1992 European Football Championship: Meaning (information, definition, explanation, facts)

The 1992 European Football Championship (Euro 92) final tournament was hosted by Sweden. It was the 9th edition of the European Football Championship, held every four years and supported by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 10 and June 26, 1992.

At the time, only eight countries could dispute the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event. Originally, Yugoslavia qualified for the final stage, but due to the developments in the Balkan it was excluded. In its place runner-up Denmark took part in the championship.

Venues

• Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg - Capacity: 44,000
• Råsundastadion, Solna - Capacity: 40,000
• Malmö Stadion, Malmö - Capacity: 30,000
• Idrottsparken, Norrköping - Capacity: 23,000

All times local (CET)
Half-time scores are in brackets

Group 1

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Sweden 5 3 2 1 0 4 2 Denmark 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 France 2 3 0 2 1 2 3 England 2 3 0 2 1 1 2

Sweden 1 - 1 France Denmark 0 - 0 England France 0 - 0 England Sweden 1 - 0 Denmark Sweden 2 - 1 England France 1 - 2 Denmark

June 10, 1992

June 11, 1992

June 14, 1992

June 17, 1992

Group 2

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Netherlands 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 Germany 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 Scotland 2 3 1 0 2 3 3 CIS (USSR) 2 3 0 2 1 1 4

Netherlands 1 - 0 Scotland CIS (USSR) 1 - 1 Germany Scotland 0 - 2 Germany Netherlands 0 - 0 CIS (USSR) Netherlands 3 - 1 Germany Scotland 3 - 0 CIS (USSR)

June 12, 1992

June 15, 1992

June 18, 1992

June 21, 1992

Sweden	2 - 3 (0-1)	Germany	20:15 - Råsundastadion, Solna Ref: Tullio Lanese (Italy) Attendance: 28,827
Brolin (p) 64'	Hässler 11'
K. Andersson 89'	Riedle 59'
		Riedle 88'

June 22, 1992

Netherlands	2 - 2 (1-2)	Denmark	20:15 - Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg Ref: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain) Attendance: 37,450
after extra-time:	2 - 2 (2-2)
Bergkamp 23'	Larsen 5'
Rijkaard 86'	Larsen 33'
Penalty shootout
Netherlands		4 - 5	Denmark
R. Koeman: goal		1-1	Larsen: goal
van Basten: Schmeichel saved		1-2	Povlsen: goal
Bergkamp: goal		2-3	Elstrup: goal
Rijkaard: goal		3-4	Vilfort: goal
Witschge: goal		4-5	Christofte: goal

June 26, 1992

Denmark	2 - 0 (1-0)	Germany	20:15 - Nya Ullevi, Gothenburg Ref: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) Attendance: 37,800
Jensen 18'
Vilfort 78'

European Champions: DENMARK (First title)

3 Goals

• Henrik Larsen
• Karlheinz Riedle
• Dennis Bergkamp
• Thomas Brolin

2 Goals

• Jean-Pierre Papin
• Thomas Hässler
• Frank Rijkaard
• Jan Eriksson

1 Goal

• Igor Dobrovolski
• John "Faxe" Jensen - Lars Elstrup - Kim Vilfort
• David Platt
• Stefan Effenberg - Jürgen Klinsmann
• Robert Witschge
• Paul McStay - Brian McClair - Gary McAllister
• Kennet Andersson