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Football, Men

Date24 July – 8 August 1992
StatusOlympic
LocationEstadio del FC Barcelona, Barcelona / Estadio Luis Casanova, Valencia / Estadio de La Romareda, Zaragoza / Estadio de la Nova Creu Alta, Sabadell / Estadio de Sarriá, Barcelona
Participants272 from 16 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

While they were automatically qualified for the tournament as the host nation, Spain nevertheless entered the qualification tournament, finishing second behind Czechoslovakia in their group. But the Spaniards had greatly improved by the time of the Olympics, and they cruised through the first five matches without conceding a single goal. Another impressive team was Poland, which trounced Australia in the semi-finals 6-1. The final match was played in the famous Camp Nou, home to FC Barcelona. 95,000 fans witnessed the final, in which Poland opened the score. Spain then moved ahead, only to see Poland tie the game again after 76 minutes. With little over a minute left to play, Kiko kicked in the winner from a blocked shot. Several of the Spanish players would later also play for their national team, including Luis Enrique (62 caps), Abelardo (54) and Guardiola (47). Ghana won the match for bronze to become the first African team to win an Olympic football medal. Man of the match was goalkeeper Dossey, who held a penalty kick.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1SpainESPGold
2PolandPOLSilver
3GhanaGHABronze
4AustraliaAUS
5SwedenSWE
6ParaguayPAR
7ItalyITA
8QatarQAT
9United StatesUSA
10MexicoMEX
11Republic of KoreaKOR
12EgyptEGY
13DenmarkDEN
14ColombiaCOL
15MoroccoMAR
16KuwaitKUW

Preliminary Round

Date24 – 30 July 1992

Group A

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1PolandPOL21057-2Q
2ItalyITA20143-4Q
3United StatesUSA11136-5
4KuwaitKUW00301-6
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #124 Jul 18:00ItalyITA2 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #224 Jul 20:00PolandPOL2 – 0KuwaitKUW
Match #327 Jul 19:00United StatesUSA3 – 1KuwaitKUW
Match #427 Jul 21:00PolandPOL3 – 0ItalyITA
Match #529 Jul 19:00PolandPOL2 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #629 Jul 21:00ItalyITA1 – 0KuwaitKUW

Group B

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SpainESP30068-0Q
2QatarQAT11132-3Q
3EgyptEGY10224-6
4ColombiaCOL01214-9
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #124 Jul 20:00SpainESP4 – 0ColombiaCOL
Match #224 Jul 20:00QatarQAT1 – 0EgyptEGY
Match #327 Jul 19:00ColombiaCOL1 – 1QatarQAT
Match #427 Jul 21:00SpainESP2 – 0EgyptEGY
Match #529 Jul 19:00EgyptEGY4 – 3ColombiaCOL
Match #629 Jul 21:00SpainESP2 – 0QatarQAT

Group C

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1SwedenSWE12045-1Q
2ParaguayPAR12043-1Q
3Republic of KoreaKOR03032-2
4MoroccoMAR01212-8
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #126 Jul 21:00ParaguayPAR0 – 0SwedenSWE
Match #226 Jul 21:00Republic of KoreaKOR1 – 1MoroccoMAR
Match #328 Jul 19:00SwedenSWE4 – 0MoroccoMAR
Match #428 Jul 21:00Republic of KoreaKOR0 – 0ParaguayPAR
Match #530 Jul 21:00Republic of KoreaKOR1 – 1SwedenSWE
Match #630 Jul 21:00ParaguayPAR3 – 1MoroccoMAR

Group D

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1GhanaGHA12044-2Q
2AustraliaAUS11135-4Q
3MexicoMEX03033-3
4DenmarkDEN02121-4
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #126 Jul 19:00DenmarkDEN1 – 1MexicoMEX
Match #226 Jul 19:00GhanaGHA3 – 1AustraliaAUS
Match #328 Jul 19:00DenmarkDEN0 – 0GhanaGHA
Match #428 Jul 21:00AustraliaAUS1 – 1MexicoMEX
Match #530 Jul 19:00AustraliaAUS3 – 0DenmarkDEN
Match #630 Jul 19:00GhanaGHA1 – 1MexicoMEX

Quarter-Finals

Date1 – 2 August 1992
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #101 Aug 19:00SpainESP1 – 0ItalyITA
Match #201 Aug 21:30PolandPOL2 – 0QatarQAT
Match #302 Aug 19:00GhanaGHA4 – 2ParaguayPARAET
Match #402 Aug 21:30AustraliaAUS2 – 1SwedenSWE

Semi-Finals

Date5 August 1992
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #105 Aug 19:00PolandPOL6 – 1AustraliaAUS
Match #205 Aug 21:30SpainESP2 – 0GhanaGHA

Final Round

Date7 – 8 August 1992
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/208 Aug 20:00SpainESP3 – 2PolandPOL
Match 3/407 Aug 20:00GhanaGHA1 – 0AustraliaAUS