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1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
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The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fifth edition FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from 24 August to 7 September 1985. The tournament took place in ten venues within eight host cities — Baku, Yerevan, Leningrad, Minsk (2 stadiums), Moscow, Hoktemberyan, Tbilisi (2 stadiums) and Sumqayit — where a total of 32 matches were played. U20 Brazil successfully defended its title, defeating Spain, 1–0, in the final match at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.
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Venues
10 different stadiums hosted the tournament in 8 host cities, divided among 5 Soviet republics: Armenian SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Azerbaijan SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Byelorussian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), Georgian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), and Russian SFSR (2 venues in 2 host cities).
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Qualification
- 1.^ Teams that made their debut.
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Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
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Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| September 1 - Yerevan | ||||||||||
 Bulgaria | 1 | |||||||||
| September 4 - Moscow | ||||||||||
 Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| Spain (pen.) | 2 (4) | |||||||||
| September 1 - Minsk | ||||||||||
 Soviet Union | 2 (3) | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 1 | |||||||||
| September 7 - Moscow | ||||||||||
 China | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 0 | |||||||||
| September 1 - Tbilisi | ||||||||||
 Brazil (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 6 | |||||||||
| September 4 - Leningrad | ||||||||||
 Colombia | 0 | |||||||||
| Brazil | 2 | |||||||||
| September 1 - Baku | ||||||||||
 Nigeria | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
 Mexico | 1 | |||||||||
| September 7 - Moscow | ||||||||||
| Nigeria | 2 | |||||||||
| Soviet Union | 0 (1) | |||||||||
| Nigeria (pen.) | 0 (3) | |||||||||
Quarterfinals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
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Result
| 1985 World Youth Championship winners |
|---|
 Brazil Second title |
Awards
Goalscorers
Sebastián Losada of Spain won the Golden Boot award for scoring three goals. In total, 80 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.
- 3 goals
Balalo- Gérson
- Müller
Alberto García Aspe
Odiaka Monday
Fernando Gómez Colomer- Sebastián Losada
- 2 goals
- Dida
Emil Kostadinov
Gao Hongbo- Gong Lei
John Jairo Tréllez
Attila Pintér- Pál Fischer
- Mark Anunobi
Oleg Kuzhlev- Sergei Khudozhilov
- Valdas Ivanauskas
- 1 goal
Cris Kalantzis- John Panagis
- Henrique Arlindo Etges
- Luciano
- Paulo Silas
- Lyuboslav Penev
- Petar Mihtarski
- Radko Kalaydjiev
- Song Lianyong
- Felipe Pérez
- John Castaño
- Wilson Rodríguez
Philip Priest- Robert Wakenshaw
- János Zsinka
Brian Mooney- Pat Kelch
- Marcus Tuite
- Francisco Javier Cruz
- Héctor Becerra
- Ignacio Ambríz
- Víctor Medina
- Augustine Igbinabaro
- Niyi Adeleye
- Samson Siasia
Jorge Cartaman- Luis Jara
- Trigo Mereles
Mohaisen Al-Jam'an- Igor Sklyarov
- Gela Ketashvili
- Soso Chedia
- Vladimir Tatarchuk
- Ion Andoni Goikoetxea
- Marcelino
Mohamed Abdelhak- Sami Touati
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Final ranking
Notes
External links
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