1992 Erzincan earthquake, Geology
Eastern Turkey is dominated by the North Anatolian Fault. The Erzincan basin lies on the intersection of this fault on its northern side. Monitored by more than 10 seismographs, this basin has also provided focal points to at least one past earthquake in 1939.


1992 Erzincan earthquake, Earthquake
At 6.7 on the moment magnitude scale, the earthquake was designated as "strong". It was responsible for more than 490 deaths, spread throughout the country of Turkey. More than 3,000 aftershocks rocked the area afterwards.


1992 Erzincan earthquake, Aftermath
The provision of housing following the earthquake is now listed by the Chamber of Civil Engineers in Turkey as one of Fifty civil engineering feats in Turkey.


1992 Esiliiga
The 1992 season in the first division of Estonian football, named Esiliiga, was the first domestic competition since the Baltic nation gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Eight teams competed in this edition, played in the spring, with Kreenholm Narva winning the title.


1992 Espirito Santo Trophy
The 1992 Espirito Santo Trophy took place 24–27 September at Marine Drive Golf Club in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


1992 Espirito Santo Trophy
It was the 15th women's golf World Amateur Team Championship for the Espirito Santo Trophy. The tournament was a 72-hole stroke play team event with 31 team entries, each with up to three players. The best two scores for each round counted towards the team total.


1992 Espirito Santo Trophy
The Spain team won the Trophy and their second title, beating the combined team of Great Britain & Ireland by one stroke. Great Britain & Ireland earned the silver medal while the New Zealand team took the bronze on third place another eight strokes back.


1992 Espirito Santo Trophy
The individual title went to Annika Sörenstam, Sweden, whose score of one under par, 287, was five strokes ahead of two players, who shared second place.


1992 Espirito Santo Trophy, Teams
31 teams entered the event and 30 of them completed the competition as team Costa Rica only completed three rounds. Each team had three players, except Hong Kong, which only had two.


1992 Espirito Santo Trophy, Individual leaders
While there was no official leader board for the individual results, the order of individual placements was recognized in the official record book.


1992 Estonian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Estonia alongside presidential elections on 20 September 1992, the first after regaining independence from the Soviet Union. Following the elections, the five-party Fatherland Bloc led by Mart Laar formed a government together with national-conservative Estonian National Independence Party and centrist Moderates alliance. Voter turnout was 68%.


1992 Estonian parliamentary election, Conduct
Several issues were recorded during the elections; numerous people voted in a booth at the same time while other voters failed to keep their votes secret, causing inconsistencies. Officials also failed to standardize in voting materials and ballot-counting. The existence of a preliminary two-week voting period also led to concerns about ballot security among officials.


1992 Estonian parliamentary election, Conduct
The most difficult aspect of the elections was the matter of citizenship and who was eligible to vote. In order to be considered a citizen, people had to prove that they, their parents, or their grandparents were citizens of the pre-World War II Republic of Estonia. This was extremely difficult, as many families had no documentation of their citizenship. Non -citizens had to have lived in Estonia for two years, passed a test, and waited another year in order to be considered for citizenship. This made voting nearly impossible for some individuals.


1992 Estonian parliamentary election, Conduct
Outside the capital, officials determined who or who was not a citizen in a process that took 10–15 minutes, but in Tallinn, the process was more extensive as the necessary officials were not near the voting booths. This led to embarrassment on behalf of the officials and frustration by the voters, many of whom never cast their vote because of the hassle of proving citizenship.


1992 Estonian parliamentary election, Conduct
Despite these issues, the elections were largely conducted smoothly and cooperatively. There were concerns about the Russian minority within Estonia as tensions were high due to new definitions of citizenship, but confrontation was avoided. Ambassadors representing the Russian minority gave statements and held interviews to assure the public that they were open to communication and wished to arrive at a mutually beneficial solution.


1992 Estonian parliamentary election, Results
Parties like the Popular Front of Estonia and the Estonian National Independence Party had achieved great success during the Singing Revolution and attempted to capitalize on this success during the elections. The well-established parties fared poorly, as they were unable to adapt and appeared conservative compared to new parties such as the Estonian Citizen and Fatherland Bloc. Following the elections, the Popular Front disbanded.


1992 Estonian parliamentary election, Results
The frivolous Independent Royalist Party of Estonia surprisingly gained eight seats in the new parliament; a satirical party that campaigned under the intention to establish Estonia as a monarchy, they spent one kroon on their election campaign.


1992 Estonian presidential election
Presidential elections were held for the first time in Estonia on 20 September 1992. However, as no candidate gained over 50% of the votes, a second round was held in Parliament on 5 October 1992 in which Lennart Meri was elected. Voter turnout was 68.0%. Following this election, all subsequent presidential elections have been carried out in the Electoral College or in Parliament.


1992 Estonian referendum
A referendum on a new constitution and citizenship was held in Estonia on 28 June 1992. Voters were asked whether they approved of the new constitution drawn up by the Constitutional Assembly and extending suffrage to people registered as citizens. The new constitution was approved by 91.9% of voters, whilst the suffrage extension was rejected by 53.5%. Voter turnout was 66.8% for the constitution question and 66.7% for the suffrage question.


1992 Estoril Open
The 1992 Estoril Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. This event was the 3rd edition of the Estoril Open, included in the 1992 ATP Tour World Series. The event took place at the Estoril Court Central, in Oeiras, Portugal, from 30 March through 6 April 1992. Carlos Costa won the singles title.


1992 Estoril Open, Finals, Doubles
Hendrik Jan Davids /  Libor Pimek defeated  Luke Jensen /  Laurie Warder 3–6, 6–3, 7–5


1992 Estoril Open – Doubles
Paul Haarhuis and Mark Koevermans were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Haarhuis did not participate this year. Koevermans partnered David Rikl, losing in the first round.


1992 Estoril Open – Doubles
Hendrik Jan Davids and Libor Pimek won in the final 3–6, 6–3, 7–5, against Luke Jensen and Laurie Warder.


1992 Estoril Open – Singles
Sergi Bruguera was the defending champion, but finished runner-up this year.


1992 Estoril Open – Singles
Carlos Costa won the tournament, beating Bruguera in the final, 4–6, 6–2, 6–2.


1992 Ettrick and Lauderdale District Council election
Elections to the Ettrick and Lauderdale District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1992 Eurocard Open
The 1992 Eurocard Open was a men's ATP tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany that was part of the Championship Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. It was the third edition of the tournament and was held from 17 February until 23 February 1992. Seventh-seeded Goran Ivanišević won the singles title.


1992 Eurocard Open, Finals, Doubles
Tom Nijssen /  Cyril Suk defeated  John Fitzgerald /  Anders Järryd, 6–3, 6–7, 6–3


1992 Eurocard Open – Doubles
Sergio Casal and Emilio Sánchez were the defending champions, but did not play this year.


1992 Eurocard Open – Doubles
Tom Nijssen and Cyril Suk won the title, by defeating John Fitzgerald and Anders Järryd 6–3, 6–7, 6–3 in the final.


1992 Eurocard Open – Singles
Stefan Edberg was the defending champion, but lost in the final against Goran Ivanišević. The score was 6–7(5–7), 6–3, 6–4, 6–4.


1992 European Acrobatics Championships
The 13th European Acrobatics Championships was held in Rennes, France  25–28 November 1992.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships
The 22nd European Athletics Indoor Championships were held in 1992 in Genoa, Italy. This was the first edition to be held biannually and not annually and also the first to be held over three days as opposed to two. It also marked the debut of the combined events at the championships.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February and 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres
The men's 200 metres event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February and 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres
The men's 3000 metres event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28 February and 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 3000 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres
The men's 400 metres event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28, 29 February and 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 400 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 5000 metres walk
The men's 5000 metres walk event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres
The men's 60 metres event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles
The men's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres
The men's 800 metres event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28, 29 February and 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's heptathlon
The men's heptathlon at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28 and 29 February. This was the first time that this event was held at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's long jump
The men's long jump event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's pole vault
The men's pole vault event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's shot put
The men's shot put event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's triple jump
The men's triple jump event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres
The women's 1500 metres event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February and 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 1500 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres
The women's 200 metres event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships were held at the Palasport di Genova in Genoa, Italy from 29 February-1 March, 1992.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 200 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres
The women's 3000 metres event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres walk
The women's 3000 metres walk event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28 February and 29 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 3000 metres walk, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres
The women's 400 metres event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February and 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 400 metres, Results, Heats
First 2 from each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres
The women's 60 metres event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 7 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 4 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles
The women's 60 metres hurdles event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Heats
First 4 from each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 60 metres hurdles, Results, Semifinals
First 4 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres
The women's 800 metres event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28, 29 February and 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Heats
First 3 from each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's 800 metres, Results, Semifinals
First 3 from each semifinal qualified directly (Q) for the final.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's high jump
The women's high jump event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
The women's long jump event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 28 February.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's pentathlon
The women's pentathlon  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 1 March. This was the first time that this event was held at the European Athletics Indoor Championships.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's shot put
The women's shot put event at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 1 March.


1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Women's triple jump
The women's triple jump event  at the 1992 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held in Palasport di Genova on 29 February.


1992 European Athletics U23 Cup
The 1st European Athletics U23 Cup was held on 18–19 July 1992. The participating teams were classified in two divisions, A and B.


1992 European Athletics U23 Cup
The competition was restricted to athletes that did not complete their 23rd birthday in 1992, i.e. born in 1970 or later (including junior athletes). This rule was interpreted differently by Bulgaria and Greece, sending also athletes born in 1969.


1992 European Athletics U23 Cup, Division A
The contest for division A took place in Gateshead, United Kingdom. The teams from the Commonwealth of Independent States and Poland were withdrawn.


1992 European Athletics U23 Cup, Division B
The competition for division B took place in Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France.


1992 European Badminton Championships
The 13th European Badminton Championships were held in Glasgow, Scotland, between 12 and 18 April 1992, and hosted by the European Badminton Union and the BadmintonScotland.


1992 European Challenge
The 1992 Canal Plus European Challenge was a professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place in March 1992 at the Happy European Sports & Business Centre in Waregem, Belgium.


1992 European Challenge
Stephen Hendry won the tournament beating Joe Johnson 4–0 in the final.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing
The 1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing was an incident that occurred on 7 January 1992, during the Croatian War of Independence, in which a European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM) helicopter carrying five European Community (EC) observers was downed by a Yugoslav Air Force Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, in the air space above the village of Podrute, near Novi Marof, Croatia. An Italian and a French officer and three Italian non-commissioned officers were killed. Another ECMM helicopter flying in formation with the attacked helicopter made an emergency landing.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing
The second helicopter carried a crew and a visiting diplomat, all of whom survived. The incident was condemned by the United Nations Security Council and the EC. As a result of the incident, the Yugoslav authorities suspended the head of the air force, and the Yugoslav defense minister, General Veljko Kadijević, resigned his post. The events followed the end of the first stage of the war in Croatia and closely preceded the country's international recognition.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing
The MiG-21 pilot, Lieutenant Emir Šišić, disappeared after the incident. He was tried in absentia together with his superiors by Croatian authorities, convicted, and sentenced to extended imprisonment. Šišić was subsequently arrested in Hungary in 2001 and extradited to Italy, where he was tried, convicted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. In 2006, he was turned over to Serbia for the remainder of the sentence, but released in 2008. Two other Yugoslav officers were tried in absentia in Italy and convicted in 2013, while Serbia was ordered to pay monetary damages to the victims' families. The victims were posthumously decorated by Italy and France, respectively.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Background
In 1990, following the electoral defeat of the government of the Socialist Republic of Croatia, ethnic tensions worsened. The Yugoslav People's Army (Jugoslovenska Narodna Armija – JNA) confiscated Croatia's Territorial Defence (Teritorijalna obrana - TO) weapons to minimize resistance. On 17 August, the tensions escalated into an open revolt by Croatian Serbs, centered on the predominantly Serb-populated areas of the Dalmatian hinterland around Knin, parts of the Lika, Kordun, Banovina and eastern Croatia.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Background
Following the Pakrac clash between Serb insurgents and Croatian special police in March 1991, the conflict had escalated into the Croatian War of Independence. The JNA stepped in, increasingly supporting the Croatian Serb insurgents. In early April, the leaders of the Croatian Serb revolt declared their intention to integrate the area under their control, known as SAO Krajina, with Serbia. In May, the Croatian government responded by forming the Croatian National Guard (Zbor narodne garde - ZNG), but its development was hampered by a United Nations (UN) arms embargo introduced in September.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Background
The Brioni Agreement established an observer mission which was eventually called the European Community Monitor Mission (ECMM). The mission was tasked with monitoring the disengagement of belligerents in the Ten-Day War in neighbouring Slovenia, and the withdrawal of the JNA from Slovenia. However, on 16 August, an ECMM helicopter was hit by Croatian Serb gunfire in western Slavonia, injuring one of the pilots. This caused the ECMM's scope of work to be formally expanded to include Croatia on 1 September.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Background
On 8 October, Croatia declared independence from Yugoslavia, and a month later the ZNG was renamed the Croatian Army (Hrvatska vojska - HV). The fiercest fighting of the war occurred around this time, when the 1991 Yugoslav campaign in Croatia culminated in the Siege of Dubrovnik, and the Battle of Vukovar. In November, Croatia, Serbia and the JNA agreed upon the Vance plan entailing a ceasefire, protection of civilians in specific areas designated as United Nations Protected Areas, and the presence of UN peacekeepers in Croatia. The ceasefire came into effect on 3 January 1992. In December 1991, the European Community (EC) announced its decision to grant formal diplomatic recognition to Croatia as of 15 January 1992.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Incident
On 7 January 1992, a pair of Italian Army Agusta-Bell AB-206L LongRanger helicopters operated by ECMM observers entered Croatian air space from Hungary. The helicopters were white-painted and unarmed. They were flying from the Yugoslav capital of Belgrade to Zagreb via Kaposvár, Hungary. Authorities in Belgrade claim the helicopters were authorised to fly to Hungary, but that the pilots were warned they were not allowed to fly to Zagreb because no flights in Croatian airspace were permitted. The EC dismissed those claims, saying that the flight was approved in advance by Yugoslav air controllers. The approval was forwarded to the Yugoslav Air Force operations centre, but the order was never forwarded to the 5th Aviation Corps in Bihać, Bosnia and Herzegovina.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Incident
After the two helicopters were spotted by a Yugoslav Air Force tracking radar near Bihać, a pair of Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21s, which were on standby at the Željava Air Base near Bihać, were ordered to take off and intercept the aircraft. The MiG-21s, assigned to the 125th Squadron of the 117th Fighter Aviation Regiment, were piloted by Lieutenant Emir Šišić and Captain Danijel Borović. However, Borović declared that his aircraft had a problem with its engine, and Šišić took off alone.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Incident
Šišić was guided to the incoming helicopters at an altitude of 3,000 metres (9,800 feet), and then ordered to make a full circle with his jet. As he turned around, he spotted the helicopters flying below his plane, at an altitude of 600 metres (2,000 feet). Šišić requested further orders and was told to shoot the helicopters down. The order was issued by the duty officer at the Željava Air Base, Lieutenant Colonel Dobrivoje Opačić.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Incident
Šišić pursued the helicopters, firing aircraft gun in front of the helicopters, but his aircraft was not armed with tracer ammunition and the helicopter pilots were not able to observe that they were fired upon. Flying at a speed of 1,000 kilometres per hour (540 knots), he switched to missiles and registered that the missile seekers had acquired the targets. Šišić fired two infrared homing R-60 missiles. One of the missiles flew between the two helicopters, while the other struck the engine of the lead helicopter. The helicopter was shot down near the village of Podrute, located in an area administered by the city of Novi Marof, north of Zagreb. The second helicopter had to crash-land to evade the attack.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Aftermath
Five ECMM observers were killed in the attack, including four Italians and one Frenchman. The victims were Lieutenant Colonel Enzo Venturini, helicopter pilot, Staff Sergeant Marco Matta, co-pilot, Sergeant Major Fiorenzo Ramacci, Sergeant Major Silvano Natale, and Ship-of-the-line Lieutenant Jean-Loup Eychenne. The Italian personnel were drawn from the 5th Army Aviation Regiment "Rigel". The second helicopter carried a diplomat and three Italian ECMM observers, none of whom were harmed. The crash site was toured by the police, ECMM staff and journalists, and EC representatives visited Belgrade to receive a report on the incident from Yugoslav authorities.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Aftermath
The action of the Yugoslav Air Force was condemned by the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe, the United Nations Security Council, and the EC Council of Ministers. The Italian ambassador to Yugoslavia was recalled to Rome for consultations. Subsequently, Italy cancelled an air traffic agreement with Yugoslavia, causing Jat Airways to cancel Belgrade–Rome flights. In addition, ECMM operations were suspended for several days.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Aftermath
Yugoslav Ministry of Defence announced that it had initiated criminal proceedings against an officer, with four other officers facing military disciplinary action. The commander of the Yugoslav Air Force, Colonel General Zvonko Jurjević was suspended. The federal defense minister, General Veljko Kadijević officially apologized for the incident and resigned his post. Šišić was court-martialled in Belgrade in 1992, and acquitted based on claims that he shot at a ZNG helicopter illegally escorting the two ECMM helicopters. In a 2008 interview, Šišić claimed that the ECMM helicopter crashed after being hit by a fireball caused by the exploding third helicopter. His account is contradicted by crash scene eyewitnesses, as well as Željava Air Base radar data, both of which indicate that only two aircraft were flying to Zagreb.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Aftermath
Šišić and Opačić were tried in absentia in Croatia, and both were convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison. Borović, who defected to Croatia a month after the attack, testified against Šišić. Šišić was arrested by Hungarian police at the Horgoš–Röszke border crossing on 9 May 2001. His extradition was requested by both Croatia and Italy. He was ultimately extradited to Italy in June 2002, where he was subsequently tried, convicted, and sentenced to 15 years in prison for five counts of homicide and causing an aircraft disaster. In 2006, he was transferred to Serbia for the remainder of the prison term. He was released by Serbian authorities in 2008.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Aftermath
In 2013, the Appeals Court in Rome tried Opačić, General Ljubomir Bajić, commander of the 5th Aviation Corps, and Colonel Božidar Martinović, head of the Yugoslav Air Defence operational centre in Belgrade in absentia for the attack. Opačić and Bajić were convicted and each sentenced to 28 years in prison, while Martinović was acquitted. The court also ordered Serbia to pay compensation to families of those killed in the attack, in the provisional amount of 950,000 Euros. In a 2008 interview, Šišić said he regretted the deaths of the crew but felt no remorse for his actions.


1992 European Community Monitor Mission helicopter downing, Aftermath
On 25 May 1993, Italy posthumously decorated the four Italian ECMM observers killed in the attack with the Gold Medal of Military Valor, and the surviving three Italians aboard the second helicopter with the Silver Medal of Military Valor. Eychenne was posthumously promoted to lieutenant commander effective 7 January 1992, and attributed Mort pour la France on 14 April of the same year. He was decorated as the Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. The incident is commemorated annually in Podrute and the ceremonies held there are regularly attended by representatives of the Croatian government and military, representatives of Italian and French Armed Forces, along with European Union, French and Italian diplomats.


1992 European Cup Final
The 1992 European Cup Final was a football match held on 20 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Sampdoria of Italy and Barcelona of Spain. Barcelona won the game 1–0 after extra time, thanks to a Ronald Koeman free kick, to record their first triumph in the competition. It was the first to have a group stage involving the eight second-round winners split into two groups, and the winner of each one met in the final. In doing so, they became the second Spanish club to win the tournament and the 19th overall. This was the last final before the competition was re-branded as the Champions League. The final is, as of 2021, the most recent in which both of the finalists entered a European Cup/UEFA Champions League final having not won any of the previous finals.


1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Werder Bremen of Germany (who qualified for the tournament through the West German berth) and Monaco of France. It was the final match of the 1991–92 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 32nd European Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was held at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. The attendance of 16,000 in a stadium which, at the time, had a capacity of around 130,000 meant that this was one of the most sparsely-attended UEFA finals of all time, both in actual and relative terms. Bremen won the match 2–0 thanks to goals of Klaus Allofs and Wynton Rufer.


1992 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Domenico Ramicone (Italy) Franco Andreozzi (Italy)Fourth official: Arcangelo Pezzella (Italy)


1992 European Curling Championships
The 1992 European Curling Championships were held from December 7 to 12 at Dewars Rink in Perth, Scotland.


1992 European Curling Championships
Germany's Andy Kapp rink won that country's third European championship, and the first of two in his career. On the women's side, Team Elisabet Johansson (later Gustafson) won Sweden's eighth championship and the first of four titles for her in her career.


1992 European Fencing Championships
The 1992 European Fencing Championships were held in Lisbon, Portugal. The competition consisted of individual events only.


1992 European Figure Skating Championships
The 1992 European Figure Skating Championships were held in Lausanne, Switzerland from January 21–26, 1992. Senior-level figure skaters from European ISU member nations competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.


1992 European Judo Championships
The 1992 European Judo Championships were held in Paris, France from 7 to 10 May 1992.


1992 European Junior Swimming Championships
The 1992 European Junior Championships were held from 13–18 August 1992 in Leeds, Great Britain.


1992 European Karate Championships
The 1992 European Karate Championships were held in Den Bosch, Netherlands from May 5 to 7, 1992. It was the 27th year of the event.


1992 European Open (snooker)
The 1992 European Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place in March 1992 at the Tongeren Snooker Centre in Tongeren, Belgium.


1992 European Open (snooker)
Jimmy White won the tournament, defeating Mark Johnston-Allen 9–3 in the final. As of 2021, this was White's last ever ranking title.


1992 European Promotion Cup for Men
The 1992 European Promotion Cup for Men was the third edition of this tournament. It was hosted in Nicosia, Cyprus and Austria achieved its first title ever after beating Luxembourg in the final game.


1992 European Seniors Tour
The 1992 European Seniors Tour was the inaugural season of the European Seniors Tour, the professional golf tour for men aged 50 and above operated by the PGA European Tour.


1992 European Seniors Tour, Tournament results
The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the European Seniors Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for players who are members of the tour.


1992 European Seniors Tour, Leading money winners
At the time the Order of Merit was decided in Pounds. The numbers were subsequently converted into Euros, at a rate of 1.4 Euros to the Pound, to enable career money totals to be calculated.


1992 European Shotgun Championships
The 1992 European Shooting Championships was the 38th edition (included the of the European Shooting Championships), of the global shotgun competition, European Shotgun Championships, organised by the International Shooting Sport Federation.


1992 European Sprint Swimming Championships
The 1992 LEN European Sprint Swimming Championships were the second edition of what later became the European Short Course Championships. It was held in Espoo, Finland from 21–22 December 1991, and was organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. Only the 50 m events and the 100 m individual medley were at stake.


1992 European Super Cup
The 1992 European Super Cup was the 17th edition of the European Super Cup, an annual football match organized by UEFA (the Union of European Football Associations) and contested by the winners of the previous season's European Cup and Cup Winners' Cup competitions. It was played between Barcelona and SV Werder Bremen, with Barcelona winning 3–2 on aggregate.


1992 European Tour
The 1992 European Tour was the 21st official season of golf tournaments known as the PGA European Tour.


1992 European Tour
The European Tour ventured to East Asia for the first time, with the addition of the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic in Thailand to the tour schedule.


1992 European Tour
The Order of Merit was won by England's Nick Faldo for the second time; he previously won the title in 1983. Faldo won four official-money tournaments during the season, including The Open Championship, and also added victories in two approved special events.


1992 European Tour, Schedule
The table below shows the 1992 European Tour schedule which was made up of 38 tournaments counting for the Order of Merit, and five non-counting "Approved Special Events". There were several changes from the previous season, with the return of the Dubai Desert Classic, the Tenerife Open and the Moroccan Open; the addition of the Johnnie Walker Asian Classic, the Turespana Masters, the Roma Masters, the Lyon Open V33 and the Honda Open; and the loss of the Girona Open, the Murphy's Cup, the European Pro-Celebrity and the Epson Grand Prix of Europe.


1992 European Tour, Order of Merit
The PGA European Tour's money list was known as the "Volvo Order of Merit". It was based on prize money earned during the season and calculated in Pound sterling.


1992 European Weightlifting Championships
The 1992 European Weightlifting Championships were held in Szekszárd, Hungary from April 21 to April 26, 1992. It was the 71st edition of the event. There were a total number of 149 athletes competing, from 30 nations. The women competition were held in Loures, Portugal. It was the 5th event for the women.


1992 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 19th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Nantes in 1992.


1992 European Wrestling Championships
The 1992 European Wrestling Championships were held in the men's Freestyle style in Kaposvár 1 – 3 May 1992; the Greco-Romane style in Copenhagen 24 – 27 April 1992.


1992 European motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1992 European motorcycle Grand Prix was the sixth round of the 1992 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on the weekend of 29–31 May 1992 at the Montmelò circuit.


1992 European motorcycle Grand Prix, 500 cc race report
Mick Doohan was on pole. At the start John Kocinski briefly got the lead however Eddie Lawson beat him to the first turn. Lawson, Doohan and Wayne Rainey were at the front. Doohan got past Lawson, as did Rainey. With 2 laps to go, Rainey got past Doohan. Doohan tried to repass, but Rainey denied him any opportunities.


1992 FA Charity Shield
The 1992 FA Charity Shield (also known as the Tennent's FA Charity Shield for sponsorship reasons) was the 70th Charity Shield, a football match contested by the winners of the previous season's Football League and FA Cup competitions. The match was played on 8 August 1992 between 1991–92 Football League champions Leeds United and 1991–92 FA Cup winners Liverpool.


1992 FA Charity Shield
Leeds won a dramatic match 4–3 with a hat-trick from Eric Cantona.


1992 FA Charity Shield
The match saw Liverpool player Paul Stewart make his debut for the club. It was also the first competitive game that goalkeeper David James, an unused substitute, was involved in for Liverpool.


1992 FA Charity Shield, Background
The FA Community Shield was founded in 1908 under its former name, the FA Charity Shield, and was initially contested between the top professional and amateur teams of each season. It was played between the Football League champions and FA Cup winners for the first time in 1921. Leeds United were appearing in the Charity Shield for the third time,having previously won one (1969),and lost one (1974),while Liverpool in their eighteenith and had won thirteen,five of them shared,(1964, 1965, 1977, 1986, 1990) and lost four (1922, 1971, 1983, 1984).


1992 FA Charity Shield, Background
The formation of a new top-tier division, the Premier League, in 1992 meant that Leeds were the last club to take part in the event as Football League champions. Wembley Stadium acted as the host of the Shield, but matches from 2001 were switched to the Millennium Stadium, while Wembley was being refurbished into a 90,000-capacity venue.


1992 FA Cup Final
The 1992 FA Cup Final was contested by Liverpool and Sunderland at Wembley. Liverpool won 2–0, with goals from Michael Thomas and Ian Rush.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
This was the first FA Cup Final to feature a Second Division team since Queens Park Rangers reached the final in 1982, and the last until Millwall played at Cardiff in 2004.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
Liverpool had won the competition four times previously, and still had some players remaining from their most recent FA Cup triumphs of 1986 and 1989, and had been England's leading club side for nearly 20 years leading up to 1990, winning a host of major trophies including 11 league titles over a period of 18 seasons. Sunderland, on the other hand, had won no silverware since World War II with the exception of the FA Cup in 1973, and had just finished a lowly 17th in the Second Division.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
Despite being underdogs, Sunderland had the better of the first half. The team was full of running and kept Liverpool's strike force of Ian Rush and Dean Saunders at bay. Sunderland's best chance fell to John Byrne who somehow miskicked when presented with a volley six yards out. Liverpool's best chance saw Michael Thomas lift his shot over the bar when pressured by the Rokerites goalkeeper Tony Norman.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
Thomas redeemed himself after 47 minutes, when he scored the first goal of the game, following excellent work down the right wing by Steve McManaman, the youngest player on the pitch. Norman could only get fingertips to Thomas's superbly angled half-volley. Following this goal, the Reds had more confidence and started playing better football. After 67 minutes Saunders released Thomas, who sped into the penalty area. His progress was halted but the ball fell to Rush, who slotted the ball into the bottom left-hand corner of the net. It was Rush's 5th goal in FA Cup Finals at Wembley – a record. Liverpool continued to dominate for the rest of the game and Ray Houghton came close to scoring when he almost lobbed Norman from 40 yards.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
Liverpool captain Mark Wright held aloft the FA Cup for Liverpool. During the presentation, the winning team was mistakenly given the loser's medals and Sunderland found themselves with winning medals. This was later rectified by the players themselves, on the pitch.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
It was Liverpool's fifth triumph in the competition, and their only major trophy under the management of Graeme Souness, who was appointed a year earlier; while Souness picked the starting line-up, his assistant Ronnie Moran took charge during the match, as Souness was still recovering from heart surgery. Souness resigned within two years of the FA Cup success, and Liverpool did not win the FA Cup again until 2001.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
It was Sunderland's first FA Cup final since their triumph in 1973 and they have not reached the final since, although they reached the semi-final in 2004.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
Notable absences from the Liverpool side were John Barnes and Ronnie Whelan, who were ruled out with injury and left unable to add to their already long list of major honours won with the Reds. Whelan, who left Liverpool two years later, never won another major trophy with Liverpool, although Barnes added the Football League Cup to his personal honours list during his five remaining seasons at Anfield.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
Rob Jones was Liverpool's last remaining player from the game, finally leaving them in 1999 just before he retired. This was the same year that Kevin Ball became the last player from the Sunderland team in this game to leave the club.


1992 FA Cup Final, Summary
The Sunderland squad was notable for being the last time that a side featured only players born in the British Isles in the FA Cup Final.


1992 FA Trophy Final
The 1991–92 FA Trophy Final, known as the 1992 Vauxhall FA Trophy Final for sponsorship reasons, was the final match of the 1991–92 FA Trophy. It was the 23rd season of the competition for teams from the Conference and other semi-professional teams below this level. The match was held on 10 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, and was contested by Colchester United and Witton Albion. Both were appearing in the final for the first time.


1992 FA Trophy Final
Each club needed to progress through five rounds to reach the final, which included a two-legged semi-final. En route to the final, Colchester defeated Kingstonian and Merthyr Tydfil after replays, Morecambe, Telford United, and Macclesfield Town. Witton needed a replay to beat Billingham Synthonia in the first round, then saw off Aylesbury United, Stalybridge Celtic, Wycombe Wanderers, and Marine.


1992 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Colchester United
Colchester United were held to a 2–2 draw with Kingstonian in the first round of the FA Trophy at their Layer Road ground. Three goals in the opening ten minutes of the match had given Kingstonian a 2–1 lead, but a 90th-minute equaliser from Tony English sent the tie to a replay. Colchester then scraped through the replay with a 3–2 victory at Kingsmeadow. They were then held to a goalless draw at Merthyr Tydfil in the second round, but a late Roy McDonough goal secured a 1–0 win for the U's in the replay.


1992 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Colchester United
Colchester beat Morecambe 3–1 in their third round match, before a resounding 4–0 win over Telford United in the fifth round. In the semi-final first leg, Colchester made the most of home advantage and beat Macclesfield Town 3–0, before guaranteeing a trip to Wembley with a 1–1 draw at Moss Rose to win 4–1 on aggregate.


1992 FA Trophy Final, Route to the final, Witton Albion
Witton Albion drew 2–2 with Billingham Synthonia at Wincham Park in the first round. They won 2–1 after extra time in the replay at Belasis Lane. In round two, Witton beat Aylesbury United 1–0, followed by another 1–0 victory at home to Stalybridge Celtic. In the fifth round, Witton overcame Wycombe Wanderers 2–1 at Adams Park. In the semi-final, they were held to a 2–2 draw at home by Marine, before winning 4–1 at Rossett Park to win 6–3 on aggregate.


1992 FA Trophy Final, Pre-match
Prior to this match, the two sides had only met on three occasions. The first meeting had only been in March 1991, when Witton beat Colchester 2–0 at Layer Road in the 1990–91 FA Trophy. The two remaining meetings came in the 1991–92 Conference, which featured a 2–2 draw at Wincham Park, and a 3–2 win to Colchester at Layer Road.


1992 FA Trophy Final, Match
The attendance for the match was 32,254 at Wembley, with an estimated 23,000 Colchester United fans in attendance. The match was also televised on Sky Sports. Colchester, who had just won promotion back to the Football League from the Conference, took the lead after five minutes when Mike Masters became the first American national professional footballer to score at Wembley. After 19 minutes, Nicky Smith doubled Colchester's lead, and the score remained 2–0 until after half-time.


1992 FA Trophy Final, Match
Witton got themselves back into the game through Mike Lutkevich on 57 minutes, before Colchester were reduced to ten men after Jason Cook was sent off ten minutes from full-time. However, Steve McGavin sealed a non-League double for Colchester in their first visit to Wembley with an 89th-minute goal to win 3–1.


1992 FA Trophy Final, Match
Following his sending off, Jason Cook was ineligible to receive a winners medal, but unused substitute Eamonn Collins handed his medal to Cook.


1992 FC Dynamo Kyiv season
The 1992 season was the first season in the top Ukrainian football league for Dynamo Kyiv. Dynamo competed in Vyshcha Liha, and Ukrainian Cup.


1992 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Competitions, Soviet Cup
At least three Ukrainian clubs qualified for the rounds that were conducted following the official dissolution of the Soviet Union. All of them withdrew the competition, including FC Dynamo Kyiv.


1992 FC Dynamo Kyiv season, Competitions, European Cup
FC Dynamo Kyiv initially represented the Soviet Union (ephemeral CIS), later its records were adopted by Russia as the Soviet's only successor.


1992 FC Kremin Kremenchuk season
The 1992 season was FC Kremin Kremenchuk's 1st season in the Ukrainian Premier League.


1992 FC Kremin Kremenchuk season, Ukrainian Premier League
Kremin's first season in Premier League began on 9 March 1992 and ends on 17 June 1992.


1992 FC Kremin Kremenchuk season, Ukrainian Premier League, Results summary
Source: From 1992-1994 Premier League 2 points awarded for win, this was changed to 3 points starting 1994-95 season


1992 FC Kremin Kremenchuk season, Ukrainian Cup, Disciplinary record
Last updated: March 5Source: Competitive matchesOnly competitive matches = Number of bookings;  = Number of sending offs after a second yellow card;  = Number of sending offs by a direct red card.


1992 FC Shakhtar Donetsk season
The 1992 season was the first season in the top Ukrainian football league for Shakhtar Donetsk. Shakhtar Donetsk competed in Vyshcha Liha and Ukrainian Cup, earlier Shakhtar was eliminated from the 1991–92 Soviet Cup.


1992 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
The 1992 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship was an international basketball  competition held in Hungary in 1992.


1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship
The 1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship (known at that time as 1992 European Championship for Men 'Under22 and Under') was the first edition of the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship. The city of Athens, in Greece, hosted the tournament. Italy won their first title.


1992 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship, Preliminary round
The twelve teams were allocated in two groups of six teams each.


1992 FIBA European League Final Four
The 1992 FIBA European League Final Four, or 1992 FIBA EuroLeague Final Four, was the 1991–92 season's FIBA European League Final Four tournament, organized by FIBA Europe.


1992 FIBA European League Final Four
Partizan won its first title, after defeating Montigalà Joventut in the final game, with a buzzer-beater by Saša Djordjević.


1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship
The 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship was the second FIFA Futsal World Championship, the quadrennial international futsal championship contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of FIFA. It was held between 15 and 28 November 1992 in Hong Kong. It was the first FIFA tournament held in the country.


1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship, Squads
Each nation submitted a squad of 12 players, including two goalkeepers.


1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship, Draw
The 16 teams were divided in four groups, each group with four teams.


1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification (AFC)
The 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship qualification (AFC) was held in Hong Kong, from 1 May to 3 May 1992.


1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship squads
This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 1992 FIFA Futsal World Championship tournament held in Hong Kong, between 16 November and 28 November 1992.


1992 FIFA World Player of the Year
The 1992 FIFA World Player of the Year award was won by Marco van Basten.


1992 FIRS Intercontinental Cup
The 1992 FIRS Intercontinental Cup was the fifth edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, played in March 1992. OC Barcelos won the cup, defeating Sertãozinho HC.


1992 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
The 1992 FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship was the 4th edition of the event. It was held in Treviso, Italy from 28 to 29 November 1992.


1992 FIVB Volleyball World League
The 1992 FIVB Volleyball World League was the third edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 1 May to 5 September 1992. The Final Round was held in Genoa, Italy.


1992 Falkirk District Council election
Elections to the Falkirk District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts.


1992 Family Circle Cup
The 1992 Family Circle Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Sea Pines Plantation on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina in the United States and was part of Tier I of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and ran from March 30 through April 5, 1992. First-seeded Gabriela Sabatini won the singles title, her second consecutive title at the event.


1992 Family Circle Cup, Finals, Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez Vicario /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Larisa Savchenko-Neiland /  Jana Novotná 6–4, 6–2


1992 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards
The 1992 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards ceremony, presented by Fangoria magazine and Creation Entertainment, honored the best horror films of 1991 and took place on May 16, 1992, at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport (5711 W. Century Blvd; formerly Hyatt) in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was hosted by Bruce Campbell.


1992 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, Ceremony
The event was held as part of the Fangoria annual Weekend of Horrors convention with Creation Entertainment; previously, the magazine had awarded the best in genre film through its Movie Poll Awards since 1981. Former magazine editor Tony Timpone informed the Los Angeles Times, "Fangoria has been giving out Movie Poll Awards for the last eleven years, but this year we decided to revamp it, add more categories and turn it into an actual ceremony."


1992 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, Ceremony
The Evil Dead star Bruce Campbell hosted the event at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport (formerly the Hyatt), and included presenters such as Danielle Harris (Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers), Breckin Meyer (Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare), Jason Voorhees actor and stuntman Kane Hodder, directors Sam Raimi and Stuart Gordon, and B-movie scream queen Linnea Quigley.


1992 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, Ceremony
The People Under the Stairs and Terminator 2: Judgment Day tied for most nominations with six each; however, The People Under the Stairs did not win in any category. Both films were eclipsed by The Silence of the Lambs which won four of its five nominations. Winners Jonathan Demme, Anthony Hopkins, Jodie Foster, Ted Tally, and Christina Ricci were not present to accept the award. Each sent an acceptance speech that was published in Fangoria.


1992 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards, Ceremony
Other attendees at the convention included Dario Argento, Clive Barker, special effects artist Gabe Bartalos, Michelle Bauer, Robert Clarke, Ken Foree, Monique Gabrielle, Mick Garris, Lance Henriksen, Anthony Hickox, Adrienne King, John Landis, Barbara Steele, and Brinke Stevens. Sneaks peeks included previews for the films Army of Darkness and Alien 3.


1992 Federal Express International
The 1992 Federal Express International was a men's tennis tournament held in Memphis, Tennessee. The event was part of the Championship Series of the 1992 ATP Tour. The tournament was held from February 10 through February 16, 1994, and played on indoor hard courts. MaliVai Washington won the singles title.


1992 Federal Express International, Finals, Doubles
Mark Woodforde /  Todd Woodbridge defeated  Kevin Curren /  Gary Muller 7–5, 4–6, 7–6


1992 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1992 Federation Cup was the 30th edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. For the first time, qualifying rounds were split among three regional zones, each sending teams to the main World Group tournament. Germany defeated Spain in the final, held on 19 July, giving Germany their second title and first since the German reunification.


1992 Federation Cup (tennis), World Group Play-offs
The sixteen teams that lost in the World Group first round ties played off in the first round, with the eight winning moving through to the Play-off round. The four nations that won their Play-off tie would remain in the World Group in 1993.


1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone
The Americas Zone was one of three zones of regional Federation Cup qualifying competition in 1992. All ties were played at the Atlas Colomos T.C. in Guadalajara, Mexico on clay courts.


1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone
The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four to compete in round-robin matches. After each of the ties had been played, the eight teams that finished first and second in each of the respective pools would then move on to the two-round knockout stage of the competition. The two teams that won two matches of the knockout stage would go on to advance to the World Group.


1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone – Knockout Stage
The Knockout Stage of the 1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from the Americas. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.


1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone – Knockout Stage
The eight teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the winners qualifying for the World Group.


1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone – Pool A
Group A of the 1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone was one of four pools in the Americas zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone – Pool B
Group B of the 1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone was one of four pools in the Americas zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone – Pool C
Group C of the 1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone was one of four pools in the Americas zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage..


1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone – Pool D
Group D of the 1992 Federation Cup Americas Zone was one of four pools in the Americas zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage..


1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
The Asia/Oceania Zone was one of three zones of regional Federation Cup qualifying competition in 1992. All ties were played at the National Tennis Centre in Colombo, Sri Lanka on clay courts.


1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone
The eight teams were divided into two pools of four to compete in round-robin matches. After each of the ties had been played, the four teams that finished first and second in each of the respective pools would then move on to the two-round knockout stage of the competition. The team that won the knockout stage would go on to advance to the World Group.


1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone – Knockout Stage
The Knockout Stage of the 1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Asia and Oceania. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools, with the exception of the third-placing India, who qualified due to the withdrawing of Philippines.


1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone – Knockout Stage
The four teams were then randomly drawn into a two-stage knockout tournament, with the winner qualifying for the World Group.


1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone – Pool A
Group A of the 1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone – Pool B
Group B of the 1992 Federation Cup Asia/Oceania Zone was one of two pools in the Asia/Oceania zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The Europe/Africa Zone was one of three zones of regional Federation Cup qualifying competition in 1992. All ties were played at the Olympic T.C. in Athens, Greece on clay courts.


1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone
The sixteen teams were divided into four pools of four to compete in round-robin matches. After each of the ties had been played, the teams that finished first and second in each of the respective pools would then move on to the three-round knockout stage of the competition. The team that won the knockout stage would go on to advance to the World Group.


1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Knockout Stage
The Knockout Stage of the 1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was the final stage of the Zonal Competition involving teams from Europe and Africa. Those that qualified for this stage placed first and second in their respective pools.


1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Knockout Stage
The eight teams were then randomly drawn into a three-stage knockout tournament, with the winner qualifying for the World Group.


1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool A
Group A of the 1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool B
Group B of the 1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool C
Group C of the 1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone – Pool D
Group D of the 1992 Federation Cup Europe/Africa Zone was one of four pools in the Europe/Africa zone of the 1992 Federation Cup. Four teams competed in a round robin competition, with the top two teams advancing to the knockout stage.


1992 Federation Cup World Group
The World Group was the highest level of Federation Cup women's team tennis competition in 1992. Thirty-two nations competed in a five-round knockout competition from 13–19 July. Spain was the defending champion, but Germany defeated them in the final to claim their second title and first since the reunification.


1992 Federation Cup World Group Play-offs
The World Group Play-offs for the 1992 Federation Cup was held from 16–17 July at the Waldstadion T.C. in Frankfurt, Germany, on clay courts.


1992 Federation Cup World Group Play-offs
The sixteen teams that were defeated in the first round of the World Group played off a two-stage knockout round, with the four teams winning two matches remaining in the World Group for 1993.


1992 Fernleaf Butter Classic
The 1992 Fernleaf Butter Classic was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Wellington Renouf Tennis Centre in Wellington, New Zealand and was part of the Tier V category of the 1992 WTA Tour. It was the fifth and last edition of the tournament and was held from 3 February until 9 February 1992. Unseeded Noëlle van Lottum won the singles title and earned $18,000 first-prize money.


1992 Fernleaf Butter Classic, Finals, Doubles
Belinda Borneo /  Clare Wood defeated  Jo-Anne Faull /  Julie Richardson 6–0, 7–6(7–5)


1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election
The 1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election began in January 1992, when Charles Haughey resigned as party leader. Haughey had been party leader for thirteen years and had served as Taoiseach on three occasions. His successor was elected by the members of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 6 February 1992. After one ballot the election was won by Albert Reynolds.


1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election, Campaign
The beginning of the end of Charles Haughey's leadership occurred in November 1991 when the Minister for Finance, Albert Reynolds, launched a leadership challenge. On that occasion the challenge failed, however, it was not to be the end of the issue.


1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election, Campaign
Following the leadership challenge the business of government continued and the Minister for Justice, Ray Burke, introduced the phone-tapping bill. This did not please the Cathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann, Seán Doherty, who had been dismissed from the cabinet in 1982 over his alleged involvement in the phone-tapping of journalists telephones. He considered the bill to be an affront to his character. He had always denied that he acted alone with regard to the tappings and had taken the rap in 1982. However, he was deeply unhappy that he would have to deal with the bill in the Seanad.


1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election, Campaign
In a television interview in early January 1992 Doherty indicated that he had not acted alone and that the phone-tappings were known by other senior members of the government. Doherty's comments were criticised by fellow politicians as bringing up old divisions. On 21 January 1992 he called a press conference in which he stated that Charles Haughey had known fully about the phone-tappings when previously he had stated the opposite.


1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election, Campaign
Haughey called his own press conference denying the claims, however, his partners in government, the Progressive Democrats, indicated that they would have to withdraw from the government as there was no way they could continue with Haughey as Taoiseach. Haughey told them that this was not necessary as he had decided to stand down as leader of Fianna Fáil and Taoiseach.


1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election, Campaign
On 30 January Haughey announced his resignation to the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party. Albert Reynolds, the sacked Minister for Finance, immediately threw his hat into the ring. Haughey had wanted Bertie Ahern to stand for the leadership, however, he declined. Reynolds had no serious competition, however, Michael Woods and Mary O'Rourke also stood for the leadership.


1992 Fianna Fáil leadership election, Result
At the meeting of the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party on 6 February 1992 the following votes were cast:


1992 Fiesta Bowl
The 1991 IBM OS/2 Fiesta Bowl, was a post-season college football bowl game between the Penn State Nittany Lions and the Tennessee Volunteers, played January 1, 1992, at Sun Devil Stadium in Tempe, Arizona.


1992 Fiesta Bowl
This game marked the end of Sunkist sponsorship, which had been title sponsor since 1985 and the beginning of IBM's. This game also marked Penn State's fifth appearance and Tennessee's first in the Fiesta Bowl.


1992 Fijian general election
General elections were held in Fiji between 23 and 30 May 1992. It was the first election held since two military coups in 1987 had severed Fiji's 113-year-old constitutional links with the British Monarchy, and later Fijian Monarchy, and ushered in a republic.


1992 Fijian general election
The 1992 elections were the first to be held under the new electoral system, which was deliberately biased in favour of ethnic Fijians. National constituencies, elected by universal suffrage and comprising almost half of the House of Representatives under the 1970 constitution, were abolished, and for the first time, all members of the House of Representatives were elected from communal constituencies on closed electoral rolls, for registered members of a particular ethnic group.


1992 Fijian general election
37 seats were allocated to ethnic Fijians and only 27 to Indo-Fijians, despite the near-equality of their numbers in the population; one seat was reserved for a representative of the Rotuman Islanders, with five constituencies reserved for General electors (an omnibus category for various minorities including Europeans, Chinese, and Banaban Islanders).


1992 Fijian general election
The Soqosoqo ni Vakavulewa ni Taukei led by Sitiveni Rabuka, who had instigated the 1987 coups, won 30 of the 38 seats reserved for ethnic Fijians and Rotuman; the remaining five were won by the extremist Fijian Nationalist Party of Sakeasi Butadroka. The 27 Indo-Fijian electorates were almost equally divided, with the National Federation Party winning 14 seats and the Fiji Labour Party 13. All five of the "general electorates" were won by the General Voters Party.


1992 Finnish municipal elections
Finnish municipal election, 1992 was held in Finland on 18 October.


1992 Five Nations Championship
The 1992 Five Nations Championship was the 63rd series of the Five Nations Championship, an annual rugby union competition between the major Northern Hemisphere rugby union national teams. The tournament consisted of ten matches held between 18 January and 21 March 1992.


1992 Five Nations Championship
The tournament was the 63rd in its then format as the Five Nations. Including the competition's former incarnation as the Home Nations Championship, the 1991 Five Nations Championship was the 98th Northern Hemisphere rugby union championship.


1992 Five Nations Championship
The championship was contested by England, France, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. England won the tournament, achieving the Grand Slam for the second tournament in a row, their tenth overall in the Five Nations. This was also their 20th outright victory, including five victories in the Home Nations, excluding ten titles shared with other countries. England also won the Triple Crown and Calcutta Cup as a result of their victories over the other Home Nations, in the process setting a new record for most tries scored in the Championship (15) while conceding only four. France, Scotland and Wales placed second, third and fourth respectively with two wins each, while Ireland came last with no victories.


1992 Five Nations Championship squads, Ireland
*captain in the first three games**captain in the last game


1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami
The 1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami occurred on December 12 on the island of Flores in Indonesia. With a magnitude of 7.8 and a maximum Mercalli intensity of VIII (Severe), it was the largest and also the deadliest earthquake in 1992.


1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami, Description
The quake hit at 13:29:26 WITA and was followed by several serious aftershocks. At least 2,500 people were killed or missing near Flores, including 1,490 at Maumere and 700 on Babi. More than 500 people were injured and 90,000 were left homeless. Nineteen people were killed and 130 houses were destroyed on Kalaotoa. Damage was assessed at exceeding US$100 million. Approximately 90% of the buildings were destroyed at Maumere, the hardest hit town, by the earthquake and ensuing tsunami while 50% to 80% of the structures on Flores were damaged or destroyed. Electricity in the general area and the port of Maumere was shut down. Maumere's hospital was completely destroyed, and patients were treated in tents. Damage also occurred on Sumba and Alor.


1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami, Description, Tsunami
The tsunami on Flores ran inland as far as 300 meters with wave heights of 25 meters.


1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami, Relief efforts
The Indonesian government sent rescue and relief missions to earthquake-stricken areas and declared the earthquake a national disaster. The Indonesian air force provided assistance, mostly transporting medicine and clothing. Malaria and influenza rose significantly after the disaster. Babi Island survivors were evacuated since all the houses on the island were demolished. International relief efforts were hindered by the onset of the rainy season.


1992 Flores earthquake and tsunami, Relief efforts
The Indonesian Government also requested assistance from the international community. Agencies such as the Asian Development Bank in Asia along with the World Bank, the Australian Agency for International Development, the Japanese Overseas Cooperation Fund, and others, made a coordinated effort to support reconstruction. Each agency concentrated on sectors and locations in which it had experience.


1992 Florida Citrus Bowl
The 1992 Florida Citrus Bowl matched the Clemson Tigers and the California Golden Bears. It was the final game for both teams for the 1991 NCAA Division I-A football season and the 46th annual Citrus Bowl game held.


1992 Florida Citrus Bowl, Background
The Tigers were champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference in Hatfield's 2nd year coaching the team. This was the third overall appearance in the Citrus Bowl for the Tigers, all happening in a span of four years as the team rode a six-game winning streak. The Golden Bears were 2nd in the Pacific-10 Conference to Washington after losses to Washington to Stanford, both losses knocking Cal out of the top 10 in the AP Poll. This was the Bears first consecutive bowl game appearance since the Bears' streak of three straight Rose Bowls from 1949–1951, and first Citrus Bowl.


1992 Florida Citrus Bowl, Game summary
By the time the first quarter ended the Bears had a 17–3 lead, as Russell White ran for 103 yards on 22 rushes, Brian Treggs returned a punt return 72 yards for a touchdown, as the Cal defense made DeChane Cameron throw three interceptions and limit him to 123 yards. By halftime, it was 27-10, and the second half only had 13 points, 10 coming from California, who proved any lingering doubters that the Bears were a threat come next season.


1992 Florida Citrus Bowl, Aftermath
Clemson would not win another ACC title until 2011. Snyder would leave for Arizona State after the bowl win, and Keith Gilbertson would follow as coach, and he continued the bowl win streak until he was fired after his 4th season. Neither team has appeared in the Citrus Bowl since this game.


1992 Florida Gators football team
The 1992 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The season was Steve Spurrier's third as the Florida Gators football team's head coach, and the wins were harder to come by as the star-studded senior classes from 1990 and 1991 had graduated. The Gators racked up six tough Southeastern Conference (SEC) wins over the Kentucky Wildcats (35–19), LSU Tigers (28–21), Auburn Tigers (24–9), seventh-ranked Georgia Bulldogs (26–24), South Carolina Gamecocks (14–9), and  Vanderbilt Commodores (41–21). They also suffered two crushing SEC losses to the fourteenth-ranked Tennessee Volunteers (14–31) in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the twenty-fourth-ranked Mississippi State Bulldogs (6–30) on a Thursday night in Starkville, Mississippi.


1992 Florida Gators football team
The Gators' non-conference schedule included a homecoming victory over the Louisville Cardinals (31–17), and another surprisingly difficult win over Southern Miss Golden Eagles (24–20). They closed their regular season with a road loss to the third-ranked Florida State Seminoles (24–45) in Tallahassee.


1992 Florida Gators football team
The Gators finished their SEC schedule with a 6–2 conference record, placing first among the six teams of the new SEC Eastern Division and earning a berth in the first-ever SEC Championship Game in Birmingham, Alabama. Spurrier's scrappy young Gators, however, fell short against the SEC Western Division champion, the second-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide (21–28). The Crimson Tide later defeated the Miami Hurricanes in the Sugar Bowl to win the 1992 national championship.


1992 Florida Gators football team
Spurrier's 1992 Florida Gators posted a 9–4 overall record, concluding their season with a victory over the twelfth-ranked NC State Wolfpack (27–10) in the Gator Bowl, and ranking tenth in the final AP Poll.


1992 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
The 1992 Florida State Seminoles baseball team represented Florida State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Seminoles played their home games at Dick Howser Stadium, and completed their first season in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The team was coached by Mike Martin in his thirteenth season as head coach at Florida State.


1992 Florida State Seminoles baseball team
The Seminoles reached the College World Series, their twelfth appearance in Omaha, where they finished tied for fifth place after recording a win against California and a pair of losses to eventual runner-up Cal State Fullerton.


1992 Florida State Seminoles football team
The 1992 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. The team was selected national champion by Sagarin.


1992 Florida State Seminoles football team
Florida State finished #2 in the AP and Coaches polls with an 11–1 record. The season was FSU's first in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and saw them win the league championship with an undefeated record in conference play. The Seminoles offense scored 446 points while the defense allowed 186 points.


1992 Florida State Seminoles football team
Linebacker Marvin Jones finished in fourth place in the Heisman voting while quarterback Charlie Ward finished sixth.


1992 Football League Cup Final
The 1992 Football League Cup Final was a football match played on 12 April 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, to determine the winner of the 1991–92 Football League Cup. The match was contested by Manchester United and Nottingham Forest. Manchester United won 1–0 to win the League Cup for the first time, with Brian McClair scoring the only goal.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
As First Division clubs, both Manchester United and Nottingham Forest entered the League Cup in the second round. Both sides were drawn at home for the first leg, with Manchester United taking on Second Division Cambridge United and Nottingham Forest taking on Third Division Bolton Wanderers. Manchester United managed a 3–0 win in their first leg at Old Trafford, with goals from Ryan Giggs, Brian McClair and Steve Bruce, before an early goal from McClair set up a 1–1 draw at the Abbey Stadium. Meanwhile, Forest won 4–0 in their first leg match, before a 5–2 win in the second leg for a 9–2 aggregate score.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
The two sides were again drawn at home in the third round, both against Second Division opposition. Manchester United beat Portsmouth 3–1 in their tie, with two goals from Mark Robins and one from Bryan Robson cancelling out John Beresford's goal for the visitors, while Forest beat Bristol Rovers 2–0.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
Home ties again awaited both teams in the fourth round, both against First Division opponents for the first time in the competition, with Manchester United beating Oldham Athletic 2–0 thanks to goals from McClair and Andrei Kanchelskis, while Forest could only manage a goalless draw against Southampton, before a 1–0 win in the replay at The Dell.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
The quarter-final saw both teams drawn away for the first time in the competition, again against First Division opposition, with Manchester United beating local rivals Leeds United 3–1 at Elland Road, with goals from Clayton Blackmore, Kanchelskis and Giggs securing the victory after Leeds took an early lead through Gary Speed. This came just a week before Manchester United beat Leeds 1–0 at Elland Road in the third round of the FA Cup.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
Nottingham Forest again needed a replay to make it into the semi-finals, following a 1–1 draw against Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park with a 4–2 win at the City Ground.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
In the semi-finals, Manchester United drew Middlesbrough, the only Second Division side remaining in the competition, while Nottingham Forest were paired with Tottenham Hotspur, the FA Cup holders. Middlesbrough held Manchester United to a goalless draw in the first leg at Ayresome Park, and then forced extra time in the second leg at Old Trafford with a second-half goal from Bernie Slaven cancelling out Lee Sharpe's goal on the half-hour mark, before Ryan Giggs settled the tie just after the half-time break in extra time. Meanwhile, Forest drew 1–1 with Spurs in their first leg at the City Ground, before also requiring extra time to confirm a 2–1 victory at White Hart Lane.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
Manchester United had not yet won the League Cup, losing in both of their previous appearances in the competition's final in 1983 and 1991.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, had won the competition four times between 1979 and 1990, equalling Liverpool's record number of victories in the competition. Forest had won the 1991–92 Full Members' Cup a fortnight prior and were hoping for a Football League cup Double.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Road to Wembley
On the league scene, Manchester United were seriously challenging for the First Division title for the first time during Alex Ferguson's six seasons as manager, while Nottingham Forest were on course for another top 10 finish but had rarely looked like serious challengers since the 1983-84 season.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Match, Summary
The only goal of the game came in the 14th minute; after a long passing move by Manchester United, centre-back Gary Pallister played the ball midway inside the Nottingham Forest half to McClair, who laid it off to Giggs. Giggs then drove at the Forest defence, drawing defenders towards him and away from McClair in the centre. He then slid the ball sideways to McClair, who was able to dribble into the penalty area and shoot left-footed past Forest goalkeeper Andy Marriott into the bottom-right corner of the goal.


1992 Football League Cup Final, Broadcasting
The match was broadcast live in the United Kingdom on ITV, with commentary from Brian Moore and Ian St John.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final
The 1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final was an association football match which was played on 23 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Blackpool and Scunthorpe United to determine the fourth and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Fourth Division to the Third Division. The top three teams of the 1991–92 Football League Fourth Division, Burnley, Rotherham United and Mansfield Town, gained automatic promotion, while those placed from fourth to seventh place took part in play-offs. The winners of the play-off semi-finals competed for the final place in the Third Division for the 1992–93 season. Blackpool and Scunthorpe United beat Barnet and Crewe Alexandra, respectively, in the semi-finals.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final
The match was refereed by Keith Hackett in front of 22,741 spectators. In the 40th minute, Tony Rodwell won the ball from Scunthorpe's Paul Longden and his cross found Dave Bamber at the far post who scored through the legs of goalkeeper Mark Samways with a low header. Scunthorpe equalised in the 52nd minute. Tony Daws received a pass from John Buckley which he volleyed past Steve McIlhargey in the Blackpool goal to make it 1–1. No further goals were scored and with the score level, the game went into extra time.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final
Both sides had chances to score in the additional period but the game headed to a penalty shootout. The first six penalties were converted, making it 3–3, before the two Scunthorpe substitutes Graham Alexander and Jason White failed to score, and Blackpool won the shootout 4–3, securing promotion to the third tier of English football.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final
Blackpool's next season saw them finish in eighteenth in the newly renamed Second Division (still the third tier of English football). Scunthorpe ended their following season in thirteenth position in the newly renamed Third Division (which remained the fourth tier of English football).


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Blackpool finished the regular 1991–92 season in fourth position in the Football League Fourth Division, the fourth tier of the English football league system, one place and four points ahead of Scunthorpe United. Both therefore missed out on the three automatic places for promotion to the Third Division and instead took part in the play-offs to determine the fourth promoted team. Blackpool finished one point behind Mansfield Town and Rotherham United (who were promoted in third and second place respectively, the latter with superior goal difference), and seven behind league winners Burnley.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Scunthorpe United's opponents for their play-off semi-final were Crewe Alexandra with the first match of the two-legged tie taking place at Gresty Road in Crewe on 10 May 1992. Craig Hignett gave Crewe the lead after six minutes with a strike from the edge of the Scunthorpe penalty area before Ian Helliwell equalised from close range eleven minutes later. He then scored his and Scunthorpe's second with a header ten minutes before half-time. In the 39th minute, Hignett's shot rebounded off the Scunthorpe goal-post and fell to Tony Naylor who scored to level the score.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Route to the final
The second half was goalless and the match ended 2–2. The second leg was held three days later at Glanford Park in Scunthorpe. After a goalless first half, Dean Martin put the home side ahead in the 83rd minute before Ian Hamilton added a second one minute before full time to give Scunthorpe a 2–0 win and a 4–2 aggregate victory.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Blackpool faced Barnet in the other semi-final and the first match was played on 10 May 1992 at Underhill in London. Mark Carter scored from close range in the 27th minute when Carl Hoddle's shot was not gathered by Blackpool's goalkeeper Steve McIlhargey to give Barnet the lead. With the second half goalless, the match ended 1–0. The second leg took place three days later at Bloomfield Road in Blackpool. Both Dave Bamber and Mitch Cook made goal-line clearances for Blackpool after McIlhargey failed to clear crosses, but in the 41st minute, the home side took the lead.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Bamber headed a corner from David Eyres back across goal for Paul Groves who scored with a header from close range. After McIlhargey had made a save to deny a diving header from Jonathan Hunt, Andy Garner doubled Blackpool's lead from the penalty spot after Mick Bodley was penalised for handball. Blackpool won the match 2–0 and progressed to the final with a 2–1 aggregate victory.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Match, Background
This was Blackpool's second appearance in the play-offs and their second final: they had lost to Torquay United on penalties in the 1991 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final at the old Wembley Stadium. Blackpool had been relegated to the fourth tier of English football in the 1989–90 season. Scunthorpe United were participating in their fourth play-offs in five seasons but were appearing in the final for the first time. They had been relegated to the Fourth Division in the 1983–84 season. The two sides had faced one another in the 1991 Football League play-offs, with Blackpool securing a 3–2 aggregate victory. During the regular 1991–92 season, both sides won their home matches 2–1, Blackpool winning at Bloomfield Road in August 1991 and Scunthorpe victorious at Glandford Park the following December.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The referee for the match was Keith Hackett. Both sides adopted a 4–4–2 formation for the final.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
The match kicked off around 3 p.m. on 23 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium in hot conditions with 22,741 spectators in attendance. Scunthorpe made the better start, although in the 30th minute, Tony Rodwell made an opportunity for Bamber to score but he missed. In the 39th minute Hamilton sliced the ball over the Blackpool goal from around 8 yards (7.3 m) and a minute later, Blackpool took the lead. Rodwell won the ball from Scunthorpe's Paul Longden and his cross found Bamber at the far post who scored through the legs of Mark Samways with a low header.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
Neither side made any personnel changes at half time. In a much more open second half, Scunthorpe equalised in the 52nd minute. Tony Daws received a pass from John Buckley which he volleyed past McIlhargey in the Blackpool goal to make it 1–1. In the 68th minute, Blackpool made their first substitution of the match with Jamie Murphy coming on to replace Mike Davies. No further goals were scored and with the score level, the game went into extra time.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Match, Summary
During the additional time, Bamber's shot passed just outside the Scunthorpe post and Samways made a save to deny a strike from Rodwell. Scunthorpe made a double-substitution at the beginning of the second half of extra time with Jason White and Graham Alexander, two 20-year-olds, coming on in place of Daws and Buckley. With no change to the scoreline after 120 minutes, the match went to a penalty shootout. The first six spot-kicks were converted, making it 3–3, before Alexander's weak shot was saved by McIlhargey. Eyres then made it 4–3 to Blackpool before White struck his penalty over the crossbar. Blackpool won the shootout 4–3 and secured promotion to the third tier of English football.


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Post-match
Bill Green, the Scunthorpe manager, described it as "a very, very sad way to lose". His counterpart, Billy Ayre, was sympathetic: "It is like judging a marathon on a 40-yard sprint ... It is not a fair way of doing it and now I can say that without it sounding like sour grapes." Bamber suggested that Blackpool were worthy winners: "We finished higher in the League ... We deserved it. Justice was done."


1992 Football League Fourth Division play-off Final, Post-match
Blackpool's next season saw them finish in eighteenth in the newly renamed Second Division (which remained third tier of English football). Scunthorpe ended their following season in thirteenth position in the newly renamed Third Division (which remained the fourth tier of English football).


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final
The 1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final was an association football match, which was played on 25 May 1992 at Wembley Stadium, London, between Blackburn Rovers and Leicester City. The match was to determine the third and final team to gain promotion from the Football League Second Division, the second tier of English football, to the inaugural season of the Premier League.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final
The top two teams of the 1991–92 Football League Second Division season gained automatic promotion to the Premier League, while the clubs placed from third to sixth place in the table took part in play-off semi-finals; Leicester City had ended the season in fourth position, two places ahead of Blackburn Rovers. The winners of these semi-finals competed for the final place in the Premier League. Derby County and Cambridge United were the losing semi-finalists.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final
The match was played in warm conditions in front of a Wembley crowd of 68,147 spectators and was refereed by George Courtney who was officiating his final league match. Neither team dominated the early stages of the match and the only goal of the game came moments before half-time when Blackburn's record signing Mike Newell scored from the penalty spot. David Speedie was brought down in the Leicester City penalty area by Steve Walsh and Courtney awarded the spot kick having adjudged the challenge as a foul.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final
In the second half, both sides created numerous chances; with five minutes remaining, Leicester City goalkeeper Carl Muggleton brought down Mark Atkins to concede the second penalty of the match. This time, however, Muggleton saved Newell's strike. Despite late pressure from Leicester City, they failed to score and the match ended 1–0 to Blackburn, and they were promoted to the Premier League.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final
Blackburn Rovers finished their following season in fourth place in the Premier League. Leicester City ended their next season in sixth place in the 1992–93 Football League First Division, and qualified for the play-off final where they lost 4–3 to Swindon Town.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Leicester City finished the regular 1991–92 season in fourth place in the Football League Second Division – the second tier of the English football league system – two places and three points ahead of Blackburn Rovers. Both therefore missed out on the two automatic places for promotion to the Premier League and instead took part in the play-offs, along with Derby County and Cambridge United, to determine the third promoted team. Leicester City finished three points behind Middlesbrough (who were promoted in second place) and seven behind league winners Ipswich Town.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Blackburn Rovers' opposition in their play-off final semi-final were Derby County, with the first leg taking place at Ewood Park, Blackburn, on 10 May 1992. Within fifteen minutes, the visitors were two goals ahead: Marco Gabbiadini scored the opener with a header past Bobby Mimms from a Paul Simpson free kick. Soon after, Tommy Johnson doubled Derby's lead, having been put clear by Simpson with a chip. Scott Sellars then halved the deficit with a free kick which took a significant deflection before beating Steve Sutton in the Derby goal, before Mike Newell levelled the match just before half time.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Midway through the second half, David Speedie put the home side ahead for the first time after he capitalised on a defensive mistake from Andy Comyn, before going on to double the lead minutes later, with the match ending 4–2. The second leg took place three days later at the Baseball Ground in Derby. Comyn put the home side ahead with a header from a Johnson cross only for Kevin Moran to equalise from a corner.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
With fifteen minutes remaining, Ted McMinn scored Derby's second, making it 2–1 on the evening, but with no further goals, it meant that Blackburn won 5–4 on aggregate to qualify for the final. Speedie was attacked by a number of Derby supporters after the final whistle who had encroached onto the pitch.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
In the second semi-final, Leicester City faced Cambridge United, the first leg being played at the Abbey Stadium, Cambridge, on 10 May 1992. The visitors took the lead late in the first half: Dion Dublin headed down a cross from a short corner to Kevin Russell who struck a left-footed volley into the far corner of the Cambridge goal. With fifteen minutes of the match remaining, Cambridge's captain Danny O'Shea headed in a equaliser to see the match end in a 1–1 draw. The return leg, at Filbert Street, took place three days later.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Route to the final
Mick Heathcote hit the bar for the visitors and Dublin volleyed wide in an opening period dominated by Cambridge, but it was Leicester who took the lead. In the 29th minute, Tommy Wright scored after taking advantage of a Richard Wilkins defensive miskick and seven minutes later Steve Thompson made it 2–0. Three goals in five second-half minutes settled the match: Russell headed Leicester's third goal in the 59th minute, then Wright scored from a Ian Ormondroyd pass before Ormondroyd scored the fifth of the game. It ended 5–0 and Leicester progressed to the final 6–1 on aggregate.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
Leicester City had not participated in the second tier play-offs before the 1991–92 season,  and had played at that level since being relegated in the 1986–87 season. It was also their first trip to Wembley Stadium for 23 years and had failed to win at the national stadium in four attempts. Blackburn Rovers had featured in the play-offs for three consecutive seasons between 1988 and 1990, including a 4–3 defeat by Crystal Palace in the two-legged 1989 final.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
They had played in the second tier of English football since the 1980–81 season when they were promoted from the Third Division as runners-up, and had not played at the highest level since the 1965–66 season. Leicester City had won both matches between the sides during the regular season: a 3–0 victory at Filbert Street in September 1991 was followed by a 1–0 win at Ewood Park the following April.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The leading scorer during the regular season for Leicester City was Tommy Wright with 17 (12 in the league, 2 in the League Cup and 5 in the Full Members' Cup), followed by Paul Kitson (10 goals in all competitions) and Steve Walsh (8 goals in all competitions). Speedie was Blackburn's top goalscorer with 24 goals, 23 in the league and 1 in the League Cup.


1992 Football League Second Division play-off Final, Match, Background
The teams were competing to become the first play-off winners to be promoted to the newly-formed Premier League, a move which caused Division Two to be renamed Division One, Division Three to be renamed Division Two and so on. Leicester City's manager Brian Little declared that the play-off final was "the biggest game in the club's history" and as a result of a new television deal, victory could have been worth up to £3 million (equivalent to £6.3 million in 2019).