The South American Youth Championship 1985 was held in Asunción, Paraguay. It also served as qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.
Teams The following teams entered the tournament:
(host)
First round Group A TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts4310142+127431082+67411257–23 402227–52 4013112–111
8 January1–19 January6–011 January2–013 January4–114 January3–016 January3–017 January2–119 January1–120 January1–122 January2–0
Group B TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts431061+57422062+46412153+24 402204–42 401318–71
8 January3–09 January0–011 January2–113 January1–014 January1–116 January0–017 January0–019 January3–020 January3–022 January2–1
Final round Paraguay finished second in this group based on a better performance in the first round. TeamsPldWDLGFGAGDPts330052+36311164+23311164+23 300329–70
25 January1–01–127 January2–14–130 January2–14–1
Qualification to World Youth Championship The three best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.
External links Results by RSSSF