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1994 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

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Group 3 consisted of seven of the 39 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Albania, Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania, Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Spain. These seven teams competed on a home-and-away basis for two of the 12 spots in the final tournament allocated to the European zone, with the group's winner and runner-up claiming those spots. All of the games played in Spain were played in both the Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán and Benito Villamarín stadiums in Seville because of the warmer weather there.

One of the most popular topics of the group was the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland being in the same group ('The Troubles' were still ongoing). The Republic would clinch qualification in the final round of games by drawing away to their northern rivals,[2] while Spain's 1–0 win over Denmark meant they qualified as winners. Spain qualified with the best record among the group winners. In one of the closest qualifying groups, just one point separated the top three sides. The Republic of Ireland qualified at Denmark's expense only on goals scored, as their points and goal difference were identical.

Standings

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 12 8 3 1 27 4 +23 19
 Republic of Ireland 12 7 4 1 19 6 +13 18
 Denmark 12 7 4 1 15 2 +13 18
 Northern Ireland 12 5 3 4 14 13 +1 13
 Lithuania 12 2 3 7 8 21 −13 7
 Latvia 12 0 5 7 4 21 −17 5
 Albania 12 1 2 9 6 26 −20 4

Results

Spain 3–0 Albania
Míchel 2', 66' (pen.)
Hierro 87'		 Report
Attendance: 10,000
Northern Ireland 2–2 Lithuania
Wilson 13'
Taggart 16'		 Report Narbekovas 41'
Fridrikas 48'
Attendance: 4,500
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Albania
Aldridge 60'
McGrath 80'		 Report
Attendance: 29,727
Albania 1–0 Lithuania
Abazi 77' Report
Attendance: 12,000
Latvia 1–2 Lithuania
Linards 15' Report Poderis 66'
Tereškinas 85'
Attendance: 6,897
Latvia 0–0 Denmark
Report
Attendance: 8,124
Republic of Ireland 4–0 Latvia
Sheedy 30'
Aldridge 59', 82' (pen.), 86'		 Report
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Northern Ireland 3–0 Albania
Clarke 14'
Wilson 31'
Magilton 44'		 Report
Attendance: 4,756
Latvia 0–0 Spain
Report
Attendance: 6,220
Lithuania 0–0 Denmark
Report
Attendance: 10,500
Denmark 0–0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Attendance: 40,100
Northern Ireland 0–0 Spain
Report
Attendance: 10,343
Lithuania 1–1 Latvia
Fridrikas 85' Report Linards 44'
Attendance: 4,000
Albania 1–1 Latvia
Kepa 67' Report Aleksejenko 3'
Attendance: 3,500
Northern Ireland 0–1 Denmark
Report H. Larsen 51'
Attendance: 11,000
Spain 0–0 Republic of Ireland
Report
Attendance: 50,000
Spain 5–0 Latvia
Bakero 49'
Guardiola 51'
Alfonso 80'
Begiristain 82', 83'		 Report
Attendance: 19,000
Albania 1–2 Northern Ireland
Rraklli 90' Report Donaghy 15'
McDonald 41'
Attendance: 7,000
Spain 5–0 Lithuania
Cristóbal 5'
Bakero 12'
Begiristain 17'
Christiansen 86'
Aldana 90'		 Report
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)
Denmark 1–0 Spain
Povlsen 20' Report[permanent dead link]
Attendance: 40,272
Denmark 2–0 Latvia
Vilfort 23'
Strudal 76'		 Report
Attendance: 29,000
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Denmark
Quinn 75' Report Vilfort 27'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Spain 3–1 Northern Ireland
J. Salinas 21', 26'
Hierro 41'		 Report Wilson 11'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Latvia 0–0 Albania
Report
Attendance: 3,100
Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)
Lithuania 0–1 Northern Ireland
Report Dowie 8'
Attendance: 6,500
Referee: Esa Palsi (Finland)
Denmark 4–0 Albania
J. Jensen 11'
Pingel 20', 40'
Møller 28'		 Report
Attendance: 39,503
Latvia 1–2 Northern Ireland
Linards 55' Report Magilton 4'
Taggart 15'
Attendance: 2,764
Referee: Piotr Werner (Poland)
Lithuania 0–2 Spain
Report Guerrero 73', 77'
Attendance: 4,500
Latvia 0–2 Republic of Ireland
Report Aldridge 14'
McGrath 42'
Attendance: 5,113
Denmark 4–0 Lithuania
L. Olsen 13'
Pingel 44'
B. Laudrup 64'
Vilfort 71'		 Report
Attendance: 40,282
Albania 0–1 Denmark
Report Pingel 63'
Attendance: 8,000
Republic of Ireland 2–0 Lithuania
Aldridge 4'
Kernaghan 25'		 Report
Attendance: 33,000
Northern Ireland 2–0 Latvia
Quinn 35'
Gray 80'		 Report
Attendance: 6,400
Albania 1–5 Spain
Kushta 40' Report J. Salinas 4', 30', 58'
Toni 18'
Caminero 67'
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Denmark 1–0 Northern Ireland
B. Laudrup 83' Report
Attendance: 40,242
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Republic of Ireland 1–3 Spain
Sheridan 72' Report Caminero 11'
J. Salinas 14', 26'
Attendance: 33,000
Referee: Fabio Baldas (Italy)
Northern Ireland 1–1 Republic of Ireland
Quinn 74' Report McLoughlin 78'
Attendance: 10,500
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Spain 1–0 Denmark
Hierro 63' Report
Attendance: 38,000

Goalscorers

7 goals
6 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Notes

  1. ^ Only 37 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: Germany qualified for the World Cup automatically as defending champions and Liechtenstein withdrew before the draw was made Additionally, Yugoslavia was suspended by FIFA due to UN sanctions stemming from the Yugoslav wars.
  2. ^ 'There was poison in the air': 25 years on from that night in Windsor Park, Irish Times, 10 November 2018
  3. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVCoKICFvFc
  4. ^ Other sources attribute this goal as an own goal by Baltušnikas of Lithuania.

External links

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