1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

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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[]

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:[citation needed]

Results[]

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

Notes[]

  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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