Group 1
Aug. 20 in Sarajevo Bosnia 3 Denmark 0. Goals: Mujcin 19, Bolic (pen.) 25, (pen.) 35.
Bosnia — Dedic, Sabic (Repuh, 55), Besirevic, Konjic, Ramcic, Hibic, Bolic (Beganovic, 89), Mujcin (Demirovic, 84), Kodro, Salihamidzic, Baljic.
Denmark — Schmeichel, Laursen, Rieper, Hoegh, Heintze, Helveg (Bjur, 77), Nielsen, Thomsen, Tomasson (Schjonberg, 55), M.Laudrup (Molnar, 55), Moeller.
Att.: 35,000.
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Denmark | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 13 |
| Greece | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Croatia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
| Bosnia | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 1 |
SCHEDULE Sept. 6 — Croatia vs. Bosnia; Slovenia vs. Greece;
Sept. 10 — Denmark vs. Croatia; Bosnia vs. Slovenia;
Oct. 11 — Greece vs. Denmark; Slovenia vs. Croatia.
Group 2
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Italy | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 16 |
| England | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| Poland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 |
| Georgia | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Moldova | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 0 |
SCHEDULE Sept. 10 — England vs. Moldova; Georgia vs. Italy;
Sept. 24 — Moldova vs. Georgia;
Oct. 7 — Moldova vs. Poland;
Oct. 11 — Italy vs. England; Georgia vs. Poland.
Group 3
Aug. 20 in Helsinki Finland 0 Norway 4. Goals: Solbakken 8, Rudi 12, J.Flo 48, T.A.Flo 84.
Finland — Moilanen, Rissanen, Tuomela, Nuorela, Koskinen, Mahlio, Wiss (Johansson, 46), Lehkosuo, Sumiala, Litmanen, Paatelainen.
Norway — Grodas, Halle, Eggen, Berg, Bjornebye, J.Flo (Haaland, 86), Mykland (Strandli, 70), Solbakken, T.A.Flo, Rekdal (Skammelsrud, 62), Rudi.
Att.: 35,520.
Aug. 20 in Budapest Hungary 1 Switzerland 1. Goals: Klausz 53; Chapuisat 90.
Hungary — Safar, Mracsko, Dragoner (Halmai, 46), Kereszturi, Kuttor, Lipcsei, Dombi, Urban, Kovacs (Nagy, 74), Illes (Nyilas, 46), Klausz.
Switzerland — Lehmann, Ohrel (Kunz, 77), Walker, Henchoz, Wolf, Yakin, Sesa (De Napoli, 65), Wicky, Cantaluppi (Zambaz, 82), Sforza, Chapuisat.
Att.: 40,000.
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Norway | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 14 |
| Hungary | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 8 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Finland | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 7 |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3 |
SCHEDULE Sept. 6 — Switzerland vs. Finland; Azerbaijan vs. Norway;
Sept. 10 — Hungary vs. Azerbaijan; Norway vs. Switzerland;
Oct. 11 — Finland vs. Hungary; Switzerland vs. Azerbaijan.
Group 4
Aug. 20 in Tallinn Estonia 0 Austria 3. Goals: Polster 46, 69, 88.
Estonia — Poom, Lemsalu, Kirs, Hohlov-Simson, Meet, Viikmae (Leetman, 68), Arbeiter (Rooba, 76), Oper, Kristal, Reim, Zelinskin.
Austria — Konsel, Cerny (Schopp, 83), Kogler, Pfeffer, Pfeifenberger, Mahlich, Vastic, Kuhbauer, Polster, Herzog, Prilasnig.
Att.: 2,500.
Aug. 20 in Minsk Belarus 1 Sweden 2. Goals: Gurenko 38; K.Andersson 76, Zetterberg 85.
Belarus — Shantolosov, Gerashchenko, Lavrik (Jaskovich, 23), Shtanyuk, Gurenko, Ostrovsky, Romashchenko, Belkevich, Orlovsky (Balashov, 57), Gerasimets (Klebosolov, 65), Kachuro.
Sweden — Ravelli, Sundgren, Bjoerklund, P.Andersson, Kaamark, Zetterberg, Thern, Alexandersson, A.Andersson (Blomqvist, 46), Dahlin (Mild, 88), Pettersson (K.Andersson, 54).
Att.: 10,000.
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Scotland | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| Austria | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 16 |
| Sweden | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 15 |
| Latvia | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 7 |
| Belarus | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 4 |
SCHEDULE Sept. 6 — Austria vs. Sweden; Scotland vs. Belarus; Latvia vs. Estonia;
Sept. 10 — Sweden vs. Latvia; Belarus vs. Austria;
Oct. 11 — Austria vs. Belarus; Scotland vs. Latvia; Sweden vs. Estonia.
Group 5
Aug. 20 in Sofia Bulgaria 1 Israel 0. Goal: Penev 68.
Bulgaria — Zdravkov, Kishishev, Ivanov, Petkov (Penev, 46), Yordanov, Yankov, Kostadinov, Stoichkov, Borimirov (Lechkov, 59), Balakov, Nankov.
Israel — Cohen, Halfon (Mizrahi, 70), Amsalem, Hazan, Shelah, Ben-Shimon, Banin, Revivo, Nimni, Bennado, Ohana (Harazi, 70).
Att.: 25,000.
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 5 | 15 |
| Russia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 14 |
| Israel | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 13 |
| Cyprus | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 |
| Luxembourg | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 0 |
SCHEDULE Sept. 7 — Luxembourg vs. Cyprus;
Sept. 10 — Bulgaria vs. Russia;
Oct. 11 — Cyprus vs. Luxembourg; Russia vs. Bulgaria.
Group 6
Aug. 20 in Teplice Czech Republic 2 Faroe Islands 0. Goals: Kuka (pen.) 14, Kozel 27.
Czech Rep. — Srnicek, Latal, Suchoparek, Nedved, Kozel, Hornak, Nemec, Poborsky (Frydek, 63), Kuka, Smicer (Verbir, 74), Cizek (Bejbl, 18).
Faroe Isl. — Knudsen, Johannesen, Hansen, Thorsteinsson, Johnsson, Morkore, M.Jarnskor, H.Jarnskor, Mueller, Arge (Rasmussen, 73), Petersen (Joensen, 61).
Att.: 8,332.
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Spain | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 4 | 20 |
| Yugoslavia | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 19 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 12 |
| Czech Rep. | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 7 |
| Faroe Isl. | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 6 |
| Malta | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 31 | 0 |
SCHEDULE Aug. 24 — Slovakia vs. Czech Republic;
Sept. 6 — Faeroe Islands vs. Czech Republic;
Sept. 10 — Slovakia vs. Yugoslavia;
Sept. 24 — Malta vs. Czech Republic; Slovakia vs. Spain;
Oct. 11 — Malta vs. Yugoslavia; Czech Republic vs. Slovakia; Spain vs. Faeroe Islands.
Group 7
Aug. 20 in Istanbul Turkey 6 Wales 4. Goals: Sukur 5, 37, 72, 83, Akyuz 7, Cetin 61; Blake 18, Savage 22, Saunders 34, Melville 52.
Turkey — Recber, Yagcioglu, Korkmaz, Kafkas, Ozalan, Ercan (Penbe, 85), Erdem, Temizkanoglu (Akyel, 63), Sukur, Cetin, Akyuz (Mandirali, 59).
Wales — Southall (Jones, 46), Jenkins, C.Hughes (Jones, 69), Page, Melville, Speed, Savage, Blake, Saunders (Edwards, 69), M.Hughes, Giggs.
Att.: 30,000.
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Netherlands | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 15 |
| Belgium | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 15 |
| Turkey | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 10 |
| Wales | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 7 |
| San Marino | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
SCHEDULE Sept. 6 — Netherlands vs. Belgium;
Sept. 10 — San Marino vs. Turkey;
Oct. 11 — Belgium vs. Wales; Netherlands vs. Turkey.
Group 8
Aug. 19 in Eschen Liechtenstein 0 Iceland 4. Goals: Danielsson 28, Gunnarsson 41, Jonsson 61, Gudmundsson 63.
Liechtenstein — Heeb, Hefti, Hanselmann, Hasler, Stocklasa, Telser, Klaunzer, Ospelt, Schaedler, M.Frick, D.Frick.
Iceland — Finnbogason, L.Sigurdsson, Hreidarsson, Jonsson, Gunnarsson, Kristinsson, Bergsson, Danielsson, H.Sigurdsson, Gudjohnsen (Gudmundsson, 52), Sverrisson
Att.: n/a.
Aug. 20 in Dublin Ireland 0 Lithuania 0.
Ireland — Given, Kenna, Staunton, Keane, Cunningham, Harte, Townsend (D.Kelly, 86), Houghton, Quinn (Cascarino, 60), Connolly, Kennedy (McLoughlin, 79).
Lithuania — Stauce, Zlukas, Kancelskis, Terreskinas, Vainoras, Skerla, R. Zutautas, Mikalajunas, Preiksaitis (Suliauskas, 46), Jankauskas (Buitkus, 58), Narberkovas, Buitkus (Sulka 84).
Att.: 32,600.
Aug. 20 in Bucharest Romania 4 Macedonia 2. Goals: Moldovan (pen.) 36, 62, Galca 40, Dumitrescu 65; Dzokic 52, 90.
Romania — Stelea, Petrescu, Prodan (Ciobotariu, 74), Dobos, Galca (Ga.Popescu, 84), Gh.Popescu, Selymes, Serban, Moldovan (Craioveanu, 80), A.Ilie, Dumitrescu.
Macedonia — Ilic, Milosavov, Sedlovski, Markovski, Nikolovski, Milosevic, Zaharijevski (Milosevski, 68), Sajnovski (Dzokic, 46), Hristov, Trenevski (Memedi, 68), Sakiri.
Att.: 15,000.
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| *Romania | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 21 |
| Macedonia | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 13 |
| Ireland | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 11 |
| Lithuania | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 |
| Liechtenstein | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 40 | 0 |
*Advances to France ’98.
SCHEDULE Sept. 6 — Iceland vs. Ireland; Liechtenstein vs. Romania; Lithuania vs. Macedonia;
Sept. 10 — Romania vs. Iceland; Lithuania vs. Ireland;
Oct. 11 — Iceland vs. Liechtenstein; Ireland vs. Romania; Macedonia vs. Lithuania.
Group 9
Aug. 20 in Belfast No. Ireland 1 Germany 3. Goals: Hughes 59; Bierhoff 72, 77, 78.
No. Ireland — Davison, Nolan, Morrow, Hill, Taggart, Magilton, Gillespie (McMahon, 78), Lennon (Griffin, 82), Quinn, Horlock, Hughes.
Germany — Koepke, Woerns (Hassler, 63), Heinlich, Kohler, Helmer, Ziege, Moeller, Nowotny, Klinsmann, Basler (Babbel, 83), Kirsten (Bierhoff, 69).
Att.: 12,035.
Aug. 20 in Kiev Ukraine 1 Albania 0. Goal: Rebrov 87.
Ukraine — Shovkovsky, Luzhny, Zubov (Kosovsky, 46), Golovko, Vashchuk, Dmytrulin (Kriventsov, 60), Maksimov, Kalitvintsev (Getsko, 85), Gusin, Shevchenko, Rebrov.
Albania — Strakosha, Tole, Shulku, Xhumba (Gallo, 46), Vata, Daiu, Paco, Bushi, Tare, Rraklli, Haxhi.
Att.: 35,000.
Aug. 20 in Setubal Portugal 3 Armenia 1. Goals: Domingos 22, Luis Figo 30, Pedro Barbosa 53; Assadourian 46.
Portugal — Rui Correia, Sergio Conceicao, Fernando Couto, Helder, Paulinho Santos (Dimas, 83), Paulo Sousa, Luis Figo, Rui Costa, Pedro Barbosa, Joao Pinto (Dani, 75), Domingos (Pauleta, 77).
Armenia — Abrahamyan, Hovsepyan, Ter-Petrosyan, Nazaryan, Khoyoyan, Esayan, Avalyan (Gevorgyan, 79), Sargsyan, Mikaelyan, Assaduryan.
Att.: 14,000.
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| TEAM | GP | W | T | L | GF | GA | P |
| Ukraine | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| Germany | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 15 |
| Portugal | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 15 |
| No. Ireland | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 |
| Armenia | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
| Albania | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 1 |
SCHEDULE Sept. 6 — Germany vs. Portugal; Armenia vs. Albania;
Sept. 10 — Albania vs. No. Ireland; Germany vs. Armenia;
Oct. 11 — Germany vs. Albania; Portugal vs. No. Ireland; Armenia vs. Ukraine.
