World Cup 1998 Qualifiers
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  • Scotland automatically qualified for the finals with Austria, as the best 2nd placed team.
Scotland Matches
Group Stages
Date
Opponent
H/A
Result
Att.
31/08/1996
Austria
A
D 0-0
29,500
Details
05/10/1996
Latvia
A
W 2-0
9,500
Details
09/10/1996
Estonia
A
-
1,000
Details
(Match abandoned after Estonia did not show up)
10/11/1996
Sweden
H
W 1-0
50,000
Details
11/02/1997
Estonia
N
D 0-0
4,000
Details
29/03/1997
Estonia
H
W 2-0
17,996
Details
02/04/1997
Austria
H
W 2-0
43,295
Details
30/04/1997
Sweden
A
L 1-2
40,000
Details
08/06/1997
Belarus
A
W 1-0
12,000
Details
07/09/1997
Belarus
H
W 4-1
20,160
Details
11/10/1997
Latvia
H
W 2-0
47,613
Details
Group 4 Table
 
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
GD
QAustria
10
8
1
1
17
4
25
+13
QSCOTLAND
10
7
2
1
15
3
23
+12
Sweden
10
7
0
3
16
9
21
+7
Latvia
10
3
1
6
10
14
10
-4
Estonia
10
1
1
8
4
16
4
-12
Belarus
10
1
1
8
5
21
4
-16
Group 4 Results
1st June 1996
Sweden 5-1 Belarus

31st August 1996
Austria 0-0 Scotland
Belarus 1-0 Estonia

1st September 1996
Latvia 1-2 Sweden

5th October 1996
Estonia 1-0 Belarus
Latvia 0-2 Scotland

9th October 1996
Sweden 0-1 Austria
Belarus 1-1 Latvia

9th November 1996
Austria 2-1 Latvia

10th November 1996
Scotland 1-0 Sweden

11th February 1997
Estonia 0-0 Scotland

29th March 1997
Scotland 2-0 Estonia

2nd April 1997
Scotland 2-0 Austria

30th April 1997
Austria 2-0 Estonia
Sweden 2-1 Scotland
Latvia 2-0 Belarus

18th May 1997
Estonia 1-3 Latvia

8th June 1997
Latvia 1-3 Austria
Belarus 0-1 Scotland
Estonia 2-3 Sweden

20th August 1997
Estonia 0-3 Austria
Belarus 1-2 Sweden

6th September 1997
Austria 1-0 Sweden
Latvia 1-0 Estonia

7th September 1997
Scotland 4-1 Belarus

10th September 1997
Belarus 0-1 Austria
Sweden 1-0 Latvia

11th October 1997
Sweden 1-0 Estonia
Austria 4-0 Belarus
Scotland 2-0 Latvia

Second Place Teams Table
 
P
W
D
L
F
A
Pts
GD
QSCOTLAND
6
4
1
1
8
2
13
+6
PItaly
6
3
3
0
5
0
12
+5
PBelgium
6
4
0
2
11
11
12
0
PRussia
6
3
2
1
12
5
11
+7
PCroatia
6
3
2
1
11
8
11
+3
PYugoslavia
6
3
2
1
7
5
11
+2
PRepublic of Ireland
6
2
2
2
8
6
8
+2
PUkraine
6
2
2
2
5
5
8
0
PHungary
6
1
3
2
4
7
6
-3
Determined by results against 1st, 3rd, and 4th in the group. When level on points, position is determined by total goal difference then goals scored.