1998 Indian Federation Cup qualification

1998 Federation Cup qualification
Tournament details
CountryIndia
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]

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

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

East Zone

Semi-finals

Jorba Durga3–1Peerless SC
Tollygunge Agragami2–0Tisco, Bihar

Final

Jorba Durga1–0Tollygunge Agragami

North-East Zone

Quarter-finals

Langsning3–0Young Amateurs, Guwahati
PWD SC, Nagalandbeat2nd ASRF, Assam
Bloodmouth, AgartalabeatAVO, Manipur
Electric FC, Mizoram1–0Eastern Sporting, Mizoram

Semi-finals

Langsning3–1Electric FC, Mizoram
Bloodmouth, AgartalabeatPWD SC, Nagaland

Final

Langsning2–1Bloodmouth, Agartala

South Zone

Quarter-finals

Integral Coach Factory2–0Coaching Centre
Kochin5–2CIL, Bangalore
Indian Bank5–1TG Venkatesh XI

Semi-finals

Kochin1–1Integral Coach Factory
State Bank of TravancorebeatIndian Bank

Final

West Zone

Quarter-finals

Air India2–0Sporting Union, Bhopal
Central Railway0–1Immaculate Group, Ahmadebad
VLM SC, Goa5–0Nivia SC, Kota
Vasco3–0Renegade, Daman Island

Semi-finals

Air India1–0VLM SC, Goa
Vasco2–0Immaculate Group, Ahmadebad

Final

Vasco1–0Air 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 44'
Abadath Hossen 59'
Gossen 79'
T. N. Dey 90'		 Report Sanjay Sharma 50'
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Quarter-finals
Punjab State Electricity Board0–6Himalayan Tigers
Parminder Singh 7', 54'
Gurdish Singh 22'
Kuldip Singh 29'
Kamaljit Singh 57'
Satnam Singh 84'		 Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
YMCA, Srinagar0–0 (a.e.t.)Youngsters Club, Chandigarh
Report
Penalties
4–3
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
JCT Mills1–0Indian Air Force, Delhi
Jasbir Singh 30' Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
City Club, Delhi4–2Sports Hostel, Haldwani
Vimal Thapa 10'
Shyam Kumar 13', 19'
Joy Paul Raj 24'		 Report Jatin Bisht
Rais Ahmed Jafri 88'
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Semi-finals
JCT Mills3–0YMCA, Srinagar
Harjinder Singh 24' (pen.)
Hardip Singh Jr. 35', ??'		 Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Referee: Ramesh Rehani (Delhi)
Punjab State Electricity Board2–0City Club, Delhi
Parminder Singh Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Final
JCT Mills2–0Punjab State Electricity Board
Bhupinder Singh 31'
Sanjay Majhi 42'		 Report
Sector 17 Stadium, Chandigarh
Baljit Singh
Sukhdev Singh  53'
Ranjit Singh
Tarsem Lal
Daljit Singh
MF Hardeep Singh Sr.
Harjinder Singh
Ram Pal
LW Bhupinder Singh Sr.  25'
CF Sanjay Majhi  57'
Jasbir Singh (c)  74'
Substitutions:
Charanjeet Singh  57'
Balbir Singh  74'
A. Saravanan
FW Hardip Singh
Coach:
Sukhwinder Singh
GK Jatinder Singh
MF Harjinder Singh
Dalip Kumar
Manpreet Singh
Sukhbir Singh
MF Parminder Singh
Madan Lal
Gurvinder Singh
Gurdish Singh
FW Sandeep Saini
FW Kuldip 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, Agartala0–1Tollygunge Agragami
Air India1–2Punjab State Electricity Board
Report Sandip Saini 3'
Parminder Singh

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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