1998–99 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
The following weak tropical disturbances were also monitored by the FMS, however all of these systems were either short lived or did not develop significantly. The first, Tropical Disturbance 01F, developed about 540 km (340 mi) to the northwest of Apia in American Samoa, however the system remained weak and was last noted later that day. On December 25, Tropical Disturbance 04F developed over the Coral Sea within an area of strong vertical windshear in the Australian region. During that day 04F moved towards the southeast and entered the South Pacific basin, before dissipating during December 26.


1998–99 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Tropical Depression 05F then developed on January 1 to the north of the Southern Cook Islands, while showing some baroclinic characteristics, before developing a fair amount of convection around the centre. Convection surrounding the system decreased during January 3, before the system had become unclassifiable by January 5. Tropical Disturbance 06F formed on January 3, to the southwest of French Polynesia, in an area of strong vertical windshear. Over the next couple of days the disturbance moved towards the southwest and never showed any signs of organising significantly.


1998–99 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Tropical Low/Disturbance 08F developed on January 16, within an active convergence zone, that was located to the east of Fiji. Over the next couple of days convection around the centre increased slightly but vertical windshear restrained 08F from developing significantly, before on January 19 it moved into much cooler waters and stronger vertical windshear which ultimately led its demise. Along with Cyclone Dani, 08F extended a trough of low pressure on to Fiji which caused significant flooding, 6 deaths and about 4 million (1999 FJD) worth of damage.


1998–99 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Tropical Disturbances 11F, 12F, 13F and 15F were all weak tropical disturbances, that occurred during the first half of February. On March 28, the FMS reported that Tropical Disturbance 21F had developed about 335 km (210 mi) to the northeast of Niue. During the day the disturbance remained weak as it moved towards the south, however the disturbance did not develop any further as it was located in an unfavourable environment for further development.


1998–99 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
The basin then was quiet, until April 9 when Tropical Disturbance 22F developed in the eastern portion of the Australian region within an area of high vertical windshear, and slowly moved south-eastwards into the basin without developing further. The next disturbance then developed within the South Pacific Convergence Zone on April 21, to the southeast of Tonga. As the system moved towards the southeast, further development was inhibited by strong north-westerly winds and it quickly became extratropical. As an extratropical cyclone 23F generated significant damaging swells that affected most countries within the Southern Pacific for about a week.


1998–99 South Pacific cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Tropical Depression 26F developed about 770 km (480 mi) to the east of Port Villa, Vanuatu, ahead of an approaching trough of low pressure, while deep convection lied to the southeast of the low level circulation centre. Over the next few days, the system moved generally southwards slowly, before on May 25, it turned and started accelerating towards New Zealand. On May 27, the remnants of Tropical Depression 26F were absorbed by a large polar low, that was located to the south of the remnants.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The 1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season was a quiet season that had the fourth-lowest number of days with tropical storm or tropical cyclone activity. Most of the storms formed either in the Mozambique Channel or in the far eastern portion of the basin, with five storms crossing from the adjacent Australian basin east of 90° E. As a result, few storms impacted Madagascar, and none made landfall on the African continent. Throughout most of the season, there was below-normal sea surface temperatures in the Indian Ocean east of Madagascar.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
In February, typically the peak in activity, Réunion island recorded its highest average monthly pressure since 1953. Due to generally unfavorable conditions, there were only six tropical storms tracked by the Météo-France office (MFR) on Réunion. There were only two tropical cyclones – a storm with winds of at least 120 km/h (75 mph).


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
Activity began late, with the first tropical storm – Alda – forming on January 16, the third latest ever recorded at the time. Alda formed in the Mozambique Channel, which was one of few favorable areas for tropical cyclogenesis in the season. It brought rainfall to southwestern Madagascar that alleviated previously dry conditions. The next five tropical storms either originated or crossed into the adjacent Australian basin, where storms were monitored by the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM). Both Tropical Storm Chikita and Tropical Cyclone Davina brought beneficial rainfall to the Mascarene Islands.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season
The latter storm caused two drowning deaths on Réunion and caused some crop damage. The strongest storm – Evrina – peaked as a strong cyclone in the Australian but weakened upon crossing 90°E, with 10-minute maximum sustained winds of 175 km/h (110 mph) in the basin. The final storm was unnamed, crossing from the Australian basin on April 21 as a minimal tropical storm before quickly dissipating. There were also several tropical disturbances or depressions, many short-lived. The first of these formed on September 3 in the northeastern portion of the basin, and there was a tropical depression in February in the Mozambique Channel that approached tropical storm status.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season summary
The Météo-France office (MFR) on Réunion island issued warnings in tropical cyclones within the basin during the season. The agency estimated intensity through the Dvorak technique, and warned on tropical cyclones in the region from the coast of Africa to 90° E, south of the equator. The Joint Typhoon Warning Center – a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force task force – also issued tropical cyclone warnings for the region.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season summary
Wind estimates from Météo-France and most other basins throughout the world are sustained over 10 minutes, while estimates from the United States-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center are sustained over 1 minute. 10 minute winds are about 1.14 times the amount of 1 minute winds. Most storms formed and dissipated within the tropics, with the exception of Severe Tropical Storm Alda.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season summary
During the season, atmospheric conditions shifted from El Niño to La Niña, but despite the shift, the season was similarly inactive as its predecessor. In general, sea surface temperatures were below normal, and atmospheric pressures were above normal, both unfavorable for tropical cyclogenesis. In the month of February, on average the peak time for activity, there was a general lack of convection, or thunderstorms, east of Madagascar. The average monthly pressure on Réunion was the highest since reliable records began in 1953. The low number of storms occurred despite an otherwise active cyclone year in the southern hemisphere.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season summary
In its summary of the season, the MFR described the lack of activity as "rare and remarkable", possibly related to a Walker circulation. The agency monitored 14 tropical disturbances, of which only eight were tropical depressions for at least 24 hours. Six of these intensified into tropical storms, three less than the average of nine, of which only two attained tropical cyclone status, or half the average.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Season summary
There were 28 days in which there was storm or tropical cyclone activity, less than the average of 42 and at the time the fourth lowest since reliable record-keeping began in 1967 with the advent of satellite imagery. The only seasons with a lower number of storm days were 1982–83, 1986–87, and 1997–98.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Alda
After a subtropical depression exited the Mozambique Channel, another area of convection formed in the region on January 8, which fluctuated in intensity for several days. A passing cold front increased convection further on January 12, which split off a cutoff low-pressure area. Two days later, a subtropical disturbance formed offshore Beira, Mozambique, classified due to the extratropical origins and lack of centralized convection. The system remained nearly stationary, with the convection extending well to the east.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Alda
On January 16, the MFR reclassified the system as a tropical depression after the thunderstorms increased near the center, the increasing organization due to moderate but decreasing wind shear. By that time, the depression had begun an eastward movement, but soon turned to the south in the weakness between two high-pressure areas. Late on January 16, the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Alda after the convection organized into a central dense overcast. Also that day, the JTWC began tracking the system as Tropical Cyclone 12S. This marked an unusually late start for the first named storm, at the time the third-latest on record.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Alda
Neither the MFR nor the JTWC anticipated much strengthening after Alda attained tropical storm status. Around the time of its upgrade, Alda passed about 20 km (12 mi) west of Europa Island in the Mozambique Channel, where sustained winds reached 72 km/h (45 mph) and gusts were as strong as 90 km/h (56 mph). A building ridge southeast of Madagascar turned the storm to the southwest. After an increase in wind shear diminished the convection, the JTWC discontinued advisories on January 17, although the thunderstorms redeveloped following an unexpected decrease in wind shear.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Alda
Alda turned to the southeast ahead of an approaching trough, and developed a ragged eye feature on January 18. That day, the MFR estimated peak 10-minute winds of 95 km/h (60 mph), and the JTWC estimated one-minute winds of 120 km/h (75 mph), equivalent to a minimal hurricane. The latter agency also reissued one advisory when the storm was at its peak. Alda accelerated to the southeast and gradually lost tropical characteristics, becoming extratropical on January 19 before being absorbed by the approaching cold front.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Severe Tropical Storm Alda
Following rainfall from an earlier subtropical depression, Alda dropped 198 mm (7.8 in) of rainfall in Morombe in southwestern Madagascar. The rainfall caused flooding that affected thousands of people. The rainfall was beneficial in alleviating previously dry conditions that had prevented crops to be planted. The passage of the storm also caused temperatures to decrease in Mozambique and Madagascar.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Damien–Birenda
On January 21, a tropical disturbance formed in the Australian region about 500 km (310 mi) south of the Indonesian island of Java. Moving west-southwestward, the system intensified into Tropical Storm Damien on January 23, and attained tropical cyclone status two days later while passing 400 km (250 mi) south of the Cocos Islands. Subsequently, an increase in wind shear induced steady weakening, causing the circulation to be briefly exposed from the convection on January 26.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Damien–Birenda
Damien maintained an area of convection nearby the circulation, and exited into the south-west Indian Ocean on January 28 as a minimal tropical storm; at that time, the Mauritius Meteorological Services renamed the storm as Birenda. The storm turned more to the west and west-northwest due to a building ridge to the south. Increasing wind shear weakened Birenda to tropical depression status on January 29 and into a tropical disturbance the next day. Although convection was intermittent, the circulation dissipated on February 3.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Chikita
Soon after Damien-Birenda exited the Australian region, another tropical disturbance formed north of the Cocos on January 29, which was initially weak but gradually organized. The disturbance tracked quickly west-westward due to a powerful ridge to the south, remaining in tandem with Tropical Storm Birenda about 1,300 km (810 mi) to the east. On January 31, the system crossed into the south-west Indian Ocean. The fast forward motion caused the effects of wind shear to diminish as well as increase the circulation's strength, and the depression intensified into Tropical Storm Chikita on January 31.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Chikita
At that time, the storm attained its peak intensity of 65 km/h (40 mph). Almost immediately thereafter, the convection began weakening due to lukewarm water temperatures, and Chikita weakened to tropical depression status on February 1. Continuing rapidly to the west, the circulation became exposed from the convection on February 3 due to increased wind shear. Around that time, Chikita passed about 75 km (47 mi) north of Rodrigues island, and shortly thereafter weakened into a tropical disturbance. On the next day, the circulation passed north of both Mauritius and Réunion, presenting an asymmetric structure with the strongest winds to the south. Chikita dissipated on February 5 off the southeast coast of Madagascar.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm Chikita
On Rodrigues, Chikita produced wind gusts of 92 km/h (57 mph) and a rainfall total of 113 mm (4.4 in), the rainfall proving beneficial due to previously dry conditions. Despite only being a tropical disturbance, Chikita produced wind gusts of 89 km/h (55 mph) on Mauritius and 104 km/h (65 mph) in the mountainous peaks of Réunion. The rainfall rates in both islands varied greatly; the peak total on Mauritius was 160 mm (6.3 in) compared to the peak of 560 mm (22 in) in Bébourg in the heights of Réunion. Also on the latter island, there was a six-hour rainfall total of 132 mm (5.2 in) at Piton de la Fournaise. Wet weather persisted after Chikita dissipated, resulting in four-day totals of 953 mm (37.5 in) in Bébourg on Réunion, and easing drought conditions on Mauritius.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Davina
After an extended period with no activity across much of the Indian Ocean, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) rebuilt toward the end of February, and spawned an area of convection on March 1 in the extreme eastern portion of the basin. The next day, a circulation was noted on satellite imagery to the northeast of the convection, which indicated that a tropical disturbance had developed. The influence of the monsoon trough steered the disturbance to the southeast into the Australian basin, where moderate wind shear prevented quick development.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Davina
A building ridge to the south turned the system to the southwest, bringing it back into the south-west Indian on March 3 as a tropical depression. With decreasing wind shear, the depression slowly intensified as convection increased, becoming Tropical Storm Davina on March 4. An eye developed the next day, signaling Davina had intensified into a tropical cyclone, or reaching 10-minute winds of at least 120 km/h (75 mph). On March 7, Davina became an intense tropical cyclone, with sustained 10-minute winds of 165 km/h (105 mph). At around the same time, the JTWC estimated peak 1-minute winds of 205 km/h (125 mph).


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Davina
Continuing quickly to the west-southwest, Davina moved over an area of cooler waters and began weakening. On March 8, the system passed about 140 km (87 mi) northwest of Rodrigues as a minimal tropical cyclone. The next day, Davina re-intensified slightly to winds of 130 km/h (80 mph), and while near that intensity its eyewall crossed over Mauritius. After passing the island, the eye increased to a diameter of 50 km (31 mi) before deteriorating. On March 10, Davina passed about 35 km (22 mi) southeast of Réunion as a severe tropical storm.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Davina
The next day, the storm slowed its forward motion and rapidly weakened due to increasing wind shear, becoming a tropical depression on March 12. The circulation turned to the northeast and later to the west in the trade winds. Davina looped off the east coast of Madagascar, eventually dissipating on March 19.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Davina
Cyclone Davina affected Rodrigues as a weakening storm, which limited wind gusts to 137 km/h (85 mph) and rainfall to only 40 mm (1.6 in). After moving toward Mauritius for several days, the cyclone produced a peak wave height of 7.73 m (25.4 ft). On the island, the airport at Plaisance recorded a peak gust of 169 km/h (105 mph), strong enough to cause crop damage and injure 60 people. Rainfall peaked at 227 mm (8.9 in), which failed to break the island's worst drought since 1904.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Davina
On Réunion, wind gusts also peaked at 169 km/h (105 mph) at Piton Sainte-Rose. Davina produced wave heights of 8.84 m (29.0 ft) at Saint-Pierre. Rainfall on Réunion was highest in the southern portion of the island, mainly through the process of orographic lift; over a three-hour period, 180 mm (7.1 in) of precipitation was recorded at Piton de la Fournaise, and the highest total was 1,200 mm (47 in) in the island's center. Due to the storm's slow movement, Davina produced scattered rainfall over Réunion for several days. Two people drowned in the Rivière des Galets, but otherwise the rainfall proved beneficial in alleviating dry conditions. The gusty winds damaged the sugar cane and banana crops, but overall damage was minor.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Frederic–Evrina
On March 25, an area of convection formed along the monsoon trough in the Australian basin, gradually organizing into a tropical storm while moving west-southwestward and given the name Frederic. On March 29, the storm attained tropical cyclone status, and continued to strengthen due to warm waters. At its peak on March 31, Frederic developed a well-defined 40 km (25 mi) eye within a circular central dense overcast.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Frederic–Evrina
The MFR estimated peak 10-minute winds of 195 km/h (120 mph), and the JTWC estimated maximum 1-minute winds of 260 km/h (160 mph), equivalent to a Category 5 on the Saffir–Simpson hurricane wind scale. Subsequently, Frederic encountered the combination of wind shear and cooler, dry air, which caused weakening. On April 1, the cyclone crossed into the south-west Indian Ocean with 10-minute winds of 175 km/h (110 mph), at which time it was renamed Evrina.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Intense Tropical Cyclone Frederic–Evrina
Continuing to the west-southwest upon entering the basin, Evrina gradually weakened as the eye gradually dissipated. It soon encountered the same cooler waters of the southern Indian that affected previous storms Chikita and Davina. By April 2, Evrina had weakened below tropical cyclone status, just 30 hours after it was at peak intensity. Around that time, the circulation became exposed from the deepest convection, and the track shifted more to the west. On April 5, Evrina weakened to tropical depression status. Two days later, the system turned toward the south, moving in a circular track around the island of Rodrigues while remaining far enough away not to cause any effects. On April 8, the circulation turned to the east, dissipating two days later to the south of Rodrigues.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm F1 (Hamish)
On April 17, an area of convection persisted near the border of the south-west Indian and the Australian regions. The system moved eastward into the Australian basin, becoming a tropical disturbance on April 19. Turning to the southeast, the system gradually organized as the convection persisted. On April 20, the disturbance intensified into a tropical storm and was named Hamish. Shortly thereafter, the ridge to the south turned the storm to the southwest. After the BoM estimated peak winds of 100 km/h (60 mph), Hamish began quickly weakening due to increasing wind shear.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Moderate Tropical Storm F1 (Hamish)
On April 21, the storm crossed into the south-west Indian basin, still maintaining 10-minute winds of 65 km/h (40 mph). Although the Mauritius Meteorological Services should have classified the system as Tropical Storm Francine, the storm remained unnamed, referred as Tropical Storm F1. However, the system weakened to tropical depression status within six hours of entering the basin, and dissipating on April 24.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1998
At the time, the MFR's cyclone season began on August 1, although the JTWC's cyclone season for the southern hemisphere began on July 1. The latter agency tracked a short-lived tropical storm toward the end of July, classifying it as Tropical Cyclone 01S. The MFR named it Tropical Depression H4, estimating peak 10-minute winds of 55 km/h (35 km/h).


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1998
The first system of the season proper originated out of an area of convection in early September in the northeast portion of the basin. On September 3, the MFR initiated advisories on Tropical Disturbance A1 about 1435 km (890 mi) east of Diego Garcia. The system tracked westward, and the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert (TCFA) on September 4. Failing to intensify beyond winds of 45 km/h (30 mph), the disturbance dissipated on September 6.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1998
Later in the month, Tropical Disturbance A2 formed in a similar region within the monsoon trough, with the MFR initiating advisories on September 29. Also on that day, the JTWC began issuing advisories on Tropical Cyclone 02S. That day, the JTWC upgraded the system to tropical storm status, although strong wind shear prevented intensification. The MFR quickly discontinued advisories, but the JTWC continued tracking it, again upgrading the system to tropical storm status on October 1. After the shear again increased, the storm weakened, dissipating on October 2.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1998
In November, rapidly weakening Tropical Cyclone Alison moved from the Australian basin and dissipated immediately upon entering the south-west Indian Ocean on November 13. On December 4, short-lived Tropical Disturbance A3 was classified by MFR, subsequently drifting into the Australian region. Possibly related to the previous system, Tropical Cyclone Cathy moved from the Australian basin into the basin on December 28, quickly dissipating.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1999
On January 1, an area of convection persisted in the Mozambique Channel, with an associated circulation located on land in Mozambique. The system drifted to the east and southeast over warmer waters, gradually organizing. On January 3, the MFR classified the system as Tropical Disturbance A4 near the Mozambique coastline. The disturbance accelerated to the southeast, passing southwest of Madagascar with an asymmetric structure; most of the convection was on the eastern periphery due to strong wind shear. Heavy rainfall occurred along the southwest Madagascar coast, peaking at 322 mm (12.7 in) over a 48‑hour period in Morombe. Wind gusts there reached 180 km/h (110 mph), although the disturbance's maximum sustained 10-minute winds were 55 km/h (35 mph). The disturbance transitioned into a subtropical depression on January 5, but soon after became extratropical while accelerating southeastward.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1999
During an extended period of quiet conditions across much of the basin, an area of low pressure persisted along the eastern coast of Mozambique. Convection fluctuated daily but became more persistent on February 11. That day, the thunderstorms organized into a circulation that had formed less than 200 km (120 mi) southeast of Beira, Mozambique, becoming Tropical Disturbance D1. After forming, the system moved southward, developing a central dense overcast with northeasterly outflow. Based on the organization, the disturbance intensified into a tropical depression on February 13.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1999
Although there were gale-force winds in the southwest periphery, the circulation was located on the northern edge of the convection. The depression neared tropical storm intensity, but an increase in wind shear from a nearby trough prevented further intensification. The JTWC estimated peak 1-minute winds of 85 km/h (55 mph), making the system a tropical storm by their assessment. A building ridge to the south turned the depression to the northeast, bringing the system near Europa Island.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1999
A station on the island recorded sustained winds of 65 km/h (40 mph) with gusts to 104 km/h (65 mph) about three hours before and after the closest approach; the observations suggested that the depression could have become a tropical storm. Soon thereafter, the associated convection dissipated and the circulation turned westward. After crossing over its former path, the depression dissipated on February 17 very close to where it developed.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1999
Similar to the previous depression and Tropical Storm Alda, Tropical Disturbance D2 developed in the Mozambique Channel, initially subtropical in nature. On February 20, a cold front exited the African coast off Mozambique, spawning an area of convection. A weak low-pressure area developed on February 23, which proceeded to move southeastward. Due to unfavorable wind shear, the system failed to organize much, although initially it produced strong wind gusts. On February 28, much of the convection was removed from the circulation, which looped over southwestern Madagascar to turn back to the west. On March 4, when Tropical Storm Davina was named, the disturbance was renamed E1. The next day, the circulation executed a small loop, dissipating on March 6 over eastern Mozambique.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1999
A long-lived system developed on February 28 in the Australian region south of February 28, and moved westward. On March 7, the JTWC initiated advisories on the system as Tropical Cyclone 26S, briefly estimating peak 1-minute winds of 65 km/h (40 mph) the next day. Soon after, the system weakened into a tropical depression, crossing into the south-west Indian Ocean late on March 8. At that time, it was designated Tropical Disturbance E2. Continuing westward along the northern edge of a strong ridge, the disturbance failed to intensify due to easterly wind shear.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1999
Although the MFR ceased issuing advisories, they noted that a distinct circulation persisted, reaching a location to the north of Mauritius by March 16. That day, it turned back to the east with a sporadic area of convection, influenced by the larger Tropical Depression E3. Two days later, the system organized enough for the MFR to reclassify it as a tropical disturbance. The system failed to reorganize much, and dissipated on March 20. Another tropical disturbance, named E3, formed on March 11 in the eastern portion of the basin.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Systems, Other storms in 1999
It initially failed to develop more, but after an increase in convection, the system intensified into a tropical depression on March 14 while moving generally west-northwestward. On the next day, the system began drifting to the southwest due to weak steering currents. On March 16, the JTWC initiated advisories on the system as Tropical Cyclone 28S, briefly upgrading it to tropical storm status on the next day. On March 18, the depression began weakening, dissipating three days later.


1998–99 South-West Indian Ocean cyclone season, Storm names
A tropical disturbance is named when it reaches moderate tropical storm strength. If a tropical disturbance reaches moderate tropical storm status west of 55°E, then the Sub-regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Madagascar assigns the appropriate name to the storm. If a tropical disturbance reaches moderate tropical storm status between 55°E and 90°E, then the Sub-regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centre in Mauritius assigns the appropriate name to the storm. A new annual list is used every year, and this list was provided by the country of Seychelles.


1998–99 Southampton F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Southampton Football Club competed in the FA Premier League.


1998–99 Southampton F.C. season, Season summary
An embarrassing 5–0 defeat at the hands of Premiership debutants Charlton Athletic at The Valley in Southampton's second league game prompted a horrendous start to which would set the tone for a long season for The Saints, seeing them lose their first five games and gaining just two points from their first nine games and winning just three out of their first 20 games, picking up just 14 points from a possible 60. Form gradually improved from mid-December but was ultimately inconsistent and they would not lose again at home after their 2–0 home defeat by Chelsea on Boxing Day.


1998–99 Southampton F.C. season, Season summary
However, their away form continued to be poor; this meant that - in addition to not being helped by their poor start - they were in the relegation zone all season long until April, when a late run of good form saw the Saints draw two and win their final three games and saved them from relegation at the expense of Charlton Athletic.


1998–99 Southampton F.C. season, Season summary
Winning their final game of the season was a double delight, not only because they had attained survival, but because it meant that they would be able to press ahead with a move to a new 32,000-seat stadium on the banks of the River Itchen, knowing that they would only have to play two more seasons at their dilapidated century-old Dell before making the long-awaited move to a capacious new home.


1998–99 Southampton F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Southampton F.C. season, Squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season
The 1998–99 SEC women's basketball season began with practices in October 1998, followed by the start of the 1998–99 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 1999 and concluded in March, followed by the 1999 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament at the McKenzie Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee.


1998–99 Southend United F.C. season
The 1998–99 season saw Southend United compete in the Football League Third Division where they finished in 18th position with 54 points.


1998–99 Southern Football League
The 1998–99 Southern Football League season was the 96th in the history of the league, an English football competition.


1998–99 Southern Football League
Nuneaton Borough won the Premier Division and earned promotion to the Football Conference. Hastings Town, Gresley Rovers and Bromsgrove Rovers were relegated from the Premier Division, whilst Havant & Waterlooville, Clevedon Town, Margate and Newport County were promoted from the Southern and Midland Divisions, the former two as champions. Bloxwich Town and Brackley Town were relegated to the eighth level whilst Andover resigned from the league.


1998–99 Southern Football League
At the end of the season Midland Division was renamed Western Division, and Southern Division was renamed Eastern Division.


1998–99 Southern Football League, Premier Division
The Premier Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 18 clubs from the previous season and four new clubs:


1998–99 Southern Football League, Midland Division
The Midland Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 16 clubs from the previous season and six new clubs:


1998–99 Southern Football League, Midland Division
At the end of the season Midland Division was renamed Western Division.


1998–99 Southern Football League, Southern Division
The Southern Division consisted of 22 clubs, including 13 clubs from the previous season and nine new clubs, relegated from the Premier Division:


1998–99 Southern Football League, Southern Division
At the end of the season Southern Division was renamed Eastern Division.


1998–99 Southern Football League, Cup competition
The league's cup competition, the Dr Martens League Cup, was won by Cambridge City who beat Sutton Coldfield Town 2–1 on aggregate in the final. The first round, semi-finals and final were played over two legs with the second, third and fourth rounds going to a replay if the tie finished all square. Cambridge had beaten Dorchester Town 4–3 on aggregate to reach the final and Sutton Coldfield defeated Boston United 2–1 on aggregate to reach the final.


1998–99 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team
The 1998–99 Southwest Missouri State Bears basketball team represented Southwest Missouri State University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I men's basketball during the 1998–99 season. Playing in the Missouri Valley Conference and led by head coach Steve Alford, the Bears finished the season with a 22–11 overall record (11–7 MVC). As the No. 12 seed in the East region, Southwest Missouri State made a run to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.


1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League
The 1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League season was the 2nd in the history of Spartan South Midlands Football League.


1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Premier Division
At the end of the previous season regional Premier Division North and Premier Division South merged with the first ten clubs from both divisions to form new Premier Division. The Premier Division featured 23 clubs.


1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Senior Division
At the end of the previous season regional Premier Division North and Premier Division South merged with the first ten clubs from both divisions to form new Premier Division, while all other Premier divisions clubs relegated to the Senior Division. The Senior Division featured eleven clubs which competed in the division last season, along with eleven new clubs.


1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Senior Division
At the end of the season Milton Keynes were renamed Bletchley Town.


1998–99 Spartan South Midlands Football League, Division One
Division One featured eleven clubs which competed in previous season Division One North, along with six new clubs.


1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season
The 1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season was the first season of the club in Segunda División after its last relegation from La Liga, beating the record of less points in a season and the record of most games without earning a win.


1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season, Overview
Four coaches managed the team in a very tough season, where the club did not win any league match until the round 9.


1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season, Overview
Antonio López Habas started managing the team until he was sacked after the round 6. José Antonio Redondo was the caretaker during two weeks until Dutch Aad de Mos arrived to take the helm of the team. He was sacked after the round 19, being substituted by Pedro Braojos, who finally ended the season.


1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season, Overview
After the end of the season, Juan Carlos Ablanedo retired from football. The goalkeeper played 401 league games with Sporting de Gijón.


1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Sporting de Gijón season, Squad, From the youth squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Sri Lankan cricket season
The 1998–99 Sri Lankan cricket season featured a Test series between Sri Lanka and India. Sri Lanka then played a further series against Australia.


1998–99 Sri Lankan cricket season, Test series
India played in Sri Lanka as part of the 1998-99 Asian Test Championship:


1998–99 Sri Lankan cricket season, Test series
Sri Lanka won the three-match Test series against Australia 1–0 with 2 matches drawn:


1998–99 Sri Lankan cricket season, Further reading
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1998–99 St Johnstone F.C. season
The 1998–99 season saw St Johnstone compete in the Scottish Premier League where they finished in 3rd position with 57 points, qualifying for the UEFA Cup. They also reached the 1998 Scottish League Cup Final, losing 2–1 to Rangers.


1998–99 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The 1998–99 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team represented St. Francis College during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Ron Ganulin, who was in his eighth year at the helm of the St. Francis Terriers. The Terrier's home games were played at the  Generoso Pope Athletic Complex. The team has been a member of the Northeast Conference since 1981.


1998–99 St. Francis Terriers men's basketball team
The Terriers finished the season at 20–8 overall and 16–4 in conference play. Their twenty wins marks the first time in 43 years that the Terriers had accomplished the feat. At the end of the season Ray Minlend was named the NEC Player of the Year, he was the second Terrier to accomplish the feat after Robert Jackson (1984). Minlend also set the Terrier record for points in a season, 690, and points per game, 24.3. During the season Minlend finished 2nd in the NCAA for points per game behind Niagara's Alvin Young (25.1).


1998–99 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team
The 1998–99 St. John's Red Storm men's basketball team represented St. John's University during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was coached by Mike Jarvis in his first year at the school after replacing head coach Fran Fraschilla. St. John's home games are played at Alumni Hall and Madison Square Garden and the team is a member of the Big East Conference.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season
The 1998–99 St. Louis Blues season was the team's 32nd season in the National Hockey League (NHL). Despite the loss of Brett Hull during the preceding off-season, the Blues made the Stanley Cup playoffs for the 20th-straight season after finishing in second place with a record of 37–32–13.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season
Realignment came, as the NHL went from four to six divisions. Carolina, Florida, Tampa Bay and Washington were grouped in the Eastern Conference's new Southeast Division and Calgary, Colorado, Edmonton and Vancouver moved into the new Northwest Division in the Western Conference.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season
Blues captain Chris Pronger was in mid-season form during one of the team's voluntary scrimmages in late August. After 90 minutes of exhausting four-on-four hockey with only eight players per team, Pronger was campaigning to prolong the game.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season
The sentiment was nothing new for a man who logged more ice time per game (30:37) than any other player in the league last season. And when Pronger wasn't on the ice, it seemed that Norris Trophy winner Al MacInnis was. At 35, MacInnis had the finest season of his outstanding 16-year career. He led NHL defensemen in scoring with 62 points, averaged more than 29 minutes per game (fourth in the league) and was +33 on a team whose next-highest mark in that category was center Craig Conroy's +14. The problem for the Blues was finding four other defensemen they wanted to put on the ice.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season
In training camp the Blues were getting ready for the regular-season wars. During intrasquad games MacInnis and Pronger exchanged slashes—MacInnis called them "love taps"—and Pronger fought rookie forward Brandon Sugden and had a nasty mid-ice collision with defenceman Jamie Rivers, who was subsequently lost in the waiver draft. That ill-tempered defense will help goalie Roman Turek, who had sparkling numbers (16–3–3, 2.08 goals-against average) as Ed Belfour's backup in Dallas last season. Turek, 29, will get his first crack at being a No. 1 goalie now that Grant Fuhr has been shipped to Calgary. Netminding was a problem for the Blues in 1998–99: St. Louis allowed the fewest shots of any team in the league, but its goals-against average ranked only 14th.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season
The scoring load will fall to 24-year-old forward Pavol Demitra, who broke out last season and led the team with 37 goals and 89 points. His 10 game-winning goals were one behind league-leader Brett Hull of the Stars. Crafty center Pierre Turgeon had a strong postseason (13 points in 13 games) and a solid training camp. The rookie to watch is 22-year-old forward Jochen Hecht, a German who had two goals in five playoff games after a late-season call-up. He has outstanding size (6 ft 3 in, 200 pounds) and skill and is versatile enough to play any position up front.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Off-season
The Blues are a team with a scrappy attitude, a handful of stars—count 41-year-old coach Joel Quenneville among them—and a future among the Western Conference's elite teams.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season
Despite the loss of Brett Hull the Blues made the playoffs for the 20th straight season by finishing in 2nd place with a record of 37–32–13. Helping to keep the Blues playoff streak alive was Al MacInnis who won the Norris trophy as the best defenceman in the NHL, while Pavol Demitra provided the scoring touch with 37 goals. In the playoffs the Blues would find themselves in a quick hole as they trailed the Phoenix Coyotes 3 games to 1. However the Blues would rally and take the series in 7 games. However, in the 2nd round the Blues would be knocked off again as they are beaten by the Dallas Stars led by Brett Hull in 6 games. Hull would go on to score the Stanley Cup Clinching goal for the Stars.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season
The Blues tied the Washington Capitals for the fewest power-play opportunities during the regular season, with just 301. They also tied the Dallas Stars and San Jose Sharks for the fewest short-handed goals allowed, with 4.


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: CEN – Central, PAC – Pacific, NW – Northwest


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Regular season, Season standings
bold – Qualified for playoffs; p – Won Presidents' Trophy; y – Won division


1998–99 St. Louis Blues season, Draft picks
St. Louis's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.


1998–99 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
The 1998–99 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team represented Stanford University in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 1st in the conference.


1998–99 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team, Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll


1998–99 Stockport County F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Stockport County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Stockport County F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1998–99 season, Stockport finished in 16th place, winning just 3 of their final 14 matches. A 5–0 defeat at relegated Oxford United on the final day signalled the end of Megson's time at Edgeley Park.


1998–99 Stockport County F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season
The 1998–99 season was Stoke City's 92nd season in the Football League and the fifth in the third tier.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season
Stoke entered a new era at their 28,000 seater stadium in the third tier of English football with heavy debts of around £5 million and had no manager the future seemed very uncertain. It came as a welcome surprise then when chairman Keith Humphreys appointed former Aston Villa manager Brian Little. And Little's new look side started the season on fire winning six straight matches as it looked like that Stoke would be too good for their Second Division opponents.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season
By November it seemed a matter of when and not if Stoke would gain promotion but their form completely dropped off and just one win was registered from the end of November to March. Chief executive Jez Moxey was now coming in for some serious pressure to resign by the supporters due to the poor finances and with no chance of promotion Stoke finished in 8th place with 69 points. Little had since lost interest way before the end of the season and he resigned in July leaving Stoke to find another manager.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Chief executive Jez Moxey predicted that Stoke would lose around £1 million a year through being in the Second Division, such was the price Stoke had to pay after poor financial mismanagement on moving to the Britannia Stadium. In an attempt to retain fan interest, season ticket prices were frozen and chairman Keith Humphreys apologised for the past nine months of "bloody awful football" and he also appealed to the supporter group S.O.S (Save Our Stoke) to lift their ban on season tickets and merchandise.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
SOS wanted to starve out the current board and force them to sell in order to breathe fresh life back into the club. It came as a welcome surprise then when chairman Keith Humphreys appointed former Aston Villa manager Brian Little. Accepting that there was hardly any money available, Little signed players from the lower leagues such as Bryan Small, Phil Robinson and David Oldfield.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
Little's new look side started the 1998–99 season with a bang, winning their first six matches which included a 4–3 win at Preston North End and saw Stoke installed by the bookies as promotion favourites. However a remainder that the club still had incompetent people working there when Jez Moxey revealed that they had budgeted for three rounds in the League Cup, Stoke lost to Macclesfield Town in the first round and therefore lost some £125,000.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
On the pitch Stoke's run came to an end at Fulham and new signing Chris Short had breathing problems and had to be carried off, which would disrupt the balance of the team and his condition would eventually end his career. Up front the goals dried up with Kyle Lightbourne out injured and Simon Sturridge retiring the injuries slowed Stoke's progress and David Oldfield was having a poor time and became a target for the fans.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
It was becoming frustrating for Stoke as promotion rivals Fulham spent £2 million on Barry Hayles whose goals would win them the title, and Stoke on the other hand had to rely on free transfers and loans as well as academy players. Stoke won one game between Christmas and the beginning of March, dropping out of the play-off places. Little was very unimpressed and after a 2–0 defeat at Millwall, who won despite having nine men for most of the match said: "That was the worst result in my twelve years in management".


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League
More protests by the supporters followed against Moxey and the directors as Stoke's slim hopes of making the play-offs ended with a humiliating 4–1 defeat at home to Bristol Rovers and Stoke finished the season in 8th place. Brian Little resigned in July 1999 saying: "I have tried my best and the disappointment is very hard to take. I hope the supporters understand that it's best that I leave". He soon joined West Bromwich Albion meaning that Stoke would at least get some compensation.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, FA Cup
Stoke won their first FA Cup away tie in 26 years against league rivals Reading alas normal service was resumed in the next match a defeat at Swansea City.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League Cup
Stoke met nearby Macclesfield Town in the first round and came away embarrassed as the "Silkmen" won 3–2 on aggregate.


1998–99 Stoke City F.C. season, Season review, League Trophy
After beating Blackpool Stoke lost 2–1 at home to Rochdale.


1998–99 Sunderland A.F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Sunderland A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1998–99 season, Sunderland secured their Premier League place by winning the Division One title with a then record 105 League points having topped the First Division table since 24 October 1998. They clinched promotion on 13 April 1999 by winning 5–2 at Bury.


1998–99 Sunderland A.F.C. season, Players, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Sussex County Football League
The 1998–99 Sussex County Football League season was the 74th in the history of Sussex County Football League a football competition in England.


1998–99 Sussex County Football League, Division One
Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs, promoted from Division Two:


1998–99 Sussex County Football League, Division Two
Division Two featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with five new clubs.


1998–99 Sussex County Football League, Division Three
Division Three featured 13 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with three new clubs:


1998–99 Swansea City A.F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Swansea City A.F.C. competed in the Football League Third Division.


1998–99 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Season summary
In the summer of 1998, John Hollins was appointed as Swansea manager and things soon started to improve. In the 1998–99 season, the club reached the Third Division play-offs, only to lose in extra time at Scunthorpe United. The season was also notable for a third round FA Cup victory over Premiership opponents West Ham United, whose team included Frank Lampard, Joe Cole, Rio Ferdinand and John Hartson. Swansea thus became the first bottom division team to defeat a Premiership club in the FA Cup since the re-organisation of the league structure in 1992.


1998–99 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Swansea City A.F.C. season, Squad, Left club during the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Swindon Town F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Swindon Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Swindon Town F.C. season, Season summary
When the 1998–99 season kicked off, Swindon failed to win their first five games, scoring just three goals and the calls for McMahon's sacking began to be heard. Chairman Rikki Hunt and McMahon seemed united – McMahon saying he wouldn't resign, Hunt saying he wouldn't sack him. Two consecutive derby wins, against Bristol City and Oxford, only strengthened their position.


1998–99 Swindon Town F.C. season, Season summary
This was followed by a 5–2 defeat at Portsmouth – and when Watford then won 4–1 at the County Ground, the fans held an on-pitch protest, sitting in the centre circle at the end of the match, demonstrating that both McMahon and Hunt should resign. McMahon left the club "by mutual consent". Jimmy Quinn was appointed as McMahon's replacement and managed to keep Swindon in the division with the club finishing the season in 17th place.


1998–99 Swindon Town F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Swindon Town F.C. season, Squad, Left club during the season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 TBHSL season
The 1998–99 Turkish Ice Hockey Super League season was the seventh season of the Turkish Ice Hockey Super League, the top level of ice hockey in Turkey. Eight teams participated in the league.


1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season
The 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season was the franchise's seventh season of operation in the National Hockey League (NHL).


1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Offseason, NHL Draft
Tampa Bay's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.


1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Regular season
The Lightning again finished last in scoring, with just 179 goals for. They also allowed the most goals of all 27 teams, with 292 goals against.


1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Regular season, All-Star Game
The 49th National Hockey League All-Star Game took place on January 24, 1999, at the Ice Palace in Tampa Bay, Florida, home to the Tampa Bay Lightning. It would be Wayne Gretzky's last All-Star Game.


1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division


1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning season, Playoffs
For the third consecutive year, the Lighting were unable to qualify for the playoffs. They also finished in last place for the second consecutive year as well.


1998–99 Taça de Portugal
The 1998–99 Taça de Portugal was the 59th edition of the Portuguese football knockout tournament, organized by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). The 1998–99 Taça de Portugal began in September 1998. The final was played on 19 June 1999 at the Estádio Nacional.


1998–99 Taça de Portugal
Porto were the previous holders, having defeated Braga 3–1 in the previous season's final. Defending champions Porto were eliminated in the fifth round by third division side Torreense. Beira-Mar defeated Campomaiorense, 1–0 in the final to win their first Taça de Portugal. As a result of Beira-Mar winning the domestic cup competition, the Auri-negros faced 1998–99 Primeira Divisão winners Porto in the 1999 Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira.


1998–99 Taça de Portugal, Fourth round
All fourth round cup ties were played on 10 January. Ties which ended in a draw were replayed at a later date. The fourth round saw teams from the Primeira Liga (I) enter the competition.


1998–99 Taça de Portugal, Fifth round
Ties were played on 16 February. Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Alverca qualified to the next round due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.


1998–99 Taça de Portugal, Sixth round
Ties were played between the 7 March to the 8 April. Due to the odd number of teams involved at this stage of the competition, Torreense qualified for the quarter-finals due to having no opponent to face at this stage of the competition.


1998–99 Taça de Portugal, Quarter-finals
Ties were played on 11 April, whilst replays were played between the 21–28 April.


1998–99 Temple Owls men's basketball team
The 1998–99 Temple Owls men's basketball team represented Temple University as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by legendary head coach John Chaney and played their home games at the Liacouras Center. The Owls received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as No. 6 seed in the East region. Temple made a run to the Elite Eight and finished with a record of 24–11 (13–3 A-10).


1998–99 Tennis Borussia Berlin season
The 1998–99 season was the eighth time Tennis Borussia Berlin played in the 2. Fußball-Bundesliga, the second highest tier of the German football league system. After 34 league games, Tennis Borussia finished 6th. The club had a long run in the DFB-Pokal; making it to the quarter-finals where they lost 2–1 after extra time away to SV Werder Bremen. Ilija Aračić scored eight of the club's 47 league goals before his mid-season move to local rivals Hertha BSC.


1998–99 Terceira Divisão
The 1998–99 Terceira Divisão season was the 49th season of the competition and the 9th season of recognised fourth-tier football in Portugal.


1998–99 Terceira Divisão, Overview
The league was contested by 118 teams in 7 divisions of 10 to 18 teams.


1998–99 Tercera División
The 1998–99 Tercera División season is the 22nd season since establishment the tier four.


1998–99 Tetley's Bitter Cup
The 1998–99 Tetley's Bitter Cup was the 28th edition of England's rugby union club competition. Wasps won the competition defeating Newcastle Falcons in the final. The event was sponsored by Tetley's Brewery and the final was held at Twickenham Stadium.


1998–99 Torneo Argentino A
The 1998–99 Argentine Torneo Argentino A was the fourth season of third division professional football in Argentina. A total of 14 teams competed; the champions were promoted to Primera B Nacional.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season
The 1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season was the franchise's 82nd season. Two moves occurred this season. First, the club moved from the Western to the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). Secondly, the club moved from Maple Leaf Gardens to the new Air Canada Centre. Toronto qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the Buffalo Sabres.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Off-season
The Toronto Maple Leafs moved from the Central Division of the Western Conference to the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season
The 1998–99 season was a tremendous improvement for the Maple Leafs over the 1997–98 season and the team got plenty of help from its new members, including Bryan Berard, Sylvain Cote, Curtis Joseph, Alexander Karpovtsev (who led the NHL in plus-minus with +39, but was not eligible for the NHL Plus-Minus Award because he played just 58 games), Yanic Perreault and Steve Thomas (who finished second on the team in points, with 73). Former Vancouver Canucks head coach Pat Quinn replaced Mike Murphy as Toronto's head coach. Six Maple Leafs scored 20 or more goals. Toronto set a club record for most regular season wins (45) and earned 97 points to finish second in the Northeast Division and fourth in the Eastern Conference. They led the NHL in most goals for, with 268, and were the only team to score 200 or more even-strength goals.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season
On November 12, 1998, the Maple Leafs defeated the Chicago Blackhawks 10–3 away. Mats Sundin recorded a hat trick in the game, which was the first regular season game in which the Leafs had scored ten goals since February 17, 1989, when they defeated the New York Rangers 10–6 away.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Season standings
Note: CR = Conference rank; GP = Games played; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; Pts = Points         Bolded teams qualified for the playoffs.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Regular season, Season standings
Divisions: ATL – Atlantic Division, NE – Northeast Division, SE – Southeast Division


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Transactions
The Maple Leafs have been involved in the following transactions during the 1998-99 season.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
The Maple Leafs and Buffalo Sabres met in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Maple Leafs were coming off a six-game series win over the Pittsburgh Penguins, while the Sabres were coming off a six-game series win themselves, over the Boston Bruins. Toronto was having its best playoff since 1994, when they last made a Conference Final series. Buffalo, meanwhile, was in the third round for the second consecutive year.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Playoffs, Eastern Conference Finals
With the series victory, the Sabres advanced to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time in 24 years.


1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season, Draft picks
Toronto's draft picks at the 1998 NHL Entry Draft held at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.


1998–99 Toronto Raptors season
The 1998–99 NBA season was the Raptors' fourth season in the National Basketball Association. In the 1998 NBA draft, the Raptors selected Antawn Jamison from the University of North Carolina with the fourth overall pick, but soon traded him to the Golden State Warriors for his college teammate Vince Carter, who is also second-year star Tracy McGrady's cousin. During the offseason, the team acquired Charles Oakley from the New York Knicks, and Kevin Willis from the Houston Rockets.


1998–99 Toronto Raptors season
During the regular season, which was shortened to 50 games due to a lockout, the Raptors moved into their new arena Air Canada Centre. With the addition of Carter, the Raptors posted a 4–8 record in February. After a 6–12 start, the Raptors played their best basketball winning 12 of their next 14 games, while posting their first monthly winning record at 11–6 in March. However, they lost 13 of their final 18 games and finished the season with a 23–27 record, sixth in the Central Division.


1998–99 Toronto Raptors season
Carter averaged 18.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game, and was named Rookie of the Year, and selected to the NBA All-Rookie First Team. Doug Christie provided the team with 15.2 points and led them with 2.3 steals per game, while sixth man Dee Brown averaged 11.2 points per game off the bench, and led the league with 135 three-point field goals. Following the season, John Wallace re-signed as a free agent with the New York Knicks, and Reggie Slater was released to free agency.


1998–99 Toronto Raptors season, Offseason, NBA Draft
Carter was drafted by the NBA's Golden State Warriors 5th overall and then traded to the Toronto Raptors for Antawn Jamison, his UNC college teammate and best friend.


1998–99 Toto Cup Artzit
The 1998–99 Toto Cup Artzit was the 15th season of the second tier League Cup (as a separate competition) since its introduction. This was the last season that the competition was run separately for the second tier until 2004–05.


1998–99 Toto Cup Artzit
It was held in two stages. First, the 16 Liga Artzit teams were divided into four groups. The group winners advanced to the semi-finals, which, as was the final, were held as one-legged matches.


1998–99 Toto Cup Artzit
The competition was won by Hakoah Ramat Gan, who had beaten Bnei Sakhnin 2–0 in the final.


1998–99 Toto Cup Leumit
The 1998–99 Toto Cup Leumit was the 15th season of the third most important football tournament in Israel since its introduction.


1998–99 Toto Cup Leumit
It was held in two stages. First, sixteen Liga Leumit teams were divided into four groups. The group winners advanced to the semi-finals, which, as were the final held as one-legged matches.


1998–99 Toto Cup Leumit
The competition began on 15 August 1998 and ended on 2 February 1999, with Maccabi Tel Aviv beating Beitar Jerusalem 2–1 in the final.


1998–99 Toto Cup Leumit, Group stage
The matches were played from 15 August 1998 to 23 January 1999.


1998–99 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season
During the 1998–99 season, Tottenham Hotspur participated in the English Premier League.


1998–99 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Season summary
A dismal start to the season saw Christian Gross lose his job as Tottenham manager less than a year after taking over. There were a few raised eyebrows when the job went to George Graham – who had achieved so much success during his reign at Tottenham's deadly rivals Arsenal. But the appointment brought instant success: though Tottenham were unable to progress beyond 11th place in the final Premiership table, they triumphed in the Worthington Cup (while also reaching the FA Cup semi-final) to attain only their second European campaign of the post-Heysel era.


1998–99 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, First-team squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, First-team squad, Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, First-team squad, Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season, Statistics, Goal scorers
The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


1998–99 Trabzonspor season
The 1998–99 Trabzonspor season was the 24th consecutive season that the club played in the 1. Lig.


1998–99 Trabzonspor season, Season summary
Trabzonspor finished 4th the 1998-99 season. Trabzonspor was included in the Turkish Cup from 6th round. Trabzonspor played against Gaziantepspor in the 6th round. Trabzonspor won the 1st game 5 - 4 against Gaziantepspor but lost 2nd game 3 - 1 and eliminated from the Turkish Cup. Trabzonspor participated UEFA Cup in the 1998-99 season. In the 1st game of the 1st leg Trabzonspor lost 5 - 1 against Wisła Kraków in Kraków. Trabzonspor also lost the 2nd leg 2 - 1 in Trabzon and eliminated from UEFA Cup


1998–99 Trabzonspor season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season
During the 1998–99 English football season, Tranmere Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.


1998–99 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season, Season summary
In the 1998–99 season, Tranmere started the season poorly and were bottom of the league after failing to win their first 10 league games and by the middle of December, Tranmere were still near the relegation zone with only 4 league wins and the pressure on manager Aldridge increased but a good run of form into the new year with 6 wins from 10 league games eased all of the pressure and lifted them to 13th and saved Tranmere from any relegation worries and they finished a mixed season in 15th place.


1998–99 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season, Squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1
The 1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 season was the 73rd season of top-tier football in Tunisia.


1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Championship Playoffs, League table
Group winners (Espérance de Tunis and Club Africain) obtained 2 bonus points each and group runners-up (CA Bizertin and CS Sfaxien) obtained 1 bonus point each.


1998–99 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1, Relegation Playoffs, Relegation playoffs table
Teams that finished the regular season in the 5th place of each group (CO Transports and CS Hammam-Lif) obtained 2 bonus points each and those that finished in the 6th place of each group (Olympique Béja and ES Beni-Khalled) obtained 1 bonus point each.


1998–99 U.C. Sampdoria season
The 1998–99 U.C. Sampdoria season ended with the club's relegation to Serie B just eight years after winning the Serie A title in 1990–91. Similarly to Napoli the year prior, the club was no longer a financial power when it came to signing players, while its high-profile signing, Ariel Ortega, did not deliver to the degree Sampdoria had hoped for.


1998–99 UAE Football League, Overview
It was contested by 12 teams, and Al-Wahda FC (Abu Dhabi) won the championship.


1998–99 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team
The 1998–99 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team is a team that represented the University of California, Irvine during the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was led by 2nd-year head coach Pat Douglass, the Anteaters played at the Bren Events Center. At the time, the team was part of the Big West Conference.


1998–99 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team, Previous season
In head coach Pat Douglass' first year, the 1997–98 UC Irvine Anteaters men's basketball team finished the season with a record of 9–18; 6–10 in Big West play.


1998–99 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
The 1998–99 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 1998–99 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team finished 3rd in the conference. The Bruins competed in the 1999 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, losing to the Detroit Titans in the round of 64. This was the third season for head coach Steve Lavin.


1998–99 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team, 1999 NBA Draft
Baron Davis was drafted third overall by the Charlotte Hornets in the 1999 NBA Draft.


1998–99 UE Lleida season
This is a complete list of appearances by members of the professional playing squad of UE Lleida during the 1998–99 season.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League
The 1998–99 UEFA Champions League was the 44th season of the UEFA Champions League, Europe's premier club football tournament, and the seventh since it was renamed from the "European Champion Clubs' Cup" or "European Cup". The competition was won by Manchester United, coming back from a goal down in the last two minutes of injury time to defeat Bayern Munich 2–1 in the final. Teddy Sheringham and Ole Gunnar Solskjær scored United's goals after Bayern had hit the post and the bar.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League
They were the first English club to win Europe's premier club football tournament since 1984 and were also the first English club to reach a Champions League final since the Heysel Stadium disaster and the subsequent banning of English clubs from all UEFA competitions between 1985 and 1990. It was the first time since 1968 that Manchester United won the Champions League giving them their second title.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League
Manchester United also completed the Treble, becoming the fourth side in Europe to do so and in the process prevented Bayern Munich from achieving the feat themselves, Bayern eventually finished runners-up in their domestic cup two weeks later.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League
Manchester United won the trophy without losing a single match, despite having competed in a group with Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Brøndby, plus two highly rated Italian clubs in the knock-out stages. However, United became champions with just five wins in total, the lowest number of wins recorded by a champion in the Champions League era to date, though the competition now has an extra round of two matches in the knock-out stages.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League
It was the first time the Champions League was won by a team that had neither won their domestic league nor the Champions League the previous season and therefore would not have qualified for the tournament under the old qualification rules (title holder or national league champion). For the second time, the runners-up of eight domestic leagues entered the competition.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League
Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Dynamo Kyiv.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Association team allocation
Number of teams per country as well as the starting round for each club and seeding were based on 1998 UEFA league coefficient, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 1993–94 to 1997–98.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition is as follows (all draws are held in Geneva, Switzerland, unless stated otherwise).


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
Losing teams qualified for the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
Note: Winning teams of the first qualifying round were drawn against teams qualified directly for the second qualifying round (16 and 16 teams).


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
Twenty-four teams took part in the group stage: the national champions of Italy, Germany, Spain, France, Netherlands, England and Portugal, the title holders, and the 16 winning teams from the second qualifying round. Arsenal, Athletic Bilbao, Brøndby, Croatia Zagreb, HJK, Internazionale, Kaiserslautern, Lens and Sturm Graz made their debuts in the group stage of the competition. This was the first time that a team from Finland played in the group stage.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The teams were divided into six groups of four teams each, with the teams in each group playing each other twice (home and away) in a double round-robin format. Three points were awarded for each win, with one point each for a draw and none for a defeat. The winners of each group progressed to the quarter-finals, along with the two best second-placed teams. In the event that two or more teams had the same number of points at the end of the group stage, the rankings of the teams in question were determined by the following criteria:


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Group stage
The two best runners-up were determined by the following criteria:


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage
The knockout stage was played in a single-elimination tournament format consisting of three rounds: quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Each tie in the quarter-finals and semi-finals was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home, while the final was played as a single match at a neutral venue. In the quarter-finals and semi-finals, in the event that two teams scored the same number of goals over the two legs of their tie, the winner would be determined by the number of goals scored away from home.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage
If both sides scored the same number of goals away from home, two 15-minute periods of extra time would be played. If both teams scored the same number of goals during extra time, the visiting team would qualify for the next round by virtue of having scored more goals away from home. If neither side scored during extra time, the match would be decided by a penalty shoot-out. In the final, if the scores were level after 90 minutes, two 15-minute periods of golden goal extra time would be played; i.e. whichever team scored first would be declared the winner. If neither side scored during golden goal extra time, a penalty shoot-out would again be used to determine the winner.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Knockout stage, Quarter-finals
In the quarter-finals, the two best runners-up could not be drawn together, nor could the winners and runners-up from the same group. Both runners-up played the first leg of their quarter-final at home, as did the teams drawn first in the other two quarter-finals.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League, Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League (excluding qualifying rounds) are as follows:


1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage
The group stage of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League began on 16 September 1998 and ended on 9 December 1998. Eight teams qualified automatically for the group stage, while 16 more qualified via a preliminary round. The 24 teams were divided into six groups of four, and the teams in each group played against each other on a home-and-away basis, meaning that each team played a total of six group matches. For each win, teams were awarded three points, with one point awarded for each draw.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, Seeding
Seeding was based on the UEFA associations 1998 raking, similarly to the previous season. Title holders and champions of nations ranked 1–5 were put in the Pot 1. Champions of nations ranked 6–7 as well as runners-up of nations ranked 1–5 (except France) formed Pot 2. The remaining qualified runners-up (from the nations 6–8) and champions of top three nations ranked below 7 formed Pot 3. Finally, the remaining six national champions formed Pot 4.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League group stage, Groups
Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses)


1998–99 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
The knockout stage of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League began on 3 March 1999 and ended with the final at the Camp Nou in Barcelona on 26 May 1999. The eight teams from each of the six groups in the group stage competed in the knockout stage. For the quarter-finals, each group winner was randomly drawn against the runner-up from another group. The four quarter-final winners were then drawn together for the semi-finals, the winners of which contested the final.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League knockout stage
Each quarter-final and semi-final was played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home; the team that scored the most goals over the two legs qualified for the following round. In the event that the two teams scored the same number of goals over the two legs, the team that scored more goals away from home qualified for the next round; if both teams scored the same number of away goals, matches would go to extra time and then penalties if the teams could not be separated after extra time.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
Two qualifying rounds comprised the first stage of the 1998–99 UEFA Champions League, the 44th season of Europe's premier club football competition and the seventh since it was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League. The stage determined which 16 teams joined the eight automatic qualifiers in the group stage. 32 teams entered at the first qualifying round, with a further 16 teams receiving a bye to the second qualifying round.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds
Among the teams in the first qualifying round was Ukrainian side Dynamo Kyiv, who went on to reach the semi-finals of the competition proper, while both finalists – Manchester United of England and Bayern Munich of Germany – entered the competition in the second qualifying round, having finished as runners-up in their domestic leagues the previous season.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding
32 champions from associations ranked 16–48 (except Liechtenstein) started in First qualifying round. Champions of nations ranked 16–31 were seeded, while champions of nations ranked 32 and below were unseeded. The draw was performed on 6 July 1998 in Geneva, Switzerland.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding
Grasshopper  Dynamo Kyiv ŁKS Łódź  Újpest Club Brugge Košice Steaua București  Halmstad


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding
Dinamo Tbilisi Anorthosis Celtic  Beitar Jerusalem  Maribor  Dinamo Minsk  ÍBV  HJK Helsinki


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding
Skonto  Litex Lovech Sileks Kareda Šiauliai  Obilić  Zimbru Chișinău Flora Tallinn  Yerevan


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, Seeding
Cliftonville Valletta  Barry Town St Patrick's Athletic  B36 Tórshavn  Vllaznia  Jeunesse Esch Kapaz


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, First qualifying round, First leg
Match finished 1–0 after normal time, but later awarded 3–0 by default.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding
16 clubs (champions of nations ranked 8–15 and runners-up of nations ranked 1–8) started in this round and were seeded. 16 winners of the First qualifying round were unseeded. Losing teams in the second qualifying round qualified for the first round of the 1998–99 UEFA Cup. The draw was performed on 6 July 1998 in Geneva, Switzerland, immediately after First qualifying round draw.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Internazionale Bayern Munich Athletic Bilbao Metz  PSV Eindhoven Manchester United Benfica Olympiacos


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Panathinaikos  Sparta Prague Rosenborg  Sturm Graz Spartak Moscow Croatia Zagreb Galatasaray Brøndby


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Grasshopper  Dynamo Kyiv ŁKS Łódź  Újpest Club Brugge Košice Steaua București  Litex Lovech


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Seeding
Dinamo Tbilisi Anorthosis Celtic  Beitar Jerusalem  Maribor  Skonto  Obilić  HJK Helsinki


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Second leg
Rosenborg 4–4 Club Brugge on aggregate. Rosenborg won on away goals.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Second leg
Dynamo Kyiv 1–1 Sparta Prague on aggregate. Dynamo Kyiv won 3–1 on penalties.


1998–99 UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round, Second leg
Dinamo Tbilisi 2–2 Athletic Bilbao on aggregate. Athletic Bilbao won on away goals.


1998–99 UEFA Cup
The 1998–99 UEFA Cup was won by Parma in the final against Marseille. It was their second title in the competition.


1998–99 UEFA Cup
It was the last edition of the old format UEFA Cup, before the Cup Winners' Cup was merged into it to include domestic cup winners, and an extra knockout round was added. The new format was last played in the 2003–04 season and was later replaced by a Group Stage format in 2004–05.


1998–99 UEFA Cup, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


1998–99 UEFA Cup, First round, Second leg
3–3 on aggregate; Red Star Belgrade won 4–3 on penalties.


1998–99 UEFA Cup, Second round, Second leg
The match was abandoned at half-time after the fourth official, Philippe Flament of Belgium, sustained a knee injury and bruising from a firecracker thrown onto the pitch by fans in the stands. At the moment of the incident, Fiorentina led 2–1 on the night and 4-1 on aggregate. Four days later at a UEFA emergency meeting, Fiorentina was kicked out of the UEFA Cup and the match was recorded as a 0–3 Grasshopper win.


1998–99 UEFA Cup, Second round, Second leg
Future expulsion from European competition for Fiorentina was also considered by UEFA but eventually ruled out because of mitigating circumstances, specifically that the match, as part of an earlier punishment, was not played at Fiorentina's home stadium but in Salerno and credible evidence that the firecracker was likely thrown by fans of the local club Salernitana holding a grudge following a recent Serie A fixture between the two clubs. Grasshopper won 3–2 on aggregate.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The 1998–99 season of the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup club tournament was the last season of the competition before it was abolished. Lazio won the final against Mallorca to earn their only title in the competition. Chelsea were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the semi-finals by Mallorca.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, First round, Second leg
FK Jablonec 97 3–3 Apollon Limassol on aggregate. Apollon Limassol advanced after winning the penalty shootout 4–3 (2 Apollon and 3 Jablonec kicks were saved).'


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, First round, Second leg
Lausanne-Sport 3–3 Lazio on aggregate. Lazio won on away goals rule.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, First round, Second leg
Partizan 2–2 Newcastle United on aggregate. Partizan won on away goals rule.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, First round, Second leg
Vålerenga I.F. 2–2 Rapid București on aggregate. Vålerenga I.F. won on away goals rule.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, First round, Second leg
The game was played in Brussels as Genk's stadium did not meet UEFA requirements.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, First round, Second leg
Before the game the delegate of Hearts complained about the non-standard goal height, and the referee measured it to be one centimetre lower than regulation. Hearts agreed to play the game anyway.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Second round, First leg
The game was played in Brussels as Genk's home stadium did not meet UEFA requirements.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Second round, Second leg
Genk raised an official protest, claiming that the corner spots are too close to the fence around the pitch. It was denied.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Second round, Second leg
Mallorca 1–1 Genk on aggregate. Mallorca won on away goals rule.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Semi-finals, Second leg
Lazio 1–1 Lokomotiv Moscow on aggregate. Lazio won on away goals rule.


1998–99 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, Top goalscorers
The top scorers from the 1998–99 UEFA Winners' Cup (including qualifying round) are as follows:


1998–99 UHL season
The 1998–99 United Hockey League season was the eighth season of the United Hockey League (Colonial Hockey League before 1997), a North American minor professional league. 11 teams participated in the regular season and the Muskegon Fury won the league title.


1998–99 USM Alger season
In the 1998–99 season, USM Alger is competing in the National for the 19th time, as well as the Algerian Cup. It is their 4th consecutive season in the top flight of Algerian football. They will be competing in Ligue 1 and the Algerian Cup.


1998–99 USM Alger season, Summary season
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1998–99 USM Alger season, Summary season
Algerian Cup against JS Kabylie, the two teams met for the first time in the final of the Algerian Cup at Stade 5 Juillet 1962 and in the first final to be attended by the new president of the country Abdelaziz Bouteflika and ended with the victory of USM Alger with two goals record by Billel Dziri and the former player in JS Kabylie Tarek Hadj Adlane To be the fourth Cup of USMA, Before that in the Semi-finals against MC Alger, there was a great controversy over the way the game was played, where it was supposed to play from two games, but the Ministry of Youth and Sports decided to play the two games in Stade du 5 Juillet, Saïd Allik President of USMA, refused this insisting that each team plays in his stadium and Stade du 5 Juillet, he was the official stadium of MC Alger, after which the Minister of Youth and Sports Mohamed Aziz Derouaz rejected this request and insisted that he play on Stade du 5 Juillet for security reasons.


1998–99 USM Alger season, Summary season
On the day of the match, USM Alger went to Omar Hamadi Stadium and MC Alger and the referees to Stade du 5 Juillet.


1998–99 USM Alger season, Summary season
Minister of the Interior and Local Authorities at that time Abdelmalek Sellal called Allik to find a solution to this problem, His response was that there were two solutions the first is that each team plays in its stadium Or hold one game in a neutral stadium, and Allik proposes Stade du 19 Mai 1956 in Annaba, but because of the black decade and since both of them are from the capital, it was decided to hold it in Stade du 5 Juillet.


1998–99 USM Alger season, Squad information, Goalscorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted alphabetically by surname when total goals are equal.


1998–99 USM Alger season, Squad list
Players and squad numbers last updated on 8 January 1999.Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


1998–99 Udinese Calcio season
Udinese Calcio only faded a little bit compared to its club record-breaking 1997–98 season, in which it finished third in Serie A. With topscorer Oliver Bierhoff, midfielder Thomas Helveg and coach Alberto Zaccheroni all departing for Milan, Udinese was looking to be on the back foot prior to the start of the season.


1998–99 Udinese Calcio season
Márcio Amoroso proved to be a worthy replacement for Bierhoff, with 22 goals following increased responsibility. With this, Amoroso became topscorer himself, and departed for Parma, with a substantial sum being paid by the Parmesans.


1998–99 Udinese Calcio season
The highlight of Udinese's season was the qualification for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, which was clinched in a so-called spareggio against Juventus, since the clubs were tied on points for sixth. Thanks to a goalless draw at home, and Paolo Poggi's equaliser in Turin, Udinese clinched the sixth place and the UEFA Cup slot.


1998–99 Udinese Calcio season, Competitions, UEFA Cup qualification
(Udinese therefore declared sixth in the league standings. Udinese qualified for the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup).


1998–99 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
The 1998–99 Ukrainian Amateur Cup  was the third annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition for amateur football teams. The competition started on 25 October 1998 and concluded on 17 June 1999.


1998–99 Ukrainian Amateur Cup
This also was the first season of amateur cup football competitions that was administered by newly created (in 1998) Ukrainian Football Amateur Association.


1998–99 Ukrainian Amateur Cup, Teams
Three regions that were represented last season, chose not to participate in the competition among which are such oblasts Cherkasy, Rivne, and Kiev City. Instead there returned representatives from three oblast among which are Khmelnytskyi, Kiev, and Odesa as well as two new oblasts Luhansk and Poltava.


1998–99 Ukrainian Cup
The 1998–99 Ukrainian Cup  was the eighth annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition, also known as Kubok of Ukraine.


1998–99 Ukrainian Cup
The winners of this competition will enter as Ukraine's Cup Winner representative in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup for 1999—2000 season.


1998–99 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Preliminary Round
There was a single game between two Ternopil Oblast teams on August 1, 1998.


1998–99 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, First Qualification Round
The first games took place on August 25 and the second – August 29.


1998–99 Ukrainian Cup, Competition schedule, Final
The final was held at the NSC Olimpiysky on May 30, 1999, in Kyiv.


1998–99 Ukrainian First League
1998–99 Ukrainian First League was the eighth season of the Ukrainian First League which was won by FC Dynamo-2 Kyiv. The season started on July 31, 1998, and finished on July 4, 1999.


1998–99 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Promoted teams
Two clubs promoted from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Second League through a promotion/relegation play-off tournament.


1998–99 Ukrainian First League, Promotion and relegation, Relegated teams
Two clubs were relegated from the 1997-98 Ukrainian Top League:


1998–99 Ukrainian First League, Promotion play-off
FC Cherkasy failed to obtain berth in the Top League.


1998–99 Ukrainian Football Amateur League
1998–99 Ukrainian Football Amateur League was the seventh amateur championship of Ukraine and the 35th since the establishment of championship among fitness clubs (KFK) in 1964.


1998–99 Ukrainian Football Amateur League, Finals
The second stage was finals that took place in Lutsk, Volyn Oblast on June 2–6, 1999.


1998–99 Ukrainian Hockey Championship
The 1998–99 Ukrainian Hockey League season was the sixth season of the Ukrainian Hockey League, the top level of ice hockey in Ukraine. Eight teams participated in the league, and HC Sokil Kyiv won the championship.


1998–99 Ukrainian Second League
The 1998–99 Ukrainian Second League is the eighth season of 3rd level professional football in Ukraine. The competitions are divided into three groups – A, B, and C.


1998–99 Ukrainian Second League, Group B, Team changes
Kryvbas-2 Kryvyi Rih obtained the professional status and entered the Second League.


1998–99 Ukrainian Second League, Group B, Team changes
SKA-Lotto Odesa was replaced with Dynamo Odessa and renamed into Dynamo-SKA Odessa.


1998–99 Ukrainian Second League, Group B, Standings
Dynamo-SKA Odessa is fined of six tournament points. Lokomotyv and Nyva left the competition during the first half (Round 7). Fortuna and Dynamo-SKA stop their participation after the first half. The game Fortuna - Dynamo-SKA 3:3 was annulled and awarded a technical loss (-:+) to the home team for cheating.


1998–99 Ukrainian Second League, Group C, Team changes
Avanhard Rovenky, Zorya Luhansk, Khimik Severodonetsk participated previously in the First League.


1998–99 Ukrainian Second League, Group C, Team changes
VPS Kramatorsk, Metalurh-2 Zaporizhzhia, Shakhtar Horlivka, Dalis Komyshuvakha obtained the professional status and entered the Second League.


1998–99 Ukrainian Second League, Group C, Team changes
Khimik Severodonetsk, Dalis Komyshuvakha, Metalurh-2 Donetsk, Slovianets Konotop, Pivdenstal Yenakieve refused to participate.


1998–99 Umaglesi Liga
The 1998–99 Umaglesi Liga was the tenth season of top-tier football in Georgia. It began on 6 August 1998 and ended on 23 May 1999. Dinamo Tbilisi were the defending champions.


1998–99 Umaglesi Liga, Relegation play-offs
Sioni Bolnisi remain at Umaglesi Liga. TSU Tbilisi entered losing side playoffs


1998–99 Umaglesi Liga, Relegation play-offs
Dinamo-2 Tbilisi promoted and renamed as Tbilisi. Kolkheti Khobi promoted.


1998–99 United Counties League
The 1998–99 United Counties League season was the 92nd in the history of the United Counties League, a football competition in England.


1998–99 United Counties League, Premier Division
The Premier Division featured 20 clubs which competed in the division last season, no new clubs joined the division this season.


1998–99 United Counties League, Division One
Division One featured 17 clubs which competed in the division last season, along with one new club:


1998–99 United States network television schedule
The following is the 1998–99 network television schedule for the six major English language commercial broadcast networks in the United States. The schedule covers primetime hours from September 1998 through August 1999. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series cancelled after the 1997–98 season. All times are Eastern and Pacific, with certain exceptions, such as Monday Night Football.


1998–99 United States network television schedule
Each of the 30 highest-rated shows is listed with its rank and rating as determined by Nielsen Media Research.


1998–99 United States network television schedule
PBS, the Public Broadcasting Service, is not included; member stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary.


1998–99 United States network television schedule, Monday
Note: UPN only broadcast the first two episodes of Power Play. On August 16, 1999, ABC aired the series episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire at 8:30pm EST. It was the only 30 minute episode to air on a Monday night.


1998–99 United States network television schedule, Tuesday
NOTE: On Fox, Brimstone was supposed to premiere 9-10, but it was moved up to Friday.


1998–99 United States network television schedule, Thursday
Note: On Fox, Hollyweird was supposed to premiere 9:00-10:00 but it was canceled due to a conflict with Shaun Cassidy.


1998–99 United States network television schedule, Friday
Note: On Fox, the one-hour drama Brimstone premiered at 8:00 on October 23, 1998.


1998–99 United States network television schedule, By network, The WB
Note: The * indicates that the program was introduced in midseason.


1998–99 United States network television schedule (daytime)
The 1998–99 daytime network television schedule for the six major English-language commercial broadcast networks in the United States in operation during that television season covers the weekday daytime hours from September 1998 to August 1999. The schedule is followed by a list per network of returning series, new series, and series canceled after the 1997–98 season.


1998–99 United States network television schedule (daytime)
Affiliates fill time periods not occupied by network programs with local or syndicated programming. PBS – which offers daytime programming through a children's program block, branded as PTV at the time – is not included, as its member television stations have local flexibility over most of their schedules and broadcast times for network shows may vary. Also not included is Pax TV, a venture of Paxson Communications that debuted on August 31, 1998; although Pax carried a limited schedule of first-run programs in its early years, its schedule otherwise was composed mainly of syndicated reruns.


1998–99 United States network television schedule (late night)
These are the late night schedules for the four United States broadcast networks that offer programming during this time period, from September 1998 to August 1999. All times are Eastern or Pacific. Affiliates will fill non-network schedule with local, syndicated, or paid programming. Affiliates also have the option to preempt or delay network programming at their discretion.