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. It was held between 23 August and 12 September 1998. Salgaocar were the defending champions, but were eliminated in the first round by

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won the tournament for the tenth time, following a 2–1 over

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in the final played at the

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, a replay of the previous edition's semifinal when the latter won. Amit Das and Hemanta Dora of Mohun Bagan were named the Player and Goalkeeper of the Tournament.

Qualification

For the 1998 edition, the

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(AIFF) decided to increase the number of entries to justify the tournament as that "for champion clubs" on the back of two decades of " ailureto achieve its propagated aims and objectives." Accordingly, on 16 July 1998, the President of AIFF,

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, announced that the edition would have 48 teams competing. Eight teams would be seeded directly into the round of 16 and eight other teams would qualify from five zones: North, East, North-East, West and South. He added that the qualifying rounds would be played on a knock-out basis, and that top two teams from South Zone and the winners of the four other zones would qualify for the tournament proper, while the other two would come from a play-off among runners-up of the four zones. Salgaocar,

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and

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were announced as the eight seeded teams. A report carried by ''

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'' said that the teams were seeded based on their quarter-final entry in the previous edition. The qualification round saw 37 teams vying from five zones for the eight spots. A then newly formed club, Bengal Mumbai, was not allowed to enter the competition from the West Zone as, according to the AIFF, "the team would have to come through the state league and prove themselves."

Qualified teams

Results

In case of a tie at regular time,

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with

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was used. In case scores remain tied even after extra time,

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was used.

Pre-quarterfinals (Round of 16)

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Cyril Barreto (Churchill Brothers) ;3 goals *

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(East Bengal) *

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(East Bengal) *

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(Mohun Bagan) ;2 goals * Aqeel Ansari (Churchill Brothers) * Philip Mensah (Churchill Brothers) *

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(East Bengal) *

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(Mohun Bagan) ;1 goal * Gauranga Pal (Border Security Force) * Harvinder Singh (Border Security Force) *

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(Churchill Brothers) * Elvis Fernandes (Churchill Brothers) * Dipendu Biswas (East Bengal) * Basudeb Mondal (East Bengal) * Suraj Thapa (Jorba Durga) * Cassius Owino (Mohammedan Sporting) * Joy Kabui (Mohammedan Sporting) * Sammy Omollo (Mohun Bagan) * Gurdish Singh (Punjab State Electricity Board) * Sylvester Ignatius (State Bank of Travancore) * Premanand Gadekar (Vasco) * Louis Nickson (Vasco)

Awards

;Player of the Tournament: Amit Das (Mohun Bagan) ;Best Goalkeeper: Hemanta Dora (Mohun Bagan)

Prize money

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sponsored the tournament and announced a prize money of 2 million for the winning team. The team that came second, third and fourth were given 1.5 million, 1 million and 500,000 respectively. All the other teams that participated in the tournament proper received 100,000 each.

References

External links

1998–99 Federation Cup
{{Federation Cup (India) Indian Federation Cup seasons 1998–99 domestic association football cups 1998–99 in Indian football