1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 3

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

Legend
Group winners and one best runner-up among all groups directly qualified for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advanced to the play-offs

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Norway	8	6	2	0	21	2	+19	20
Hungary	8	3	3	2	10	8	+2	12
Finland	8	3	2	3	11	12	−1	11
Switzerland	8	3	1	4	11	12	−1	10
Azerbaijan	8	1	0	7	3	22	−19	3


Azerbaijan	–	1–2	0–3	0–1	1–0
Finland	3–0	–	1–1	0–4	2–3
Hungary	3–1	1–0	–	1–1	1–1
Norway	5–0	1–1	3–0	–	5–0
Switzerland	5–0	1–2	1–0	0–1	–

Results

Norway v Azerbaijan

2 June 1996
20:00 UTC+2

Norway	5–0	Azerbaijan
Solbakken 7', 46' Solskjær 37', 89' Strandli 59'	Report

Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 14,012
Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

Azerbaijan v Switzerland

31 August 1996
20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–0	Switzerland
Rzayev 28'	Report

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

Hungary v Finland

1 September 1996
18:30 UTC+3

Hungary	1–0	Finland
Orosz 15'	Report

Nepstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 14,500
Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Finland v Switzerland

6 October 1996
19:00 UTC+3

Finland	2–3	Switzerland
Sumiala 41' (pen.) Kolkka 77'	Report	Lombardo 14' Sforza 34' Yakin 54'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 7,217
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

Norway v Hungary

9 October 1996
20:00 UTC+2

Norway	3–0	Hungary
Rekdal 83', 89', 90' (pen.)	Report

Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 22,480
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Switzerland v Norway

10 November 1996
14:30 UTC+1

Switzerland	0–1	Norway
	Report	Leonhardsen 32'

Wankdorf Stadion, Bern
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

Azerbaijan v Hungary

10 November 1996
16:00 UTC+4

Azerbaijan	0–3	Hungary
	Report	Nyilas 42', 67' (pen.) Urbán 77'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)

Azerbaijan v Finland

2 April 1997
20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	1–2	Finland
Suleymanov 83' (pen.)	Report	Litmanen 26' Paatelainen 64'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Norway v Finland

30 April 1997
20:00 UTC+2

Norway	1–1	Finland
Solskjær 83'	Report	Sumiala 60'

Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 22,782
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Switzerland v Hungary

30 April 1997
20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	1–0	Hungary
Türkyilmaz 83'	Report

Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 17,300
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Hungary v Norway

8 June 1997
20:00 UTC+3

Hungary	1–1	Norway
Kovács 22'	Report	Rudi 9'

Nepstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 25,300
Referee: David Elleray (England)

Finland v Azerbaijan

8 June 1997
19:00 UTC+3

Finland	3–0	Azerbaijan
Vanhala 60' Litmanen 65' Sumiala 82'	Report

Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 13,417
Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Finland v Norway

20 August 1997
19:00 UTC+3

Finland	0–4	Norway
	Report	Solbakken 9' Rudi 12' J.Flo 48' T.A.Flo 84'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 35,520
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

Hungary v Switzerland

20 August 1997
18:30 UTC+3

Hungary	1–1	Switzerland
Klausz 52'	Report	Chapuisat 90+1'

Nepstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 40,000
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Azerbaijan v Norway

6 September 1997
20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan	0–1	Norway
	Report	T.A.Flo 42'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

Switzerland v Finland

6 September 1997
21:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	1–2	Finland
Kunz 90+1'	Report	Litmanen 16' Sumiala 79'

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

Norway v Switzerland

10 September 1997
20:00 UTC+2

Norway	5–0	Switzerland
Jakobsen 46' Solbakken 51' Eggen 65' Østenstad 75' T.A.Flo 85'	Report

Ullevaal, Oslo
Attendance: 22,603
Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Hungary v Azerbaijan

10 September 1997
19:30 UTC+3

Hungary	3–1	Azerbaijan
Klausz 8' Halmai 44' Illés 89'	Report	Lychkin 71'

Nepstadion, Budapest
Attendance: 8,112
Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Finland v Hungary

11 October 1997
19:00 UTC+3

Finland	1–1	Hungary
Sumiala 63'	Report	Moilanen 90+1' (o.g.)

Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Attendance: 31,617
Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Switzerland v Azerbaijan

11 October 1997
20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland	5–0	Azerbaijan
Türkyilmaz 13', 23', 69' (pen.) Yakin 43' Chapuisat 51'	Report

Hardturm, Zürich
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

Notes

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

External links

Group 3 Detailed Results at RSSSF

1998 FIFA World Cup qualifiers

AFC	First Round Final Round Play-off

CAF	First Round Final Round

CONCACAF	Preliminary Round First Round Second Round Third Round Fourth Round

CONMEBOL	Group Round

OFC	First Round Second Round Third Round

UEFA	Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Play-offs

Play-offs	AFC v OFC

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