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Euro 1992, Sweden
Sweden was chosen to be the host nation of the 1992 European Championship, narrowly beating Spain in the bidding process. The tournament took place between 10th - 26 June 1992.
The political climate in Europe have changed dramatically since Euro 1988. The Berlin wall was torn down which meant that a unified Germany could take part in the competition for the first time. Along with this the Soviet Union was disestablished and teams from these former Soviet states went under the banner CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States).
The 8 teams that qualified for the finals were as follow:
- CIS (replaced former Soviet Union)
- Denmark
- England
- France
- Germany (First appearance as a reunited country)
- Netherlands (Reigning champions)
- Scotland (First appearance)
- Sweden (Host nation and first appearance)
1992 European Championship Final
The winners of the groups were Sweden and the Netherlands with the runners up being Denmark and Germany. Germany progress to the final by defeating Sweden 3-2 and in a penalty shootout Denmark emerged as victors over the Netherlands.
Denmark went ahead in the 19th minute from a goal by Jensen and in the second half Vilfort scored in the 79th minute to help Denmark emerge as winners of the competition for the first time.
Goal scorers of the tournament
There were 32 goals scored during the competition giving an average of 2.13 goals per game. The honour of top goal scorer of the tournament was split between four players.
Scorers of three goals
- Henrik Larsen (Denmark)
- Karl-Heinz Riedle (Germany)
- Dennis Bergkamp (Netherlands)
- Tomas Brolin (Sweden)
Scorers of two goals
- Jean-Pierre Papin (France)
- Thomas Hassler (Germany)
- Frank Rijkaard (Netherlands)
- Jan Eriksson (Sweden)
Fastest Goal
Frank Rijkaard became the fastest goal scorer in the tournaments history when he the back of the net in 1:37 minutes during the Netherlands versus Germany).