Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

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The qualification for football tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics , all players should be under 23 years old.

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Qualified teams

The final tournament had 16 spots.

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
AFC Preliminary Competition 3Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
CAF Preliminary Competition 3Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana
Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament 2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament 2Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia
Flag of Paraguay (1990-2013).svg  Paraguay
OFC–UEFA play-off 1Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland
Total16

Qualifications

Europe

South America

North and Central America

Africa

Asia

Oceania

First six matches played in Australia, other six matches played in Fiji.

TeamPldWDLGFGAGDPts
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 6600231+2212
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6312127+57
Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji 6123315-124
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 6015419-151

Australia advanced to the International Play-off.

OFC–UEFA play-off

Team 1 Agg. Team 21st leg2nd leg
Australia  Flag of Australia (converted).svg3–3 (a)Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–1 2–2 (a.e.t.)

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