1985 AFC Youth Championship

1985 AFC Youth ChampionshipTournament details

Host country| United Arab Emirates
Dates| 15-22 March
Teams| 4 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)| 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions|  China PR (1st title)
Runners-up|  Saudi Arabia
Tournament statistics
Matches played| 6
Goals scored| 25 (4.17 per match)

<- 1982

1986 ->

International football competition

The 1985 AFC Youth Championship was held in March, 1985 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The tournament was won by for the first time by China PR in the final tournaments in round-robin format.

## Qualification

[edit]

Main article: 1985 AFC Youth Championship qualification

### Qualified teams

[edit]

* Saudi Arabia (West Asia zone winners)
* United Arab Emirates (West Asia zone runners-up)
* China (East Asia zone winners)
* Thailand (East Asia zone runners-up)

## Final standing

[edit]

Team  | Pld  | W  | D  | L  | GF  | GA  | GD  | Pts

|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|

China (Champions) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5
Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 4
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 3
Thailand | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0

### Match results

[edit]

March 15, 1985

China | 1 - 0|  United Arab Emirates

|
|

Gao Hongbo |  |

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

March 16, 1985

Saudi Arabia | 4 - 1|  Thailand

|
|

|  |

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

* * *

March 18, 1985

China | 2 - 2|  Saudi Arabia

|
|

Gao Hongbo |  |

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

March 19, 1985

United Arab Emirates | 7 - 1|  Thailand

|
|

|  |

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

* * *

March 21, 1985

China | 2 - 1|  Thailand

|
|

Gao Hongbo |  |

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

March 22, 1985

United Arab Emirates | 2 - 2|  Saudi Arabia

|
|

|  |

Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

## Winner

[edit]

AFC Youth Championship 1985 winners

China
First title

* China PR, Saudi Arabia qualified for 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

* v
* t
* e

AFC U-20 Asian Cup

Tournaments|

| Youth Championship|

* Malaya 1959
* Malaya 1960
* Thailand 1961
* Thailand 1962
* Malaya 1963
* South Vietnam 1964
* Japan 1965
* Philippines 1966
* Thailand 1967
* South Korea 1968
* Thailand 1969
* Philippines 1970
* Japan 1971
* Thailand 1972
* Iran 1973
* Thailand 1974
* Kuwait 1975
* Thailand 1976
* Iran 1977
* Bangladesh 1978
* Thailand 1980
* Thailand 1982
* UAE 1985
* Saudi Arabia 1986
* Qatar 1988
* Indonesia 1990
* UAE 1992
* Indonesia 1994
* South Korea 1996
* Thailand 1998
* Iran 2000
* Qatar 2002
* Malaysia 2004
* India 2006

|

U-19 Championship|

* Saudi Arabia 2008
* China 2010
* UAE 2012
* Myanmar 2014
* Bahrain 2016
* Indonesia 2018
* ~~Uzbekistan 2020~~

U-20 Asian Cup|

* Uzbekistan 2023
* China 2025

Qualification|

* 1980
* 1982
* 1985
* 1986
* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* 2020
* 2023
* 2025

Squads|

* 1988
* 1990
* 1992
* 1994
* 1996
* 1998
* 2000
* 2002
* 2004
* 2006
* 2008
* 2010
* 2012
* 2014
* 2016
* 2018
* ~~2020~~
* 2023

This article related to sport in the United Arab Emirates is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

This article about an association football competition within the area covered by the Asian Football Confederation is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template