1985 CONCACAF Championship qualification
Qualifying Round:
- Guatemala received a bye and advanced to the Championship directly. The remaining 16 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the CONCACAF Championship.
Entrants
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Canada
- Costa Rica
- El Salvador
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Netherlands Antilles
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
Withdrawals
Non-participation
Mexico did not participate in order to focus on hosting the 1986 FIFA World Cup
Results
Summary
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Salvador | 8–0 | Puerto Rico | 5–0 | 3–0 |
| Canada | w/o | Jamaica | n/a | n/a |
| Netherlands Antilles | 0–4 | United States | 0–0 | 0–4 |
| Costa Rica | w/o | Barbados | n/a | n/a |
| Panama | 0–4 | Honduras | 0–3 | 0–1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | w/o | Grenada | n/a | n/a |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 2–5[A] | Haiti | 0–4 | 2–1 |
| Suriname | 2–1 | Guyana | 1–0 | 1–1 |
- ^ Both matches hosted by Haiti
Matches
| 29 July 1984 | El Salvador | 5–0 | Puerto Rico | Estadio Cuscatlán, San Salvador, El Salvador |
| Hernández 6', 19' Rivas 28' Alfaro 45' López Medrano 82' |
Referee: Rómulo Méndez (Guatemala) |
| 5 August 1984 | Puerto Rico | 0–3 (0–8 agg.) | El Salvador | Estadio Sixto Escobar, San Juan, Puerto Rico |
| Zapata 1' Rivas 12' Perla 80' |
Referee: Osborne (Bermuda) |
El Salvador advanced.
Jamaica withdrew, so Canada qualified automatically.
| 29 September 1984 | Netherlands Antilles | 0–0 | United States | Ergilio Hato Stadium, Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles |
| Referee: Goede (Suriname) |
| 6 October 1984 | United States | 4–0 (4–0 agg.) | Netherlands Antilles | Busch Stadium, St. Louis, United States |
| DiBernardo 50' Coker 58', 67' Kapp 85' [1] |
Referee: Fusco (Canada) |
United States advanced.
| Costa Rica | w/o | Barbados | ||
| Withdrew |
Barbados withdrew, so Costa Rica qualified automatically.
| 15 June 1984 | Panama | 0–3 | Honduras | Estadio Armando Dely Valdés, Colón, Panama |
| Figueroa 50', 78' Laing 71' |
Referee: Ortiz Cardoza (El Salvador) |
| 24 June 1984 | Honduras | 1–0 (4–0 agg.) | Panama | Estadio Nacional Chelato Uclés, Tegucigalpa, Honduras |
| Figueroa 67' (pen.) | Referee: Gus Constantine (United States) |
Honduras advanced.
| Trinidad and Tobago | w/o | Grenada | ||
| Withdrew |
Grenada withdrew, so Trinidad and Tobago qualified automatically.
| 4 August 1984 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0–4 | Haiti | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti[2] |
| Auguste 20', 31', 87' Thomas 51' |
Referee: Taylor (Jamaica) |
| 7 August 1984 | Haiti | 1–2 (5–2 agg.) | Antigua and Barbuda | Stade Sylvio Cator, Port-au-Prince, Haiti |
| Vorbe 33' | Gonzalves 17' Roberts 56' |
Referee: Campbell (Jamaica) |
Haiti advanced.
| 15 August 1984 | Suriname | 1–0 | Guyana | André Kamperveen Stadion, Paramaribo, Suriname |
| Edwards 77' | Referee: Lee (Netherlands Antilles) |
| 29 August 1984 | Guyana | 1–1 (1–2 agg.) | Suriname | Georgetown Cricket Club Ground "Bourda", Georgetown, Guyana |
| Archer 36' | Klinker 58' | Referee: Sirjuesingh (Trinidad and Tobago) |
Suriname qualified.
Qualified Teams
- Canada (Automanic)
- Costa Rica (Automanic)
- El Salvador
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Trinidad and Tobago (Automanic)
- Suriname
- United States
Goalscorers
- 3 goals
- Maxime Auguste
- José Roberto Figueroa
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Everton Gonzalves
- Elvis Roberts
- Dagoberto Lopez Medrano
- Luis Ramírez Zapata
- Terrence Archer
- Keslin Thomas
- Edward Vorbe
- Eduardo Laing
- Jacob Edwards
- Umberto Klinker
- Angelo DiBernardo
- Erhardt Kapp