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1985 featured the last ever edition of the Nacional championship. The structure of the tournament made it the most complicated championship in the history of the Argentine first division. The eventual champions were Argentinos Juniors who beat Vélez Sársfield in a 2nd final.
Group Stages (1st step)
The top two teams go through to the winners knockout, the bottom two go to the losers knockout.
The winners progressed to the winners QF, the losers enter the losers 3rd round.
Home (1st leg)
Home (2nd leg)
1st Leg
2nd leg
Aggregate
Independiente
Ramón Santamarina
3-1
3-2
6-3
Talleres
Estudiantes La Plata
1-1
1-3
2-4
Newell's Old Boys
Chacarita Juniors
0-0
2-1
2-1
San Lorenzo
Argentinos Juniors
2-2
0-1
2-3
San Martín
Estudiantes RC
4-2
0-0
4-2
Boca Juniors
Vélez Sársfield
3-2
0-3
3-4
Ferro Carril Oeste
Unión
1-0
2-1
3-1
Deportivo Español
River Plate
2-1
0-5
2-6
Losers knockout
Home (1st leg)
Home (2nd leg)
1st Leg
2nd leg
Aggregate
Guaraní
Platense
0-0
0-1
0-1
Huracán
Racing de Córdoba
2-1
1-1
3-2
Belgrano
Huracán La Heras
2-1
1-3
3-4
Central Norte
Círculo Deportivo
0-0
2-3
2-3
Altos Hornos Zapla
Argentino (F)
2-0
1-2
3-2
Juventud Alianza
Temperley
4-3
1-4
5-7
Cipolletti
Instituto
0-0
1-3
1-3
Gimnasia La Plata
Juventud Antoniana
3-0
0-1
3-1
3rd step
Winners Quarter-finals
Score
San Martín
Argentinos Juniors
0-2
Ferro Carril Oeste
Independiente
3-0
River Plate
Estudiantes La Plata
2-0
Newell's Old Boys
Vélez Sársfield
1-2 (aet)
Losers 3rd round
Score
Estudiantes (RC)
Temperley
0-1
Gimnasia La Plata
Deportivo Español
0-2
Unión
Platense
3-0
Talleres
Instituto
0-4
Boca Juniors
Altos Hornos Zapla
3-1
Huracán La Heras
San Lorenzo
3-3 (2-3 p.k.)
Chacarita Juniors
Huracán
0-0 (4-3 p.k.)
Central Norte
Ramón Santamarina
1-1 (4-2 p.k.)
4th step
Winners Semi-finals
Score
Ferro Carril Oeste
Argentinos Juniors
0-3
Vélez Sársfield
River Plate
3-0
Losers 4th round
Score
Independiente
Boca Juniors
1-0
Newell's Old Boys
Temperley
2-1
Chacarita Juniors
San Lorenzo
2-0 (aet)
Estuidaintes (LP)
Deportivo Español
1-1 (6-5 p.k.)
Central Norte
Unión
0-0 (1-3 p.k.)
San Martín
Instituto
0-0 (4-1 p.k.)
5th step
Winners final
Home (1st leg)
Home (2nd leg)
1st Leg
2nd leg
Aggregate
Argentinos Juniors
Vélez Sársfield
2-0
0-2
2-2 (4-3 p.k.)
Argentinos Juniors to play in the final
Vélez Sársfield progress to the losers final
Losers 5th round
Score
Newell's Old Boys
Chacarita Juniors
1-0
Estudiantes (LP)
San Martín
1-0
River Plate
Unión
1-0
Ferro Carril Oeste
Independiente
0-0 (2-4 p.k.)
6th step
Losers 6th round
Score
River Plate
Estudiantes (LP)
4-1
Independiente
Newell's Old Boys
0-2
7th step
Losers 7th round
Score
River Plate
Newell's Old Boys
2-0
8th step
Losers final
Score
Vélez Sársfield
River Plate
2-1
Vélez Sársfield to play in the final
Final
August 28, 1985
Score
Argentinos Juniors
Vélez Sársfield
1-1 (3-4 p.k.)
As Argentinos Juniors had made it to the final without losing a game, the final had to be replayed to give them the 2nd chance that every other team had already had.