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(Top) 1 Qualification 2 Teams 3 Final tournament 3.1 First round 3.1.1 Group 1 3.1.2 Group 2 3.1.3 Group 3 3.2 Final round 4 Qualified teams 5 Goalscorers 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

1985 CONCACAF Championship

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1985 CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Dates	24 February – 14 September
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Canada (1st title)
Runners-up	Honduras
Third place	Costa Rica
Tournament statistics
Matches played	24
Goals scored	54 (2.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	José Roberto Figueroa (5 goals)
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CONCACAF era

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 ParkinSt. John's, Newfoundland.^[1]

Qualification[edit]

Teams[edit]

Final tournament[edit]

First round[edit]

Group 1[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Honduras (A)	4	2	2	0	5	3	+2	6
2	El Salvador	4	2	1	1	7	2	+5	5
3	Suriname	4	0	1	3	2	9	−7	1

Source: RSSSF El Balon Cuscatleco
(A) Advanced to final round

24 February 1985

Suriname	0–3	El Salvador
		Alfaro 25' Huezo 52' Hernández 89'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador^[2]

Attendance: 35,652

Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

27 February 1985

El Salvador	3–0	Suriname
Rivas 49', 87' Zapata 70'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 18,918

Referee: Mario Escobar López (Guatemala)

3 March 1985

Suriname	1–1	Honduras
Entingh 32'		Laing 40'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras^[2]

Attendance: 35,000

Referee: Mamerto Negreros (Guatemala)

6 March 1985

Honduras	2–1	Suriname
Figueroa 9', 77'		Stjeward 86'

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 27,453

Referee: Alfaro Venegas (Costa Rica)

10 March 1985

El Salvador	1–2	Honduras
Rivas 63'		Bailey 1' Laing 77'

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador

Attendance: 51,555

Referee: David Socha (United States)

14 March 1985

Honduras	0–0	El Salvador

Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 38,175

Referee: Tony Evangelista (Canada)

Group 2[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada (A)	4	3	1	0	7	2	+5	7
2	Guatemala	4	2	1	1	7	3	+4	5
3	Haiti	4	0	0	4	0	9	−9	0

Source: RSSSF
(A) Advanced to final round

13 April 1985

Canada	2–0	Haiti
Vrablic 30' Sweeney 41'

Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Angelo Bratsis (United States)

20 April 1985

Canada	2–1	Guatemala
Mitchell 22', 43'		Gómez 66'

Royal Athletic Park, Victoria, Canada

Attendance: 5,000

Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

26 April 1985

Haiti	0–1	Guatemala
		Estrada 79'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)

5 May 1985

Guatemala	1–1	Canada
B. Pérez 42'		Mitchell 39'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Attendance: 60,000

Referee: Luis Paulino Siles (Costa Rica)

8 May 1985

Haiti	0–2	Canada
		Mitchell 14' Vrablic 56'

Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Rex Osborne (Bermuda)

15 May 1985

Guatemala	4–0	Haiti
Chacón 44' Galindo 48' Funes 62' Solórzano 71'

Estadio Doroteo Guamuch Flores, Guatemala City, Guatemala

Referee: Rodolfo Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

Group 3[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Costa Rica (A)	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6
2	United States	4	2	1	1	4	3	+1	5
3	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0	1	3	2	7	−5	1

Source: RSSSF US Soccer History
(A) Advanced to final round

24 April 1985

Trinidad and Tobago	0–3	Costa Rica
		Williams 15' Lacey 65' Nóbrega 79'

Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica^[3]

Attendance: 9,689

Referee: Rodolfo Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

28 April 1985

Costa Rica	1–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Ulate 57'		De Noon 18'

Estadio Ricardo Saprissa Aymá, San Juan de Tibás, Costa Rica

Attendance: 10,839

Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)

15 May 1985

United States	2–1	Trinidad and Tobago
Borja 29' Peterson 89'		Fonrose 19'

Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States

Attendance: 15,823

Referee: Robert Allen (Canada)

19 May 1985

Trinidad and Tobago	0–1	United States
		Caligiuri 15'

Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States^[3]

Attendance: 6,115

Referee: Jorge Leanza Sansone (Mexico)

26 May 1985

Costa Rica	1–1	United States
Ramírez 42'		Kerr 44'

Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto, Alajuela, Costa Rica

Attendance: 20,173

Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes (Mexico)

31 May 1985

United States	0–1	Costa Rica
		Coronado 35'

Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States

Attendance: 11,800

Referee: John Meachin (Canada)

Final round[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada (C)	4	2	2	0	4	2	+2	6	1986 FIFA World Cup	—	2–1	1–1
2	Honduras	4	1	1	2	6	6	0	3		0–1	—	3–1
3	Costa Rica	4	0	3	1	4	6	−2	3		0–0	2–2	—

Source: RSSSF
(C) Champions

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

11 August 1985

Costa Rica	2–2	Honduras
Solano 19' Williams 81'		Figueroa 8' (pen.) Betancourt 24'

Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 20,043

Referee: Edward Bellion (United States)

17 August 1985

Canada	1–1	Costa Rica
James 58'		Williams 12'

Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada

Attendance: 13,486^[4]

Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén (Mexico)

25 August 1985

Honduras	0–1	Canada
		Pakos 58'

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Attendance: 37,000^[5]

Referee: Charles Marshall (Bermuda)

1 September 1985

Costa Rica	0–0	Canada

Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica

Attendance: 23,398^[6]

Referee: José Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador)

8 September 1985

Honduras	3–1	Costa Rica
Betancourt 40' Figueroa 51', 56' (pen.)		Guimarães 7'

Estadio Nacional, Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Referee: Richard Ramcharan (Trinidad and Tobago)

14 September 1985

Canada	2–1	Honduras
Pakos 15' Vrablic 61'		Betancourt 49'

King George V Park, St. John's, Canada

Attendance: 13,000

Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala)

1985 CONCACAF Championship winners
Canada First title

Qualified teams[edit]

The following team from CONCACAF qualified for the final tournament.

Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearancesinFIFA World Cup¹
Canada	Final round winners	14 September 1985	0 (debut)

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

Goalscorers[edit]

5 goals

José Roberto Figueroa

4 goals

Dale Mitchell

3 goals

Igor Vrablic

Johnny Williams

José María Rivas

Porfirio Armando Betancourt

2 goals

George Pakos

Byron Pérez

Eduardo Laing

1 goal

Mike Sweeney

Eduardo Estrada Aquino

References[edit]

^ "That one time Canada made it to the World Cup". CBC Sports. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.

^ ^a ^b All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.

^ ^a ^b All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.

^ "Canada Soccer". canadasoccer.com. 21 November 2019.

External links[edit]

CONCACAF Championship

Editions

Qualification

Successor: CONCACAF Gold Cup (since 1991)

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