1985 FIFA World Youth Championship

1985 FIFA World Youth ChampionshipКубок ФИФА Кока-Кола 1985

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

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International football competition

The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship was the fifth edition 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. U20 Brazil successfully defended its title, defeating Spain, 1–0, in the final match at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.

## Venues[edit]

10 different stadiums hosted the tournament in 8 host cities, divided among 5 Soviet republics: Armenian SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Azerbaijan SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Byelorussian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), Georgian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), and Russian SFSR (2 venues in 2 host cities).

Moscow | Leningrad | Tbilisi | Yerevan

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Central Lenin Stadium | Kirov Stadium | Lenin Dinamo Stadium | Lokomotivi Stadium | Hrazdan Stadium
Capacity: 103,000 | Capacity: 72,000 | Capacity: 74,354 | Capacity: 36,000 | Capacity: 70,000
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Moscow

Leningrad

Tbilisi

Minsk

Yerevan

Hoktemberyan

Baku

Sumqayit

Minsk | Hoktemberyan | Baku | Sumqayit
Dinamo Stadium | Traktor Stadium | Yubileynyi Stadium | Vladimir Lenin Stadium | Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium
Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 17,600 | Capacity: 10,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 15,500
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## Qualification[edit]

Confederation  | Qualifying Tournament  | Qualifier(s)

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AFC (Asia) | 1985 AFC Youth Championship |  China
Saudi Arabia1
CAF (Africa) | 1985 African Youth Championship |  Nigeria
Tunisia
CONCACAF
(North, Central America & Caribbean) | 1984 CONCACAF U-20 Tournament |  Canada
Mexico
CONMEBOL (South America) | 1985 South American Youth Championship |  Brazil
Colombia1
Paraguay
OFC (Oceania) | 1985 OFC U-20 Championship |  Australia
UEFA (Europe) | Host nation  |  Soviet Union
1984 UEFA European Under-18 Football Championship |  Bulgaria1
England
Hungary
Republic of Ireland1
Spain

1.^ Teams that made their debut.

## Squads[edit]

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

## Group stage[edit]

### Group A[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result

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1  |  Bulgaria | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 4  | 2  | +2  | 4  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Colombia | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4[a]
3  |  Hungary | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4  |
4  |  Tunisia | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 6  | −4  | 0

Source:[citation needed]
Notes:

1. ^ Colombia advanced by drawing.

24 August 1985

15:00

Hungary | 2–2|  Colombia

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Pintér 59' (pen.)
Zsinka 85' | Report | Pérez 88'
Rodríguez 89'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan[1]

Attendance: 10,000

Referee: George Sandoz (Switzerland)

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24 August 1985

19:00

Tunisia | 0–2|  Bulgaria

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| Report | Mihtarski 32'
Penev 78'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Joseph B. Worrall (England)

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26 August 1985

19:00

Hungary | 2–1|  Tunisia

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Pintér 60' (pen.)
Fischer 87' | Report | Touati 46'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (Paraguay)

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27 August 1985

19:00

Colombia | 1–1|  Bulgaria

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Tréllez 74' | Report | Kalaydzhiev 69'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Jassim Mandi Abdul-Rahman (Bahrain)

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29 August 1985

18:30

Colombia | 2–1|  Tunisia

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Castaño 19'
Tréllez 68' | Report | Abdelhak 76'

Yubileynyi Stadium, Hoktemberyan

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Vladimir Kuznetsov (Soviet Union)[2]

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29 August 1985

19:00

Hungary | 1–1|  Bulgaria

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Fischer 80' | Report | Kostadinov 57'

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan

Attendance: 17,000

Referee: Edgardo Codesal (Mexico)

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### Group B[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result

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1  |  Brazil | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 5  | 1  | +4  | 6  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Spain | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 3
3  |  Saudi Arabia | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3  |
4  |  Republic of Ireland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 0

Source:[citation needed]

24 August 1985

15:00

Republic of Ireland | 1–2|  Brazil

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Tuite 86' | Report | Balalo 20'
Dida 80'

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi[1]

Attendance: 45,000

Referee: Nouhoum Traore (Mali)

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24 August 1985

19:00

Saudi Arabia | 0–0|  Spain

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Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Antonio Evangelista (Canada)

* * *

26 August 1985

19:00

Republic of Ireland | 0–1|  Saudi Arabia

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| Report | Al-Jam'an 54' (pen.)

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

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27 August 1985

19:00

Brazil | 2–0|  Spain

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Luciano 50'
Balalo 65' | Report |

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jamal Al Sharif (Syria)

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29 August 1985

19:00[3]

Republic of Ireland | 2–4|  Spain

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Mooney 51'
Kelch 56' (pen.) | Report | Fernando 3', 61'
Losada 35', 85'

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 9,800

Referee: Jesús Díaz Palacio (Colombia)

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29 August 1985

19:00[3]

Brazil | 1–0|  Saudi Arabia

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Müller 35' | Report |

Lokomotivi Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Yuriy Savchenko (Soviet Union)[2]

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### Group C[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result

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1  |  Soviet Union (H) | 3  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 7  | 1  | +6  | 5  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  Nigeria | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 6  | 4  | +2  | 4
3  |  Australia | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 2  |
4  |  Canada | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 7  | −7  | 1

Source:[citation needed]
(H) Hosts

24 August 1985

15:00

Soviet Union | 0–0|  Australia

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Dinamo Stadium, Minsk[1]

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Victoriano Sánchez Arminio (Spain)

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24 August 1985

19:00

Nigeria | 2–0|  Canada

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Monday 1'
Siasia 78' | Report |

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

* * *

26 August 1985

19:00

Soviet Union | 2–1|  Nigeria

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Khudozhilov 23' (pen.)
Chedia 41' | Report | Anunobi 81'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 23,000

Referee: José Ramiz Wright (Brazil)

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27 August 1985

19:00

Australia | 0–0|  Canada

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Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Ali Bennaucer (Tunisia)

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29 August 1985

19:00[3]

Soviet Union | 5–0|  Canada

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Ketashvili 38'
Tatarchuk 39'
Ivanauskas 60'
Sklyarov 64' (pen.)
Kuzhlev 79' | Report |

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 16,000

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

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29 August 1985

19:00[3]

Australia | 2–3|  Nigeria

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Panagis 27'
Kalantzis 38' (pen.) | Report | Adeleye 63'
Monday 78'
Anunobi 79'

Traktor Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Shizuo Takada (Japan)

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### Group D[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result

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1  |  Mexico | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 1  | +5  | 6  | Advance to knockout stage
2  |  China | 3  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4
3  |  Paraguay | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 1  |
4  |  England | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 1

Source:[citation needed]

24 August 1985

15:00

England | 2–2|  Paraguay

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Wakenshaw 19'
Priest 31' | Report | Cartaman 41'
Jara 74'

Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Baku[1]

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Laszlo Padar (Hungary)

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24 August 1985

19:00

China | 1–3|  Mexico

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Gong Lei 68' | Report | Ambríz 19' (pen.)
García Aspe 30', 45'

Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: William K. Munro (New Zealand)

* * *

26 August 1985

19:00

England | 0–2|  China

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| Report | Gao Hongbo 76'
Gong Lei 89'

Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

* * *

27 August 1985

19:00

Paraguay | 0–2|  Mexico

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| Report | Cruz 22'
García Aspe 70'

Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Edwin Picon-Ackong (Mauritius)

* * *

29 August 1985

19:00

England | 0–1|  Mexico

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| Report | Becerra 34'

Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

* * *

29 August 1985

19:00

Paraguay | 1–2|  China

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Mereles 17' | Report | Song Lianyong 14'
Gao Hongbo 76'

Mehdi Huseynzade Stadium, Sumgait

Attendance: 15,500

Referee: David Syme (Scotland)[4]

## Knockout stage[edit]

| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| September 1 - Yerevan| | | | |

|  Bulgaria | 1

| September 4 - Moscow

|  Spain| 2 |

|  Spain (pen.)| 2 (4)

| September 1 - Minsk

| |  Soviet Union| 2 (3) |

|  Soviet Union| 1

| | September 7 - Moscow

|  China| 0 |

|  Spain| 0

| September 1 - Tbilisi

| |  Brazil (a.e.t.)| 1

|  Brazil | 6

| September 4 - Leningrad|

|  Colombia| 0 |

|  Brazil| 2

| September 1 - Baku

| |  Nigeria| 0 | | Third place

|  Mexico| 1

| | September 7 - Moscow

|  Nigeria| 2 |

|  Soviet Union| 0 (1)

|  Nigeria (pen.)| 0 (3)

### Quarterfinals[edit]

1 September 1985

19:00

Bulgaria | 1–2|  Spain

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Kostadinov 47' | Report | Marcelino 33'
Fernando 67' (pen.)

Hrazdan Stadium, Yerevan[1]

Attendance: 20,500

Referee: Joe Worrall (England)

* * *

1 September 1985

17:00

Brazil | 6–0|  Colombia

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Gérson 51', 69', 90''
Silas 54'
Dida 72'
Müller 81' | Report |

Lenin Dinamo Stadium, Tbilisi[1]

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Berny Ulloa Morera (Costa Rica)

* * *

1 September 1985

17:00

Soviet Union | 1–0|  China

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Kuzhlev 1' | Report |

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk[1]

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Ali Bennaceur (Tunisia)

* * *

1 September 1985

17:00

Mexico | 1–2|  Nigeria

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Medina 50' | Report | Igbinabaro 33'
Monday 35'

Vladimir Lenin Stadium, Baku[1]

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Juan Daniel Cardellino (Uruguay)

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### Semi-finals[edit]

4 September 1985

19:00

Spain | 2–2 (a.e.t.)|  Soviet Union

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Losada 70'
Goikoetxea 120' | Report | Khudozhilov 38' (pen.)
Ivanauskas 107'
Penalties
| 4–3 |

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow[1]

Attendance: 37,000

Referee: Hernán Silva (Chile)

* * *

4 September 1985

18:00

Brazil | 2–0|  Nigeria

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Müller 22'
Balalo 44' | Report |

Kirov Stadium, Leningrad

Attendance: 51,500

Referee: Joël Quiniou (France)

* * *

### Third place play-off[edit]

7 September 1985
13:00

Soviet Union | 0–0 (a.e.t.)|  Nigeria

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| (Report) |
Penalties
| 1–3 |

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow[1]

Attendance: 12,500

Referee: Jassim Mandi Abdul-Rahman (Bahrain)

* * *

### Final[edit]

7 September 1985

19:00

Brazil | 1–0 (a.e.t.)|  Spain

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Henrique 92' | Report |

Central Lenin Stadium, Moscow[1]

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: David Syme (Scotland) [4]

## Result[edit]

1985 World Youth Championship winners

Brazil
Second title

## Awards[edit]

Golden Shoe  | Golden Ball  | FIFA Fair Play Award

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Sebastián Losada |  Paulo Silas |  Colombia

## Goalscorers[edit]

Sebastián Losada of Spain won the Golden Shoe award for scoring three goals. In total, 80 goals were scored by 55 different players, with none of them credited as own goal.

3 goals

* Balalo
* Gérson da Silva
* Müller
* Alberto García Aspe
* Odiaka Monday
* Fernando Gómez Colomer
* Sebastián Losada

2 goals

* Dida
* Emil Kostadinov
* Gao Hongbo
* Gong Lei
* John Jairo Tréllez
* Attila Pintér
* Pál Fischer
* Mark Anunobi
* Oleg Kuzhlev
* Sergei Khudozhilov
* Valdas Ivanauskas

1 goal

* Cris Kalantzis
* John Panagis
* Henrique Arlindo Etges
* Luciano
* Paulo Silas
* Lyuboslav Penev
* Petar Mihtarski
* Radko Kalaydjiev
* Song Lianyong
* Felipe Pérez
* John Castaño
* Wilson Rodríguez
* Philip Priest
* Robert Wakenshaw
* János Zsinka
* Brian Mooney
* Pat Kelch
* Marcus Tuite
* Francisco Javier Cruz
* Héctor Becerra
* Ignacio Ambríz
* Víctor Medina
* Augustine Igbinabaro
* Niyi Adeleye
* Samson Siasia
* Jorge Cartaman
* Luis Jara
* Trigo Mereles
* Mohaisen Al-Jam'an
* Igor Sklyarov
* Gela Ketashvili
* Soso Chedia
* Vladimir Tatarchuk
* Ion Andoni Goikoetxea
* Marcelino
* Mohamed Abdelhak
* Sami Touati

## Final ranking[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result

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1  |  Brazil | 6  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 14  | 1  | +13  | 12  | Champions
2  |  Spain | 6  | 2  | 2  | 2  | 8  | 8  | 0  | 6  | Runners-up
3  |  Nigeria | 6  | 3  | 1  | 2  | 8  | 7  | +1  | 7  | Third place
4  |  Soviet Union (H) | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 10  | 3  | +7  | 9  | Fourth place
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5  |  Mexico | 4  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 7  | 3  | +4  | 6  | Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6  |  China | 4  | 2  | 0  | 2  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 4
7  |  Bulgaria | 4  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4
8  |  Colombia | 4  | 1  | 2  | 1  | 5  | 10  | −5  | 4
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9  |  Hungary | 3  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 5  | 4  | +1  | 4  | Eliminated in
Group stage
10  |  Saudi Arabia | 3  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 3
11  |  Australia | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 3  | −1  | 2
12  |  Paraguay | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 3  | 6  | −3  | 1
13  |  England | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 2  | 5  | −3  | 1
14  |  Canada | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 7  | −7  | 1
15  |  Republic of Ireland | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 3  | 7  | −4  | 0
16  |  Tunisia | 3  | 0  | 0  | 3  | 2  | 6  | −4  | 0

Source: rsssf.com
(H) Hosts

## Notes[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The FIFA gives no reference as to which stadiums were used for the games all along the competition, except for the match Brazil v Nigeria, played in Kirov Stadium, Leningrad. The information has been retrieved from other sources.
2. ^ a b The FIFA states "Russia" here, which is an anachronism.
3. ^ a b c d Due to the FIFA not informing on the Stadiums of the competition, there's an inconsistency with the hour of these matches. Whether they were played at different venues, or at different hours in the same venues, is uncertain.
4. ^ a b FIFA acknowledges him first from Scotland and then from England.

## External links[edit]

* FIFA World Youth Championship USSR 1985 Archived 2020-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
* RSSSF > FIFA World Youth Championship > 1985
* FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) and (Part 2)
* All Matches of the Brazilian Soccer Team

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* Tunisia 1977
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