The 1985 CONCACAF U-16 Championship was the second tournament in the Under-16 category organized by the

CONCACAF The Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football,, ; french: Confédération de football d'Amérique du Nord, d'Amérique centrale et des Caraïbes, . Dutch uses the English name. abbreviated as CONCACAF ( ; typese ...

, and it also served as qualifying tournament for the U-16 world cup to be held at China.

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

hosted the event between April 13 and 26, and

(as champion) and

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(as runner-up) won the two spots for China 1985.

Competition format

The first stage consisted of two groups, one with five teams and another with four teams, where top two advance to semifinals. In the second round, the champion and runner-up obtain final spots for China 1985.

First stage

Group A

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Group B

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Second stage

Mexico and Costa Rica qualified to the

1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship The 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship, the first edition of the tournament, was held in the cities of Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, and Dalian in People's Republic of China from July 31, 1985, to August 11, 1985. Players born after August 1, 1968, ...

in China. USA also qualified by way of winning the 1983 CONCACAF U-17 Championship

References

External links

Official site
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U-17

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