Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Spain
Dates 24 July–8 August
Teams 16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s) 5 (in 5 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) Poland Andrzej Juskowiak (7 goals)

The Football competition at the 1992 Summer Olympics was the first Under-23 competition. The competition features 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams are drawn into four groups of four and each group plays 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.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation 1  Spain
AFC Preliminary Competition 3  Qatar
 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
 Paraguay
1991 OFC Pre-Olympic Tournament 1  Australia
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 4  Italy
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Poland
Total 16

Venues

Barcelona
Barcelona
Camp Nou Estadi de Sarrià
Capacity: 100,000 Capacity: 42,000
Sabadell Valencia
Estadi de la Nova Creu Alta Estadio Luis Casanova
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 50,000
Zaragoza
Estadio La Romareda
Capacity: 43,000

Match officials

Squads

Final tournament

First round

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Poland 321072+55
 Italy 32013414
 United States 311165+13
 Kuwait 30031650

24 July 1992
18:00
Italy  2–1  United States
Melli  15'
Albertini  22'
Report Moore  65'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (ESP)

24 July 1992
20:00
Poland  2–0  Kuwait
Juskowiak  7', 80' Report
Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Juan Francisco Escobar (PAR)

27 July 1992
19:00
United States  3–1  Kuwait
Brose  56'
Lagos  79'
Snow  85'
Report Marwi  16'
Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)

27 July 1992
21:00
Italy  0–3  Poland
Report Juskowiak  5'
Staniek  48'
Mielcarski  90'
Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Philip Don (GBR)

29 July 1992
19:00
United States  2–2  Poland
Imler  20'
Snow  85'
Report Koźmiński  31'
Juskowiak  40'
Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (MRI)

29 July 1992
21:00
Italy  1–0  Kuwait
Melli  10' Report
Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Arturo Brizio Carter (MEX)

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 330080+86
 Qatar 31112313
 Egypt 31024622
 Colombia 30124951

July 24, 1992
21:00
Spain  4–0  Colombia
Guardiola  10'
Kiko  37'
Berges  41'
Luis Enrique  69'
Report
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Merk (GER)

July 24, 1992
20:00
Egypt  0–1  Qatar
Report Mustafa  74'
Estadio Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Don (GBR)

July 27, 1992
21:00
Spain  2–0  Egypt
Solozábal  55'
Soler  70'
Report
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)

July 27, 1992
19:00
Colombia  1–1  Qatar
Aristizábal  62' Report Soufi  89'
Estadio Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

July 29, 1992
21:00
Spain  2–0  Qatar
Alfonso  40'
Kiko  60'
Report
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 19,300
Referee: Angeles (USA)

July 29, 1992
19:00
Colombia  3–4  Egypt
Gaviria  9', 84'
Pacheco  14'
Report Youssef  27'
El-Masry  47'
Khashaba  91', 94'
Estadio Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 312051+44
 Paraguay 312031+24
 South Korea 30302203
 Morocco 30122861

July 26, 1992
21:00
Sweden  0–0  Paraguay
Report
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Spassov (BUL)

July 26, 1992
21:00
Morocco  1–1  South Korea
Bahja  64' Report Jung Kwang-seok  73'
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Angeles (USA)

July 28, 1992
19:00
Sweden  4–0  Morocco
Brolin  14', 69'
Mild  20'
Rödlund  57'
Report
Estadio Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Torres Cadena (COL)

July 28, 1992
21:00
Paraguay  0–0  South Korea
Report
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Sendid (ALG)

July 30, 1992
21:00
Sweden  1–1  South Korea
Rödlund  52' Report Seo Jung-won  28'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Díaz Vega (ESP)

July 30, 1992
21:00
Paraguay  3–1  Morocco
Arce  43'
Caballero  57'
Gamarra  70'
Report Naybet  87'
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 2,000
Referee: Merk (GER)

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Ghana 312042+24
 Australia 311154+13
 Mexico 30303303
 Denmark 30211432

26 July 1992
19:00
Denmark  1–1  Mexico
Thomsen  85' Report Rotllán  39' (pen.)
Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

26 July 1992
19:00
Ghana  3–1  Australia
Gargo  12'
Ayew  83', 89'
Report Vidmar  91'

28 July 1992
19:00
Denmark  0–0  Ghana
Report

28 July 1992
21:00
Mexico  1–1  Australia
Castañeda  63' Report Arambasic  20'
Estadi de Sarrià, Barcelona
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Kiichiro Tachi (Japan)

30 July 1992
19:00
Denmark  0–3  Australia
Report Markovski  32'
Mori  60'
Vidmar  75'
Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)

30 July 1992
19:00
Mexico  1–1  Ghana
Rotllán  30' Report Ayew  79'
Estadio Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: José Torres Cadena (COL)

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
August 1 - Valencia        
  Spain  1
August 5 - Valencia
  Italy  0  
  Spain  2
August 1 - Barcelona
      Ghana  0  
  Paraguay  2
August 8 - Barcelona
  Ghana (aet)  4  
  Spain  3
August 2 - Zaragoza    
    Poland  2
  Poland  2
August 5 - Barcelona
  Qatar  0  
  Poland  6 Bronze medal match
August 2 - Barcelona
      Australia  1   August 7 - Barcelona
  Sweden  1
  Ghana  1
  Australia  2  
  Australia  0
 

Quarter-finals

1 August 1992
19:00
Spain  1–0  Italy
Kiko  38' Report
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)

1 August 1992
21:30
Poland  2–0  Qatar
Kowalczyk  42'
Jałocha  74'
Report
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Sendid (ALG)

2 August 1992
19:00
Paraguay  2–4 (a.e.t.)  Ghana
Acheampong  78' (o.g.)
Campos  81'
Report Ayew  17', 55', 121'
Rahman  114'
Estadio La Romareda, Zaragoza
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Bujsaim (UAE)

2 August 1992
21:30
Sweden  1–2  Australia
Andersson  60' Report Markovski  30'
Murphy  53'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

Semi-finals

5 August 1992
19:00
Spain  2–0  Ghana
Abelardo  25'
Berges  55'
Report
Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia
Attendance: 36,000
Referee: Brizio Carter (MEX)

5 August 1992
21:30
Poland  6–1  Australia
Kowalczyk  27', 88'
Juskowiak  43', 52', 78'
Murphy  67' (o.g.)
Report Veart  35'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Rezende de Freitas (BRA)

Bronze Medal match

7 August 1992
20:00
Australia  0–1  Ghana
Report Asare  19'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Díaz Vega (ESP)

Gold Medal match

8 August 1992
20:00
Poland  2–3  Spain
Kowalczyk  44'
Staniek  76'
Report Abelardo  65'
Kiko  72', 90'
Camp Nou, Barcelona
Attendance: 95,000
Referee: Torres Cadena (COL)

Medal winners

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
1 goal
Own goals

Final ranking

[1]

Rank Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Spain (ESP) 6600142+1212
2  Poland (POL) 6411176+119
3  Ghana (GHA) 632196+38
4  Australia (AUS) 6213812–45
5  Italy (ITA) 420235-24
6  Sweden (SWE) 412163+34
7  Paraguay (PAR) 41215504
8  Qatar (QAT) 411225-33
9  United States (USA) 311165+13
10  Mexico (MEX) 30303303
11  South Korea (KOR) 30302203
12  Egypt (EGY) 310246−22
13  Denmark (DEN) 302114−32
14  Colombia (COL) 301249–51
15  Morocco (MAR) 301228–61
16  Kuwait (KUW) 300316–50

References

  1. http://www.rsssf.com/tableso/ol1992f-det.html
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