UEFA Euro 1992 facts for kids

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UEFA Euro 1992

Tournament details
Host country	Sweden
Dates	10 June – 26 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 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)	Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin Henrik Larsen Karl-Heinz Riedle (3 goals each)
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The UEFA Euro 1992 was the 9th UEFA European Football Championship tournament. Its formal name was the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship. It was held in 10 June to 26 June. All the European football teams could compete. The defending champion was Netherlands. The tournament was hosted in Sweden. 8 teams were qualified for the final group stage. The winner of the tournament was Denmark after defeating Germany.

Teams

Results

Group stage

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Sweden	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5
2	Denmark	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	3
3	France	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2
4	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

	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	Råsunda Stadium, Solna Attendance: 28,827
	Brolin  64' (pen.) K. Andersson  89'	Report	Häßler  11' Riedle  59', 88'

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

Final

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

Statistics

Final rankings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Denmark	5	2	2	1	6	4	+2	6
2	Germany	5	2	1	2	7	8	–1	5
Eliminated in the Semi-finals
3	Netherlands	4	2	2	0	6	3	+3	6
4	Sweden	4	2	1	1	6	5	+1	5
Eliminated in the Group stage
5	Scotland	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2
6	France	3	0	2	1	2	3	–1	2
7	England	3	0	2	1	1	2	–1	2
8	CIS	3	0	2	1	1	4	–3	2

• Rankings are based on performance, not team skill. Also, these rankings are unofficial and are not based on head-to-head record.

Images for kids

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  Results. Yugoslavia (stripes) qualified and were to participate as FR Yugoslavia, but were banned and so replaced by Denmark. CIS (yellow on the right side of the map) qualified as Soviet Union.

See also

In Spanish: Eurocopa 1992 para niños