Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
1992 edition of the association football tournament during the Olympic Summer Games
The football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the first Olympic football tournament dedicated to under-23 teams. The competition featured 16 men's national sides from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four and each group played a round-robin tournament. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the gold medal match at Camp Nou on 8 August 1992.[1]
| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Spain |
| Dates | 24 July – 8 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue(s) | 5 (in 4 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Spain (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Poland |
| Third place |  Ghana |
| Fourth place |  Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andrzej Juskowiak (7 goals) |
QualificationEdit
The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
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| Host nation | 1 | Spain
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| AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Qatar South Korea Kuwait
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| CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Egypt Ghana Morocco
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| 1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Mexico United States
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| 1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Colombia Paraguay
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| OFC – UEFA play-off[2] (OFC Pre-Olympic Tournament) | 1 | Australia
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| 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 4 |  Italy Sweden Denmark Poland
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| Total | 16 |
VenuesEdit
| Barcelona | Barcelona | Valencia |
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| Camp Nou | Estadi de Sarrià | Estadio Luis Casanova |
| Capacity: 100,000 | Capacity: 42,000 | Capacity: 50,000 |
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| Sabadell | ||
| Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta | ||
| Capacity: 16,000 | ||
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| Zaragoza | ||
| Estadio La Romareda | ||
| Capacity: 43,001 | ||
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Match officialsEdit
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SquadsEdit
Group stageEdit
Group AEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Poland
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | United States
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Kuwait
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Source:[source?]
Group BEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Spain
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Qatar
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Egypt
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Colombia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
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| Colombia | 1–1 | Qatar |
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Aristizábal  62' |
Report | Soufi 89' |
Group CEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Sweden
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | South Korea
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Morocco
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Source:[source?]
| Morocco | 1–1 | South Korea |
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| Bahja 64' |
Report | Jung Kwang-seok 73' |
| Sweden | 1–1 | South Korea |
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| Rödlund 52' |
Report | Seo Jung-won 28' |
Group DEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Ghana
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Mexico
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Denmark
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
Source:[source?]
Knockout stageEdit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 1 August – Valencia | ||||||||||
| Spain | 1 | |||||||||
| 5 August – Valencia | ||||||||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||||||
| Spain | 2 | |||||||||
| 2 August – Zaragoza | ||||||||||
| Ghana | 0 | |||||||||
| Paraguay | 2 | |||||||||
| 8 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Ghana (aet) | 4 | |||||||||
| Spain | 3 | |||||||||
| 1 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||||||
| 5 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Qatar | 0 | |||||||||
| Poland | 6 | |||||||||
| 2 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 1 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Sweden | 1 | |||||||||
| 7 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
| Australia | 2 | |||||||||
| Ghana | 1 | |||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finalsEdit
Semi-finalsEdit
Bronze Medal matchEdit
Gold Medal matchEdit
Team details
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Medal winnersEdit
GoalscorersEdit
With seven goals, Andrzej Juskowiak of Poland is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 87 goals were scored by 57 different players, with two of them credited as own goals.
- 7 goals
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
- Own goals
Shaun Murphy (playing against Poland)
Joachin Yaw Acheampong (playing against Paraguay)
Final rankingEdit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Spain (ESP)
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6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 |  Poland (POL)
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6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 9 |
| 3 |  Ghana (GHA)
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6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS)
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6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 |
| 5 |  Italy (ITA)
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4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 6 |  Sweden (SWE)
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 7 |  Paraguay (PAR)
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4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 |  Qatar (QAT)
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4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| 9 |  United States (USA)
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 |  Mexico (MEX)
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 |  South Korea (KOR)
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 |  Egypt (EGY)
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| 13 |  Denmark (DEN)
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| 14 |  Colombia (COL)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
| 15 |  Morocco (MAR)
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
| 16 |  Kuwait (KUW)
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Source: [3]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Football at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ↑ Chris Curulli. The Dutch sledge that 'riled up' Australia & inspired dramatic Olympics qualification. Football Federation Australia. 8 April 2020
- ↑ "Football Tournament 1992 Olympiad". www.rsssf.com.
Other websitesEdit
- Olympic Football Tournament Barcelona 1992 Archived 2020-04-04 at the Wayback Machine, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, (Part 2) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine, (Part 3) Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine and (Part 4) Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine