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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = FIFA U-16 World Championship
| year = 1985
| other_titles = FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the Kodak Cup <br> 1985 FIFA U-16世界锦标赛
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = China
| dates = July 31 – August 11
| num_teams = 16
| confederations = 6
| venues = 4
| cities = 4
| champion_other={{fbu|17|NGA}}
| count=1
| second_other={{fbu|16|FRG}}
| third_other={{fbu|17|BRA}}
| fourth_other={{fbu|17|GUI}}
| matches = 32
| goals = 91
| attendance = 1230976
| top_scorer = {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Marcel Witeczek]] (8 goals)
| player = {{flagicon|BRA}} [[William César de Oliveira|William]]
| fair_play = {{fbu|17|FRG}}
| nextseason = [[1987 FIFA U-16 World Championship|1987]]
| update =
}}

The '''1985 [[FIFA U-17 World Championship|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, could participate in this tournament. The total attendance for the tournament was a record 1,230,976. The 2017 U-17 World Cup surpassed this, with a record attendance of 1,347,133.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/football/2017-u-17-world-cup/news/india-could-shatter-under-17-world-cup-attendance-record/articleshow/61153147.cms|title=India could shatter Under 17 World Cup attendance record|work=The Times of India|access-date=2017-10-23}}</ref>

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;margin:1em auto;"
|-
! [[Beijing]]
! [[Dalian]]
! [[Shanghai]]
! [[Tianjin]]
|-
| [[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]]
| [[Dalian People's Stadium|People's Stadium]]
| [[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]]
| [[Minyuan Stadium]]
|-
| Capacity: '''80,000'''
| Capacity: '''40,000'''
| Capacity: '''32,220'''
| Capacity: '''18,000'''
|-
|[[File:Beijing Workers Stadium, August 19, 2008.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Dalian People's Stadium.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:上海虹口足球场全貌.jpg|200px]]
|[[File:Minyuan Stadium 21416-Tianjin (49063957902).jpg|200px]]
|-
! colspan="4"|
{{location map+ |China |float=right |width=400 |caption= |places=
{{location map~ |China |lat=39.906667 |long=116.3975 |position=left |label=[[Beijing]]
}}
{{location map~ |China |lat=38.9 |long=121.6 |position=top |label=[[Dalian]]
}}
{{location map~ |China |lat=31.228611 |long=121.474722 |position=top |label=[[Shanghai]]
}}
{{location map~ |China |lat=39.1336 |long=117.2054 |position=bottom |label=[[Tianjin]]
}}
}}
|}

==Qualified teams==
{| class=wikitable
! Confederation
! Qualifying Tournament
! Qualifier(s)
|-

| rowspan=2|[[Asian Football Confederation|AFC (Asia)]]
||Host nation
| {{fbu|16|CHN}}
|-
| [[1985 AFC U-16 Championship]]
| {{fbu|16|QAT}}<br />{{fbu|16|KSA}}
|-
| [[Confederation Africain de Football|CAF (Africa)]]
| [[1985 African U-16 Qualifying for World Cup]]
| {{fbu|17|CGO|1970}}<br />{{fbu|17|GUI}}<br />{{fbu|17|NGA}}
|-
| rowspan=2| [[CONCACAF|CONCACAF <br />(Central, North America and Caribbean)]]
|| [[1985 CONCACAF U-17 Championship|1985 CONCACAF U-16 Championship]]
| {{fbu|17|CRC}}<br />{{fbu|17|MEX}}
|-
|| [[1983 CONCACAF U-17 Championship]]
| {{fbu|17|USA}}
|-
| rowspan=2| [[CONMEBOL|CONMEBOL (South America)]]
|| [[1985 South American U-16 Championship]]
| {{fbu|17|ARG}}<br />{{fbu|17|BRA}}
|-
|| Invitee
| {{fbu|17|BOL}}
|-
| [[Oceania Football Confederation|OFC (Oceania)]]
| [[1983 OFC U-17 Championship]]
| {{fbu|17|AUS}}
|-
|rowspan=3| [[UEFA|UEFA (Europe)]]
|| [[1982 UEFA European Under-16 Championship]]
| {{fbu|16|ITA}}
|-
|| [[1984 UEFA European Under-16 Championship]]
| {{fbu|16|FRG}}
|-
|| Invitee
| {{fbu|16|HUN}}
|}

==Squads==

For full squad lists for the 1985 U-16 World Championship see ''[[1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads]]''.

==Referees==

{{col-begin-small}}
{{col-2}}
'''Asia'''
* {{flagicon|KSA}} [[Fallaj Al-Shanar]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Chen Shengcai]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Cui Baoyin]]
* {{flagicon|CHN}} [[Zhang Daqiao]]
* {{flagicon|QAT}} [[Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah]]
'''Africa'''
* {{flagicon|CGO|1970}} [[Simon Bantsimba]]
* {{flagicon|GUI}} [[Karim Camara (referee)|Karim Camara]]
* {{flagicon|NIG}} [[Alhati Salahudeen]]
'''CONCACAF'''
* {{flagicon|CRC}} [[Carlos Alfaro]]
* {{flagicon|USA}} [[Angelo Bratsis]]
* {{flagicon|MEX}} [[Joaquin Urrea Reyes]]
{{col-2}}
'''South America'''
* {{flagicon|BRA}} [[Arnaldo Cézar Coelho]]
* {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Carlos Espósito]]
* {{flagicon|BOL}} [[Juan Ortube]]
'''Europe'''
* {{flagicon|HUN}} [[Miklós Nagy (referee)|Miklós Nagy]]
* {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Claudio Pieri]]
* {{flagicon|FRG}} [[Karl-Heinz Tritschler]]
'''Oceania'''
* {{flagicon|AUS}} [[Chris Bambridge]]
{{col-end}}

==Group stages==

===Group A===
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|date=31 July 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}
|score=1&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|17|BOL}}
|goals1=[[Xie Yuxin]] {{goal|28|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}
|goals2=[[Erwin Sánchez|Sánchez]] {{goal|13}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=80,000
|referee=[[Miklos Nagy (referee)|Miklos Nagy]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]]) |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016052246/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31093/index.html
}}
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|date=31 July 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|GUI}}
|score=1&ndash;0
|team2={{fbu|17|USA}}
|goals1=[[Salifou Koita|Koita]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=80,000
|referee=[[Fallaj Khuzam Al Shanar]] ([[Saudi Arabian Football Federation|Saudi Arabia]])
|report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023251/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31094/index.html
}}
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{{football box
|date=2 August 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}
|score=2&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|17|GUI}}
|goals1=[[Xie Yuxin]] {{goal|18|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}} <br /> [[Guo Zhuang]] {{goal|27}}
|goals2=[[Mohamed Sylla (footballer, born 1971)|Sylla]] {{goal|42}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=40,000
|referee=[[Carlos Alfaro Venegas]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023154/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31101/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=2 August 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|BOL}}
|score=1&ndash;2
|team2={{fbu|17|USA}}
|goals1=[[Marco Etcheverry|Etcheverry]] {{goal|31}}
|goals2=[[Larry McPhail|McPhail]] {{goal|51}} <br /> [[Curtis Pride|Pride]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=40,000
|referee=[[Alhati Salahudeen]] ([[Nigerien Football Federation|Niger]])
|report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023321/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31102/index.html
}}
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{{football box
|date=4 August 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|CHN}}
|score=3&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|17|USA}}
|goals1=[[Cao Xiandong]] {{goal|20}} <br /> [[Guo Zhuang]] {{goal|22}} <br /> [[Sun Bowei]] {{goal|25}}
|goals2=[[Curtis Pride|Pride]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=60,000
|referee=[[Carlos Espósito]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023339/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31109/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=4 August 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|BOL}}
|score=0&ndash;3
|team2={{fbu|17|GUI}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Mohamed Soumah|Soumah]] {{goal|32}} <br /> [[Lamine Touré (Guinean football player)|Touré]] {{goal|37}} <br /> [[Salifou Koita|Koita]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=60,000
|referee=[[Miklos Nagy (referee)|Miklos Nagy]] ([[Hungarian Football Federation|Hungary]]) |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023119/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31110/index.html
}}

===Group B===
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|team3=ARG|name_ARG={{fbu|17|ARG}}|win_ARG=1|draw_ARG=1|loss_ARG=1|gf_ARG=5|ga_ARG=4|status_ARG=
|team4=CGO|name_CGO={{fbu|17|CGO|1970}}|win_CGO=0|draw_CGO=0|loss_CGO=3|gf_CGO=4|ga_CGO=10|status_CGO=
|res_col_header=Q|result1=KO |result2=KO|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}
{{football box
|date=31 July 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|AUS}}
|score=1&ndash;0
|team2={{fbu|17|ARG}}
|goals1=Naven {{goal|28}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Minyuan Stadium]], [[Tianjin]]
|attendance=20,000
|referee=[[Joaquin Urrea Reyes]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010081850/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31095/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=31 July 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|CGO|1970}}
|score=1&ndash;4
|team2={{fbu|17|FRG}}
|goals1=[[Herve Kakou|Kakou]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2=[[Klaus Mirwald|Mirwald]] {{goal|21}} <br /> [[Marcel Witeczek|Witeczek]] {{goal|38||65}} <br /> [[Detlev Dammeier|Dammeier]] {{goal|56}}
|stadium=[[Minyuan Stadium]], [[Tianjin]]
|attendance=20,000
|referee=[[Chen Shengcai]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016054909/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31096/index.html
}}
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{{football box
|date=2 August 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|AUS}}
|score=2&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|17|CGO|1970}}
|goals1=[[Paul Trimboli|Trimboli]] {{goal|19}} <br /> [[Stan Thodis|Thodis]] {{goal|42}}
|goals2=[[Herve Kakou|Kakou]] {{goal|76}}
|stadium=[[Minyuan Stadium]], [[Tianjin]]
|attendance=20,000
|referee=[[Hassan Abdullah Al Mullah]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023258/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31103/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=2 August 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}
|score=1&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|17|FRG}}
|goals1=[[Fernando Cáceres|Cáceres]] {{goal|16}}
|goals2=[[Helmut Gabriel|Gabriel]] {{goal|15}}
|stadium=[[Minyuan Stadium]], [[Tianjin]]
|attendance=20,000
|referee=[[Claudio Pieri]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023343/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31104/index.html
}}
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{{football box
|date=4 August 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|AUS}}
|score=1&ndash;0
|team2={{fbu|17|FRG}}
|goals1=[[Paul Trimboli|Trimboli]] {{goal|12}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Minyuan Stadium]], [[Tianjin]]
|attendance=20,000
|referee=[[Karim Camara (football referee)|Karim Camara]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010075255/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31111/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=4 August 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|ARG}}
|score=4&ndash;2
|team2={{fbu|17|CGO|1970}}
|goals1=[[Hugo Maradona|Maradona]] {{goal|23|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]|24}} <br /> [[Lorenzo Frutos|Frutos]] {{goal|38}} <br /> [[Diego Álvarez (footballer)|Álvarez]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2=[[Etienne Salles|Salles]] {{goal|46}} <br /> [[Eric Mantot|Mantot]] {{goal|60|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}
|stadium=[[Minyuan Stadium]], [[Tianjin]]
|attendance=20,000
|referee=[[Joaquin Urrea Reyes]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023246/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31112/index.html
}}

===Group C===
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|res_col_header=Q|result1=KO |result2=KO|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}
{{football box
|date=31 July 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|KSA}}
|score=4&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|17|CRC}}
|goals1=[[Adel Al Dosary|Al Dosary]] {{goal|25}} <br /> [[Saadoun Al Suraiti|Al Suraiti]] {{goal|63}} <br /> [[Abdulaziz Al Razgan|Al Razgan]] {{goal|66}} <br /> [[Nasser Al Fahad|Al Fahad]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2=[[Hernán Medford|Medford]] {{goal|12}}
|stadium=[[Dalian People's Stadium]], [[Dalian]]
|attendance=35,000
|referee=[[Arnaldo Coelho]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023225/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31097/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=31 July 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|NGA}}
|score=1&ndash;0
|team2={{fbu|17|ITA}}
|goals1=[[Billa Momoh|Momoh]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Dalian People's Stadium]], [[Dalian]]
|attendance=35,000
|referee=[[Angelo Bratsis]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023308/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31098/index.html
}}
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{{football box
|date=2 August 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|KSA}}
|score=0&ndash;0
|team2={{fbu|17|NGA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Dalian People's Stadium]], [[Dalian]]
|attendance=36,000
|referee=[[Angelo Bratsis]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023334/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31105/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date= 2 August 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|CRC}}
|score=0&ndash;2
|team2={{fbu|17|ITA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Andrea Caverzan|Caverzan]] {{goal|17}} <br /> [[Giorgio Bresciani|Bresciani]] {{goal|46}}
|stadium=[[Dalian People's Stadium]], [[Dalian]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Simon Bantsimba]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817055826/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31106/index.html
}}
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{{football box
|date=4 August 1985
|time=19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|KSA}}
|score=3&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|17|ITA}}
|goals1=[[Boushal Al Boushal|Al Boushal]] {{goal|4||61}} <br /> [[Abdulaziz Al Razgan|Al Razgan]] {{goal|78|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}
|goals2=[[Giorgio Bresciani|Bresciani]] {{goal|37}}
|stadium=[[Dalian People's Stadium]], [[Dalian]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Arnaldo Coelho]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023310/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31113/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=4 August 1985
|time=20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|CRC}}
|score=0&ndash;3
|team2={{fbu|17|NGA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Victor Igbinoba|Igbinoba]] {{goal|62}} <br /> [[Billa Momoh|Momoh]] {{goal|70}} <br /> [[Joseph Babatunde|Babatunde]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium=[[Dalian People's Stadium]], [[Dalian]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Zhang Daqiao]]
|report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023332/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31114/index.html
}}

===Group D===
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|team4=QAT|name_QAT={{fbu|17|QAT}}|win_QAT=0|draw_QAT=0|loss_QAT=3|gf_QAT=2|ga_QAT=8|status_QAT=
|res_col_header=Q|result1=KO |result2=KO|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advanced to [[#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}

{{football box
|date=31 July 1985 <br/> 19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|QAT}}
|score=1&ndash;2
|team2={{fbu|17|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Adel Al Abdulla|Al Abdulla]] {{goal|50}}
|goals2=[[Bismarck Barreto Faria|Bismarck]] {{goal|9}} <br/> [[William César de Oliveira|William]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium=[[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]], [[Shanghai]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Christopher Bambridge]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023244/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31099/index.html
}}
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|date=31 July 1985 <br/> 20:45
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|score=0&ndash;0
|team2={{fbu|17|HUN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]], [[Shanghai]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Cui Baoyin]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023227/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31100/index.html
}}
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{{football box
|date=2 August 1985 <br/> 19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|QAT}}
|score=1&ndash;3
|team2={{fbu|17|MEX}}
|goals1=[[Saleh Al Mohannadi|Al Mohannadi]] {{goal|5|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}
|goals2=[[Francisco Cortes (footballer)|Cortes]] {{goal|36}} <br/> [[Elias Ledesma|Ledesma]] {{goal|52||77|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}
|stadium=[[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]], [[Shanghai]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=[[Karl-Heinz Tritschler]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023403/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31107/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=2 August 1985 <br/> 20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score=0&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|17|HUN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Zoltán Kanál|Kanál]] {{goal|55}}
|stadium=[[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]], [[Shanghai]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=[[Christopher Bambridge]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023327/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31108/index.html
}}
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{{football box
|date=4 August 1985 <br/> 19:00
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|QAT}}
|score=0&ndash;3
|team2={{fbu|17|HUN}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Zsolt Huszák|Huszák]] {{goal|9}} <br/> [[Laászló Marik|Marik]] {{goal|38}} <br/> [[Zoltán Kanál|Kanál]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium=[[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]], [[Shanghai]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=[[Juan Ortube Vargas]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023340/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31115/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=4 August 1985 <br/> 20:45
|team1={{fbu-rt|17|BRA}}
|score=2&ndash;0
|team2={{fbu|17|MEX}}
|goals1=[[William César de Oliveira|William]] {{goal|60}} <br/> [[Mauricio Maciel Pires|Mauricio]] {{goal|67}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]], [[Shanghai]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=[[Karl-Heinz Tritschler]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023401/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191426/match=31116/index.html
}}

==Knockout stage==
{{Round8-with third
<!--Date-Place/Team 1/Score 1/Team 2/Score 2 -->
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|August 7 – [[Beijing]]|{{fbu|16|CHN}}|2|{{nobr|'''{{fbu|16|FRG}}'''}}|'''4'''
|August 7 – [[Dalian]]|{{fbu|16|KSA}}|1|'''{{fbu|17|BRA}}'''|'''2'''
|August 7 – [[Tianjin]]|{{fbu|17|AUS}}|0 (2)|'''{{fbu|17|GUI}}''' {{pso}}|{{nobr|'''0 (4)'''}}
|August 7 – [[Shanghai]]|{{fbu|16|HUN}}|1|'''{{fbu|17|NGA}}'''|'''3'''
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|August 9 – [[Beijing]]|{{nobr|'''{{fbu|16|FRG}}'''}}|'''4'''|{{fbu|17|BRA}}|3
|August 9 – [[Shanghai]]|'''{{fbu|17|NGA}}''' {{pso}}|{{nobr|'''1 (4)'''}}|{{fbu|17|GUI}}|1 (2)
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|August 11 – [[Beijing]]|{{nobr|{{fbu|16|FRG}}}}|0|'''{{fbu|17|NGA}}'''|'''2'''
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|{{nobr|August 11 – [[Beijing]]}}|'''{{fbu|17|BRA}}'''|'''4'''|{{fbu|17|GUI}}|1
}}

===Quarter-finals===
{{football box
|date=7 August 1985
|time=19:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|16|CHN}}
|score=2&ndash;4
|team2={{fbu|16|FRG}}
|goals1=[[Guo Zhuang]] {{goal|14}} <br /> [[Tu Shengqiao]] {{goal|39}}
|goals2=[[Marcel Witeczek|Witeczek]] {{goal|10||37||45}} <br /> [[Bi Sheng (footballer)|Bi Sheng]] {{goal|35|[[Own goal|o.g.]]}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=80,000
|referee=[[Arnaldo Cézar Coelho]]
|report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023323/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191428/match=31117/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=7 August 1985
|time=19:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|16|AUS}}
|score=0&ndash;0 ([[Overtime (association football)|a.e.t.]]) <br /> (2&ndash;4 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])
|team2={{fbu|16|GUI}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Hongqiao Stadium]],
 [[Tianjin]]
|attendance=20,000
|referee=[[Claudio Pieri]]
|report=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630140929/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191428/match=31118/index.html
}}
----
{{football box
|date=7 August 1985
|time=19:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|16|KSA}}
|score=1&ndash;2
|team2={{fbu|16|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Abdulaziz Al Razgan|Al Razgan]] {{goal|52|[[Penalty kick (association football)|pen.]]}}
|goals2=[[William César de Oliveira|William]] {{goal|38||49|pen.}}
|stadium=[[Dalian People's Stadium]], [[Dalian]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Carlos Alfaro Venegas]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023137/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191428/match=31119/index.html
}}
{{football box
|date=7 August 1985
|time=19:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|16|HUN}}
|score=1&ndash;3
|team2={{fbu|16|NGA}}
|goals1=[[László Marik|Marik]] {{goal|2}}
|goals2=[[Billa Momoh|Momoh]] {{goal|17||58}} <br /> [[Victor Igbinoba|Igbinoba]] {{goal|60}}
|stadium=[[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]], [[Shanghai]]
|attendance=25,000
|referee=[[Christopher Bambridge]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023405/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191428/match=31120/index.html
}}

===Semi-finals===
{{football box
|date=9 August 1985
|time=19:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|16|FRG}}
|score=4&ndash;3
|team2={{fbu|16|BRA}}
|goals1=[[Marcel Witeczek|Witeczek]] {{goal|15||57||66}} <br /> [[Dirk Konerding|Konerding]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2=[[Bismarck Barreto Faria|Bismarck]] {{goal|6}} <br /> [[André Cruz (Brazilian footballer)|Andre Cruz]] {{goal|37}} <br /> [[Natalino Rodrigues Antunes|Rodrigues]] {{goal|70}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=50,000
|referee=[[Joaquin Urrea Reyes]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817055827/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191428/match=31121/index.html
}}
----
{{football box
|date=9 August 1985
|time=19:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|16|NGA}}
|score=1&ndash;1 ([[Overtime (association football)|a.e.t.]]) <br /> (4&ndash;2 [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|pen.]])
|team2={{fbu|16|GUI}}
|goals1=[[Fatai Atere|Atere]] {{goal|10}}
|goals2=[[Mohamed Soumah|Soumah]] {{goal|20}}
|stadium=[[Hongkou Football Stadium|Hongkou Stadium]], [[Shanghai]]
|attendance=30,000
|referee=[[Carlos Espósito]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023334/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191428/match=31122/index.html
}}

===Third place play-off===
{{football box
|date=11 August 1985
|time=17:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|16|BRA}}
|score=4&ndash;1
|team2={{fbu|16|GUI}}
|goals1=[[Marques (footballer)|Marques]] {{goal|11}} <br /> [[Mauricio Maciel Pires|Mauricio]] {{goal|42}} <br /> [[William César de Oliveira|William]] {{goal|51}} <br /> [[Bismarck Barreto Faria|Bismarck]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2=[[Mohamed Sylla (footballer, born 1971)|Sylla]] {{goal|65}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=80,000
|referee=[[Cui Baoyin]]
|report=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817023350/https://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191428/match=31123/index.html
}}

===Final===
{{football box
|date=11 August 1985
|time=19:30
|team1={{fbu-rt|16|FRG}}
|score=0&ndash;2
|team2={{fbu|16|NGA}}
|goals1=
|goals2=[[Jonathan Akpoborie|Akpoborie]] {{goal|4}} <br /> [[Victor Igbinoba|Igbinoba]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium=[[Workers' Stadium (1959)|Workers' Stadium]], [[Beijing]]
|attendance=80,000
|referee=[[Christopher Bambridge]] |report=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814110351/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/matches/round=191428/match=31124/index.html
}}

==Result==
{{winners|fbu|17|1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship winners|Nigeria|First}}

==Goalscorers==

Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the [[FIFA U-17 World Cup#Awards|Golden Shoe]] award for scoring eight goals. In total, 91 goals were scored by 56 different players, with only one of them credited as own goal.

;8 goals
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Marcel Witeczek]]
;5 goals
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[William César de Oliveira|William]]
;4 goals
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Billa Momoh]]
;3 goals
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Bismarck Barreto Faria]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Guo Zhuang]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Victor Igbinoba]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Abdulaziz Al Razgan]]
;2 goals
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Hugo Maradona]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Paul Trimboli]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Mauricio Maciel Pires|Mauricio]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Xie Yuxin]]
*{{flagicon|CGO|1970}} [[Herve Kakou]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Mohamed Soumah]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Mohamed Sylla (footballer, born 1971)|Mohamed Sylla]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Salifou Koita]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[László Marik]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zoltán Kanál]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Giorgio Bresciani]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Elias Ledesma]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Boushal Al Boushal]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Curtis Pride]]
{{div col end}}
;1 goal
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Diego Álvarez (footballer)|Diego Álvarez]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Fernando Cáceres]]
*{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Lorenzo Frutos]]
*{{flagicon|AUS}} Craig Naven
*{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Stan Thodis]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Erwin Sánchez]]
*{{flagicon|BOL}} [[Marco Etcheverry]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[André Cruz (Brazilian footballer)|Andre Cruz]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Marques (footballer)|Marques]]
*{{flagicon|BRA}} [[Natalino Rodrigues Antunes]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Cao Xiandong]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Sun Bowei]]
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Tu Shengqiao]]
*{{flagicon|CGO|1970}} [[Eric Mantot]]
*{{flagicon|CGO|1970}} [[Etienne Salles]]
*{{flagicon|CRC}} [[Hernán Medford]]
*{{flagicon|GUI}} [[Lamine Touré (Guinean football player)]]
*{{flagicon|HUN}} [[Zsolt Huszák]]
*{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Andrea Caverzan]]
*{{flagicon|MEX}} [[Francisco Cortes (footballer)|Francisco Cortes]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Fatai Atere]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Jonathan Akpoborie]]
*{{flagicon|NGA}} [[Joseph Babatunde]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Adel Al Abdulla]]
*{{flagicon|QAT}} [[Saleh Al Mohannadi]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Adel Al Dosary]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Nasser Al Fahad]]
*{{flagicon|KSA}} [[Saadoun Al Suraiti]]
*{{flagicon|USA}} [[Larry McPhail]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Detlev Dammeier]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Dirk Konerding]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Helmut Gabriel]]
*{{flagicon|FRG}} [[Klaus Mirwald]]
{{div col end}}
;Own goal
*{{flagicon|CHN}} [[Bi Sheng (footballer)|Bi Sheng]] (playing against West Germany)

==Final ranking==

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!width=20|Rank
!width=200|Team
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pld|Played}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|W|Won}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|D|Drawn}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|L|Lost}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|GD|Goal difference}}
!width="20"|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background:gold;"
|1
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Nigeria}}
|6||4||2||0||10||2||+8||'''10'''
|- style="background:silver;"
|2
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|West Germany}}
|6||3||1||2||13||10||+3||'''7'''
|- style="background:#a67d3d;"
|3
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Brazil}}
|6||4||0||2||13||8||+5||'''8'''
|- style="background:beige;"
|4
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Guinea}}
|6||2||2||2||7||7||0||'''6'''
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated in the quarter-finals'''
|-
|5
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Australia}}
|4||3||1||0||4||1||+3||'''7'''
|-
|6
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Saudi Arabia}}
|4||2||1||1||8||4||+4||'''5'''
|-
|7
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Hungary}}
|4||2||1||1||5||3||+2||'''5'''
|-
|8
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|China}}
|4||2||1||1||8||7||+1||'''5'''
|-
| colspan="11"| '''Eliminated at the group stage'''
|-
|9
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Argentina}}
|3||1||1||1||5||4||+1||'''3'''
|-
|10
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Mexico}}
|3||1||1||1||3||3||0||'''3'''
|-
|11
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Italy}}
|3||1||0||2||3||4||–1||'''2'''
|-
|12
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|United States}}
|3||1||0||2||3||5||–2||'''2'''
|-
|13
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Bolivia}}
|3||0||1||2||2||6||–4||'''1'''
|-
|14
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Congo|1970}}
|3||0||0||3||4||10||–6||'''0'''
|-
|15
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Qatar}}
|3||0||0||3||2||8||–6||'''0'''
|-
|16
|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|17|Costa Rica}}
|3||0||0||3||1||9||–8||'''0'''
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160305024454/http://www.fifa.com/u17worldcup/archive/chinapr1985/index.html FIFA U-16 World Championship China PR 1985], FIFA.com
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20111220064504/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/07/93/u16%5fchina%5f1985%5fa%5fpart1%5f254.pdf FIFA Technical Report (Part 1)] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20111220060112/http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/afdeveloping/technicaldevp/50/07/87/u16%5fchina%5f1985%5fa%5fpart2%5f253.pdf (Part 2)]

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