UEFA Euro 1992

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1992 UEFA European Football Championship
Europamästerskapet i fotboll
Sverige 1992
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UEFA Euro 1992 official logo
Small is Beautiful
Tournament details
Host country Sweden
Dates 10 June – 26 June
Teams 8
Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Denmark (1st title)
Runners-up  Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played 15
Goals scored 32 (2.13 per match)
Attendance 430,111 (28,674 per match)
Top scorer(s) Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp
Sweden Tomas Brolin
Denmark Henrik Larsen
Germany Karl-Heinz Riedle
(3 goals each)
← 1988
1996 →

The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by Sweden between 10 and 26 June 1992. It was the ninth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA.

Denmark won the 1992 championship, one of the country's few major football triumphs. The team had qualified only after Yugoslavia was disqualified as a result of the breakup and warfare in the country. Eight national teams contested the finals tournament.[1]

Also present at the tournament was the CIS national football team (Commonwealth of Independent States), representing the recently dissolved Soviet Union whose national team had qualified for the tournament. It was also the first major tournament at which the reunified Germany (who were beaten 2–0 by Denmark in the final) had competed.

It was to be the last tournament with only eight participants, the last to award the winner of a match with only two points, and the last tournament before the introduction of the back-pass rule.[citation needed]

Bid process

On 17 December 1988, Sweden was chosen over Spain to host the event, following a decision made by the UEFA Executive Committee.[2] Spain was at a disadvantage as they had already been chosen to host the EXPO 1992 and the 1992 Summer Olympic Games.[2][3]

Summary

Seven of the eight teams had to qualify for the final stage; Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event.[4] Soviet Union qualified for the finals 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 ex-Soviet republics: 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, but due to the Yugoslav wars, the team was disqualified and their qualifying group's runner-up, Denmark, took part in the championship.[6] They shocked the continent when Peter Schmeichel saved Marco van Basten's penalty in the semi-final penalty shoot-out against the Netherlands, thus defeating the defending European champions.[7] The shock was compounded when Denmark went on to defeat the reigning world champions Germany 2–0 to win the European title.[8]

Qualification

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

Qualified teams

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See also: UEFA Euro 1992 squads
UEFA Euro 1992 finalists and their result. Yugoslavia (dark stripes) qualified, but was replaced by Denmark. CIS (yellow right) qualified as Soviet Union.
Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2
 Sweden 00 Hosts 2 February 1990 0 (debut)
 France 04 Group 1 winner 12 October 1991 2 (1960, 1984)
 Scotland 07 Group 2 winner 13 November 1991 0 (debut)
 CIS3 01 Group 3 winner6 13 November 1991 6 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1988)6
 Denmark DNQ4 30 May 1992 (11 days before start of tournament) 3 (1964, 1984, 1988)
 Germany 05 Group 5 winner 20 November 1991 5 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988)5
 Netherlands 06 Group 6 winner 4 December 1991 3 (1976, 1980, 1988)
 England 03 Group 7 winner 13 November 1991 3 (1968, 1980, 1988)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host for that year
3 Replaced Soviet Union
4 Did not qualify but replaced Yugoslavia, who were under sanctions by the UN Security Council Resolution 757 and thus banned from appearing.[9] Denmark were group 4 runners-up

Venues

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Stockholm
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Gothenburg
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Malmö
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Norrköping
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Gothenburg Stockholm
Ullevi Råsunda Stadium
Capacity: 44,000 Capacity: 40,000
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Malmö Norrköping
Malmö Stadion Idrottsparken
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 23,000
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Match ball

Etrvsco Unico, a different version of the Adidas Etrusco Unico, was used as the official match ball of the tournament.

Match officials

Country Referee Assistants Matches refereed
Austria Austria Hubert Forstinger Johann Möstl Alois Pemmer France 1–2 Denmark
Belgium Belgium Guy Goethals Pierre Mannaerts Robert Surkjin Scotland 0–2 Germany
 CIS Alexey Spirin Victor Filippov Andrei Butenko Sweden 1–1 France
Denmark Denmark Peter Mikkelsen Arne Paltoft Jørgen Ohmeyer Netherlands 0–0 CIS
France France Gérard Biguet Marc Huguenin Alain Gourdet CIS 1–1 Germany
Germany Germany Aron Schmidhuber Joachim Ren Uwe Ennuschat Sweden 1–0 Denmark
Hungary Hungary Sándor Puhl László Varga Sándor Szilágyi France 0–0 England
Italy Italy Pierluigi Pairetto
Tullio Lanese		 Domenico Ramicone Maurizio Padovan Netherlands 3–1 Germany
Sweden 2–3 Germany (Semi-final)
Netherlands Netherlands John Blankenstein Jan Dolstra Robert Overkleeft Denmark 0–0 England
Portugal Portugal José Rosa dos Santos Valdemar Aguiar Pinto Lopes Antonio Guedes Gomes De Carvalho Sweden 2–1 England
Spain Spain Emilio Soriano Aladrén Francisco García Pacheco José Luis Iglesia Casas Netherlands 2–2 Denmark (Semi-final)
Sweden Sweden Bo Karlsson Lennart Sundqvist Bo Persson Netherlands 1–0 Scotland
Switzerland Switzerland Kurt Röthlisberger
Bruno Galler		 Zivanko Popović Paul Wyttenbach Scotland 3–0 CIS
Denmark 2–0 Germany (Final)
Fourth officials
Country Fourth officials
Austria Austria Gerhard Kapl
Belgium Belgium Frans van den Wijngaert
 CIS Vadim Zhuk
Denmark Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen
France France Rémi Harrel
Germany Germany Karl-Josef Assenmacher
Hungary Hungary Sándor Varga
Italy Italy Tullio Lanese
Pierluigi Pairetto
Netherlands Netherlands Mario van der Ende
Portugal Portugal Jorge Emanuel Monteiro Coroado
Sweden Sweden Leif Sundell
Switzerland Switzerland Bruno Galler
Kurt Röthlisberger

Results

All times local (UTC+2)

Group stage

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.

Group 1

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 Group 1
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
 Denmark 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
 France 3 0 2 1 2 3 –1 2
 England 3 0 2 1 1 2 –1 2
10 June 1992
Sweden  1–1  France
11 June 1992
Denmark  0–0  England
14 June 1992
France  0–0  England
Sweden  1–0  Denmark
17 June 1992
Sweden  2–1  England
France  1–2  Denmark

Group 2

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 Group 2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 5
 Germany 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
 Scotland 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 2
 CIS 3 0 2 1 1 4 –3 2
12 June 1992
Netherlands  1–0  Scotland
CIS  1–1  Germany
15 June 1992
Scotland  0–2  Germany
Netherlands  0–0  CIS
18 June 1992
Netherlands  3–1  Germany
Scotland  3–0  CIS

Knockout stage

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 knockout stage
Semi-finals Final
21 June – Solna
  Sweden 2  
  Germany 3  
 
26 June – Gothenburg
      Germany 0
    Denmark 2
22 June – Gothenburg
  Netherlands 2 (4)
  Denmark (pen.) 2 (5)  

Semi-finals

21 June 1992 (1992-06-21)
20:15
Sweden  2–3  Germany
Brolin Goal 64' (pen.)
K. Andersson Goal 89'		 Report Häßler Goal 11'
Riedle Goal 59', 88'
Råsunda Stadium, Solna
Attendance: 28,827
Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy)

22 June 1992 (1992-06-22)
20:15
Netherlands  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Denmark
Bergkamp Goal 23'
Rijkaard Goal 86'		 Report Larsen Goal 5', 33'
  Penalties  
Koeman Penalty scored
Van Basten Penalty missed
Bergkamp Penalty scored
Rijkaard Penalty scored
Witschge Penalty scored		 4–5 Penalty scored Larsen
Penalty scored Povlsen
Penalty scored Elstrup
Penalty scored Vilfort
Penalty scored Christofte
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 37,450
Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Final

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 Final

26 June 1992 (1992-06-26)
20:15
Denmark  2–0  Germany
Jensen Goal 18'
Vilfort Goal 78'		 Report
Ullevi, Gothenburg
Attendance: 37,800
Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Statistics

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Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 statistics

Goalscorers

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament[10]
Goalkeeper Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Denmark Peter Schmeichel France Jocelyn Angloma Germany Stefan Effenberg Netherlands Marco van Basten
France Laurent Blanc Netherlands Ruud Gullit Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp
Germany Andreas Brehme Germany Thomas Häßler
Germany Jürgen Kohler Denmark Brian Laudrup
Golden Boot

Marketing

Slogan and theme song

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More Than a Game single

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 Jöback.

Logo and identity

It was the last tournament to use the UEFA plus flag logo, and the last before the tournament came to be 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, at 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, and wearing head and wristbands while playing with a ball.[11]

Sponsorship

Global sponsors Event sponsors
Sweden

References

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External links

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