Sansone (Mexico)
Paul Caligiuri  15'

26 May 1985
Costa Rica  1 – 1  United States {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Urrea Reyes (Mexico)
Ramirez  42' Keer  44'

31 May 1985
United States  0 – 1  Costa Rica {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Meachin (Canada)
Evaristo Coronado  35'

Final round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Canada 6 4 2 2 0 4 2 +2
2  Honduras 3 4 1 1 2 6 6 0
3  Costa Rica 3 4 0 3 1 4 6 −2

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

11 August 1985
Costa Rica  2 – 2  Honduras {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Bellion (United States)
Solano  19'
Williams  81'
Figueroa  8' (pen.)
Betancourt  24'

17 August 1985
Canada  1 – 1  Costa Rica {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Mendoza Guillan (Mexico)
James  58' Williams  12'

25 August 1985
Honduras  0 – 1  Canada {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Marshall (Bermuda)
Pakos  58'

1 September 1985
Costa Rica  0 – 0  Canada {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador)

8 September 1985
Honduras  3 – 1  Costa Rica {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Ramcharan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Figueroa  51'66' (pen.)
Betancourt  40'
Guimaraes  7'

14 September 1985
Canada  2 – 1  Honduras {{{stadium}}}
Referee: Mendez Molina (Guatemala)
Pakos  15'
Vrablic  61'
Betancourt  49'
1985 CONCACAF Championship Winners

Canada
First Title

Topscorers

5 Goals

4 Goals

3 Goals

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