U-16 football championship 1992

The 10th U-16 European Football Championship was held in Cyprus from May 7th to 17th, 1992 . It was the first UEFA tournament in Cyprus. In the final, the previous year's finalists faced each other again. The winner was Germany with a 2: 1 victory over Spain . This enabled the Germans to successfully take revenge for the previous year's defeat.

mode

The 16 qualified teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. Within the groups, each team played each other once. The group winners reached the semifinals. The semi-final winners reached the final, the semi-final losers played for third place.

Attendees

The following teams took part in the tournament:

Denmark  Germany  Finland  France  Ireland  Israel  Italy  Yugoslavia

Netherlands  Northern Ireland  Portugal  Romania  Scotland  Spain (defending champion)  Hungary  Cyprus (host)

The German team

DFB trainer Bernd Stöber nominated the following squad:

Conny Wieland (Stahl Brandenburg) and Markus Krause (Bayer 05 Uerdingen) [both in goal], Sebastian Hahn (Bayer 05 Uerdingen), Martin Dawitschek (Bayer 04 Leverkusen), Marcell Fensch (FC Berlin), Mario Wildmann (SC Freiburg) and Daniel Wennmann (FC Schalke 04) [all defense], Michael Bochtler (SSV Ulm 1846), Lutz Lehmann (Hamburger SV), Carsten Hinz (Borussia Dortmund), Robert Ratkowski (Bayer Uerdingen), Lars Ricken (Borussia Dortmund) and Marcus Wedau (Bayer 05 Uerdingen) [all midfield] and Kai Michalke (Bayer Uerdingen), Til Bettenstaedt (VfL Marburg) and Mathias Gehring (SV Bühlertal) [all attack].

Venues

The games were played in the cities of Agia Napa , Derynia , Larnaka , Limassol , Nicosia , Paphos and Paralimni in the Republic of Cyprus .

Preliminary round

Group A

All games took place in Nicosia .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Italy	3	2	0	1	007: 200	+5	04: 20
2.	Yugoslavia	3	2	0	1	004: 500	−1	04: 20
3.	Denmark	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	02: 40
4th	Finland	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	02: 40

May 7, 1992
Denmark	-	Finland	1-0
Italy	-	Yugoslavia	4-0
May 9, 1992
Yugoslavia	-	Finland	2-0
Italy	-	Denmark	2-0
May 11, 1992
Yugoslavia	-	Denmark	2: 1
Finland	-	Italy	2: 1

Group B

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Spain	3	2	1	0	006: 200	+4	05: 10
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	006: 200	+4	04: 20
3.	Ireland	3	0	2	1	001: 300	−2	02: 40
4th	Romania	3	0	1	2	001: 700	−6	01: 50

May 7, 1992, Ayia Napa
Netherlands	-	Ireland	2-0
Spain	-	Romania	3: 1
May 9, 1992, Paralimni
Spain	-	Netherlands	2-0
Romania	-	Ireland	0-0
May 11, 1992, Derynia
Netherlands	-	Romania	4-0
Spain	-	Ireland	1: 1

Group C

All games took place in Larnaka .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	06-00
2.	Scotland	3	2	0	1	006: 100	+5	04: 20
3.	Northern Ireland	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01: 50
4th	Cyprus	3	0	1	2	001: 500	−4	01: 50

May 7, 1992
Germany	-	Northern Ireland	3: 1
Scotland	-	Cyprus	3-0
May 9, 1992
Germany	-	Scotland	1-0
Cyprus	-	Northern Ireland	0-0
May 11, 1992
Scotland	-	Northern Ireland	3: 1
Germany	-	Cyprus	2: 1

Group D

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	05: 10
2.	Hungary	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	03: 30
3.	Israel	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	03: 30
4th	France	3	0	1	2	001: 300	−2	01: 50

May 7, 1992, Limassol
Portugal	-	France	2: 1
Israel	-	Hungary	3: 2
May 9, 1992, Paphos
France	-	Israel	0-0
Hungary	-	Portugal	1: 1
May 11, 1992, Limassol
Hungary	-	France	1-0
Portugal	-	Israel	1-0

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	May 14, 1992, Limassol
	Spain	3
	Portugal	1
					May 17, 1992, Larnaka
					Germany	2
					Spain	1
					Game for third place
	May 14, 1992, Limassol				May 16, 1992, Larnaka
	Germany	0 (6) 1			Italy	1
	Italy	0 (5)			Portugal	0

¹ Victory on penalties

The national team of Germany thus became European champions of the U16 / U17 juniors for the second time.  

The German team in the final

Germany played in the final with the following line-up:

Conny Wieland - Sebastian Hahn - Marcell Fensch , Martin Dawitschek - Michael Bochtler , Lutz Lehmann, Carsten Hinz, Robert Ratkowski , Lars Ricken - Kai Michalke (72nd Mathias Gehring), Til Bettenstaedt (76th Marcus Wedau )

Bettenstaedt (38.) and Captain Hinz (63.) scored the German goals in the final, while Iván Pérez Muñoz had initially given the Spaniards the lead in the 15th minute.

literature

• kicker sports magazine , number 40, May 18, 1992, page 57.

Web links

European U-16 Championship 1992 at RSSSF (English)