1985 FIFA World Youth Championship
| Кубок ФИФА Кока-Кола 1985 | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Soviet Union |
| Dates | August 24–September 7 |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |
 Brazil (2nd title)
|
| Runners-up |  Spain |
| Third place |  Nigeria |
| Fourth place |  Soviet Union |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 80 (2.5 per match) |
| Attendance | 657,800 (20,556 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |
 Gérson Balalo Müller Sebastián Losada Fernando Gómez Monday Odiaka Alberto García Aspe(3 goals) |
| Best player |
Paulo Silas
|
The 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship, the fifth edition of the FIFA World Youth Championship, was held in the Soviet Union (USSR) from August 24 to September 7, 1985. The tournament took place in ten venues within eight host cities — Baku, Yerevan, Leningrad, Minsk (2), Moscow, Hoktemberyan, Tbilisi (2) and Sumqayit — where a total of 32 matches were played. The winner was Brazil, which managed to retain the title, by beating Spain by 1–0, in the final played at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium.
10 stadiums were used during the championship in 8 host cities, divided among 5 Soviet Republics: Armenian SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Azerbaijan SSR (2 venues in 2 host cities), Byelorussian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), Georgian SSR (2 venues in 1 host city), and Russian SFSR (2 venues in 2 host cities).
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1985 FIFA World Youth Championship squads
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