1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification

The 1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification tournament was a football competition that was played among 37 teams to determine eight teams that entered the final round. These teams joined eight other teams that automatically qualified by virtue of entering the quarter-finals in the last edition.[1] The qualification matches were played separately in five zones and the winner of each zone qualified automatically; with two from the South Zone. The runners-up of other four Zones competed in playoffs to earn the remaining two spots.[2]

1998 Federation Cup qualification
Tournament details
CountryIndia
Dates18 July–23 August 1998
Teams37

The first qualification match, played on 18 July 1998, was an East Zone match and Jorba Durga from the zone became the first team to qualify. The competition ended 23 August with playoffs when Punjab State Electricity Board eliminated Air India and became the final qualifier.

Qualified teams edit

Team Qualified as Qualified on
Jorba Durga East Zone winner 22 July
Langsning North-East Zone winner 1 August
Kochin South Zone winner 2 August
State Bank of Travancore South Zone runner-up 2 August
Vasco West Zone winner 8 August
JCT Mills North Zone winner 10 August
Tollygunge Agragami Play-offs winner 20 August
Punjab State Electricity Board Play-offs winner 23 August

Qualification edit

East Zone edit

Semi-finals edit

Jorba Durga3–1Peerless SC

Tollygunge Agragami2–0Tisco, Bihar

Final edit

Jorba Durga1–0Tollygunge Agragami

North-East Zone edit

Quarter-finals edit

Langsning3–0Young Amateurs, Guwahati
PWD SC, Nagalandbeat2nd ASRF, Assam

Bloodmouth, AgartalabeatAVO, Manipur
Electric FC, Mizoram1–0Eastern Sporting, Mizoram

Semi-finals edit

Langsning3–1Electric FC, Mizoram

Bloodmouth, AgartalabeatPWD SC, Nagaland

Final edit

Langsning2–1Bloodmouth, Agartala

South Zone edit

Quarter-finals edit

Integral Coach Factory2–0Coaching Centre

Kochin5–2CIL, Bangalore
Indian Bank5–1TG Venkatesh XI

Semi-finals edit

Kochin1–1Integral Coach Factory

State Bank of TravancorebeatIndian Bank

Final edit

West Zone edit

Quarter-finals edit

Air India2–0Sporting Union, Bhopal
Central Railway0–1Immaculate Group, Ahmadebad

VLM SC, Goa5–0Nivia SC, Kota
Vasco3–0Renegade, Daman Island

Semi-finals edit

Air India1–0VLM SC, Goa

Vasco2–0Immaculate Group, Ahmadebad

Final edit

Vasco1–0Air India

North Zone edit

The qualification process began with nine teams competing for one or two spots. JCT Mills qualified for the final round and Punjab State Electricity Board qualified to play the runners-up of other zones to qualify for the final.[3]

Playoffs edit

There were two scheduled playoffs to determine the final two qualification spots to the finals. They were played on 20 and 23 August 1997.

Bloodmouth, Agartala0–1Tollygunge Agragami
Air India1–2Punjab State Electricity Board
Report Sandip Saini   3'
Parminder Singh  

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Ghosh, Arnab (9 October 1998). "Mohun Bagan retails title". Sportstar. indianfootball.de. Archived from the original on 12 June 2002. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  2. ^ "NZ Federation Cup begins today". The Tribune. 1 August 1998. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
  3. ^ Gupta, Vikrant (11 August 1998). "JCT make Fed Cup main draw". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 February 2017.

External links edit