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.
There were 106 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 3.53 goals per match.
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