1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament The Ciudad de México Cup Tournament was a minor international football competition, which took place in the summer of 1985 in Mexico City. Host nation Mexico, England and Italy participated in the tournament, and matches took place at the Estadio Azteca, home of Mexican team Club América. The three-nation mini-tournament was arranged as a preparatory exercise for Mexico just before the 1986 FIFA World Cup final tournament began. The final game of this tournament was also the first game of the 1985 Azteca 2000 Tournament Mexico won the tournament, despite coming second, having concedeed
Estadio Azteca States and its sponsored names, few outside of Televisa itself took up the new name, and most of the general public probably had no thought about the stadium's ownership (much less the Televisa/Azteca rivalry) and continued to refer to the Estadio Azteca by its original (and current) name. After two of Cañedo's sons took a business interest in TV Azteca in 1998, Televisa quietly returned to referring to it solely as Estadio Azteca. Known colloquially by the nickname "Coloso de Santa Úrsula", which in English translates to "Colossus of Saint Ursula", due to its large structure and Santa Úrsula referring