UEFA - 1998 FIFA World Cup Preliminaries

	1998 FIFA WORLD CUP PRELIMINARY COMPETITION

Updated: November 15, 1997

**PARTICIPATING TEAMS:**
Albania Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus	Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland Georgia Germany Greece Hungary	Iceland Ireland Republic Israel Italy Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxemburg FYR Macedonia Malta	Moldova Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Romania Russia San Marino Scotland	Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Yugoslavia

Play-offs for the eight remaining runners-up

29.10.97  Moscow     20:30 Russia vs. Italy           1:1 (0:0) MILKELSEN (DEN)
29.10.97  Budapest   20:00 Hungary vs. Yugoslavia     1:7 (0:5) MELO PEREIRA (POR)
29.10.97  Dublin     19:30 Rep. Ireland vs. Belgium   1:1 (1:1) VAGNER (HUN)
29.10.97  Zagreb     18:00 Croatia vs. Ukraine        2:0 (1:0) SARS (FRA)
15.11.97  Kiev       19:00 Ukraine vs. Croatia        1:1 (1:1) PEDERSEN (NOR)
15.11.97  Belgrade   17:00 Yugoslavia vs. Hungary     5:0 (3:0) TOKAT (TUR)
15.11.97  Brussels   20:00 Belgium vs. Rep. Ireland   2:1 (1:0) BENKÖ (AUT)
15.11.97  Naples     20:45 Italy vs. Russia           1:0 (0:0) MUMENTHALER (SUI)

GROUP 1
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Denmark	8	5	2	1	14:6	17
Croatia	8	4	3	1	17:12	15
Greece	8	4	2	2	11:4	14
Bosnia-Herzegovina	8	3	0	5	9:14	9
Slovenia	8	0	1	7	5:20	1

RESULTS GROUP 1:
(DEN-GRE-HRV-SVN-BIH)

24.04.96  Athens          20:00 Greece vs. Slovenia               2:0 (0:0) PEDERSEN (NOR)
01.09.96  Kalamata, GRE   17:30 Greece vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina     3:0 (1:0) BENKÖ (AUT)
01.09.96  Ljubljana SVN   20:00 Slovenia vs. Denmark              0:2 (0:0) MEIER (SUI)
09.10.96  Copenhagen, DEN 19:15 Denmark vs. Greece              2:1 (1:1) DURKIN (ENG)
08.10.96* Bologna, ITA    20:00 Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Croatia      1:4 (1:2) OUZOUNOV (BGR)
10.11.96  Ljubljana SVN   15:00 Slovenia vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina         1:2 (1:2) AGIUS (MLT)
10.11.96  Zagreb, HRV     20:15 Croatia vs. Greece              1:1 (1:1) VAN DER ENDE (HOL)
29.03.97  Split           20:15 Croatia vs. Denmark             1:1 (0:0) CECCARINI (ITA)
02.04.97  Split           20:15 Croatia vs. Slovenia            3:3 (2:1) DURKIN (ENG)
02.04.97  Sarajevo        15:30 Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Greece   0:1 (0:0) SARS (FRA)
30.04.97  Copenhagen      19:15 Denmark vs. Slovenia            4:0 (2:0) KRUG (GER)
30.04.97  Thessaloniki    21:00 Greece vs. Croatia              0:1 (0:0) LOPEZ N. (ESP)
08.06.97  Copenhagen      15:00 Denmark vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina          2:0 (0:0) IHRING (SVK)
20.08.97  Sarajevo        20:30 Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Denmark    3:0 (3:0) MELO PEREIRA (POR)
06.09.97  Zagreb          20:15 Croatia vs. Bosnia-Herzegovina    3:2 (2:1) DALLAS (SCO)
06.09.97  Ljubljana       20:15 Slovenia vs. Greece               0:3 (0:0) IHRING (SVK)
10.09.97  Copenhagen      19:15 Denmark vs. Croatia               3:1 (3:1) PUHL (HUN)
10.09.97  Sarajevo        20:15 Bosnia-Herzegovina vs. Slovenia   1:0 (1:0) BEZOUBIAK (RUS)
11.10.97  Athens          21:00 Greece vs. Denmark                0:0       VEISSIERE (FRA)
11.10.97  Ljubljana       20:00 Slovenia vs. Croatia              1:3 (0:2) ANCION (BEL)

GROUP 2
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-England	8	6	1	1	15:2	19
Italy	8	5	3	0	11:1	18
Poland	8	3	1	4	10:12	10
Georgia	8	3	1	4	7:9	10
Moldova	8	0	0	8	2:21	0

RESULTS GROUP 2:
(ITA-ENG-POL-GEO-MOL)

01.09.96  Kishinev, MOL   18:00 Moldova vs. England           0:3 (0:2) KOHO (FIN)
05.10.96  Kishinev, MOL   21:15 Moldova vs. Italy           1:3 (1:1) GRABHER (AUT)
09.10.96  London, ENG     20:00 England vs. Poland          2:1 (2:1) KRUG (GER)
09.10.96  Perugia, ITA    20:30 Italy vs. Georgia           1:0 (1:0) BLAREAU (BEL)
09.11.96  Tbilisi, GEO    16:00 Georgia vs. England         0:2 (0:2) MONTEIRO COROADO (POR)
10.11.96  Katowice POL    20:15 Poland vs. Moldova          2:1 (1:0) VORGIAS (GRE)
12.02.97  London, ENG     20:00 England vs. Italy           0:1 (0:1) PUHL (HUN)
29.03.97  Trieste         20:45 Italy vs. Moldova           3:0 (2:0) VEISSIERE (FRA)
02.04.97  Chorzow         20:30 Poland vs. Italy            0:0       NIELSEN (DEN)
30.04.97  London          20:00 England vs. Georgia         2:0 (1:0) HARREL (FRA) 
30.04.97  Naples          20:45 Italy vs. Poland            3:0 (2:0) GARCIA-ARANDA (ESP)
31.05.97  Chorzow         20:30 Poland vs. England          0:2 (0:1) MEIER (SUI)
07.06.97  Batumi          19:15 Georgia vs. Moldova         2:0 (1:0) AGIUS (MLT)
14.06.97  Chorzow         20:30 Poland vs. Georgia          4:1 (2:1) BENKÖ (AUT)
10.09.97  London          20:00 England vs. Moldova           4:0 (1:0) NILSSON (SWE)
10.09.97  Tbilisi         21:00 Georgia vs. Italy             0:0       PEDERSEN (NOR)
24.09.97  Chisinau        19:00 Moldova vs. Georgia           0:1 (0:1) KOREN (ISR)
07.10.97  Chisinau        19:00 Moldova vs. Poland            0:1 (0:3) TOKAT (TUR)
11.10.97  Rome            20:45 Italy vs. England             0:0       VAN DER ENDE (HOL)
11.10.97  Tbilisi         16:00 Georgia vs. Poland            3:0 (0:0) MICHEL (SVK)

GROUP 3
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Norway	8	6	2	0	21:2	20
Hungary	8	3	3	2	10:8	12
Finland	8	3	2	3	11:12	11
Switzerland	8	3	1	4	11:12	10
Azerbaijan	8	1	0	7	3:22	3

RESULTS GROUP 3:
(NOR-SUI-FIN-HUN-AZE)

02.06.96  Oslo       20:00 Norway vs. Azerbaijan           5:0 (2:0) SNODDY (NIR)
31.08.96  Baku       20:00 Azerbaijan vs. Switzerland      1:0 (1:0) WOJCIK (POL)
01.09.96  Budapest   18:30 Hungary vs. Finland             1:0 (1:0) STRAMPE (GER)
06.10.96  Helsinki   19:00 Finland vs. Switzerland       2:3 (1:2) ORRASON (ISL)
09.10.96  Oslo       20:00 Norway vs. Hungary            3:0 (0:0) DALLAS (SCO)
10.11.96  Bern, SWI  14:30 Switzerland vs. Norway        0:1 (0:1) DIAZ VEGA (ESP)
10.11.96  Baku AZE   16:00 Azerbaijan vs. Hungary        0:3 (0:1) POLJAK (HRV)
02.04.97  Baku       20:00 Azerbaijan vs. Finland        1:2 (0:1) POLL (ENG)
30.04.97  Oslo       20:00 Norway vs. Finland            1:1 (0:0) MERK (GER)
30.04.97  Zürich     20:15 Switzerland vs. Hungary       1:0 (0:0) SUNDELL (SWE)
08.06.97  Helsinki   19:00 Finland vs. Azerbaijan        3:0 (0:0) HAMER (LUX)
08.06.97  Budapest   20:00 Hungary vs. Norway            1:1 (1:1) ELLERAY (ENG)
20.08.97  Budapest   18:30 Hungary vs. Switzerland         1:1 (0:0) PIRAUX (BEL)
20.08.97  Helsinki   19:00 Finland vs. Norway              0:4 (0:2) ZHUK (BLR)
06.09.97  Lausanne   20:15 Switzerland vs. Finland         1:2 (0:1) BRASCHI (ITA)
06.09.97  Baku       20:00 Azerbaijan vs. Norway           0:1 (0:1) BENKÖ (AUT)
10.09.97  Budapest   19:30 Hungary vs. Azerbaijan          3:1 (2:0) OUZOUNOV (BGR)
10.09.97  Oslo       20:00 Norway vs. Switzerland          5:0 (0:0) KRUG (GER)
11.10.97  Helsinki   19:00 Finland vs. Hungary             1:1 (0:0) HEYNEMANN (GER)
11.10.97  Zürich     20:15 Switzerland vs. Azerbaijan      5:0 (3:0) ROWBOTHAM (SCO)

(x) Advances to 1998 FIFA World Cup - France '98

GROUP 4
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Austria	10	8	1	1	17:4	25
x-Scotland	10	7	2	1	15:3	23
Sweden	10	7	0	3	16:9	21
Latvia	10	3	1	6	10:14	10
Estonia	10	1	1	8	4:16	4
Belarus	10	1	1	8	5:21	4

RESULTS GROUP 4:
(SWE-SCO-AUT-LVA-BLR-EST)

01.06.96  Stockholm       18:30 Sweden vs. Belarus           5:1 (2:0) HARREL (FRA)
31.08.96  Wien, AUT       20:30 Austria vs. Scotland         0:0       PIRAUX (BEL)
31.08.96  Minsk, BLR      18:30 Belarus vs. Estonia          1:0 (1:0) KHUSSAINOV (RUS)
01.09.96  Riga, LVA       19:00 Latvia vs. Sweden            1:2 (0:2) VAGNER (HUN)
05.10.96  Tallinn, EST    15:00 Estonia vs. Belarus        1:0 (0:0) O'HANLON (IRL)
05.10.96  Riga, LVA       16:00 Latvia vs. Scotland        0:2 (0:1) ULRICH (CZE)
09.10.96  Stockholm       19:00 Sweden vs. Austria         0:1 (0:1) KRONDL (CZE)
                                Estonia vs. Scotland         ppd       RADOMAN (YUG)
09.10.96  Minsk, BLR      18:30 Belarus vs. Latvia         1:1 (0:1) KVARATSKHELIA (GEO)
09.11.96  Vienna, AUT     18:15 Austria vs. Latvia         2:1 (1:1) MITROVIC (SVN)
10.11.96  Glasgow, SCO    15:00 Scotland vs. Sweden        1:0 (1:0) GARCIA-ARANDA (ESP
11.02.97* Monaco*        20:00 Estonia vs. Scotland       0:0       RADOMAN (YUG)
29.03.97  Kilmarnock      15:00 Scotland vs. Estonia       2:0 (1:0) HEYNEMANN (GER)
02.04.97  Glasgow         20:00 Scotland vs. Austria       2:0 (1:0) LEVNIKOV (RUS)
30.04.97  Vienna          20:00 Austria vs. Estonia        2:0 (0:0) ANCION (BEL)
30.04.97  Gothenburg      19:30 Sweden vs. Scotland        2:1 (1:0) COLLINA (ITA)
30.04.97  Riga            17:00 Latvia vs. Belarus         2:0 (1:0) KOHO (FIN)
18.05.97  Kadriorg        19:00 Estonia vs. Latvia           1:3 (1:0) CVITKOVIC (HRV)
08.06.97  Tallinn         20:00 Estonia vs. Sweden         2:3 (0:1) WOJCIK (POL)
08.06.97  Riga            19:00 Latvia vs. Austria         1:3 (0:0) JOL (HOL)
08.06.97  Minsk           17:00 Belarus vs. Scotland       0:1 (0:0) CAKAR (TUR)
20.08.97  Tallinn         18:30 Estonia vs. Austria          0:3 (0:0) FASSOLIS (GRE)
20.08.97  Minsk           20:30 Belarus vs. Sweden           1:2 (1:0) GALLAGHER (ENG)
06.09.97  Vienna          20:30 Austria vs. Sweden           1:0 (0:0) LOPEZ NIETO (ESP)
06.09.97  Riga            18:30 Latvia vs. Estonia           1:0 (0:0) GUNTADZE (GEO)
07.09.97  Aberdeen        14:00 Scotland vs. Belarus         4:1 (1:0) VAN DER ENDE (HOL)
10.09.97  Solna           19:00 Sweden vs. Latvia            1:0 (0:0) MERK (GER)
10.09.97  Minsk           19:00 Belarus vs. Austria          0:1 (0:0) MUMENTHALER (SUI)
11.10.97  Vienna          16:00 Austria vs. Belarus          4:0 (4:0) HUZU (ROM)
11.10.97 *Glasgow         15:00 Scotland vs. Latvia      2:0 (1:0) PILLER (HUN)
11.10.97  Solna           15:00 Sweden vs. Estonia           1:0 (1:0) ORMANDJIEV (BGR)

GROUP 5
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Bulgaria	8	6	0	2	18:9	18
Russia	8	5	2	1	19:5	17
Israel	8	4	1	3	9:7	13
Cyprus	8	3	1	4	10:15	10
Luxemburg	8	0	0	8	2:22	0

RESULTS GROUP 5:
(RUS-BGR-ISR-CYP-LUX)

01.09.96  Ramat-Gan, ISR  18:00 Israel vs. Bulgaria          2:1 (1:1) TRENTALANGE (ITA)
01.09.96  Moscow, RUS     19:00 Russia vs. Cyprus            4:0 (2:0) NILSSON (SWE)
08.10.96  Luxembourg LUX  20:00 Luxemburg vs. Bulgaria             1:2 (1:2) KOLLARI (ALB)
09.10.96  Ramat-Gan, ISR  18:00 Israel vs. Russia          1:1 (0:0) BATTA (FRA)
10.11.96  Limassol, CYP   18:00 Cyprus vs. Israel          2:0 (2:0) CONSTANTIN (ROM)
10.11.96  Luxembourg, LUX*17:00 Luxemburg vs. Russia           0:4 (0:2) HIRVINIEMI (FIN)
14.12.96  Limassol        16:00 Cyprus vs. Bulgaria        1:3 (1:2) ROWBOTHAM (SCO)
15.12.96  Ramat-Gan       18:00 Israel vs. Luxemburg       1:0 (1:0) ASHMAN (WAL)
29.03.97  Paralimni       18:30 Cyprus vs. Russia          1:1 (1:1) ANSUATEGUI (ESP)
31.03.97  Luxemburg       17:00 Luxemburg vs. Israel       0:3 (0:1) TEMMINK (HOL)
02.04.97  Sofia           18:00 Bulgaria vs. Cyprus        4:1 (3:0) MUHMENTHALER (SUI)
30.04.97  Ramat-Gan       18:00 Israel vs. Cyprus          2:0 (1:0) MELNICHUK (UKR)
30.04.97  Moscow          19:00 Russia vs. Luxemburg       3:0 (1:0) ROWBOTHAM (SCO)
08.06.97  Burgas         *20:00 Bulgaria vs. Luxemburg         4:0 (1:0) CARDOSO CORTEZ (POR)
08.06.97  Moscow          19:00 Russia vs. Israel          2:0 (2:0) GRABHER (AUT)
20.08.97  Sofia           20:00 Bulgaria vs. Israel          1:0 (0:0) PILLER (HUN)
07.09.97  Luxemburg       17:00 Luxemburg vs. Cyprus         1:3 (1:1) ORRASON (ICE)
10.09.97  Sofia           19:30 Bulgaria vs. Russia          1:0 (0:0) KRONDL (CZE)
11.10.97  Limassol        19:00 Cyprus vs. Luxemburg         2:0 (0:0) PREGIA (ALB)
11.10.97  Moscow          19:00 Russia vs. Bulgaria          4:2 (2:0) PAIRETTO (ITA)

(x) Advances to 1998 FIFA World Cup - France '98

GROUP 6
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Spain	10	8	2	0	26:6	26
Yugoslavia	10	7	2	1	29:7	23
Czech Republic	10	5	1	4	16:6	16
Slovakia	10	5	1	4	18:14	16
Faroe Islands	10	2	0	8	10:31	6
Malta	10	0	0	10	2:37	0

RESULTS GROUP 6:
(ESP-CZE-SVK-YUG-MLT-FRO)

24.04.96  Belgrade, YUG   19:00 Yugoslavia vs. Faroe Is.     3:1 (3:0) BECK (LIE)
02.06.96  Belgrade, YUG   20:00 Yugoslavia vs. Malta         6:0 (3:0) ALBRECHT (GER)
31.08.96  Toftir, FRO     15:00 Faroe Is. vs. Slovakia       1:2 (0:1) HAUGE (NOR)
04.09.96  Toftir, FRO     17:45 Faroe Is. vs. Spain          2:6 (0:1) LEDUC (FRA)
18.09.96  Teplic, CZE     16:30 Czech Republic vs. Malta     6:0 (2:0) BEUSAN (HRV)
22.09.96  Bratislava SVK  18:00 Slovakia vs. Malta           6:0 (3:0) BIKAS (GRE)
06.10.96  Toftir, FRO     15:00 Faroe Is. vs. Yugoslavia     1:8 (1:5) IRVINE (IRL)
09.10.96  Prague, CZE     20:15 Czech Rep. vs. Spain       0:0       FRISK (SWE)
23.10.96  Bratislava, SVK 18:00 Slovakia vs. Faroe Is.             3:0 (2:0) PROLIC (BIH)
10.11.96  Belgrade, YUG   18:00 Yugoslavia vs. Czech Rep.    1:0 (1:0) JOL (HOL)
13.11.96  Santa Cruz, ESP 20:30 Spain vs. Slovakia         4:1 (1:1) MERK (GER)
14.12.96  Valencia, ESP   21:30 Spain vs. Yugoslavia       2:0 (2:0) MUHMENTHALER (SUI)
18.12.96  Ta'Qali, MLT    19:00 Malta vs. Spain                    0:3 (0:3) LEVNIKOV (RUS)
12.02.97 *Alicante, ESP  *21:30 Spain vs. Malta                    4:0 (2:0)*LODGE (ENG)
31.03.97  La Valletta     16:00 Malta vs. Slovakia         0:2 (0:1) KOWALCZYK (POL)
02.04.97  Prague          20:15 Czech Rep. vs. Yugoslavia    1:2 (0:1) BATTA (FRA)
30.04.97  La Valletta     18:15 Malta vs. Faroe Is.        1:2 (1:0) KOREN
30.04.97  Belgrade        20:00 Yugoslavia vs. Spain       1:1 (0:1) EDERSEN (NOR)
08.06.97  Valladolid      20:15 Spain vs. Czech Rep.       1:0 (1:0) DALLAS (SCO)
08.06.97  Belgrade        20:00 Yugoslavia vs. Slovakia      2:0 (1:0) MIKKELSEN (DEN)
08.06.97  Toftir          15:00 Faroe Is. vs. Malta        2:1 (2:0) O'HANLON (IRL)
20.08.97  Teplice         16:30 Czech Rep. vs. Faroe Is.     2:0 (1:0) DUBINSKAS (LTU)
24.08.97* Bratislava       *20:15 Slovakia vs. Czech Rep.          2:1 (1:1) CECCARINI (ITA)
06.09.97  Toftir          15:00 Faroe Is. vs. Czech Rep.     0:2 (0:2) SAULES (FRA)
10.09.97  Bratislava      20:15 Slovakia vs. Yugoslavia      1:1 (0:0) FRISK (SWE)
24.09.97  La Valletta     19:30 Malta vs. Czech Rep.         0:1 (0:1) ANCION (BEL)
24.09.97  Bratislava      20:15 Slovakia vs. Spain           1:2 (0:0) VAGNER (HUN)
11.10.97  La Valletta    *18:00 Malta vs. Yugoslavia             0:5 (0:3) GALLAGHER (ENG)
11.10.97  Guijon          20:00 Spain vs. Faroe Is.          3:1 (2:1) GRANAT (POL)
11.10.97  Prague          20:00 Czech Rep. vs. Slovakia      3:0 (0:0) MEIER (SUI)

(x) Advances to 1998 FIFA World Cup - France '98

GROUP 7
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Netherlands	8	6	1	1	26:4	19
Belgium	8	6	0	2	20:11	18
Turkey	8	4	2	2	21:9	14
Wales	8	2	1	5	20:21	7
San Marino	8	0	0	8	0:42	0

RESULTS GROUP 7:
(HOL-BEL-TUR-WAL-SMR)

02.06.96  San Marino      20:30 San Marino vs. Wales          0:5 (0:3) MICHEL (SVK)
31.08.96  Bruxelles, BEL  20:30 Belgium vs. Turkey            2:1 (2:0) ELLERAY (ENG)
31.08.96  Cardiff, WAL    15:00 Wales vs. San Marino          6:0 (4:0) HAMER (LUX)
05.10.96  Cardiff, WAL    19:00 Wales vs. Netherlands       1:3 (1:0) LOPEZ NIETO (ESP)
09.10.96  San Marino, SMR 20:30 San Marino vs. Belgium              0:3 (0:2) OGANESSIAN (ARM)
09.11.96  Eindhoven, HOL  20:00 Netherlands vs. Wales       7:1 (4:1) MELO PEREIRA (POR)
10.11.96  Istanbul, TUR  *20:00     Turkey vs. San Marino       7:0 (2:0) ANTONOV (MOL)
14.12.96  Bruxelles       20:00 Belgium vs. Netherlands             0:3 (0:2) PAIRETTO (ITA)
14.12.96  Cardiff         15:00 Wales vs. Turkey            0:0       HUZU (ROM)
29.03.97  Cardiff         19:00 Wales vs. Belgium           1:2 (0:2) FAELLSTRÖM (SWE)
29.03.97  Amsterdam       20:00 Netherlands vs. San Marino    4:0 (1:0) KLEIN (ISR)
02.04.97  Bursa           20:30 Turkey vs. Netherlands              1:0 (0:0) DIAZ VEGA (ESP)
30.04.97  Istanbul        20:30 Turkey vs. Belgium          1:3 (1:3) HEYNEMANN (GER)
30.04.97  San Marino      20:30 San Marino vs. Netherlands    0:6 (0:1) GEORGIOU (CYP)
07.06.97  Bruxelles       20:00 Belgium vs. San Marino              6:0 (5:0) JIRKU (CZE)
20.08.97  Istanbul        20:30 Turkey vs. Wales              6:4 (3:3) KOWALCZYK (POL)
06.09.97  Rotterdam       20:00 Netherlands vs. Belgium       3:1 (1:0) NIELSEN (DEN)
10.09.97  San Marino      20:30 San Marino vs. Turkey         0:5 (0:2) TATOULIAN (UKR)
11.10.97  Bruxelles       20:00 Belgium vs. Wales             3:2 (3:0) MELO PEREIRA (POR)
11.10.97  Amsterdam       20:00 Netherlands vs. Turkey        0:0       SUNDELL (SWE)

GROUP 8
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Romania	10	9	1	0	37:4	28
Republic of Ireland	10	5	3	2	22:8	18
Lithuania	10	5	2	3	11:8	17
FYR Macedonia	10	4	1	5	22:18	13
Iceland	10	2	3	5	11:16	9
Liechtenstein	10	0	0	10	3:52	0

RESULTS GROUP 8:
(ROM-IRL-LTU-ISL-MKD-LIE)

24.04.96  Skopje          19:00 Macedonia vs. Liechtenstein    3:0 (1:0) LOIZOU (CYP)
01.06.96  Reykjavik       19:00 Iceland vs. Macedonia          1:1 (0:0) LUINGE (HOL)
31.08.96  Eschen, LIE     18:00 Liechtenstein vs. Ireland Rep. 0:5 (0:4) SHMOLIK (BLR)
31.08.96  Bucarest, ROM   20:00 Romania vs. Lithuania          3:0 (1:0) MELNICHUK (UKR)
05.10.96  Vilnius, LTU    18:30 Lithuania vs. Iceland        2:0 (1:0) SANDRA (BEL)
09.10.96  Reykjavik, ISL  19:00 Iceland vs. Romania          0:4 (0:1) DETRUCHE (SUI)
09.10.96  Dublin, IRL     19:30 Ireland Rep. vs. Macedonia     3:0 (1:0) FISKER (DEN)
09.10.96  Vilnius, LTU    18:30 Lithuania vs. Liechtenstein    2:1 (1:0) MAMMEDOV (AZE)
09.11.96  Eschen LIE      13:30 Liechtenstein vs. Macedonia   1:11 (0:6) LIPKOVIZ (ISR)
10.11.96  Dublin IRL      15:00 Ireland Rep vs. Iceland              0:0       ORMANDJIEV (BGR)
14.12.96  Skopje          13:00 Macedonia vs. Romania        0:3 (0:2) PHILIPPI (LUX)
29.03.97  Bucharest       18:00 Romania vs. Liechtenstein      8:0 (3:0) LAJUKS (LVA)
02.04.97  Vilnius         18:30 Lithuania vs. Romania        0:1 (0:0)*STEINBORN (GER)
02.04.97  Skopje          17:00 Macedonia vs. Ireland Rep.     3:2 (2:1) TRENTALANGE (ITA)
30.04.97  Eschen          17:30 Liechtenstein vs. Lithuania    0:2 (0:0) PREGIA (ALB)
30.04.97  Bucharest       20:00 Romania vs. Ireland Rep.       1:0 (1:0) VAN DER ENDE (HOL)
21.05.97* Dublin          19:30 Ireland Rep. vs. Liechtenstein 5:0 (3:0) BOUTENKO (RUS)
07.06.97  Skopje          20:00 Macedonia vs. Iceland          1:0 (0:0) ZHUK (BLR)
11.06.97  Reykjavik       20:00 Iceland vs. Lithuania          0:0       IRVINE (NIR)
20.08.97* Eschen      17:30 Liechtenstein vs. Iceland      0:4 (0:2) TIMOFEYEV (EST)
20.08.97  Dublin          19:30 Ireland Rep. vs. Lithuania     0:0       MONTEIRO COROADO (POR)
20.08.97  Bucharest       20:45 Romania vs. Macedonia          4:2 (2:0) TOKAT (TUR)
06.09.97  Reykjavik       14:00 Iceland vs. Ireland Rep.       2:4 (1:1) KULUSIC (HRV)
06.09.97  Eschen          15:30 Liechtenstein vs. Romania      1:8 (0:6) MICALLEF (MLT)
06.09.97  Vilnius         18:30 Lithuania vs. Macedonia        2:0 (1:0) CARDOSO (POR)
10.09.97  Bucharest       19:30 Romania vs. Iceland            4:0 (2:0) ELLERAY (ENG)
10.09.97  Vilnius         21:00 Lithuania vs. Ireland Rep.     1:2 (0:1) BIKAS (GRE)
11.10.97  Reykjavik       14:00 Iceland vs. Liechtenstein      4:0 (0:0) HOWELLS (WAL)
11.10.97  Dublin          15:00 Ireland Rep. vs. Romania       1:1 (0:0) LEVNIKOV (RUS)
11.10.97  Skopje         *16:00 Macedonia vs. Lithuania            1:2 (1:0) LIBA (CZE)

(x) Advances to 1998 FIFA World Cup - France '98

GROUP 9
TEAM	P	W	D	L	GOALS	PTS.
x-Germany	10	6	4	0	23:9	22
Ukraine	10	6	2	2	10:6	20
Portugal	10	5	4	1	12:4	19
Armenia	10	1	5	4	8:17	8
Northern Ireland	10	1	4	5	6:10	7
Albania	10	1	1	8	7:20	4

RESULTS GROUP 9:
(GER-POR-NIR-UKR-ALB-ARM)

31.08.96  Belfast, NIR    15:00 N. Ireland vs. Ukraine        0:1 (0:0) SARS (FRA)
31.08.96  Yerevan ARM     20:30 Armenia vs. Portugal          0:0       IHRING (SVK)
05.10.96  Belfast, NIR    15:00 N. Ireland vs. Armenia              1:1 (1:1) DANILOVSKI (MKD)
05.10.96  Kiev, UKR       20:00 Ukraine vs. Portugal        2:1 (1:0) NIELSEN (DEN)
09.10.96  Tirana, ALB     20:00 Albania vs. Portugal        0:3 (0:1) SARVAN (TUR)
09.10.96  Yerevan, ARM    20:00 Armenia vs. Germany         1:5 (0:3) COLLINA (ITA)
09.11.96  Tirana, ALB     14:00 Albania vs. Armenia         1:1 (0:0) STUCHLIK (AUT)
09.11.96  Nuremberg, GER  17:30 Germany vs. N. Ireland              1:1 (1:1) CAKAR (TUR)
09.11.96  Porto, POR      20:45 Portugal vs. Ukraine        1:0 (0:0) SUNDELL (SWE)
14.12.96  Belfast, NIR    15:00 N. Ireland vs. Albania              2:0 (2:0) GEORGIOU (CYP)
14.12.96  Lisbon, POR     20:45 Portugal vs. Germany        0:0       PUHL (HUN)
29.03.97  Granada, ESP    18:00 Albania vs. Ukraine         0:1 (0:1) McDERMOTT (IRL)
29.03.97  Belfast         15:00 N. Ireland vs. Portugal       0:0       CESARI (ITA)
02.04.97  Granada, ESP    19:30 Albania vs. Germany         2:3 (0:0) PIRAUX (BEL)
02.04.97  Kiev            18:00 Ukraine vs. N. Ireland              2:1 (1:1) KRONDL (CZE)
30.04.97  Bremen          19:30 Germany vs. Ukraine         2:0 (0:0) FRISK (SWE)
30.04.97  Yerevan, ARM    17:00 Armenia vs. N. Ireland        0:0       NILSSON (SWE)
07.05.97  Kiev            19:00 Ukraine vs. Armenia           1:1 (1:0) OUZOUNOV (BGR)
07.06.97  Porto           21:30 Portugal vs. Albania          2:0 (1:0) HAUGE (NOR)
07.06.97  Kiev           *21:30 Ukraine vs. Germany       0:0       VAGNER (HUN)
20.08.97  Belfast         19:30 N. Ireland vs. Germany        1:3 (0:0) GARCIA-ARANDA (ESP)
20.08.97  Setubal         21:30 Portugal vs. Armenia          3:1 (2:1) LICA (ROM)
20.08.97  Kiev            19:00 Ukraine vs. Albania           1:0 (0:0) MICHEL (SVK)
06.09.97  Berlin          20:00 Germany vs. Portugal          1:1 (0:0) BATTA (FRA)
06.09.97  Yerevan         17:00 Armenia vs. Albania           3:0 (0:0) RADOMAN (YUG)
10.09.97  Zurich, SUI     17:00 Albania vs. N. Ireland        1:0 (0:0) PHILIPPI (LUX)
10.09.97  Hannover        19:30 Germany vs. Armenia           4:0 (0:0) MIKKELSEN (DEN)
11.10.97  Hannover        18:30 Germany vs. Albania           4:3 (0:0) PEDERSEN (NOR)
11.10.97  Lisbon         *17:30 Portugal vs. N. Ireland           1:0 (1:0) MIKKELSEN (DEN)
11.10.97  Yerevan         20:30 Armenia vs. Ukraine           0:2 (0:1) DIAZ VEGA (ESP)

(*) NOTE: Change of date, venue, kick-off time or referee.

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