1997–98 Belarusian Cup

Belarusian Cup 1997–98 Belarus 32 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk (1st title) Dinamo Minsk 31 92 1996–97 1998–99 The 1997–98 Belarusian Cup was the seventh season of the annual Belarusian football cup competition. Contrary to the league season, the competition has been conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. It began on 2 August 1997 with the first of five rounds and ended on 26 May 1998 with the final at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. FC Belshina Bobruisk were the defending champions, having defeated FC Dinamo-93 Minsk in the 1997 final, but were knocked out in the second round by FC MPKC Mozyr. FC Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk won the final against FC Dinamo Minsk after extra time to win their first title. Round of 32 The games were played on 2, 3 August and 9 October 1997. Torpedo Zhodino (II) 2–3 Dinamo Brest Dnepr Rogachev (II) 0–6 Torpedo Minsk Kommunalnik Svetlogorsk (II) 1–2 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev Lokomotiv Vitebsk (II) 0–3 Belshina Bobruisk BATE Borisov (II) 4–0 Ataka Minsk Gomel (II) 1–2 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Stroitel Starye Dorogi (II) 0–7 Dnepr Mogilev Lida (II) 4–0 Transmash Mogilev Vedrich-97 Rechitsa (II) 0–2 Kommunalnik Slonim Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi (III) 1–1 (3–5 p) Neman Grodno Belenergostroy Beloozyorsk (II) 1–5 Dinamo-93 Minsk Bereza (II) 1–3 Molodechno Pinsk-900 (II) 2–4 Dinamo Minsk Kardan-Flyers Grodno (II) 0–2 Shakhtyor Soligorsk Dinamo-Juni Minsk (II) 0–0 (3–4 p) Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Veras Vysoka Lipa (III) 0–1 MPKC Mozyr |} Round of 32 The games were played on 16 and 18 October 1997. Dnepr Mogilev 1–0 Torpedo Minsk Dinamo Brest 0–0 (2–4 p) Dinamo-93 Minsk Kommunalnik Slonim 0–3 Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Molodechno 4–2 Naftan-Devon Novopolotsk Neman Grodno 4–0 Torpedo-Kadino Mogilev Belshina Bobruisk 1–2 MPKC Mozyr BATE Borisov (II) 1–0 Lida (II) Shakhtyor Soligorsk 1–1 (2–4 p) Dinamo Minsk |} Quarterfinals The games were played on 30 April 1998. Dinamo-93 Minsk 3–2 Molodechno Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 2–0 BATE Borisov Dinamo Minsk 1–1 (4–3 p) Slavia Mozyr Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 1–0 Neman Grodno |} Semifinals The games were played on 14 May 1998. Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk 0–0 (4–2 p) Dinamo-93 Minsk Dinamo Minsk 1–0 Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev |} Final The final match was played on 26 May 1998 at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. 26 May 1998 17:00 UTC+3 Dinamo Minsk 1–2 yes Report Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk Downar 37 Rahozhkin 90 pen.Razumaw 112 Dinamo Stadium, Minsk 4,000 Sergey Shmolik (Brest) External links RSSSF Category:Belarusian Cup seasons Belarusian Cup Cup Cup