1998 Townsville floods, Floods
During the day, the heaviest band of rain kept moving south to be on top of the Townsville area, although Townsville had only relatively light rain during the day, (apx 43mm between 9am and 6pm), it was overnight that the intense rainfall caused severe flash flooding and high flood levels in the streams and rivers in the area. Around 335mm of rain had fallen on the 10th between 6pm and midnight and a further 236mm fell in the next 3 hours.


1998 Townsville floods, Floods
Late into the evening, the heaviest of the rain was now falling and gale-force winds were continuing (at its heaviest, the rain was falling at 100mm per hour) as most streets in the city are flat, the city streets were underwater and blocked by fallen trees and power lines. Water was up to 3 meters deep through parts of the CBD and hundreds of businesses and homes were inundated in both Townsville and Thuringowa, plus around 200 people had to be evacuated.


1998 Townsville floods, Floods
Black River was badly hit with 48 homes being uninhabitable, 14 homes destroyed and 8 being washed out to sea when the river broke its banks and at Bluewater 40 homes were badly damaged, while 5 other homes in the city had been destroyed plus 100's flooded, phones were out in most parts the city and fallen power lines and flooded substations cut power to around 50% of homes.


1998 Townsville floods, Floods
A landslide, estimated to be 20,000 cubic meters destroyed 12 and damaged 6 units on a Magnetic Island resort and another landslide destroyed a million dollar home on Stanton Terrace and boulders were also loosened on Castle Hill and rolled down into Stuart Street in the CBD. Townsville was declared a state of emergency that night.


1998 Townsville floods, Floods
Rain had eased a little by the 11th but still had some heavy rain pass through, Ex-Cyclone Sid, a weak surface low was still just to the north of Townsville during Monday 12 January and by midday the trough had redeveloped again and heavy rain moved into the city for the rest of the day. With many businesses closed due to the weekend damage, the new lot of rain caused a complete shutdown of the city and many workers battled renewed floodwaters trying to get home, even emergency workers had to abandon cleanup work for the rest of the day.


1998 Townsville floods, Floods
On the 10 and 11 January, Townsville airport recorded 549mm in 24 hours and from the 11th and 12th through to the 9am the 13th 245mm fell, giving a 3-day record of 794mm. The period of the 10th to the 11th has since been dubbed the 'Night of Noah' by Townsville residents. Other areas around the city had readings of 895mm up to 1300mm.


1998 Townsville floods, Aftermath
The morning of the 11th has been described as the worst devastation in the city since Cyclone Althea in 1971.


1998 Townsville floods, Aftermath
Most roads in the city were impassable; the Bruce Highway was closed to the north and south of the city as were all rail links as at the time they were still under water; the airport was closed to all commercial traffic as the runway was under water, and the navigation aids still out of order, electricity was off in most of the city and water was also off in the northern suburbs of Thuringowa, all sewage pumping stations were inoperable (one was underwater), Queensland Nickel's tailings dam at the Yabulu nickel refinery had overflowed spilling the pollutants into the nearby flooded river and out to the sea, one resident found two cars and a yacht in his yard, and sadly one person was confirmed dead, after being washed off a flooded road in his car.


1998 Towson Tigers football team
The 1998 Towson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Towson University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Towson tied for last in the Patriot League.


1998 Towson Tigers football team
In their seventh year under head coach Gordy Combs, the Tigers compiled a 5–6 record.


1998 Towson Tigers football team
The Tigers were outscored 336 to 243. Their 1–5 conference record tied for sixth (and worst) in the seven-team Patriot League standings.


1998 Towson Tigers football team
Towson played its home games at Minnegan Stadium on the university campus in Towson, Maryland.


1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
The 1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach was the third round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on April 5, 1998, on the streets of Long Beach, California. Alex Zanardi won the race, even though he was a lap down at one point.


1998 Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
This is the last Grand Prix of Long Beach to have Al Unser Jr and Bobby Rahal.


1998 Toyota Princess Cup
The 1998 Toyota Princess Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan that was part of Tier II of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the second edition of the tournament and was held from 21 September through 27 September 1998. Second-seeded Monica Seles won the singles title and earned $79,000 first-prize money.


1998 Toyota Princess Cup, Finals, doubles
Anna Kournikova /  Monica Seles defeated  Mary Joe Fernández /  Arantxa Sánchez Vicario 6–4, 6–4


1998 Toyota Princess Cup – Doubles
Monica Seles and Ai Sugiyama were the defending champions but only Seles competed that year with Anna Kournikova.


1998 Toyota Princess Cup – Doubles
Kournikova and Seles won in the final 6–4, 6–4 against Mary Joe Fernández and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.


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


1998 Toyota Princess Cup – Singles
Monica Seles was the defending champion and won in the final 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.


1998 Toyota Princess Cup – 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 four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Trafford Council were held on 7 May 1998. One-third of the council was up for election, with each successful candidate to serve a four-year term of office, expiring in 2002. The Labour Party held overall control of the council.


1998 Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council election
After the election, the composition of the council was as follows:


1998 Trampoline World Championships
The 20th Trampoline World Championships were held in Sydney, Australia from 9 October to 11 October 1998.


1998 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament
The 1998 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament was held at Osceola County Stadium in Kissimmee, Florida. This was the twentieth tournament championship held by the Trans America Athletic Conference. FIU won their second tournament championship and earned the conference's automatic bid to the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


1998 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, Format and seeding
The top six finishers by overall winning percentage qualified for the tournament, with the top seed playing the lowest seed in the first round. College of Charleston was ineligible as it completed its transition from NAIA.


1998 Trans America Athletic Conference Baseball Tournament, All-Tournament Team, Most Valuable Player
Edwin Franco was named Tournament Most Valuable Player. Franco was a pitcher for FIU.


1998 Trans-Am Series
The 1998 Trans-Am Series was the 33rd season of the Sports Car Club of America's Trans-Am Series.


1998 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election
The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election of 1998 took place on 22 November 1998.


1998 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election
The South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) and the Daisy Civic List (Civica) resulted the two most voted parties at the regional level. The SVP retained its outright majority in South Tyrol, while the Civica became the largest party in Trentino. After the election, the two parties formed a coalition at the regional level. Luis Durnwalder (SVP) and Lorenzo Dellai (Civica) were sworn in at the head of the two Provinces, respectively, while the Democrats of the Left and the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party shared the Regional administration.


1998 Tri Nations Series
The 1998 Tri Nations Series was contested from 11 July to 22 August between the Australia, New Zealand and South Africa national rugby union teams. The Springboks won the tournament.


1998 Tri Nations Series
Australia won the Bledisloe Cup, which New Zealand had won for the 3 previous years. The two Tri-Nations tests gave it a winning 2–0 lead. (It went on to make it 3–0 in the third test which came after the Tri-Nations.)


1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
The 1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election took place in a single phase on 16 February to elect the Members of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from each of the 60 Assembly Constituencies (ACs) in Tripura, India. Counting of votes occurred on 2 March 1998. The results were ready within the day.


1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura


1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Highlights
Election to the Tripura Legislative Assembly were held on February 16, 1998. The election were held in a single phase for all the 60 assembly constituencies.


1998 Tripura Legislative Assembly election, Government Formation
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), led by Manik Sarkar, won 38 seats and formed a Government in Tripura


1998 Trofeo Forla de Navarra
The 1998 Trofeo Forla de Navarra was the 45th edition of the GP Miguel Induráin cycle race and was held on 3 April 1998. The race was won by Francisco Mancebo.


1998 Trophée Lalique
The 1998 Trophée Lalique was the fourth event of six in the 1998–99 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris on November 20–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 1998–99 Grand Prix Final.


1998 Trophée des Champions
The 1998 Trophée des Champions was a football match held at Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours on 30 July 1998, that saw 1998 Coupe de France winners Paris Saint-Germain F.C. defeat 1997–98 Division 1 champions RC Lens 1–0.


1998 Troy State Trojans football team
The 1998 Troy State Trojans football team represented Troy State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Trojans played their home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Troy, Alabama and competed in the Southland Conference.


1998 Troy State Trojans football team
Troy State finished the season ranked #11 in both the Coaches' Poll and the Sports Network Poll.


1998 True Value 500
The 1998 True Value 500 was the fourth round of the 1998 Indy Racing League season. The race was held on June 6, 1998 at the 1.500 mi (2.414 km) Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas.


1998 True Value 500, Report, Qualifying
Two laps qualifying. The worst lap from any of the drivers were not published, and therefore are unknown. Rain delayed qualifying from Thursday to Friday.


1998 True Value 500, Report, Race
The race was the first IRL event run on the newly reconfigured Texas track, which had undergone changes to the corner banking (eliminating the 8-degree portions, originally intended for Indy events) and the transitions out of the corners, plus a complete repaving and drainage work. The new configuration proved to be extremely fast; Tony Stewart broke the IRL new car qualifying record, and ran laps as fast as 228 MPH during the race, believed to be the fastest laps ever turned on a closed course by a car with a normally aspirated engine.


1998 True Value 500, Report, Race
The start was confusing, as Sam Schmidt did not come up to speed due to an electronics problem and Billy Roe spun through the quad-oval grass at the green flag. This was cleaned up, but only a few green flag laps were registered until Roberto Guerrero spun in front of the pack coming out of turn 2. Rookie Donnie Beechler ran hard into the back of Stéphan Grégoire's car, causing a six-car accident that eliminated Eddie Cheever (fresh off of his Indy 500 victory). Beechler ended sliding upside down the length of the back stretch. No one was hurt. Stewart had to pit for a cut tire after running through debris, handing the lead to Arie Luyendyk. The Dutch lead briefly after the green before being overhauled by Boat on lap 22, while Stewart worked his way up from the rear.


1998 True Value 500, Report, Race
By lap 34, when a caution flew for Eliseo Salazar's blown engine, Luyendyk took a gamble by not pitting, but backfired when he had to pit under green on lap 59 and lost two laps. Mark Dismore had something in the rear of the car break on lap 72 which put him hard into the turn 1 wall, suffering a concussion. Under the subsequent caution, Stewart had to make an extra pit stop for a suspected tire problem and went to the rear again. On the restart, Scott Goodyear got the jump on Boat and took the lead; the two then battled until Boat retook the lead five laps later. By halfway, Boat, Stewart, and Greg Ray were running nose-to-tail and attempting slingshots.


1998 True Value 500, Report, Race
As a caution flew on lap 144, Boat banged wheels with J. J. Yeley. The contact left a large "doughnut" on Boat's left sidepod, but he continued with no apparent problems. Stewart jumped Boat on the restart, while Ray, Goodyear, Jeff Ward and Kenny Bräck diced for third. Unfortunately for Ward, his race ended four laps later with engine failure. Stewart had his left sidepod radiator rupture streaked down the front stretch on lap 177, spewing water all over it. His crew tried to replace the faulty radiator in the pits but they ran out of time.


1998 True Value 500, Report, Race
Boat then begin to stretch out his lead over Ray, but on lap 196 he got caught in traffic and Ray begin to close the gap. On lap 200, the Texas native caught Boat and then made a move through the grass in the quad-oval (reminiscent of Buddy Lazier at Charlotte the previous year); as they went down the back stretch Ray split the lapped car of Buzz Calkins and swept into the lead.


1998 True Value 500, Report, Race
But on the next lap, Boat used the slingshot to retake it; Ray tried for the next six laps but could not overcome Boat's superior engine, and Billy Boat took his first IRL win. For the top three (Boat, Ray, and Bräck), it was their best IRL career finishes up to that point. Scott Sharp ran a quiet race to finish fifth and move into a tie with Stewart in the points standings. One year after apparently winning at Texas, only to have the win taken away after a scoring recount, Billy Boat won it again, and this time he got to keep the trophy.


1998 Tulane Green Wave football team
The 1998 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University in the 1998 college football season. The Green Wave finished with a record of 12 wins and no losses, one of only two NCAA Division I-A teams to complete the season undefeated, the other being the BCS champion Tennessee Volunteers. It was the third undefeated and untied season in school history.


1998 Tulane Green Wave football team
Despite finishing undefeated, the Green Wave were not considered for a BCS game, let alone a berth in the 1999 Fiesta Bowl—that year's national title game—because it was felt their strength of schedule was too weak to justify a berth in a higher-tier bowl. They did not play a single ranked team all season, and the only Automatic Qualifying conference member on their schedule was a Rutgers team that finished tied for sixth in the Big East. They defeated Brigham Young in the Liberty Bowl. The Green Wave finished the season ranked seventh in the nation in both the AP Poll and Coaches' Poll—in both cases, its highest rankings in school history since the 1939 Tulane football season when they were ranked No. 5 in the AP Poll.


1998 Tulane Green Wave football team
The Green Wave won all of their games by six points or more. The combined 538 points set a single-season school record.


1998 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team
The 1998 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their eleventh year under head coach David Rader, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 4–7 record. The team's statistical leaders included quarterback John Fitzgerald with 1,457 passing yards, Reggie Williams and Charlie Higgins, each with 447 rushing yards, and Wes Caswell with 598 receiving yards.


1998 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election
The 1998 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Tunbridge Wells Borough Council in Kent, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative party gained overall control of the council from no overall control.


1998 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election, Campaign
Before the election the council was run by the Liberal Democrats after depriving the Conservatives of a majority in 1995 and winning majority control in 1996. However the Conservatives were optimistic of making gains as they were no longer in government nationally and after some Liberal Democrat councillors had defected. The Liberal Democrats however were confident of continuing to run the council, with the national party leader Paddy Ashdown visiting the area to campaign for the party. Meanwhile, Labour were not seen as being important in the election, with the party not contesting all of the wards.


1998 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election, Campaign
Issues in the election included plans for traffic calming and to widen the A21. The Liberal Democrat council's plans to create cycle and bus lanes by using part of the common were attacked by the Conservatives.


1998 Tunbridge Wells Borough Council election, Results
The results saw the Conservatives win control of the council after winning all 12 seats that the Liberal Democrats had been defending. The victory was seen as being symbolic for the Conservatives in the 1998 local elections as an area which they had lost at the height of unpopularity in the mid 1990s.


1998 Tuvaluan general election
General elections were held in Tuvalu on 26 March 1998. As there were no political parties, all candidates for the 12 seats ran as independents, with seven of the incumbents retaining their seats. Following the election, Bikenibeu Paeniu was re-elected Prime Minister.


1998 Tuvaluan general election, Background
On 18 December 1997 the parliament was dissolved and the general election was held on 26 March 1998. During the election campaign, candidates from the incumbent government and the opposition traded allegations of sexual and financial misconduct.


1998 Tuvaluan general election, Results
Seven incumbent members were re-elected, including Bikenibeu Paeniu, Otinielu Tausi, Ionatana Ionatana, Tomasi Puapua and Alesana Seluka, and opposition MPs Koloa Talake and Faimalaga Luka. Two members of previous parliaments were elected, including Kokea Malua of Nanumea, while three members were new to parliament; Lagitupu Tuilimu of Nanumea, Teleke Peleti Lauti of Funafuti and Samuelu Teo of Niutao. Former Prime Minister Kamuta Latasi, who represented Funafuti, lost his seat.


1998 Tuvaluan general election, Aftermath
Paeniu was re-elected Prime Minister on 8 April, defeating Koloa Talake by a vote of 10–2. He subsequently announced the formation of a cabinet consisting of Ionatana Ionatana as Minister for Health, Women and Community Affairs and Minister for Education and Culture, Alesana Kleis Seluka as Minister for Tourism, Trade and Commerce and Minister Finance and Economic Planning, Otinielu Tausi as Minister of Works, Energy and Communications and Kokea Malua as Minister for Natural Resources and the Environment, Minister of Home Affairs and Rural Development and Deputy Prime Minister. Tomu Sione was appointed as Speaker.


1998 Tuvaluan general election, Aftermath
Paeniu later resigned following a motion of no confidence on 27 April 1999. Ionatana was subsequently elected Prime Minister on 27 April. He died on 8 December 2000. Lagitupu Tuilimu was acting prime minister from 8 December 2000 to 24 February 2001, with Faimalaga Luka becoming Prime Minister on 23 February 2001. Luka's government lasted until December the same year, when he lost office as the consequence of another motion of no confidence. On 13 December the former Minister of Finance Koloa Talake was appointed Prime Minister.


1998 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota
The 1998 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota was the twelfth round of the 1998 CART FedEx Champ Car World Series season, held on July 26, 1998, at the Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan. The race saw a record 63 lead changes due to the draft of the new Hanford Device, and was won by Greg Moore after a thrilling battle in the last five laps with Jimmy Vasser, Alex Zanardi and Scott Pruett.


1998 U.S. 500 Presented by Toyota
The race was marred by a crash on lap 175. Adrián Fernández slammed into the outside wall in the fourth turn. His right front wheel was torn off and hurled over the fence into the stands, killing three spectators (Kenneth Fox, Sheryl Laster, and Michael Tautkus) and injuring six others.


1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The 1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships took place on January 4–11, 1998 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Skaters competed in five disciplines across three levels. The disciplines of the competition were men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, ice dancing, and compulsory figures. The levels of competition were senior, junior, and novice. Medals were awarded in four colors: gold (first), silver (second), bronze (third), and pewter (fourth).


1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
The event served to help choose the U.S. teams to the 1998 Winter Olympics and the 1998 World Championships. The 1998 World Junior Championships had been held prior to the national championships and so the World Junior Championships team had been chosen at a World Juniors selection competition earlier in the year.


1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships
This was the penultimate year of compulsory figures being competed at the U.S. Championships. The novice competitors skated one figure, the juniors and seniors skated three.


1998 U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Senior results, Men
In his winning free skating, Eldredge attempted but fell on a quad toe loop attempt.


1998 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships
The 1998 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships was an Association of Tennis Professionals men's tennis tournament held in Orlando, Florida in the United States and played on outdoor clay courts that was paert of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 30th edition of the tournament and was held from April 20 to April 27, 1998. Third-seeded Jim Courier won the singles title.


1998 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, Finals, Doubles
Grant Stafford /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  Michael Tebbutt /  Mikael Tillström 4–6, 6–4, 7–5


1998 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Mark Merklein and Vincent Spadea were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.


1998 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Doubles
Grant Stafford and Kevin Ullyett won the title, defeating Michael Tebbutt and Mikael Tillström 4–6, 6–4, 7–5 in the final.


1998 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1998 U.S. Open (golf)
The 1998 United States Open Championship was the 98th U.S. Open, held June 18–21 at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club in San Francisco, California. Lee Janzen won his second U.S. Open, one stroke ahead of runner-up Payne Stewart. Janzen became the second winner at a U.S. Open at the Olympic Club to come back from seven strokes behind in the final round; Billy Casper also did it in 1966, but on the back nine alone. Stewart rebounded and won the title the next year at Pinehurst, but died four months later in an aviation accident.


1998 U.S. Open (golf)
Four-time champion Jack Nicklaus, age 58, made the 36-hole cut at the U.S. Open for the final time.


1998 U.S. Open (golf)
This was the fourth U.S. Open at the Lake Course of the Olympic Club; the first two in 1955 and 1966 ended in playoffs, and 1987 was a one-stroke victory. The U.S. Open returned in 2012, also won by one stroke.


1998 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
The 36-hole cut was at 147 (+7), and 60 players advanced to the weekend.


1998 U.S. Open (golf), Round summaries, Second round
Amateurs: Kuchar (-1), Simson (+8), Eger (+9), Taylor (+12), Palmer (+15), Kribel (+18).


1998 U.S. Open Cup
The 1998 U.S. Open Cup ran from June through October, 1998, open to all soccer teams in the United States.


1998 U.S. Open Cup
The first-year Major League Soccer club Chicago Fire won the Cup with a 2–1 overtime victory over the Columbus Crew at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois.


1998 U.S. Open Cup
In the early rounds of the tournament, only one MLS team lost to a minor-league side, when the A-League's Nashville Metros beat the Kansas City Wizards 3–1.


1998 U.S. Open Cup, First round
Eight D3 Pro , four PDL, and four USASA teams start.


1998 U.S. Open Cup Final
The 1998 U.S. Open Cup Final was the 85th final of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, the United States's oldest soccer cup competition. The match, contested by the Chicago Fire and Columbus Crew, took place on October 30, 1998 at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. It was Chicago's and the Crew's first U.S Open Cup campaign and their first final in the U.S. Open Cup. The Chicago Fire won the game 2–1 in overtime thanks to goals from Jerzy Podbrożny and Frank Klopas while the Crew goal came from Stern John.


1998 U.S. Open Cup Final
Fire defender, C. J. Brown, was named the Man of the Match after the game.


1998 U.S. Open Cup Final
The final was originally scheduled to take place on August 26, 1998, in Virginia Beach, Virginia, but was postponed by a day after the arrival of Hurricane Bonnie. After a second postponement, the match was moved to Chicago despite objections from the Columbus Crew front office.


1998 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles
The 1998 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Boston, United States that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventieth edition of the tournament and was held from 24 to 30 August 1998.


1998 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles
The 1998 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on Hard courts in Boston, United States that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the seventieth edition of the tournament and was held from 24 to 30 August 1998.


1998 U.S. Pro Tennis Championships – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 U.S. Women's Open
The 1998 U.S. Women's Open was the 53rd edition of the U.S. Women's Open, held  July 2–6 at Blackwolf Run in Kohler, Wisconsin.


1998 U.S. Women's Open
The champion was Se Ri Pak, the winner of a 20-hole Monday playoff over amateur Jenny Chuasiriporn. Both age 20, Pak and Chuasiriporn finished the 18-hole playoff round tied at 73, and both parred the first extra hole, a par-5. Pak rolled in an 18-foot (5.5 m) birdie putt on the 92nd hole of competition to become the youngest woman to win two major championships in the same year. She won her first major, the LPGA Championship, seven weeks earlier.


1998 U.S. Women's Open
On the 72nd hole on Sunday, Chuasiriporn holed a 40-foot (12 m) birdie putt to get into the playoff. Pak later had an 8-foot (2.4 m) birdie putt to win the title outright, but it did not drop. Pak was awarded the winner's share of the prize money on Sunday, prior to the playoff, as Chuasiriporn was an amateur.


1998 U.S. Women's Open
The championship returned to the course fourteen years later, in 2012.


1998 UAB Blazers football team
The 1998 UAB Blazers football team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) in the college football season of 1998, and was the eighth team fielded by the school. The Blazers' head coach was Watson Brown, who entered his fourth season as UAB's head coach. They played five of their home games at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama and one home game at the Hoover Metropolitan Stadium in Hoover, and competed as a Division I-A Independent. The Blazers finished their third season at the I-A level with a record of 4–7.


1998 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 1998 UC Davis football team represented the University of California, Davis in the 1998 NCAA Division II football season. They played as a Division II independent in 1998. They would stay an independent until 2004 when they became a charter member of the Great West Conference (GWC).


1998 UC Davis Aggies football team
The 1998 Aggies were led by sixth-year head coach Bob Biggs and played their home games at Toomey Field. UC Davis finished the regular season with a record of ten wins and one loss (10–1). This was the 29th consecutive year UC Davis finished with a winning record.


1998 UC Davis Aggies football team
At the end of the season the Aggies were ranked #4 and were invited to the Division II playoffs for the third year in a row. In the first round they played 11th-ranked Texas A&M–Kingsville for the third year in a row. This time they were favored, but were upset in the first round. That brought the Aggies final record to ten wins and two losses (10–2). The Aggies outscored their opponents 398–259 for the season.


1998 UC Davis Aggies football team, NFL Draft
The following UC Davis Aggies players were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.


1998 UCF Golden Knights football team
The 1998 UCF Golden Knights football season was the twentieth season for the team and Mike Kruczek's first as the head coach of the Golden Knights. Kruczek led UCF to its best season at the time with a 9–2 record in 1998. Daunte Culpepper finished 6th in the Heisman Trophy voting and set the NCAA record for completion percentage that year (73.4%).


1998 UCF Golden Knights football team
UCF started out with a bang, routing Louisiana Tech and Eastern Illinois. Daunte Culpepper accounted for seven touchdowns against Eastern Illinois, earning him the USA Today Player of the Week honors. At 2-0, the Golden Knights faced Purdue on September 19. It was UCF's first game nationally televised on ESPN. The Golden Knights faltered, however, and lost 35-7. Twice the Golden Knights were deep inside the red zone, but a pick-six interception and a turnover on downs were the results.


1998 UCF Golden Knights football team
On November 7 at Auburn, the team experienced one of the most heartbreaking losses in school history. UCF entered with a record of 7-1, and hoped for a huge upset, working towards a possible at-large bowl bid. The Knights led 6-3 late in the game when inside the red zone, quarterback Daunte Culpepper fumbled away a bad shotgun snap. Auburn recovered, and quickly drove down the field. With one minute left, Auburn scored a go-ahead 58-yard touchdown pass. Karsten Bailey eluded a tackle at midfield, and managed a tightrope run down the sidelines for the game-winning score.


1998 UCF Golden Knights football team
Following the disappointment at Auburn, UCF returned home to rout Ball State and New Mexico and finished with an impressive 9–2 record. UCF received a tentative verbal agreement to play in the Oahu Bowl. However, the arrangement fell through in the final week of the season, when Miami upset undefeated UCLA. The resulting shuffle in the bowl berths left UCF out, and dashed their hopes for their first bowl appearance.


1998 UCF Golden Knights football team
Following the season, Culpepper was drafted with the 11th pick in the first round by the Minnesota Vikings, marking the highest ever draft pick of a UCF player to that point until Blake Bortles would break it in 2014 as the 3rd pick of the Jacksonville Jaguars.


1998 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 1998 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were held in Middelfart, Denmark on Saturday 31 January 1998. The course was dry, hard and technical. Weather conditions were sunny, but freezing (-2°C).


1998 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Men's Elite
Held on Sunday January 31, 1998. Being the main event of the day, over 10,000 people had come to watch nine laps (27.675 kilometres) of cyclo-cross. Mario De Clercq got an early lead and managed to widen it lap by lap. Meanwhile in the background his fellow countryman Erwin Vervecken was controlling the chasing group with ease, sacrificing personal gain for the nation. Parrying every attack, Vervecken managed to play out his own cards in the final climb and raced to a silver medal. Henrik Djernis took the bronze with Daniele Pontoni crashing while trying to pass the Dane in the last line.


1998 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Men's Under 23
Held on Sunday January 31, 1998. The gathered crowd of 5,000 saw a repeat of the year before with Sven Nys and Bart Wellens claiming gold and silver. Petr Dlask completed the podium. The riders had to complete seven laps, totalling up to 22.5 kilometres.


1998 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships
The 1998 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships were held in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Quebec, Canada from 14 to 20 September 1998. The disciplines included were cross-country and downhill. The event was the 9th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships and the second to be held in Canada, following the 1992 World Championships in Bromont.


1998 UCI Road World Championships
The 1998 UCI Road World Championships took place in Valkenburg aan de Geul, Netherlands, between 4 and 11 October 1998. The event consisted of a road race and a time trial for men, women, men under 23, junior men and junior women.


1998 UCI Road World Championships, Competitors
A total of 52 nations competed at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships.


1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The men's road race at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on Sunday October 11, 1998, in Valkenburg, Netherlands, over a total distance of 258 kilometres (15 laps). There were a total number of 153 starters, with 66 cyclists finishing the race.


1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
Lance Armstrong's fourth-place finish was stripped by USADA in 2012 due to doping.


1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The men's time trial at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on Thursday October 8, 1998, from Maastricht to Vilt, within the commune of Valkenburg aan de Geul. The race had a total distance of 43.5 kilometres. There were a total number of 46 competitors, with three disqualifications and one non-starters.


1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race
The Men's Under-23 Individual Road Race at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on October 9, 1998, in Valkenburg, Netherlands, over a total distance of 172 kilometres (10 x 17.2 km laps). There were a total number of 180 starters, with 130 cyclists actually finishing the race.


1998 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
The Men's Under-23 Individual Time Trial at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on October 6, 1998, from Maastricht to Vilt, Netherlands, over a total distance of 32.9 kilometres. There were a total number of 65 entries, with two non-starters: Gordon Bearman (New Zealand) and Dmitri Parfimovich (Russia).


1998 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The Women's Individual Road Race at the 1998 UCI Road World Championships was held on Saturday October 10, 1998, in Valkenburg, Netherlands, over a total distance of 103.2 kilometres (6 x 17.2 km laps). There were a total of 121 starters, with 95 cyclists finishing the race.


1998 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's Individual Time Trial at the 1999 World Cycling Championships was held on Wednesday 7 October 1998 from Maastricht to Vilt, within the commune of Valkenburg aan de Geul. The race had a total distance of 23 kilometres. There were a total number of 42 competitors.


1998 UCI Road World Cup
The 1998 UCI Road World Cup was the tenth edition of the UCI Road World Cup, cycling's season-long competition of the ten top-tier one-day classics. It was won by Italian classics specialist Michele Bartoli of the Asics–CGA team. Italian team Mapei–Bricobi won the team competition and placed four riders in the individual top-ten.


1998 UCI Road World Cup
Bartoli moved into the lead of the World Cup after his win in Liège–Bastogne–Liège, and claimed a second event win at the Grand Prix de Suisse. He ended the competition with 416 points, more than double the points total of the runner-up, Leon van Bon.


1998 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 1998 UCI Track Cycling World Championships were the World Championship for track cycling. They took place in Bordeaux, France from August 26 to August 30, 1998. Twelve events were contested, eight for the men and four for the women. France dominated most of the events, taking home half of the gold medals on offer.


1998 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics
The 1998 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Classics is a multi race tournament over a season of track cycling. The season ran from 21 May 1998 to 6 September 1998. The World Cup is organised by the UCI.


1998 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The 1998 UCI Women's Road World Cup was the inaugural edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. It consisted of six rounds in Australia, Europe and North America. The champion was Diana Žiliūtė, who won two rounds and finished with a points tally over double that of her nearest rival.


1998 UCLA Bruins football team
The 1998 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California and were coached by Bob Toledo. It was Toledo's third season as the UCLA head coach. The Bruins finished 10–2 overall and were Pacific-10 Conference champions with an 8–0 record. The Bruins played in the Rose Bowl on January 1, 1999, losing to the Wisconsin Badgers. The team was ranked #8 in the final AP Poll and #8 in the final Coaches Poll.


1998 UCLA Bruins football team, 1999 NFL Draft
The following players were selected in the 1999 NFL Draft.


1998 UEFA Champions League Final
The 1998 UEFA Champions League Final was a football match that took place at the Amsterdam Arena in Amsterdam, on 20 May 1998 to determine the winner of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League. It pitted Real Madrid of Spain and Juventus of Italy. Juventus appeared in their third consecutive final, while Real Madrid were in their first of the Champions League era. Real Madrid won 1–0, the only goal scored by Predrag Mijatović, to clinch their record breaking seventh European title, their first for 32 years. The two teams faced each other in the final again in 2017 in Cardiff; Real Madrid won 4–1.


1998 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
The Amsterdam Arena has served as the home stadium of Ajax since 1996. The previous home for Ajax's European matches, the Olympisch Stadion, also hosted European finals.


1998 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
One-legged finals include the 1962 European Cup Final, in which Benfica defeated Real Madrid 5–3, and the 1977 European Cup Winners' Cup Final, in which Anderlecht were beaten 2–0 by Hamburg. It also hosted the second legs of the 1981 UEFA Cup Final between AZ '67 and Ipswich Town, and of the 1992 UEFA Cup Final between Ajax and Torino.


1998 UEFA Champions League Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Thorsten Bastian (Germany) Christian Schräer (Germany)Fourth official: Hans-Jürgen Weber (Germany)


1998 UEFA Cup Final
The 1998 UEFA Cup Final was a football match played at Parc des Princes in Paris on 6 May 1998 between two Italian sides, Lazio and Internazionale. Inter won the match 3–0. It was the first single-legged UEFA Cup final.


1998 UEFA Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees:Fernando Tresaco Gracia (Spain)Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)Fourth official:Arturo Daudén Ibáñez (Spain)


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
The 1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match that took place on 13 May 1998 at Råsunda Stadium in Stockholm, Sweden to determine the winner of the 1997–98 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. It was contested by Chelsea of England and VfB Stuttgart of Germany and was the 38th final of what was Europe's second largest football competition at the time.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
Both clubs played a total of eight games in four stages to advance to the final. Chelsea had the upper hand in all but one of their encounters, defeating Tromsø IL with an accumulative score of 9–4 in a two-legged match and edging Vicenza by one goal. Stuttgart also enjoyed an advantage in all but two of their meetings, beating ÍBV 5–2 on aggregate and winning over Slavia Prague and Lokomotiv Moscow by two goals.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final
A crowd of 30,216 were in attendance to witness Chelsea win the match 1–0, with Gianfranco Zola scoring the winning goal in the second half. As a result, the English club claimed the double, having previously won the League Cup earlier in the campaign. It was Chelsea's second conquest of the Cup Winners' Cup, adding to their 1971 victory. By winning the tournament, they also gained qualification for the 1998 UEFA Super Cup.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea
Chelsea earned automatic qualification as the 1996–97 season winners of England's yearly competition, the FA Cup. In the first round of the event, they were drawn against Slovan Bratislava. Both matches resulted in 2–0 wins for the English outfit; the first leg took place at Stamford Bridge, and the second at Tehelné pole, as they won 4–0 in total.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea
Chelsea then faced Tromsø IL in the second round. They lost the first leg by 2–3 which took place at Alfheim Stadion, with Gianluca Vialli registering a brace. In the home leg, Chelsea beat Tromsø 7–1, during which Vialli scored a hat-trick; the other goals were scored by Dan Petrescu, who contributed with a double, Gianfranco Zola and Frank Leboeuf to ensure an amassed score of 9–4.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, Chelsea
In the quarter-finals, Chelsea clashed with Real Betis. The opening game at Estadio Manuel Ruíz de Lopera was won with 2–1 after a Tore André Flo double, before a 3–1 win at home with goals signed by Frank Sinclair, Roberto Di Matteo and Zola were enough to hand Chelsea an overall 5–2 victory. The final opposition in the semi-finals was Vicenza. Chelsea lost the away fixture 0–1, at Stadio Romeo Menti. They ended the round with a 3–1 home victory, following goals by Gus Poyet, Zola and Mark Hughes to send them through to their second final.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, VfB Stuttgart
VfB Stuttgart received a place in the tournament, following their celebrations in the 1996–97 campaign, of the German Cup, Germany's annual cup contest. Starting in the round of 32, the Germans were pitted against ÍBV. They rounded off the first tie, by completing a 3–1 win at Hásteinsvöllur, before a 2–1 victory at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion was enough to see them through with 5–2.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, VfB Stuttgart
As Stuttgart entered the second round, they were up against Germinal Ekeren. They won the first leg 4–0 at Veltwijckstadion with Fredi Bobic and Jonathan Akpoborie each scoring twice. In the return game, Stuttgart suffered a 2–4 loss, but regardless of this, goals from Frank Verlaat and Gerhard Poschner ensured they won the stage 6–4.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Route to the final, VfB Stuttgart
In the quarter-finals, Slavia Prague were Stuttgart's next opponents. The away leg at Stadion Evžena Rošického ended in a 1–1 draw following a Poschner goal. Back on German soil, Stuttgart won 2–0 after Krasimir Balakov scored two goals, giving them a 3–1 overall win. In the semi-finals, Stuttgart were drawn against Lokomotiv Moscow. The first home leg ended 2–1 to the German side, with Bobic finding the winning goal late; the first was netted by Akpoborie. At Lokomotiv Stadium, Bobic once again managed to score, during the first half, which proved to be decisive as Stuttgart won 1–0 and the concluding tie 3–1 to proceed to the final.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Background
Both Chelsea and Stuttgart ended their seasons in fourth place of their respective leagues, the FA Premier League and the Bundesliga. Chelsea beat Bolton Wanderers 2–0 on the last matchday, while Stuttgart oversaw a 1–0 win over Werder Bremen. Both sides also progressed in their cup competitions – Chelsea lost against Manchester United with three to five in the 1997–98 FA Cup third round, but found success with a 2–0 victory over Middlesbrough in the 1998 Football League Cup Final. Stuttgart saw themselves overrun 0–2 by Bayern Munich in the 1997 German League Cup Final, only to succumb to Bayern again with a 0–3 deficit in the 1997–98 German Cup semi-final.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Background
Chelsea and Stuttgart faced each other for the first time in European football. The English side were appearing in their second Cup Winners' Cup final, having won the tournament in 1971, while Stuttgart made their debut. Chelsea had met German clubs once, in the 1965–66 season of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup against 1860 Munich – Chelsea advanced to the next round after managing a 2–2 stalemate at the Grünwalder Stadion, and a 1–0 home win.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Background
Stuttgart had been pitted against English clubs on two meetings of the same competition, the former over Burnley in the following season. The Germans were knocked out in the opening stage, after being held 1–1, in the first game at Neckarstadion, before following up with a 0–2 loss at Turf Moor. The latter was opposite Leeds United, in the 1992–93 season of the UEFA Champions League; the club saw themselves be eliminated in the same fashion, as they won 3–0 at home, before losing the second leg 4–1. However, Leeds were awarded an automatic 3–0 win, after Stuttgart were found to have fielded an ineligible player. A play-off in Camp Nou was required to decide the round, which Stuttgart fell with 1–2.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Both teams were each given 12,000 tickets – the remaining 6,000 tickets were released, for purchase to the Swedish people. However, Stuttgart decided to send 11,000 of their 12,000 tickets back to UEFA, due to the German club's supporters finding it difficult to make their way to the country, as well as the absence of air flights available. Subsequently, none of the unsold tickets were granted for Chelsea and its followers; the consequences proved worse, when Stuttgart announced that they had issued tickets alone for those who had ordered the more higher-priced package.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
Thousands of these tickets made their way onto the black market and were snapped up by Chelsea fans. On the day of the match it was estimated that at least 25,000 of the 30,000 crowd were Chelsea fans. With most flying out from England, it also represented the largest airlift of people from the UK for a single event since World War II.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Venue
Råsunda Stadium was revealed as the official venue of the final in December 1997. Located in Solna, Stockholm, the stadium opened its doors to the public in 1937, and was used by the Sweden national team for their games in the 1958 FIFA World Cup, including the final, as well as most of their general ties. Råsunda also held four of the national team's fixtures, in the 1992 European Championship, and the 1995 FIFA Women's World Cup Final; it was also the home base of AIK's matches, until demolishment plans began in 2012. For the final, Råsunda had a capacity of generally 35,000.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Match ball
Adidas Tricolore was the match ball of the final. It was the sixteenth edition in the Adidas football series; the name "Tricolore" translates to "three-coloured" and contains a tricolour crest and a cockerel, along with French classic themes which were used as influences, for the ball's construction, to illustrate the nation's flag. The Tricolore became the first ball available in different colours and was later introduced at that year's World Cup. It was the last ball to carry the vintage Tango layout.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Match officials
Stefano Braschi from the Italian Football Federation, was appointed to officiate the final, making it his first time to decide a closing match in a European contest. He was regonised as a professional Serie A referee in 1992. The Italian took charge of his first European fixture in a 1996 UEFA Intertoto Cup group stage meeting between Lierse and Groningen. The same year, Braschi made FIFA's international referees list; he debuted in February 1997 in an Israel–Germany friendly.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Pre-match, Match officials
Before the final, he had been the match official in four Champions League and two UEFA Cup matches (including one qualifier), as well as four international friendlies. Braschi was accompanied by an all-Italian team, which was made up of assistant referees Gennaro Mazzei and Pietro Contente – the reserve referee was unveiled as Livio Bazzoli.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Broadcasting
The final was screened in 144 countries worldwide, with over 250 million viewers expected to follow the game. In the United Kingdom, the event was covered by BBC One, after winning the television rights over Channel 5. In German television, ARD were committed to the final; viewer figures were reported to be an estimate 8.9 million. In Sweden, SVT1 and SVT2, the two channels of the television network Sveriges Television, jointly televised the match.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Team selection
Chelsea centre back Frank Sinclair and left back Graeme Le Saux were both sidelined for the final due to their calf injuries, causing player-manager Vialli to swap them with Michael Duberry, and Danny Granville, who had recovered from an abscess pain. Central midfielder Poyet was also included in the starting line-up to join captain Dennis Wise, after returning from a damaged cruciate ligament. Together with forward and lead goalscorer Vialli, Flo began in the attack, instead of Zola, who was named as a substitute, despite making an improvement from his damaged groin, sustained in a league fixture against Liverpool in April.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Team selection
Stuttgart suffered from no player injuries, but defenders Frank Verlaat and Martin Spanring's bans, prevented them from taking part in the game, leading to manager Joachim Löw to replace Verlaat, with midfielder Murat Yakin as libero, and Thomas Berthold taking over Spanring's role in the middle.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
Chelsea's goalscoring chance came in the fifth minute when Poyet found Di Matteo, who fumbled his opportunity as it went over the goal. Stuttgart almost took the lead through Bobic, who took advantage of Steve Clarke's poor clearance but Bobic's attempt went just past the right goalpost. The Germans continued to push forward, as Balakov had a chance on goal, after being found by Poschner, but his shot was kept out by Ed de Goey to mark the first save of the match.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary, First half
Chelsea held on however; a few minutes later, Poyet ran towards the ball to direct a powerful volley on goal following a weak clearing header from Berthold, but a well-placed Franz Wohlfahrt dived to read the attempt. Chelsea had another chance before half time, which saw Wise from a Di Matteo free kick launch another volley, with the successive effort going just off the target.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
Prior to the first half, Chelsea continued to dominate possession and round-up more opportunities – the ball was given to Wise, after cooperation between Petrescu and Vialli, whose shot went just across the left goal. It did not take long, before Granville generated another endeavor for Chelsea to make Wohlfahrt throw himself to the right in order to prevent the shot. The club made its first substitute change in the 71st minute, which saw Flo being replaced by Zola.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Summary, Second half
He made an effect immediately, picking up the ball after a well-timed pass by Wise, and finishing with a half volley in the penalty box, past Wohlfahrt, which found its way straight in the top right corner. As the match went on, Petrescu was sent off for an illegal tackle on Yakin. It did not affect Chelsea as Stuttgart failed to produce anything to turn the final in their favour. Stuttgart's situation proved worse when they were also reduced to ten men, as Poschner was dismissed after quarrels with referee Braschi.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Match, Details
Assistant referees: Gennaro Mazzei (Italy) Pietro Contente (Italy)Reserve referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post-match
Following Chelsea's victory, player-manager Vialli was satisfied with his club's performance, commending the substitution of Zola by assistant manager Graham Rix: "He decided he had a feeling and he was right". Vialli also praised Zola, but felt that the honours had to be shared by all the players including Vialli himself, who took part in the match: "It was a great first touch – he put the ball in the net and we won the cup. But the credit has to be shared between all the chaps – and I am over the moon."


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post-match
The Italian further added that their goal now was to win the league championship: "The next step will be the Premier League, fingers crossed. I am still the player-manager and I have to be one next season. We are very happy to win, but we do not want to stop here. We want to keep improving and next season we will start trying to win the Premier League, which is our aim now."


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post-match
Zola himself was happy with his achievements to the Chelsea side, but when asked if his substitution was all projected, he denied it, stating: "It wasn't planned. In the moment, I used my positive strength and I got a reward for the passion, the work not only I, but the masseur Mimmo Pezza did together in Rimini. The injury should take one month to heal, Mimmo Pezza helped me be fit in less than half that. I thank this man for a beautiful moment which will be in my heart for as long as I can remember." Their victory meant Aston Villa gained a place in the 1998–99 UEFA Cup.


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post-match
Stuttgart manager Joachim Löw was disappointed with the defeat, but remained confident about his future at the team, as well as the season: "I'm calmly looking forward to the discussion. The club has to approach me. I have a contract until 1999. There must be some tough words. For me, the season has been positive".


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post-match
His word was also shared by Bobic who felt that his team were treated unfairly to the goal, also taking time to defend Löw: "We need to talk about mistakes and learn from them, it does not mean that it is necessary to change the manager". He added: "It is bitter to lose by such a goal". However, Verlaat dissented, and criticised Stuttgart's campaign: "The club has to make up its mind finally. We could have done better this season. We carelessly squandered about eight games". Yakin agreed and offered his own comments: "You have to talk about many things, you cannot work together in the way it was this year."


1998 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup Final, Post-match
The two teams were drawn against each other again in two legs in the first knockout round of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League knockout stage. The first match was held in Stuttgart on 25 February 2004 at Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, which Chelsea also won 1–0 after an own goal scored by Fernando Meira, while a scoreless draw played on 9 March 2004 in Stamford Bridge was enough for Chelsea to advance to the quarter-finals with a 1–0 aggregate win.


1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship
The 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship was the 16th edition of UEFA's European Under-16 Football Championship. Scotland hosted the championship, during 26 April – 8 May 1998. 16 teams entered the competition, and Republic of Ireland defeated Italy in the final to win the competition for the first time.


1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship qualifying
This page describes the qualifying procedure for the 1998 UEFA European Under-16 Football Championship. 49 teams were divided into 15 groups of three and four teams each. The fifteen best winners advanced to the final tournament.


1998 UEFA European Under-16 Championship squads
Below are the rosters for the EFA European Under-16 Football Championship 1998 tournament in Scotland.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship
The UEFA European Under-18 Championship 1998 Final Tournament was held in Cyprus. It also served as the European qualification for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, Qualification
50 UEFA nations entered the competition, and with the hosts Cyprus qualifying automatically, the other 49 teams competed in the qualifying competition to determine the remaining seven spots in the final tournament. The qualifying competition consisted of two rounds: First round, which took place in autumn 1997 and was played in 14 round-robin tournament groups with three or four teams each; and the Second round, which took place in spring 1998, in which pairs of group winners played home and away matches.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, Match officials
A total of 6 referees, 7 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials officiated the tournament.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, Squads
Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players, including two goalkeepers.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, Qualification to World Youth Championship
The six best performing teams qualified for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship, Goalscorers
There were 45 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.21 goals per match.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying
This article features the 1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship qualifying stage. Matches were played 1997 through 1998. Two qualifying rounds were organised and seven teams qualified for the main tournament, joining host Cyprus.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads
The following is the list of football players selected for the 1998 European under-18 championship played in Cyprus.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads
Each national team submitted a squad of 18 players, two of whom had to be goalkeepers.


1998 UEFA European Under-18 Championship squads
Ages are correct as of the start of the tournament, 19 July 1998. Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, which spanned two years (1996–98), had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The exclusion (for political reasons) of the team from Serbia and Montenegro, then known as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ended. Bosnia and Herzegovina was another former state of Yugoslavia who competed, for the first time. Spain won the competition for the second time.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 46 national teams were divided into nine groups (eight groups of 5 + one group of 6). The records of the nine group winners were compared, and the eighth and ninth ranked teams played-off against each other for the eight quarter finals spot. One of the eight quarter-finalist were then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Qualification
The qualifying stage for the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship saw Germany, Netherlands, Norway, Romania, Russia, Spain and Sweden win their respective groups. Greece and England finished first in their group but were the two worst first placed group winners. Greece defeated England in a playoff to qualify for the tournament.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Venues
The final tournament was held in Bucharest, the hosts being only three arenas.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, Squads
Only players born on or after 1 January 1975 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each nation had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of which had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured seriously enough to prevent his taking part in the tournament before his team's first match, he can be replaced by another player.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
The 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification began in 1996. The final tournament was held in 1998 in Romania.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
The 46 national teams were divided into nine groups (eight groups of 5 + one group of 6). The records of the nine group winners were compared, and the eighth and ninth ranked teams played-off against each other for the eight quarter finals spot. One of the eight quarter-finalist were then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying Groups, Draw
The allocation of teams into qualifying groups was based on that of 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification with several changes, reflecting the absence of some nations:


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification, Qualifying Groups, Ranking of group winners
List of qualifying group winners. Teams 1–7 qualify automatically. Teams 8 & 9 play-off for the eighth spot. Only results between top four teams in group are used.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 4
The teams competing in Group 4 of the 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition were Austria, Belarus, Estonia, Latvia, Scotland and Sweden.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at 1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship in Romania. The tournament started on 23 May and the final took place in Bucharest on 31 May 1998.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Players born on or after 1 January 1975 were eligible to play in the tournament. Each nation had to submit a squad of 20 players, two of which had to be goalkeepers. If a player was injured seriously enough to prevent his taking part in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player.


1998 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Players in bold have later been capped at full international level.


1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup
The 1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals were won by Valencia, Werder Bremen, and Bologna. All three teams advanced to the UEFA Cup. The 1998 tournament saw the return of English clubs in the competition since the controversy surrounding its participants in 1995.


1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg
TPS 3–3 Sion on aggregate. TPS won on away goals rule.


1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup, First round, Second leg
Inkaras Kaunas 1–1 Baki Fahlasi on aggregate. Inkaras Kaunas won 5–4 on penalties.


1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Second round, Second leg
Lommel 2–2 Torpedo Kutaisi on aggregate. Lommel won on away goals rule.


1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round, Second leg
Ruch Chorzów 2–2 Estrela da Amadora on aggregate. Ruch Chorzów won 4–2 on penalties.


1998 UEFA Intertoto Cup, Third round, Second leg
Bologna 3–3 Naţional București on aggregate. Bologna won on away goals rule.


1998 UEFA Super Cup
The 1998 UEFA Super Cup was a football match that was played on 28 August 1998 at Stade Louis II, Monaco, contested between Champions League winners Real Madrid and Cup Winners' Cup holders Chelsea. Neither team had previously won the trophy. Chelsea won the match 1–0 with a late goal from Gus Poyet.


1998 UEFA Super Cup
This was the first Super Cup to be played as a one-off match at a neutral venue. Previously it was played over two legs, although on some occasions, only one match was played, due to special circumstances.


1998 UEFA Super Cup, Venue
The Stade Louis II in Monaco was the venue for the UEFA Super Cup for the second time. It was built in 1985, and is also the home of AS Monaco, who play in the French league system. The 1986 European Super Cup match between Steaua București, then holders of the European Cup and Dynamo Kyiv, holders of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, took place at the same stadium, in one-leg format.


1998 UEFA Super Cup, Match, Summary
Gus Poyet put Chelsea ahead in the 83rd minute with a right foot finish from the edge of the penalty area to the right corner of the net after a pass from the left by Gianfranco Zola. Chelsea went on to win the game 1–0.


1998 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship
The 1998 UEFA Women's Under-18 Championship was held between 11 July 1998 and 18 July 1998. It was the first edition of the UEFA European Women's Under-18 Championship. 26 teams competed in the preliminary rounds. Denmark defeated France 4–3 on aggregate in the final.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year
The 1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 72nd year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) released the annual returns, with totalisator turnover at £78,981,066 and attendances recorded at 3,606,704.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Irish Greyhound Derby champion Toms The Best trained by Nick Savva was voted Greyhound of the Year after finishing runner-up in the Scottish Greyhound Derby at Shawfield Stadium and winning the 1998 English Greyhound Derby.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
Linda Mullins won Greyhound Trainer of the Year for the third successive year.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Summary
The industry lost Wembley when it was announced that greyhound racing would no longer take place there. The last race was held on Friday 18 December. A twist of fate resulted in a no race on that final night after a hare failure, just like 71 years previous when on the opening night in 1927 the same happened.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Tracks
Independent track Long Eaton in the hands of the receivers Grant Thompson suffered a catastrophic grandstand fire on Sunday 27 December. The receivers had hoped to sell it for £1.5 million to developers but the Erewash council had voted unanimously (44-0) that the track would remain a sporting venue. However that plan was scuppered after the fire which local police treated as suspicious. With no grandstand anyone interested in bringing back racing had pulled out of negotiations. Leading owner, Pat Chambers, had been involved in a scheme to buy the track in January.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Wembley Racing Manager John Rowley left the sport whilst Peter Miller moved to Hove. Wembley trainers Ken Tester and Terry Atkins relocated to Catford before switching to Crayford and Oxford respectively, Patsy Cusack joined Crayford and Hazel Dickson joined Wimbledon, John Haynes kept a small kennel to open race, while Wally Ginzel and Pam Heasman would both soon retire.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
The Sporting Life closed in May after a merger with the Racing Post; it was the end of an era for the newspaper that had served greyhound racing for decades and its editor Bob Betts. Subsequently the Racing Post sponsored a new festival of racing at Walthamstow.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Seven-time champion trainer John McGee Sr. returned to England after spending four years in Ireland. He leased the Halls Green Farm kennels in Roydon, Essex, where former Walthamstow stars were reared, after selling his Woodlands Kennels in County Kildare. His relationship with the NGRC remained fractious and they announced that they would not be licence him until he met the £30,000 legal bill accumulated from the failed high court ban back in 1994. After agreeing a payment he was given an attachment at Rye House. Meanwhile at Peterborough Racing Manager Mike Middle retired and was replaced by Con Baker.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, News
Sheffield won the Supertrack (a competition between tracks); they beat the competition which included hosts Walthamstow by scoring 81 points; Walthamstow finished 2nd with 69 points with Henlow in third with 39.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
The last Grand National at Hall Green was won by a greyhound called El Tenor trained by Linda Mullins and owned by Italian film producer Mario Lanfranchi. The brindle dog had won the Essex Vase in 1996 before being disqualified and being switched to hurdles and then won 9 from 13 before the Grand National. During the final El Tenor came from off the pace to catch and beat Quote That and Mullins saw a gap in the open race circuit over stayers hurdles. No other greyhound could compete with him over staying hurdles events and he won many open races throughout the year and passed Poor Sue's record of 69 open victories when picking up another victory at Nottingham in December.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
In the Pall Mall Stakes at Oxford Stadium Droopys Eric took a length off Carmels Prince's eight year old track record beating Blue Murlen in the process. Later following a major car accident Droopys Eric was injured with a kennelmate dying and passenger Olive Tasker seriously injured. Eric was withdrawn from the semi finals. Ernie Gaskin Sr. won his third trainer's championship when winning the event at Sittingbourne.


1998 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year, Competitions
During the Golden Jacket final Bubbly Princess won but was then disqualified by the stewards, the connections were waiting at the podium when the announcement took place. Linda Jones and the Bubbly Club lost the £7,500 first prize but Mario Lanfranchi the owner of El Onda gave the trophy away after not being happy at winning by default.


1998 UK Championship
The 1998 Liverpool Victoria UK Championship was a  professional ranking snooker tournament that took place at the Bournemouth International Centre in Bournemouth, England. The event started on 16 November 1998 and the televised stages were shown on BBC between 21 and 29 November 1998.


1998 UK Championship
This was the first UK championship to be held in Bournemouth since the inaugural championship in 1977, after 20 years at Preston. The Conference Centre has held snooker competitions before. It hosted the World Cup between 1985 and 1990, the Mercantile Credit Classic in 1991 and 1992,  the International Open in 1994 and 1995, and the Grand Prix in 1996 and 1997.


1998 UK Championship
Ronnie O'Sullivan was the defending champion, but he withdrew before the tournament. His doctor had told him to rest after suffering from physical and nervous exhaustion.


1998 UK Championship
John Higgins won this year's title by defeating Matthew Stevens 10–6 in the final to go with the World Championship crown he won earlier in the year. This was Higgins' 10th ranking title.


1998 UK Championship, Tournament summary
Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was the number 1 seed with World Champion John Higgins seeded 2. The remaining places were allocated to players based on the world rankings.


1998 UK Championship, Prize fund
The breakdown of prize money for this year is shown below:


1998 UMass Minutemen football team
The 1998 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 1998 NCAA Division I-AA football season as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. The team was coached by Mark Whipple and played its home games at Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium in Hadley, Massachusetts. 1998 was the most successful season in Minutemen history, as UMass won their first National Championship in the NCAA DI-AA playoffs in Whipple's first year with the team. UMass entered the postseason as champions of the A-10, but were not expected to make a serious run for the title.


1998 UMass Minutemen football team
They reached the final game ranked 12th in the nation, and were matched up with perennial powerhouse Georgia Southern, the top ranked team in the country. The Minutemen rushed out of the gates, scoring three touchdowns in the opening quarter, and won the shootout by a final score of 55–43. UMass finished the season with a record of 12–3 overall and 6–2 in conference play.


1998 UNLV Rebels football team
The 1998 UNLV Rebels football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their fifth year under head coach Jeff Horton, the team compiled an 0–11 record.


1998 US Open (tennis)
The 1998 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hardcourts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 118th edition of the US Open and was held from August 31 through September 13, 1998.


1998 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Men's Doubles
Sandon Stolle /  Cyril Suk defeated  Mark Knowles /  Daniel Nestor, 4–6, 7–6, 6–2


1998 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Women's Doubles
Martina Hingis /  Jana Novotná defeated  Lindsay Davenport /  Natasha Zvereva 6–3, 6–3


1998 US Open (tennis), Seniors, Mixed Doubles
Serena Williams /  Max Mirnyi defeated  Lisa Raymond /  Patrick Galbraith 6–2, 6–2


1998 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Boys' Doubles
K. J. Hippensteel /  David Martin defeated  Andy Ram /  Lovro Zovko 6–7, 7–6, 6–2


1998 US Open (tennis), Juniors, Girls' Doubles
Kim Clijsters /  Eva Dyrberg defeated  Jelena Dokić /  Evie Dominikovic 7–6, 6–4


1998 US Open – Boys' Singles
Arnaud Di Pasquale was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


1998 US Open – Boys' Singles
David Nalbandian won the title by defeating Roger Federer 6–3, 7–5 in the final.


1998 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Marissa Irvin and Alexandra Stevenson were the defending champions, but they did not compete this year.


1998 US Open – Girls' Doubles
Kim Clijsters and Eva Dyrberg won the title without losing a set, defeating Australians Jelena Dokić and Evie Dominikovic in the final.


1998 US Open – Girls' Singles
Cara Black was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.


1998 US Open – Girls' Singles
Jelena Dokic won the title by defeating Katarina Srebotnik 6–4, 6–2 in the final.


1998 US Open – Men's Doubles
The 1998 US Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the USTA National Tennis Center in New York City in New York in the United States. It was the 118th edition of the US Open and was held from August 31 through September 13, 1998.


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


1998 US Open – Men's Doubles Qualifying
The qualifying rounds for the 1998 US Open were played from 25 to 29 August 1998 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States.


1998 US Open – Men's Singles
Patrick Rafter successfully defended his title, defeating compatriot Mark Philippoussis in the final, 6–3, 3–6, 6–2, 6–0 to win the Men's Singles tennis title at the 1998 US Open.


1998 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying
Players who neither had high enough rankings nor received wild cards to enter the main draw of the annual US Open Tennis Championships participated in a qualifying tournament held over several days before the event.


1998 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Manon Bollegraf and Rick Leach were the defending champions but lost in the first round to Lindsay Davenport and Jan-Michael Gambill.


1998 US Open – Mixed Doubles
Serena Williams and Max Mirnyi won in the final 6–2, 6–2 against Lisa Raymond and Patrick Galbraith.


1998 US Open – Women's Doubles
Lindsay Davenport and Jana Novotná were the defending champions, but they did not play together this year. Davenport played with Natasha Zvereva as the second seed, and Novotná played with Martina Hingis as the first seed.


1998 US Open – Women's Doubles
The two teams met in the final, where Hingis and Novotná won, 6–3, 6–3. With this win, Hingis became the third woman in the Open Era to complete a Calendar Year Grand Slam in doubles, after Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. Additionally, Hingis and her partners defeated Davenport/Zvereva in all four grand slam finals in 1998.


1998 US Open – Women's Doubles Qualifying
The qualifying rounds for the 1998 US Open were played from 25 to 29 August 1998 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States.


1998 US Open – Women's Singles
Lindsay Davenport defeated the defending champion Martina Hingis in the final, 6–3, 7–5 to win the Women's Singles tennis title at the 1998 US Open. It was a rematch of the previous year's semifinals. Davenport did not drop a set during the tournament.


1998 US Open – Women's Singles
This was the final US Open main draw appearance for five-time champion Steffi Graf; she lost to Patty Schnyder in the fourth round. It was also the first US Open appearance for future six-time champion Serena Williams (who would win her first major title at the following year's edition); she was defeated by Irina Spîrlea in the third round.


1998 US Open – Women's Singles Qualifying
The qualifying rounds for the 1998 US Open were played from 25 to 29 August 1998 at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York City, United States.


1998 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
The 1998 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 17–21 at Tad Gormley Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana.


1998 USC Trojans baseball team
The 1998 USC Trojans baseball team represented the University of Southern California in the 1998 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team was coached Mike Gillespie in his 12th season.


1998 USC Trojans baseball team
The Trojans won the College World Series, defeating the Arizona State Sun Devils in the championship game.


1998 USC Trojans baseball team, Trojans in the 1998 MLB Draft
The following members of the USC baseball program were drafted in the 1998 Major League Baseball Draft.


1998 USC Trojans football team
The 1998 USC Trojans football team represented the University of Southern California (USC) in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first year under head coach Paul Hackett, the Trojans compiled an 8-5 record (5–3 against conference opponents), finished in a tie for third place in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10), and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 346 to 241.


1998 USC Trojans football team
This was Paul Hackett's inaugural year as head coach as the Trojans head coach as well as his only winning season and bowl appearance with the team. It was also the Trojans' 75th anniversary playing at the Coliseum.


1998 USC Trojans football team
After three wins, including an opener against Purdue in the Pigskin Classic, USC was ranked as high as 18 in the AP Poll, but lost two of its next three and dropped out of the rankings permanently.


1998 USC Trojans football team
During halftime of the game against UCLA, 91-year-old USC "Super Fan" Giles Pellerin died while watching his 797th consecutive USC football game.


1998 USC Trojans football team
Quarterback Carson Palmer led the team in passing, completing 130 of 235 passes for 1,755 yards with seven touchdowns and six interceptions. Chad Morton led the team in rushing with 199 carries for 985 yards and six touchdowns. R. Jay Soward led the team in receiving yards with 44 catches for 679 yards and six touchdowns; Billy Miller also had 49 catches for 623 yards and six touchdowns.


1998 USISL A-League
The 1998 USISL A-League was an American Division II league run by the United Systems of Independent Soccer Leagues during the summer of 1998.


1998 USISL A-League, Conference semifinals, Western Conference semifinal 2
The San Diego Flash advance to the Western Conference championship.


1998 USISL D-3 Pro League
The 1998 USISL D-3 Pro League was the 12th season of third-division soccer in the United States, and was the second season of now-defunct USISL D-3 Pro League. The champions were the Chicago Stingers who beat the New Hampshire Phantoms in the final.


1998 USISL D-3 Pro League, Changes from 1996
Before the season, Western Massachusetts, Northern Virginia, and Pensacola were added. Baltimore became Eastern Shore. Dallas became Texas. Vermont became the Voltage. Miami was promoted from PDSL.


1998 UTEP Miners football team
The 1998 UTEP Miners football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas at El Paso in the Western Athletic Conference during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their sixth year under head coach Charlie Bailey, the team compiled a 5–8 record.


1998 Uganda Cup
1998 Uganda Cup was the 24th season of the main Ugandan football Cup.


1998 Uganda Cup, Overview
The competition was known as the Kakungulu Cup and was won by SC Villa who beat SC Simba 2-0 in the final. Hassan Mubiru scored a brace for SC Villa dribbling past Fred Kajoba the Express keeper on two occasions and finishing clinically.


1998 Uganda Cup, Quarter-finals
The 4 matches in this round were played between 7 October and 10 October 1998.


1998 Uganda Super League
The 1998 Ugandan Super League was the 31st season of the official Ugandan football championship, the top-level football league of Uganda.


1998 Uganda Super League, Overview
The 1998 Uganda Super League, known as the Nile Special League Serie A, was contested by 8 teams and was won by SC Villa. The second level, known as the Nile Special League Serie B, was contested by 9 teams and was won by Health. At the end of the season Serie A and B were combined and the Super League reverted to its original format.


1998 Uganda Super League, Leading goalscorer
The top goalscorer in the 1998 season was Charles Kayemba of SC Villa with 18 goals.


1998 Ukrainian Cup Final
The 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final is a football match that took place at the NSC Olimpiyskiy on May 31, 1998. The match was the 7th Ukrainian Cup Final and it was contested by both Kyivan clubs FC Dynamo Kyiv and FC CSKA Kyiv. The 1998 Ukrainian Cup Final was the seventh to be held in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Dynamo won by two goals netted by Andriy Shevchenko on the 1st and 33rd minutes. CSKA managed to answer with a single tally from Novokhatsky on the 68th minute, which was scored on the rebound right after the missed penalty kick. Shovkovskyi managed to deflect the penalty kick from Oliynyk.


1998 Ukrainian Cup Final
There also were several yellow cards issued at this game, all of them to Army players: Semchuk, Hohil, and Kripak.


1998 Ukrainian Cup Final, Road to Kyiv
Both teams started from the first round of the competition (1/16). Dynamo did not have any difficulties along the way meeting almost no resistance from every team. Especially surprising was the face-off with Chornomorets Odessa which ended with an unbelievable 4-1 win for the white-blues in Odessa. CSKA impressed when it easily defeated Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the away game.


1998 Ukrainian Women's League
The 1998 season of the Ukrainian Championship was the 7th season of Ukraine's women's football competitions. The championship ran from 24 April 1998 to 8 July 1998.


1998 Ukrainian Women's League
The championship was played as a sextuple round-robin tournament compered to the last year quadruple round-robin.


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 29 March 1998. The Communist Party of Ukraine remained the largest party in the Verkhovna Rada, winning 121 of the 445 seats.


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election
After the election votes in five electoral districts had too many irregularities to declare a winner and the parliament was five members short of 450.


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Electoral system
In comparison to the first parliamentary election, this time half of 450 parliament seats were filled by single-seat majority winners in 225 electoral regions (constituencies), and the other half were split among political parties and blocks that received at least 4% of the popular vote.


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results
The Communist Party of Ukraine was victorious in 18 regions including the city of Kyiv, while in three other regions the party finished in second place. The People's Movement of Ukraine (Rukh) won in five regions, all of them located in Western Ukraine and was a strong runner-up in three others, mostly in the west and Kyiv. The electoral block of Socialists and Peasants was able to secure a victory in only two regions, however it did finish strong in seven other regions across central Ukraine. The new and rising party of Hromada won the Dnipropetrovsk Region, while the Social-Democratic Party of Ukraine managed to secure the Zakarpattia Region.


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Results
Notable and strong runners up were the Party of Greens, the People's Democratic Party, the Progressive Socialist Party, the People's Party, Working Ukraine, the National Front and Our Ukraine.


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Party affiliation changes after 1998 election
The size of the factions created in parliament after the election fluctuated. By January 2000, the Progressive Socialist Party of Ukraine and Hromada had not had any deputies; while Peasant Party of Ukraine had deputies only in 1999. All these factions where disbanded due to the lack of members.


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Party affiliation changes after 1998 election
Party of Regional Revival of Ukraine (later to become the biggest party of Ukraine as Party of Regions) grew massively in parliament (after in March 2001 it united with four parties) from 2 deputies elected in this election to a faction of 24 people in July 2002 (one deputy left the faction later). Later to become second biggest party of Ukraine, Batkivshchyna, started its existence as a faction when in the spring of 1999 members of Hromada left their party to join other parliament factions, among them Yulia Tymoshenko who set up the parliamentary faction "Batkivshchyna" in March 1999.


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Party affiliation changes after 1998 election
People's Movement of Ukraine split into 2 different factions in the spring of 1999 (the largest membership of the breakaway faction led by Hennadiy Udovenko was 19 and ended with 14, the "other" faction ended with 23; meaning that 10 elected People's Movement of Ukraine deputies did not represent any segment of the party anymore by June 2002).


1998 Ukrainian parliamentary election, Party affiliation changes after 1998 election
Other mayor "non-elected" factions/parties to emerge in parliament after the election were: Solidarity (27 to 20 members) and Labour Ukraine (38 members in June 2002); by June 2002 the parliament had 8 more factions then its original 8 in May 1998.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
The 1998 MTN Under-19 World Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament played in South Africa from 11 January to 1 February 1998. Sponsored by the MTN Group, it was the second edition of the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, coming ten years after the inaugural tournament in 1988, and the first to be held in South Africa.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup
Sixteen teams participated at the 1998 World Cup, up from only eight at the previous edition. After an initial group stage, the top eight teams played off in a super league to decide the tournament champions, with the non-qualifiers playing a separate "plate" competition. The tournament was won by England, which defeated New Zealand in the final to win its first and only title. Both teams are yet to qualify for another final. Matches were held at venues around the country, though primarily in the interior, with the main final held at Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg. West Indian batsman Chris Gayle led the tournament in runs, while his teammate Ramnaresh Sarwan and Zimbabwe's Mluleki Nkala were the joint leading wicket-takers.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Teams and qualification
The twelve ICC members that had qualified their senior teams for the 1999 World Cup also automatically qualified their under-19 teams for the 1998 Under-19 World Cup. Of those teams, nine were Test-playing countries and three were ICC associate members.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Teams and qualification
The other four teams were invited to the tournament based on criteria set by the ICC – unlike at later editions, only one regional qualification tournament, the 1997 Youth Asia Cup, was played.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Pool stage, Pool A
Pool A was known as the Bradman Pool, after former Australian batsman Sir Donald Bradman.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Pool stage, Pool B
Pool B was known as the Cowdrey Pool, after former English batsman Sir Colin Cowdrey.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Pool stage, Pool C
Pool C was known as the Gavaskar Pool, after former Indian batsman Sunil Gavaskar.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Pool stage, Pool D
Pool D was known as the Sobers Pool, after former West Indian all-rounder Sir Garfield Sobers.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Plate competition
The plate competition was contested by the eight teams that failed to qualify for the Super League.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Plate competition, Pool A
Pool A was known as the Magiet Pool, after South African administrator Rushdie Magiet.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Plate competition, Pool B
Pool B was known as the Procter Pool, after former South African all-rounder Mike Procter.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Super Eights, Pool A
Pool A was known as the D'Olivera Pool, after former England international Basil D'Oliveira.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup, Super Eights, Pool B
Pool B was known as the Pollock Pool, after former South African batsman Graeme Pollock.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads
Sixteen members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) fielded teams at the 1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup. Some information about squad members (including playing styles, dates of births, and even full names) is unavailable, especially for ICC associate members.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group A, Denmark
Ten members of the Danish squad went on to play for the Danish senior team. One of those, Amjad Khan, also played at senior level for England. One Danish player, Freddie Klokker, was 14 years and 304 days at the start of the tournament, making him the youngest player whose age is definitely known. Denmark were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group A, Ireland
Four members of the Irish squad went on to play for the Irish senior team. One of those, Ed Joyce, also played at senior level for England. Ireland were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group A, Pakistan
Five members of the Pakistani squad went on to play for the Pakistani senior team, including one, Hasan Raza, who had already played at senior level before appearing in the World Cup. Another squad member, Imran Tahir, played at senior level for South Africa.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group A, Sri Lanka
Four members of the Sri Lankan squad went on to play for the Sri Lankan senior team.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group B, Australia
Three members of the Australian squad went on to play for the Australian senior team.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group B, Papua New Guinea
Eight members of the Papua New Guinean squad went on to play for the PNG senior team. Papua New Guinea were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group B, West Indies
Six members of the West Indian squad went on to play for the West Indian senior team.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group B, Zimbabwe
Seven members of the Zimbabwean squad went on to represent the Zimbabwean senior team. Zimbabwe were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group C, India
Six members of the Indian squad went on to play for the Indian senior team.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group C, Kenya
Seven members of the Kenyan squad went on to play for the Kenyan senior team including one, Thomas Odoyo, who had already played at senior level before appearing in the World Cup. Kenya were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group C, Scotland
Seven members of the Scottish squad went on to play for the Scottish senior team. Scotland were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group C, South Africa
Six members of the South African squad went on to play for the South African senior team. Two other squad members, Grant Elliott and Michael Lumb, went on to play at senior level for other international teams (New Zealand and England, respectively). South Africa were competing in the Under-19 World Cup for the first time.


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group D, Bangladesh
Seven members of the Bangladeshi squad went on to play for the Bangladesh senior team. Source:


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group D, England
Five members of the England squad went on to play for the England senior team. Source:


1998 Under-19 Cricket World Cup squads, Group D, New Zealand
Nine members of the New Zealand squad went on to play for the New Zealand senior team. Source:


1998 United Kingdom local elections
Local elections took place in many parts of England on 7 May 1998. All London borough council seats were elected as well a third of the seats on each of the Metropolitan Boroughs. Some unitary authorities and District councils also had elections. There were no local elections in Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.


1998 United Kingdom local elections
These elections took place on the same day as the referendum on establishing the Greater London Authority.


1998 United Kingdom local elections
The governing Labour Party, contesting its first national elections since returning to government 12 months previously, enjoyed great success, now having control of 94 councils, with the second placed Liberal Democrats now controlling 14 and the opposition Conservatives (now led by William Hague) a mere eight.


1998 United Kingdom local elections, England, London boroughs
In all 32 London boroughs the whole council was up for election.


1998 United Kingdom local elections, England, Metropolitan boroughs
All 36 English Metropolitan borough councils had one third of their seats up for election.


1998 United Kingdom local elections, England, Unitary authorities, Whole council
The whole of the Isle of Wight council was up for election.


1998 United Kingdom local elections, England, Unitary authorities, Third of council
In 9 English Unitary authorities one third of the council was up for election.


1998 United Kingdom local elections, England, District councils
In 88 English district authorities one third of the council was up for election.


1998 United Nations Climate Change Conference
The 1998 United Nations Climate Change Conference took place in November 1998 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The conference included the 4th Conference of the Parties (COP4) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). It had been expected that the remaining issues unresolved in Kyoto would be finalized at this meeting. However, the complexity and difficulty of finding agreement on these issues proved insurmountable, and instead the parties adopted a 2-year "Plan of Action" to advance efforts and to devise mechanisms for implementing the Kyoto Protocol, to be completed by 2000. During the conference, Argentina and Kazakhstan expressed their commitment to take on the greenhouse gas emissions reduction obligation, the first two non-Annex countries to do so.


1998 United Nations Security Council election
The 1998 United Nations Security Council election was held on 8 October 1998 at United Nations Headquarters in New York City during the 53rd session of the United Nations General Assembly. The General Assembly elected five non-permanent members of the UN Security Council for two-year terms commencing on 1 January 1999.


1998 United Nations Security Council election
The five candidates elected were Argentina, Canada, Malaysia, Namibia (for the first time), and the Netherlands.


1998 United Nations Security Council election, Geographic distribution
In accordance with the General Assembly's rules for the geographic distribution of the non-permanent members of the Security Council, and established practice, the members were to be elected as follows: one from Africa, one from Asia, one from Latin American and the Caribbean Group (GRULAC), and two from the Western European and Others Group (WEOG).


1998 United Nations Security Council election, Candidates
There was a total of six candidates for the five seats. In the African, Asian, and Latin American and Caribbean Groups, there was one candidate per group: Namibia, Malaysia, and Argentina, respectively. In the Western European and Others Group, the three candidates for the two seats were Canada, Greece, and the Netherlands.


1998 United Nations Security Council election, Results
Voting proceeded by secret ballot. For each geographic group, each member state could vote for as many candidates as were to be elected. There were 176 ballots in each of the three elections.