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:

Results

Norway 5–0 Azerbaijan
Solbakken 7', 46'
Solskjær 37', 89'
Strandli 59'		 Report
Attendance: 14,012
Azerbaijan 1–0  Switzerland
Rzayev 28' Report
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'
Attendance: 22,000
Azerbaijan 0–3 Hungary
Report Nyilas 42', 67' (pen.)
Urbán 77'
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Dragutin Poljak (Croatia)
Azerbaijan 1–2 Finland
Suleymanov 83' (pen.) Report Litmanen 26'
Paatelainen 64'
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'
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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