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1998 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4

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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

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
 Austria 10 8 1 1 17 4 +13 25
 Scotland 10 7 2 1 15 3 +12 23
 Sweden 10 7 0 3 16 9 +7 21
 Latvia 10 3 1 6 10 14 −4 10
 Estonia 10 1 1 8 4 16 −12 4
 Belarus 10 1 1 8 5 21 −16 4
  Austria Belarus Estonia Latvia Scotland Sweden
Austria  4–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–0
Belarus  0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–2
Estonia  0–3 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–3
Latvia  1–3 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2
Scotland  2–0 4–1 2–0 2–0 1–0
Sweden  0–1 5–1 1–0 1–0 2–1

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'
Estonia 1–0 Belarus
Hohlov-Simson 52' Report

Sweden 0–1 Austria
Report Herzog 11'
Belarus 1–1 Latvia
Makowski 78' Report Zemļinskis 16'
Attendance: 7,300

Austria 2–1 Latvia
Polster 43'
Herzog 73'
Report Rimkus 44'
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
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

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
Belarus 1–2 Sweden
Gurenko 38' Report K. Andersson 74'
Zetterberg 84'
Attendance: 9,000

Austria 1–0 Sweden
Herzog 76' Report
Latvia 1–0 Estonia
Zemļinskis 87' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 2,500
Scotland 4–1 Belarus
Gallacher 7', 58'
Hopkin 54', 88'
Report Kachuro 73' (pen.)

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
Sweden 1–0 Estonia
Zetterberg 25' Report

Notes

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