1985 CONCACAF Championship

1985 CONCACAF Championship
CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Dates 24 February – 14 September
Teams 9 (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) Honduras José Roberto Figueroa (5 goals)

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 title and clinched qualification on 14 September 1985 to participate in their first ever World Cup after beating Honduras 2-1 at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Qualification

Final tournament

First round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Honduras 6422053+2
2  El Salvador 5421172+5
3  Suriname 1401329−7

Honduras advanced to the Second Round.

24 February 1985
Suriname  0 – 3  El Salvador
Mauricio Alfaro
Ever Hernandez
Wilfredo Huezo

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

3 March 1985
Suriname  1 – 1  Honduras
Rinaldo Entingh Eduardo Laing
Tegucigalpa, Honduras[1]
Referee: Negreros Castellanos (Guatemala)

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

14 March 1985
Honduras  0 – 0  El Salvador

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Canada 7431072+5
2  Guatemala 5421173+4
3  Haiti 0400409−9

Canada advanced to the second round.

13 April 1985
Canada  2 – 0  Haiti
Igor Vrablic  30'
Mike Sweeney  41'
Victoria, Canada
Referee: Bratsis (United States)

20 April 1985
Canada  2 – 1  Guatemala
Dale Mitchell  22', 43' Gómez  66'
Victoria, Canada
Referee: Codesal Méndez (Mexico)

26 April 1985
Haiti  0 – 1  Guatemala
Estrada

5 May 1985
Guatemala  1 – 1  Canada
B. Pérez  42' Dale Mitchell  39'

8 May 1985
Haiti  0 – 2  Canada
Dale Mitchell  14'
Igor Vrablic  56'
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Referee: Osborne (Bermuda)

15 May 1985
Guatemala  4 – 0  Haiti
Raúl Chacón  44'
Galindo  48'
Juan Manuel Funes  62'
B. Perez  71'
Guatemala City, Guatemala
Referee: Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 6422062+4
2  United States 5421143+1
3  Trinidad and Tobago 1401327−5

Costa Rica advanced to the second round.

24 April 1985
Trinidad and Tobago  0 – 3  Costa Rica
Lacey
Nobrega
Williams
San José, Costa Rica[2]
Referee: Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

28 April 1985
Costa Rica  1 – 1  Trinidad and Tobago
Vlate De Noon
San José, Costa Rica
Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

15 May 1985
Trinidad and Tobago  1 – 2  United States
Fonrose Chico Borja
Mark Peterson  89'
St. Louis, United States[2]
Referee: Alien (Canada)

19 May 1985
United States  1 – 0  Trinidad and Tobago
Paul Caligiuri  15'
Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States
Referee: Leanza Sansone (Mexico)

26 May 1985
Costa Rica  1 – 1  United States
Oscar Ramírez  42' John Kerr, Jr.  44'
Alajuela, Costa Rica
Referee: Urrea Reyes (Mexico)

Final round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Canada 6422042+2
2  Honduras 34112660
3  Costa Rica 3403146−2

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

11 August 1985
Costa Rica  2 – 2  Honduras
Alvaro Solano  19'
Johnny Williams  81' 		José Roberto Figueroa  8' (pen.)
Porfirio Armando Betancourt  24'

17 August 1985
Canada  1 – 1  Costa Rica
James  58' Williams  12'
Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 13,486[3]
Referee: Mendoza Guillan (Mexico)

25 August 1985
Honduras  0 – 1  Canada
George Pakos  58'
Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 37,000[4]
Referee: Marshall (Bermuda)

1 September 1985
Costa Rica  0 – 0  Canada
Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 23,398[5]
Referee: Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador)

8 September 1985
Honduras  3 – 1  Costa Rica
Porfirio Armando Betancourt  40'
José Roberto Figueroa  51', 66' (pen.) 		Alexandre Guimaraes  7'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Referee: Ramcharan (Trinidad and Tobago)

14 September 1985
Canada  2 – 1  Honduras
George Pakos  15'
Igor Vrablic  61' 		Porfirio Armando Betancourt  49'
King George V Park, St. John's, Canada
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)
1985 CONCACAF Championship Winners

Canada
First Title

Topscorers

5 Goals

4 Goals

3 Goals

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
  3. ↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=211&t=game_summary_soccer_new
  4. ↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=212&t=game_summary_soccer_new
  5. ↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=213&t=game_summary_soccer_new

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