| Tourney Name: | FIFA U-16 World Championship |
| Year: | 1985 |
| Other Titles: | FIFA U-16 World Tournament for the Kodak Cup 1985 FIFA U-16世界锦标赛 |
| Country: | China |
| Dates: | July 31 – August 11 |
| Num Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 6 |
| Venues: | 4 |
| Cities: | 4 |
| Count: | 1 |
| Matches: | 32 |
| Goals: | 91 |
| Attendance: | 1230976 |
| Top Scorer: | Marcel Witeczek (8 goals) |
| Player: |  William |
| Nextseason: | 1987 |
The 1985 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.[1]
| Beijing | Dalian | Shanghai | Tianjin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workers' Stadium | People's Stadium | Hongkou Stadium | Minyuan Stadium | |
| Capacity: 80,000 | Capacity: 40,000 | Capacity: 32,220 | Capacity: 18,000 | |
For full squad lists for the 1985 U-16 World Championship see 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship squads.
Asia
Chen Shengcai Cui Baoyin Zhang Daqiao
Hassan Abdullah Al MullahAfrica
CONCACAF
Angelo Bratsis
Joaquin Urrea ReyesSouth America
Arnaldo Cézar Coelho
Carlos Espósito
Juan OrtubeEurope
Miklós Nagy
Claudio PieriOceania
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Marcel Witeczek of West Germany won the 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.
Billa Momoh Bismarck Barreto Faria Guo Zhuang Victor Igbinoba Hugo Maradona
Paul Trimboli Mauricio Xie Yuxin László Marik Zoltán Kanál Giorgio Bresciani Elias Ledesma Curtis Pride Diego Álvarez Fernando Cáceres Lorenzo Frutos Craig Naven Stan Thodis Erwin Sánchez Marco Etcheverry Andre Cruz Marques Natalino Rodrigues Antunes Cao Xiandong Sun Bowei Tu Shengqiao Zsolt Huszák Andrea Caverzan Francisco Cortes Fatai Atere Jonathan Akpoborie Joseph Babatunde Adel Al Abdulla Saleh Al Mohannadi Larry McPhail Bi Sheng (playing against West Germany)| width=20 | Rank | width=200 | Team | ||||||||
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| 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 10 | |||
| 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 10 | +3 | 7 | |||
| 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Eliminated in the quarter-finals | |||||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 | |||
| 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 | |||
| 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | |||
| 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | +1 | 5 | |||
| Eliminated at the group stage | |||||||||||
| 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |||
| 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | –1 | 2 | |||
| 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | –2 | 2 | |||
| 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | –4 | 1 | |||
| 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | –6 | 0 | |||
| 15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | –6 | 0 | |||
| 16 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | –8 | 0 | |||