1992 European Football Championship
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The 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 92) final tournament was hosted by Sweden. It was the ninth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 10 and June 26, 1992.
Eight countries contested the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage as Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event. The USSR qualified for the finals shortly before the break-up of the country, and took part in the tournament under the banner of the CIS before the former Soviet republics formed their own national teams after the competition. The CIS team consisted of the following Soviet republics: Russia, Ukraine , Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Moldova and Tajikistan. 5 out of 15 ex-republics were not members of CIS, and therefore did not send their players: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia and Azerbaijan.
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. They shocked the continent by defeating the reigning world champions Germany for the title.
The official anthem of the tournament was More Than a Game performed by Towe Jaarnek and Peter Jöback. It was also the first major football competition in which the players had their names written on their backs.
Qualification
The following teams participated in the final tournament:
CISDenmark England France Germany Netherlands Scotland
Venues
- Nya Ullevi, Göteborg - Capacity: 44,000
- Råsundastadion, Stockholm - Capacity: 40,000
- Malmö Stadion, Malmö - Capacity: 30,000
- Idrottsparken, Norrköping - Capacity: 23,000
Squads
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1992 European Football Championship squads.First round
All times local (CET).Half-time scores are in brackets.
Group A
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| '''Sweden ''' | 1 - 1 (1-0) | '''
France''' | 20:15 - Råsundastadion, Stockholm Ref: Alexei Spirin (USSR) Attendance: 29,860 |
| Eriksson 24' | Papin 58' | ||
| '''Denmark ''' | 0 - 0 (0-0) | '''
England''' | 20:15 - Malmö Stadion, Malmö Ref: John Blankenstein (Netherlands) Attendance: 26,385 |
| '''France ''' | 0 - 0 (0-0) | '''
England''' | 17:15 - Malmö Stadion, Malmö Ref: Sandor Puhl (Hungary) Attendance: 26,535
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| '''Sweden ''' | 1 - 0 (0-0) | '''
Denmark''' | 20:15 - Råsundastadion, Stockholm Ref: Aron Schmidhuber (Germany) Attendance: 29,902 |
| Brolin 58' | |||
| '''Sweden ''' | 2 - 1 (0-1) | '''
England''' | 20:15 - Råsundastadion, Stockholm Ref: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal) Attendance: 30,126 |
| Eriksson 51' | Platt 4' | ||
| Brolin 82'
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| '''France ''' | 1 - 2 (0-1) | '''
Denmark''' | 20:15 - Malmö Stadion, Malmö Ref: Hubert Forstinger (Austria) Attendance: 25,673 |
| Papin 60' | Larsen 8' | ||
| Elstrup 78' |
Group B
|width=40%| |} June 12, 1992Semi-finals
June 21, 1992Final
June 26, 1992
Statistics
Goal scorers
3 GoalsHenrik LarsenKarlheinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin 2 Goals
Jean-Pierre PapinThomas Häßler Frank Rijkaard Jan Eriksson 1 Goal
Igor DobrovolskiJohn "Faxe" Jensen Lars Elstrup Kim Vilfort David Platt Stefan Effenberg Jürgen Klinsmann Robert Witschge Paul McStay Brian McClair Gary McAllister Kennet Andersson
Fastest goal
2 Minutes : Frank Rijkaard (Holland vs Germany)Average goals
2.13 Per GameWinning squad
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