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
Sport in Mexico in the 1970 and 1986 World Cups, both of which were staged on Mexican soil, and will host once again in 2026 sharing with Canada and United States. The Mexico national football team won its first FIFA Confederations Cup in 1999, finished twice as runners-up at the Copa América, won the 2005 FIFA U-17 World Championship, and have reached the quarter finals twice at the World Cup. Recently, some players from Mexico have moved on to European clubs, including Rafael Márquez, Carlos Salcido, Ricardo Osorio, Pável Pardo, Andrés Guardado, Guillermo Franco, Carlos Vela, Giovani dos Santos, Omar Bravo, Aaron Galindo,