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

Legend
Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Romania 10910374+3328
 Republic of Ireland 10532228+1418
 Lithuania 10523118+317
 Macedonia 104152218+413
 Iceland 102351116−59
 Liechtenstein 100010352−490
  Iceland Liechtenstein Lithuania Republic of Macedonia Republic of Ireland Romania
Iceland  – 4–0 0–0 1–1 2–4 0–4
Liechtenstein  0–4 – 0–2 1–11 2–6 1–8
Lithuania  2–0 2–1 – 2–0 1–2 0–1
Macedonia  1–0 3–0 1–2 – 3–2 0–3
Republic of Ireland  0–0 5–0 0–0 3–0 – 1–1
Romania  4–0 8–0 3–0 4–2 1–0 –

Results

24 April 1996
19:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  3–0  Liechtenstein
Milosevski  6'
Babunski  49' (pen.)
Zaharievski  78'		 Report
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 11,500
Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

1 June 1996
19:00 UTC
Iceland  1–1  Macedonia
A. Gudjónsson  63' Report Memedi  60'
Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,051
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

31 August 1996
20:00 UTC+3
Romania  3–0  Lithuania
Moldovan  20'
Petrescu  65'
Gâlcă  77'		 Report
Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

31 August 1996
18:00 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0–5  Republic of Ireland
Report Townsend  5'
O'Neill  9'
Quinn  12', 61'
Harte  20'

5 October 1996
18:30 UTC+3
Lithuania  2–0  Iceland
Jankauskas  22' (pen.)
Šlekys  74'		 Report
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marnix Sandra (Belgium)

9 October 1996
19:00 UTC
Iceland  0–4  Romania
Report D. Munteanu  21'
Hagi  60'
Gh. Popescu  75'
Petrescu  81'
Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,064
Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

9 October 1996
19:30 UTC+1
Republic of Ireland  3–0  Macedonia
McAteer  8'
Cascarino  46', 70'		 Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 31,671
Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

9 October 1996
18:30 UTC+3
Lithuania  2–1  Liechtenstein
Jankauskas  43'
Narbekovas  55'		 Report H.Zech  53'
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Xaqani Memmedov (Azerbaijan)

9 November 1996
13:30 UTC+1
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'
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)

10 November 1996
15:00 UTC
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Iceland
Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 32,620
Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria)

14 December 1996
13:00 UTC+1
Macedonia  0–3  Romania
Report Popescu  36', 45', 90' (pen.)
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

29 March 1997
18:00 UTC+2
Romania  8–0  Liechtenstein
V. Moldovan  10'
Popescu  28', 30', 68', 88'
Hagi  47'
Petrescu  48'
Craioveanu  71'		 Report
Steaua, Bucharest
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

2 April 1997
18:30 UTC+3
Lithuania  0–1  Romania
Report V. Moldovan  73'
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)

2 April 1997
17:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  3–2  Republic of Ireland
Stojkovski  28', 44' (pen.)
Hristov  59'		 Report McLoughlin  8'
Kelly  78'
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 11,000
Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

30 April 1997
20:00 UTC+3
Romania  1–0  Republic of Ireland
A.Ilie  33' Report
Ghencea, Bucharest
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

30 April 1997
17:00 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0–2  Lithuania
Report Jankauskas  66'
Ražanauskas  89'
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 812
Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

21 May 1997
19:30 UTC+1
Republic of Ireland  5–0  Liechtenstein
Connolly  28', 34', 41'
Cascarino  61', 80'		 Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 33,200
Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

7 June 1997
20:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  1–0  Iceland
Hristov  54' Report
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

11 June 1997
15:00 UTC
Iceland  0–0  Lithuania
Report

20 August 1997
20:45 UTC+3
Romania  4–2  Macedonia
V. Moldovan  36', 68'
Gâlcă  40'
Dumitrescu  66'		 Report Djokic  52', 90'
Ghencea, Bucureşti
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)

20 August 1997
19:30 UTC+1
Republic of Ireland  0–0  Lithuania
Report
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 32,620
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

20 August 1997
17:30 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  0–4  Iceland
Report Daníelsson  28'
Gunnarsson  40'
Sg. Jónsson  62'
T. Gudmundsson  63'
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 1,651
Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

6 September 1997
15:30 UTC+2
Liechtenstein  1–8  Romania
M.Frick  62' Report V. Moldovan  5'
Craioveanu  10', 32'
Doboş  35'
D. Munteanu  43', 45', 67'
Barbu  53'
Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, Eschen
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)

6 September 1997
14:00 UTC
Iceland  2–4  Republic of Ireland
B. Gunnarsson  45'
H. Sigurdsson  47'		 Report Connolly  13'
Keane  55', 65'
Kennedy  79'
Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 3,981
Referee: Ante Kulusic (Croatia)

6 September 1997
18:30 UTC+3
Lithuania  2–0  Macedonia
Ivanauskas  27'
Preikšaitis  88'		 Report
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

10 September 1997
19:30 UTC+3
Romania  4–0  Iceland
Hagi  9', 82'
Petrescu  41'
Gâlcă  65'		 Report
Ghencea, Bucharest
Attendance: 5,256
Referee: David Elleray (England)

10 September 1997
21:00 UTC+3
Lithuania  1–2  Republic of Ireland
Žiukas  51' Report Cascarino  17', 72'
Zalgiris, Vilnius
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

11 October 1997
15:00 UTC+1
Republic of Ireland  1–1  Romania
Cascarino  83' Report Hagi  53'
Lansdowne Road, Dublin
Attendance: 34,500
Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

11 October 1997
16:00 UTC+2
Macedonia  1–2  Lithuania
Sakiri  45' Report Buitkus  70', 81'
Gradski, Skopje
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

11 October 1997
14:00 UTC
Iceland  4-0  Liechtenstein
Th. Gudjonsson  58'
T. Gudmundsson  60'
A. Gudjónsson  66'
B. Gudjónsson  73'		 Report
Laugardalsvollur, Reykjavík
Attendance: 550
Referee: Alan Howells (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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