Group 4 consisted of six of the 50 teams entered into the European zone: ^[a] 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.

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	—

1 June 1996

18:30 UTC+2

Sweden	5–1	Belarus
K. Andersson 20', 62' ( pen.) Dahlin 30' P. Andersson 77' Larsson 87'	Report	Byalkevich 75'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 30,014

Referee: Rémi Harrel ( France)

31 August 1996

20:30 UTC+2

Austria	0–0	Scotland
	Report

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 27,600

Referee: Michel Piraux ( Belgium)

31 August 1996

18:30 UTC+3

Belarus	1–0	Estonia
Makowski 35'	Report

Dinamo, Minsk

Attendance: 7,500

Referee: Sergei Khusainov ( Russia)

1 September 1996

19:00 UTC+3

Latvia	1–2	Sweden
Rimkus 56'	Report	Dahlin 16' K. Andersson 21'

Daugavas stadions, Riga

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: László Vágner ( Hungary)

5 October 1996

19:00 UTC+3

Latvia	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Collins 18' Jackson 80'

Daugavas stadions, Riga

Attendance: 9,500

Referee: Jiří Ulrich ( Czech Republic)

5 October 1996

15:00 UTC+3

Estonia	1–0	Belarus
Hohlov-Simson 52'	Report

Kadriong, Tallinn

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Richard O'Hanlon ( Republic of Ireland)

9 October 1996

19:00 UTC+2

Sweden	0–1	Austria
	Report	Herzog 11'

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 36,859

Referee: Václav Krondl ( Czech Republic)

9 October 1996

18:30 UTC+3

Belarus	1–1	Latvia
Makowski 78'	Report	Zemļinskis 16'

Dinamo, Minsk

Attendance: 7,300

Referee: Sergo Kvaratskhelia ( Georgia)

9 November 1996

18:15 UTC+1

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

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 15,700

Referee: Milan Mitrović ( Slovenia)

10 November 1996

15:00 UTC

Scotland	1–0	Sweden
McGinlay 7'	Report

Ibrox, Glasgow

Attendance: 46,738

Referee: José María García-Aranda ( Spain)

11 February 1997

20:00 UTC+1

Estonia	0–0	Scotland
	Report

Stade Louis II, Monaco

Attendance: 3,766

Referee: Miroslav Radoman ( Yugoslavia)

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.

29 March 1997

15:00 UTC

Scotland	2–0	Estonia
Boyd 25' Meet 52' ( o.g.)	Report

Rugby Park, Kilmarnock

Attendance: 17,996

Referee: Bernd Heynemann ( Germany)

2 April 1997

20:00 UTC+1

Scotland	2–0	Austria
Gallacher 25', 78'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 43,259

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov ( Russia)

30 April 1997

20:00 UTC+2

Austria	2–0	Estonia
Vastić 48' Stöger 87'	Report

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 27,500

Referee: Armand Ancion ( Belgium)

30 April 1997

19:30 UTC+2

Sweden	2–1	Scotland
K. Andersson 43', 63'	Report	Gallacher 83'

Ullevi Stadion, Gothenburg

Attendance: 40,302

Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy)

30 April 1997

17:00 UTC+3

Latvia	2–0	Belarus
Ševļakovs 36', 83'	Report

Daugavas stadions, Riga

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Ilkka Koho ( Finland)

18 May 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Estonia	1–3	Latvia
Zelinski 5'	Report	Babičevs 53' Jelisejevs 80' Lemsalu 87' ( o.g.)

Kadriong, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Darko Cvitkovic ( Croatia)

8 June 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Latvia	1–3	Austria
Astafjevs 88'	Report	Heraf 55' Polster 81' Stöger 82'

Daugavas stadions, Riga

Attendance: 9,200

Referee: Dick Jol ( Netherlands)

8 June 1997

17:00 UTC+3

Belarus	0–1	Scotland
	Report	McAllister 49' ( pen.)

Dinamo, Minsk

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Ahmet Çakar ( Turkey)

8 June 1997

20:00 UTC+3

Estonia	2–3	Sweden
Oper 74' Kristal 84'	Report	Dahlin 14' Zetterberg 53' ( pen.) K. Andersson 71'

Kadriorg, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik ( Poland)

20 August 1997

18:30 UTC+3

Estonia	0–3	Austria
	Report	Polster 47', 69', 90'

Kariorg, Tallinn

Attendance: 2,200

Referee: Georgios Fassolis ( Greece)

20 August 1997

20:30 UTC+3

Belarus	1–2	Sweden
Gurenko 38'	Report	K. Andersson 74' Zetterberg 84'

Dinamo, Minsk

Attendance: 9,000

Referee: Dermot Gallagher ( England)

6 September 1997

20:30 UTC+2

Austria	1–0	Sweden
Herzog 76'	Report

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 48,500

Referee: Antonio López Nieto ( Spain)

6 September 1997

20:30 UTC+3

Latvia	1–0	Estonia
Zemļinskis 87' ( pen.)	Report

Daugavas stadions, Riga

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Otar Guntadze ( Georgia)

7 September 1997 ^[b]

14:00 UTC+1

Scotland	4–1	Belarus
Gallacher 7', 58' Hopkin 54', 88'	Report	Kachuro 73' ( pen.)

Pittodrie Stadium, Aberdeen

Attendance: 20,160

Referee: Mario van der Ende ( Netherlands)

10 September 1997

19:00 UTC+3

Belarus	0–1	Austria
	Report	Pfeifenberger 50'

Dinamo, Minsk

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Serge Muhmenthaler ( Switzerland)

10 September 1997

19:00 UTC+2

Sweden	1–0	Latvia
Jonson 88'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 20,251

Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany)

11 October 1997

16:00 UTC+2

Austria	4–0	Belarus
Polster 3', 16' ( pen.) Stöger 6', 42'	Report

Ernst Happel Stadion, Vienna

Attendance: 48,500

Referee: Aron Huzu ( Romania)

11 October 1997

15:00 UTC+1

Scotland	2–0	Latvia
Gallacher 43' Durie 80'	Report

Celtic Park, Glasgow

Attendance: 47,613

Referee: Sándor Piller ( Hungary)

11 October 1997

15:00 UTC+2

Sweden	1–0	Estonia
Zetterberg 25'	Report

Råsunda Stadium, Stockholm

Attendance: 18,702

Referee: Stefan Ormandzhiev ( Bulgaria)

There were 67 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.23 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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