1998 International Formula 3000 Championship, Season summary
Montoya moved to the North American CART series for 1999 with Chip Ganassi Racing, going on to win the championship as a rookie. He went on to graduate to Formula One with Williams in 2001, and became the only International Formula 3000 champion to win more than one grand prix in his career. The only driver from the field to participate in Formula One in 1999 was Stéphane Sarrazin, who secured a one-off drive in the Brazilian Grand Prix for Minardi in place of the injured Luca Badoer. Most of the leading Formula 3000 drivers instead remained in the series for 1999.


1998 International Formula 3000 Championship, Complete Overview
R22=retired, but classified R=retired NC=not classified NS=did not start NQ=did not qualify DIS(3)=disqualified after finishing in third place (16)=place after practice, but grid position not held free


1998 International League season
The 1998 International League season took place from April to September 1998.


1998 International League season
The Buffalo Bisons defeated the Durham Bulls to win the league championship.


1998 International League season, Triple-A realignment and expansion
Four new teams joined the International League in 1998. Three of these teams, the Buffalo Bisons, Indianapolis Indians, and the Louisville Redbirds joined as a result of the dissolution of the American Association. All three cities had previously competed in the IL at some point in time. One team, the Durham Bulls became a Triple-A expansion team. The Bulls were previously a Class A baseball team. As a result of these moves, the IL expanded from 10 teams to 14 teams. A new division, the IL South, was formed. The playoffs would be determined by the three division winners and one wild card winner.


1998 International League season, Playoffs, Division Series
North Division Champion (Buffalo 81-62) defeated Wild Card Champion (Syracuse 80-62) 3 games to 2


1998 International League season, Playoffs, Division Series
South Division Champion (Durham 80-64) defeated West Division Champion (Louisville 77-67) 3 games to 1


1998 International League season, Playoffs, Championship series
Buffalo advanced on to the first Triple-A World Series in Las Vegas, Nevada. The World Series pitted the International League Champions (Buffalo) against the Pacific Coast League Champions (New Orleans). The New Orleans Zephyrs won the Series three games to one.


1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix
The 1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in St. Pölten, Austria that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 18 May until 24 May 1998. First-seeded Marcelo Ríos won the singles title.


1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Jim Grabb /  David Macpherson defeated  David Adams /  Wayne Black, 6–4, 6–4.


1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles
The 1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in St. Pölten, Austria that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 18 May – 24 May 1998.


1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Singles
The 1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in St. Pölten, Austria that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the eighteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 18–24 May 1998.


1998 International Raiffeisen Grand Prix – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 International Rules Series
The 1998 International Rules Series was the fifth annual series between Gaelic footballers from the Gaelic Athletic Association and Australian rules footballers from the Australian Football League and the first since it was cancelled in 1990. It was part of a four-year agreement. Ireland and Australia both won a game however Ireland won the overall series by 10 points in aggregate.


1998 International Rules Series, Results
Both tests were played at GAA Headquarters (Croke Park in Dublin). The total series attendance was 58,121.


1998 International Rules Series, Results
Sources for the following details: Footy Stats  Source for scores in the second test: International Rules Gold (TG4)


1998 International Rules Series, Results, First test
Overs: Stynes 4, Canavan 3, McCabe 2, Foley 2, Donnellan, Fallon


1998 International Rules Series, Results, First test
Overs: Carey 4, Lloyd 4, Neitz, Everitt, Camporeale, Farmer, Crawford


1998 International Rules Series, Results, Second test
Overs: Canavan 3, Fallon 2, Stynes 2, Daly, Cavlan, Kenny, Lockhart, Tohill


1998 International Rules Series, Results, Second test
Overs: Holland 2, Eagleton 2, Ricciuto 2, Buckley, Stevens, Lloyd, Stynes


1998 International Sports Racing Series
The 1998 International Sports Racing Series was the second season of International Sportscar Racing Series (later known as the FIA Sportscar Championship). It was a series for sportscar-style prototypes broken into two classes based on power and weight, called SR1 and SR2, as well as a class of hillclimb-style sportscars, called CN. It began on April 13, 1998, and ended December 6, 1998, after 8 races.


1998 International Sports Racing Series, Teams Championship
Points are awarded to the top 10 finishers in the order of 20-15-12-10-8-6-4-3-2-1. Only the highest placing car within a team earned points towards the championship. The SportsRacing World Cup was available to all teams that participated, but separate SR2 and CN championships were also held.


1998 International Sports Racing Series Paul Ricard
The 1998 Paul Ricard 2 Hours 30 Minutes was the first race of the 1998 International Sports Racing Series. It took place at Circuit Paul Ricard, France on April 13, 1998.


1998 International Tennis Championships
The 1998 International Tennis Championships, also known as America's Red Clay Championships, was an men's tennis tournament held in Coral Springs, Florida, United States. The event was part of the World Series category of the 1998 ATP Tour. The tournament was played on outdoor clay courts and was held from May 4 through May 11, 1998. Qualifier Andrew Ilie won the singles title.


1998 International Tennis Championships, Finals, Doubles
Grant Stafford /  Kevin Ullyett defeated  Mark Merklein /  Vincent Spadea, 7–5, 6–4


1998 International Tennis Championships – Doubles
Dave Randall and Greg Van Emburgh were the defending champions, but did not participate together this year. Randall partnered Jean-Philippe Fleurian, losing in the first round. Van Emburgh partnered Geoff Grant, losing in the first round.


1998 International Tennis Championships – Doubles
Grant Stafford and Kevin Ullyett won in the final 7–5, 6–4, against Mark Merklein and Vincent Spadea.


1998 International Tennis Championships – Singles
Andrew Ilie defeated Davide Sanguinetti 7–5, 6–4 to win the 1998 International Tennis Championships singles event. Jason Stoltenberg was the defending champion.


1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg
The 1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Strasbourg, France that was part of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the 12th edition of the tournament and was held from 18 May until 24 May 1998. Second-seeded Irina Spîrlea won the singles title.


1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg, Finals, Doubles
Alexandra Fusai /  Nathalie Tauziat defeated  Yayuk Basuki /  Caroline Vis 6–4, 6–3


1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Doubles
Helena Suková and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Doubles
Alexandra Fusai and Nathalie Tauziat won in the final 6–4, 6–3 against Yayuk Basuki and Caroline Vis.


1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles
Steffi Graf was the defending champion but did not compete that year.


1998 Internationaux de Strasbourg – Singles
Second-seeded Irina Spîrlea won in the final 7–6, 6–3 against Julie Halard-Decugis.


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


1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo
The 1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Palermo, Italy that was part of the Tier IV category of the 1998 WTA Tour. It was the 11th edition of the tournament and was held from 13 July until 19 July 1998. First-seeded Patty Schnyder won the singles title and earned $17,700 first-prize money.


1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo, Finals, Doubles
Pavlina Stoyanova /  Elena Wagner defeated  Barbara Schett /  Patty Schnyder 6–4, 6–2


1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles
Silvia Farina and Barbara Schett were the defending champions but only Schett competed that year with Patty Schnyder.


1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles
Schett and Schnyder lost in the final 6–4, 6–2 against Pavlina Stoyanova and Elena Wagner.


1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles
Sandrine Testud was the defending champion but lost in the first round to Barbara Rittner.


1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles
Patty Schnyder won in the final 6–1, 5–7, 6–2 against Barbara Schett.


1998 Internazionali Femminili di Palermo – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1998 Internazionali di Carisbo
The 1998 Internazionali di Carisbo was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Bologna, Italy that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 8 June – 14 June 1998.


1998 Internazionali di Carisbo, Finals, Doubles
Brandon Coupe /  Paul Rosner defeated  Giorgio Galimberti /  Massimo Valeri, 7–6, 6–3.


1998 Internazionali di Carisbo – Doubles
The 1998 Internazionali di Carisbo was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Bologna, Italy that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 8–14 June 1998.


1998 Internazionali di Carisbo – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Internazionali di Carisbo – Singles
The 1998 Internazionali di Carisbo was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Bologna, Italy that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fourteenth edition of the tournament and was held from 8–14 June 1998.


1998 Internazionali di Carisbo – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Intersport Grand Prix
The 1998 Intersport Grand Prix was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Am Rothenbaum in Hamburg in Germany and was part of Tier II of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament ran from April 27 through May 3, 1998. Martina Hingis won the singles title.


1998 Intersport Grand Prix, Finals, Doubles
Barbara Schett /  Patty Schnyder defeated  Martina Hingis /  Jana Novotná 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3


1998 Intersport Grand Prix – Doubles
Anke Huber and Mary Pierce were the defending champions but did not compete that year.


1998 Intersport Grand Prix – Doubles
Barbara Schett and Patty Schnyder won in the final 7–6(7–3), 3–6, 6–3 against Martina Hingis and Jana Novotná.


1998 Intersport Grand Prix – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Intersport Grand Prix – Singles
Iva Majoli was the defending champion but lost in the second round to Barbara Schett.


1998 Intersport Grand Prix – Singles
Martina Hingis won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Jana Novotná.


1998 Intersport Grand Prix – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Invercargill mayoral election
The 1998 Invercargill mayoral election was held on 10 October 1998 as part of the 1998 New Zealand local elections, and was conducted under the First Past the Post system.


1998 Invercargill mayoral election, Background
Former mayor Tim Shadbolt reclaimed the mayoralty he lost to David Harrington in the previous election. This was the beginning of a decades-long stint as mayor for Shadbolt. Shadbolt had considered contesting the Queenstown mayoralty before deciding to run in Invercargill again. Shadbolt once campaigned on Esk Street standing on a literal Lux soapbox. Harrington cleared out his desk two days before the election, apparently resigned to his impending loss.


1998 Investor Swedish Open
The 1998 Investor Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Båstad, Sweden that was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 51st edition of the tournament and was held from 6 July until 12 July 1998. First-seeded Magnus Gustafsson won the singles title.


1998 Investor Swedish Open, Finals, Doubles
Magnus Gustafsson /  Magnus Larsson defeated  Lan Bale /  Piet Norval, 6–4, 6–2


1998 Investor Swedish Open – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Investor Swedish Open – Singles
The 1998 Swedish Open was a men's tennis tournament played on Clay in Båstad, Sweden that was part of the International Series of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the fifty-first edition of the tournament and was held from 6–12 July 1998.


1998 Investor Swedish Open – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Iowa Hawkeyes football team
The 1998 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Kinnick Stadium and participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The 1998 season marked the 20th and final season for legendary coach Hayden Fry.


1998 Iowa Hawkeyes football team, Game summaries, at Illinois
Tim Douglas kicked three field goals from beyond 50 yards, including a school-record 58-yard field goal.


1998 Iowa Senate election
The 1998 Iowa State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial 1998 United States elections. Iowa voters elected state senators in half of the state senate's districts--the 25 odd-numbered state senate districts. State senators serve four-year terms in the Iowa State Senate, with half of the seats up for election each cycle. A statewide map of the 50 state Senate districts in the year 1998 is provided by the Iowa General Assembly


1998 Iowa Senate election
The primary election on June 2, 1998 determined which candidates appeared on the November 3, 1998 general election ballot. Primary election results can be obtained here. General election results can be obtained here.


1998 Iowa Senate election
Following the previous election in 1996, Republicans had control of the Iowa state Senate with 29 seats to Democrats' 21 seats. In a special election in District 13 in 1997 to fill a vacancy created by Sen. Jim Lind's (R) resignation, Democratic candidate Patricia M. "Pat" Harper (D) flipped the seat for her party. Therefore, on election day 1998, Republicans held 28 seats to Democrats' 22.


1998 Iowa Senate election
To reclaim control of the chamber from Republicans, the Democrats needed to net 4 Senate seats.


1998 Iowa Senate election
Republicans strengthened their control of the Iowa State Senate following the 1998 general election by netting two seats, resulting in Republicans holding 30 seats and Democrats having 20 seats after the election.


1998 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 1998 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They played their home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. The team was coached by head coach Dan McCarney.


1998 Iowa gubernatorial election
The 1998 Iowa gubernatorial election took place on November 5, 1998. Incumbent Republican Governor of Iowa Terry Branstad did not seek re-election to a fifth term.


1998 Iowa gubernatorial election
To replace him, State Senator Tom Vilsack narrowly won the nomination of the Democratic Party while former United States Congressman Jim Ross Lightfoot, who was previously the Republican nominee for the United States Senate in 1996, won his party's nomination. Lightfoot was the odds-on favorite to succeed Branstad and polling consistently showed him in the lead. However, Vilsack narrowly won the general election, becoming the first Democrat to serve as governor of Iowa in 30 years and only the fifth Democrat to hold the office in the 20th century.


1998 Ipswich Borough Council election
Elections for Ipswich Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


1998 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
The third Iranian Assembly of Experts election was held on October 23, 1998 to elect all 86 members in 28 constituencies. 17,857,869 citizens voted in the elections, marking a 46.3% turnout.


1998 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
Coming a year after reformist Mohammad Khatami's 1997 presidential victory, there had been speculation that reform-minded individuals would do well in the 1998 race. However, the Guardian Council changed the rules. Previously, candidates had to demonstrate ijtihad, but in 1998 all potential candidates were also required to demonstrate a "proper political inclination".


1998 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
Out of 396 individuals registered to run, 167 (36.86%) were qualified by the council. 214 were disqualified, 13 withdrew and 60 of 187 invitees did not participate in ijtihad test.


1998 Iranian Assembly of Experts election
The two leading clerical bodies of reformists, Association of Combatant Clerics and Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers did not issue any electoral list, protesting disqualification of their candidates by the Guardian Council. Other reformist groups did the same, including Mojahedin of the Islamic Revolution of Iran Organization. The only 2nd of Khordad-affiliated group that endorsed candidates was Executives of Construction Party.


1998 Iranian Assembly of Experts election, Results
According to Fars News Agency, the results were as follows:


1998 Iranian Assembly of Experts election in Tehran Province
The third elections for the Assembly of Experts in Tehran Province was held on 23 October 1998 to elect 16 representatives in the constituency. The result was a victory for the conservatives. Allied institutions the Combatant Clergy Association and the Society of Seminary Teachers of Qom supported candidates jointly, while the Association of Combatant Clerics and the Assembly of Qom Seminary Scholars and Researchers whose most members were disqualified by the Guardian Council did not support any candidates. Executives of Construction Party was the only reformist group that competed in the election.


1998 Iraqi Elite Cup
The Eighth Mother of all Battles Championship (Arabic: بطولة أم المعارك الثامنة), commonly referred to as the 1998 Iraqi Elite Cup (Arabic: كأس النخبة العراقي 1998), was the eighth occurrence of the Iraqi Elite Cup, organised by the Iraq Football Association. The top eight teams of the 1997–98 Iraqi Premier League competed in the tournament. In the final, held at Al-Shaab Stadium, Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya defeated Al-Naft 3–0.


1998 Iraqi Perseverance Cup
The 1998 Iraqi Perseverance Cup (Arabic: كأس المثابرة العراقي 1998) was the 3rd edition of the Iraqi Super Cup. The match was contested between Baghdad rivals Al-Shorta and Al-Zawraa at Al-Shaab Stadium in Baghdad. It was played on 25 May 1998 to bring an end to the 1997–98 season. Al-Zawraa won the game 1–0, earning their first Super Cup title.


1998 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa
The 1998 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa was the team's third tour, having previously visited in 1961 and 1981. Both Paul Wallace and Keith Wood had previously been on a tour to South Africa with the British and Irish Lions in 1997. Cape Town-born Dion O'Cuinneagain, had captained South Africa at both schoolboy and sevens level, before he switched allegiances. He made his senior international debut for Ireland in the 37–13 defeat against South Africa on 13 June 1998. Justin Fitzpatrick and Trevor Brennan also made their senior international debuts in the same game. A fourth debutant, Justin Bishop, scored a try while Eric Elwood added a conversion and two penalties. South Africa won the series 2-0, but unfortunately the series was marred by violence and ill-will between the two teams.


1998 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa, Test matches, First Test
Many predicted South Africa, who were wearing white jerseys due to the colour clash with Ireland's green jumper, to win their first test match of the season comfortably. While they eventually did so, the visitors competed admirably in the first half, trailing by only three points at half time, 13−10. The Springboks, who looked rusty in the first half, finally clicked in the second half and debutant winger Stefan Terblanche scored four tries.


1998 Ireland rugby union tour of South Africa, Test matches, Second Test
The Springboks had to make one change to their line-up for the second test in Pretoria, with Gaffie du Toit unavailable due to a rib injury and replaced by Franco Smith. The Springboks completed a shut-out to seal the series and scored five tries in the process, but the match was a very spiteful one marred by numerous cynical incidents and brawls which eventually resulted in Springbok lock Krynauw Otto getting time in the sin bin.


1998 Irish Greyhound Derby
The 1998 Irish Greyhound Derby took place during August and September with the final being held at Shelbourne Park in Dublin on 19 September 1998.


1998 Irish Greyhound Derby
The winner Eyeman won £50,000 and was trained by Eddie Wade, owned by Gerard Kervick and bred by Jim Moore. The race was sponsored by the Ireland on Sunday.


1998 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In the qualifying round Eyeman trained by Eddie Wade equalled Dew Reward's track record of 29.97 and immediately became the favourite for the competition. Larkhill Jo then posted a very fast 30.00 and the original ante-post favourite Plasterscene Gem drifted in the betting despite winning his heat.


1998 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
In the second round the fastest winners were She Will Survive in 30.24, Westpark Lemon and Droopys Eric in 30.25. Eyeman then broke the Shelbourne track record again in the quarter finals, the brindle dog stopped the clock at 29.92.


1998 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
Larkhill Jo won the first semi-final winning by six lengths from Odell Duke and Group Order. Eyeman continued to impress and took the second heat from the fast finishing 1998 English Greyhound Derby runner-up Tuesdays Davy and Cool Panther.


1998 Irish Greyhound Derby, Competition Report
The pivotal moment in the final came when Larkhill Jo was forced wide by Tuesdays Davy and Cool Panther, this left Eyeman three lengths clear. Larkhill Jo and Cool Panther gained ground on Eyeman but then crowded each other off the fourth bend before challenging Eyeman on the run in. Eyeman held on and passed the winning post first. Cool Panther finished second and Larkhill Jo finished third.


1998 Irish Masters
The 1998 Irish Masters was the twenty-fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place from 24 to 29 March 1998. The tournament was played at Goffs in Kill, County Kildare, and featured twelve professional players.


1998 Irish Masters
Ronnie O'Sullivan won the final 9–3 against Ken Doherty, however O'Sullivan failed a post-final drugs test and tested positive for cannabis. He was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament with the victory awarded to Doherty.


1998 Irish Masters, Main draw
* Ronnie O'Sullivan was stripped of the title and disqualified from the tournament after winning 9–3. O'Sullivan failed a drugs test after testing positive for cannabis. Ken Doherty was awarded the title.


1998 Irish Open
The 1998 Irish Open was a professional ranking snooker tournament, held from 14 to 20 December 1998 at the National Basketball Arena, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, of which only one edition was held. Mark Williams won the tournament by defeating Alan McManus 9–4 in the final.


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


1998 Irish constitutional referendums
Two referendums were held together in the Republic of Ireland on 22 May 1998, each on a proposed amendment of the Irish constitution. Both measures were approved. A referendum in Northern Ireland was also held on the same day.


1998 Irish constitutional referendums, Eighteenth amendment
The Eighteenth Amendment introduced two new articles into the constitution which allowed the government to ratify the Amsterdam Treaty.


1998 Irish constitutional referendums, Nineteenth amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment to the constitution allowed the government to ratify the Good Friday Agreement done at Belfast on 10 April 1998, which included changing articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution which effectively claimed Irish sovereignty over Northern Ireland. The agreement was also endorsed in the simultaneous referendum in Northern Ireland. Articles 2 and 3 were subsequently changed in December 1999, and the territorial claim was replaced with an aspiration for a united Ireland to be achieved "by peaceful means with the consent of a majority of the people, democratically expressed, in both jurisdictions in the island".


1998 Islington London Borough Council election
The 1998 Islington Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of Islington London Borough Council in London, England. The whole council was up for election and the Labour Party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.


1998 Islington London Borough Council election, Election result
The results saw the Labour and Liberal Democrat parties finish tied on 26 seats each, after the Liberal Democrats gained 12 seats. The Liberal Democrat gains included taking the ward of Barnsbury, where the then Prime Minister Tony Blair had lived before becoming Prime Minister. In the final seat Labour won by 3 votes after 5 recounts to prevent the Liberal Democrats from winning a majority. This meant Labour was able to continue as the administration, relying on the casting vote of the Labour mayor Pat Haynes.


1998 Islington London Borough Council election, Election result
Reasons for the losses for Labour were reported as being the council tax level, which was the highest in London, poor schools and the council's £800 million debt.


1998 Islington London Borough Council election, Election result
At the same as the election Islington voted 81.55% in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 18.45% against, on a 34.15% turnout.


1998 Israeli presidential election
An election for President of Israel was held in the Knesset on 4 March 1998.


1998 Israeli presidential election
It was the first time an incumbent President of Israel  was challenged. Shaul Amor stood against Ezer Weizman, but Weizman was re-elected by a vote of 63 to 49.


1998 Italian Grand Prix
The 1998 Italian Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held at Monza on 13 September 1998. The race was won by Michael Schumacher. This was also the last win for tyre manufacturer Goodyear in Formula One.


1998 Italian Grand Prix
It was a dramatic race, Häkkinen got a blinding start pushing his way past Eddie Irvine and Michael Schumacher on the front row, at same time it was a dreadful start for Schumacher who fell down to 5th, soon after he passed Villeneuve for 4th then Irvine for 3rd.


1998 Italian Grand Prix
Häkkinen was struggling with a developing brake issue soon after and he waved his teammate Coulthard through, but soon after Coulthard's engine blew and seconds later Schumacher, who had caught Häkkinen, passed the Finn when Häkkinen had adjusted his brake bias forwards to cope with the brake problem and ran wide due to the smoke from Coulthard's engine.


1998 Italian Grand Prix
Villeneuve running very low downforce soon spun out of the race, and Häkkinen started catching Schumacher again. Häkkinen was just three seconds behind with a handful of laps remaining, but then his rear brakes failed, sending him into a wild spin at the Roggia chicane. He was able to keep his engine running and kept going, but at the beginning of the next lap he went off again at the first Rettifilo chicane, and Irvine reeled him in and took 2nd off him. Soon after Ralf Schumacher caught and over took Häkkinen who was able to limp home in 4th.


1998 Italian Grand Prix
It was a jubilant scene for the Italian crowd as Michael Schumacher came home first and his Ferrari teammate Eddie Irvine took second with Ralf Schumacher third, meaning the Jordan team had finished on all three podium places in two races.


1998 Italian Grand Prix
Michael Schumacher was now level on points with Mika Häkkinen going into the Nürburgring, the penultimate round, though Häkkinen still led the championship on countback.


1998 Italian Grand Prix
This race was Scuderia Ferrari's 600th start in a World Championship event as a team.


1998 Italian Open (tennis)
The 1998 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts. It was the 57th edition of the Rome Masters and was part of the Super 9 of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour. Both the men's and women's events took place at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy. The women's tournament was played from May 4 through May 10, 1998, and the men's tournament was played from May 11 through May 17, 1998.


1998 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Men's Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi /  Leander Paes defeated  Ellis Ferreira /  Rick Leach, 6–4, 4–6, 7–6.


1998 Italian Open (tennis), Finals, Women's Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual /  Paola Suárez defeated  Amanda Coetzer /  Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario, 7–6(7–1), 6–4.


1998 Italian Open – Men's Doubles
Mark Knowles and Daniel Nestor were the defending champions, but Nestor chose not to participate this year. Knowles team up with Jim Grabb, but lost in the first round to Jonas Björkman and Pat Rafter.


1998 Italian Open – Men's Doubles
Mahesh Bhupathi and Leander Paes won the title, by defeating Ellis Ferreira and Rick Leach 6–4, 4–6, 7–6 in the final.


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


1998 Italian Open – Men's Singles
Álex Corretja was the defending champion, but lost in the second round this year.


1998 Italian Open – Men's Singles
Marcelo Ríos won the title when Álbert Costa withdrew from the final.


1998 Italian Open – Women's Doubles
Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf were the defending champions but only Bollegraf competed that year with Katrina Adams.


1998 Italian Open – Women's Doubles
Adams and Bollegraf lost in the quarterfinals to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.


1998 Italian Open – Women's Doubles
Virginia Ruano Pascual and Paola Suárez won in the final 7–6, 6–4 against Amanda Coetzer and Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.


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


1998 Italian Open – Women's Singles
Mary Pierce was the defending champion but lost in the third round to Mirjana Lučić.


1998 Italian Open – Women's Singles
Martina Hingis won in the final 6–3, 2–6, 6–3 against Venus Williams.


1998 Italian Open – Women's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Italian Superturismo Championship
The 1998 Italian Superturismo Championship was the twelfth edition of the Italian Superturismo Championship. The season began in Binetto on 17 May and finished in Vallelunga on 4 October, after ten rounds. Fabrizio Giovanardi won the championship, driving an Alfa Romeo 156; the Italian manufacturer won the constructors' championship, while Fabian Peroni took the privateers' trophy.


1998 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1998 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix was the fourth race of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 17 May 1998 at the Mugello Circuit.


1998 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, 250 cc classification
The race was held in two parts as rain caused its interruption; aggregate times from the two heats determined the final result.


1998 Italian motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round four has concluded.


1998 Italian regional elections
Regional elections were held in some regions of Italy during 1998. These included:


1998 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
The 1998 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series took place at Yale Field in New Haven, Connecticut on May 12, 1998. The series matched the regular season champions of each of the league's two divisions. Harvard, the winner of the series, claimed their second consecutive, and second overall, title and the Ivy League's automatic berth in the 1998 NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament. It was Harvard's third appearance in the Championship Series, all of which were consecutive, and all of which matched them against Princeton.


1998 Ivy League Baseball Championship Series
Princeton also made their third appearance in the Championship Series. The Tigers won the event in 1996.


1998 J.League
The 1998 season was the sixth season of the J-League. The league began in March and ended in November. For this year, the division was contested by 18 teams. Júbilo Iwata won the 1st stage and Kashima Antlers won the 2nd stage. Kashima Antlers won the J.League title after winning both matches in the Suntory Championship.


1998 J.League, Playoffs, Relegation playoffs
On the aggregate table, JEF United Ichihara, Avispa Fukuoka, and Vissel Kobe had earned within the 15th-18th places in the tables for both 1997 and 1998, while Consadole Sapporo had achieved within the same span on its sole season on the J.League. (Gamba Osaka, who had finished between Sapporo and Kobe, was reprieved because of the collapse and resignation of Yokohama Flügels.) These clubs thus were entered in an elimination promotion/relegation tournament along with Japan Football League runners-up Kawasaki Frontale, who unlike champions Tokyo Gas had a base more qualifiable for the J.League.


1998 J.League, Playoffs, Relegation playoffs, First round
Kawasaki forms J.League Division 2 the next season. Fukuoka advances to the next round.


1998 J.League, Playoffs, Relegation playoffs, Second round
The winners of this round stay in J.League Division 1 and the losers play a final elimination series to determine the club relegated to Division 2.


1998 J.League, Playoffs, Relegation playoffs, Final round
Fukuoka stays in J.League Division 1. Consadole is relegated to new J.League Division 2.


1998 J.League Cup, Overview
It was contested by 20 teams, and Jubilo Iwata won the championship.


1998 J.League Cup Final
1998 J.League Cup Final was the 6th final of the J.League Cup competition. The final was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on July19, 1998. Júbilo Iwata won the championship.


1998 Jacksonville Jaguars season
The 1998 Jacksonville Jaguars season was the franchise’s fourth year in the National Football League. The team equaled the 11–5 record from their previous season, but won their first division title, as both the Oilers and the Pittsburgh Steelers lost crucial games near the end of the regular season. The Jaguars appeared twice on Monday Night Football.


1998 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, AFC Wild Card Game vs New England Patriots
Fred Taylor runs for 162 yards and 1 touchdown on 31 carries. The Patriots had just 206 total yards and the Jaguars defense forced 3 turnovers.


1998 Jacksonville Jaguars season, Playoffs, AFC Divisional Game vs New York Jets
Mark Brunell throws for 3 touchdowns, but completes just 12 of 31 passes with 3 interceptions. The Jaguars committed 4 turnovers.


1998 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation
The 1998 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation (Chinese: 1998年度十大勁歌金曲頒獎典禮) was held on January 1999. It is part of the Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation series held in Hong Kong.


1998 Jade Solid Gold Best Ten Music Awards Presentation, Top 10 song awards
The top 10 songs (十大勁歌金曲) of 1998 are as follows.


1998 Japan Football League, Overview
The 1998 season was the seventh and the last of the former Japan Football League. It was contested by 16 teams, and Tokyo Gas won the championship. After the season, nine teams together with J. League Promotion and Relegation series' losers Consadole Sapporo formed the second division of J.League. Other seven clubs together with Regional Leagues promotion series winners Yokogawa Electric and newly created Yokohama FC have formed the new Japan Football League.


1998 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation
Kawasaki Frontale were awarded a spot in the first round of J.League Promotion and Relegation Series where they have played against Avispa Fukuoka.


1998 Japan Football League, Promotion and relegation
Avispa proceeded to the next round and Frontale entered the second division.


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships
The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998. Andrei Pavel and Ai Sugiyama won the singles titles.


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Men's Doubles
Sébastien Lareau /  Daniel Nestor defeated  Olivier Delaître /  Stefano Pescosolido, 6–3, 6–4.


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships, Finals, Women's Doubles
Naoko Kijimuta /  Nana Miyagi defeated  Amy Frazier /  Rika Hiraki, 6–3, 4–6, 6–4.


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Doubles
The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.


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


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Men's Singles
The 1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships was a tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo in Japan that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier III of the 1998 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from April 13 through April 19, 1998.


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


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Alexia Dechaume-Balleret and Rika Hiraki were the defending champions but only Hiraki competed that year with Amy Frazier.


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Doubles
Frazier and Hiraki lost in the final 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 against Naoko Kijimuta and Nana Miyagi.


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


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles
First-seeded Ai Sugiyama was the defending champion and won in the final 6–3, 6–3 against Corina Morariu.


1998 Japan Open Tennis Championships – Women's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top two seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Japan Series
The 1998 Japan Series was the 49th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's postseason championship series. The Seibu Lions represented the Pacific League, while the Yokohama BayStars represented the Central League. The BayStars won the series in six games, giving them their first Japan Series championship since 1960.


1998 Japan Series, Background
This was a matchup of one of the most successful teams in the last two decades against one of the least successful. The Lions were the team of the 1980s, winning eight championships from 1982 to 1992, and making five straight appearances in the championship series from 1990 until 1994. On the other hand, the BayStars had not won the Japan Series since 1960, when the team was known as the Taiyō Whales, and had not made any appearances since.


1998 Japan Series, Seibu Lions
This Seibu team was far different from the dominating teams that they enjoyed in the 1980s. Fumiya Nishiguchi (13-12, 3.38) led the Lions pitching staff, which was also anchored in the bullpen by Denney Tomori, Shinji Mori, and Kiyoshi Toyoda. Offensively, the Lions had Kazuo Matsui at the top of the lineup, as he batted .311 and stole 43 bases. Rudy Pemberton and Ken Suzuki supplied the power numbers for the Lions.


1998 Japan Series, Yokohama BayStars
The team's offense was known as the "Machine Gun Offense", since the BayStars led the league in batting average and were capable of rapping out hits in quick succession at practically any time. Takanori Suzuki (.337), Bobby Rose (.325), and team captain Takuro Ishii (.314) led the team with their hitting prowess, and their teammates in the batting order all followed suit. Pitching-wise, Yokohama was led by Takashi Saito and Daisuke Miura for starters, and Kazuhiro Sasaki was practically automatic at closer, recording 45 saves and posting a microscopic 0.64 ERA.


1998 Japan national football team
This page records the details of the Japan national football team in 1998.


1998 Japan women's national football team
This page records the details of the Japan women's national football team in 1998.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix
The 1998 Japanese Grand Prix (formally the XXIV Fuji Television Japanese Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held at Suzuka, Mie, Japan on 1 November 1998. It was the sixteenth and final round of the 1998 FIA Formula One World Championship. The 51-lap race was won by Mika Häkkinen driving for the McLaren-Mercedes team. Eddie Irvine, driving for Ferrari, finished second with David Coulthard third in the other McLaren. Häkkinen's win confirmed him as 1998 Drivers' Champion as title-rival Michael Schumacher retired with a punctured tyre on Lap 31.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix
Schumacher started on pole position but stalled on the formation lap, meaning he was forced to start at the back of the grid. Schumacher managed to climb the field during the course of the race and eventually retired from a punctured tyre sustained from running over debris from an incident that occurred previously.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Heading into the final race of the season, McLaren driver Mika Häkkinen was leading the Drivers' Championship with 90 points; Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher was second with 86 points. A maximum of 10 points were available for the remaining race, which meant that Schumacher could still win the title. Häkkinen only needed a second-place finish to become Drivers' Champion even if Schumacher won—both drivers would be tied on points and number of victories but Häkkinen would claim the title as he would have finished second place three times, compared to Schumacher's two. Behind Häkkinen and Schumacher in the Drivers' Championship, David Coulthard was third on 52 points in a McLaren, with Eddie Irvine fourth on 41 points in a Ferrari.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background
In the Constructors' Championship, McLaren were leading on 142 points and Ferrari were second on 127 points, with a maximum of 16 points available.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background
During the four-week break that followed the Luxembourg Grand Prix, Ferrari and McLaren performed private tests that were heavily scheduled. Ferrari concentrated their testing at their private race track at Mugello, while McLaren tested at the Circuit de Catalunya where they were joined by Benetton and Prost, Arrows, Stewart, new entrants for 1999 BAR and Jordan opted to run at Silverstone.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background
Because of two controversial incidents that decided the 1994 and 1997 World Championships, Schumacher was placed under strict orders from Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo not to repeat such incidents.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Background
After having been involved since their debut in 1965, tyre supplier Goodyear bowed out of Formula One, having been the sport's single tyre supplier for several seasons. Competing manufacturer Bridgestone became the sport's single tyre supplier for the 1999 season.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
Two practice sessions were held before the race; the first was held on Friday that was split into two parts and the second on Saturday morning. The first session was held for a total of three hours with the second session lasting two hours. Schumacher set the fastest time in the first practice session with a time of 1:39.823, two-tenths of a second from Jordan driver and brother Ralf Schumacher and Williams driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen. Schumacher's team-mate Irvine was fourth fastest, Häkkinen was fifth fastest with team-mate Coulthard rounding out the top six.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Practice and qualifying
The Qualifying session was run as a one-hour session held on Saturday afternoon. Schumacher clinched his third consecutive pole position in his Ferrari, with a time of 1:36.293. He was joined on the front row by Häkkinen, who was one-tenth of a second behind, after not being able to finish his last flying lap by running off in the gravel at the Degner corner. Coulthard was third in the other McLaren. Irvine took fourth in the second Ferrari, with Frentzen taking fifth despite going off into the gravel late in the session.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
The start of the race was aborted with the Prost car of Jarno Trulli stalling from 14th position. Before the second attempt to start the race, Schumacher's Ferrari moved forward from his starting position and stalled as he put his car into gear. This promoted Häkkinen into pole position as Schumacher started from the back of the grid.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
At the start, Häkkinen pulled away while Irvine overtook Coulthard for second. The Ferrari driver was unable to attack the leading Finn, while Schumacher moved up the order, reaching twelfth place at the end of the first lap. The first retirement was Pedro Diniz who spun out on lap 3 in the Arrows. By lap four, Schumacher overtook his brother Ralf for seventh, but was then stuck behind the fighting former world champions Damon Hill and Jacques Villeneuve, meanwhile Ralf Schumacher would eventually retire with engine failure by the end of lap 14. He lost thirty seconds in the following laps over race leader Häkkinen, damaging his hopes for victory and the title.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Race
After all frontrunners had pitted, Schumacher emerged in third place, having put in some fast laps. On lap 28, Esteban Tuero missed his braking point going into the final corner, crashing into the Tyrrell of Tora Takagi. When Schumacher passed over the debris, he suffered a slow puncture that blew up his right rear tyre three laps later, causing him to retire. This left Häkkinen to take victory and his first drivers' championship. While Eddie Irvine succeeded at keeping David Coulthard behind him, McLaren were nevertheless able to retain their lead over Ferrari in the constructors' championship.


1998 Japanese Grand Prix, Report, Post-race
After the race, Häkkinen described the situation after the two aborted starts as relieving, saying: "When Michael was forced to start from the back of the grid it raised an enormous amount of pressure from me. The race was not as difficult as others I've had this season. But a lot of that's down to the team who kept letting me know where Eddie and Michael were." Eddie Irvine was quoted saying: "What happened to Michael at the start didn't change our tactics for the race, it destroyed them. When Michael went to the back I knew it was up to me. I made a fantastic start and got close to Mika at some points but just couldn't manage to get in front."


1998 Japanese House of Councillors election
House of Councillors elections were held in Japan on 12 July 1998.


1998 Japanese House of Councillors election
The LDP under Ryūtarō Hashimoto had restored single-party government in 1996 and was now aiming to also regain clear control of the House of Councillors where it was several seats short of a majority. Instead, it lost 13 seats in the election giving the opposition clear control. Prime minister Hashimoto resigned. Keizō Obuchi was elected LDP president on July 24, defeating Seiroku Kajiyama and Junichirō Koizumi.


1998 Japanese House of Councillors election
On July 30, 1998, Obuchi was designated as prime minister by the Diet against the vote of the House of Councillors where DPJ president Naoto Kan beat Obuchi by 142 to 103 votes. Obuchi entered coalition negotiations in late 1998. In January 1999, the LDP entered a ruling coalition with Ichirō Ozawa's Liberal Party, bringing the government within few seats of a majority; in October 1999, New Komeito also entered the coalition, ending the divided Diet.


1998 Japanese Super Cup
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1998 Japanese Super Cup
1998 Japanese Super Cup was the Japanese Super Cup competition. The match was played at National Stadium in Tokyo on March 14, 1998. Kashima Antlers won the championship.


1998 Japanese Touring Car Championship
The 1998 Japanese Touring Car Championship was the 14th edition of the series. It began at Fuji Speedway on 5 April and finished after seven events, also at Fuji Speedway on 8 November. The championship was won for the second time by Masanori Sekiya, driving for Toyota Team TOM's.


1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix
The 1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the first round of the 1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season. It took place on 5 April 1998 at the Suzuka Circuit. The rookie Max Biaggi surprised everyone by winning his first ever GP500 race.


1998 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix, Championship standings after the race (500cc)
Below are the standings for the top five riders and constructors after round one has concluded.


1998 Jesse pipeline explosion
On October 18, 1998, a pipeline explosion occurred in the community of Jesse (geographical coordinates ), 290 kilometres (180 mi) southeast of Lagos, Nigeria. The cause of the blast has been debated. The Nigerian government stated the explosion took place after scavengers intentionally ruptured the pipeline with their tools and ignited the blaze; however, others have stated the pipeline ruptured due to a lack of maintenance and neglect with a cigarette igniting the fire. With 1,082 deaths attributed to the blast, the 1998 Jesse explosion has the distinction of being the most deadly pipeline explosion to have occurred in Nigeria.


1998 Jesse pipeline explosion
Located in the Niger Delta, the ruptured pipeline was owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), and served as a link between an oil refinery in the southeastern town of Warri, 340 kilometres (210 mi) southeast of Lagos, and Kaduna, 610 kilometres (380 mi) north of Warri. After igniting on October 18, the fire burned until a firefighting company from the United States was able to extinguish the blaze on October 23 with a nitrogen-rich foam. During a visit on October 19, Nigerian President Abdulsalami Abubakar promised to provide the necessary support to give aid in addition to develop solutions to prevent these types of tragedies from occurring again.


1998 Jesse pipeline explosion
Weeks after the explosion, the death toll continued to rise as many of those with injuries died while in hospitals, while others fled care as a result of fearing arrest by the Nigerian government on suspicion of igniting the blaze. Due to the intensity of the blaze, many victims were too badly burned to be identified, and as a result over 300 bodies were buried in mass graves.


1998 Johan Cruyff Shield
The third edition of the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch: Johan Cruijff Schaal) was held on 16 August 1998 between Ajax, who had won both the 1997–98 Eredivisie and the 1997–98 KNVB Cup, and PSV Eindhoven, who had finished as runners-up in the 1997–98 Eredivisie (and, coincidentally, also in the 1997–98 KNVB Cup). PSV won the match 2–0.


1998 Jordan League
The 1998 Jordan League was a season of Jordan Premier League, the top-flight league for Jordanian association football clubs. The season was abandoned before completion, and therefore no teams were relegated. A total of 10 teams participated.


1998 Ju-Jitsu World Championships
The 1998 Ju-Jitsu World Championship were the 3rd edition of the Ju-Jitsu World Championships, and were held in Berlin, Germany from November 21 to November 22, 1998.


1998 Junior League World Series
The 1998 Junior League World Series took place from August 17–22 in Taylor, Michigan, United States. Mission Viejo, California defeated Waco, Texas twice in the championship game.


1998 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 1998 Junior Pan American Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held in Houston, United States, July 14–19, 1998.


1998 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
The 1998 Junior Pan American Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships was held in Houston, United States, July 14–19, 1998.


1998 Junior World Boxing Championships
The 1998 Junior World Boxing Championships were held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, from November 6 to November 16, 1998. It was the tenth edition of the Junior World Boxing Championships. The competition is under the supervision of the world's governing body for amateur boxing  AIBA and is the junior version of the World Amateur Boxing Championships.


1998 K League
The 1998 K League was the 16th season of South Korean professional football league, and was the first season to have been named the "K League". This season is called the "Renaissance of K League" in South Korea. Despite the poor performance of South Korean national team at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 1998 season of K League recorded a total of 2 million spectators with young star players' popularity for the first time. The three most popular players of them Ko Jong-soo, Lee Dong-gook, and Ahn Jung-hwan were called the "K League Troika".


1998 K League Championship
The 1998 K League Championship was the fifth competition of the K League Championship, and was held to decide the 16th champions of the K League. It was contested between the top four clubs of the regular season. The first round was played as a single match between third place and fourth place of the regular season. The winners of the first round advanced to the semi-final, and played against runners-up of the regular season over two legs. The final progressed in the same way as the semi-final, and winners of the regular season qualified directly.


1998 K League Championship, Semi-final, Second leg
4–4 on aggregate. Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i won 4–1 on penalties.


1998 KY26
1998 KY26 is a nearly spherical sub-kilometer asteroid, classified as a near-Earth object of the Apollo group. It measures approximately 30 meters (100 feet) in diameter and is a fast rotator, having a rotational period of only 10.7 minutes. It was first observed on 2 June 1998, by the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak National Observatory during 6 days during which it passed 800,000 kilometers (half a million miles) away from Earth (a little more than twice the Earth–Moon distance).


1998 KY26
The object's orbit is well known and it was most recently observed, on 17 December 2020,  by the Cerro Paranal and Mauna Kea observatories.


1998 KY26, Orbit and classification
1998 KY26 orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.0–1.5 AU once every 16 months (500 days). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 1° with respect to the ecliptic. It has an Earth minimum orbital intersection distance of approximately 0.0025 AU (374,000 km; 232,000 mi), corresponding to 0.98 lunar distances.


1998 KY26, Orbit and classification
As a result, it is one of the most easily accessible objects in the Solar System, and its orbit frequently brings it on a path very similar to the optimum Earth–Mars transfer orbit. This, coupled with the fact that it is water-rich, makes it an attractive target for further study and a potential source of water for future missions to Mars.


1998 KY26, Physical properties
The physical properties of this object were measured by an international team of astronomers led by Dr. Steven J. Ostro of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory using a radar telescope in California and optical telescopes in the Czech Republic, Hawaii, Arizona and California.


1998 KY26, Physical properties
1998 KY26 is characterized as a potentially metallic X-type asteroid. Optical and radar observations indicate that it is a water-rich object.


1998 KY26, Physical properties
From light curve photometry in 1998, the object is measured to have a rotation period of only 10.7 minutes, which was considered to be one of the shortest sidereal days of any known Solar System object at the time; most asteroids with established rotational rates have periods measured in hours. As a result, it cannot possibly be a rubble pile, as many asteroids are thought to be, and must instead be a monolithic object. It was the first such object to be discovered, but since 1998, several other small asteroids have been found to also have short rotation periods, some even faster than 1998 KY26.


1998 KY26, Exploration
In September 2020, a mission extension for JAXA's Hayabusa2 asteroid sample return probe was selected to do additional flybys of two near-Earth asteroids: (98943) 2001 CC21 in July 2026 and a rendezvous with 1998 KY26 in July 2031. The rendezvous with 1998 KY26 will be the first visit of a rapidly rotating micro-asteroid. This will also make 1998 KY26 the smallest object to ever be studied by a spacecraft.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season
The 1998 Kansas City Chiefs season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League, and the 29th overall.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season
The season began with the team hoping to not only improve on their 13–3 campaign the previous season, but to also avenge their loss in the 1998 playoffs against the eventual Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos. However, instead the Chiefs failed to succeed in the highly competitive AFC West.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season
Kansas City began the season on a bright spot, with a 4–1 and three wins against divsion rivals; however they then endured a 6-game losing streak, dropping their record to 4–7, and the team finished with a 7–9 record and 4th place in the AFC West. The biggest low point of the season was during a Week 11 matchup against their division rival Denver Broncos, in which the Chiefs defense were penalized five times on the same drive, including three penalties by linebacker Derrick Thomas, topping off an embarrassing 30–7 loss. Following the season, head coach Marty Schottenheimer announced his intention to resign after ten seasons with the team, and defensive coordinator Gunther Cunningham assumed coaching duties for 1999.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season
This was the first time Derrick Thomas was not named to the Pro Bowl roster.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season
The Chiefs began the season well on September 6 with an impressive performance and easily defeated the Oakland Raiders at Arrowhead 28–8. Kansas City sacked the Raiders quarterbacks 10 times, with Derrick Thomas collecting 6 by himself.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season
On September 13, Kansas City fell to the Jacksonville Jaguars on the road, 21–16.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season
On September 27, the Chiefs visited the Philadelphia Eagles for the first time in franchise history.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season
On October 4, Kansas City conquered the Seattle Seahawks and the rain at Arrowhead, 17–6. Rich Gannon hit Andre Rison for an 80-yard touchdown pass after a 54-minute rain delay caused by a violent storm. The two teams combined for nine turnovers, five by Kansas City. The win improved the Chiefs' record to 4–1, however a 6-game losing streak following this game dropped the team to 4–7.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season, Regular season
On November 16, against the Denver Broncos, the Chiefs defense was penalized five times on one drive, three of the penalties coming from legendary linebacker Derrick Thomas. The game is known now by Chiefs fans as the "Monday Night Meltdown". After that it was all downhill as the Chiefs suffered their first losing season since 1988.


1998 Kansas City Chiefs season, Awards and records
The team was penalized 158 times for 1,304 yards. An NFL record that stood until the Oakland Raiders surpassed it in 2011.


1998 Kansas City Royals season
The 1998 Kansas City Royals season  was a season in American baseball. It involved the Royals finishing 3rd in the American League Central with a record of 72 wins and 89 losses.


1998 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season
Before the 1998 regular season began, two new teams—the Arizona Diamondbacks and Tampa Bay Devil Rays—were added by Major League Baseball. This resulted in the American League and National League having fifteen teams. However, in order for MLB officials to continue primarily intraleague play, both leagues would need to carry a number of teams that was divisible by two, so the decision was made to move one club from the AL Central to the NL Central.


1998 Kansas City Royals season, Regular season
This realignment was widely considered to have great financial benefit to the club moving. However, to avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, Commissioner (then club owner) Bud Selig decided another team should have the first chance to switch leagues. The choice was offered to the Kansas City Royals, who ultimately decided to stay in the American League and bypassing the opportunity to build a full-time rivalry with the St. Louis Cardinals. The choice then fell to the Brewers, who, on November 6, 1997, elected to move to the National League. Had the Brewers elected not to move to the National League, the Minnesota Twins would have been offered the opportunity to switch leagues.


1998 Kansas City Royals season, Player stats, Starters by position
Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; R = Runs; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in; Avg. = Batting average; Slg. = Slugging average; SB = Stolen bases


1998 Kansas City Wizards season
The 1998 Kansas City Wizards season was the third MLS history. Played at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri. MLS did not allow matches to end in ties in 1998 and thus Shootouts were used to decide draws, the stats that follow do not include shootout goals scored and the teams actually point total in the regular season was 32 even though it is shown below as 36. Shootout win= 1 point, Shootout loss= 0 points.


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


1998 Kansas Jayhawks football team
The 1998 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They participated as members of the Big 12 Conference in the North Division. They were coached by head coach Terry Allen and assistant coach Mark Farley. Kansas played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence, Kansas.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The 1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team represented Kansas State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team's head football coach was Bill Snyder. The Wildcats played their home games in KSU Stadium. 1998 saw the Wildcats finish with a record of 11–2, and an 8–0 record in Big 12 Conference play.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The Wildcats finished the regular season undefeated (11–0) and were ranked second in the nation ahead of their match-up with tenth-ranked Texas A&M in the 1998 Big 12 Championship Game. Kansas State lost in overtime, losing their chance at a national championship.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team
After the Big 12 Championship Game, Kansas State did not receive a spot in the inaugural Bowl Championship Series despite being ranked in its top four as well as the highest ranked non-champion from any conference. They also were not invited to the Cotton Bowl Classic in Dallas, as the conference runner-up typically would be, or the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, which at the time was contracted to invite the third place team in the conference; those bowls chose Texas and Nebraska instead. Instead, Kansas State was invited to the Alamo Bowl, where it lost to the unranked Purdue Boilermakers, who drove 80 yards for a touchdown in the final minute to defeat Kansas State 37–34.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team
Following the end of the season, a new rule was created. Nicknamed the "Kansas State Rule", the #3 ranked team would always have an automatic bid to a BCS bowl game.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team
The Wildcats finished the season as the top scoring team in NCAA Division I-A (at 48 points per game), and set a school record for points scored with 610.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas
Kansas State welcomed Texas for their first Big 12 Conference matchup, and first meeting since 1942, and Texas' first trip to Manhattan since 1926. 1998 Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams was held to just 43 yards on 25 carries for an average of just 1.7 yards per carry. He did not score in the game. Williams averaged 202 rushing yards per game in 1998 and was held to a season low 43 years, his next lowest yardage output was 90 yards against Oklahoma State. K-State racked up 223 yards on the ground on 51 carries and the Wildcats won handily, 48–7.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, at #14 Colorado
Kansas State beat Colorado for the second consecutive year (only their second win against the Buffaloes since 1984) and won their first game in Boulder since 1973. K-State came to Boulder with a 2-24 all-time record in games played in Boulder. K-State came to Colorado beating the opposition by an average of 57 points a game, and had a defense which had allowed a total of 21 points in its first 4 games. Colorado was a 17-point underdog and had only lost once in the last 13 seasons to the Wildcats. Colorado held K-State, which was averaging 470 yards and 62 points coming into the game, to 332 yards and just 16 points. Colorado had just 225 yards of total offense, including 37 yards rushing on 31 attempts.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
Michael Bishop threw for 306 yards and 2 touchdowns, and ran for 140 yards and two more scores as the Wildcats finally broke through against the Huskers. Kansas State beat Nebraska for the first time since 1968 and the first time in Manhattan since 1959.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, at #19 Missouri
Kansas State visited Columbia with their national title hopes very much alive and were able to squeak out a 31–25 victory. Second team All-American kicker Martin Gramatica uncharacteristically missed two field goals and punt returner David Allen nearly returned his seventh career punt return for a touchdown. School rushing career record Eric Hickson missed the game with a high ankle sprain and was replaced by David Allen and Frank Murphy in the backfield. The Wildcats won their sixth consecutive game over the Tigers (they would eventually extend the streak to 13 games.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas A&M (Big 12 Championship)
K-State lost in devastating fashion in double overtime and lost their chance at playing in the National Championship.


1998 Kansas State Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Purdue (Alamo Bowl)
Kansas State had 125 yards in penalties, 7 turnovers, and allowed the Boilermakers to drive 80 yards in only 54 seconds for the game-winning touchdown.


1998 Kansas gubernatorial election
The 1998 Kansas gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1998. Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Graves won re-election in a landslide over his opponent, State Representative Tom Sawyer. As of 2021, this is the last time Douglas County and Wyandotte County voted for the Republican candidate.


1998 Karl Schäfer Memorial
The 1998 Karl Schäfer Memorial (also known as the Vienna Cup) took place from October 7 through 10th, 1998. Skaters competed in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, and ice dancing.


1998 Kazakhstan Cup Final
The 1997–98 Kazakhstan Cup Final was the 6th final of the Kazakhstan Cup. The match was contested by Irtysh and Kaisar-Hurricane at Central Stadium in Almaty. The match was played on 10 June 1998 and was the final match of the competition.


1998 Kazakhstan Cup Final, Background
Irtysh and Kaisar-Hurricane three times during the season of league were played. On May 17, 1997 Irtysh has won the first competition to the score 1-0 in the Central Stadium. The only goal was scored by Viktor Antonov. On September 2, 1997 Kaisar-Hurricane has beaten Irtysh with the score 1-0. The goal marked out Seitzhan Baibosynov. In the third match Irtysh was beaten by Kaisar-Hurricane with the score 1-0. The goal was scored by Oleg Malyshev.


1998 Kazakhstan Premier League
The 1998 Kazakhstan Top Division was the seventh season of the Top Division, now called the Kazakhstan Premier League, the highest football league competition in Kazakhstan.


1998 Kazakhstan Premier League, Teams
Following the conclusion of the previous season, Aktobe and Ulytau were relegated, with Nasha Kampaniya and Naryn being promoted in their place. Prior to the start of the season, Kairat were replaced by CSKA Kairat and Avtomobilist were renamed Khimik following their move to Stepnogorsk.


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


1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election
At the same election, the Kensington and Chelsea saw 70.3% vote in favour of the 1998 Greater London Authority referendum and 29.7% against, on a 27.9% turnout.


1998 Kensington and Chelsea London Borough Council election, Election result
Following the election the Conservative leader of the council, Joan Hanham, was challenged for the leadership of the party group by Daniel Moylan, but Hanham won a ballot of the Conservative councillors to remain leader.


1998 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The 1998 Kent State Golden Flashes football team was an American football team that represented Kent State University  in the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their first season under head coach Dean Pees, the Golden Flashes compiled a 0–11 record (0–8 against MAC opponents), finished in last place in the MAC East, and were outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 454 to 149.


1998 Kent State Golden Flashes football team
The team's statistical leaders included Demarlo Rozier with 621 rushing yards, Jose Davis with 2,046 passing yards, and Eugene Baker with 685 receiving yards.


1998 Kentucky Derby
The 1998 Kentucky Derby was the 124th running of the Kentucky Derby. The race took place on May 2, 1998, and there were 143,215 people in attendance.


1998 Kentucky Wildcats football team
The 1998 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. Quarterback Tim Couch was the first pick overall in the 1999 NFL Draft.


1998 Kentucky Wildcats football team, Season
Couch led Kentucky to seven wins, including a win on the road at #21 LSU and a spot in the 1999 Outback Bowl, where Couch completed 30 of 48 passes for 336 yards and two touchdowns, though Kentucky lost to Penn State, 26–14. In the Kentucky–Louisville rivalry, the Wildcats beat the Cardinals to claim the Governor's Cup. In the Border Battle, Tennessee beat Kentucky by a score of 59–21 to claim the Beer Barrel.


1998 Kids' Choice Awards
The 11th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards was held on April 4, 1998, at Pauley Pavilion at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. Pop band Hanson won the most awards of the night, with wins for Favorite Group & Favorite Song. The ceremony is also notable for leading into "Dog Gone", the first episode of Nickelodeon's then newest Nicktoon, CatDog.


1998 Kids' Choice Awards, Winners and nominees
Winners are listed first, in bold. Other nominees are in alphabetical order.


1998 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
The 1998 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship was the 104th staging of the Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship since its establishment by the Kilkenny County Board. The championship began on 26 September 1998 and ended on 1 November 1998.


1998 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Dunnamaggin were the defending champions, however, they were defeated by O'Loughlin Gaels in the first round. They were eventually relegated after losing to St. Martin's in a play-off.


1998 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
On 1 November 1998, Graigue-Ballycallan won the title after a 1-14 to 0-12 defeat of Fenians in the final at Nowlan Park. It was their first ever championship title.


1998 Kilkenny Senior Hurling Championship
Brendan Ryan from the Fenians club was the championship's top scorer with 1-19.


1998 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The 1998 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes was a horse race held at Ascot Racecourse on Saturday 25 July 1998. It was the 48th running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.


1998 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The winner for the second consecutive year was Godolphin's Swain, a six-year-old bay horse trained at Newmarket, Suffolk by Saeed bin Suroor and ridden by Frankie Dettori. Swain's victory was the third in the race for bin Suroor and the second for Dettori and Godolphin. In addition, Godolphin's leader Sheikh Mohammed, had won the race with Belmez (1990), Opera House (1993) and King's Theatre (1994). Swain was the first male horse to win the race twice: the only previous dual winner was the French-trained filly Dahlia in 1973 and 1974. He remains the only six-year-old to win the race.


1998 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
The race attracted a field of eight runners: seven from the United Kingdom, and one from Ireland. The favourite for the race was the Luca Cumani-trained High-Rise an unbeaten three-year-old colt who had won the Epsom Derby on his most recent appearance. The Godolphin stable fielded three runners, the four-year-old Daylami, originally trained in France, whose wins included the Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Eclipse Stakes the pacemaker Happy Valentine and Swain, who had won the race in 1997 and whose other victories included the Coronation Cup.


1998 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
The other British-trained runners were the undefeated King Edward VII Stakes winner Royal Anthem, the 1997 St Leger Stakes winner Silver Patriarch and the Jockey Club Stakes winner Romanov. The Irish challenger was Risk Material, the winner of the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial. High-Rise headed the betting at odds of 11/4 ahead of Royal Anthem (7/2), Silver Patriarch (9/2), Swain (11/2) and Daylami (6/1).


1998 King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, The race
As expected, Happy Valentine took the early lead and set a strong pace from Royal Anthem, Swain, Daylami and High-Rise. Royal Anthem overtook Happy Valentine approaching the turn into the straight as Swain moved up to challenge. Swain took the lead inside the last quarter mile and stayed on to win by a length from High-Rise with Royal Anthem one and a half lengths back in third. The next three places were filled by Daylami, Romanov and Silver Patriarch.


1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament
The King Hassan II International Cup Tournament was a minor international football competition, which took place in the spring of 1998 in Morocco.


1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament
Host nation Morocco, France, England and Belgium participated in the tournament, and matches took place at the Stade Mohamed V, home of Moroccan clubs Raja Casablanca and Wydad Casablanca.


1998 King Hassan II International Cup Tournament
This mini-tournament was arranged as a preparatory exercise for the participating teams of the 1998 FIFA World Cup, and took place two weeks before the tournament.


1998 Kingston upon Thames London Borough Council election
Elections to Kingston upon Thames Council were held on 7 May 1998. The whole council was up for election and the Liberal Democrats lost overall control of the council to a Conservative led minority administration.


1998 Kiribati parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Kiribati on 23 September 1998, with a second round on 30 September. Although all candidates for the 40 seats ran as independents, they could be divided into three groups; the National Progressive Party, Protect the Maneaba, and unaffiliated independents. Independents emerged as the largest group in Parliament, with 15 of the 40 seats.


1998 Kiribati presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 27 November 1998. The result was a victory for incumbent Teburoro Tito, who won 52.3% of the vote.


1998 Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council election
Elections to Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council were held on 7 May 1998. One third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak
On February 21–23, 1998, a devastating tornado outbreak affected portions of the Southeastern United States, primarily the U.S. state of Florida. Sometimes known as the Night of the Tornadoes, it was the deadliest tornado event in Florida history. In all, 15 tornadoes touched down, one of which was long lived and tracked for nearly 40 miles (64 km). Affecting mainly the Interstate 4 (I-4) corridor of Central Florida, including the Greater Orlando area, the tornadoes—among the strongest ever recorded in Florida—produced near-violent damage, killed 42 people, and caused 259 injuries.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak
One of the tornadoes was initially rated an F4 on the Fujita scale—among only two others officially so designated in the State of Florida, in 1958 and 1966—but was subsequently downgraded to a high-end F3; with 25 fatalities, most of which occurred in and near Kissimmee, this tornado featured the deadliest single-tornado death toll in Florida history, the previous such record being 17 on March 31, 1962. Two other F3s and a couple of additional strong tornadoes occurred over portions of Central Florida during the outbreak, killing an additional 17 people and injuring 109 others.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak
As the most intense activity of the outbreak occurred after sunset, concentrated either shortly prior to or after midnight, and affected densely populated portions of the I-4 corridor, including numerous mobile home and recreational vehicle (RV) parks, many sleeping residents became casualties; of the 42 deaths, 40 occurred in manufactured housing or trailers, including 15 at the Morningside Acres mobile home park and eight at the Ponderosa RV Park, both of which were located in Kissimmee.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Background
On February 22, 1998, data from both NEXRAD and weather satellites indicated that a bow echo and associated outflow boundary bisected portions of the Florida Panhandle and northernmost peninsular Florida, including the First Coast. Along the boundary, a vigorous squall line with embedded supercells—the initial nexus of severe weather—developed over the eastern Gulf of Mexico and headed eastward, toward the Tampa Bay Area. Ahead of the squall line, a retreating warm front coincided with robust atmospheric instability due to diurnal heating.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Background
By 7:00 p.m. EST, a low-pressure area near Mobile, Alabama, was linked to a cold front that extended southward, just off the west coast of Florida, while a trough in the middle to upper troposphere generated a strong subtropical jet maximum of up to 140 kn (160 mph; 260 km/h). This upper-level jet streak intersected a strengthening low-level wind field, with winds locally in excess of 50 kn (58 mph; 93 km/h) just above the surface, and thereby yielded conducive conditions to tornadogenesis.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Background
During the evening and the overnight hours of February 22–23, 1998, this volatile environment—known to be common in the El Niño phase of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) during the Florida dry season (November 1 – April 30)—eventually produced seven tornadoes between about 11:00 p.m. EST on February 22 and 2:30 a.m. EST on the following morning. During El Niño the jet stream is typically stronger and displaced southward near or over Florida during meteorological winter and spring, thereby augmenting the likelihood of significant severe weather and tornado activity.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Background
During February 1998 one of the strongest El Niño episodes on record was ongoing, rivaling a similar episode in 1982–3 that had also contributed to elevated tornado activity over Florida. By October 1997, the National Weather Service (NWS) in Melbourne, Florida, highlighted the potential for enhanced severe weather over the coming months due to El Niño.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Background
By 6:00 a.m. EST (11:00 UTC) on February 22, the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) had issued a convective outlook for day one indicating a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes over portions of North and Central Florida. At 11:55 a.m. EST (16:55 UTC), the NWS in Melbourne also issued a Hazardous Weather Outlook (HWO) highlighting a "significant" threat of tornadoes, hail, and destructive winds. By 1:44 p.m. EST (18:44 UTC), the SPC issued its first tornado watch covering portions of the threatened area in Central Florida.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Background
Numerous, long-lived supercells with persistent mesocyclones would eventually evolve during the evening and track generally east-northeastward or northeastward over Central Florida, generating tornadoes that killed 42 people and seriously injured at least 259 others, making the outbreak the deadliest in Florida's history, surpassing another that killed 17 people on March 31, 1962, in Santa Rosa County.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Intercession City–Port St. John, Florida
This devastating, long-tracked tornado was initially assigned an F4 rating, but NWS assessments later reduced this to high-end F3 intensity. This ranks it as the deadliest tornado in the United States to not reach F4 intensity or higher. The tornado began near Intercession City, only 8 mi (13 km) southeast of Walt Disney World Resort, and moved northeast into Campbell and thence to Kissimmee. The tornado first did some mild damage to homes in a retirement community near Poinciana Office and Industrial Park. In and near Campbell, a few other homes were damaged. Next, the tornado rapidly intensified as it moved into Kissimmee, flattening part of The Shops at Kissimmee shopping center. Afterward, the tornado crossed the north part of Lake Tohopekaliga.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Intercession City–Port St. John, Florida
Later, the tornado crossed U.S. Route 441 and reached its maximum intensity as it struck the Ponderosa Pines RV park. In the RV park, at least 10 people died and almost all of the 200 residences, including both RVs and mobile homes, were destroyed. Many of these residences had their frames thrown, stripped, and wrapped around trees. Many trees were snapped and uprooted as well. Nearby, the Morningside Acres mobile home park was devastated as well. Upon leaving the Ponderosa Pines and Morningside areas, the tornado heavily damaged homes next to a school in the Lakeside Estates subdivision of Buenaventura Lakes.


1998 Kissimmee tornado outbreak, Confirmed tornadoes, Intercession City–Port St. John, Florida
After devastating the Kissimmee area, the tornado mostly impacted rural, swampy areas in Orange and Brevard Counties, though it hit a few lakeside homes in Lake Hart and Lake Mary Jane. It lifted 8 mi (13 km) east-southeast of Christmas, west of Port St. John—just before the Great Outdoors RV Park, which, according to the NWS, was "one of the largest in the United States, housing 1,000 recreational vehicle lots." The same storm produced a much weaker, F1 tornado just a few miles east of the RV park. Along the entire path, 1,000 structures were damaged or destroyed. The worst damage occurred in the Kissimmee area. Numerous homes, RVs, and mobile homes were destroyed along the path, including several well-built homes that were nearly leveled. At least one new home, built of stucco and concrete blocks, was flattened except for its front entryway and part of a wall.


1998 Klang Valley water crisis
The 1998 Klang Valley water crisis occurred in Malaysia in February 1998 when the three reservoir dams in Klang Valley, Klang Gates Dam, Batu Dam and Semenyih Dam suffered a substantial drop in water level following the El Niño phenomenon. The subsequent water shortage affected almost all the residents in the Klang Valley causing the government to impose water rationing prior to the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur.


1998 Klang Valley water crisis
The shortage was blamed on El Nino despite actual rainfall in the months leading up to February 1998 in Federal Territory not being significantly below average. In fact in November 1997, Klang Gates Dam had its highest recorded rainfall. Similarly in October 1997 the Kajang station not far from the Semenyih dam had its highest rainfall in record.


1998 Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council election
Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council Elections were held on 7 May 1998. One-third of the council was up for election and the Labour party kept overall control of the council.


1998 Korean FA Cup
1998 Korean FA Cup, known as the Sambo ChangeUp FA Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 3rd edition of the Korean FA Cup.


1998 Korean League Cup
In 1998 season, There were two Korean League Cup competitions. One is Adidas Korea Cup 1998 and the other is Philip Morris Korea Cup 1998 This article is regarding Adidas Cup 1998.


1998 Korean League Cup (Supplementary Cup)
In 1998 season, There were two Korean League Cup competitions. One is Adidas Korea Cup 1998 and the other is Philip Morris Korea Cup 1998 This article is regarding Philip Morris Korea Cup 1998.


1998 Korean League Cup (Supplementary Cup)
Tournament was started May 10 and ended June 6, 1998.


1998 Kremlin Cup
The 1998 Kremlin Cup was a tennis tournament played on indoor carpet courts at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow in Russia that was part of the World Series of the 1998 ATP Tour and of Tier I of the 1998 WTA Tour. The men's tournament was held from 9 November through 15 November 1998, while the women's tournament was held from 20 October through 25 October 1998. Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Mary Pierce won the singles title.


1998 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Men's Doubles
Jared Palmer /  Jeff Tarango defeated  Yevgeny Kafelnikov /  Daniel Vacek 6–4, 6–7, 6–2


1998 Kremlin Cup, Finals, Women's Doubles
Mary Pierce /  Natasha Zvereva defeated  Lisa Raymond /  Rennae Stubbs 6–3, 6–4


1998 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Martin Damm and Cyril Suk were the defending champions, but lost in the semifinals this year.


1998 Kremlin Cup – Men's Doubles
Jared Palmer and Jeff Tarango won the title, defeating Yevgeny Kafelnikov and Daniel Vacek 6–4, 6–7, 6–2 in the final.


1998 Kremlin Cup – Men's Singles
Yevgeny Kafelnikov was the defending champion and won in the final 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–5) against Goran Ivanišević.


1998 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Arantxa Sánchez-Vicario and Natasha Zvereva were the defending champions but only Zvereva competed that year with Mary Pierce.


1998 Kremlin Cup – Women's Doubles
Pierce and Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 6–4 against Lisa Raymond and Rennae Stubbs.


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


1998 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Jana Novotná was the defending champion, but chose not to compete that year.


1998 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles
Mary Pierce won the title, defeating Monica Seles in the final 7–6(7–2), 6–3.


1998 Kremlin Cup – Women's Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top four seeds received a bye to the second round.


1998 Kroger St. Jude International
The 1998 Kroger St. Jude International was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts in Memphis, United States, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 28th edition of the tournament and was held from 16 February through 22 February 1998. Fourth-seeded Mark Philippoussis won the singles title.


1998 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles
The 1998 Kroger St. Jude International was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor Hard courts in Memphis, United States, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 28th edition of the tournament and was held 16–22 February 1998.


1998 Kroger St. Jude International – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Kroger St. Jude International – Singles
The 1998 Kroger St. Jude International was a men's tennis tournament played on indoor Hard courts in Memphis, United States, that was part of the International Series Gold of the 1998 ATP Tour. It was the 28th edition of the tournament and was held 16–22 February 1998.


1998 Kroger St. Jude International – Singles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated.


1998 Kvalserien
The 1998 Kvalserien was the 24th edition of the Kvalserien. It determined two teams of the participating ones would play in the 1998–99 Elitserien season and which four teams would play in the 1998–99 Swedish Division 1 season.


1998 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum
A constitutional referendum was held in Kyrgyzstan on 17 October 1998. The main provisions of the referendum were the introduction of the private ownership of land for citizens of Kyrgyzstan; a change in the distribution of seats in parliament - increasing number of seats in Legislative Assembly from 35 to 60 and reducing the number of seats in Assembly of People's Representatives from 70 to 45, removing the right of MPs to alter the national budget without the government's approval, increasing the freedom of independent media of Kyrgyzstan, and limiting the level of legal immunity awarded to MPs.


1998 Kyrgyz constitutional referendum
The changes were approved by 95.4% of voters, with turnout reported to be 96.4%.


1998 Kyrgyzstan League, Overview
It was contested by 20 teams, and CAG Dinamo MVD Bishkek won the championship.


1998 L.League
Statistics of L. League in the 1998 season. Nikko Securities Dream Ladies won the championship.


1998 L.League Cup Final
1998 L.League Cup Final was the 3rd final of the L.League Cup competition. The final was played at Nihondaira Sports Stadium in Shizuoka on April 12, 1998. Prima Ham FC Kunoichi won the championship.


1998 L.League Cup Final, Overview
Defending champion Prima Ham FC Kunoichi won their 2nd title, by defeating Matsushita Electric Panasonic Bambina 2–1. Prima Ham FC Kunoichi won the title for 2 years in a row.


1998 LG Cup (Iran)
The second LG Cup is an exhibition association football tournament that took place in Iran.


1998 LPGA Championship
The 1998 LPGA Championship was the 44th LPGA Championship, played May 14–17 at DuPont Country Club in Wilmington, Delaware. This was the second of four major championships on the LPGA Tour in 1998.


1998 LPGA Championship
Twenty-year-old rookie Se Ri Pak led wire-to-wire to win the first of her five majors, three strokes ahead of runners-up Donna Andrews and Lisa Hackney. Less than two months later, Pak won the next major, the U.S. Women's Open.


1998 LPGA Championship
The DuPont Country Club hosted this championship for eleven consecutive seasons, from 1994 through 2004.


1998 LPGA Tour
The 1998 LPGA Tour was the 49th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 16 to November 22. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Se Ri Pak and Annika Sörenstam won the most tournaments, four each. Annika Sörenstam led the money list with earnings of $1,092,748.


1998 LPGA Tour
This was the first year that non-American winners outnumbered American winners (19 to 17). There were four first-time winners in 1998: Amy Fruhwirth, Rachel Hetherington, Se Ri Pak, Pearl Sinn.


1998 LPGA Tour, Tournament results
The following table shows all the official money events for the 1998 season. "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.


1998 LSU Tigers football team
The 1998 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University in the 1998 NCAA Division I-A football season. They were coached by Gerry DiNardo. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In the beginning of the season, expectations were high as LSU had tied for the SEC West title but lost tiebreakers the previous two seasons. After a 3–0 start and No. 6 national ranking, the Tigers' season stunningly fell apart. They finished 1–7 in the last eight games of the season with many close losses, and finished with a record of 4–7.


1998 La Flèche Wallonne
The 1998 La Flèche Wallonne was the 62nd edition of La Flèche Wallonne cycle race and was held on 15 April 1998. The race started in Charleroi and finished in Huy. The race was won by Bo Hamburger of the Casino team.


1998 Labatt Brier
The 1998 Labatt Brier was held from March 8 to 15 at the Winnipeg Arena in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Wayne Middaugh of Ontario won his second Brier and his first as a skip after he defeated Guy Hemmings of Quebec in the final.


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Tom Reed Third: Warren Kushnir Second: Larry Gardeski Lead: Garry Landry Fifth: Doug Hardy


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Greg McAulayThird: Brent PierceSecond: Bryan MikiLead: Darin FentonFifth: Cary Sakiyama


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Dale Duguid Third: James Kirkness Second: Jim Spencer Lead: Doug Armstrong Fifth: Barry Fry


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Terry OdishawThird: Tommy SullivanSecond: Mark DobsonLead: Kevin KeefeFifth: Roger Nason


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Toby McDonaldThird: Wayne HamiltonSecond: Lloyd PowellLead: Paul WithersFifth: Wayne Young


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Fourth: Rob SinclairSkip: Bruce MelvilleSecond: Dale WiersemaLead: Larry RathjeFifth: Ernie Surkan


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Paul FlemmingThird: Glen MacLeodSecond: Andy DauphineeLead: Tom FetterlyFifth: David Noftall


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Wayne Middaugh Third: Graeme McCarrel Second: Ian Tetley Lead: Scott BaileyFifth: David Carruthers


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Garth Mitchell Third: Ken McGregorSecond: Phillip McInnisLead: Brad ChuggFifth: Kevin Champion


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Guy Hemmings Third: Pierre Charette Second: Guy Thibaudeau Lead: Dale Ness Fifth: Dwayne Fowler


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Rod MontgomeryThird: Glen DespinsSecond: Dwayne MihaliczLead: Jeff TaitFifth: Brian McCusker


1998 Labatt Brier, Teams
Skip : Trevor Alexander Third: Klaus Schoenne Second: Brad Chorostkowski Lead: Mark Whitehead Alternate: Scott Alexander


1998 Ladies European Tour
The 1998 Ladies European Tour was a series of golf tournaments for elite female golfers from around the world which took place in 1998. The tournaments were sanctioned by the Ladies European Tour (LET).


1998 Ladies European Tour, Tournaments
The table below shows the 1998 schedule. The numbers in brackets after the winners' names show the number of career wins they had on the Ladies European Tour up to and including that event. This is only shown for members of the tour.