XVIII Olympic Football Tournament (Qualifying Stage)

(From 29-05-1990 to 3-06-1992)


 

EUROPE

(From 29-05-1990 to 3-06-1992)

The UEFA U-21 Championship doubles as European Pre-Olympic Tournament. The four winners of 1/4 Finals qualify for the Olympic Games, whereas the best loser playoffs with the winner of the Oceanian Pre-Olympic Tournament

 

 

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Poland*.

* Poland (best quarterfinals loser) replaces the original U-21 semifinalist Scotland, who is ineligible for the Olympic Games.

 

QUALIFIED FOR EUROPE/OCEANIA PLAYOFF: Netherlands* (see below).

* Netherlands (second best quarterfinals loser) replaces the abovementioned Poland in this playoff.

 

 

 

SOUTH AMERICA

(From 31-01-1992 to 16-02-1992)

Also known as Preolímpico Sudamericano Sub-23 (CONMEBOL)

 

 

FINAL ROUND (Paraguay)

 

GROUP STAGE

GROUP A (Asunción)

 

GROUP B (Asunción)

31-01-92

Paraguay - Venezuela

1-0 (0-0)

2-02-92

Argentina - Bolivia

1-0 (1-0)

1-02-92

Brazil - Peru

2-1 (0-0)

2-02-92

Uruguay - Ecuador

0-2 (0-0)

3-02-92

Brazil - Paraguay

1-0 (1-0)

4-02-92

Argentina - Ecuador

1-0 (0-0)

3-02-92

Peru - Colombia

1-4 (0-2)

4-02-92

Uruguay - Chile

1-0 (1-0)

5-02-92

Brazil - Colombia

0-2 (0-1)

6-02-92

Argentina - Chile

1-1 (0-0)

5-02-92

Peru - Venezuela

3-0 (3-0)

6-02-92

Ecuador - Bolivia

4-1 (2-1)

7-02-92

Colombia - Venezuela

4-0 (0-0)

8-02-92

Chile - Ecuador

1-5 (0-3)

7-02-92

Paraguay - Peru

7-1 (0-0)

8-02-92

Uruguay - Bolivia

4-0 (2-0)

9-02-92

Brazil - Venezuela

1-1 (1-1)

10-02-92

Argentina - Uruguay

1-2 (1-1)

9-02-92

Paraguay - Colombia

0-0 (0-0)

10-02-92

Chile - Bolivia

(not held)

QUALIFIED: Colombia, Paraguay.

QUALIFIED: Ecuador, Uruguay.

 

 

FINAL STAGE (Asunción)

12-02-92

Colombia - Uruguay

3-0 (1-0)

12-02-92

Ecuador - Paraguay

0-1 (0-0)

14-02-92

Colombia - Paraguay

0-1 (0-0)

14-02-92

Ecuador - Uruguay

0-1 (0-0)

16-02-92

Colombia - Ecuador

1-1 (0-0)

16-02-92

Paraguay - Uruguay

0-0 (0-0)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Paraguay, Colombia.

 

 

 

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICA

(From 21-10-1990 to 17-05-1992)

Also known as CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

 

 

FIRST ROUND

 

NORTH & CENTRAL AMERICAN ZONE

17-03-91

24-03-91

Belize - El Salvador

0-2 (xxx)

3-0 (xxx)

17-03-91

3-04-91

Guatemala - Honduras

2-2 (xxx)

2-0 (xxx)

Panama - Costa Rica

(w.o.)

BYES: Canada, USA, Mexico.

 

CARIBBEAN ZONE

FIRST ROUND

21-10-90

28-10-90

Haiti - Cuba

1-1 (0-0)

2-2 (1-2)

21-10-90

4-11-90

Dutch Antilles - Surinam

0-1 (0-1)

0-0 (0-0)

28-10-90

11-11-90

Aruba - Saint Lucia

3-3 (2-0)

9-0 (5-0)

28-10-90

11-11-90

Antigua and Barbuda - Barbados

0-0 (0-0)

5-0 (1-0)

28-10-90

12-11-90

Puerto Rico - Jamaica

0-3 (0-1)

2-0 (0-0)

BYE: Trinidad and Tobago.

SECOND ROUND

17-02-91

10-03-91

Barbados - Surinam

2-2 (xxx)

2-1 (xxx)

24-02-91

3-03-91

Trinidad and Tobago - Jamaica

0-1 (xxx)

0-1 (xxx)

10-03-91

24-03-91

Saint Lucia - Haiti

1-1 (xxx)

2-1 (xxx)

Tie-Break

24-03-91

Trinidad & To. - Jamaica [San Juan]

1-1 (xxx) [pk:5-2]

 

 

SEMIFINAL ROUND

(The three group winners and the best runner-up progress to the Final Round)

 

GROUP A

 

GROUP B

1-09-91

Surinam - Mexico

1-1 (xxx)

5-05-91

Canada - Trinidad and Tobago

3-0 (xxx)

5-09-91

Honduras - Mexico

1-1 (xxx)

12-05-91

El Salvador - Canada

3-1 (xxx)

11-09-91

Mexico - Honduras

0-1 (xxx)

19-05-91

Trinidad and Tobago - Canada

1-3 (xxx)

18-09-91

Mexico - Surinam

6-0 (xxx)

7-07-91

El Salvador - Trinidad and Tobago

2-0 (w.o.)

24-09-91

Honduras - Surinam

2-0 (xxx)

28-07-91

Trinidad and Tobago - El Salvador

2-0 (xxx)

6-10-91

Surinam - Honduras

0-2 (xxx)

1-09-91

Canada - El Salvador

4-0 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: Honduras, Mexico.

QUALIFIED: Canada.

 

GROUP C

23-06-91

USA - Haiti

8-0 (xxx)

14-07-91

Panama - USA

1-1 (xxx)

20-07-91

USA - Panama

7-1 (xxx)

25-08-91

Haiti - USA

0-2 (xxx)

21-09-91

Panama - Haiti

2-2 (0-2)

1-10-91

Haiti - Panama

(not held)

QUALIFIED: USA.

 

 

FINAL ROUND

25-03-92

Mexico - USA

1-2 (xxx)

5-04-92

Canada - Mexico

1-1 (0-0)

5-04-92

USA - Honduras

4-3 (xxx)

12-04-92

Canada - Honduras

2-2 (1-1)

19-04-92

Honduras - USA

3-4 (xxx)

21-04-92

Mexico - Canada

4-1 (2-1)

26-04-92

Honduras - Canada

1-0 (1-0)

26-04-92

USA - Mexico

3-0 (2-0)

6-05-92

Honduras - Mexico

1-3 (xxx)

10-05-92

USA - Canada

3-1 (0-0)

17-05-92

Canada - USA

2-1 (0-0)

17-05-92

Mexico - Honduras

5-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: USA, Mexico.

 

 

 

AFRICA

(From 18-11-1990 to 23-02-1992)

Also known as CAF Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

 

 

FIRST ROUND

18-11-90

30-11-90

Mauritius - Somalia

1-0 (xxx)

2-1 (xxx)

18-11-90

2-12-90

Mozambique - Swaziland

0-0 (0-0)

0-1 (xxx)

18-11-90

2-12-90

Botswana - Gabon

0-0 (0-0)

2-1 (xxx)

Ethiopia - Libya

(w.o.)

Burkina Faso - Senegal

(w.o.)

Mali - Sierra Leone

(w.o.)

Gambia - Mauritania

(w.o.)

Congo - Togo

(w.o.)

BYES: Algeria, Angola, Cameroon, Egypt, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Malawi, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zaire, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

SECOND ROUND

GROUP 1

10-08-91

23-08-91

Sudan - Egypt

1-2 (xxx)

2-0 (xxx)

11-08-91

24-08-91

Mozambique - Uganda

0-1 (xxx)

3-1 (xxx)

Mauritius - Zambia

(w.o.)

Ethiopia - Malawi

(w.o.)

Gabon - Cameroon

(w.o.)

Angola - Ivory Coast

(w.o.)

GROUP 2

10-08-91

25-08-91

Tunisia - Senegal

3-1 (xxx)

1-0 (xxx)

11-08-91

23-08-91

Morocco - Mauritania

6-0 (xxx)

0-0 (0-0)

11-08-91

24-08-91

Algeria - Sierra Leone

0-0 (0-0)

1-0 (xxx)

Liberia - Togo

(w.o.)

Ghana - Guinea

(w.o.)

Zaire - Zimbabwe

(w.o.)

THIRD ROUND

GROUP 1

25-10-91

9-11-91

Egypt - Malawi

3-1 (xxx)

0-0 (0-0)

26-10-91

10-11-91

Uganda - Cameroon

1-2 (xxx)

2-0 (xxx)

Mauritius - Ivory Coast

(w.o.)

GROUP 2

27-10-91

9-11-91

Ghana - Sierra Leone

2-1 (xxx)

2-2 (xxx)

27-10-91

10-11-91

Tunisia - Zimbabwe

3-1 (xxx)

5-2 (xxx)

Togo - Morocco

(w.o.)

FOURTH ROUND

7-02-92

23-02-92

Egypt - Zimbabwe

3-0 (xxx)

1-1 (xxx)

9-02-92

23-02-92

Cameroon - Morocco

0-0 (0-0)

2-0 (xxx)

9-02-92

23-02-92

Ghana - Mauritius

6-0 (xxx)

1-4 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Egypt, Morocco, Ghana.

 

 

 

ASIA

(From 18-05-1991 to 30-01-1992)

Also known as AFC Pre-Olympic Tournament (U-23)

 

 

FIRST ROUND

 

 

WEST & CENTRAL ASIA ZONE

 

GROUP A

30-08-91

Qatar - Iran

2-0 (xxx)

30-08-91

Yemen - Pakistan

1-0 (xxx)

6-09-91

Iran - UAE

2-2 (xxx)

6-09-91

Yemen - Qatar

1-1 (xxx)

13-09-91

Pakistan - Qatar

0-4 (xxx)

13-09-91

UAE - Yemen

2-1 (xxx)

18-09-91

Pakistan - UAE

0-1 (xxx)

18-09-91

Yemen - Iran

1-1 (xxx)

23-09-91

Iran - Pakistan

5-0 (xxx)

23-09-91

Qatar - UAE

2-1 (xxx)

28-09-91

Iran - Qatar

2-0 (xxx)

28-09-91

Pakistan - Yemen

0-2 (xxx)

4-10-91

Qatar - Yemen

3-0 (xxx)

4-10-91

UAE - Iran

0-1 (xxx)

9-10-91

Qatar - Pakistan

2-0 (xxx)

9-10-91

Yemen - UAE

0-0 (0-0)

14-10-91

Iran - Yemen

2-1 (xxx)

14-10-91

UAE - Pakistan

2-0 (xxx)

20-10-91

Pakistan - Iran

0-6 (xxx)

20-10-91

UAE - Qatar

0-2 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: Qatar.

 

GROUP B (Hyderabad, INDIA)

 

 

4-08-91

Oman - India

1-1 (xxx)

5-08-91

Lebanon - Syria

0-1 (xxx)

6-08-91

Oman - Lebanon

1-0 (xxx)

GROUP C (Manama, BAHRAIN)

8-08-91

India - Lebanon

1-3 (xxx)

19-09-91

Bahrain - Sri Lanka

6-0 (xxx)

8-08-91

Kuwait - Oman

1-0 (xxx)

19-09-91

Saudi Arabia - Jordan

1-2 (xxx)

9-08-91

Syria - Kuwait

1-1 (xxx)

22-09-91

Bahrain - Jordan

4-0 (xxx)

11-08-91

Syria - India

1-0 (xxx)

23-09-91

Sri Lanka - Saudi Arabia

1-5 (xxx)

12-08-91

Lebanon - Kuwait

1-2 (xxx)

25-09-91

Bahrain - Saudi Arabia

0-2 (xxx)

13-08-91

Oman - Syria

0-0 (0-0)

25-09-91

Jordan - Sri Lanka

7-0 (xxx)

14-08-91

Kuwait - India

2-1 (xxx)

* Afghanistan withdrew before the competition.

QUALIFIED: Kuwait.

QUALIFIED: Bahrain.

 

 

EAST ASIA ZONE

 

GROUP D

 

GROUP E

18-05-91

Bangladesh - Thailand [Seoul]

2-3 (xxx)

15-08-91

North Korea - Nepal [Pyongyang]

5-0 (xxx)

18-05-91

South Korea - Philippines [Seoul]

10-0 (xxx)

15-08-91

Maldives - China [Pyongyang]

0-12 (xxx)

20-05-91

Bangladesh - South Korea [Seoul]

0-6 (0-2)

17-08-91

Nepal - Maldives [Pyongyang]

0-1 (xxx)

20-05-91

Malaysia - Philippines [Seoul]

5-0 (xxx)

17-08-91

Singapore - N. Korea [Pyongyang]

0-2 (xxx)

22-05-91

Bangladesh - Malaysia [Seoul]

0-1 (xxx)

19-08-91

China - Singapore [Pyongyang]

3-0 (xxx)

22-05-91

Thailand - South Korea [Seoul]

1-2 (0-0)

19-08-91

N. Korea - Maldives [Pyongyang]

4-0 (xxx)

24-05-91

Philippines - Bangladesh [Seoul]

0-8 (xxx)

21-08-91

Nepal - China [Pyongyang]

0-4 (xxx)

24-05-91

Thailand - Malaysia [Seoul]

4-1 (xxx)

21-08-91

Maldives - Singapore [Pyongyang]

1-1 (xxx)

26-05-91

South Korea - Malaysia [Seoul]

0-0 (0-0)

23-08-91

China - North Korea [Pyongyang]

1-1 (xxx)

26-05-91

Philippines - Thailand [Seoul]

1-7 (xxx)

23-08-91

Nepal - Singapore [Pyongyang]

4-1 (xxx)

29-06-91

Malaysia - Thailand [K. Lumpur]

1-0 (xxx)

26-08-91

China - Maldives [Beijing]

17-0 (xxx)

29-06-91

Philippines - South Korea [K. L.]

0-7 (0-2)

26-08-91

Nepal - North Korea [Beijing]

0-5 (xxx)

1-07-91

Malaysia - South Korea [K. L.]

0-2 (0-2)

28-08-91

North Korea - Singapore [Beijing]

3-1 (xxx)

1-07-91

Thailand - Bangladesh [K. L.]

4-0 (xxx)

28-08-91

Maldives - Nepal [Beijing]

1-2 (xxx)

3-07-91

South Korea - Bangladesh [K. L.]

1-0 (1-0)

30-08-91

Singapore - China [Beijing]

0-3 (xxx)

3-07-91

Philippines - Malaysia [K. L.]

0-5 (xxx)

30-08-91

Maldives - North Korea [Beijing]

0-7 (xxx)

5-07-91

Bangladesh - Philippines [K. L.]

3-0 (xxx)

1-09-91

China - Nepal [Beijing]

10-0 (xxx)

5-07-91

South Korea - Thailand [K. L.]

2-0 (0-0)

1-09-91

Singapore - Maldives [Beijing]

4-2 (xxx)

7-07-91

Malaysia - Bangladesh [K. L.]

0-1 (xxx)

3-09-91

North Korea - China [Beijing]

0-1 (xxx)

7-07-91

Thailand - Philippines [K. L.]

6-0 (xxx)

3-09-91

Singapore - Nepal [Beijing]

4-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: South Korea.

QUALIFIED: China.

 

GROUP F

8-06-91

Hong Kong - Taiwan

1-1 (xxx)

9-06-91

Indonesia - Japan

1-2 (xxx)

16-06-91

Hong Kong - Japan

3-1 (xxx)

16-06-91

Indonesia - Taiwan

2-1 (xxx)

23-06-91

Taiwan - Japan

0-3 (xxx)

23-06-91

Indonesia - Hong Kong

0-0 (0-0)

29-06-91

Japan - Taiwan

2-0 (xxx)

30-06-91

Hong Kong - Indonesia

1-1 (xxx)

7-07-91

Taiwan - Indonesia

3-1 (xxx)

7-07-91

Japan - Hong Kong

3-0 (xxx)

13-07-91

Japan - Indonesia

3-1 (xxx)

14-07-91

Taiwan - Hong Kong

0-1 (xxx)

* Laos withdrew before the competition.

QUALIFIED: Japan.

 

 

SECOND ROUND (Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA)

18-01-92

Bahrain - Qatar

0-1 (xxx)

18-01-92

South Korea - Kuwait

1-1 (1-1)

19-01-92

Japan - China

1-2 (xxx)

21-01-92

Bahrain - South Korea

0-1 (0-1)

21-01-92

China - Qatar

0-1 (xxx)

22-01-92

Kuwait - Japan

1-1 (xxx)

24-01-92

Qatar - South Korea

1-0 (1-0)

25-01-92

Japan - Bahrain

6-1 (xxx)

25-01-92

Kuwait - China

0-1 (xxx)

27-01-92

Bahrain - China

0-3 (xxx)

27-01-92

South Korea - Japan

1-0 (0-0)

28-01-92

Qatar - Kuwait

0-3 (xxx)

30-01-92

China - South Korea

1-3 (0-3)

30-01-92

Japan - Qatar

0-1 (xxx)

30-01-92

Kuwait - Bahrain

3-0 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OT: Qatar, South Korea, Kuwait.

 

 

 

OCEANIA

(From 19-05-1991 to 24-05-1992)

Also known as OFC Olympic Qualifying (U-23)

 

 

FINAL ROUND

(Melbourne, AUSTRALIA / Nadi, FIJI)

19-05-91

Australia - Papua N.G. [Melb.]

4-0 (4-0)

22-05-91

Australia - N. Zealand [Melbourne]

2-0 (1-0)

26-05-91

Australia - Fiji [Melbourne]

7-0 (2-0)

7-11-91

New Zealand - Fiji [Nadi]

4-0 (xxx)

9-11-91

Papua New Guinea - Fiji [Nadi]

0-2 (xxx)

11-11-91

Papua N.G. - Australia [Nadi]

0-5 (0-3)

13-11-91

New Zealand - Australia [Nadi]

1-2 (xxx)

15-11-91

Papua N.G. - New Zealand [Nadi]

1-3 (xxx)

16-11-91

Fiji - Australia [Nadi]

0-3 (0-2)

18-11-91

New Zealand - Papua N.G. [Nadi]

4-2 (xxx)

20-11-91

Fiji - New Zealand [Nadi]

0-0 (0-0)

22-11-91

Fiji - Papua New Guinea [Nadi]

1-1 (xxx)

QUALIFIED: Australia.

* The winner of the Oceanian Pre-Olympic Tournament has to playoff with the fifth qualified team of the European U-21 Championship (see above) for the last Olympic berth.

 

 

 

EUROPE/OCEANIA PLAYOFF

17-05-92

Australia - Netherlands

1-1 (xxx)

24-05-92

Netherlands - Australia

2-2 (xxx)

QUALIFIED FOR OLYMPIC TOURNAMENT: Australia.

 

 

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