The 1985 Arab Club Champions Cup took place in Baghdad, Iraq and featured three teams. Iraqi League representative Al-Rasheed took the championship back to Iraq.

Participants
Zone	Team	Qualifying method
Zone 1	Al-Rasheed	Iraqi League representative
	Al-Ahli	1983–84 Saudi Premier League winners
	Al-Ahli Sana'a	1983–84 Yemeni League winners
Zone 2	Nejmeh	1974–75 Lebanese Championship winners (no championship after 1975)
Zone 3	USM El Harrach	1983–84 Algerian Championship runners-up

Preliminary round tournament held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Rasheed	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	4
Al-Ahli	2	1	0	1	2	1	+1	2
Al-Ahli Sana'a	2	0	0	2	0	4	−4	0

2 September 1985

Al-Ahli	0 – 1	Al-Rasheed
		Mohammed 64'

Al Ahli Club Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: Omar Al-Bashir (Sudan)

4 September 1985

Al-Rasheed	2 – 01	Al-Ahli Sana'a
Abid –'		Jo'ra –'

Al Ahli Club Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: Neji Jouini (Tunisia)

¹ The match originally finished 1-1, but Al-Rasheed were awarded a 2-0 win as Al-Ahli Sana'a played a Sudanese player who was not registered according to competition rules.

6 September 1985

Al-Ahli	2 – 0	Al-Ahli Sana'a
Hussain

Al Ahli Club Stadium, Jeddah

Referee: Mohammed Al-Mawlood (Bahrain)

Al-Rasheed advanced to the final tournament.

Nejmeh advanced to the final tournament.

USM El Harrach advanced to the final tournament.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Al-Rasheed	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	4
USM El Harrach	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	2
Nejmeh	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

5 December 1985

Al-Rasheed	6 – 1	Nejmeh
Dirjal 8' Abid 35', 71' Saddam 38' Hashim 76' Allawi 89'		Chatila 79'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

7 December 1985

Nejmeh	0 – 3	USM El Harrach
		Meziani 17', 30' Ould El-Hadj 66'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

9 December 1985

USM El Harrach	1 – 2	Al-Rasheed
Meziani 44'		Allawi 26' Radhi 85'

Al-Shaab Stadium, Baghdad

1985 Arab Club Champions Cup Winners
Al-Rasheed 1st Title

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