UEFA Euro 1992#Summary

On 16 December 1988, following a decision made by the UEFA Executive Committee, Sweden was chosen over Spain to host the event.{{cite news |title=Sweden to host 1992 Euro finals |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1309&dat=19881218&id=0IJUAAAAIBAJ&pg=4126,683886 |newspaper=New Straits Times |agency=Reuters |date=18 December 1988 |access-date=16 September 2014}} Spain was at a disadvantage as they had already been chosen to host the EXPO 1992 in Seville and the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.{{Cite book|title=Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft|publisher=Verlag Die Werkstatt|year=2007|language=de|isbn=978-3-89533-553-2}}

Seven of the eight teams had to qualify for the final stage; Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event.{{cite news |first=Rob |last=Hughes |title=Now, the going gets tough |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/10/16/sports/16iht-rob__1.html |newspaper=The New York Times|date=16 October 1991 |access-date=16 September 2014}} The Soviet Union qualified for the final tournament shortly before the break-up of the country, and took part in the tournament under the banner of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS),{{cite news |first=Rob |last=Hughes |title=Confidence and flair: Dutch favored in Euro 92 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/10/sports/10iht-rob__0.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=10 June 1992 |access-date=16 September 2014}} before the former Soviet republics formed their own national teams after the competition. The CIS team represented the following former Soviet nations: 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 about to participate as FR Yugoslavia, but due to the Yugoslav Wars, the team was disqualified and Denmark, as the runners-up from Yugoslavia's qualifying group, was invited to take part instead.{{cite news |title=Yugoslav athletes banned |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/01/sports/soccer-yugoslav-athletes-banned.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=1 June 1992 |access-date=16 September 2014}} After a draw with England and a loss to host nation Sweden, Denmark beat France in their final group match to qualify for the semi-finals, where they faced the reigning European champions, the Netherlands. Denmark led 2–1 going into the last five minutes, but a Frank Rijkaard equaliser meant the game went to a penalty shoot-out; Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel saved Marco van Basten's kick, giving Denmark a 5–4 win on penalties and a place in the final against the reigning world champions, Germany.{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Thomsen |title=Danes upset Dutch in penalty shoot-out, advance to final |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/23/sports/23iht-euro_1.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=23 June 1992 |access-date=16 September 2014}} Denmark won the final 2–0 with goals from John Jensen and Kim Vilfort in either half to claim their first European title.{{cite news |first=Ian |last=Thomsen |title=Upstart Danes upend Germany, 2–0, in soccer final |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/06/27/news/27iht-subi_0.html|newspaper=The New York Times |date=27 June 1992 |access-date=16 September 2014}}

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Scotland and the hosts Sweden made their respective debuts despite having already made many appearances at the World Cup. France qualified for the first Euro in which they were not the hosts. They played after missing the previous tournament.

As of 2024, this was the last time that the Czech Republic (then Czechoslovakia), Italy, Portugal, and Spain failed to qualify for the European Championship finals.

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The draw for the final tournament took place on 17 January 1992 in Gothenburg. Only two teams were seeded: Sweden (as hosts) and the Netherlands (as holders).{{cite news |title=Duitsland speelt met Luxemburg |trans-title=Germany plays with Luxembourg |url=https://www.krantenbankzeeland.nl/index.php/issue/pzc/1991-12-19/edition/0/page/19 |work=Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant |location=Zeeland |date=19 December 1991 |access-date=3 July 2021 |language=nl}}{{cite news |title=Liedholm verricht loting |trans-title=Liedholm conducts draw |url=https://www.krantenbankzeeland.nl/index.php/issue/pzc/1992-01-13/edition/0/page/15 |work=Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant |location=Zeeland |date=13 January 1992 |access-date=3 July 2021 |language=nl}} The remaining six teams were all unseeded and could be drawn in any group. Months after the draw, Yugoslavia was banned from participating and replaced by Denmark, which had come second in the qualifying group.

In the draw procedure, the unseeded teams were drawn one by one. The first two were placed in position 4 of each group, the next two in position 3, and the last two in position 2. The two seeded teams were then drawn and placed consecutively into position 1 of the groups.

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The draw resulted in the following groups:{{cite news |title=Nederland weer tegen Duitsland |trans-title=Netherlands again against Germany |url=https://www.krantenbankzeeland.nl/index.php/issue/pzc/1992-01-18/edition/0/page/1 |work=Provinciale Zeeuwse Courant |location=Zeeland |date=18 January 1992 |access-date=3 July 2021 |language=nl}}

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Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players.

Adidas Etrusco Unico was used as the official match ball of the tournament. The ball was previously used in the 1990 FIFA World Cup.

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File:Euro 1992.png (stripes) qualified and were going to participate as FR Yugoslavia, but banned and replaced by Denmark. CIS (yellow on the right side of the map) qualified as Soviet Union.]]

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 (UTC+2).

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:

1. Goal difference in all group matches
2. Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
3. Drawing of lots

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{{main|UEFA Euro 1992 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 (UTC+2).

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;UEFA Team of the Tournament{{cite news |title=1992 team of the tournament |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7bc692c194-ce0e0f567c1e-1000--euro-1992-team-of-the-tournament/|website=UEFA|date=17 October 2011 |access-date=17 June 2012 }}

Small is Beautiful was the official slogan of the contest. The official anthem of the tournament was "More Than a Game", performed by Towe Jaarnek and Peter Jöback.

It was the last tournament to use the UEFA plus flag logo, and before the tournament was known as "Euro" (it is known as "Euro 1992" only retrospectively). It was also the first major football competition in which the players had their names printed on their backs, around the time that it was becoming a trend in club football across Europe.

The official mascot of the competition was a rabbit coincidentally named Rabbit, dressed in a Swedish football jersey, as well as head and wristbands.{{cite news |first=Tom |last=Kell |title=The weird and wonderful world of Euro mascots |url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7c95165429-195f7ca76150-1000--the-weird-and-wonderful-world-of-euro-mascots/ |website=UEFA|date=1 February 2013 |access-date=5 April 2015}}

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