The 1985 South American Under-16 Football Championship (, ) was the inaugural edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-16 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Argentina from 1–22 April 1985.
Argentina were crowned champions, and together with Brazil, which were the top two teams of this tournament, alongside invitee Bolivia, qualified for the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship in China.
Teams
(hosts)
Venues
The venues were José Amalfitani Stadium, and Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires and Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata.
Buenos Aires La Plata Capacity:49,540 Stadium Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield Capacity:24.442 Stadium Club Atletico Ferrocarril Oeste Capacity:23,000 Stadium Club Atletico Estudiantes de La Plata Bs.As.
The tournament The top two teams qualified to the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship.
Tiebreakers When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:
goal difference goals scored head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only) drawing of lots
All times local, UTC−3.
Matchday 1
Matchday 2
Matchday 3
Matchday 4
Matchday 5
Matchday 6
Matchday 7
Matchday 8
Matchday 9
Winners
Qualified teams for FIFA U-16 World Championship The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship.
Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament (Invited)
References