Football at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification

The qualification for football tournament at the 1992 Summer Olympics, all players should be under 23 years old.

Qualified teams

The final tournament had 16 spots.

  • Europe: 4.5 places, contested by 33 teams.
  • South America: 2 places, contested by 10 teams.
  • North and Central America: 2 places, contested by 25 teams.
  • Africa: 3 places, contested by 24 teams.
  • Asia: 3 places, contested by 28 teams.
  • Oceania: 0.5 places, contested by 4 teams.

The following 16 teams qualified for the 1992 Olympic men's football tournament:

Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1 Spain
AFC Preliminary Competition3 Qatar
 South Korea
 Kuwait
CAF Preliminary Competition3 Egypt
 Ghana
 Morocco
1992 CONCACAF Pre-Olympic Tournament2 Mexico
 United States
1992 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament2 Colombia
 Paraguay
1991 OFC Men's Olympic Qualifying Tournament1 Australia
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship4 Italy
 Sweden
 Denmark
 Poland
Total16

Qualifications

Europe

South America

North and Central America

Africa

Asia

Oceania

First six matches played in Australia, other six matches played in Fiji.

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Australia 6600231+2212
 New Zealand 6312127+57
 Fiji 6123315-124
 Papua New Guinea 6015419-151

Australia advanced to the International Play-off.

International Play-off

Australia 1–1 Netherlands
Netherlands 2–2 (a.e.t.) Australia

2–2 on aggregate. Australia qualify on away goal's rule.

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