1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8

Group 8 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Macedonia, Republic of Ireland, and Romania. These six 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:

Matches

24 April 199619:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	3–0	Liechtenstein
Milosevski 6' Babunski 49' (pen.) Zaharievski 78'	Report

Gradski, SkopjeAttendance: 11,500Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

1 June 199619:00 UTC

Iceland	1–1	Macedonia
A. Gudjónsson 63'	Report	Memedi 60'

Laugardalsvöllur, ReykjavíkAttendance: 3,051Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

31 August 199620:00 UTC+3

Romania	3–0	Lithuania
Moldovan 20' Petrescu 65' Gâlcă 77'	Report

Steaua, BucharestAttendance: 9,000Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine) 31 August 199618:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–5	Republic of Ireland
	Report	Townsend 5' O'Neill 9' Quinn 12', 61' Harte 20'

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, EschenAttendance: 3,900Referee: Sergei Shmolik (Belarus)

5 October 199618:30 UTC+3

Lithuania	2–0	Iceland
Jankauskas 22' (pen.) Šlekys 74'	Report

Zalgiris, VilniusAttendance: 8,000Referee: Marnix Sandra (Belgium)

9 October 199619:00 UTC

Iceland	0–4	Romania
	Report	D. Munteanu 21' Hagi 60' Gh. Popescu 75' Petrescu 81'

Laugardalsvöllur, ReykjavíkAttendance: 3,064Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland) 9 October 199619:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	3–0	Macedonia
McAteer 8' Cascarino 46', 70'	Report

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 31,671Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) 9 October 199618:30 UTC+3

Lithuania	2–1	Liechtenstein
Jankauskas 43' Narbekovas 55'	Report	H.Zech 53'

Zalgiris, VilniusAttendance: 8,000Referee: Xaqani Memmedov (Azerbaijan)

9 November 199613:30 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, EschenAttendance: 2,700Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel) 10 November 199615:00 UTC

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Iceland
	Report

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 32,620Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria)

14 December 199613:00 UTC+1

Macedonia	0–3	Romania
	Report	Popescu 36', 45', 90' (pen.)

Gradski, SkopjeAttendance: 14,000Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)

29 March 199718:00 UTC+2

Romania	8–0	Liechtenstein
V. Moldovan 10' Popescu 28', 30', 68', 88' Hagi 47' Petrescu 48' Craioveanu 71'	Report

Steaua, BucharestAttendance: 3,000Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)

2 April 199718:30 UTC+3

Lithuania	0–1	Romania
	Report	V. Moldovan 73'

Zalgiris, VilniusAttendance: 7,000Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany) 2 April 199717:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	3–2	Republic of Ireland
Stojkovski 28', 44' (pen.) Hristov 59'	Report	McLoughlin 8' Kelly 78'

Gradski, SkopjeAttendance: 11,000Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

30 April 199720:00 UTC+3

Romania	1–0	Republic of Ireland
A.Ilie 33'	Report

Ghencea, BucharestAttendance: 18,000Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands) 30 April 199717:00 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–2	Lithuania
	Report	Jankauskas 66' Ražanauskas 89'

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, EschenAttendance: 812Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

21 May 199719:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	5–0	Liechtenstein
Connolly 28', 34', 41' Cascarino 61', 80'	Report

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 33,200Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)

7 June 199720:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	1–0	Iceland
Hristov 54'	Report

Gradski, SkopjeAttendance: 10,000Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

11 June 199715:00 UTC

Iceland	0–0	Lithuania
	Report

Laugardalsvöllur, ReykjavíkAttendance: 4,025Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

20 August 199720:45 UTC+3

Romania	4–2	Macedonia
V. Moldovan 36', 68' Gâlcă 40' Dumitrescu 66'	Report	Djokic 52', 90'

Ghencea, BucharestAttendance: 12,000Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey) 20 August 199719:30 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	0–0	Lithuania
	Report

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 32,620Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal) 20 August 199717:30 UTC+2

Liechtenstein	0–4	Iceland
	Report	Daníelsson 28' Gunnarsson 40' Sg. Jónsson 62' T. Gudmundsson 63'

Sportpark Eschen-Mauren, EschenAttendance: 1,651Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)

6 September 199715:30 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, EschenAttendance: 5,100Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta) 6 September 199714:00 UTC

Iceland	2–4	Republic of Ireland
B. Gunnarsson 45' H. Sigurdsson 47'	Report	Connolly 13' Keane 55', 65' Kennedy 79'

Laugardalsvöllur, ReykjavíkAttendance: 3,981Referee: Ante Kulusic (Croatia) 6 September 199718:30 UTC+3

Lithuania	2–0	Macedonia
Ivanauskas 27' Preikšaitis 88'	Report

Zalgiris, VilniusAttendance: 6,000Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)

10 September 199719:30 UTC+3

Romania	4–0	Iceland
Hagi 9', 82' Petrescu 41' Gâlcă 65'	Report

Ghencea, BucharestAttendance: 5,256Referee: David Elleray (England) 10 September 199721:00 UTC+3

Lithuania	1–2	Republic of Ireland
Žiukas 51'	Report	Cascarino 17', 72'

Zalgiris, VilniusAttendance: 7,000Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)

11 October 199715:00 UTC+1

Republic of Ireland	1–1	Romania
Cascarino 83'	Report	Hagi 53'

Lansdowne Road, DublinAttendance: 34,500Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia) 11 October 199716:00 UTC+2

Macedonia	1–2	Lithuania
Sakiri 45'	Report	Buitkus 70', 81'

Gradski, SkopjeAttendance: 4,000Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic) 11 October 199714:00 UTC

Iceland	4–0	Liechtenstein
Th. Gudjonsson 58' T. Gudmundsson 60' A. Gudjónsson 66' B. Gudjónsson 73'	Report

Laugardalsvollur, ReykjavíkAttendance: 550Referee: Alan Howells (Wales)

Goalscorers

There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.

8 goals

Gheorghe Popescu

7 goals

Tony Cascarino

6 goals

Viorel Moldovan

5 goals

Gheorghe Hagi

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Notes

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

References

"FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA) 1998, football - table and standings". soccer365.me. Retrieved 9 May 2024.

External links

Group 8 Detailed Results at RSSSF

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