UEFA Euro 1992
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The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship was hosted by Sweden between 10 and 26 June 1992. It was the ninth UEFA European Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA.
Europamästerskapet i fotboll Sverige 1992 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Sweden |
Dates | 10–26 June |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 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) | Henrik Larsen Karl-Heinz Riedle Dennis Bergkamp Tomas Brolin (3 goals each) |
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Denmark won the 1992 championship, having qualified only after Yugoslavia was disqualified as a result of the breakup of the country and the ensuing warfare there. Eight national teams contested the final tournament.[1]
The CIS national football team (Commonwealth of Independent States), representing the recently dissolved Soviet Union, whose national team had qualified for the tournament, were present at the tournament. It was also the first major tournament in which the reunified Germany (who were beaten 2–0 by Denmark in the final) had competed.
It was the last tournament with only eight participants, to award the winner of a match with only two points, and before the introduction of the back-pass rule, the latter of which was brought in immediately after the tournament was completed. When the next competition was held in 1996, 16 teams were involved and were awarded three points for a win.