The group consisted of hosts Sweden, fellow Scandinavians Denmark, France and England.
In the last two games, England played Sweden and took the lead in the first half when David Platt volleyed in from a cross.
In the second half, Sweden came back to win with another Jan Eriksson header from a corner and a shot from Tomas Brolin from the edge of the box after a one-two with Martin Dahlin.
In the concurrent match, Denmark also scored a late goal, beating France 2–1 to take the second spot in the knockout stage.
[2] Notes In the semi-finals, Linesmen: Victor Filippov (CIS) Andrei Butenko (CIS) Fourth official: Vadim Zhuk (CIS) Linesmen: Jan Dolstra (Netherlands) Robert Overkleeft (Netherlands) Fourth official: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) Linesmen: László Varga (Hungary) Sándor Szilágyi (Hungary) Fourth official: Sándor Varga (Hungary) Linesmen: Joachim Ren (Germany) Uwe Ennuschat (Germany) Fourth official: Karl-Josef Assenmacher (Germany) Linesmen: Valdemar Aguiar Pinto Lopes (Portugal) Antonio Guedes Gomes De Carvalho (Portugal) Fourth official: Jorge Emanuel Monteiro Coroado (Portugal) Linesmen: Johann Möstl (Austria) Alois Pemmer (Austria) Fourth official: Gerhard Kapl (Austria)