1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 8
Group 8 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[a] 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 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 18 | Advance to second round | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 | 0–0 | 5–0 | |
3 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 17 | 0–1 | 1–2 | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | ||
4 | ![]() | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 18 | +4 | 13 | 0–3 | 3–2 | 1–2 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 | ||
5 | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 9 | 0–4 | 2–4 | 0–0 | 1–1 | — | 4–0 | ||
6 | ![]() | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 52 | −49 | 0 | 1–8 | 0–5 | 0–2 | 1–11 | 0–4 | — |
Source: [1]
Matches
Macedonia ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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Milosevski ![]() Babunski ![]() Zaharievski ![]() | Report |
Iceland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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A. Gudjónsson ![]() | Report | Memedi ![]() |
Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() |
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Report | Townsend ![]() O'Neill ![]() Quinn ![]() Harte ![]() |
Lithuania ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Jankauskas ![]() Šlekys ![]() | Report |
Iceland ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | D. Munteanu ![]() Hagi ![]() Gh. Popescu ![]() Petrescu ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() |
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McAteer ![]() Cascarino ![]() | Report |
Lithuania ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() |
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Jankauskas ![]() Narbekovas ![]() | Report | H.Zech ![]() |
Liechtenstein ![]() | 1–11 | ![]() |
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F. Schädler ![]() | Report | Glavevski ![]() Hristov ![]() Stojkovski ![]() T.Micevski ![]() Ćirić ![]() V.Micevski ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Romania ![]() | 8–0 | ![]() |
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V. Moldovan ![]() Popescu ![]() Hagi ![]() Petrescu ![]() Craioveanu ![]() | Report |
Lithuania ![]() | 0–1 | ![]() |
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Report | V. Moldovan ![]() |
Macedonia ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() |
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Stojkovski ![]() Hristov ![]() | Report | McLoughlin ![]() Kelly ![]() |
Romania ![]() | 1–0 | ![]() |
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A.Ilie ![]() | Report |
Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() |
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Report | Jankauskas ![]() Ražanauskas ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 5–0 | ![]() |
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Connolly ![]() Cascarino ![]() | Report |
Romania ![]() | 4–2 | ![]() |
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V. Moldovan ![]() Gâlcă ![]() Dumitrescu ![]() | Report | Djokic ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() |
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Report |
Liechtenstein ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() |
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Report | Daníelsson ![]() Gunnarsson ![]() Sg. Jónsson ![]() T. Gudmundsson ![]() |
Liechtenstein ![]() | 1–8 | ![]() |
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M.Frick ![]() | Report | V. Moldovan ![]() Craioveanu ![]() Doboş ![]() D. Munteanu ![]() Barbu ![]() |
Iceland ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() |
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B. Gunnarsson ![]() H. Sigurdsson ![]() | Report | Connolly ![]() Keane ![]() Kennedy ![]() |
Lithuania ![]() | 2–0 | ![]() |
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Ivanauskas ![]() Preikšaitis ![]() | Report |
Lithuania ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() |
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Žiukas ![]() | Report | Cascarino ![]() |
Republic of Ireland ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() |
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Cascarino ![]() | Report | Hagi ![]() |
Iceland ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() |
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Th. Gudjonsson ![]() T. Gudmundsson ![]() A. Gudjónsson ![]() B. Gudjónsson ![]() | Report |
Goalscorers
There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
8 goals
Gheorghe Popescu
7 goals
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Einar Daníelsson
Bjarni Guðjónsson
Þórður Guðjónsson
Sigurður Jónsson
Helgi Sigurðsson
Ian Harte
David Kelly
Mark Kennedy
Jason McAteer
Alan McLoughlin
Keith O'Neill
Andy Townsend
Mario Frick
Franz Schädler
Harry Zech
Valdas Ivanauskas
Arminas Narbekovas
Aidas Preikšaitis
Tomas Ražanauskas
Vaidotas Šlekys
Tomas Žiukas
Boban Babunski
Nedžmedin Memedi
Vančo Micevski
Sašo Miloševski
Artim Šakiri
Srgjan Zaharievski
Constantin Barbu
Anton Doboş
Ilie Dumitrescu
Adrian Ilie
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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