The Azteca 2000 Tournament was a minor international

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competition, which took place in the summer of 1985 in

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. Host nation

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and

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participated in the tournament, and matches took place at the

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. The three-nation mini-tournament was arranged as a preparatory exercise for Mexico, who would host the

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final tournament the following year. The first game of this tournament (England vs Mexico) was also the final game of the Mexico City Cup Tournament.

Background

The Azteca 200 was the second on an overlapping tournament following on from Ciudad de México Cup. England having qualified for the

after winning their

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were invited to participate in the tournament. England manager

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considered this a good chance to climatise his squad before the world cup. The team he brought with him included

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and

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Results

Mexico vs England

Note: ''This match also counted as the last match of the 1985 Ciudad de México Cup Tournament''. ----

England vs West Germany

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Mexico vs West Germany

Table

References

Other sources

* Heatley, Michael & Ian Welch, England Football, p. 33 (Dial House, Shepperton, Surrey, England, 1996) * Hockings, Ron & Keir Radnedge, Nations of Europe, vol. 1, pp. 198, 307, vol. 2, pp. 27-28 (Articulate, Ernsworth, Hampshire, U.K., 1993) * Leatherdale, Clive, England: The Quest for the World Cup—A Complete Record, pp. 232-33 (Two Heads Publishing/Desert Island Books, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, U.K., 1994) * Payne, Mike, England: The Complete Post-War Record, pp. 262-64 (Breedon Books Publishing Company, Derby, U.K., 1993)

External links

Azteca 2000 Tournament results & table
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