UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying Group 5

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Brussels, 1990: saluting the crowd after the last match. The draw for 1992 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying took place on 2 February 1990, with East Germany drawn in Group 5 along with Belgium, Wales, Luxembourg - and West Germany. On 23 August that year, the East German parliament confirmed reunification for 3 October. As the planning for the opening fixture away to Belgium on 12 September was too far along to be cancelled, it was played as a friendly.[1]

Group 5 of the UEFA Euro 1992 qualifying tournament was played as four team group consisting of Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg and Wales.

At the time of the draw on 2 February 1990, Group 5 had contained a fifth team, East Germany.[2][3] The first scheduled match would see Belgium play East Germany on 12 September 1990. On 23 August 1990, the East German parliament confirmed reunification would take place on 3 October. Accordingly, said Belgium-East Germany match, for which tickets had been sold, was still played but as a friendly and was the last match East Germany played.[4][1] All other games involving East Germany were scratched and fixtures initially scheduled for West Germany were now played as a unified Germany team.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Wales Belgium Luxembourg
1  Germany 6 5 0 1 13 4 +9 10 Qualify for final tournament 4–1 1–0 4–0
2  Wales 6 4 1 1 8 6 +2 9 1–0 3–1 1–0
3  Belgium 6 2 1 3 7 6 +1 5 0–1 1–1 3–0
4  Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 2 14 12 0 2–3 0–1 0–2
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

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