1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
Appearance
Кубок ФИФА Кока-Кола 1985 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Soviet Union |
Dates | 24 August – 7 September |
Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 8 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Brazil (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Spain |
Third place | Nigeria |
Fourth place | Soviet Union |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 32 |
Goals scored | 80 (2.5 per match) |
Attendance | 657,800 (20,556 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Gérson Balalo Müller Sebastián Losada Fernando Gómez Monday Odiaka Alberto García Aspe (3 goals) |
Best player(s) | Paulo Silas |
Fair play award | Colombia |
The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fifth edition of the 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. The winner was Brazil, which managed to retain the title, by beating Spain by 1–0, in the final played at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.