Tournament details | |
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Dates | 30 May 1990 – 22 December 1991 |
Teams | 33 [note 1] |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 123 |
Goals scored | 333 (2.71 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Darko Pančev (10 goals) |
UEFA European Qualifiers |
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The qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 1992 was a series of parallel association football competitions to be held over 1990 and 1991 to decide the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1992, to be held in Sweden. The draw for the qualifying rounds was held on 2 February 1990.
There were a total of seven groups. At the conclusion of qualifying, the team at the top of each group qualified for the final tournament, to join the hosts in completing the eight participants. This was the last European Championship to feature eight teams, as the competition was expanded to 16 teams for 1996. [1]
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament [upper-alpha 1] |
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Sweden | Host | 16 December 1988 | 0 (debut) |
France | Group 1 winner | 12 October 1991 | 2 ( 1960 , 1984 ) |
England | Group 7 winner | 13 November 1991 | 3 (1968, 1980, 1988) |
CIS [upper-alpha 2] | Group 3 winner [upper-alpha 3] | 13 November 1991 | 5 ( 1960 , 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988) |
Scotland | Group 2 winner | 20 November 1991 | 0 (debut) |
Netherlands | Group 6 winner | 4 December 1991 | 3 (1976, 1980, 1988 ) |
Germany [upper-alpha 4] | Group 5 winner | 18 December 1991 | 5 ( 1972 , 1976, 1980 , 1984, 1988 ) |
Denmark | Group 4 runner-up [upper-alpha 5] | 31 May 1992 | 3 (1964, 1984, 1988) |
The draw took place on 2 February 1990. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the competition, and 34 teams entered the draw, with the Faroe Islands and San Marino participating in a European qualifying tournament for the first time.
As initially made, the draw placed East Germany and West Germany in the same qualifying group; this would have been the first time the two sides had met since the 1974 World Cup. However, following German reunification on 3 October 1990, the East German team was withdrawn and its fixtures scrapped, while the unified German team took over the fixtures of West Germany.
The qualifiers thus consisted of 33 teams divided into seven groups (two of four teams and five of five teams) were played in 1990 and 1991. Each group winner progressed to the finals. This was the last European Championship qualifying phase which awarded two points for a win; from 1996 onward, teams earned 3 points for a win.
Pool 1 | Pool 2 | Pool 3 | Pool 4 | Pool 5 |
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Netherlands (title holders) England Spain Italy Yugoslavia West Germany Romania | Soviet Union Republic of Ireland Czechoslovakia Denmark Belgium Scotland Portugal | East Germany Hungary Austria France Bulgaria Poland Greece | Switzerland Iceland Wales Turkey Norway Northern Ireland Finland | Malta Cyprus Luxembourg Albania San Marino Faroe Islands |
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:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | France | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 6 | +14 | 16 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | |
2 | Czechoslovakia | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 10 | 1–2 | — | 3–2 | 1–0 | 2–1 | ||
3 | Spain | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 6 | 1–2 | 2–1 | — | 2–1 | 9–0 | ||
4 | Iceland | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–1 | 2–0 | — | 2–0 | ||
5 | Albania | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 21 | −19 | 2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | Canc. [lower-alpha 1] | 1–0 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Scotland | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 7 | +7 | 11 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 4–0 | |
2 | Switzerland | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | +12 | 10 | 2–2 | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 7–0 | ||
3 | Romania | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 10 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 0–3 | 6–0 | ||
4 | Bulgaria | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 8 | +7 | 9 | 1–1 | 2–3 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
5 | San Marino | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 33 | −32 | 0 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 1–3 | 0–3 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Soviet Union [lower-alpha 1] | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–0 | |
2 | Italy | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | +7 | 10 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–0 | ||
3 | Norway | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 9 | 0–1 | 2–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | ||
4 | Hungary | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — | 4–2 | ||
5 | Cyprus | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 25 | −23 | 0 | 0–3 | 0–4 | 0–3 | 0–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Yugoslavia | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 4 | +20 | 14 | Banned from final tournament [lower-alpha 1] | — | 1–2 | 4–1 | 4–1 | 7–0 | |
2 | Denmark | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament [lower-alpha 1] | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 | |
3 | Northern Ireland | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 2–1 | 1–1 | ||
4 | Austria | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | −8 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–3 | 0–0 | — | 3–0 | ||
5 | Faroe Islands | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 3 | 0–2 | 0–4 | 0–5 | 1–0 | — |
East Germany were originally drawn into this group alongside West Germany, but after reunification, a single German team participated in the qualification process, taking over the fixtures of West Germany.
Subsequently, East Germany's game on 12 September 1990 against Belgium was reclassified as a friendly, and was also East Germany's final international match, which it won 2–0: the remaining seven fixtures of East Germany were scratched. [8]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | Germany | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 | 10 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 4–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | |
2 | Wales | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 9 | 1–0 | — | 3–1 | 1–0 | ||
3 | Belgium | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 5 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | ||
4 | Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 14 | −12 | 0 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
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1 | Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 13 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Portugal | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | +7 | 11 | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | Greece | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 8 | 0–2 | 3–2 | — | 2–0 | 4–0 | ||
4 | Finland | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | ||
5 | Malta | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 2 | 0–8 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||
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1 | England | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | Qualify for final tournament | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |
2 | Republic of Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 8 | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 5–0 | ||
3 | Poland | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 7 | 1–1 | 3–3 | — | 3–0 | ||
4 | Turkey | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 14 | −13 | 0 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — |
There were 333 goals scored in 123 matches, for an average of 2.71 goals per match.
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