1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification

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

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]

Contents

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

TeamQualified asQualified on
Jorba DurgaEast Zone winner22 July
Langsning North-East Zone winner1 August
Kochin South Zone winner2 August
State Bank of Travancore South Zone runner-up2 August
Vasco West Zone winner8 August
JCT Mills North Zone winner10 August
Tollygunge Agragami Play-offs winner20 August
Punjab State Electricity BoardPlay-offs winner23 August

Qualification

East Zone

Semi-finals

Jorba Durga3–1Peerless SC
Tollygunge Agragami 2–0Tisco, Bihar

Final

Jorba Durga1–0 Tollygunge Agragami

North-East Zone

Quarter-finals

Langsning 3–0Young Amateurs, Guwahati
PWD SC, Nagalandbeat2nd ASRF, Assam
Bloodmouth, AgartalabeatAVO, Manipur
Electric FC, Mizoram1–0Eastern Sporting, Mizoram

Semi-finals

Langsning 3–1Electric FC, Mizoram
Bloodmouth, AgartalabeatPWD SC, Nagaland

Final

Langsning 2–1Bloodmouth, Agartala

South Zone

Quarter-finals

Integral Coach Factory2–0Coaching Centre
Kochin 5–2CIL, Bangalore
Indian Bank5–1TG Venkatesh XI

Semi-finals

Kochin 1–1Integral Coach Factory
State Bank of Travancore beatIndian Bank

Final

West Zone

Quarter-finals

Air India2–0Sporting Union, Bhopal
Central Railway0–1Immaculate Group, Ahmadebad
VLM SC, Goa5–0Nivia SC, Kota
Vasco 3–0Renegade, Daman Island

Semi-finals

Air India1–0VLM SC, Goa
Vasco 2–0Immaculate Group, Ahmadebad

Final

Vasco 1–0Air India

North Zone

The North Zone section of the 1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification saw nine teams competing for one or two berths in the final tournament. It was held between August 2 and 10 of 1998. One club, JCT Mills qualified for the final tournament and the other, Punjab State Electricity Board, qualified for the play-offs. [3] Post the final game, former footballer Inder Singh was honored by the Chandigarh Football Association.

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. [4]

Matches

Qualifying
Indian Air Force, Delhi4–1Haryana State Electricity Board
Jayant Das Soccerball shade.svg44'
Abadath Hossen Soccerball shade.svg59'
Gossen Soccerball shade.svg79'
T. N. Dey Soccerball shade.svg90'		 Report Sanjay Sharma Soccerball shade.svg50'
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Quarter-finals
Punjab State Electricity Board0–6Himalayan Tigers
Parminder Singh Soccerball shade.svg7', 54'
Gurdish Singh Soccerball shade.svg22'
Kuldip Singh Soccerball shade.svg29'
Kamaljit Singh Soccerball shade.svg57'
Satnam Singh Soccerball shade.svg84'		 Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
YMCA, Srinagar0–0 (a.e.t.)Youngsters Club, Chandigarh
Report
Penalties
4–3
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
JCT Mills 1–0Indian Air Force, Delhi
Jasbir Singh Soccerball shade.svg30' Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
City Club, Delhi4–2Sports Hostel, Haldwani
Vimal Thapa Soccerball shade.svg10'
Shyam Kumar Soccerball shade.svg13', 19'
Joy Paul Raj Soccerball shade.svg24'		 Report Jatin Bisht Soccerball shade.svg
Rais Ahmed Jafri Soccerball shade.svg88'
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Semi-finals
JCT Mills 3–0YMCA, Srinagar
Harjinder Singh Soccerball shade.svg24' (pen.)
Hardip Singh Jr. Soccerball shade.svg35', ??'		 Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Referee: Ramesh Rehani (Delhi)
Punjab State Electricity Board2–0City Club, Delhi
Parminder Singh Soccerball shade.svg Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Final
JCT Mills 2–0Punjab State Electricity Board
Bhupinder Singh Soccerball shade.svg31'
Sanjay Majhi Soccerball shade.svg42'		 Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Baljit Singh
Sukhdev SinghSub off.svg 53'
Ranjit Singh
Tarsem Lal
Daljit Singh
MFHardeep Singh Sr.
Harjinder Singh
Ram Pal
LWBhupinder Singh Sr.Yellow card.svg 25'
CFSanjay MajhiSub off.svg 57'
Jasbir Singh (c)Sub off.svg 74'
Substitutions:
Charanjeet SinghSub on.svg 57'
Balbir SinghSub on.svg 74'
A. Saravanan
FWHardip Singh
Coach:
Sukhwinder Singh
GKJatinder Singh
MFHarjinder Singh
Dalip Kumar
Manpreet Singh
Sukhbir Singh
MFParminder Singh
Madan Lal
Gurvinder Singh
Gurdish Singh
FWSandeep Saini
FWKuldip Singh

Playoffs

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, Agartala0–1 Tollygunge Agragami
Agartala
Air India1–2Punjab State Electricity Board
Report Sandip Saini Soccerball shade.svg3'
Parminder Singh Soccerball shade.svg
Cooperage Ground, Mumbai

See also

References

  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.
  4. ↑ Gupta, Vikrant (11 August 1998). "JCT make Fed Cup main draw". The Indian Express. Retrieved 6 February 2017.
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