UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying

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This page describes the qualifying procedure for UEFA Euro 1992.

[edit] Groups

The draw for the qualifiers for UEFA Euro 1992 took place on February 2, 1990. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the competition. 34 teams entered the draw, East Germany withdrawing later due to its abolition as a result of German reunification on 3 October 1990. The Faroe Islands and San Marino joined the Euro qualifying tournament for the first time.

The qualifiers, consisting of 33 teams divided into seven groups; two of four teams and five of five teams, were played through 1990 and 1991. Each group winner progressed to the finals. This was the last European Football Championship qualifying phase which awarded two points for a win. From 1996 onward, teams would earn 3 points for a win.

[edit] Group 1

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 1

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD
France	16	8	8	0	20	6	+14
Czechoslovakia	10	8	5	3	12	9	+3
Spain	6	7	3	4	17	12	+5
Iceland	4	8	2	6	7	10	-3
Albania	2	7	1	6	2	21	-19

	ALB	CZE	FRA	ICE	ESP
Albania	XXX	0-2	0-1	1–0	X-X
Czechoslavakia	2–1	XXX	1–2	1–0	3–2
France	5–0	2–1	XXX	3–1	3–1
Iceland	2–0	0–1	1–2	XXX	2–0
Spain	9–0	2–1	1–2	2–1	XXX

[edit] Group 2

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 2

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Scotland	11	8	4	3	1	14	7	+7
Switzerland	10	8	4	2	2	19	7	+12
Romania	10	8	4	2	2	13	7	+6
Bulgaria	9	8	3	3	2	15	8	+7
San Marino	0	8	0	0	8	1	33	-32

	BUL	ROM	SAN	SCO	SUI
Bulgaria	XXX	1-1	4-0	1–1	2-3
Romania	0–3	XXX	6–0	1–0	1–0
San Marino	0–3	1–3	XXX	0–2	0–4
Scotland	1–1	2–1	4–0	XXX	2–1
Switzerland	2–0	0–0	7–0	2–2	XXX

[edit] Group 3

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 3

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
USSR	13	8	5	3	0	13	2	+11
Italy	10	8	3	4	1	12	5	+7
Norway	9	8	3	3	2	9	5	+4
Hungary	8	8	2	4	2	10	9	+1
Cyprus	0	8	0	0	8	2	25	-23

	CYP	HUN	ITA	NOR	USSR
Cyprus	XXX	0-2	0-4	0–3	0-3
Hungary	4–2	XXX	1–1	0–0	0–1
Italy	2–0	3–1	XXX	1–1	0–0
Norway	3–0	0–0	2–1	XXX	0–1
USSR	4–0	2–2	0–0	2–0	XXX

[edit] Group 4

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 4

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Yugoslavia	14	8	7	0	1	24	4	+20
Denmark	13	8	6	1	1	18	7	+11
Northern Ireland	7	8	2	3	3	11	11	0
Austria	3	8	1	1	6	6	14	-8
Faroe Islands	3	8	1	1	6	3	26	-23

	AUT	DEN	FAR	NIR	YUG
Austria	XXX	0-3	3-0	0–0	0-2
Denmark	2–1	XXX	4–1	2–1	0–2
Faroe Islands	1–0	0–4	XXX	0–5	0–2
Northern Ireland	2–1	1–1	1–1	XXX	0–2
Yugoslavia	4–1	1–2	4–1	7–0	XXX

Yugoslavia was under sanctions by the United Nations Security Council resolution 757 and thus banned from appearing.^[1]; Denmark took their place in the final tournament

[edit] Group 5

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Germany	10	6	5	0	1	13	4	+9
Wales	9	6	4	1	1	8	6	+2
Belgium	5	6	2	1	3	7	6	+1
Luxembourg	0	6	0	0	6	2	14	-12

	BEL	GER	LUX	WAL
Belgium	XXX	0–1	3–0	1–1
Germany	1–0	XXX	4–0	4–1
Luxembourg	0–2	2–3	XXX	0–1
Wales	3–1	1–0	1–0	XXX

East Germany were drawn into this group, withdrawing prior to the start of qualifying due to German reunification.

[edit] Group 6

Main article: UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 6

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Netherlands	13	8	6	1	1	17	2	+15
Portugal	11	8	5	1	2	11	4	+7
Greece	8	8	3	2	3	11	9	+2
Finland	6	8	1	4	3	5	8	-3
Malta	2	8	0	2	6	2	23	-21

	FIN	GRE	MLT	NED	POR
Finland	XXX	1-1	2-0	1–1	0-0
Greece	2–0	XXX	4–0	0–2	3–2
Malta	1–1	1–1	XXX	0–8	0–1
Netherlands	2–0	2–0	1–0	XXX	1–0
Portugal	1–0	1–0	5–0	1–0	XXX