1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship


The 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years, had 32 entrants.
Malta and Israel competed for the first time. This was also the first appearance of the unified Germany team. Italy U-21s won the competition.
The competition doubled as the European qualifying round for the Olympic Football Tournament. Hosts Spain qualify automatically and the best four eligible nations would qualify automatically. The fifth best European team would play-off against the best Oceania team for another Olympics place.
The 32 national teams were divided into eight groups. The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided. There was no finals tournament or 3rd-place playoff.

Qualifying stage

Draw

The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying tournament with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:

Squads

See also: 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1969 were eligible to play in the tournament.

Knockout Stages

Quarter-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Semi-finals

First leg

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Second leg

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Final

First leg

Second leg

Olympic qualifiers

1.POLAND 13 points/8 games played = 1.625
2.Netherlands 12 points/8 games played = 1.5
3.Germany 9 points/6 games played = 1.5
4.Czechoslovakia 15 points/10 games played = 1.5
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