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.
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).
Moscow Leningrad Tbilisi Yerevan Central Lenin Stadium Kirov Stadium Lenin Dinamo Stadium Lokomotivi Stadium Hrazdan Stadium Capacity: 103,000 Capacity: 72,000 Capacity: 74,354 Capacity: 36,000 Capacity: 70,000 Minsk Hoktemberyan Baku Sumqayit Dinamo Stadium Traktor Stadium Yubileynyi Stadium Vladimir Lenin Stadium Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium Capacity: 40,000 Capacity: 17,600 Capacity: 10,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 15,500
Qualification ConfederationQualifying TournamentQualifier(s)AFC (Asia)1985 AFC Youth Championship CAF (Africa)1985 African Youth Championship CONCACAF (North, Central America & Caribbean)1984 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament CONMEBOL (South America)1985 South American Youth Championship OFC (Oceania)1985 OFC U-20 ChampionshipUEFA (Europe)Host nation1984 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship
1.Teams that made their debut.
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
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Result
Awards Golden ShoeGolden BallFIFA Fair Play Award Sebastián Losada Paulo Silas
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 Jon Andoni Goikoetxea Marcelino Mohamed Abdelhak Sami Touati
Final ranking
Notes
External links FIFA World Youth Championship USSR 1985 , FIFA.com RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1985 FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2) All Matches of the Brazilian Soccer Team