# 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship

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

| Beijing | Dalian | Shanghai | Tianjin |
| Workers' Stadium | People's Stadium | Hongkou Stadium | Minyuan Stadium |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 32,220 | Capacity: 18,000 |
| BeijingDalianShanghaiTianjin ||||

## Qualified Teams

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | Host nation | China |
| AFC (Asia) | 1985 AFC U-16 Championship | Qatar Saudi Arabia |
| CAF (Africa) | 1985 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup | Congo Guinea Nigeria |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 1985 CONCACAF U-16 Championship | Costa Rica Mexico |
| CONCACAF (Central, North America and Caribbean) | 1983 CONCACAF U-17 Championship | United States |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1985 South American U-16 Championship | Argentina Brazil |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | Invitee | Bolivia |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1983 OFC U-17 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1982 UEFA European Under-16 Championship | Italy |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1984 UEFA European Under-16 Championship | West Germany |
| UEFA (Europe) | Invitee | Hungary |

## Squads

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

## Group stages
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Guinea | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | United States | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Bolivia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Australia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 6 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | West Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 3 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Argentina | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Congo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Costa Rica | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 5 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 2 | Brazil | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advanced to knockout stage |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 0 | |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| August 7 – Beijing | August 7 – Beijing | | | |
| China | 2 | | | |
| China | 2 | August 9 – Beijing | August 9 – Beijing | | |
| West Germany | 4 | August 9 – Beijing | August 9 – Beijing | |
| West Germany | 4 | West Germany | 4 | |
| August 7 – Dalian | August 7 – Dalian | | West Germany | 4 | |
| August 7 – Dalian | August 7 – Dalian | Brazil | 3 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | Brazil | 3 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | | | | August 11 – Beijing | August 11 – Beijing |
| Brazil | 2 | | | | August 11 – Beijing | August 11 – Beijing |
| Brazil | 2 | | | | West Germany | 0 |
| August 7 – Tianjin | August 7 – Tianjin | | | | | West Germany | 0 |
| August 7 – Tianjin | August 7 – Tianjin | | | | Nigeria | 2 |
| Australia | 0 (2) | | | | Nigeria | 2 |
| Australia | 0 (2) | August 9 – Shanghai | August 9 – Shanghai | | | |
| Guinea (pen.) | 0 (4) | August 9 – Shanghai | August 9 – Shanghai | | | |
| Guinea (pen.) | 0 (4) | Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | |
| August 7 – Shanghai | August 7 – Shanghai | | Nigeria (pen.) | 1 (4) | | | |
| August 7 – Shanghai | August 7 – Shanghai | Guinea | 1 (2) | | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 1 | Guinea | 1 (2) | | Third place | Third place |
| Hungary | 1 | | | | August 11 – Beijing | August 11 – Beijing |
| Nigeria | 3 | | | | August 11 – Beijing | August 11 – Beijing |
| Nigeria | 3 | | | | Brazil | 4 |
| | | | | | Guinea | 1 |

### 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
* Mauricio
* Xie Yuxin
* Herve Kakou
* Mohamed Soumah
* Mohamed Sylla
* Salifou Koita
* László Marik
* Zoltán Kanál
* Giorgio Bresciani
* Elias Ledesma
* Boushal Al Boushal
* Curtis Pride

### 1 goal

* Diego Álvarez
* Fernando Cáceres
* Lorenzo Frutos
* Craig Naven
* Stan Thodis
* Erwin Sánchez
* Marco Etcheverry
* Andre Cruz
* Marques
* Natalino Rodrigues Antunes
* Cao Xiandong
* Sun Bowei
* Tu Shengqiao
* Eric Mantot
* Etienne Salles
* Hernán Medford
* Lamine Touré (Guinean football player)
* Zsolt Huszák
* 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 | 10 | +3 | 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 | 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 |