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1985 CONCACAF Championship

FieldValue
tourney_nameCONCACAF Championship
year1985
caption1995 CONCACAF Championship official logo
dates24 February – 14 September
num_teams9
confederations1
championCAN
count1
secondHON
second-flagvar1949
thirdCRC
matches24
goals54
top_scorerHON José Roberto Figueroa (5 goals)
prevseason[1981](1981-concacaf-championship)
nextseason[1989](1989-concacaf-championship)

| second-flagvar = 1949 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 major title and clinched qualification on 14 September 1985 to participate in their first World Cup after beating Honduras 2–1 at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Qualification

Main article: 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Teams

Final tournament

First round

Group 1

Huezo
Hernández

Zapata

Laing

Group 2

Sweeney

Vrablic

Galindo Funes Solórzano

Group 3

Lacey Nóbrega

Peterson

Final round

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Williams Betancourt

Figueroa

Vrablic

Qualified teams

Canada won the 1985 CONCACAF Championship and thereby qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

TeamQualified asQualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup**[1](1)**
0 (debut)

:1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

;5 goals

  • HON José Roberto Figueroa

;4 goals

  • CAN Dale Mitchell

;3 goals

  • CAN Igor Vrablic
  • CRC Johnny Williams
  • SLV José María Rivas
  • HON Porfirio Armando Betancourt

;2 goals

  • CAN George Pakos
  • GUA Byron Pérez
  • HON Eduardo Laing

;1 goal

  • CAN Mike Sweeney
  • CAN Paul James
  • CRC Alexandre Guimarães
  • CRC Alvaro Solano
  • CRC Evaristo Coronado
  • CRC Miguel Lacey
  • CRC Milton Noriega
  • CRC Oscar Ramírez
  • CRC Jorge Manuel Ulate
  • SLV Baltazar Zapata
  • SLV Ever Hernández
  • SLV Mauricio Alfaro
  • SLV Wilfredo Huezo
  • GUA Eduardo Estrada Aquino
  • GUA Raul Galindo
  • GUA Julio Gómez Rendón
  • GUA Juan Manuel Funes
  • GUA Raúl Chacón
  • HON Roberto Bailey
  • SUR Kenneth Stewart
  • SUR Rinaldo Entingh
  • TRI Necik De Noon
  • TRI Adrian Fonrose
  • USA Chico Borja
  • USA John Kerr, Jr.
  • USA Mark Peterson
  • USA Paul Caligiuri

References

References

  1. (6 July 2018). "That one time Canada made it to the World Cup". [[CBC Sports]].
  2. All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
  3. All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
  4. (21 November 2019). "Canada Soccer".
  5. (21 November 2019). "Canada Soccer".
  6. (21 November 2019). "Canada Soccer".
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