1985 South American U-20 Championship

{{Infobox International Football Competition

| tourney_name = South American Youth Championship

| year = 1985

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| size = 250px

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| country = Paraguay

| dates = 8–30 January

| num_teams = 10

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| champion =BRA

| count =3

| second =PAR

| third =COL

| fourth =URU

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| prevseason = 1983

| nextseason = 1987

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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:

  • {{fbu|20|ARG}}
  • {{fbu|20|BOL}}
  • {{fbu|20|BRA}}
  • {{fbu|20|CHI}}
  • {{fbu|20|COL}}
  • {{fbu|20|ECU}}
  • {{fbu|20|PAR}} (host)
  • {{fbu|20|PER}}
  • {{fbu|20|URU}}
  • {{fbu|20|VEN}}

First round

=Group A=

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!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

align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|PAR}}

|4

310142+127
align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|URU}}

|4

31082+67
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|ECU}}

|4

11257–23
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|PER}}

|4

02227–52
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|VEN}}

|4

013112–111


cellspacing=1 width=70%

!width=25%|

!width=30%|

!width=15%|

!width=30%|

8 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ECU}}

|align=center|1–1

|{{fbu|20|PER}}

9 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|PAR}}

|align=center|6–0

|{{fbu|20|VEN}}

11 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|URU}}

|align=center|2–0

|{{fbu|20|PER}}

13 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|PAR}}

|align=center|4–1

|{{fbu|20|ECU}}

14 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|URU}}

|align=center|3–0

|{{fbu|20|VEN}}

16 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|PAR}}

|align=center|3–0

|{{fbu|20|PER}}

17 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|URU}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|ECU}}

19 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|PER}}

|align=center|1–1

|{{fbu|20|VEN}}

20 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|PAR}}

|align=center|1–1

|{{fbu|20|URU}}

22 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ECU}}

|align=center|2–0

|{{fbu|20|VEN}}

=Group B=

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!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

align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|BRA}}

|4

31061+57
align=center style="background:#ccffcc;"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|COL}}

|4

22062+46
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|ARG}}

|4

12153+24
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|CHI}}

|4

02204–42
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|BOL}}

|4

01318–71


cellspacing=1 width=70%

!width=25%|

!width=30%|

!width=15%|

!width=30%|

8 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BRA}}

|align=center|3–0

|{{fbu|20|BOL}}

9 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ARG}}

|align=center|0–0

|{{fbu|20|CHI}}

11 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|COL}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|BOL}}

13 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BRA}}

|align=center|1–0

|{{fbu|20|CHI}}

14 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|COL}}

|align=center|1–1

|{{fbu|20|ARG}}

16 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|CHI}}

|align=center|0–0

|{{fbu|20|BOL}}

17 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BRA}}

|align=center|0–0

|{{fbu|20|COL}}

19 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|ARG}}

|align=center|3–0

|{{fbu|20|BOL}}

20 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|COL}}

|align=center|3–0

|{{fbu|20|CHI}}

22 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BRA}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|ARG}}

Final round

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

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!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

align=center style="background:gold"

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|BRA}}

|3

30052+36
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|PAR}}

|3

11164+23
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|COL}}

|3

11164+23
align=center

|style="text-align:left;"|{{fbu|20|URU}}

|3

00329–70


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!width=25%|

!width=30%|

!width=15%|

!width=30%|

25 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BRA}}

|align=center|1–0

|{{fbu|20|URU}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|PAR}}

|align=center|1–1

|{{fbu|20|COL}}

27 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BRA}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|COL}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|PAR}}

|align=center|4–1

|{{fbu|20|URU}}

30 January

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|BRA}}

|align=center|2–1

|{{fbu|20|PAR}}

|align=right|{{fbu-rt|20|COL}}

|align=center|4–1

|{{fbu|20|URU}}

{{Winners|fb|1985 South American Youth Championship|Brazil|Third}}

Qualification to World Youth Championship

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

  • {{fbu|20|BRA}}
  • {{fbu|20|COL}}
  • {{fbu|20|PAR}}