UEFA Euro 1992
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. The team had qualified only after FR Yugoslavia was disqualified as a result of the breakup and warfare in the country. Eight national teams contested the finals tournament.
Also present at the tournament was the CIS national football team, 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 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, 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 3 points for a win.
Bid process
On 16 December 1988, Sweden was chosen over Spain to host the event, following a decision made by the UEFA Executive Committee. Spain was at a disadvantage as they had already been chosen to host the EXPO 1992 in Seville and the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona.Summary
Seven of the eight teams had to qualify for the final stage; Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event. The 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, 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 and were to participate as FR Yugoslavia, but due to the Yugoslav wars, the team was disqualified and their qualifying group's runner-up, Denmark, took part in the championship. 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. The shock was compounded when Denmark went on to defeat the reigning world champions Germany 2–0 to win the European title.
Qualification
Qualified teams
Venues
Squads
Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players.Match ball
was used as the official match ball of the tournament. The ball was previously used in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.Match officials
;Fourth officials| Country | Fourth officials |
| Gerhard Kapl | |
| Frans van den Wijngaert | |
| Vadim Zhuk | |
| Kim Milton Nielsen | |
| Rémi Harrel | |
| Karl-Josef Assenmacher | |
| Sándor Varga | |
| Tullio Lanese Pierluigi Pairetto | |
| Mario van der Ende | |
| Jorge Emanuel Monteiro Coroado | |
| Leif Sundell | |
| Bruno Galler Kurt Röthlisberger |
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.All times are local, CEST.
Tiebreakers
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 lots
Group 1
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Group 2
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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.
Bracket
Semi-finals
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Statistics
Goalscorers
Awards
;UEFA Team of the Tournament| Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Peter Schmeichel | Jocelyn Angloma Laurent Blanc Andreas Brehme Jürgen Kohler | Brian Laudrup Stefan Effenberg Thomas Häßler Ruud Gullit | Dennis Bergkamp Marco van Basten |