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
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Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals |
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs |
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Results
Macedonia | 3–0 | Liechtenstein |
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Milosevski 6' Babunski 49' (pen.) Zaharievski 78' |
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Iceland | 1–1 | Macedonia |
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A. Gudjónsson 63' | Report | Memedi 60' |
Liechtenstein | 0–5 | Republic of Ireland |
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Report | Townsend 5' O'Neill 9' Quinn 12', 61' Harte 20' |
Iceland | 0–4 | Romania |
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Report | D. Munteanu 21' Hagi 60' Gh. Popescu 75' Petrescu 81' |
Republic of Ireland | 3–0 | Macedonia |
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McAteer 8' Cascarino 46', 70' |
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Lithuania | 2–1 | Liechtenstein |
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Jankauskas 43' Narbekovas 55' |
Report | H.Zech 53' |
Liechtenstein | 1–11 | Macedonia |
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F. Schädler 78' | Report | Glavevski 8', 12', 60' Hristov 23' Stojkovski 30', 43' T.Micevski 45', 49' Ćirić 53', 87' V.Micevski 90' |
Romania | 8–0 | Liechtenstein |
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V. Moldovan 10' Popescu 28', 30', 68', 88' Hagi 47' Petrescu 48' Craioveanu 71' |
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Lithuania | 0–1 | Romania |
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Report | V. Moldovan 73' |
Macedonia | 3–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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Stojkovski 28', 44' (pen.) Hristov 59' |
Report | McLoughlin 8' Kelly 78' |
Romania | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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A.Ilie 33' | Report |
Liechtenstein | 0–2 | Lithuania |
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Report | Jankauskas 66' Ražanauskas 89' |
Republic of Ireland | 5–0 | Liechtenstein |
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Connolly 28', 34', 41' Cascarino 61', 80' |
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Romania | 4–2 | Macedonia |
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V. Moldovan 36', 68' Gâlcă 40' Dumitrescu 66' |
Report | Djokic 52', 90' |
Liechtenstein | 0–4 | Iceland |
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Report | Daníelsson 28' Gunnarsson 40' Sg. Jónsson 62' T. Gudmundsson 63' |
Liechtenstein | 1–8 | Romania |
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M.Frick 62' | Report | V. Moldovan 5' Craioveanu 10', 32' Doboş 35' D. Munteanu 43', 45', 67' Barbu 53' |
Iceland | 2–4 | Republic of Ireland |
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B. Gunnarsson 45' H. Sigurdsson 47' |
Report | Connolly 13' Keane 55', 65' Kennedy 79' |
Lithuania | 2–0 | Macedonia |
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Ivanauskas 27' Preikšaitis 88' |
Report |
Lithuania | 1–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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Žiukas 51' | Report | Cascarino 17', 72' |
Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Romania |
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Cascarino 83' | Report | Hagi 53' |
Iceland | 4–0 | Liechtenstein |
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Th. Gudjonsson 58' T. Gudmundsson 60' A. Gudjónsson 66' B. Gudjónsson 73' |
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Notes
- ^ 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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- Romania at the 1998 FIFA World Cup
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