1998 in sports

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

Years in sports

1998 in sports

  • Esports
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Ice sports
  • Modern pentathlon
  • Motorsport
  • Racquetball
  • Sailing
  • Skiing
  • Rugby league‎
  • Table tennis
  • Tennis
  • Triathlon
  • Volleyball
  • Weightlifting

Alpine skiing

American football

Artistic gymnastics

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

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 New Orleans, Louisiana, US 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 Yokohama, Japan N/A N/A Event featured six MMA bouts and two kickboxing bouts.
May 15 UFC 17: Redemption N/A Mobile, Alabama, US 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 Tokyo, Japan N/A N/A N/A
October 11 Pride 4 N/A Tokyo, Japan N/A N/A N/A
October 16 UFC Brazil: Ultimate Brazil UFC 17.5 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.

Motorsport

Rugby league

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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