Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
The football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the first Olympic football tournament dedicated for 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 |  |
| Runners-up |  |
| Third place |  |
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| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 87 (2.72 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | |
Notably, these were the first matches played with football's new back-pass rule.[2]
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 | |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 |  .svg.png){kind=small}  |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | 3 |   |
| 1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |   |
| 1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 |  .svg.png){kind=small} |
| 1991 OFC Pre-Olympic Tournament | 1 | |
| 1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 4 |    |
| 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: 43,000 | ||
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Match officials
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 5 |
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 6 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
| Colombia | 1–1 | |
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Aristizábal  |
Report | Soufi |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
| Morocco | 1–1 | |
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| Bahja |
Report | Jung Kwang-seok |
| Sweden | 1–1 | |
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| Rödlund |
Report | Seo Jung-won |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
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| 8 August – Barcelona (Camp Nou) | ||||||||||
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Quarter-finals
Bronze Medal match
Gold Medal match
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Medal winners
 José Amavisca Coach: Vicente Miera |
 Dariusz Adamczuk Coach: Janusz Wójcik |
 Joachin 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
- 6 goals
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
- Own goals
Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 | |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 12 |
| 2 | |
6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 9 |
| 3 | |
6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 8 |
| 4 |  |
6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 5 |
| 5 | |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 4 |
| 6 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 |
| 7 | |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 3 |
| 9 | |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 3 |
| 10 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | |
3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
| 13 | |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | −3 | 2 |
| 14 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 |
| 15 | |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
| 16 | |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
References
- "Football at the 1992 Barcelona Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- Miller, Nick (18 February 2015). "Who was the last goalkeeper to legally pick up a backpass?". the Guardian. Retrieved 9 February 2018.
- "Football Tournament 1992 Olympiad". www.rsssf.com.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Association football at the 1992 Summer Olympics. |
- Olympic Football Tournament Barcelona 1992, FIFA.com
- RSSSF Summary
- FIFA Technical Report (Part 1), (Part 2), (Part 3) and (Part 4)
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