1985 CONCACAF Championship

Infobox International Football Competition
tourney_name = CONCACAF Championship
year = 1985
other_titles = CONCACAF Championship


size =
caption = 1995 CONCACAF Gold Cup official logo
country =
dates = February 24 – September 14
num_teams = 9
confederations = 1
venues =
cities =
champion = CAN
count = 1
second = HON
third = CRC
matches = 24
goals = 54
attendance =
top_scorer =flagicon|HON Roberto Figueroa
player = 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

Tournament

Group Stage

Group 1

All home matches of Suriname were played away instead.

February 24, 1985, San Salvador, El Salvador - fb|SUR 0 - 3 fb|SLV

February 27, 1985, San Salvador, El Salvador - fb|SLV 3 - 0 fb|SUR

March 3, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|SUR 1 - 1 fb|HON

March 6, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 2 - 1 fb|SUR

March 10, 1985, San Salvador, El Salvador - fb|SLV 1 - 2 fb|HON

March 14, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 0 - 0 fb|SLV

"Costa Rica" advanced to the second round.

econd Round

August 11, 1985, San José, Costa Rica - fb|CRC 2 - 2 fb|HON

August 17, 1985, Toronto, Canada - fb|CAN 1 - 1 fb|CRC

August 25, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 0 - 1 fb|CAN

September 1, 1985, San José, Costa Rica - fb|CRC 0 - 0 fb|CAN

September 8, 1985, Tegucigalpa, Honduras - fb|HON 3 - 1 fb|CRC

September 14, 1985, St. John's, Canada - fb|CAN 2 - 1 fb|HON

Result

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

* [http://www.rsssf.com/tablesc/conca85.html CONCACAF Championship 1985 on RSSSF Archive]