1985 CONCACAF Championship

1985 CONCACAF Championship
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)

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 title and clinched qualification on 14 September 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

Final tournament

First round

Group 1

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.

Suriname v El Salvador

24 February 1985

Suriname	0 – 3	El Salvador
		Mauricio Alfaro Ever Hernandez Wilfredo Huezo

San Salvador, El Salvador^[1]
Referee: Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

El Salvador v Suriname

27 February 1985

El Salvador	3 – 0	Suriname
José María Rivas Baltazar Zapata

San Salvador, El Salvador
Referee: Escobar López (Guatemala)

Suriname v Honduras

3 March 1985

Suriname	1 – 1	Honduras
Rinaldo Entingh		Eduardo Laing

Tegucigalpa, Honduras^[1]
Referee: Negreros Castellanos (Guatemala)

Honduras v Suriname

6 March 1985

Honduras	2 – 1	Suriname
José Roberto Figueroa		Kenneth Stewart

Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Referee: Alfaro Venegas (Costa Rica)

El Salvador v Honduras

10 March 1985

El Salvador	1 – 2	Honduras
José María Rivas		Roberto Bailey Eduardo Laing

Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador
Referee: Socha (United States)

Honduras v El Salvador

14 March 1985

Honduras	0 – 0	El Salvador

Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Referee: Evangelista (Canada)

Group 2

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.

Canada v Haiti

13 April 1985

Canada	2 – 0	Haiti
Igor Vrablic 30' Mike Sweeney 41'

Victoria, Canada
Referee: Bratsis (United States)

Canada v Guatemala

20 April 1985

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

Victoria, Canada
Referee: Codesal Méndez (Mexico)

Haiti v Guatemala

26 April 1985

Haiti	0 – 1	Guatemala
		Estrada

Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Referee: Bellion (United States)

Guatemala v Canada

5 May 1985

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

Guatemala City, Guatemala
Referee: Siles Calderón (Costa Rica)

Haiti v Canada

8 May 1985

Haiti	0 – 2	Canada
		Dale Mitchell 14' Igor Vrablic 56'

Port-au-Prince, Haiti
Referee: Osborne (Bermuda)

Guatemala v Haiti

15 May 1985

Guatemala	4 – 0	Haiti
Raúl Chacón 44' Galindo 48' Juan Manuel Funes 62' B. Perez 71'

Guatemala City, Guatemala
Referee: Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

Group 3

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.

Trinidad and Tobago v Costa Rica

24 April 1985

Trinidad and Tobago	0 – 3	Costa Rica
		Lacey Nobrega Williams

San José, Costa Rica^[2]
Referee: Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

Costa Rica v Trinidad and Tobago

28 April 1985

Costa Rica	1 – 1	Trinidad and Tobago
Vlate		De Noon

San José, Costa Rica
Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

Trinidad and Tobago v United States

15 May 1985

Trinidad and Tobago	1 – 2	United States
Fonrose		Chico Borja Mark Peterson 89'

St. Louis, United States^[2]
Referee: Alien (Canada)

United States v Trinidad and Tobago

19 May 1985

United States	1 – 0	Trinidad and Tobago
Paul Caligiuri 15'

Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States
Referee: Leanza Sansone (Mexico)

Costa Rica v United States

26 May 1985

Costa Rica	1 – 1	United States
Oscar Ramírez 42'		John Kerr, Jr. 44'

Alajuela, Costa Rica
Referee: Urrea Reyes (Mexico)

United States v Costa Rica

31 May 1985

United States	0 – 1	Costa Rica
		Evaristo Coronado 35'

Murdock Stadium, Torrance, United States
Referee: Meachin (Canada)

Final round

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

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Costa Rica v Honduras

11 August 1985

Costa Rica	2 – 2	Honduras
Alvaro Solano 19' Johnny Williams 81'		José Roberto Figueroa 8' (pen.) Porfirio Armando Betancourt 24'

San José, Costa Rica
Referee: Bellion (United States)

Canada v Costa Rica

17 August 1985

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

Varsity Stadium, Toronto, Canada
Attendance: 13,486^[3]
Referee: Mendoza Guillan (Mexico)

Honduras v Canada

25 August 1985

Honduras	0 – 1	Canada
		George Pakos 58'

Estadio Tiburcio Carías Andino, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Attendance: 37,000^[4]
Referee: Marshall (Bermuda)

Costa Rica v Canada

1 September 1985

Costa Rica	0 – 0	Canada

Estadio Nacional, San José, Costa Rica
Attendance: 23,398^[5]
Referee: Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador)

Honduras v Costa Rica

8 September 1985

Honduras	3 – 1	Costa Rica
Porfirio Armando Betancourt 40' José Roberto Figueroa 51', 66' (pen.)		Alexandre Guimaraes 7'

Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Referee: Ramcharan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Canada v Honduras

14 September 1985

Canada	2 – 1	Honduras
George Pakos 15' Igor Vrablic 61'		Porfirio Armando Betancourt 49'

King George V Park, St. John's, Canada
Attendance: 13,000
Referee: Méndez Molina (Guatemala)

1985 CONCACAF Championship Winners
Canada First Title

Goalscorers

5 goals

José Roberto Figueroa

4 goals

Dale Mitchell

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Mike Sweeney
Paul James
Alexandre Guimarães
Alvaro Solano
Evaristo Coronado
Lacey
Nobrega
Oscar Ramírez
Vlate
Baltazar Zapata
Ever Hernández
Mauricio Alfaro
Wilfredo Huezo
Estrada
Galindo
Gómez
Juan Manuel Funes
Raúl Chacón
Roberto Bailey
Kenneth Stewart
Rinaldo Entingh
De Noon
Fonrose
Chico Borja
John Kerr, Jr.
Mark Peterson
Paul Caligiuri

References

1 2 All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
1 2 All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=211&t=game_summary_soccer_new
↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=212&t=game_summary_soccer_new
↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=213&t=game_summary_soccer_new

Notes

To date, this was the last time that United States failed to qualify for a FIFA World Cup, as well as the last time Canada qualified for a FIFA World Cup.

External links

CONCACAF Championship

Competition	El Salvador 1963 Guatemala 1965 Honduras 1967 Costa Rica 1969 Trinidad and Tobago 1971 Haiti 1973 Mexico 1977 Honduras 1981 1985 (No fixed venue) 1989 (No fixed venue) (CONCACAF Gold Cup)

Squads	1963 1965 1967 1969 1971 1973 1977 1981 1985 1989

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