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[edit]

Pos | Team  | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification  |  |  |  |  |  |

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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[edit]

2 June 1996

20:00 UTC+2

Norway | 5–0|  Azerbaijan

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Solbakken 7', 46'
Solskjær 37', 89'
Strandli 59' | Report |

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 14,012

Referee: Alan Snoddy (Northern Ireland)

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31 August 1996

20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan | 1–0|  Switzerland

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Rzayev 28' | Report |

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

1 September 1996

18:30 UTC+2

Hungary | 1–0|  Finland

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Orosz 15' | Report |

Nepstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 14,500

Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

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6 October 1996

19:00 UTC+3

Finland | 2–3|  Switzerland

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Sumiala 41' (pen.)
Kolkka 77' | Report | Lombardo 14'
Sforza 34'
Yakin 54'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 7,217

Referee: Gylfi Thor Orrason (Iceland)

9 October 1996

20:00 UTC+2

Norway | 3–0|  Hungary

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Rekdal 83', 89', 90' (pen.) | Report |

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 22,480

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

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10 November 1996

14:30 UTC+1

Switzerland | 0–1|  Norway

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| Report | Leonhardsen 32'

Wankdorf Stadion, Bern

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Manuel Díaz Vega (Spain)

10 November 1996

16:00 UTC+4

Azerbaijan | 0–3|  Hungary

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| Report | Nyilas 42', 67' (pen.)
Urbán 77'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)

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2 April 1997

20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan | 1–2|  Finland

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Suleymanov 83' (pen.) | Report | Litmanen 26'
Paatelainen 64'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 19,000

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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30 April 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Norway | 1–1|  Finland

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Solskjær 83' | Report | Sumiala 60'

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 22,782

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

30 April 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland | 1–0|  Hungary

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Türkyilmaz 83' | Report |

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 17,300

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

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8 June 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Hungary | 1–1|  Norway

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Kovács 22' | Report | Rudi 9'

Nepstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 25,300

Referee: David Elleray (England)

8 June 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Finland | 3–0|  Azerbaijan

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Vanhala 60'
Litmanen 65'
Sumiala 82' | Report |

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 13,417

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

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20 August 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Finland | 0–4|  Norway

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| Report | Solbakken 9'
Rudi 12'
J.Flo 48'
T.A.Flo 84'

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 35,520

Referee: Vadim Zhuk (Belarus)

20 August 1997

18:30 UTC+2

Hungary | 1–1|  Switzerland

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Klausz 52' | Report | Chapuisat 90+1'

Nepstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 40,000

Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

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6 September 1997

20:00 UTC+5

Azerbaijan | 0–1|  Norway

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| Report | T.A.Flo 42'

Tofik Bakhramov Stadium, Baku

Attendance: 8,000

Referee: Günter Benkö (Austria)

6 September 1997

21:15 UTC+2

Switzerland | 1–2|  Finland

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Kunz 90+1' | Report | Litmanen 16'
Sumiala 79'

Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne

Attendance: 15,000

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

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10 September 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Norway | 5–0|  Switzerland

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Jakobsen 46'
Solbakken 51'
Eggen 65'
Østenstad 75'
T.A.Flo 85' | Report |

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 22,603

Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

10 September 1997

19:30 UTC+2

Hungary | 3–1|  Azerbaijan

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Klausz 8'
Halmai 44'
Illés 89' | Report | Lychkin 71'

Nepstadion, Budapest

Attendance: 8,112

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

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11 October 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Finland | 1–1|  Hungary

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Sumiala 63' | Report | Moilanen 90+1' (o.g.)

Olympiastadion, Helsinki

Attendance: 31,617

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

11 October 1997

20:15 UTC+2

Switzerland | 5–0|  Azerbaijan

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Türkyilmaz 13', 23', 69' (pen.)
Yakin 43'
Chapuisat 51' | Report |

Hardturm, Zürich

Attendance: 7,600

Referee: John Rowbotham (Scotland)

## Notes[edit]

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

## External links[edit]

* Group 3 Detailed Results at RSSSF

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