1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

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Group 3 consisted of five of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Azerbaijan, Finland, Hungary, Norway, and Switzerland. These five 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.

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification  
1  Norway 8 6 2 0 21 2 +19 20 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 3–0 1–1 5–0 5–0
2  Hungary 8 3 3 2 10 8 +2 12 Advance to second round 1–1 — 1–0 1–1 3–1
3  Finland 8 3 2 3 11 12 −1 11 0–4 1–1 — 2–3 3–0
4   Switzerland 8 3 1 4 11 12 −1 10 0–1 1–0 1–2 — 5–0
5  Azerbaijan 8 1 0 7 3 22 −19 3 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 —
Source:[citation needed]

Results[]

Norway 5–0 Azerbaijan
Solbakken Goal 7', 46'
Solskjær Goal 37', 89'
Strandli Goal 59'		 Report
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 14,012
Azerbaijan 1–0  Switzerland
Rzayev Goal 28' Report
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 15,000
Hungary 1–0 Finland
Orosz Goal 15' Report
Nepstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 14,500
Finland 2–3  Switzerland
Sumiala Goal 41' (pen.)
Kolkka Goal 77'		 Report Lombardo Goal 14'
Sforza Goal 34'
Yakin Goal 54'
Attendance: 7,217
Referee: (Iceland)
Norway 3–0 Hungary
Rekdal Goal 83', 89', 90' (pen.) Report
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 22,480
Switzerland  0–1 Norway
Report Leonhardsen Goal 32'
Wankdorf Stadion, Bern
Attendance: 22,000
Azerbaijan 0–3 Hungary
Report Nyilas Goal 42', 67' (pen.)
Urbán Goal 77'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: (Croatia)
Azerbaijan 1–2 Finland
Suleymanov Goal 83' (pen.) Report Litmanen Goal 26'
Paatelainen Goal 64'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Norway 1–1 Finland
Solskjær Goal 83' Report Sumiala Goal 60'
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 22,782
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Switzerland  1–0 Hungary
Türkyilmaz Goal 83' Report
Attendance: 17,300
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Hungary 1–1 Norway
Kovács Goal 22' Report Rudi Goal 9'
Nepstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 25,300
Finland 3–0 Azerbaijan
Vanhala Goal 60'
Litmanen Goal 65'
Sumiala Goal 82'		 Report
Attendance: 13,417
Finland 0–4 Norway
Report Solbakken Goal 9'
Rudi Goal 12'
J.Flo Goal 48'
T.A.Flo Goal 84'
Attendance: 35,520
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Hungary 1–1  Switzerland
Klausz Goal 52' Report Chapuisat Goal 90+1'
Nepstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 40,000
Azerbaijan 0–1 Norway
Report T.A.Flo Goal 42'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 8,000
Switzerland  1–2 Finland
Kunz Goal 90+1' Report Litmanen Goal 16'
Sumiala Goal 79'
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 15,000
Norway 5–0  Switzerland
Jakobsen Goal 46'
Solbakken Goal 51'
Eggen Goal 65'
Østenstad Goal 75'
T.A.Flo Goal 85'		 Report
Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 22,603
Hungary 3–1 Azerbaijan
Klausz Goal 8'
Halmai Goal 44'
Illés Goal 89'		 Report Lychkin Goal 71'
Nepstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 8,112
Finland 1–1 Hungary
Sumiala Goal 63' Report Moilanen Goal 90+1' (o.g.)
Attendance: 31,617
Switzerland  5–0 Azerbaijan
Türkyilmaz Goal 13', 23', 69' (pen.)
Yakin Goal 43'
Chapuisat Goal 51'		 Report
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: (Scotland)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.

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