1985 CONCACAF Championship

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 major title and clinched qualification on 14 September 1985 to participate in their first World Cup after beating Honduras 2–1 at King George V Park in St. John's, Newfoundland.

Qualification

Teams

Squads

Final tournament

First round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Final round

Canada qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Qualified teams Canada won the 1985 CONCACAF Championship and thereby qualified for the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

Team Qualified as Qualified onPrevious appearances in FIFA World Cup1 0 (debut) 1 Bold indicates champions for that year. Italic indicates hosts for that year.

Goalscorers

5 goals

José Roberto Figueroa

4 goals

Dale Mitchell

3 goals

Igor Vrablic Johnny Williams José María Rivas Porfirio Armando Betancourt

2 goals

George Pakos Byron Pérez Eduardo Laing

1 goal

Mike Sweeney Paul James Alexandre Guimarães Alvaro Solano Evaristo Coronado Miguel Lacey Milton Noriega Oscar Ramírez Jorge Manuel Ulate Baltazar Zapata Ever Hernández Mauricio Alfaro Wilfredo Huezo Eduardo Estrada Aquino Raul Galindo Julio Gómez Rendón Juan Manuel Funes Raúl Chacón Roberto Bailey Kenneth Stewart Rinaldo Entingh Necik De Noon Adrian Fonrose Chico Borja John Kerr, Jr. Mark Peterson Paul Caligiuri

1985 CONCACAF Championship

Bron en licentie