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) Honduras 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.[1]

Qualification

Final tournament

First round

Group 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Honduras 6422053+2
2  El Salvador 5421172+5
3  Suriname 1401329−7

Honduras advanced to the Second Round.

El Salvador  3–0  Suriname
Rivas
Ramírez Zapata
Referee: Mario Escobar López (Guatemala)
Suriname  1–1  Honduras
Entingh Laing
Referee: Mamerto Negreros (Guatemala)
Honduras  2–1  Suriname
Figueroa Stewart
Referee: Alfaro Venegas (Costa Rica)
Honduras  0–0  El Salvador

Group 2

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Canada 7431072+5
2  Guatemala 5421173+4
3  Haiti 0400409−9

Canada advanced to the second round.

Canada  2–0  Haiti
Vrablic  30'
Sweeney  41'
Referee: Angelo Bratsis (United States)
Canada  2–1  Guatemala
Mitchell  22', 43' Gómez  66'
Haiti  0–1  Guatemala
Estrada
Haiti  0–2  Canada
Mitchell  14'
Vrablic  56'
Referee: Rex Osborne (Bermuda)
Guatemala  4–0  Haiti
Chacón  44'
Galindo  48'
Funes  62'
B. Pérez  71'
Referee: Rodolfo Martinez Mejia (Honduras)

Group 3

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Costa Rica 6422062+4
2  United States 5421143+1
3  Trinidad and Tobago 1401327−5

Costa Rica advanced to the second round.

Trinidad and Tobago  0–3  Costa Rica
Lacey
Noriega
Williams
Referee: Rodolfo Martinez Mejia (Honduras)
Costa Rica  1–1  Trinidad and Tobago
Ulate De Noon
Trinidad and Tobago  1–2  United States
Fonrose  19' Borja  24'
Peterson  89'
Referee: Robert Allen (Canada)
United States  1–0  Trinidad and Tobago
Caligiuri  15'
Referee: Jorge Leanza Sansone (Mexico)
Costa Rica  1–1  United States
Ramírez  42' Kerr  44'
Referee: Joaquin Urrea Reyes (Mexico)
United States  0–1  Costa Rica
Coronado  35'
Referee: John Meachin (Canada)

Final round

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1  Canada 6422042+2
2  Honduras 34112660
3  Costa Rica 3403146−2

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Costa Rica  2–2  Honduras
Solano  19'
Williams  81'		 Figueroa  8' (pen.)
Betancourt  24'
Canada  1–1  Costa Rica
James  58' Williams  12'
Attendance: 13,486[4]
Referee: Enrique Mendoza Guillén (Mexico)
Honduras  0–1  Canada
Pakos  58'
Attendance: 37,000[5]
Referee: Charles Marshall (Bermuda)
Costa Rica  0–0  Canada
Attendance: 23,398[6]
Referee: José Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador)
Honduras  3–1  Costa Rica
Betancourt  40'
Figueroa  51', 66' (pen.)		 Guimarães  7'
Referee: Richard Ramcharan (Trinidad and Tobago)
Canada  2–1  Honduras
Pakos  15'
Vrablic  61'		 Betancourt  49'
Attendance: 13,000
1985 CONCACAF Championship Winners

Canada
First Title

Goalscorers

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "That one time Canada made it to the World Cup". CBC Sports. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
  2. 1 2 All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.
  3. 1 2 All home matches of Trinidad and Tobago were played away instead.
  4. ↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=211&t=game_summary_soccer_new
  5. ↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=212&t=game_summary_soccer_new
  6. ↑ http://canadasoccer.com/?gid=213&t=game_summary_soccer_new

Notes

  • To date, this was only time Canada qualified for a FIFA World Cup.
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