Yellow Cup 1998

Yellow Cup ⅩⅩⅦ (1998)
Yellow Cup	Russia (3rd title)
Beginning	December 26, 1998
The End	December 27, 1998
Stadion	Eulachhalle
Top scorer	TV Suhr : Goran Perkovac (21)
← ⅩⅩⅥ (1997) ⅩⅬⅦ (1999)  →

The Yellow Cup ⅩⅩⅦ (1998) was the 27th Yellow Cup .

mode

In this event, 4 teams played for the cup in the " knockout system " mode .

Results

Preliminary round

Results not known.

KO round

Tournament tree

	Semifinals					final
		ŠKP Bratislava	11
		Russia	18th
							Russia	29
							TV Suhr	21st
		TV Suhr	24
		Republika Srpska	10
						3rd place match
							ŠKP Bratislava	26th
							Republika Srpska	27

Semifinals

December 27, 1998	ŠKP Bratislava	11:18	Russia	Eulachhalle
		(7: 8)

December 27, 1998	TV Suhr	24:10	Republika Srpska	Eulachhalle
		(11: 6)

Play for 5th place

December 27, 1998	Pathfinder Winterthur	39: 27	Yellow Winterthur	Eulachhalle
		(18: 14)

3rd place match

December 27, 1998	ŠKP Bratislava	26:27	Republika Srpska	Eulachhalle
		(12: 18)

final

December 27, 1998	Russia	29: 21	TV Suhr	Eulachhalle spectators: 2300
		(16:10)

List of goalscorers

If the number of hits is the same, the players are sorted alphabetically.

Pl.	player	society	country	Gates
1.	Goran Perkovac	TV Suhr	Switzerland / Croatia	21st
2.	Carlos Lima	TV Suhr	Switzerland / Spain	19th
3.	Sergei Pogorelov	Russia	Russia	16

Awards

Award	player	society	country
Most attractive player	Sergei Pogorelov	Russia	Russia
Best goalkeeper	Lee Suik-houng	TV Suhr	South Korea

Participation of the Republika Srpska

The selection of the Republika Srpska wanted to advertise an independent association and national team with their participation. However, the European handball federation did not want a separation from the association of Bosnia & Herzegovina .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sports information Si : Yellow Cup to Russia . In: Freiburger Nachrichten , Freiburger Nachrichten AG, December 28, 1998, p. 9. Retrieved July 15, 2018. 
2. ↑ Sports information Si : World champion won . In: Walliser Bote , Mengis Druck & Verlag, December 28, 1998, p. 19. Retrieved July 15, 2018. 
3. ↑ Hans Hugentobler: World championship Russians at the Yellow Cup (PDF; 4.6 MB). In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , Aktiengesellschaft für die Neue Zürcher Zeitung, -, p. 47. Retrieved on July 15, 2018.