1998 Utah State Aggies football team, Season summary
After difficult road games at New Mexico and Colorado, the Aggies earned their first win of the Arslanian era by defeating Sam Houston State at home 47-17. More difficult results would follow, however, including a close home losses to Oregon State and eventual Big West champion Idaho. The Aggies record would sink to 1-7 before finishing with two wins in three weeks as they were able to beat New Mexico State on the road and North Texas at home in the season finale. The win against New Mexico State, a double OT thriller, was Utah State's 19th consecutive victory in the series, constituting the longest winning streak the Aggies have enjoyed over any opponent.


1998 Utah State Aggies football team, Awards and honors
The Aggies had ten players named to either the first or second all-conference team in the Big West.


1998 Utah Utes football team
The 1998 season was Utah's last in the Western Athletic Conference - the following year, the newly created Mountain West Conference began play. This was also the first season in the newly rebuilt Rice-Eccles Stadium.


1998 Uzbek League
The 1998 Uzbek League season was the 7th edition of top level football in Uzbekistan since independence from the Soviet Union in 1992.


1998 Uzbek League, Overview
It was contested by 16 teams, and Pakhtakor Tashkent won the championship.


1998 VCU Rams men's soccer team
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1998 VCU Rams men's soccer team
The 1998 VCU Rams men's soccer team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 1998 NCAA Division I men's soccer season. The Rams played in the Colonial Athletic Association for their fourth. It was the program's 21st season fielding a men's varsity college soccer program.


1998 VCU Rams men's soccer team
The Rams entered the season as the defending CAA Men's Soccer Tournament champions. The Rams were able to win the conference regular season title, before falling in the CAA Semifinals to Richmond. The Rams earned an at-large berth into the NCAA Tournament, where they fell in overtime to South Carolina.


1998 VFL season
The 1998 Victorian Football League season was the 117th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Springvale Football Club, after it defeated Werribee by 38 points in the Grand Final on 20 September. It was Springvale's fourth top division premiership, and the third of four premierships it won in the five years from 1995 to 1999.


1998 VFL season, League membership
There were two changes to the membership of the VFL for the 1998 season: the Bendigo Diggers were admitted and the Traralgon Maroons departed. The Preston Knights were excluded from the league in October 1997, but were reinstated the following month. Strategically, the Victorian State Football League desired to fully align the VFL with the statewide under-18s competition (the TAC Cup), with twelve clubs in each competition and one VFL clubs aligned with each TAC Cup club, and the changes were in large part driven by these motivations.


1998 VFL season, League membership, Bendigo
At this time, there were two regional TAC Cup clubs with no VFL affiliate: the Bendigo Pioneers and the Murray Bushrangers. In early 1997, the VSFL granted a licence to the Bendigo Football Club to enter a team from the 1998 season and to be aligned with the Pioneers. The club was newly established, unlike the VFL's other two regional teams – North Ballarat and Traralgon – who had been strong clubs in their local competitions. The club wore blue and gold and took the nickname Diggers.


1998 VFL season, League membership, Traralgon
As a condition of its entry to the VFL in 1996, Traralgon had always intended to allow the members another vote on whether to stay in the VFL or return to the Latrobe Valley Football League after two seasons. In those first two seasons, Traralgon had achieved little on-field success (a win-loss record of 4–31–1); off-field, its average home crowd of 1,200 was among the best in the league, but its finances were stretched due to extra travel and difficulties attracting the necessary sponsorship. There was division within the Traralgon board, with different news reports indicating the board recommending staying or leaving. Ultimately, when the vote took place at the end of November 1997, the members voted in favour of departing, and the club returned to the LTFL.


1998 VFL season, League membership, Traralgon
Less than a day after Traralgon's departure was announced, a new group which included some members of the Traralgon board formed a new Gippsland Power senior football club board and applied to join the VFL as a replacement for Traralgon, but this never eventuated and the VFL has since remained without Gippsland representation.


1998 VFL season, League membership, Preston
On 21 October 1997, the VSFL announced that it would not grant Preston a VFL licence for the 1998 season. As had been the case with the attempted expulsion of Werribee two years earlier, the decision came from the VSFL's desire to reduce the number of metropolitan teams from nine to eight to align it with the eight TAC Cup clubs from the greater Melbourne and Geelong region.


1998 VFL season, League membership, Preston
It was intended that the Northern Knights TAC Cup team would be reallocated from Preston to Port Melbourne, and that the Geelong Falcons TAC Cup team would be reallocated from Port Melbourne to Werribee (which at that time had no affiliated TAC Cup team). The VSFL had reportedly debated whether Preston or Coburg would be the eliminated club, with the latter retained largely due to its superior playing facilities.


1998 VFL season, League membership, Preston
Preston had been struggling through the 1990s, with no on-field success and difficulty retaining players, and it had courted former VFA club Prahran during the year to consider an administrative merger to help its finances. Nevertheless, it fought to regain its licence, and in a meeting on 8 November it obtained agreement from the VSFL to delay its final decision and allow the club time to campaign for reinstatement. Over the subsequent weeks, the club gained the support of the Darebin Council to upgrade its Preston City Oval facilities.


1998 VFL season, League membership, Preston
Ultimately, it was Traralgon's departure at the end of November that had the most significant part to play in Preston's licence being reinstated. With no Gippsland-based team to serve as Gippsland Power's affiliate, the VSFL was faced with the prospect of having to align the Power with a metropolitan club, which would remove the need to eliminate the ninth metropolitan club. In moves which took place before 1999, Gippsland Power was allocated to Springvale; the Oakleigh Chargers were reallocated from Springvale to Port Melbourne; and the Geelong Falcons were reallocated from Port Melbourne to Werribee. Preston then remained in the league as the Northern Knights' affiliate.


1998 VMI Keydets football team
The 1998 VMI Keydets football team represented the Virginia Military Institute during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. It was the Keydets' 108th year of football and second season under head coach Ted Cain, who was replaced by interim head coach Donny White after a 1–9 start. VMI ended the season 1–10 with a sole victory over Lenoir-Rhyne.


1998 Vail arson attacks
On the morning of October 19, 1998, a group of people part of the Earth Liberation Front set fire to several lifts and buildings at Vail Ski Resort. This was one of the most serious ecotage attacks in the history of the United States, causing $12 million in damages, which caught the attention of the nation. The fires were set at Two Elk Lodge, and destroyed multiple buildings on Vail Mountain, including Two Elk Restaurant. In 2006, Chelsea Dawn Gerlach and Stanislas Gregory Meyerhoff both pleaded guilty to the attacks.


1998 Vail arson attacks
In August 2018, suspect Joseph Dibee, on the run for 12 years, was en route to Russia when he was apprehended in Cuba, then returned to the United States. Josephine Sunshine Overaker, believed to have fled to Europe in 2001, remains at large and is wanted by the FBI.


1998 Valdostan regional election
The Valdostan regional election of 1998 took place on 31 May 1998.


1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team
The 1998 Vanderbilt Commodores football team represented Vanderbilt University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team played their home games at Vanderbilt Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee and finished the season with a record of two wins and nine losses (2–9, 1–7 in the SEC).


1998 Vanuatuan general election
General elections were held in Vanuatu on 6 March 1998. They "were held under the shadow of a state of emergency (the result of riots in Port Vila over governmental financial improprieties) and were accompanied by an unusually low turnout rate", with only 61.6% of registered voters casting a ballot.


1998 Vanuatuan general election
The Vanua'aku Pati, led by Donald Kalpokas, obtained 18 seats. The ruling Union of Moderate Parties obtained 12, while the National United Party obtained 11, and the Melanesian Progressive Party 6.


1998 Vanuatuan general election
The Vanua'aku Pati returned to power for the first time since 1991, forming a coalition with the NUP. Donald Kalpokas (VP) became Prime Minister, with Walter Lini (NUP) as deputy Prime Minister. The new government was exclusively anglophone, following the defeat of the francophone UMP.


1998 Veikkausliiga, Overview
It was contested by 10 teams, and Haka Valkeakoski won the championship.


1998 Venezuelan parliamentary election
Parliamentary election were held in Venezuela on 8 November. Democratic Action won a plurality of seats, winning 61 of the 207 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 21 of the 54 seats in the Senate. Voter turnout was 54.5% in the Senate elections and 52.7% in the Chamber elections.


1998 Venezuelan parliamentary election
People elected for the first time in this election include Nicolás Maduro and Juan Barreto (MVR), Henrique Capriles Radonski (COPEI) for the Chamber of Deputies; and Rafael Poleo (Democratic Action) and Julián Isaías Rodríguez Diaz (MVR) for the Senate.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Venezuela on 6 December 1998. The main candidates were Hugo Chávez, a career military officer who led a coup d'état against then-president Carlos Andrés Pérez in 1992; and former Carabobo Governor Henrique Salas Römer. Both candidates represented newly formed parties, a first in a country where the main candidates always represented the parties of the bipartisanship. Chávez represented the Fifth Republic Movement (MVR), while Salas Römer represented Project Venezuela.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election
Initially weak in the polls, Chávez ran on an anti-corruption and anti-poverty platform, condemning the two major parties that had dominated Venezuelan politics since 1958; and began to gain ground in the polls after the previous front runners faded. Despite the fact that the major parties (Copei and Democratic Action) endorsed Salas Römer, Chávez was elected into his first term as President of Venezuela.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election
A political realignment, the result meant the end of the bipartisanship that had dominated the political atmosphere of the country in the last 40 years, and the beginning of the dominance of the new MVR party (later merged into the United Socialist Party of Venezuela).


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Background
In the early 1990s the Venezuelan government's economic strength and political legitimacy was declining, with two coup attempts in 1992 and the impeachment for corruption of President Carlos Andrés Pérez. The result was a turn against the traditional Puntofijo Pact parties (Democratic Action and Copei) in the 1993 elections: Rafael Caldera's victory in 1993 was the first time in Venezuela's democratic history that a President had been elected without the support of either of the two major parties. It was symptomatic that Caldera's election platform included pardoning those who had participated in the coup attempts, and he did so in 1994. Hugo Chávez, imprisoned for his role in the February 1992 coup attempt, was among those released.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Background
By 1998, the economic crisis had grown even worse. Per capita GDP was at the same level as 1963, down a third from its 1978 peak; the purchasing power of the average salary was a third of its 1978 level.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Background, Chávez's participation
For a number of years after his 1994 release from prison, Chávez maintained a position against participation in elections, believing them a fixed game which merely legitimated the established order. This led to a split with his colleague Francisco Arias Cárdenas, who left the MBR-200. In the early years after his release, Chávez considered the possibility of another coup attempt, but with the prospects appearing slim, some advisers, notably Luis Miquilena, urged him to reconsider his scepticism of the elections, arguing that Chávez could potentially win so convincingly that the establishment would not be able to deny him victory.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Background, Chávez's participation
To find out whether this was the case, Chávez set up teams of psychologists, sociologists, university professors and students to carry out a survey. With their support, grassroots members of the Bolivarian movement polled tens of thousands of people across the country. The results showed that 70% of respondents supported Chávez running for the presidency – and 57% said they would vote for him. Support for the electoral route was strengthened when Arias Cárdenas, as a candidate for Radical Cause, won the Governorship of Zulia State in the December 1995 regional elections.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Background, Chávez's participation
Despite this, the MBR-200 remained divided over electoral participation, and spent a year debating the issue in local, regional and national assemblies. A national congress on 19 April 1997 took from 9 am until 2 am the next day to reach a conclusion, ultimately deciding to launch Chávez' candidacy. Some members of the movement resigned in protest, holding too much at stake. In July 1997 Chávez registered the new Fifth Republic Movement with the National Electoral Council (the name had to be changed as Venezuelan law did not permit parties to use Simón Bolívar's name). The international media took little interest, citing opinion polls showing 8% support for Chávez.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Electoral process
The 1998 elections were the first to be carried out with a non-partisan National Electoral Council. Traditionally poll workers had been provided by the parties, but in this election "a lottery was set up to draft 300,000 registered voters as poll workers". The elections also saw "the world's first automated voting system, which featured a single integrated electronic network that was supposed to transmit the results from the polling stations to central headquarters within minutes."


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Electoral process
Whilst Venezuela had traditionally provided election observers to other Latin American countries, the uncertainty of the new system and the possibility of handover to a non-traditional party raised the stakes in terms of demonstrating that the elections would be fair, and Venezuela invited international election observers for the first time. The Organization of American States, European Union, Carter Center and International Republican Institute all sent delegations.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Electoral process
The automated vote system enabled the Electoral Council to announce the results within 2.5 hours of the polls closing. After corroborating the results with the Carter Center, the losing candidate conceded several hours later.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign
The campaign was dominated by independent candidates, as the electorate completed the turn against the establishment parties begun in 1993. In the final poll of the year in December 1997 Irene Sáez, a former beauty queen (Miss Universe 1981) and mayor of the Caracas district of Chacao, reached almost 70% as an independent candidate. However, despite spending millions of dollars on publicity, she fell below 15% within six months, as the public became increasingly sceptical of her readiness for the Presidency, and as she lost credibility as an anti-establishment candidate after accepting the endorsement of COPEI. The other early leading candidate, the former Democratic Action leader Claudio Fermín, reached 35% in December 1997, but fell to 6% by April 1998.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign
During 1998, it then became increasingly clear that the campaign was a race between Salas Römer and Chávez. Salas Römer, the governor of Carabobo and leader of the new Project Venezuela party, appeared a credible candidate as Sáez lost ground, and reached 21% in the polls in August 1998. However at the same time, Chávez's own campaign gained ground as he established himself with the electorate. From around 5% in September 1997 to over 10% in late February 1998, Chávez registered 30% in polls taken in May 1998; by August he was registering 39%.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign
The Chávez platform comprised three basic pledges. First to begin his presidency by abolishing Venezuela's old puntofijismo political system of two-party patronage, and opening up political power to independent and third parties. Second, to end corruption. Third, to eradicate poverty in Venezuela. In working to gain the trust of voters, Chávez drafted an agenda that drew heavily on his interpretation of Bolivarianism. Chávez also utilized his charisma and flamboyant public speaking style—noted for its abundance of colloquialisms and ribald manner—on the campaign trail to help win the trust and favor of a primarily poor and working class following. On one occasion, he threatened to "fry" the heads of his opponents.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign
The two traditional main parties hoped that 8 November parliamentary and regional elections would give them a boost, a month ahead of 8 December presidential elections, but the poll remained a two-horse race. At this point polls generally showed Chávez with a 6–12-point lead over Salas Römer's approximately 38% poll numbers, though in some polls he exceeded that margin. Both COPEI and Democratic Action now sought to endorse Salas Römer (he was reluctant to accept).


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Campaign
COPEI persuaded its candidate (Sáez) to resign, but Democratic Action's candidate, Alfaro Ucero, refused to do so, triggering an electoral crisis as the National Electoral Council had to rule on whether the Democratic Action ballot slot belonged to the party or the candidate. Salas Römer agreed to accept the endorsement of COPEI and Democratic Action regional and local parties, and sought to maintain a distance to the parties' national leadership. In the end, it was not enough, and Chávez won a substantial majority, and won 17 of 23 states.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Reactions, Domestic
Following his victory, Chávez promised that he would not devalue the bolivar and that currency controls would not be created. Salas Römer reacted to the results stating "I not only accept the victory of my adversary but wish him luck, lots of luck, because his luck will be that of Venezuela". Some Chávez supporters reacted to his election by saying that they would accept an authoritarian government under Chávez if he decided to utilize such form of government.


1998 Venezuelan presidential election, Reactions, International
The United States reacted cautiously, with American Ambassador John Maisto stating that "With respect to what we know about Mr. Chavez's platform, we will have to see what his policies are, in fact, and see whom he will appoint to key positions".


1998 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 1998 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Democrat Howard Dean ran successfully for re-election to a fourth full term as Governor of Vermont, defeating Republican candidate Ruth Dwyer.


1998 Victory Bowl
The 1998 Victory Bowl, the second edition of the annual game, was a college football bowl game played on Saturday, November 28, 1998, at Fawcett Stadium in Canton, Ohio. It featured the Geneva Golden Tornadoes against the Maranatha Baptist Crusaders. The Tornadoes won 27–6.


1998 Vincentian general election
General elections were held in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on 15 June 1998. Although the Unity Labour Party (ULP) received a majority of the public vote, the New Democratic Party (NDP) won a majority of seats, the first time the party receiving a majority of the vote had failed to win the elections since 1966. Voter turnout was 67.4%.


1998 Vincentian general election, Campaign
The ruling NDP led by Prime Minister James Mitchell was opposed by the ULP headed by Vincent Beache; the ULP had been founded in 1994 by a merger of the Movement for National Unity (MNU) and the Saint Vincent Labour Party. The election date had been announced on 18 May.


1998 Vincentian general election, Campaign
During the campaign, the NDP advocated tax cuts and the promotion of tourism and agricultural development, while the ULP called for job creation, economic development and improved social services.


1998 Vincentian general election, Results
When polling results giving the NDP eight seats and the ULP seven seats were announced, Beache declared that he could not accept the outcome and called for fresh elections, alleging voter intimidation, fraud, and bribery; this was promptly rebutted by the NDP. Final results showed the ULP had received 54.6% of valid votes.


1998 Vincentian general election, Aftermath
On 17 June Mitchell was sworn in for his fourth consecutive term as Prime Minister; his new Cabinet took office the next day. In December 1998 Beache resigned as leader of the ULP, and Ralph Gonsalves was elected in his place. However, Beache remained as leader of the opposition in the House of Assembly.


1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team
The 1998 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was George Welsh. They played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia.


1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football team
The 1998 Virginia Tech Hokies football team represented the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head coach was Frank Beamer.


1998 Virginia ballot measures
The 1998 Virginia State Elections took place on Election Day, November 3, 1998, the same day as the U.S. House elections in the state. The only statewide elections on the ballot were five constitutional referendums  to amend the Virginia State Constitution. Because Virginia state elections are held on off-years, no statewide officers or state legislative elections were held. All referendums were referred to the voters by the Virginia General Assembly.


1998 Virginia ballot measures, Question 1
The Overseas Voters Act amendment asked voters to permit persons employed overseas and their families who are qualified to vote in Virginia to continue to vote in Virginia while overseas, subject to the conditions and time limits set by federal and state laws.


1998 Virginia ballot measures, Question 2
The Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission Act amendment affects the Judicial Inquiry and Review Commission's confidential investigations of charges against judges. This proposed amendment gives the General Assembly the ability to disclose the scope and level of confidentiality of these investigations. Furthermore, this amendment gives the General Assembly the responsibility to provide by statute the extent to which Commission proceedings and documents will be confidential.


1998 Virginia ballot measures, Question 3
The Economic Development Areas; Governing Bodies Act amendment asked voters to authorize agreements among localities for sharing the revenues and costs of a specified land area and for the General Assembly to establish a special governing body for the area. Fiscal commitments related to the land area would not be deemed local debt.


1998 Virginia ballot measures, Question 4
The Economic Growth-Sharing Agreements Act amendment asked voters to exempt the fiscal obligations involved in economic growth-sharing agreements from certain constitutional limits or requirements that usually apply to local debt. The amendment will treat this type of obligation like other special types of local debt that are not subject to those constitutional limits.


1998 Virginia ballot measures, Question 5
The Tax Exemptions Act amendment asked voters to allow the General Assembly the ability to give local governments the option of partially or fully eliminating either the business, professional or occupational license tax or the merchants' capital tax or both.


1998 VisionAire 500K
The 1998 VisionAire 500K was the seventh round of the 1998 Indy Racing League. The race was held on July 25, 1998 at the 1.500 mi (2.414 km) Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.


1998 VisionAire 500K, Report, Qualifying
Two laps qualifying. The worst lap from any of the drivers are unknown.


1998 Vodacom Cup
The 1998 Vodacom Cup was played between 18 February and 28 May 2014 and was the 1st edition of this annual domestic cup competition. This edition of the Vodacom Cup was played between the fourteen provincial rugby union teams in South Africa.


1998 Vodacom Cup, Competition
There were fourteen teams participating in the 1998 Vodacom Cup. These teams were geographically divided into two sections - Section A (south-western section) and Section B (north-eastern section), with seven teams in each section. Teams played all the other teams in their section twice over the course of the season, once at home and once away.


1998 Vodacom Cup, Competition
Teams received four log points for a win and two log points for a draw. Bonus log points were awarded to teams that scored four or more tries in a game, as well as to teams that lost a match by seven points or less. Teams were ranked by log points, then points difference (points scored less points conceded).


1998 Vodacom Cup, Competition
The top two teams in each section qualified for the play-offs. In the semi-finals, the teams that finished first in each section had home advantage against the teams that finished second in the other section. The winners of these semi-finals then played each other in the final.


1998 Vodacom Cup, Teams, Team Listing
The following teams took part in the 1998 Vodacom Cup competition:


1998 Vodacom Cup, Round-robin stage, Logs
The final logs at the completion of the round-robin stage were as follows:


1998 Volleyball America's Cup
The 1998 Volleyball America's Cup was the first edition of the annual Men's Volleyball Tournament, played by six countries from North-, Central- and South America. The tournament was held from October 1 to October 11, 1998, in Catamarca, Tucumán, Salta, and Mar del Plata, Argentina.


1998 Volta a Catalunya
The 1998 Volta a Catalunya was the 78th edition of the Volta a Catalunya cycle race and was held from 18 June to 25 June 1998. The race started in Vila-seca and finished in Andorra la Vella. The race was won by Hernán Buenahora of the Vitalicio Seguros team.


1998 Volta a Catalunya, Teams
Sixteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


1998 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana
The 1998 Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana was the 56th edition of the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana road cycling stage race, which was held from 24 February to 28 February 1998. The race started in Calpe and finished in Valencia. The race was won by Pascal Chanteur of the Casino–Ag2r team.


1998 Volvo PGA Championship
The 1998 Volvo PGA Championship was the 44th edition of the Volvo PGA Championship, an annual professional golf tournament on the European Tour. It was held 22–25 May at the West Course of Wentworth Club in Virginia Water, Surrey, England, a suburb southwest of London.


1998 Volvo PGA Championship
Colin Montgomerie won his first Volvo PGA Championship with a one stroke victory over Ernie Els, Gary Orr and Patrik Sjöland.


1998 Volvo Women's Open
The 1998 Volvo Women's Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Pattaya, Thailand that was part of Tier IV of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the eighth edition of the tournament and was held from 16 November through 22 November 1998. Second-seeded Julie Halard-Decugis won the singles title and earned $17,700 first-prize money.


1998 Volvo Women's Open, Finals, Doubles
Els Callens /  Julie Halard-Decugis defeated  Rika Hiraki /  Aleksandra Olsza 3–6, 6–2, 6–2


1998 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles
Kristine Kunce and Corina Morariu were the defending champions but only Kunce competed that year with Nicole Pratt.


1998 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles
Kunce and Pratt lost in the quarterfinals to Rika Hiraki and Aleksandra Olsza.


1998 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles
Els Callens and Julie Halard-Decugis won in the final 3–6, 6–2, 6–2 against Hiraki and Olsza.


1998 Volvo Women's Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Volvo Women's Open – Singles
Henrieta Nagyová was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Silvija Talaja.


1998 Volvo Women's Open – Singles
Julie Halard-Decugis won in the final 6–1, 6–2 against Fang Li.


1998 Volvo Women's Open – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1998 Vuelta Ciclista de Chile
The 21st edition of the Vuelta Ciclista de Chile was held from March 19 to March 29, 1998, in Southern Chile over a distance of 1519 km.


1998 Vuelta a Andalucía
The 1998 Vuelta a Andalucía was the 44th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía (Ruta del Sol) cycle race and was held on 15 February to 19 February 1998. The race started in Seville and finished in Granada. The race was won by Marcelino García.


1998 Vuelta a Andalucía, Teams
Nineteen teams of up to eight riders started the race:


1998 Vuelta a Asturias
The 1998 Vuelta a Asturias was the 42nd edition of the Vuelta a Asturias road cycling stage race, which was held from 12 May to 17 May 1998. The race started in Gijón and finished in Oviedo. The race was won by Laurent Jalabert of the ONCE team.


1998 Vuelta a Burgos
The 1998 Vuelta a Burgos was the 20th edition of the Vuelta a Burgos road cycling stage race, which was held from 10 August to 14 August 1998. The race started in Miranda de Ebro and finished in Burgos. The race was won by Abraham Olano of the Banesto team.


1998 Vuelta a Castilla y León
The 1998 Vuelta a Castilla y León was the 13th edition of the Vuelta a Castilla y León cycle race and was held on 1 June to 4 June 1998. The race started in Palencia and finished in Valladolid. The race was won by Aitor Garmendia.


1998 Vuelta a Colombia
The 48th edition of the Vuelta a Colombia was held from April 25 to May 10, 1998. Only 68 cyclists (out of 93) completed the race.


1998 Vuelta a España
The 53rd edition of the Vuelta a España was held 5  to 27 September 1998 and began in Córdoba and ended in Madrid. The 1998 Vuelta had 22 stages over 3,774 km (2,345 mi) with the winning average speed of 40.262 km/h (25.018 mph). Spaniard Abraham Olano took the leader's jersey after the first individual time trial with 41 seconds over Frenchman Laurent Jalabert.


1998 Vuelta a España
Olano's lead in the mountains decreased each stage as teammate José María Jiménez marked Olano's rivals and took several stage wins in the process until Jiménez took the jersey from Olano on the final mountain stage to Alto de Navacerrada with Olano in third place at 38 seconds. On the following day's individual time trial, Olano took back the lead to win the only Grand Tour of his career.


1998 Vuelta a España
The race also saw the astonishing comeback of Lance Armstrong after he was diagnosed with advanced testicular cancer in 1996. Armstrong's fourth-place finish was stripped by USADA in 2012 due to doping.


1998 Vuelta a España, Teams
A total of 22 teams were invited to participate in the 1998 Vuelta a España. Seventeen of the competing squads were Trade Team I teams, four teams were Trade Team II teams, while the other team was Trade Team III. Each team sent a squad of nine riders, so the Vuelta began with a peloton of 198 cyclists, a total of 108 riders made it to the finish in Madrid.


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11
The 1998 Vuelta a España was the 53rd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Córdoba on 5 September, and Stage 11 occurred on 16 September with a stage to Cerler. The race finished in Madrid on 27 September.


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 1
5 September 1998 — Córdoba to Córdoba, 161.7 km (100.5 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 2
6 September 1998 — Córdoba to Cádiz, 234.6 km (145.8 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 3
7 September 1998 — Cádiz to Estepona, 192.6 km (119.7 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 4
8 September 1998 — Málaga to Granada, 173.5 km (107.8 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 5
9 September 1998 — Olula del Río to Murcia, 165.5 km (102.8 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 6
10 September 1998 — Murcia to Xorret de Catí, 201.5 km (125.2 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 7
11 September 1998 — Alicante to Valencia, 185 km (115 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 8
12 September 1998 — Palma de Mallorca to Palma de Mallorca, 181.5 km (112.8 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 9
13 September 1998 — Alcúdia to Alcúdia, 39.5 km (24.5 mi) (ITT)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 10
15 September 1998 — Vic to Estación de Pal, 199.3 km (123.8 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 1 to Stage 11, Stage 11
16 September 1998 — Andorra la Vella to Cerler, 186 km (116 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22
The 1998 Vuelta a España was the 53rd edition of the Vuelta a España, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Vuelta began in Córdoba on 5 September, and Stage 12 occurred on 17 September with a stage from Benasque. The race finished in Madrid on 27 September.


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 12
17 September 1998 — Benasque to Jaca, 187 km (116 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 13
18 September 1998 — Sabiñánigo to Sabiñánigo, 208.5 km (129.6 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 14
19 September 1998 — Biescas to Zaragoza, 145.5 km (90.4 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 15
20 September 1998 — Zaragoza to Soria, 178.7 km (111.0 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 16
21 September 1998 — Soria to Laguna Negra de Neila, 143.7 km (89.3 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 17
22 September 1998 — Burgos to León, 188.5 km (117.1 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 18
23 September 1998 — León to Salamanca, 223 km (139 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 19
24 September 1998 — Ávila to Segovia, 170.4 km (105.9 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 20
25 September 1998 — Segovia to Alto de Navacerrada, 206 km (128 mi)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 21
26 September 1998 — Fuenlabrada to Fuenlabrada, 39 km (24 mi) (ITT)


1998 Vuelta a España, Stage 12 to Stage 22, Stage 22
27 September 1998 — Madrid to Madrid, 163 km (101 mi)


1998 Vuelta a Murcia
The 1998 Vuelta a Murcia was the 14th edition of the Vuelta a Murcia cycle race and was held on 4 March to 8 March 1998. The race started and finished in Murcia. The race was won by Alberto Elli.


1998 WABA Champions Cup
The WABA Champions Cup 1998 was the 1st staging of the WABA Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of West Asia Basketball Association. The tournament was held in Amman, Jordan between February 23 and February 27. The winner qualify for the ABC Champions Cup 1998.


1998 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1998 Western Athletic Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 3–7 at the Thomas & Mack Center at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in Paradise, Nevada.


1998 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
Hosts UNLV upset New Mexico in the championship game, 56–51, to clinch their first WAC men's tournament championship.


1998 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament
The Rebels, in turn, received an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Tournament. They were joined in the tournament by three other WAC members, New Mexico, TCU, and Utah, who all earned at-large bids. Utah, who was also the WAC regular season champion, ultimately went on to the national championship game, losing to Kentucky, while knocking off San Francisco, Arkansas, West Virginia, Arizona, and North Carolina on their way to title game.


1998 WAC Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
No changes were made to the tournament format from the 1997 tournament. Teams were again seeded based on their position within either the Mountain or Pacific Division (top six teams only).


1998 WAFU Club Championship
The 1998 WAFU Club Championship was the 29th  football club tournament season that took place for the runners-up or third place of each West African country's domestic league, the West African Club Championship. It was won by Nigeria's Shooting Stars after defeating Niger's JS Ténéré 2–0. Only four clubs competed in the edition. All of its four matches were played in Lomé, Togo.


1998 WAFU Club Championship
The edition would start at the semis and only have a single match each of the four portions and a third place match would occur in the season.


1998 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament
The 1998 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament was the 39th conference playoff in league history and 46th season where a WCHA champion was crowned. The tournament was played between March 13 and March 21, 1998. First round games were played at home team campus sites while all 'Final Five' matches were held at the Bradley Center in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. By winning the tournament, Wisconsin was awarded the Broadmoor Trophy and received the WCHA's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1998 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The first round of the postseason tournament featured a best-of-three games format. All nine conference teams participated in the tournament as did Mankato State which was slated to join the WCHA as a full member in two years. Teams were seeded No. 1 through No. 9 according to their final conference standing, with a tiebreaker system used to seed teams with an identical number of points accumulated while Mankato State was seeded tenth. The top five seeded teams each earned home ice and hosted one of the lower seeded teams.


1998 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The winners of the first round series advanced to the Bradley Center for the WCHA Final Five, the collective name for the quarterfinal, semifinal, and championship rounds. The Final Five uses a single-elimination format. Teams were re-seeded No. 1 through No. 5 according to the final regular season conference standings, with the top three teams automatically advancing to the semifinals and the remaining two playing in a quarterfinal game.


1998 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format
The semifinal pitted the top remaining seed against the winner of the quarterfinal game while the two other teams that received byes were matched against one another with the winners advancing to the championship game and the losers meeting in a Third Place contest. The Tournament Champion received an automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament.


1998 WCHA Men's Ice Hockey Tournament, Format, Conference Standings
Note: GP = Games Played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; PTS = Points; GF = Goals For; GA = Goals Against


1998 WDF Europe Cup
The 1998 WDF Europe Cup was the 11th edition of the WDF Europe Cup darts tournament, organised by the World Darts Federation. It was held in Oslo, Norway from 6 to 9 August.


1998 WNBA Championship
The 1998 WNBA Championship was the championship series of the 1998 WNBA season, and the conclusion of the season's playoffs. The Houston Comets, top-seeded team of the league, defeated the Phoenix Mercury, third-seeded team of the league, two games to one in a best-of-three series. This was Houston's second straight title.


1998 WNBA Championship
The Comets made their second appearance in the Finals in two years. The Mercury appeared in the Finals for the first time in franchise history.


1998 WNBA Championship
Going into the series, the Comets had won the only championship, being it only the second season of the league's existence.


1998 WNBA Championship
The Comets' 27–3 record gave them home court advantage over Phoenix (19–11). The Comets lost game 1 in Phoenix, but won games 2 and 3 to take the series.


1998 WNBA Championship, Road to the finals, Regular season series
The Houston Comets won 2 of the 3 games in the regular season series:


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 1
Jennifer Gillom's basket in the lane with 8.9 seconds left gave the Phoenix Mercury a 54–51 victory over the Houston Comets in Game 1 of the WNBA Finals.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 1
Gillom, who helped set up her go-ahead shot by blocking a shot by Houston's Kim Perrot on the previous possession, finished with 15 points on just 5-of-20 shooting. She also grabbed 10 rebounds.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 1
The Mercury, who finished eight games behind the Comets in the Western Conference, can win the title with a victory at Houston on Saturday. Phoenix handed Houston its fourth loss all season (another also from Phoenix in the regular season).


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 1
League MVP Cynthia Cooper was a one-woman show for the Comets, finishing with 29 points. The rest of the team—which includes first-team All-WNBA choices Sheryl Swoopes and Tina Thompson—managed to hit just 10-of-41 shots.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 2
Cynthia Cooper scored 19 of her 27 points after halftime as the defending champion Houston Comets forced a decisive third game in the WNBA Finals with a 74-69 overtime victory over the Phoenix Mercury. Sheryl Swoopes added 14 points and 13 rebounds for the Comets, who host Game 3. Houston, which won 27 of 30 regular-season games, lost Game 1 at Phoenix and trailed 62-50 with 7:24 to play before staging a furious rally to save its season.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 2
Michele Timms scored 21 points before fouling out in the final minute and reserve Kristi Harrower added a career-high 12 for Phoenix, which seemingly had taken control of the game with a 12–2 run midway through the second half. Jennifer Gillom, who averaged a team-high 20.8 points per game for the Mercury, scored just eight on 3-of-15 shooting.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 2
Phoenix, which led almost the entire second half, held a 50–48 edge with 11:43 to go after Cooper sank a foul shot following a technical foul on Mercury coach Cheryl Miller, which seemed to light a spark under the Mercury.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 2
Houston sensed the urgency and clawed back into the game. Yolanda Moore had a basket off an offensive rebound before Cooper added a free throw and eight-foot bank shot to make it 62–55 with 5:02 left.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 2
Houston shot 43 percent (28-of-65) from the field and Thompson finished with 12 points and 12 rebounds. Cooper was 11-of-14 from the line. The Mercury shot just 38 percent (24-of-63) but did hit 7-of-15 three-point shots.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 3
The Houston Comets claimed their second straight WNBA championship, pulling away from the pesky Phoenix Mercury late in the second half and claiming an 80–71 victory in decisive Game 3.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 3
After cruising through the regular season with a 27–3 record, the Comets were pushed to the limit by the Mercury after finishing eight games ahead of them in the Western Conference. In the end, however, Houston's trio of stars ensured the repeat.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 3
League MVP Cynthia Cooper scored 23 points and Tina Thompson added 18. Sheryl Swoopes, nearly invisible for the first 30 minutes, had 11 points in the final 9:13 and finished with 16.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 3
Michelle Griffiths scored a career-high 24 points and Jennifer Gillom had her best game of the series, netting 20. But Phoenix got nothing from Michele Timms, who finished with only two points—19 fewer than she had in Game 2.


1998 WNBA Championship, Game summaries, Game 3
The Comets have now won the only two WNBA championships.


1998 WNBA Playoffs
The 1998 WNBA Playoffs was the postseason for the Women's National Basketball Association's 1998 season which ended with the   Houston Comets beating the Phoenix Mercury, 2-1. Cynthia Cooper was named the MVP of the Finals. The Comets repeated as champions.


1998 WNBA season
The 1998 WNBA season was the Women's National Basketball Association's second season. The 1998 season saw two expansion teams join the league, the Detroit Shock and Washington Mystics. The expansion teams allowed the defending champions Houston Comets to move to the Western Conference. The regular season was extended from 28 games to 30 games. The season ended with the Comets winning their second WNBA championship. During the season, Kelly Boucher became the first Canadian to play in the league, suiting up for the Charlotte Sting.


1998 WNBA season, Playoffs
There were 10 teams in the league. For the playoffs, the four teams with the best record in the league were seeded one to four. Houston was switched to the Western Conference in 1997 so two Western Conference teams matched up in the WNBA Finals. Each round of the playoffs was played as a best-of-three series.


1998 WNBL season
The 1998 WNBL season was the 18th season of competition since its establishment in 1981. A total of 9 teams contested the league.


1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship
The 1998 WPA World Nine-ball Championship was a professional pool championship that took place in 1997 in Taipei City, Chinese Taipei. The event was won by Kunihiko Takahashi who defeated defending champion Johnny Archer in the final.


1998 WPF Draft
The 1998 WPF Draft was the second annual collegiate draft for the WPSL/WPF's 1998 season, and was held on December 7, in Palm Springs, CA  in conjunction with the 1998 NFCA National Convention. Draft order was based on teams' finish in 1997. Georgia Pride and Carolina Diamonds tied with the same record during the 1997 regular season. Georgia lost more games to Carolina in the 1997 head-to-head series and chose ahead of Carolina in the odd-numbered rounds. Carolina chose ahead of Georgia in the even numbered rounds.


1998 WPF Draft
Following are the 60 selections from the 1998 WPF draft:


1998 WPF Draft, 1998 WPF Draft
Position key: C = catcher; INF = infielder; SS = shortstop; OF = outfielder; UT = Utility infielder; P = pitcher; RHP = right-handed pitcher; LHP = left-handed pitcherPositions will be listed as combined for those who can play multiple positions.


1998 WTA German Open
The 1998 WTA German Open was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Rot-Weiss Tennis Club in Berlin in Germany that was part of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the 29th edition of the tournament and was held from 11 May through 17 May 1998. Conchita Martínez won the singles title.


1998 WTA German Open, Finals, Doubles
Lindsay Davenport /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Alexandra Fusai /  Nathalie Tauziat 6–3, 6–0


1998 WTA German Open – Doubles
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions but they competed with different partners that year, Davenport with Natasha Zvereva and Novotná with Chanda Rubin.


1998 WTA German Open – Doubles
Novotná and Rubin lost in the quarterfinals to Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.


1998 WTA German Open – Doubles
Davenport and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–0 against Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat.


1998 WTA German Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.


1998 WTA German Open – Singles
Mary Joe Fernández was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1998 WTA German Open – Singles
Conchita Martínez won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Amélie Mauresmo.


1998 WTA German Open – Singles, Seeds
The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 WTA Tour
The WTA Tour is the elite tour for professional women's tennis organised by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA). The WTA Tour includes the four Grand Slam tournaments, the WTA Tour Championships and the WTA Tier I, Tier II, Tier III and Tier IV events. ITF tournaments are not part of the WTA Tour, although they award points for the WTA World Ranking.


1998 WTA Tour, Schedule
This is the complete schedule of events on the 1998 WTA Tour, with player progression documented from the quarter-final stage.


1998 WTA Tour, Rankings
Below are the 1998 WTA year-end rankings in both singles and doubles competition:


1998 WW31
1998 WW31, is a non-resonant trans-Neptunian object and binary system from the Kuiper belt located in the outermost region of the Solar System, approximately 148 kilometers (92 miles) in diameter. It was first observed on 18 November 1998, by American astronomer Marc Buie and Robert Millis at the Kitt Peak National Observatory in Arizona, United States. In December 2000, a minor-planet moon, designated S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1 with a diameter of 123 kilometers (76 miles), was discovered in its orbit. After Charon in 1978, it was the first of nearly 100 satellites since discovered in the outer Solar System.


1998 WW31, Orbit and classification
Located beyond the orbit of Neptune, 1998 WW31 is a non-resonant classical Kuiper belt object (cubewano) of the so-called hot population, which have higher inclinations than those of the cold population. It orbits the Sun at a distance of 40.4–48.5 AU once every 297 years (108,345 days; semi-major axis of 44.48 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.09 and an inclination of 7° with respect to the ecliptic. The body's observation arc begins at Kitt Peak with its first observation on 18 November 1998.


1998 WW31, Numbering and naming
As of 2018, this minor planet has not been numbered nor named by the Minor Planet Center.


1998 WW31, Physical characteristics
1998 WW31 is expected to have a low albedo due to its blue (neutral) color. Other sources assume a higher albedo of 0.10 and 0.16, respectively (see below). It has a V–I color index of 0.91, notably lower than the mean-color index for cubewanos, and in between that of comets and Jupiter trojans.


1998 WW31, Physical characteristics, Satellite
1998 WW31 is a binary minor planet with a minor-planet moon in its orbit. On 22 December 2000, French astronomers Christian Veillet and Alain Doressoundiram in collaboration with J. Shapiro discovered the satellite using the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope at Mauna Kea on the Big Island of Hawaii, United States. The discovery was announced on 16 April 2001 and received the provisional designation S/2000 (1998 WW31) 1.


1998 WW31, Physical characteristics, Satellite
It was the first trans-Neptunian binary discovered after Charon in 1978, the largest satellite in the Pluto–Charon system. Since then nearly 100 trans-Neptunian binaries have been discovered. 1998 WW31 is also one of the most symmetrical binaries known in the Solar System. The satellite has a highly eccentric orbit of approximately 0.8 with an exceptionally long orbital period of 587 days and a semi-major axis of 22,620 kilometers.


1998 WW31, Physical characteristics, Diameter and albedo
While the primary measures 148 kilometers, the satellite has a diameter of 123 kilometers (a ratio of 0.883) with a combined system diameter of 192 kilometers. The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.10 and calculates a system diameter of 192 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 6.7, while Mike Brown finds a diameter of 267 kilometers with a lower albedo of 0.04.


1998 WW31, Physical characteristics, Rotation period
As of 2020, no rotational lightcurve of 1998 WW31 has been obtained from photometric observations. The body's rotation period, pole and shape remain unknown.


1998 Wagner Seahawks football team
The 1998 Wagner Seahawks football team represented Wagner College in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Northeast Conference (NEC). The Seahawks were led by 18th-year head coach Walt Hameline and played their home games at Wagner College Stadium. Wagner finished the season 7–3 overall and 3–2 in NEC play to tie for second place.


1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team
The 1998 Wake Forest Demon Deacons football team was an American football team that represented Wake Forest University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth season under head coach Jim Caldwell, the Demon Deacons compiled a 3–8 record and finished in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Coast Conference.


1998 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election
The 1998 Wakefield Metropolitan District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Wakefield Metropolitan District Council in West Yorkshire, England. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup
The 1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Long Island, United States that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 24 to 30 August 1998.


1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup, Champions, Doubles
Julián Alonso /  Javier Sánchez def. Brandon Coupe /  Dave Randall, 6–4, 6–4.


1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles
The 1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Long Island, United that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 24 to 30 August 1998.


1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Singles
The 1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Long Island, United that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 24 to 30 August 1998.


1998 Waldbaum's Hamlet Cup – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Wales rugby union tour of Africa
The 1998 Wales rugby union tour of Africa was a series of matches played in June 1998 in Zimbabwe and South Africa by Wales national rugby union team.


1998 Wales rugby union tour of Africa
Wales won their initial match against Zimbabwe in Harare, before moving on to the second leg of the tour in South Africa. Here they would play four tour matches against representative and provincial opposition and a test match against South Africa. Wales lost all four of the tour matches, and then were defeated by South Africa in the test match. The final scoreline of 96-13 was the biggest defeat Wales had ever had, and remains so as of 2020.


1998 Wales rugby union tour of Africa
Wales' head coach Kevin Bowring had resigned at the end of the 1998 Five Nations Championship, and with a replacement yet to be appointed, Dennis John was made caretaker coach ahead of the tour. Prior to the tour, 18 players from Wales made themselves unavailable to participate, while a further 8 picked up injuries during the tour.


1998 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election
The 1998 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council in the West Midlands, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1998 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council election, Background
Before the election 11 Labour councillors had split from the party, forming their own group and being led by a former leader of the council Dave Church.


1998 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
Elections to Waltham Forest Council were held in May 1998. The whole council was up for election for the first time since the 1994 election.


1998 Waltham Forest London Borough Council election
Waltham Forest local elections are held every four years, with the next due in 2002.


1998 Wandhama massacre
The 1998 Wandhama Ganderbal massacre refers to the killings of 26 Kashmiri Hindus in the town of WandhamaCoordinates:  in Jammu and Kashmir on 25 January 1998. The victims included four children and nine women. The Lashkar-e-Taiba/ Hizbul Mujahideen was blamed for perpetrating the massacre.


1998 Wandhama massacre, Background
Wandhama is a small town near Ganderbal in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir in India.


1998 Wandhama massacre, The massacre
On 25 January 1998, 26 Kashmiri Hindus living in the village of Wandhama were killed by unidentified gunmen. According to the testimony of one of the survivors of the incident, a 14-year-old Hindu boy named Vinod Kuman Dhar, the gunmen came to their house dressed like Indian Army soldiers, had tea with them, waiting for a radio message indicating that all Hindu families in the village had been covered. After a brief conversation they rounded up all the members of the Hindu households and then summarily gunned them down with Kalashnikov rifles. The massacre was allegedly committed under Abdul Hamid Gada of Hizbul Mujahideen and was timed to coincide with the Shab-e-Qadar, the holiest night of the month of Ramzan, when believers stay awake until dawn. Gada was subsequently killed in an operation by Indian security forces in 2000.


1998 Wandhama massacre, Reactions
The day after the incident, agitating Kashmiri Hindus clashed with police in the Capital, New Delhi, when they broke barricades and tried to force their way to the National Human Rights Commission. At least 11 Kashmiri Hindus were injured when they were hit by water cannon.


1998 Wandhama massacre, Reactions
Indian Prime Minister Inder Kumar Gujral joined the mourners in Kashmir's Wandhama village on 28 January. The Prime Minister was accompanied by Governor K V Krishna Rao, Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah and Union Minister for Environment Saifuddin Soz. He said:


1998 Wandhama massacre, Reactions
I have come here to express my grief on behalf of the nation. The people of Punjab had unitedly defeated the nefarious designs of the enemy. The people of Kashmir will also defeat the designs.


1998 Wandhama massacre, Reactions
There were protests in several refugee camps where Kashmiri Hindus had been living since their ethnic cleansing in 1990.


1998 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
The 1998 Wandsworth Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Wandsworth London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Wandsworth London Borough Council election
At the same as the election Wandsworth saw 74.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 25.7% against, on a 38.7% turnout.


1998 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Campaign
In the run up to the election a private Conservative poll was leaked which showed them 17% behind Labour and likely to only win in 4 wards as compared to 18 for Labour. However Labour and the Liberal Democrats accused the Conservatives of leaking the poll in order to lower expectations. The Conservatives would have lost control of the council on a 7% swing from the 1994 election, or if the 1997 general election results in the area were repeated. However Wandsworth had low council tax levels,  the lowest in the country, and the Conservatives had recently cut the tax by 24%. This meant commentators expected the Conservatives to stay in control of what was described as their showpiece council.


1998 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Campaign
For the election 9 of the 22 wards that made up the council were seen as being marginal.


1998 Wandsworth London Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Conservatives increase their control of the council gaining an extra 5 seats. This meant that with 50 seats the Conservatives had the most seats they had yet had on the council. Labour lost seats in St John and Roehampton wards, which was put down to the closure of the local Queen Mary's Hospital. Voter turnout at 40% was 10% down on the previous 1994 election.


1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros
The 1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Legia Tennis Centre in Warsaw, Poland that was part of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 13 July until 19 July 1998. First-seeded Conchita Martínez won the singles title and earned $27,000 first-prize money.


1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros, Finals, Doubles
Karina Habšudová /  Olga Lugina defeated  Liezel Horn /  Karin Kschwendt 7–6, 7–5


1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Doubles
Ruxandra Dragomir and Inés Gorrochategui were the defending champions of the Warsaw Cup by Heros, a tennis tournament, but did not compete in 1998.


1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Doubles
Karina Habšudová and Olga Lugina won in the final 7–6, 7–5 against Liezel Horn and Karin Kschwendt.


1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Singles
Barbara Paulus was the defending champion, of this tennis competition, but lost in the second round to Andrea Glass.


1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Singles
Conchita Martínez won in the final 6–0, 6–3 against Silvia Farina.


1998 Warsaw Cup by Heros – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Washington Huskies football team
The 1998 Washington Huskies football team was an American football team that represented the University of Washington during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In its sixth and final season under head coach Jim Lambright, the team compiled a 6–5 record in the regular season, tied for fifth (4–4) in the Pacific-10 Conference, and was outscored 343 to 303. Joe Jarzynka was selected as the team's most valuable player. Nigel Burton, Reggie Davis, Brock Huard, and Lester Towns were the team captains.


1998 Washington Huskies football team
For the second straight year, the Huskies played in Honolulu on Christmas Day. They lost 25–43 to Air Force in the Oahu Bowl, resulting in the program's first non-winning season in 22 years. Five days later, Lambright was relieved of his duties as head coach by athletic director Barbara Hedges. His successor was Rick Neuheisel, the head coach at Colorado in the Big 12 Conference.


1998 Washington Huskies football team, NFL Draft
Two Huskies were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft, which lasted seven rounds (253 selections).


1998 Washington Mystics season
The 1998 WNBA season was the first for the Washington Mystics.


1998 Washington Redskins season
The 1998 Washington Redskins season was the franchise's 67th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their 62nd in Washington, D.C.. The team failed to improve on their 8–7–1 and finished fourth in the NFC East, with a record of 6–10 and missed the NFL playoffs for the sixth consecutive year. They started the season 0–7, before going 6–3 after their bye week.


1998 Washington Redskins season
After ranking 28th out of 30 NFL teams in defense against the run in 1997, the Redskins had tried to revamp their interior defensive line during the off-season. They had signed Dana Stubblefield from the San Francisco 49ers, and Dan Wilkinson from the Cincinnati Bengals. The acquisitions, in particular Stubblefield's, were eventually considered to have been costly failures though.


1998 Washington State Cougars football team
The 1998 Washington State Cougars football team represented Washington State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Head coach Mike Price was in his tenth season, and the team played its home games on campus at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Washington.


1998 Washington, D.C. Initiative 59
Initiative 59 was a 1998 Washington, D.C. voter-approved ballot initiative that sought to legalize medical cannabis. The short title of the initiative was "Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998". Though the initiative passed with 69% of the vote in November 1998, its implementation was delayed by Congress's passage of the Barr Amendment, which prohibited DC from using its funds in support of the program. This Amendment delayed the start of the medical marijuana program until it was effectively overturned in 2009, with the first DC customer legally purchasing medical cannabis at a dispensary in the District in 2013.


1998 Washington, D.C. Initiative 59, Barr Amendment
Georgia Congressman Bob Barr advocated complete federal prohibition of medical marijuana. In 1998, he successfully blocked implementation of Initiative 59 – the "Legalization of Marijuana for Medical Treatment Initiative of 1998" – which would have legalized medical marijuana in Washington, D.C. The "Barr Amendment" to the 1999 Omnibus spending bill not only blocked implementation of Initiative 59, but also prohibited the vote tally from even being released. Nearly a year passed before a lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union eventually revealed the initiative had received 69 percent of the vote.


1998 Washington, D.C. Initiative 59, Barr Amendment
In response to the judge's ruling, Barr simply attached another "Barr Amendment" to the 2000 Omnibus spending bill that overturned Initiative 59 outright. The Barr Amendment also prohibited future laws that would "decrease the penalties for marijuana or other Schedule I drugs" in Washington, D.C. This preemptively blocked future attempts by Marijuana Policy Project (MPP) to reform marijuana laws in DC via the initiative process. In March 2002, U.S. District Judge Emmet Sullivan struck down this portion of the Barr Amendment as being an unconstitutional restriction on free speech. Barr's response to the ruling was defiant:


1998 Washington, D.C. Initiative 59, Barr Amendment
Clearly, the court today has ignored the constitutional right and responsibility of Congress to pass laws protecting citizens from dangerous and addictive narcotics, and the right of Congress to exert legislative control over the District of Columbia as the nation's capital.—Bob Barr, March 28, 2002


1998 Washington, D.C. Initiative 59, Barr Amendment
The federal government later prevailed on appeal, reinstating the Barr Amendment just in time to thwart MPP's initiative 63 – "The Medical Marijuana Initiative of 2002" – which had already qualified for the November 2002 ballot. In 2009, both the United States Senate and House of Representatives voted to lift the ban against a medical marijuana initiative, effectively overturning the Barr Amendment.


1998 Washington, D.C. Initiative 59, Initiative 71 and legalization of recreational cannabis
The legalization of non-commercial possession and cultivation of recreational marijuana was voted in the following year through Initiative 71 in 2014.


1998 Washington, D.C. mayoral election
The 1998 Washington, D.C. mayoral election occurred on Tuesday, November 3, 1998, with Democratic candidate Anthony A. Williams defeating Republican Carol Schwartz. Partisan primary elections were held on September 15, 1998.


1998 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
The 1998 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship was the 98th staging of the Waterford Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Waterford County Board in 1897.


1998 Waterford Senior Hurling Championship
On 11 October 1998, Mount Sion won the championship after a 3-19 to 0-10 defeat of Ballyduff Upper in the final. This was their 30th championship title overall and their first title since 1994.


1998 Watford Borough Council election
Watford, a city in England, held its 1998 Watford Borough Council elections on 7 May. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Waveney District Council election
The 1998 Waveney Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Waveney District Council in Suffolk, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Webby Awards
The 1998 Webby Awards were held on March 6, 1998, at the San Francisco Palace of Fine Arts, and were the first event ever to be broadcast live via the Web in 3D. The "People's Voice" awards, chosen by online poll, received 100,000 cumulative votes that year.


1998 Webby Awards
The Web magazine, which was hosting the awards, was closed down by its parent company IDG shortly before the awards, and the ceremony continued thereafter under the management of Tiffany Shlain, who IDG had hired in 1996 to coordinate the awards. The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences was constituted that year as the judging panel for the awards, continues to do so as of the 2007 awards.


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) Learn2.com The Home Education Page The Smithsonian


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
Ask Dr. Weil Reuters Health Information Services The Body: A Multimedia AIDS and HIV Resource thriveonline.com


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
Better Homes & Gardens Online Disney's Daily Blast Family.com Virtual Garden


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
International Real Estate Digest Nolo press Self-Help Law Center The Financial Aid Information Page U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
ABCNEWS.com MSNBC The New York Times on the Web Wired News


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
Annoy.com Law Journal EXTRA! The Black World Today The Smoking Gun


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
Antique Radios Online DigiBand Radio The Art Bell Web Site Uncle Ricky's Reel Top 40 Repository


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
IBM Patent Server Mars Pathfinder Mission Paleontology Without Walls Scientific American


1998 Webby Awards, Nominees and winners
GIST TV Listings Guide NBC.com Sci-Fi Channel: The Dominion TV Guide Entertainment Network


1998 Wellington City mayoral election
The 1998 Wellington City mayoral election was part of the New Zealand local elections held that same year. In 1998, elections were held for the Mayor of Wellington plus other local government positions including 18 councillors. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1998 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The election saw incumbent Mayor Mark Blumsky re-elected with a greatly increased majority. However Blumsky did not gain a majority of support on the council with only seven of the "Wellington Alive" ticket elected. Wellington Alive were selection of right-leaning council candidates that were given public endorsement by Blumsky following the dissolution of the decades old Citizens' Association several years earlier.


1998 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
Councillor Jack Ruben initially declared to stand, but withdrew to support Stephanie Cook and avoid further splitting the left-wing vote. Bryan Pepperell, another left leaning candidate stood as well. Cook and Pepperell were re-elected to the council, though Ruben lost his seat.


1998 Wellington City mayoral election, Background
The 1998 election is the last mayoral election in Wellington's history to date where the successful candidate polled more than half the popular vote. It was also the first time since the 1933 election that the Labour Party did not field a mayoral candidate.


1998 Wellington City mayoral election, Ward results
Candidates were also elected from wards to the Wellington City Council.


1998 Wellington local elections
The 1998 Wellington local elections were part of the 1998 New Zealand local elections, to elect members to sub-national councils and boards. The Wellington elections cover one regional council (the Greater Wellington Regional Council), eight territorial authority (city and district) councils, three district health boards, and various local boards and licensing trusts. The polling was conducted using the standard first-past-the-post electoral method.


1998 Wellington local elections, Greater Wellington Regional Council, Wellington Ward
The Wellington ward returns five councillors to the Wellington Regional Council.


1998 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council
The Wellington City Council consists of a mayor and eighteen councillors elected from six wards (Eastern, Lambton, Northern, Onslow, Southern, Western).


1998 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Eastern ward
The Eastern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1998 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Lambton ward
The Lambton ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1998 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Northern ward
The Northern ward returns four councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1998 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Onslow ward
The Onslow ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1998 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Southern ward
The Southern ward returns three councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1998 Wellington local elections, Wellington City Council, Western ward
The Western ward returns two councillors to the Wellington City Council. The final results for the ward were:


1998 Welsh Open (snooker)
The 1998 Regal Welsh Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place between 16 and 25 January 1998 at the Newport Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales.


1998 Welsh Open (snooker)
Stephen Hendry was the defending champion, but he lost in the first round against Jamie Burnett.


1998 Welsh Open (snooker)
Paul Hunter defeated John Higgins 9–5 in the final to win his first ranking title.


1998 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election
The 1998 Welwyn Hatfield District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Welwyn Hatfield District Council in Hertfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 West Lancashire District Council election
The 1998 West Lancashire District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of West Lancashire District Council in Lancashire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 West Lindsey District Council election
Elections to West Lindsey District Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrat party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


1998 West Oxfordshire District Council election
The 1998 West Oxfordshire District Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of West Oxfordshire District Council in Oxfordshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1998 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background
Before the election there were 15 independent councillors, the Liberal Democrats had 14 seats, Labour had 11 and the Conservatives had 9. An alliance between the Liberal Democrats and the Labour party controlled the council with a majority of one seat.


1998 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Background
Among the councillors who stood down at the election was independent David Walker, who had quit the Conservatives in the early 1990s over the poll tax, as well as Patrick Madden, Peg McWilliam, Elizabeth Mortimer and Susan Swann. 49 candidates stood for the 18 seats that were contested in 1998, including one candidate from the Green party, with the Liberal Democrats defending the most seats at eight.


1998 West Oxfordshire District Council election, Election result
The Conservatives became the largest group on the council after gaining five seats.


1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team
The 1998 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. It was the Mountaineers' 106th overall and 8th season as a member of the Big East Conference (Big East). The team was led by head coach Don Nehlen, in his 19th year, and played their home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. They finished the season with a record of eight wins and four losses (8–4 overall, 5–2 in the Big East) and with a loss against Missouri in the Insight.com Bowl.


1998 Westar Rules Grand Final
The 1998 Westar Rules Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between East Fremantle and West Perth on Sunday, 20 September 1998, at Subiaco Oval in Perth, Western Australia to determine the premier team of Westar Rules for the 1998 season. East Fremantle won convincingly by forty-three points, 20.10 (130) to 13.9 (87), taking out their twenty-ninth premiership but their last as of 2018.


1998 Westar Rules Grand Final
In the process, the Sharks achieved their sixteenth consecutive win, having lost during the season only to Claremont and Subiaco in their fifth and sixth matches. It constituted the most consecutive wins ending in a Westar/WAFL/WANFL premiership since East Fremantle had achieved a unique undefeated season in 1946. After the game Shark coach Tony Micale said that the 1998 team must rank as one of the greatest in East Fremantle history.


1998 Westar Rules Grand Final
East Fremantle and West Perth had completely dominated the season, finishing five games and over fifty-eight percent clear of their nearest rivals for the premiership, but the Sharks showed their superiority in the second semi-final by holding the Falcons to three goals in completely fine conditions and West Perth only overcame Subiaco in the preliminary due to a brilliant solo goal from Neil Mildenhall, so East Fremantle entered as hot favourites with odds of 1/4 to win their third premiership of the 1990s.


1998 Westar Rules Grand Final
As it turned out, despite major injuries to Leigh Willison, Wayne Roser and Steve O‘Brien, East Fremantle were, after kicking into a wind in the opening quarter, always ahead of the Falcons. They kicked the first three goals and at no point did West Perth get closer than the ten-point quarter time margin. Three successive goals early in the third quarter were responded to by the Falcons, but late in that period the Sharks kicked four goals without reply to be thirty-eight points ahead and West Perth coach John Dimmer knew then his team would lose.


1998 Westar Rules Grand Final
Adrian Bromage (East Fremantle) won the Simpson Medal as best on ground, completing a rare double of winning the Sandover Medal and Simpson Medal in the same season.


1998 Westar Rules season
The 1998 Westar Rules season was the second season of ‘Westar Rules’ and the 114th season of the various incarnations of senior football in Perth. The season opened on 29 March and concluded on 20 September with the 1998 Westar Rules Grand Final contested between East Fremantle and West Perth.


1998 Westar Rules season
The Sandover Medal was awarded to Adrian Bromage (East Fremantle). Todd Ridley (Subiaco) won the Bernie Naylor Medal for kicking the most goals during the home-and-away rounds.


1998 Westar Rules season
East Fremantle achieved its best record since its unique perfect season of 1946, winning all except its fourth and fifth games and achieving an unbeaten run of sixteen games rivalled since the perfect season only by Claremont in 1987 who was unbeaten for twenty-one games after having won the Grand Final.


1998 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 1
Childhood East Fremantle fan Greg Egan finally joins the Sharks from Perth and becomes part of a dominant big-man division that the Bulldogs never threaten.


1998 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 2
East Fremantle take advantage of Fremantle’s discarding of former Hawthorn regular Greg Madigan as he leads the Sharks to victory on an oppressive 35 °C (95 °F) day


1998 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 4
Wayne Blackwell’s innovative use of the interchange bench - whereby he drags key players Toby Jackson and Drew Cornelius only for them to come back to decisive effect - helps Perth win its first game.


1998 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 6
East Fremantle’s tall forward line of Earl Spalding, Damian Condon, Brendon Feddema and Leigh Willison is rendered ineffective by a lack of crumbing players. The match remains Subiaco’s biggest win with fewer scoring shots.


1998 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 7
Nineteen-year-old Clint Kirey solves the Sharks’ problems of a crumbing forward as they down the previously unbeaten Falcons.


1998 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 8
With former Carlton star Earl Spalding back in his home state and kicking seven goals, East Fremantle send Swans to a fourth straight defeat after starting in promising fashion.


1998 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 17
Two enormous upsets unsettle the battle for fourth position and see Claremont, second last in 1997, climb therein. Scott Simister kicks six for the Thunder as they win their second Westar Rules match.


1998 Westar Rules season, Home-and-away season, Round 19
West Perth eliminate the reigning premiers’ finals chances with a superb win in wet and windy conditions due to Troy Wilson’s four goals and fine marking.


1998 Westar Rules season, Finals series, Preliminary final
A brilliant solo goal after a zigzagging run from Neil Mildenhall and a perfectly executed shepherd allow West Perth, behind from early in the second quarter and twenty-eight points down halfway through the third, to obtain a rematch with East Fremantle.


1998 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
The 1998 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team represented Western Kentucky University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season and were led by All-American quarterback Willie Taggart and head coach Jack Harbaugh. This would be the team’s last year as an independent, the next year they would rejoin the Ohio Valley Conference as a football only member. The Hilltoppers primarily ran an option offense and were ranked 3rd in rush offense for NCAA Division I-AA. They missed returning to the NCAA Playoffs and finished the season ranked 19th in final 1AA postseason national poll.


1998 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team
Western Kentucky's roster included future NFL players Joseph Jefferson, Rod “He Hate Me” Smart, and Ben Wittman. Patrick Goodman, Andy Hape, and Taggart were named to the AP All American team and Taggart was also named I-AA Independent Offensive Player of the Year. The I-AA Independent All-Star Team included Goodman, Hape, Taggart, Delvechio Walls, Bryan Daniel, and Trae Hackett.


1998 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The 1998 Western Michigan Broncos football team represented Western Michigan University in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Gary Darnell, the Broncos compiled a 7–4 record (5–3 against MAC opponents), finished in third place in the MAC's West Division, and outscored their opponents, 360 to 312. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.


1998 Western Michigan Broncos football team
The team's statistical leaders included Tim Lester with 3,311 passing yards, Darnell Fields with 1,016 rushing yards, and Steve Neal with 1,121 receiving yards. Kicker Brad Selent was named the MAC special teams player of the year.


1998 Westminster City Council election
The 1998 Westminster Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Westminster City Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Conservative party stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election
The 1998 Weymouth and Portland Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Weymouth and Portland District Council in Dorset, England. One third of the council was up for election and the council stayed under no overall control.


1998 Whitbread Awards
The Whitbread Awards (1971–2005), called Costa Book Awards since 2006, are literary awards in the United Kingdom, awarded both for high literary merit but also for works considered enjoyable reading. This page gives details of the awards given in the year 1998.


1998 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Wigan Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election. Following the previous election there had been three by-elections held—in Aspull-Standish, Ince and Hope Carr—with all three successfully defended by Labour.


1998 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Candidate numbers improved dramatically from the preceding election, thanks mostly to the first concerted effort by the Greens, having only tested the waters previously. The Liberal Democrats fielded were, on the other hand, the sparsest from them since 1978, following a similarly poor effort the previous year—perhaps reflecting the party giving up on its previous ambitions. There were also an Independent (formerly a Conservative candidate for Bryn in the 1995 election) and the first UKIP candidate fighting Ashton-Golborne. In total all wards but Tydlesday East were contested.


1998 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Far from recovering, turnout plummeted to new depths at 17.4%. There was a general apathy emerging across the country during this period, as well as a disillusionment among Conservative voters, but with Labour's complete dominance and the only competitive party standing in less than a quarter of seats, there were evidently other factors for the lack of enthusiasm.


1998 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
The dire turnout understandably had implications for the party votes, with Labour recording their second-lowest vote (the lowest being 1975), the Conservatives sinking below their rock-bottom set in 1995, and the Lib Dems gaining their worst vote since the aforementioned 1978 election—falling to fourth behind the Greens, who comfortably achieved their best vote. Voter shares were less dramatic for Labour and the Conservatives; however, the Lib Dems' share of 6.7% was their poorest since 1979 and the Greens' share was more than two-and-a-half times larger than their previous peak.


1998 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election
Labour survived substantial challenges against from the Independent in Ashton-Golborne and the Greens in Hope Carr, making the only gain of the night from the Lib Dems in Beech Hill. This reduced the Lib Dems to a sole councillor, losing their status as main opposition for the first time in near twenty years. With only a Liberal Democrat in another Beech Hill seat and an Independent Labour in Hindley remaining as opposition, Labour commanded a record majority of 68.


1998 Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council election, Election result
This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the Council after the elections:


1998 Wigan Warriors season
The 1998 Wigan Warriors season was the 103rd season in the club's rugby league history and the third season in the Super League. Coached by John Monie, the Warriors competed in Super League III and finished in 1st place, and went on to win the  Grand Final at Old Trafford against Leeds Rhinos. The club also competed in the 1998 Challenge Cup, and finished as runners-up following a surprise defeat in the final against Sheffield Eagles.


1998 William & Mary Tribe football team
The 1998 William & Mary Tribe football team represented the College of William & Mary as member of the Mid-Atlantic Division of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by Jimmye Laycock in his 19th year as head coach, William & Mary finished the season with an overall record of 7–4 and a mark of 4–4 in A-10 play, tying for second place the Mid-Atlantic Division. They were ranked No. 17 in the final Sports Network poll, but did not receive a bid to the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs.


1998 Wimbledon Championships
The 1998 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, London in the United Kingdom. It was the 112th edition of the Wimbledon Championships and was held from 22 June to 5 July 1998.


1998 Wimbledon Championships, Prize money
The total prize money for 1998 championships was £7,207,590. The winner of the men's title earned £435,000 while the women's singles champion earned £391,500.


1998 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Singles
Pete Sampras defeated  Goran Ivanišević, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(11–9), 6–4, 3–6, 6–2


1998 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Men's Doubles
Jacco Eltingh /  Paul Haarhuis defeated  Todd Woodbridge /  Mark Woodforde, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 10–8


1998 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis /  Jana Novotná defeated  Lindsay Davenport /  Natasha Zvereva, 6–3, 3–6, 8–6


1998 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Max Mirnyi /  Serena Williams defeated  Mahesh Bhupathi /  Mirjana Lučić, 6–4, 6–4


1998 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Boys' Doubles
Roger Federer /  Olivier Rochus defeated  Michaël Llodra /  Andy Ram, 3–6, 6–4, 7–5


1998 Wimbledon Championships, Champions, Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Eva Dyrberg /  Jelena Kostanić defeated  Petra Rampre /  Iroda Tulyaganova, 6–2, 7–6(7–5)


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Luis Horna and Nicolás Massú were the defending champions, but both players turned 18 years old during the season and, therefore, were not eligible to compete in Juniors.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Doubles
Roger Federer and Olivier Rochus defeated Michaël Llodra and Andy Ram in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Boys' Doubles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. It was the 2nd doubles title for Federer and the 3rd doubles title for Rochus in their respective Juniors careers. It was also the 2nd title for the pair in the circuit, after their win in the LTA International Junior Championships at the same year.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Wesley Whitehouse was the defending champion, but turned 18 years old during the season and, therefore, was ineligible to compete in Juniors.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles
Roger Federer defeated Irakli Labadze in the final, 6–4, 6–4 to win the Boys' Singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. It was Federer's 4th juniors singles title.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' Singles, Seeds
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1998 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Cara Black and Irina Selyutina were the defending champions, but both players turned 18 years old during the season and, therefore, were not eligible to compete in Juniors.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Doubles
Eva Dyrberg and Jelena Kostanić defeated Petra Rampre and Iroda Tulyaganova in the final, 6–2, 7–6(7–5) to win the Girls' Doubles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. It was the 1st Grand Slam title for both players in their respective Junior doubles careers. Dyrberg would also win the US Open at the same year, teaming up with Kim Clijsters.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Cara Black was the defending champion, but turned 18 years old during the season and, therefore, was ineligible to compete in Juniors.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles
Katarina Srebotnik defeated Kim Clijsters in the final, 7–6(7–3), 6–3 to win the Girls' Singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. It was her 1st and only Grand Slam title in Juniors.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Girls' Singles, Seeds
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1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles
Jacco Eltingh and Paul Haarhuis defeated the five-time defending champions Todd Woodbridge and Mark Woodforde in the final, a repeat of the previous year's final, 2–6, 6–4, 7–6(7–3), 5–7, 10–8, to win the Gentlemen's Doubles title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles, Seeds
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1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles
Defending champion Pete Sampras successfully defended his title, defeating Goran Ivanišević in the final, 6–7(2–7), 7–6(11–9), 6–4, 3–6, 6–2 to win the Gentlemen's Singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. With the win, Sampras equalled Björn Borg's Open Era record of five Wimbledon titles.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Max Mirnyi and Serena Williams defeated Mahesh Bhupathi and Mirjana Lučić in the final, 6–4, 6–4, to win the Mixed Doubles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles
Cyril Suk and Helena Suková were the defending champions, but lost in the first round to Justin Gimelstob and Venus Williams.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Mixed Doubles, Seeds
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1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Gigi Fernández and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but Fernández retired at the end of the 1997 season.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná defeated Zvereva and Lindsay Davenport in the final, 7–6(7–4), 6–4 to win the Ladies' Doubles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles, Seeds
Click on the seed number of a player to go to their draw section.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Doubles Qualifying
The qualifying rounds for the 1998 Wimbledon Championships were played from 15 to 21 June 1998 at the Civil Service Sports Ground in Chiswick, London, United Kingdom.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
Jana Novotná defeated Nathalie Tauziat in the final, 6–4, 7–6(7–2) to win the Ladies' Singles tennis title at the 1998 Wimbledon Championships. This was Novotná's only win in a Wimbledon final on her third attempt. This would be the last time a Czech player would win Wimbledon (or win a Grand Slam title) until Petra Kvitová won in 2011. Martina Hingis was the defending champion but lost in the semifinals to Novotná, in a rematch of the previous year's final.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles
The 1998 final was the first time in the Open Era at Wimbledon that neither of the finalists had won a major previously, and the first time this had happened at any major since the 1980 Australian Open.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
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1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
Anna Kournikova withdrew due to a thumb injury. She was replaced in the draw by Lucky Loser Lilia Osterloh.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
Players and pairs who neither have high enough rankings nor receive wild cards may participate in a qualifying tournament held one week before the annual Wimbledon Tennis Championships.


1998 Wimbledon Championships – Women's Singles Qualifying
The qualifying rounds for the 1998 Wimbledon Championships were played from 15 to 21 May 1998 at the Civil Service Sports Ground in Chiswick, London, Great Britain.


1998 Winchester City Council election
The 1998 Winchester Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Winchester District Council in Hampshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats stayed in overall control of the council.


1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers season
The 1998 Winnipeg Blue Bombers finished in 4th place in the East Division with a 3–15 record and failed to make the playoffs.


1998 Winnipeg municipal election
The 1998 Winnipeg municipal election was held on October 28, 1998 to elect a mayor, councillors and school trustees in the city of Winnipeg.


1998 Winnipeg municipal election
Centre-left candidate Glen Murray defeated populist right-winger Peter Kaufmann in the mayoral contest.


1998 Winnipeg municipal election, Results, School trustees
Electors could vote for three candidates. Percentages are determined in relation to the total number of votes.