South Africa
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| Match dates |
| Saturday, 6 September 2008 | |||||
| Cyprus | 1-2 | Italy | |||
| Georgia | 1-2 | Republic of Ireland | |||
| Montenegro | 2-2 | Bulgaria | |||
| Wednesday, 10 September 2008 | |||||
| Italy | 2-0 | Georgia | |||
| Montenegro | 0-0 | Republic of Ireland | |||
| Saturday, 11 October 2008 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 0-0 | Italy | |||
| Georgia | 1-1 | Cyprus | |||
| Wednesday, 15 October 2008 | |||||
| Georgia | 0-0 | Bulgaria | |||
| Republic of Ireland | 1-0 | Cyprus | |||
| Italy | 2-1 | Montenegro | |||
| Wednesday, 11 February 2009 | |||||
| Republic of Ireland | 2-1 | Georgia | |||
| Saturday, 28 March 2009 | |||||
| Cyprus | 2-1 | Georgia | |||
| Republic of Ireland | 1-1 | Bulgaria | |||
| Montenegro | 0-2 | Italy | |||
| Wednesday, 1 April 2009 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 2-0 | Cyprus | |||
| Georgia | 0-0 | Montenegro | |||
| Italy | 1-1 | Republic of Ireland | |||
| Saturday, 6 June 2009 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 1-1 | Republic of Ireland | |||
| Cyprus | 2-2 | Montenegro | |||
| Saturday, 5 September 2009 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 4-1 | Montenegro | |||
| Cyprus | 1-2 | Republic of Ireland | |||
| Georgia | 0-2 | Italy | |||
| Wednesday, 9 September 2009 | |||||
| Italy | 2-0 | Bulgaria | |||
| Montenegro | 1-1 | Cyprus | |||
| Saturday, 10 October 2009 | |||||
| Cyprus | 4-1 | Bulgaria | |||
| Republic of Ireland | 2-2 | Italy | |||
| Montenegro | 2-1 | Georgia | |||
| Wednesday, 14 October 2009 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 6-2 | Georgia | |||
| Republic of Ireland | 0-0 | Montenegro | |||
| Italy | 3-2 | Cyprus | |||
| Group 8 | Overall | |||||||||||
| P | W | D | L | F | A | Gdf | Pts | Form | ||||
| 1 |  Italy | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 24 | WXWW | ||
| 2 |  Republic of Ireland | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 18 | OXWX | ||
| 3 |  Bulgaria | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 14 | WLLW | ||
| 4 |  Cyprus | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 9 | LWXL | ||
| 5 |  Montenegro | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 9 | OWXL | ||
| 6 |  Georgia | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 19 | -12 | 3 | LLLO | ||
| 5 | Robbie KEANE (Republic of Ireland) |
| Dimitar BERBATOV (Bulgaria) | |
| 4 | Alberto GILARDINO (Italy) |
| Michalis KONSTANTINOU (Cyprus) | |
| 3 | Mirko VUČINIĆ (Montenegro) |
| Levan KOBIASHVILI (Georgia) | |
| 2 | Dejan DAMJANOVIĆ (Montenegro) |
| Kevin DOYLE (Republic of Ireland) | |
| Vladimir DVALISHVILI (Georgia) | |
| Martin PETROV (Bulgaria) | |
| Chrysis MICHAIL (Cyprus) | |
| Antonio DI NATALE (Italy) | |
| Alberto AQUILANI (Italy) | |
| Vincenzo IAQUINTA (Italy) | |
| Dimitar TELKIYSKI (Bulgaria) | |
| Glenn WHELAN (Republic of Ireland) | |
| Daniele DE ROSSI (Italy) | |
| Stevan JOVETIĆ (Montenegro) | |
| Efstathios ALONEFTIS (Cyprus) | |
| Kostas CHARALAMBIDES (Cyprus) | |
| Richard DUNNE (Republic of Ireland) |
