1985 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

The 1985 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations was the second edition of the Afro-Asian Cup of Nations, it was contested by Cameroon, winners of the 1984 African Cup of Nations, and Saudi Arabia, winners of the 1984 AFC Asian Cup. Cameroon won on aggregate over the two legs.^[1] This edition were helds after the 1978 edition between Ghana and Iran which was normally the first edition one, however it was cancelled after the 1st leg.

1985 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations

Stade A. Ahidjo
Cameroon Saudi Arabia 5 3
First leg
Cameroon Saudi Arabia 4 1
Date	15 September 1985
Venue	Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé
Referee	Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)
Attendance	80,000
Second leg
Saudi Arabia Cameroon 2 1
Date	4 October 1985
Venue	King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if
Referee	Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)
Attendance	20,000
← 1978 1987 →

Qualified teams

Country	Qualified as	Previous appearance in tournament
Cameroon	1984 African Cup of Nations champions	Debut
Saudi Arabia	1984 Asian Cup champions	Debut

Match details

First leg

15 September 1985

17:00 UTC+1

Cameroon	4–1	Saudi Arabia
Omam-Biyik 8' Milla 33' 84' Kundé 87' (pen.)	Report	Abu Dawud 44'

Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, Yaoundé

Attendance: 80,000

Referee: Tesfaye Gebreyesus (Ethiopia)

Cameroon

Saudi Arabia

Cameroon: GK 1 André Marie Boé DF – Charles Toubé DF – Christian Ebwéa Bilé DF 5 Emmanuel Kundé (c) DF – Voungai Salomon MF – Émile Mbouh MF – André Kana-Biyik MF – Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé 1 MF – Louis-Paul Mfédé FW 9 Roger Milla 2 FW – François Omam-Biyik Substitutes: GK – Jacques Songo'o DF – Victor N'Dip MF – Oumarou Mamoudou 1 MF – Laurent Ebendeng Mengue 2 FW – Adama "Zico" Haman Manager: Claude Le Roy

Saudi Arabia: GK 1 Abdullah Al-Deayea DF 4 Sameer Abdulshaker DF 5 Samadou  79' DF 6 Ahmad Al-Bishi DF 7 Fahad Al-Bishi MF 10 Fahad Al-Musaibeah MF 12 Bandar Serour MF 13 Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad FW 9 Majed Abdullah FW 14 Saleh Khalifa Al-Dosari FW 18 Hussam Abu Dawud Substitutes: DF 3 Hussein Al-Bishi  75' Manager: Khalil Al-Zayani

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Man of the Match: Roger Milla (Cameroon)

Second leg

4 October 1985

16:00 UTC+3

Saudi Arabia	2–1	Cameroon
Mohammed 9' Abd Al-Jawad 86'	Report	Omam-Biyik 57'

King Fahd Stadium, Ta'if

Attendance: 20,000

Referee: Jassim Mandi (Bahrain)

Saudi Arabia

Cameroon

Saudi Arabia: GK 1 Abdullah Al-Deayea DF 2 Nasser Al-Mansoor DF 4 Sameer Abdulshaker DF 5 Saleh Nu'eimeh (c) DF 6 Ahmad Al-Bishi  70' DF – Jamal Mohammed MF 7 Fahad Al-Bishi MF 10 Fahad Al-Musaibeah MF 13 Mohamed Abd Al-Jawad FW 18 Hussam Abu Dawud  80' FW – Mohaisen Al-Jam'an Substitutes: MF – Naser Al-Dossari  75' FW – Saleh Khalifa Al-Dosari  80' Manager: Khalil Al-Zayani

Cameroon: GK 1 André Marie Boé DF – Charles Toubé DF – Voungai Salomon DF – Christian Ebwéa Bilé DF – Edmond Enoka DF 5 Emmanuel Kundé (c) MF – Émile Mbouh MF – Louis-Paul Mfédé MF – Oumarou Mamoudou 2 FW – François Omam-Biyik FW – Adama "Zico" Haman 1 Substitutes: MF – Dagobert Dang 1 MF – Jean-Jacques Missé-Missé 2 Manager: Claude Le Roy

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Winners

Cameroon won 5–3 on aggregate.

1985 Afro-Asian Cup of Nations
Cameroon 1st title