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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Group 8 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Republic of Ireland, and Romania. These five teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 15 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots.

Standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification            
1   Romania 10 9 1 0 37 4 +33 28 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 1–0 3–0 4–2 4–0 8–0
2   Republic of Ireland 10 5 3 2 22 8 +14 18 Advance to second round 1–1 — 0–0 3–0 0–0 5–0
3   Lithuania 10 5 2 3 11 8 +3 17 0–1 1–2 — 2–0 2–0 2–1
4   Macedonia 10 4 1 5 22 18 +4 13 0–3 3–2 1–2 — 1–0 3–0
5   Iceland 10 2 3 5 11 16 −5 9 0–4 2–4 0–0 1–1 — 4–0
6   Liechtenstein 10 0 0 10 3 52 −49 0 1–8 0–5 0–2 1–11 0–4 —
Source: MacedonianFootball

Results edit

Macedonia  3–0  Liechtenstein
Milosevski   6'
Babunski   49' (pen.)
Zaharievski   78'		 Report
Attendance: 11,500
Iceland  1–1  Macedonia
A. Gudjónsson   63' Report Memedi   60'
Attendance: 3,051
Romania  3–0  Lithuania
Moldovan   20'
Petrescu   65'
Gâlcă   77'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000
Liechtenstein  0–5  Republic of Ireland
Report Townsend   5'
O'Neill   9'
Quinn   12', 61'
Harte   20'
Attendance: 3,900
Lithuania  2–0  Iceland
Jankauskas   22' (pen.)
Šlekys   74'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Iceland  0–4  Romania
Report D. Munteanu   21'
Hagi   60'
Gh. Popescu   75'
Petrescu   81'
Attendance: 3,064
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Macedonia
McAteer   8'
Cascarino   46', 70'		 Report
Attendance: 31,671
Lithuania  2–1  Liechtenstein
Jankauskas   43'
Narbekovas   55'		 Report H.Zech   53'
Attendance: 8,000
Liechtenstein  1–11  Macedonia
F. Schädler   78' Report Glavevski   8', 12', 60'
Hristov   23'
Stojkovski   30', 43'
T.Micevski   45', 49'
Ćirić   53', 87'
V.Micevski   90'
Attendance: 2,700
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Iceland
Report
Attendance: 32,620
Macedonia  0–3  Romania
Report Popescu   36', 45', 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000
Romania  8–0  Liechtenstein
V. Moldovan   10'
Popescu   28', 30', 68', 88'
Hagi   47'
Petrescu   48'
Craioveanu   71'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Lithuania  0–1  Romania
Report V. Moldovan   73'
Attendance: 7,000
Macedonia  3–2  Republic of Ireland
Stojkovski   28', 44' (pen.)
Hristov   59'		 Report McLoughlin   8'
Kelly   78'
Attendance: 11,000
Romania  1–0  Republic of Ireland
A.Ilie   33' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Liechtenstein  0–2  Lithuania
Report Jankauskas   66'
Ražanauskas   89'
Attendance: 812
Republic of Ireland  5–0  Liechtenstein
Connolly   28', 34', 41'
Cascarino   61', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 33,200
Macedonia  1–0  Iceland
Hristov   54' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Iceland  0–0  Lithuania
Report
Attendance: 4,025
Romania  4–2  Macedonia
V. Moldovan   36', 68'
Gâlcă   40'
Dumitrescu   66'		 Report Djokic   52', 90'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Lithuania
Report
Attendance: 32,620
Liechtenstein  0–4  Iceland
Report Daníelsson   28'
Gunnarsson   40'
Sg. Jónsson   62'
T. Gudmundsson   63'
Attendance: 1,651
Liechtenstein  1–8  Romania
M.Frick   62' Report V. Moldovan   5'
Craioveanu   10', 32'
Doboş   35'
D. Munteanu   43', 45', 67'
Barbu   53'
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)
Iceland  2–4  Republic of Ireland
B. Gunnarsson   45'
H. Sigurdsson   47'		 Report Connolly   13'
Keane   55', 65'
Kennedy   79'
Attendance: 3,981
Lithuania  2–0  Macedonia
Ivanauskas   27'
Preikšaitis   88'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Romania  4–0  Iceland
Hagi   9', 82'
Petrescu   41'
Gâlcă   65'		 Report
Attendance: 5,256
Lithuania  1–2  Republic of Ireland
Žiukas   51' Report Cascarino   17', 72'
Attendance: 7,000
Republic of Ireland  1–1  Romania
Cascarino   83' Report Hagi   53'
Attendance: 34,500
Macedonia  1–2  Lithuania
Sakiri   45' Report Buitkus   70', 81'
Attendance: 4,000
Iceland  4–0  Liechtenstein
Th. Gudjonsson   58'
T. Gudmundsson   60'
A. Gudjónsson   66'
B. Gudjónsson   73'		 Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)

Notes edit

  1. ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

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