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1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship


FieldValue
tourney_nameFIFA U-16 World Championship
year1985
other_titlesFIFA U-16 World Tournament for the Kodak Cup
1985 FIFA U-16世界锦标赛
countryChina
datesJuly 31 – August 11
num_teams16
confederations6
venues4
cities4
champion_other
count1
second_other
third_other
fourth_other
matches32
goals91
attendance1230976
top_scorerFRG Marcel Witeczek (8 goals)
playerBRA William
fair_play
nextseason[1987](1987-fifa-u-16-world-championship)

1985 FIFA U-16世界锦标赛

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, could participate in this tournament. The total attendance for the tournament was a record 1,230,976. The 2017 U-17 World Cup surpassed this, with a record attendance of 1,347,133.

Venues

BeijingDalianShanghaiTianjin
Workers' StadiumPeople's StadiumHongkou StadiumMinyuan Stadium
Capacity: **80,000**Capacity: **40,000**Capacity: **32,220**Capacity: **18,000**
[[File:Beijing Workers Stadium, August 19, 2008.jpg200px]][[File:Dalian People's Stadium.jpg200px]][[File:上海虹口足球场全貌.jpg200px]][[File:Minyuan Stadium 21416-Tianjin (49063957902).jpg200px]]

Qualified teams

ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)
AFC (Asia)Host nation
[1985 AFC U-16 Championship](1985-afc-u-16-championship)
CAF (Africa)[1985 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup](1985-african-u-16-qualifying-for-world-cup)
CONCACAF
(Central, North America and Caribbean)[1985 CONCACAF U-16 Championship](1985-concacaf-u-17-championship)
[1983 CONCACAF U-17 Championship](1983-concacaf-u-17-championship)
CONMEBOL (South America)[1985 South American U-16 Championship](1985-south-american-u-16-championship)
Invitee
OFC (Oceania)[1983 OFC U-17 Championship](1983-ofc-u-17-championship)
UEFA (Europe)[1982 UEFA European Under-16 Championship](1982-uefa-european-under-16-championship)
[1984 UEFA European Under-16 Championship](1984-uefa-european-under-16-championship)
Invitee

Squads

For full squad lists for the 1985 U-16 World Championship see 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.

Referees

Asia

  • KSA Fallaj Al-Shanar
  • CHN Chen Shengcai
  • CHN Cui Baoyin
  • CHN Zhang Daqiao
  • QAT Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah Africa
  • CGO Simon Bantsimba
  • GUI Karim Camara
  • NIG Alhati Salahudeen CONCACAF
  • CRC Carlos Alfaro
  • USA Angelo Bratsis
  • MEX Joaquin Urrea Reyes South America
  • BRA Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
  • ARG Carlos Espósito
  • BOL Juan Ortube Europe
  • HUN Miklós Nagy
  • ITA Claudio Pieri
  • FRG Karl-Heinz Tritschler Oceania
  • AUS Chris Bambridge

Group stages

Group A


Guo Zhuang Pride

Guo Zhuang
Sun Bowei Touré
Koita

Group B

Witeczek
Dammeier

Thodis

Frutos
Álvarez Mantot

Group C

Al Suraiti
Al Razgan
Al Fahad

Bresciani

Al Razgan Momoh
Babatunde

Group D

19:00 William 20:45

19:00 Ledesma 20:45

19:00 Marik
Kanál 20:45 Mauricio

Knockout stage

|August 7 – Beijing||2||4 |August 7 – Dalian||1||2 |August 7 – Tianjin||0 (2)| | |August 7 – Shanghai||1||3 |August 9 – Beijing||4||3 |August 9 – Shanghai| |||1 (2) |August 11 – Beijing||0||2 |||4||1

Quarter-finals

Tu Shengqiao Bi Sheng (2–4 pen.) Tianjin

Igbinoba

Semi-finals

Konerding Andre Cruz
Rodrigues

(4–2 pen.)

Third place play-off

Mauricio
William
Bismarck

Final

Igbinoba

Result

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

  • FRG Marcel Witeczek ;5 goals
  • BRA William ;4 goals
  • NGA Billa Momoh ;3 goals
  • BRA Bismarck Barreto Faria
  • CHN Guo Zhuang
  • NGA Victor Igbinoba
  • KSA Abdulaziz Al Razgan ;2 goals
  • ARG Hugo Maradona
  • AUS Paul Trimboli
  • BRA Mauricio
  • CHN Xie Yuxin
  • CGO Herve Kakou
  • GUI Mohamed Soumah
  • GUI Mohamed Sylla
  • GUI Salifou Koita
  • HUN László Marik
  • HUN Zoltán Kanál
  • ITA Giorgio Bresciani
  • MEX Elias Ledesma
  • KSA Boushal Al Boushal
  • USA Curtis Pride ;1 goal
  • ARG Diego Álvarez
  • ARG Fernando Cáceres
  • ARG Lorenzo Frutos
  • AUS Craig Naven
  • AUS Stan Thodis
  • BOL Erwin Sánchez
  • BOL Marco Etcheverry
  • BRA Andre Cruz
  • BRA Marques
  • BRA Natalino Rodrigues Antunes
  • CHN Cao Xiandong
  • CHN Sun Bowei
  • CHN Tu Shengqiao
  • CGO Eric Mantot
  • CGO Etienne Salles
  • CRC Hernán Medford
  • GUI Lamine Touré (Guinean football player)
  • HUN Zsolt Huszák
  • ITA Andrea Caverzan
  • MEX Francisco Cortes
  • NGA Fatai Atere
  • NGA Jonathan Akpoborie
  • NGA Joseph Babatunde
  • QAT Adel Al Abdulla
  • QAT Saleh Al Mohannadi
  • KSA Adel Al Dosary
  • KSA Nasser Al Fahad
  • KSA Saadoun Al Suraiti
  • USA Larry McPhail
  • FRG Detlev Dammeier
  • FRG Dirk Konerding
  • FRG Helmut Gabriel
  • FRG Klaus Mirwald ;Own goal
  • CHN Bi Sheng (playing against West Germany)

Final ranking

RankTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
16420102+8**10**
263121310+3**7**
36402138+5**8**
46222770**6**
**Eliminated in the quarter-finals**
5431041+3**7**
6421184+4**5**
7421153+2**5**
8421187+1**5**
**Eliminated at the group stage**
9311154+1**3**
103111330**3**
11310234–1**2**
12310235–2**2**
13301226–4**1**
143003410–6**0**
15300328–6**0**
16300319–8**0**

References

References

  1. "India could shatter Under 17 World Cup attendance record". The Times of India.
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