The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by Sweden between 10 and 26 June 1992. It was the ninth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA.
It was the last tournament with only eight participants, to award the winner of a match with only two points, and before the introduction of the back-pass rule, the latter of which was brought in immediately after the tournament was completed. When the next competition was held in 1996, 16 teams were involved and were awarded three points for a win.
On 16 December 1988, following a decision made by the UEFA Executive Committee, Sweden was chosen over Spain to host the event.[2] Spain was at a disadvantage as they had already been chosen to host the EXPO 1992 in Seville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[2][3]
Scotland and the hosts Sweden made their debuts despite having yet many appeareances at the World Cup. France qualified for the first Euro in which they are no hosts. They played after missing out the previous tournament.
The draw for the final tournament took place on 17 January 1992 in Gothenburg. Only two teams were seeded: Sweden (as hosts) and the Netherlands (as holders).[10][11] The remaining six teams were all unseeded and could be drawn in any group. Months after the draw, Yugoslavia was banned from participating and replaced by Denmark, which had come second in the qualifying group.
In the draw procedure, the unseeded teams were drawn one by one. The first two were placed in position 4 of each group, the next two in position 3, and the last 2 in position 2. The two seeded teams were then drawn and placed consecutively into position 1 of the groups.
^Hosts Sweden were automatically assigned to position A1.
^Defending champions the Netherlands were automatically assigned to position B1.
^Yugoslavia were to participate in the final tournament as FR Yugoslavia. However, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was placed under sanctions on 30 May 1992 by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 after the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars.[9] FIFA and UEFA therefore suspended FR Yugoslavia from competitive football on 31 May 1992, meaning they could not participate in the final tournament. Denmark instead took the spot at the final tournament.
Results. Yugoslavia (stripes) qualified and were going to participate as FR Yugoslavia, but banned and replaced by Denmark. CIS (yellow on the right side of the map) qualified as Soviet Union.
The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the two groups progress to the semi-finals, while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament.
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
Greater number of points in all group matches
Goal difference in all group matches
Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
It was the last tournament to use the UEFA plus flag logo, and before the tournament was known as "Euro" (it is known as "Euro 1992" only retrospectively). It was also the first major football competition in which the players had their names printed on their backs, around the time that it was becoming a trend in club football across Europe.
Mascot
The official mascot of the competition was a rabbit named Rabbit, dressed in a Swedish football jersey, as well as wearing head and wristbands while playing with a ball.[16]
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^Hughes, Rob (16 October 1991). "Now, the going gets tough". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
^ abHughes, Rob (10 June 1992). "Confidence and flair: Dutch favored in Euro 92". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
^"Yugoslav athletes banned". The New York Times. 1 June 1992. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
^Thomsen, Ian (23 June 1992). "Danes upset Dutch in penalty shoot-out, advance to final". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
^Thomsen, Ian (27 June 1992). "Upstart Danes upend Germany, 2–0, in soccer final". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
^ ab"United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 (Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia)". UMN.edu. United Nations. 30 May 1992. Retrieved 18 August 2008.
^"Duitsland speelt met Luxemburg" [Germany plays with Luxembourg]. Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). Zeeland. 19 December 1991. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^"Liedholm verricht loting" [Liedholm conducts draw]. Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). Zeeland. 13 January 1992. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^"Nederland weer tegen Duitsland" [Netherlands again against Germany]. Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant (in Dutch). Zeeland. 18 January 1992. Retrieved 3 July 2021.
^"European Football Championship 1992 FINAL". euro2000.org. Union of European Football Associations. from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^"Season 1992 | UEFA EURO | UEFA.com". Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
^"1992 team of the tournament". Union of European Football Associations. 17 October 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
^Kell, Tom (1 February 2013). "The weird and wonderful world of Euro mascots". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 5 April 2015.
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The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by Sweden between 10 and 26 June 1992 It was the ninth UEFA European Championship which is held every four years and supported by UEFA 1992 UEFA European Football ChampionshipEuropamasterskapet i fotbollSverige 1992Small is BeautifulTournament detailsHost countrySwedenDates10 26 June 1992Teams8Venue s 4 in 4 host cities Final positionsChampions Denmark 1st title Runners up GermanyTournament statisticsMatches played15Goals scored32 2 13 per match Attendance430 111 28 674 per match Top scorer s Henrik Larsen Karl Heinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin 3 goals each 19881996 Denmark won the 1992 championship having qualified only after Yugoslavia was disqualified as a result of the breakup of the country and the ensuing warfare there Eight national teams contested the final tournament 1 The CIS national football team Commonwealth of Independent States representing the recently dissolved Soviet Union whose national team had qualified for the tournament were present at the tournament It was also the first major tournament in which the reunified Germany who were beaten 2 0 by Denmark in the final had competed It was the last tournament with only eight participants to award the winner of a match with only two points and before the introduction of the back pass rule the latter of which was brought in immediately after the tournament was completed When the next competition was held in 1996 16 teams were involved and were awarded three points for a win Contents 1 Bid process 2 Summary 3 Qualification 3 1 Qualified teams 3 2 Final draw 4 Venues 5 Squads 6 Match ball 7 Match officials 8 Group stage 8 1 Tiebreakers 8 2 Group 1 8 3 Group 2 9 Knockout stage 9 1 Bracket 9 2 Semi finals 9 3 Final 10 Statistics 10 1 Goalscorers 10 2 Awards 11 Marketing 11 1 Slogan and theme song 11 2 Logo and identity 11 3 Mascot 11 4 Sponsorship 12 References 13 External linksBid process EditOn 16 December 1988 following a decision made by the UEFA Executive Committee Sweden was chosen over Spain to host the event 2 Spain was at a disadvantage as they had already been chosen to host the EXPO 1992 in Seville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona 2 3 Summary EditSeven of the eight teams had to qualify for the final stage Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event 4 The Soviet Union qualified for the final tournament shortly before the break up of the country and took part in the tournament under the banner of the Commonwealth of Independent States CIS 5 before the former Soviet republics formed their own national teams after the competition The CIS team represented the following former Soviet nations Russia Ukraine Belarus Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Turkmenistan Kyrgyzstan Armenia Azerbaijan Moldova and Tajikistan Four out of 15 ex republics were not members of the CIS Estonia Latvia and Lithuania did not send their players Georgia was not a member of the CIS at the time but Georgian Kakhaber Tskhadadze was a part of the squad Originally Yugoslavia qualified for the final stage and were about to participate as FR Yugoslavia but due to the Yugoslav Wars the team was disqualified and Denmark as the runners up from Yugoslavia s qualifying group was invited to take part instead 6 After a draw with England and a loss to host nation Sweden Denmark beat France in their final group match to qualify for the semi finals where they would face the reigning European champions the Netherlands Denmark led 2 1 going into the last five minutes but a Frank Rijkaard equaliser meant the game went to a penalty shoot out Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel saved Marco van Basten s kick giving Denmark a 5 4 win on penalties and a place in the final against reigning world champions Germany 7 Denmark won the final 2 0 with goals from John Jensen and Kim Vilfort in either half to claim their first European title 8 Qualification EditMain article UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Scotland and the hosts Sweden made their debuts despite having yet many appeareances at the World Cup France qualified for the first Euro in which they are no hosts They played after missing out the previous tournament As of 2020 this is the last time the Czech Republic then Czechoslovakia Italy Portugal and Spain failed to qualify for the European Championship finals Qualified teams Edit Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament A Sweden Host 16 December 1988 0 debut France Group 1 winner 12 October 1991 2 1960 1984 England Group 7 winner 13 November 1991 3 1968 1980 1988 CIS B Group 3 winner C 13 November 1991 5 1960 1964 1968 1972 1988 Scotland Group 2 winner 13 November 1991 0 debut Germany D Group 5 winner 20 November 1991 5 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 Netherlands Group 6 winner 4 December 1991 3 1976 1980 1988 Denmark Group 4 runner up E 31 May 1992 3 1964 1984 1988 Bold indicates champion for that year Italic indicates host for that year From 1960 to 1988 CIS competed as the Soviet Union Replaced the Soviet Union From 1972 to 1988 Germany competed as West Germany Replaced FR Yugoslavia after qualifying as Yugoslavia who were subject to sanctions under UN Security Council Resolution 757 and thus banned from appearing 9 Final draw Edit The draw for the final tournament took place on 17 January 1992 in Gothenburg Only two teams were seeded Sweden as hosts and the Netherlands as holders 10 11 The remaining six teams were all unseeded and could be drawn in any group Months after the draw Yugoslavia was banned from participating and replaced by Denmark which had come second in the qualifying group In the draw procedure the unseeded teams were drawn one by one The first two were placed in position 4 of each group the next two in position 3 and the last 2 in position 2 The two seeded teams were then drawn and placed consecutively into position 1 of the groups Pot 1 Seeded teams Pot 2 Unseeded teams Sweden hosts a Netherlands holders b CIS England France Germany Scotland Yugoslavia c Hosts Sweden were automatically assigned to position A1 Defending champions the Netherlands were automatically assigned to position B1 Yugoslavia were to participate in the final tournament as FR Yugoslavia However the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was placed under sanctions on 30 May 1992 by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 after the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars 9 FIFA and UEFA therefore suspended FR Yugoslavia from competitive football on 31 May 1992 meaning they could not participate in the final tournament Denmark instead took the spot at the final tournament The draw resulted in the following groups 12 Group A Pos TeamA1 SwedenA2 FranceA3 Yugoslavia DenmarkA4 England Group B Pos TeamB1 NetherlandsB2 ScotlandB3 CISB4 GermanyVenues EditGothenburg Gothenburg Stockholm Malmo Norrkoping StockholmUllevi Rasunda StadiumCapacity 44 000 Capacity 40 000 Malmo NorrkopingMalmo Stadion IdrottsparkenCapacity 30 000 Capacity 23 000 Squads EditMain article UEFA Euro 1992 squads Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players Match ball EditAdidas Etrusco Unico was used as the official match ball of the tournament The ball was previously used in the 1990 FIFA World Cup Match officials EditCountry Referee Linesmen Matches refereed Austria Hubert Forstinger Johann Mostl Alois Pemmer France 1 2 Denmark Belgium Guy Goethals Pierre Mannaerts Robert Surkijn Scotland 0 2 Germany CIS Alexey Spirin Victor Filippov Andrei Butenko Sweden 1 1 France Denmark Peter Mikkelsen Arne Paltoft Jorgen Ohmeyer Netherlands 0 0 CIS France Gerard Biguet Marc Huguenin Alain Gourdet CIS 1 1 Germany Germany Aron Schmidhuber Joachim Ren Uwe Ennuschat Sweden 1 0 Denmark Hungary Sandor Puhl Laszlo Varga Sandor Szilagyi France 0 0 England Italy Pierluigi Pairetto Domenico Ramicone Maurizio Padovan Netherlands 3 1 GermanyTullio Lanese Sweden 2 3 Germany Semi final Netherlands John Blankenstein Jan Dolstra Robert Overkleeft Denmark 0 0 England Portugal Jose Rosa dos Santos Valdemar Aguiar Pinto Lopes Antonio Guedes Gomes De Carvalho Sweden 2 1 England Spain Emilio Soriano Aladren Francisco Garcia Pacheco Jose Luis Iglesia Casas Netherlands 2 2 Denmark Semi final Sweden Bo Karlsson Lennart Sundqvist Bo Persson Netherlands 1 0 Scotland Switzerland Kurt Rothlisberger Zivanko Popovic Paul Wyttenbach Scotland 3 0 CISBruno Galler Denmark 2 0 Germany Final Fourth officialsThis list is incomplete you can help by adding missing items April 2021 Country Fourth officials Austria Gerhard Kapl Belgium Frans van den Wijngaert CIS Vadim Zhuk Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen France Remi Harrel Germany Karl Josef Assenmacher Hungary Sandor Varga Netherlands Mario van der Ende Portugal Jorge Emanuel Monteiro Coroado Sweden Leif SundellGroup stage Edit Results Yugoslavia stripes qualified and were going to participate as FR Yugoslavia but banned and replaced by Denmark CIS yellow on the right side of the map qualified as Soviet Union The teams finishing in the top two positions in each of the two groups progress to the semi finals while the bottom two teams in each group were eliminated from the tournament All times are local CEST UTC 2 Tiebreakers Edit If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches the following tie breakers were used to determine the final ranking Greater number of points in all group matches Goal difference in all group matches Greater number of goals scored in all group matches Drawing of lotsGroup 1 Edit Main article UEFA Euro 1992 Group 1 Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Sweden H 3 2 1 0 4 2 2 5 Advance to knockout stage2 Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 33 France 3 0 2 1 2 3 1 24 England 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 2Source UEFA H Host 10 June 1992 1992 06 10 20 15Sweden 1 1 FranceJ Eriksson 24 Report Papin 58 Rasunda Stadium SolnaAttendance 29 860Referee Alexey Spirin CIS 11 June 1992 1992 06 11 20 15Denmark 0 0 EnglandReportMalmo Stadion MalmoAttendance 26 385Referee John Blankenstein Netherlands 14 June 1992 1992 06 14 17 15France 0 0 EnglandReportMalmo Stadion MalmoAttendance 26 535Referee Sandor Puhl Hungary 14 June 1992 1992 06 14 20 15Sweden 1 0 DenmarkBrolin 58 ReportRasunda Stadium SolnaAttendance 29 902Referee Aron Schmidhuber Germany 17 June 1992 1992 06 17 20 15Sweden 2 1 EnglandJ Eriksson 51 Brolin 82 Report Platt 4 Rasunda Stadium SolnaAttendance 30 126Referee Jose Rosa dos Santos Portugal 17 June 1992 1992 06 17 20 15France 1 2 DenmarkPapin 60 Report Larsen 8 Elstrup 78 Malmo Stadion MalmoAttendance 25 763Referee Hubert Forstinger Austria Group 2 Edit Main article UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2 Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification1 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 4 1 3 5 Advance to knockout stage2 Germany 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 33 Scotland 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 24 CIS 3 0 2 1 1 4 3 2Source UEFA 12 June 1992 1992 06 12 17 15Netherlands 1 0 ScotlandBergkamp 75 ReportUllevi GothenburgAttendance 35 720Referee Bo Karlsson Sweden 12 June 1992 1992 06 12 20 15CIS 1 1 GermanyDobrovolski 64 pen Report Hassler 90 Idrottsparken NorrkopingAttendance 17 410Referee Gerard Biguet France 15 June 1992 1992 06 15 17 15Scotland 0 2 GermanyReport Riedle 29 Effenberg 47 Idrottsparken NorrkopingAttendance 17 638Referee Guy Goethals Belgium 15 June 1992 1992 06 15 20 15Netherlands 0 0 CISReportUllevi GothenburgAttendance 34 440Referee Peter Mikkelsen Denmark 18 June 1992 1992 06 18 20 15Netherlands 3 1 GermanyRijkaard 4 Witschge 15 Bergkamp 72 Report Klinsmann 53 Ullevi GothenburgAttendance 37 725Referee Pierluigi Pairetto Italy 18 June 1992 1992 06 18 20 15Scotland 3 0 CISMcStay 7 McClair 16 McAllister 84 pen ReportIdrottsparken NorrkopingAttendance 14 660Referee Kurt Rothlisberger Switzerland Knockout stage EditMain article UEFA Euro 1992 knockout stage In the knockout phase extra time and a penalty shoot out were used to decide the winner if necessary As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984 there was no third place play off All times are local CEST UTC 2 Bracket Edit Semi finalsFinal 22 June Gothenburg Netherlands2 4 26 June Gothenburg Denmark p 2 5 Denmark2 21 June Solna Germany0 Sweden2 Germany3 Semi finals Edit 21 June 1992 1992 06 21 20 15Sweden 2 3 GermanyBrolin 64 pen K Andersson 89 Report Hassler 11 Riedle 59 88 Rasunda Stadium SolnaAttendance 28 827Referee Tullio Lanese Italy 22 June 1992 1992 06 22 20 15Netherlands 2 2 a e t DenmarkBergkamp 23 Rijkaard 86 Report Larsen 5 33 PenaltiesKoeman Van Basten Bergkamp Rijkaard Witschge 4 5 Larsen Povlsen Elstrup Vilfort ChristofteUllevi GothenburgAttendance 37 450Referee Emilio Soriano Aladren Spain Final Edit Main article UEFA Euro 1992 Final 26 June 1992 1992 06 26 20 15Denmark 2 0 GermanyJensen 18 Vilfort 78 ReportUllevi GothenburgAttendance 37 800 13 Referee Bruno Galler Switzerland Statistics EditMain article UEFA Euro 1992 statistics Goalscorers Edit There were 32 goals scored in 15 matches for an average of 2 13 goals per match 3 goals Henrik Larsen Karl Heinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin 2 goals Jean Pierre Papin Thomas Hassler Frank Rijkaard Jan Eriksson 1 goal Igor Dobrovolski Lars Elstrup John Jensen Kim Vilfort David Platt Stefan Effenberg Jurgen Klinsmann Rob Witschge Gary McAllister Brian McClair Paul McStay Kennet AnderssonSource UEFA 14 Awards Edit UEFA Team of the Tournament 15 Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards Peter Schmeichel Jocelyn Angloma Laurent Blanc Andreas Brehme Jurgen Kohler Brian Laudrup Stefan Effenberg Thomas Hassler Ruud Gullit Dennis Bergkamp Marco van BastenMarketing EditSlogan and theme song Edit Small is Beautiful was the official slogan of the contest 5 The official anthem of the tournament was More Than a Game performed by Towe Jaarnek and Peter Joback Logo and identity Edit It was the last tournament to use the UEFA plus flag logo and before the tournament was known as Euro it is known as Euro 1992 only retrospectively It was also the first major football competition in which the players had their names printed on their backs around the time that it was becoming a trend in club football across Europe Mascot Edit The official mascot of the competition was a rabbit named Rabbit dressed in a Swedish football jersey as well as wearing head and wristbands while playing with a ball 16 Sponsorship Edit Global sponsors Event sponsorsSwedenAdidas Canon Carlsberg Coca Cola Disney Fujifilm General Motors Intel JVC MasterCard McDonald s Opel Philips Ruhrgas Sensodyne Unicef Foreningssparbanken Saab SAS SJ Swebus TeleverketReferences Edit Chowdhury Saj 12 May 2012 Euro 1992 Denmark s fairytale BBC Sport British Broadcasting Corporation Retrieved 11 June 2012 a b Sweden to host 1992 Euro finals New Straits Times Reuters 18 December 1988 Retrieved 16 September 2014 Dietrich Schulze Marmeling Die Geschichte der Fussball Europameisterschaft Verlag Die Werkstatt ISBN 978 3 89533 553 2 Hughes Rob 16 October 1991 Now the going gets tough The New York Times Retrieved 16 September 2014 a b Hughes Rob 10 June 1992 Confidence and flair Dutch favored in Euro 92 The New York Times Retrieved 16 September 2014 Yugoslav athletes banned The New York Times 1 June 1992 Retrieved 16 September 2014 Thomsen Ian 23 June 1992 Danes upset Dutch in penalty shoot out advance to final The New York Times Retrieved 16 September 2014 Thomsen Ian 27 June 1992 Upstart Danes upend Germany 2 0 in soccer final The New York Times Retrieved 16 September 2014 a b United Nations Security Council Resolution 757 Implementing Trade Embargo on Yugoslavia UMN edu United Nations 30 May 1992 Retrieved 18 August 2008 Duitsland speelt met Luxemburg Germany plays with Luxembourg Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant in Dutch Zeeland 19 December 1991 Retrieved 3 July 2021 Liedholm verricht loting Liedholm conducts draw Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant in Dutch Zeeland 13 January 1992 Retrieved 3 July 2021 Nederland weer tegen Duitsland Netherlands again against Germany Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant in Dutch Zeeland 18 January 1992 Retrieved 3 July 2021 European Football Championship 1992 FINAL euro2000 org Union of European Football Associations Archived from the original on 17 August 2000 Retrieved 26 December 2017 Season 1992 UEFA EURO UEFA com Union of European Football Associations Retrieved 14 May 2020 1992 team of the tournament Union of European Football Associations 17 October 2011 Retrieved 17 June 2012 Kell Tom 1 February 2013 The weird and wonderful world of Euro mascots UEFA com Union of European Football Associations Retrieved 5 April 2015 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to 1992 UEFA European Championship UEFA Euro 1992 at UEFA com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title UEFA Euro 1992 amp oldid 1132028771, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
