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, 1985
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	735,000 (22,969 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marcel Witeczek (8 goals)
Best player	William

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 can participate in this tournament.

Venues

City	Stadium	Capacity
Beijing	Workers' Stadium	80,000
Tianjin	Hongqiao Stadium	20,000
Dalian	People's Stadium	40,000
Shanghai	Hongkou Stadium	30,220

Qualified Teams

Africa (1985 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup)

•  Congo
•  Guinea
•  Nigeria

Asia (1985 AFC U-17 Championship)

•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia

Europe

•  Hungary (By invitation)
•  Italy (As winner of 1982 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship)
•  West Germany (As winner of 1984 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship)

North America (1985 CONCACAF U-16 Championship)

•  Costa Rica
•  Mexico
•  United States (As winner of 1983 CONCACAF U-16 Championship)

South America (1985 South American Under-16 Football Championship)

•  Argentina
•  Bolivia (By invitation)
•  Brazil

Oceania (1983 OFC U-17 Championship)

•  Australia

Host Nation Automatically qualified

•  China PR

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 Diqiao 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 Miklos Nagy Claudio Pieri Karl-Heinz Tritschler Oceania Chris Bambridge

Group stages

Group A

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
China PR	5	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
Guinea	4	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3
United States	2	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2
Bolivia	1	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4

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Group B

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Australia	6	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3
West Germany	3	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2
Argentina	3	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1
Congo	0	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6

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Group C

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Saudi Arabia	5	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5
Nigeria	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
Italy	2	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1
Costa Rica	0	3	0	0	3	1	9	−8

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Group D

Teams	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Hungary	5	3	2	1	0	4	0	+4
Brazil	4	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
Mexico	3	3	1	1	1	3	3	0
Qatar	0	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6

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Knockout stages

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	August 7 - Beijing
	China PR	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 (pen.)	0 (4)
					Nigeria (pen.)	1 (4)			Third place
	August 7 - Shanghai
					Guinea	1 (2)
	Hungary	1							Brazil	4
	Nigeria	3							Guinea	1
									August 11 - Beijing

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Third place play-off

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Final

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 Xie Yuxin Herve Kakou Mohamed Soumah

Mohamed Sylla Salifou Koita Laszlo Marik Zoltan Kanal

Giorgio Bresciani Elias Ledesma Boushal Al Boushal Curtis Pride

1 goal

Diego Alvarez Fernando Caceres Lorenzo Frutos Craig Naven Stan Thodis Erwin Sánchez Marco Etcheverry Andre Cruz Marques Mauricio Mauricio Maciel Pires Natalino Rodrigues Antunes

Cao Xiandong Sun Bowei Tu Shengqiao Eric Mantot Etienne Salles Hernán Medford Lamine Toure Zsolt Huszak 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	8	+5	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 PR	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

External links

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

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