UEFA Euro 1992 knockout stage

The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 1992 was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were two rounds of matches: a semi-final stage leading to the final to decide the champions. The knockout stage began with the semi-finals on 21 June and ended with the final on 26 June 1992 at the Ullevi in Gothenburg. Denmark won the tournament with a 2–0 victory over Germany.^[1]

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Format

Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
1	Sweden	Denmark
2	Netherlands	Germany

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 June – Gothenburg
	Netherlands	2 (4)
					26 June – Gothenburg
	Denmark (p)	2 (5)
					Denmark	2
	21 June – Solna
					Germany	0
	Sweden	2
	Germany	3

Semi-finals

Sweden vs Germany

21 June 1992 (1992-06-21)

20:15

Sweden	2–3	Germany
Brolin 64' (pen.) K. Andersson 89'	Report	Häßler 11' Riedle 59', 88'

Solna

Attendance: 28,827

Referee: Tullio Lanese (Italy

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Sweden

Germany

GK 1 Thomas Ravelli RB 2 Roland Nilsson CB 3 Jan Eriksson CB 5 Joachim Björklund LB 18 Roger Ljung  14' RM 16 Kennet Andersson CM 7 Klas Ingesson CM 9 Jonas Thern (c) LM 19 Joakim Nilsson  58' CF 11 Tomas Brolin CF 17 Martin Dahlin  72'  73' Substitutions: MF 10 Anders Limpar  58' FW 20 Johnny Ekström  73' Manager: Tommy Svensson

GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 14 Thomas Helmer CB 4 Jürgen Kohler CB 6 Guido Buchwald  35' RWB 2 Stefan Reuter  43' LWB 3 Andreas Brehme (c) CM 16 Matthias Sammer CM 17 Stefan Effenberg  3' AM 8 Thomas Häßler CF 11 Karl-Heinz Riedle  29' CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann  89' Substitutions: MF 10 Thomas Doll  89' Manager: Berti Vogts

Linesmen: Domenico Ramicone (Italy) Maurizio Padovan (Italy) Fourth official: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Netherlands vs Denmark

22 June 1992 (1992-06-22)

20:15

Netherlands	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
Bergkamp 23' Rijkaard 86'	Report	Larsen 5', 33'
Penalties
Koeman Van Basten Bergkamp Rijkaard Witschge	4–5	Larsen Povlsen Elstrup Vilfort Christofte

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 37,450

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Netherlands

Denmark

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen SW 4 Ronald Koeman CB 3 Adri van Tiggelen CB 17 Frank de Boer  46' CM 8 Frank Rijkaard  42' CM 6 Jan Wouters RW 14 Rob Witschge AM 7 Dennis Bergkamp LW 10 Ruud Gullit (c) CF 9 Marco van Basten CF 20 Bryan Roy  115' Substitutions: FW 12 Wim Kieft  46' MF 11 John van 't Schip  115' Manager: Rinus Michels

GK 1 Peter Schmeichel RB 2 John Sivebæk CB 12 Torben Piechnik CB 4 Lars Olsen (c) LB 5 Henrik Andersen  15'  70' RM 6 Kim Christofte CM 7 John Jensen CM 18 Kim Vilfort LM 13 Henrik Larsen SS 11 Brian Laudrup  57' CF 9 Flemming Povlsen Substitutions: FW 10 Lars Elstrup  57' DF 17 Claus Christiansen  70' Manager: Richard Møller Nielsen

Final

26 June 1992 (1992-06-26)

20:15

Denmark	2–0	Germany
Jensen 18' Vilfort 78'	Report

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 37,800^[2]

Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)

Denmark

Germany

GK 1 Peter Schmeichel CB 4 Lars Olsen (c) CB 12 Torben Piechnik  32' CB 3 Kent Nielsen RWB 2 John Sivebæk  66' LWB 6 Kim Christofte CM 7 John Jensen CM 18 Kim Vilfort AM 13 Henrik Larsen SS 11 Brian Laudrup CF 9 Flemming Povlsen Substitutions: DF 17 Claus Christiansen  66' Manager: Richard Møller Nielsen

GK 1 Bodo Illgner SW 6 Guido Buchwald CB 4 Jürgen Kohler CB 14 Thomas Helmer RWB 2 Stefan Reuter  55' LWB 3 Andreas Brehme (c) CM 16 Matthias Sammer  46' CM 17 Stefan Effenberg  35'  80' AM 8 Thomas Häßler  39' CF 11 Karl-Heinz Riedle CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann  88' Substitutions: MF 10 Thomas Doll  83'  46' FW 13 Andreas Thom  80' Manager: Berti Vogts

References

External links

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