1985 CONCACAF Championship

1985 CONCACAF Championship

CONCACAF Championship
Tournament details
Dates	February 24 – September 14
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)	Roberto Figueroa

The 1985 CONCACAF Championship was the fourth edition held under the format of serving as qualification to the World Cup (Mexico 1986) and the first to have no host nation for the final round. 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 title and clinched qualification on September 14, 1985 to participate in their first ever World Cup after beating Honduras 2-1 at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Qualification

Main article: 1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification

Tournament

Group Stage

Group 1

All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.

February 24, 1985, San Salvador, El Salvador - Suriname 0 - 3 El Salvador

February 27, 1985, San Salvador, El Salvador - El Salvador 3 - 0 Suriname

March 3, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Suriname 1 - 1 Honduras

March 6, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras 2 - 1 Suriname

March 10, 1985, San Salvador, El Salvador - El Salvador 1 - 2 Honduras

March 14, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras 0 - 0 El Salvador

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Honduras	6	4	2	2	0	5	3	2
2	El Salvador	5	4	2	1	1	7	2	5
3	Suriname	1	4	0	1	3	2	9	-7

Honduras advanced to the second round.

Group 2

April 13, 1985, Victoria, Canada - Canada 2 - 0 Haiti

April 20, 1985, Victoria, Canada - Canada 2 - 1 Guatemala

April 26, 1985, Port au Prince, Haiti - Haiti 0 - 1 Guatemala

May 5, 1985, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 1 - 1 Canada

May 8, 1985, Port au Prince, Haiti - Haiti 0 - 2 Canada

May 15, 1985, Guatemala City, Guatemala - Guatemala 4 - 0 Haiti

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Canada	7	4	3	1	0	7	2	5
2	Guatemala	5	4	2	1	1	7	3	4
3	Haiti	0	4	0	0	4	0	9	-9

Canada advanced to the second round.

Group 3

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

April 24, 1985, San José, Costa Rica - Trinidad and Tobago 0 - 3 Costa Rica

April 28, 1985, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 1 - 1 Trinidad and Tobago

May 15, 1985, Saint Louis, USA - United States 2 - 1 Trinidad and Tobago

May 19, 1985, Torrance, California, USA - Trinidad and Tobago 0 - 1 United States

May 26, 1985, Alajuela, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 1 - 1 United States

May 31, 1985, Torrance, California, USA - United States 0 - 1 Costa Rica

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Costa Rica	6	4	2	2	0	6	2	4
2	United States	5	4	2	1	1	4	3	1
3	Trinidad and Tobago	1	4	0	1	3	2	7	-5

Costa Rica advanced to the second round.

Second Round

August 11, 1985, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 2 - 2 Honduras

August 17, 1985, Toronto, Canada - Canada 1 - 1 Costa Rica

August 25, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras 0 - 1 Canada

September 1, 1985, San José, Costa Rica - Costa Rica 0 - 0 Canada

September 8, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - Honduras 3 - 1 Costa Rica

September 14, 1985, St. John's, Canada - Canada 2 - 1 Honduras

Rank	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1	Canada	6	4	2	2	0	4	2	2
2	Honduras	3	4	1	1	2	6	6	0
3	Costa Rica	3	4	0	3	1	4	6	-2

Result

1985 CONCACAF Championship Winners
Canada First Title

Canada qualified for Mexico 1986.

Topscorers

5 Goals

• Roberto Figueroa

4 Goals

• Dale Mitchell

3 Goals

• Porfirio Armando Betancourt
• Johnny Williams
• Igor Vrablic

External links

• CONCACAF Championship 1985 on RSSSF Archive