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 8620212+1920
 Hungary 8332108+212
 Finland 83231112−111
  Switzerland 83141112−110
 Azerbaijan 8107322−193
 
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 5–0 Azerbaijan
Solbakken  7', 46'
Solskjær  37', 89'
Strandli  59'		 Report
Attendance: 14,012
Azerbaijan 1–0  Switzerland
Rzayev  28' Report
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 15,000
Hungary 1–0 Finland
Orosz  15' Report
Attendance: 14,500
Finland 2–3  Switzerland
Sumiala  41' (pen.)
Kolkka  77'		 Report Lombardo  14'
Sforza  34'
Yakin  54'
Attendance: 7,217
Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)
Norway 3–0 Hungary
Rekdal  83', 89', 90' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 22,480
Switzerland  0–1 Norway
Report Leonhardsen  32'
Wankdorf Stadion, Bern
Attendance: 22,000
Azerbaijan 0–3 Hungary
Report Nyilas  42', 67' (pen.)
Urbán  77'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)
Azerbaijan 1–2 Finland
Suleymanov  83' (pen.) Report Litmanen  26'
Paatelainen  64'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 19,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Norway 1–1 Finland
Solskjær  83' Report Sumiala  60'
Attendance: 22,782
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Switzerland  1–0 Hungary
Türkyilmaz  83' Report
Attendance: 17,300
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Hungary 1–1 Norway
Kovács  22' Report Rudi  9'
Attendance: 25,300
Finland 3–0 Azerbaijan
Vanhala  60'
Litmanen  65'
Sumiala  82'		 Report
Attendance: 13,417
Finland 0–4 Norway
Report Solbakken  9'
Rudi  12'
J.Flo  48'
T.A.Flo  84'
Attendance: 35,520
Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)
Hungary 1–1  Switzerland
Klausz  52' Report Chapuisat  90+1'
Attendance: 40,000
Azerbaijan 0–1 Norway
Report T.A.Flo  42'
Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku
Attendance: 8,000
Switzerland  1–2 Finland
Kunz  90+1' Report Litmanen  16'
Sumiala  79'
Attendance: 15,000
Norway 5–0  Switzerland
Jakobsen  46'
Solbakken  51'
Eggen  65'
Østenstad  75'
T.A.Flo  85'		 Report
Attendance: 22,603
Hungary 3–1 Azerbaijan
Klausz  8'
Halmai  44'
Illés  89'		 Report Lychkin  71'
Attendance: 8,112
Finland 1–1 Hungary
Sumiala  63' Report Moilanen  90+1' (o.g.)
Attendance: 31,617
Switzerland  5–0 Azerbaijan
Türkyilmaz  13', 23', 69' (pen.)
Yakin  43'
Chapuisat  51'		 Report
Attendance: 7,600
Referee: John Rowbotham (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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