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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 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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |  |
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| 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: [1]
| Macedonia | 3–0 | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
Milosevski  6'Babunski 49' (pen.)Zaharievski 78' |
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| Iceland | 1–1 | Macedonia |
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| A. Gudjónsson 63' |
Report | Memedi 60' |
| Liechtenstein | 0–5 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Townsend 5' O'Neill 9'Quinn 12', 61'Harte 20' |
| Iceland | 0–4 | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| Report | D. Munteanu 21' Hagi 60'Gh. Popescu 75'Petrescu 81' |
| Republic of Ireland | 3–0 | Macedonia |
|---|---|---|
| McAteer 8' Cascarino 46', 70' |
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| Lithuania | 2–1 | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
| Jankauskas 43' Narbekovas 55' |
Report | H.Zech 53' |
| Liechtenstein | 1–11 | Macedonia |
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| F. Schädler 78' |
Report | Glavevski 8', 12', 60' Hristov 23'Stojkovski 30', 43'T.Micevski 45', 49'Ćirić 53', 87'V.Micevski 90' |
| Romania | 8–0 | Liechtenstein |
|---|---|---|
| V. Moldovan 10' Popescu 28', 30', 68', 88'Hagi 47'Petrescu 48'Craioveanu 71' |
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| Lithuania | 0–1 | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| Report | V. Moldovan 73' |
| Macedonia | 3–2 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| Stojkovski 28', 44' (pen.) Hristov 59' |
Report | McLoughlin 8' Kelly 78' |
| Romania | 1–0 | Republic of Ireland |
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| A.Ilie 33' |
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| Liechtenstein | 0–2 | Lithuania |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Jankauskas 66' Ražanauskas 89' |
| Republic of Ireland | 5–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Connolly 28', 34', 41' Cascarino 61', 80' |
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| Romania | 4–2 | Macedonia |
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| V. Moldovan 36', 68' Gâlcă 40'Dumitrescu 66' |
Report | Djokic 52', 90' |
| Liechtenstein | 0–4 | Iceland |
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| Report | Daníelsson 28' Gunnarsson 40'Sg. Jónsson 62'T. Gudmundsson 63' |
| Liechtenstein | 1–8 | Romania |
|---|---|---|
| M.Frick 62' |
Report | V. Moldovan 5' Craioveanu 10', 32'Doboş 35'D. Munteanu 43', 45', 67'Barbu 53' |
| Iceland | 2–4 | Republic of Ireland |
|---|---|---|
| B. Gunnarsson 45' H. Sigurdsson 47' |
Report | Connolly 13' Keane 55', 65'Kennedy 79' |
| Lithuania | 2–0 | Macedonia |
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| Ivanauskas 27' Preikšaitis 88' |
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| Lithuania | 1–2 | Republic of Ireland |
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| Žiukas 51' |
Report | Cascarino 17', 72' |
| Republic of Ireland | 1–1 | Romania |
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| Cascarino 83' |
Report | Hagi 53' |
| Iceland | 4–0 | Liechtenstein |
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| Th. Gudjonsson 58' T. Gudmundsson 60'A. Gudjónsson 66'B. Gudjónsson 73' |
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There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
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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
- 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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