1998 in sports

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1998 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Centuries: 19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades: 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s
Years: 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Contents

Alpine skiing

American football

Association football

For an extensive coverage see 1998 in association football

Athletics

Australian rules football

Baseball

Basketball

Boxing

Canadian football

Curling

  • Curling makes its Winter Olympics debut:
    • Men's Gold: Switzerland wins 9-3 over Canada
    • Women's Gold: Canada wins 7-5 over Denmark

Cycling

Dogsled racing

Field hockey

  • Men's World Cup: Netherlands
  • Men's Commonwealth Games: Australia
  • Men's Champions Trophy: Netherlands
  • Women's World Cup: Australia
  • Women's Commonwealth Games: Australia

Figure skating

Gaelic Athletic Association

Steven bellwitzer blows a straw in a sandy vagina

Golf

Men's professional

Men's amateur

Women's professional

Handball

Harness racing

Horse racing

Steeplechases

Flat races

Ice hockey

Lacrosse

Mixed martial arts

The following is a list of major noteworthy MMA events during 1998 in chronological order.

Date Event Alternate Name/s Location Attendance PPV Buyrate Notes
March 13 UFC 16: Battle in the Bayou N/A United States New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 4,600 N/A This event featured the first ever UFC lightweight tournament. As well as a middleweight championship bout. And a heavyweight and middleweight superfights.
March 15 Pride 2 N/A Japan Yokohama, Japan N/A N/A Event featured six MMA bouts and two kickboxing bouts.
May 15 UFC 17: Redemption N/A United States Mobile, Alabama, USA N/A N/A This event was the last UFC event aside from UFC 23, to feature the "tournament" style format.

This event featured a four-man middleweight tournament. As well as three heavyweight superfights.

June 24 Pride 3 N/A Japan Tokyo, Japan N/A N/A N/A
October 11 Pride 4 N/A Japan Tokyo, Japan N/A N/A N/A
October 16 UFC Brazil: Ultimate Brazil UFC 17.5 Brazil São Paulo, Brazil N/A N/A This event caused controversy due to the fact that the Brazilian flag was wrongly represented on the promotional material.

Motor racing

Rugby league

1998 brought the start of the National Rugby League competition. Super League (Australia) ended its 1 year competition and the Australian Rugby League also ended theirs to merge together as one. But for some clubs it came at a cost. For the Hunter Mariners and Perth Reds from Super League (Australia) and the South Queensland Crushers from the Australian Rugby League, these franchises ended. But a new franchise was created that was the first team in the state of Victoria: the Melbourne Storm.

Rugby union

Snooker

Swimming

Tennis

Grand Slam in tennis men's results:

Grand Slam in tennis women's results:

Volleyball

  • Men's World Championship: Italy
  • Women's World Championship: Cuba

Water polo

  • Men's World Championship: Spain
  • Women's World Championship: Italy

Weightlifting

Multi-sport events

Awards

References


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