Group 4 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone:[1] Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Scotland and Sweden. These six 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  Austria 10 8 1 1 17 4 +13 25 Qualification to 1998 FIFA World Cup — 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 4–0
2  Scotland 10 7 2 1 15 3 +12 23 2–0 — 1–0 2–0 2–0 4–1
3  Sweden 10 7 0 3 16 9 +7 21 0–1 2–1 — 1–0 1–0 5–1
4  Latvia 10 3 1 6 10 14 −4 10 1–3 0–2 1–2 — 1–0 2–0
5  Estonia 10 1 1 8 4 16 −12 4 0–3 0–0 2–3 1–3 — 1–0
6  Belarus 10 1 1 8 5 21 −16 4 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 —
Source:

Results

Sweden 5–1 Belarus
K. Andersson 20', 62' (pen.)
Dahlin 30'
P. Andersson 77'
Larsson 87'		 Report Byalkevich 75'
Attendance: 30,014
Referee: Rémi Harrel (France)
Austria 0–0 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 27,600
Belarus 1–0 Estonia
Makowski 35' Report
Attendance: 7,500
Latvia 1–2 Sweden
Rimkus 56' Report Dahlin 16'
K. Andersson 21'
Attendance: 9,200
Latvia 0–2 Scotland
Report Collins 18'
Jackson 80'
Attendance: 9,500
Referee: Jiří Ulrich (Czech Republic)
Estonia 1–0 Belarus
Hohlov-Simson 52' Report
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Richard O'Hanlon (Republic of Ireland)
Sweden 0–1 Austria
Report Herzog 11'
Attendance: 36,859
Belarus 1–1 Latvia
Makowski 78' Report Zemļinskis 16'
Attendance: 7,300
Referee: Sergo Kvaratskhelia (Georgia)
Austria 2–1 Latvia
Polster 43'
Herzog 73'		 Report Rimkus 44'
Attendance: 15,700
Scotland 1–0 Sweden
McGinlay 7' Report
Attendance: 46,738
Estonia 0–0 Scotland
Report
Attendance: 3,766

This game was a replay of the original game that took place in Tallinn on 9 October where the Estonian team failed to show up.

Scotland 2–0 Estonia
Boyd 25'
Meet 52' (o.g.)		 Report
Attendance: 17,996
Scotland 2–0 Austria
Gallacher 25', 78' Report
Attendance: 43,259
Austria 2–0 Estonia
Vastić 48'
Stöger 87'		 Report
Attendance: 27,500
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)
Sweden 2–1 Scotland
K. Andersson 43', 63' Report Gallacher 83'
Attendance: 40,302
Latvia 2–0 Belarus
Ševļakovs 36', 83' Report
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Ilkka Koho (Finland)
Estonia 1–3 Latvia
Zelinski 5' Report Babičevs 53'
Jelisejevs 80'
Lemsalu 87' (o.g.)
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Darko Cvitkovic (Croatia)
Latvia 1–3 Austria
Astafjevs 88' Report Heraf 55'
Polster 81'
Stöger 82'
Attendance: 9,200
Belarus 0–1 Scotland
Report McAllister 49' (pen.)
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ahmet Çakar (Turkey)
Estonia 2–3 Sweden
Oper 74'
Kristal 84'		 Report Dahlin 14'
Zetterberg 53' (pen.)
K. Andersson 71'
Attendance: 2,500
Estonia 0–3 Austria
Report Polster 47', 69', 90'
Attendance: 2,200
Referee: Georgios Fassolis (Greece)
Belarus 1–2 Sweden
Gurenko 38' Report K. Andersson 74'
Zetterberg 84'
Attendance: 9,000
Austria 1–0 Sweden
Herzog 76' Report
Attendance: 48,500
Latvia 1–0 Estonia
Zemļinskis 87' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Otar Guntadze (Georgia)
Scotland 4–1 Belarus
Gallacher 7', 58'
Hopkin 54', 88'		 Report Kachuro 73' (pen.)
Attendance: 20,160
Belarus 0–1 Austria
Report Pfeifenberger 50'
Attendance: 7,000
Sweden 1–0 Latvia
Jonson 88' Report
Attendance: 20,251
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Austria 4–0 Belarus
Polster 3', 16' (pen.)
Stöger 6', 42'		 Report
Attendance: 48,500
Referee: Aron Huzu (Romania)
Scotland 2–0 Latvia
Gallacher 43'
Durie 80'		 Report
Attendance: 47,613
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)
Sweden 1–0 Estonia
Zetterberg 25' Report
Attendance: 18,702
Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev (Bulgaria)

Notes

  1. ↑ Only 49 of the entered teams actually competed in the qualification tournament: France qualified for the World Cup automatically as host.
  2. ↑ The Scotland v Belarus match was moved from the original scheduled date of 6 September 1997 as it fell on the Funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales on London, England.
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