| 6th September 1998, 20.00 CET | |||
 MACEDONIA 4:0 MALTA  |
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| HT 1:0 | |||
| Goals: 20′, 47′ Risto Bozhinov, 70′, 76′ Artim Shakjiri | |||
| Stadium: Gradski in Skopje |
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| Attendance: 4.000 | |||
| MKD | MLT | ||
| 1. | Petar Miloshevski (GK) | 1. | Mario Muscat (GK) |
| 2. | Goran Lazarevski | 2. | Brian Said |
| 3. | Mitko Stojkovski (C)  76′ |
3. | Jeffrey Chetcuti  53′ |
| 4. | Goce Sedloski | 4. | Jonathan Magri Overend |
| 5. | Igor Sasha Nikolovski 72′ |
5. | Darren Debono |
| 6. | Goran Stavrevski | 6. | David Camilleri 32′ |
| 7. | Milan Stojanoski 64′ 69′ |
7. | Carmel Busuttil (C) |
| 8. | Toni Micevski 60′ |
8. | Gilbert Agius 67′ |
| 9. | Risto Bozhinov | 9. | Noel Turner |
| 10. | Viktor Trenevski | 10. | Joseph Brincat |
| 11. | Srgjan Zaharievski | 11. | Antoine Zahra 74′ |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 12. | Igor Gjuzelov | 12. | Ernest Barry (GK) |
| 13. | Artim Shakjiri  69′ |
13. | Joseph Sant Fournier |
| 14. | Djevdet Shainoski 72′ |
14. | Hubert Suda 67′ |
| 15. | Vlatko Goshev 76′ |
15. | David Carabott 74′ |
| 16. | Vancho Trajchov | 16. | Stefan Sultana |
| 17. | Mile Krstev | 17. | Graham Bencini |
| 18. | Gogo Jovchev (GK) | 18. | Paul Sixsmith |
| Coaches: | |||
| Gjokica “Gjoko” Hadjievski |
Josif Ilić  |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Jan Willem Wegereef  |
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| Assistants: Eugene Theelen, Ron Metz |
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| Fourth official: Dick van Egmond |
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Highlights (in Macedonian):