| 18th November 1998, 20.00 CET | |||
 MALTA 1:2 MACEDONIA  |
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| HT 0:0 | |||
| Goals: 69′ Paul Sixsmith – 49′ Igor Sasha Nikolovski, 63′ Srgjan Zaharievski | |||
| Stadium: Grawnd Nazzjonali Ta’ Qali in Ta’ Qali |
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| Attendance: 4.671 | |||
| MLT | MKD | ||
| 1. | Mario Muscat (GK) | 1. | Petar Milosevski (GK)  87′ |
| 2. | Paul Sixsmith | 2. | Dragan Veselinovski |
| 3. | David Camilleri | 3. | Igor Sasha Nikolovski  80′ |
| 4. | Michael Spiteri | 4. | Goce Sedloski |
| 5. | Darren Debono 48′ |
5. | Boban Babunski |
| 6. | John Buttigieg | 6. | Goran Stavrevski 34′ |
| 7. | Carmel Busuttil (C) | 7. | Srgjan Zaharievski |
| 8. | Nicholas Saliba 68′ |
8. | Toni Micevski (C) |
| 9. | Afraik Kaejtan Nwoko 56′ |
9. | Risto Bozhinov 65′ |
| 10. | Joseph Brincat | 10. | Djevdet Shainoski 90′ |
| 11. | Michael Cutajar 60′ |
11. | Artim Shakjiri |
| Substitutes: | |||
| 12. | Ernest Barry (GK) | 12. | Goran Lazarevski |
| 13. | Jeffrey Chetcuti | 13. | Goran Stankovski  65′ |
| 14. | Noel Turner 68′ |
14. | Vancho Trajchov 90′ 90’+1 |
| 15. | Gilbert Agius 60′ |
15. | Vlatko Goshev 80′ 84′ |
| 16. | Brian Said | 16. | Igor Gjuzelov |
| 17. | David Carabott 56′ |
17. | Miroslav Djokikj |
| 18. | Stefan Sultana | 18. | Gogo Jovchev (GK) |
| Coaches: | |||
Josif Ilić  |
Gjokica “Gjoko” Hadjievski |
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| Officials: | |||
Referee: Siarhei Piatrovich Shmolik  |
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| Assistants: Yury Dupanau, Aliaksandr Chabykin |
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| Fourth official: Gennady Yakubovsky |
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Highlights (Macedonian commentary):