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

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 —

Results

Macedonia 3–0 Liechtenstein
Milosevski 6'
Babunski 49' (pen.)
Zaharievski 78'		 Report
Attendance: 11,500
Iceland 1–1 Macedonia
A. Gudjónsson 63' Report Memedi 60'
Attendance: 3,051
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)
Romania 3–0 Lithuania
Moldovan 20'
Petrescu 65'
Gâlcă 77'		 Report
Attendance: 9,000
Liechtenstein 0–5 Republic of Ireland
Report Townsend 5'
O'Neill 9'
Quinn 12', 61'
Harte 20'
Attendance: 3,900
Lithuania 2–0 Iceland
Jankauskas 22' (pen.)
Šlekys 74'		 Report
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Marnix Sandra (Belgium)
Iceland 0–4 Romania
Report D. Munteanu 21'
Hagi 60'
Gh. Popescu 75'
Petrescu 81'
Attendance: 3,064
Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)
Republic of Ireland 3–0 Macedonia
McAteer 8'
Cascarino 46', 70'		 Report
Attendance: 31,671
Lithuania 2–1 Liechtenstein
Jankauskas 43'
Narbekovas 55'		 Report H.Zech 53'
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Xaqani Memmedov (Azerbaijan)
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'
Attendance: 2,700
Referee: Haim Lipkovitz (Israel)
Republic of Ireland 0–0 Iceland
Report
Attendance: 32,620
Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria)
Macedonia 0–3 Romania
Report Popescu 36', 45', 90' (pen.)
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Roger Philippi (Luxembourg)
Romania 8–0 Liechtenstein
V. Moldovan 10'
Popescu 28', 30', 68', 88'
Hagi 47'
Petrescu 48'
Craioveanu 71'		 Report
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Romans Lajuks (Latvia)
Lithuania 0–1 Romania
Report V. Moldovan 73'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)
Macedonia 3–2 Republic of Ireland
Stojkovski 28', 44' (pen.)
Hristov 59'		 Report McLoughlin 8'
Kelly 78'
Attendance: 11,000
Romania 1–0 Republic of Ireland
A.Ilie 33' Report
Attendance: 18,000
Liechtenstein 0–2 Lithuania
Report Jankauskas 66'
Ražanauskas 89'
Attendance: 812
Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)
Republic of Ireland 5–0 Liechtenstein
Connolly 28', 34', 41'
Cascarino 61', 80'		 Report
Attendance: 33,200
Referee: Andrei Butenko (Russia)
Macedonia 1–0 Iceland
Hristov 54' Report
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Iceland 0–0 Lithuania
Report
Attendance: 4,025
Romania 4–2 Macedonia
V. Moldovan 36', 68'
Gâlcă 40'
Dumitrescu 66'		 Report Djokic 52', 90'
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Metin Tokat (Turkey)
Republic of Ireland 0–0 Lithuania
Report
Attendance: 32,620
Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)
Liechtenstein 0–4 Iceland
Report Daníelsson 28'
Gunnarsson 40'
Sg. Jónsson 62'
T. Gudmundsson 63'
Attendance: 1,651
Referee: Oleg Timofejev (Estonia)
Liechtenstein 1–8 Romania
M.Frick 62' Report V. Moldovan 5'
Craioveanu 10', 32'
Doboş 35'
D. Munteanu 43', 45', 67'
Barbu 53'
Attendance: 5,100
Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)
Iceland 2–4 Republic of Ireland
B. Gunnarsson 45'
H. Sigurdsson 47'		 Report Connolly 13'
Keane 55', 65'
Kennedy 79'
Attendance: 3,981
Referee: Ante Kulusic (Croatia)
Lithuania 2–0 Macedonia
Ivanauskas 27'
Preikšaitis 88'		 Report
Attendance: 6,000
Romania 4–0 Iceland
Hagi 9', 82'
Petrescu 41'
Gâlcă 65'		 Report
Attendance: 5,256
Lithuania 1–2 Republic of Ireland
Žiukas 51' Report Cascarino 17', 72'
Attendance: 7,000
Referee: Giorgos Bikas (Greece)
Republic of Ireland 1–1 Romania
Cascarino 83' Report Hagi 53'
Attendance: 34,500
Macedonia 1–2 Lithuania
Sakiri 45' Report Buitkus 70', 81'
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)
Iceland 4–0 Liechtenstein
Th. Gudjonsson 58'
T. Gudmundsson 60'
A. Gudjónsson 66'
B. Gudjónsson 73'		 Report
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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