The group round ended with these finals tables, top two teams qualified to the ¼ fianls:
Group A
1. Sweden 2 1 0 6-3 5
2. West Germany 2 0 1 8-3 4
3. Tunisia 0 2 1 3-6 2
4. China 0 1 2 0-5 1
Group B
1. Zambia 2 1 0 10-2 5
2. Italy 2 0 1 7-6 4
3. Iraq 1 1 1 5-4 3
4. Guatemala 0 0 3 2-12 0
Group C
1. USSR 2 1 0 6-3 5
2. Argentina 1 1 1 4-4 3
3. South Korea 0 2 1 1-2 2
4. USA 0 2 1 3-5 2
Group D
1. Brazil 3 0 0 9-1 6
2. Australia 2 0 1 2-3 4
3. Yugoslavia 1 0 3 4-4 2
4. Nigeria 0 0 3 1-8 0
The only surprise was the elimination of Yugoslvaia. Standing from left: Prosinecki, Lekovic, Asanovic, Lesjak, Vasilijevic, Jaksic. First row: Stevanovic, Mitrovic, Bogdanovic, Suker, Petric.
The ¼ finals.
Sweden – Italy 1-2
USSR – Australia 3-0
Zambia – West Germany 0-4
Zambia was the pleasant surprise in the group phase, but the road was blocked by Germans. This is the squad beating Italy 4-0.
Brazil – Argentina 1-0
½ finals.
USSR – Italy 3-2
Brazil – West Germany 1-1 3-2 penalty shoot-out
Match for bronze medals
West Germany – Italy 3-0
Italy finished 4th – no big deal, for Olympics did not count much, but this team lost 0-4 to Zambia and 0-3 to West Germany. Somewhat, too much.
West Germany took the bronze medals and perhaps that was a bit of consolation for Jurgen Klinsmann and Frank Mill after the European fiasco.