1985 South American U-16 Championship

1985 South American U-16 Football Championship
Tournament details
Host countryArgentina
Dates1–22 April[1]
Teams9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Brazil
Third place Ecuador
Fourth place Chile
Tournament statistics
Matches played36
Goals scored113 (3.14 per match)
1986 →
International football competition

The 1985 South American Under-16 Football Championship (Spanish: Campeonato Sudamericano Sub-16 Argentina 1985, Brazilian Portuguese: Campeonato Sul-Americano Sub-16 Argentina 1985) was the inaugural edition of the South American Under-17 Football Championship, a football competition for the under-16 national teams in South America organized by CONMEBOL. It was held in Argentina from 1–22 April 1985.

Argentina were crowned champions, and together with Brazil, which were the top two teams of this tournament, alongside invitee Bolivia, qualified for the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship in China.

Teams

Venues

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The venues were José Amalfitani Stadium, and Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry, Buenos Aires and Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi, La Plata.[2]

Buenos Aires La Plata
34°38′07″S 58°31′15″W / 34.635375°S 58.520711°W / -34.635375; -58.520711 (José Amalfitani Stadium) 34°37′07″S 58°26′52″W / 34.6185°S 58.447639°W / -34.6185; -58.447639 (Estadio Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverry) 34°54′43″S 57°56′20″W / 34.911925°S 57.938794°W / -34.911925; -57.938794 (Estadio Jorge Luis Hirschi)
Capacity:49,540 Stadium Club Atletico Velez Sarsfield Capacity:24.442 Stadium Club Atletico Ferrocarril Oeste Capacity:23,000 Stadium Club Atletico Estudiantes de La Plata Bs.As.

The tournament

The top two teams qualified to the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

Tiebreakers

When teams finished level of points, the final rankings were determined according to:

  1. goal difference
  2. goals scored
  3. head-to-head result between tied teams (two teams only)
  4. drawing of lots

All times local, UTC−3.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina (H) 8 8 0 0 32 5 +27 16 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship
2  Brazil 8 7 0 1 25 7 +18 14
3  Ecuador 8 4 0 4 13 13 0 8
4  Chile 8 3 1 4 11 11 0 7
5  Uruguay 8 3 1 4 11 13 −2 7
6  Colombia 8 3 1 4 9 12 −3 7
7  Peru 8 3 0 5 10 14 −4 6
8  Bolivia 8 2 1 5 10 24 −14 5
9  Venezuela 8 0 2 6 2 24 −22 2
Source: RSSSF
(H) Hosts

Matchday 1

Uruguay  v  Bolivia
1 April 1985 (1985-04-01) Uruguay  4–2  Bolivia
Generali ??', ??'
Suárez ??'
Cigliutti ??'[3]
Argentina  v  Venezuela
Argentina  5–0  Venezuela
Peru  v  Colombia
Peru  0–2  Colombia
Brazil  v  Chile
1 April 1985 (1985-04-01) Brazil  2–1  Chile

Matchday 2

Brazil  v  Bolivia
4 April 1985 (1985-04-04) Brazil  4–0  Bolivia
Argentina  v  Ecuador
Argentina  4–0  Ecuador
Peru  v  Chile
Peru  2–0  Chile
Uruguay  v  Venezuela
4 April 1985 (1985-04-04) Uruguay  2–0  Venezuela

Matchday 3

Ecuador  v  Chile
Ecuador  4–0  Chile
Argentina  v  Colombia
Argentina  4–0  Colombia
Bolivia  v  Venezuela
Bolivia  1–1  Venezuela
Uruguay  v  Peru
8 April 1985 (1985-04-08) Uruguay  1–0  Peru

Matchday 4

Colombia  v  Uruguay
10 April 1985 (1985-04-10) Colombia  1–1  Uruguay
Borges ??'[3]
Argentina  v  Chile
Argentina  3–1  Chile
Bolivia  v  Ecuador
Bolivia  3–2  Ecuador
Brazil  v  Peru
10 April 1985 (1985-04-10) Brazil  4–1  Peru

Matchday 5

Ecuador  v  Colombia
Ecuador  0–1  Colombia
Uruguay  v  Brazil
12 April 1985 (1985-04-12) Uruguay  2–3  Brazil
Baltierra ??'
Chenlo ??'[3]
Chile  v  Venezuela
Chile  0–0  Venezuela
Argentina  v  Peru
Argentina  3–0  Peru

Matchday 6

Bolivia  v  Peru
Bolivia  1–3  Peru
Brazil  v  Venezuela
15 April 1985 (1985-04-15) Brazil  7–0  Venezuela
Colombia  v  Chile
Colombia  0–4  Chile
Ecuador  v  Uruguay
15 April 1985 (1985-04-15) Ecuador  1–0  Uruguay

Matchday 7

Venezuela  v  Peru
Venezuela  0–2  Peru
Argentina  v  Uruguay
17 April 1985 (1985-04-17) Argentina  5–1  Uruguay
Kalenkerián ??'[3]
Colombia  v  Bolivia
Colombia  1–2  Bolivia
Brazil  v  Ecuador
17 April 1985 (1985-04-17) Brazil  2–0  Ecuador

Matchday 8

Ecuador  v  Venezuela
Ecuador  3–1  Venezuela
Brazil  v  Colombia
20 April 1985 (1985-04-20) Brazil  1–0  Colombia
Uruguay  v  Chile
19 April 1985 (1985-04-19) Uruguay  0–1  Chile
Argentina  v  Bolivia
Argentina  5–1  Bolivia

Matchday 9

Peru  v  Ecuador
Peru  2–3  Ecuador
Venezuela  v  Colombia
Venezuela  0–4  Colombia
Chile  v  Bolivia
Chile  4–0  Bolivia
Argentina  v  Brazil
22 April 1985 (1985-04-22) Argentina  3–2  Brazil
Maradona 11', 67'
Frutos 54'		 Report Natalio 9'
William 19'

Winners

 1985 South American Under-16 Football champions 

Argentina
1st title

Qualified teams for FIFA U-16 World Championship

The following three teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship.

Team Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament
 Argentina 17 April 1985 0
 Brazil 17 April 1985 0
 Bolivia 17 April 1985 0

References

  1. ^ Pierrend, José Luis; Garin, Erik. "South American U-16 Championship 1985 (Argentina)". RSSSF (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Fútbol Ochentoso: La Banda del Pacha". futbolochentoso.blogspot.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sub-17: años 80 y 90". Auf.org.uy (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 19 January 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2019.
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