Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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]
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| 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 | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Andrzej Juskowiak (7 goals) |
Qualification
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 |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Qatar.svg.png.webp){kind=small} South Korea Kuwait |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 |  Egypt Ghana Morocco |
| 1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Mexico United States |
| 1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  Colombia.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Paraguay |
| OFC – UEFA play-off[2] (OFC Pre-Olympic Tournament) | 1 | Australia |
| 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 4 |  Italy Sweden Denmark Poland |
| Total | 16 |
Venues
| 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 officials
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Group stage
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Italy |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | United States |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Kuwait |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Source:
| Poland | 2–0 | Kuwait |
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Juskowiak  7', 80' |
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| United States | 3–1 | Kuwait |
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| Brose 56' Lagos 79'Snow 85' |
Report | Marwi 16' |
| Italy | 0–3 | Poland |
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| Report | Juskowiak 5' Staniek 48'Mielcarski 90' |
| United States | 2–2 | Poland |
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| Imler 20' Snow 85' |
Report | Koźmiński 31' Juskowiak 40' |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Qatar |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Egypt |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Colombia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
Source:
| Spain | 4–0 | Colombia |
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| Guardiola 10' Kiko 37'Berges 41'Luis Enrique 69' |
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| Egypt | 0–1 | Qatar |
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| Report | Mustafa 74' |
| Colombia | 1–1 | Qatar |
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| Aristizábal 62' |
Report | Soufi 89' |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Sweden |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Paraguay |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 | |
| 3 | South Korea |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Morocco |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Source:
| Morocco | 1–1 | South Korea |
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| Bahja 64' |
Report | Jung Kwang-seok 73' |
| Sweden | 4–0 | Morocco |
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| Brolin 14', 69' Mild 20'Rödlund 57' |
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| Paraguay | 0–0 | South Korea |
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| Sweden | 1–1 | South Korea |
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| Rödlund 52' |
Report | Seo Jung-won 28' |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Group stage result |
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| 1 | Ghana |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Australia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Mexico |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | Denmark |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
Source:
| Ghana | 3–1 | Australia |
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| Gargo 12' Ayew 83', 89' |
Report | Vidmar 91' |
| Denmark | 0–0 | Ghana |
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| Denmark | 0–3 | Australia |
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| Report | Markovski 32' Mori 60'Vidmar 75' |
Knockout stage
| 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-finals
| Poland | 2–0 | Qatar |
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| Kowalczyk 42' Jałocha 74' |
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Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
Team details
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Medal winners
 Gold medalists – SpainJosé Amavisca Coach: Vicente Miera |
 Silver medalists – PolandDariusz Adamczuk Coach: Janusz Wójcik |
 Bronze medalists – GhanaJoachin Yaw Acheampong Coach: Sam Arday |
Goalscorers
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
- Andrzej Juskowiak
- 6 goals
- Kwame Ayew
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- Wojciech Kowalczyk
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goals
- Shaun Murphy (playing against Poland)
- Joachin Yaw Acheampong (playing against Paraguay)
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | Spain (ESP) |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 | Poland (POL) |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 9 |
| 3 | Ghana (GHA) |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
| 4 |  Australia (AUS) |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 |
| 5 | Italy (ITA) |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden (SWE) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 7 | Paraguay (PAR) |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Qatar (QAT) |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| 9 | United States (USA) |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | Mexico (MEX) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | South Korea (KOR) |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Egypt (EGY) |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| 13 | Denmark (DEN) |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| 14 | Colombia (COL) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
| 15 | Morocco (MAR) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
| 16 | Kuwait (KUW) |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Source: [3]
References
- "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 websites
- 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
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