1985 South American U-20 Championship Explained

Tourney Name:	South American Youth Championship
Year:	1985
Size:	250px
Country:	Paraguay
Dates:	8–30 January
Num Teams:	10
Champion:	BRA
Count:	3
Second:	PAR
Third:	COL
Fourth:	URU
Prevseason:	1983
Nextseason:	1987

The South American Youth Championship 1985 was held in Asunción, Paraguay. It also served as qualification for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

Teams

The following teams entered the tournament:

• • • • • • • (host)

First round

Group A

width=165	Teams	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	4	3	1	0	14	2	+12	7
	4	3	1	0	8	2	+6	7
	4	1	1	2	5	7	–2	3
	4	0	2	2	2	7	–5	2
	4	0	1	3	1	12	–11	1

width=25%		width=30%		width=15%		width=30%
8 January		1–1
9 January		6–0
11 January		2–0
13 January		4–1
14 January		3–0
16 January		3–0
17 January		2–1
19 January		1–1
20 January		1–1
22 January		2–0

Group B

width=165	Teams	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	4	3	1	0	6	1	+5	7
	4	2	2	0	6	2	+4	6
	4	1	2	1	5	3	+2	4
	4	0	2	2	0	4	–4	2
	4	0	1	3	1	8	–7	1

width=25%		width=30%		width=15%		width=30%
8 January		3–0
9 January		0–0
11 January		2–1
13 January		1–0
14 January		1–1
16 January		0–0
17 January		0–0
19 January		3–0
20 January		3–0
22 January		2–1

Final round

Paraguay finished second in this group based on a better performance in the first round.

width=165	Teams	width=20	Pld	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	GF	width=20	GA	width=20	GD	width=20	Pts
	3	3	0	0	5	2	+3	6
	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	3
	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	3
	3	0	0	3	2	9	–7	0

width=25%		width=30%		width=15%		width=30%
25 January		1–0
		1–1
27 January		2–1
		4–1
30 January		2–1
		4–1

Qualification to World Youth Championship

The three best performing teams qualified for the 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship.

External links

• Results by RSSSF