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Euro 1992 Championships |
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| The 1992 UEFA European Football Championship (Euro 92) final tournament was hosted by Sweden. It was the ninth European Football Championship, which is held every four years and supported by UEFA. The tournament took place between June 10 and June 26, 1992 and it was the first time the players had their names printed on their backs. |
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| The qualifiers for the 1992 European Football Championship consisted of 33 teams divided into seven groups; two of four teams and five of five teams. The qualifiers were played through 1990 and 1991. Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the competition. Each group winner progressed to the finals. This was the last European Football Championship qualifying phase which awarded only two points for a win. From 1996 onward, teams would earn 3 points for a win. |
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| Eight countries contested the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage as Sweden qualified automatically as hosts of the event. The USSR qualified for the finals shortly before the break-up of the country, and took part in the tournament under the banner of the CIS before the former Soviet republics formed their own national teams after the competition. The CIS team consisted of the following Soviet republics: Russia, Ukraine , Belarus, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia, Moldova and Tajikistan. 5 out of 15 ex-republics were not members of CIS, and therefore did not send their players: Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia and Azerbaijan. |
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| Originally, Yugoslavia qualified for the final stage, but due to the Yugoslav wars, the team was disqualified and their qualifying group's runner-up Denmark took part in the championship. They shocked the continent by defeating the reigning world champions Germany for the title. |
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