# 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship

The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fifth edition FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 24 August to 7 September 1985. The tournament took place in ten venues within eight host cities — Baku, Yerevan, Leningrad, Minsk (2 stadiums), Moscow, Hoktemberyan, Tbilisi (2 stadiums) and Sumqayit — where a total of 32 matches were played. U20 Brazil successfully defended its title, defeating Spain, 1–0, in the final match at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

## Venues

10 different stadiums hosted the tournament in 8 host cities, divided among 5 Soviet republics: Armenian SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Azerbaijan SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Byelorussian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), Georgian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), and Russian SFSR (2 venues in 2 host cities).
| Moscow | Leningrad | Tbilisi | Tbilisi | Yerevan |
| Central Lenin Stadium | Kirov Stadium | Lenin Dinamo Stadium | Lokomotivi Stadium | Hrazdan Stadium |
| Capacity: 103,000 | Capacity: 72,000 | Capacity: 74,354 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 70,000 |
| MoscowLeningradTbilisiMinskYerevanHoktemberyanBakuSumqayit |||||
| Minsk | Minsk | Hoktemberyan | Baku | Sumqayit |
| Dinamo Stadium | Traktor Stadium | Yubileynyi Stadium | Vladimir Lenin Stadium | Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium |
| Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 17,600 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 15,500 |

## Qualification

| Confederation | Qualifying Tournament | Qualifier(s) |
| AFC (Asia) | 1985 AFC Youth Championship | China Saudi Arabia |
| CAF (Africa) | 1985 African Youth Championship | Nigeria Tunisia |
| CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1984 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament | Canada Mexico |
| CONMEBOL (South America) | 1985 South American Youth Championship | Brazil Colombia Paraguay |
| OFC (Oceania) | 1985 OFC U-20 Championship | Australia |
| UEFA (Europe) | Host nation | Soviet Union |
| UEFA (Europe) | 1984 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship | Bulgaria England Hungary Republic of Ireland Spain |
    1.^ Teams that made their debut.

## Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Bulgaria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Colombia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | |
* ↑ Colombia advanced by drawing.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Brazil | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Soviet Union (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Nigeria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
| 1 | Mexico | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | China | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| September 1 - Yerevan | September 1 - Yerevan | | | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | | | |
| Bulgaria | 1 | September 4 - Moscow | September 4 - Moscow | | |
| Spain | 2 | September 4 - Moscow | September 4 - Moscow | |
| Spain | 2 | Spain (pen.) | 2 (4) | |
| September 1 - Minsk | September 1 - Minsk | | Spain (pen.) | 2 (4) | |
| September 1 - Minsk | September 1 - Minsk | Soviet Union | 2 (3) | |
| Soviet Union | 1 | Soviet Union | 2 (3) | |
| Soviet Union | 1 | | | | September 7 - Moscow | September 7 - Moscow |
| China | 0 | | | | September 7 - Moscow | September 7 - Moscow |
| China | 0 | | | | Spain | 0 |
| September 1 - Tbilisi | September 1 - Tbilisi | | | | | Spain | 0 |
| September 1 - Tbilisi | September 1 - Tbilisi | | | | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Brazil | 6 | | | | Brazil (a.e.t.) | 1 |
| Brazil | 6 | September 4 - Leningrad | September 4 - Leningrad | | | |
| Colombia | 0 | September 4 - Leningrad | September 4 - Leningrad | | | |
| Colombia | 0 | Brazil | 2 | | | |
| September 1 - Baku | September 1 - Baku | | Brazil | 2 | | | |
| September 1 - Baku | September 1 - Baku | Nigeria | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mexico | 1 | Nigeria | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Mexico | 1 | | | | September 7 - Moscow | September 7 - Moscow |
| Nigeria | 2 | | | | September 7 - Moscow | September 7 - Moscow |
| Nigeria | 2 | | | | Soviet Union | 0 (1) |
| | | | | | Nigeria (pen.) | 0 (3) |

### Final
## Result

* 1985 World Youth Championship winners
* Brazil Second title

## Awards

| Golden Shoe | Golden Ball | FIFA Fair Play Award |
| Sebastián Losada | Paulo Silas | Colombia |

## Goalscorers

Sebastián Losada of Spain won the Golden Boot award for scoring three goals. In total, 80 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

### 3 goals

* Balalo
* Gérson
* Müller
* Alberto García Aspe
* Odiaka Monday
* Fernando Gómez Colomer
* Sebastián Losada

### 2 goals

* Dida
* Emil Kostadinov
* Gao Hongbo
* Gong Lei
* John Jairo Tréllez
* Attila Pintér
* Pál Fischer
* Mark Anunobi
* Oleg Kuzhlev
* Sergei Khudozhilov
* Valdas Ivanauskas

### 1 goal

* Cris Kalantzis
* John Panagis
* Henrique Arlindo Etges
* Luciano
* Paulo Silas
* Lyuboslav Penev
* Petar Mihtarski
* Radko Kalaydjiev
* Song Lianyong
* Felipe Pérez
* John Castaño
* Wilson Rodríguez
* Philip Priest
* Robert Wakenshaw
* János Zsinka
* Brian Mooney
* Pat Kelch
* Marcus Tuite
* Francisco Javier Cruz
* Héctor Becerra
* Ignacio Ambríz
* Víctor Medina
* Augustine Igbinabaro
* Niyi Adeleye
* Samson Siasia
* Jorge Cartaman
* Luis Jara
* Trigo Mereles
* Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
* Igor Sklyarov
* Gela Ketashvili
* Soso Chedia
* Vladimir Tatarchuk
* Ion Andoni Goikoetxea
* Marcelino
* Mohamed Abdelhak
* Sami Touati

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| 1 | Brazil | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 12 | Champions |
| 2 | Spain | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Runners-up |
| 3 | Nigeria | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 7 | Third place |
| 4 | Soviet Union (H) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Mexico | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 6 | China | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 7 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 8 | Colombia | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | Eliminated in Quarter-finals |
| 9 | Hungary | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 11 | Australia | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 12 | Paraguay | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 13 | England | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 14 | Canada | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 15 | Republic of Ireland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |
| 16 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 0 | Eliminated in Group stage |