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{{Infobox AFL pre-season
 | year = 1998
 | image =
 | imagesize = 180px
 | caption = [[Ansett Australia Cup]]
 | teams = 16
 | winners = {{AFL NM}}
 | count = 2nd 
 | matches = 15
 | attendance = 
 | michael tuck medallist = [[Wayne Carey]], <small>({{AFL NM}})</small>
}}
The '''1998 AFL [[Ansett Australia Cup]]''' was the [[Australian Football League]] competition played in its entirety before the [[Australian Football League]]'s [[1998 AFL season|1998 Premiership Season]] began. It culminated the Final in March 1998. The AFL National Cup is also sometimes referred to as the pre-season cup because it is played in its entirety before the Premiership Season begins.

==Games==
===Round of 16===
{{start box}}
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Ground'''
| '''Crowd'''
| '''Date'''
| '''Local Time'''
| '''AEDT Time'''
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| 11.8 (74) 
| '''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| 17.17 (119)
| [[North Hobart Oval]] 
| 9,563
| Saturday 21 February 1998
| 2:00 PM
| 2:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''[[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]]'''
| 18.17 (125)
| [[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]]
| 16.7 (103)
| [[Newlands Cricket Ground]], [[Cape Town, South Africa]]
| 10,123
| Sunday, 22 February 1998
| 2:00 PM
| 11:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''[[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]'''
| 17.10 (112)
| [[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]
| 15.18 (108)
| [[Football Park]]
| 17,923
| Monday, 23 February 1998 
| 8:00 PM
| 8:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''[[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]'''
| 13.12 (90)
| [[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]
| 5.6 (36)
| [[Subiaco Oval|Subiaco]]
| 17,535
| Wednesday, 25 February 1998
| 5:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| 14.15 (99)
| '''[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]'''
| 18.11 (119)
| [[Football Park]]
| 17,024
| Friday 27 February 1998 
| 8:00 PM
| 8:30 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]
| 7.10 (52)
| '''[[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]'''
| 19.11 (125)
| [[Waverley Park]]
| 34,536
| Saturday, 28 February 1998
| 8:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Sydney Swans|Sydney]]
| 14.9 (93)
| '''[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]'''
| 15.15 (105)
| [[Basin Reserve]], [[Wellington, New Zealand]]
| 7,820
| Sunday, 1 March 1998
| 2:00 PM
| 12:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]
| 12.9 (81)
| '''[[Western Bulldogs]]'''
| 22.12 (144)
| [[Waverley Park]]
| 10,509
| Monday, 2 March 1998
| 8:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
{{end box}}

===Quarter Finals===
{{start box}}
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Ground'''
| '''Crowd'''
| '''Date'''
| '''Local Time'''
| '''AEDT Time'''
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''[[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]]'''
| 18.17 (125)
| [[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]
| 10.10 (70)
| [[Brisbane Cricket Ground|Gabba]]
| 11,871
| Friday, 6 March 1998
| 7:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| 16.14 (110)
| [[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
| 8.15 (63)
| [[Melbourne Cricket Ground|M.C.G.]]
| 30,850
| Saturday, 7 March 1998
| 8:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| [[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]
| 10.4 (64)
| '''[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]'''
| 24.18 (162)
| [[Waverley Park]]
| 15,817
| Sunday, 8 March 1998
| 8:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]'''
| 13.10 (88)
| [[Western Bulldogs]]
| 9.10 (64)
| [[Waverley Park]]
| 13,537
| Monday, 9 March 1998
| 8:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
{{end box}}

===Semi Finals===
{{start box}}
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Ground'''
| '''Crowd '''
| '''Date'''
| '''Local Time'''
| '''AEDT Time'''
|- style="background:#fff;"
|  [[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]]
| 8.7 (55) 
| '''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| 14.16 (100)
| [[Waverley Park]]
| 10,015
| Friday 13 March 1998 
| 8:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]'''
| 15.12 (102)
| [[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] 
| 9.11 (65)
| [[Waverley Park]]
| 28,054
| Saturday, 14 March 1998
| 8:00 PM
| 8:00 PM
{{end box}}

===Final===
{{start box}}
|- style="background:#ccf;"
| '''Home team'''
| '''Home team score'''
| '''Away team'''
| '''Away team score'''
| '''Ground'''
| '''Crowd'''
| '''Date'''
| '''Local Time'''
| '''AEDT Time'''
|- style="background:#fff;"
| '''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| '''14.13 (97)'''
| [[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]
| 12.11 (83)
| [[Waverley Park]]
| 63,898
| Saturday 21 March 1998
| 8:05 PM
| 8:05 PM
{{end box}}

==Teams==
{{Aussie rules team | title = North Melbourne
| backpocket1 = 13 [[Martin Pike (Australian rules footballer)|Martin Pike]]
| fullback = 4 [[Mick Martyn (Australian footballer)|Mick Martyn]]
| backpocket2 = 11 [[Glenn Archer]]
| halfbackflank1 = 12 [[John Blakey]]
| centrehalfback = 5 [[Jason McCartney (footballer)|Jason McCartney]]
| halfbackflank2 = 34 [[David King (footballer, born 1972)|David King]]
| wing1 = 6 [[Shannon Grant]]
| centre = 10 [[Anthony Stevens]]
| wing2 = 28 [[Byron Pickett]]
| halfforwardflank1 = 17 [[Glenn Freeborn]]
| centrehalfforward = 18 [[Wayne Carey]] (Capt)
| halfforwardflank2 = 24 [[Craig Sholl]]
| forwardpocket1 = 26 [[Peter Bell (Australian footballer born 1976)|Peter Bell]]
| fullforward = 35 [[John Longmire]]
| forwardpocket2 = 15 [[Winston Abraham]]
| ruck = 16 [[Matthew Capuano]]
| ruckrover = 8 [[Robert Scott (Australian footballer)|Robert Scott]]
| rover = 3 [[Anthony Rock]]
| interchange1 = [[Damian Houlihan]]
| interchange2 = 14 [[Brady Anderson (footballer)|Brady Anderson]]
| interchange3 = 23 [[Chris Groom]]
| interchange4 = 37 [[Adam Simpson]]
| interchange5 = 20 [[Anthony Mellington]]
| interchange6 = 38 [[Danny Stevens (Australian footballer)|Danny Stevens]]
| coach = [[Denis Pagan]]
}}
{{Aussie rules team | title = St. Kilda
| backpocket1 = 1 [[Justin Peckett]]
| fullback = 13 [[David Sierakowski]]
| backpocket2 = 8 [[Max Hudghton]]
| halfbackflank1 = 7 [[Nicky Winmar]]
| centrehalfback = 15 [[Darryl Wakelin]]
| halfbackflank2 = 18 [[Jason Cripps]]
| wing1 = 29 [[Andrew Thompson (footballer)|Andrew Thompson]]
| centre = 35 [[Robert Harvey (footballer)|Robert Harvey]]
| wing2 = 5 [[Austinn Jones]]
| halfforwardflank1 = 2 [[Tony Brown (Australian rules footballer)|Tony Brown]]
| centrehalfforward = 23 [[Stewart Loewe]] (Co-Capt)
| halfforwardflank2 = 22 [[Matthew Lappin]]
| forwardpocket1 = 27 [[Luke Beveridge]]
| fullforward = 25 [[Barry Hall]]
| forwardpocket2 = 12 [[Shane Wakelin]]
| ruck = 10 [[Peter Everitt]]
| ruckrover = 19 [[Steven Sziller]]
| rover = 3 [[Nathan Burke]] (Co-Capt)
| interchange1 = 11 [[Gavin Mitchell (footballer)|Gavin Mitchell]]
| interchange2 = 17 [[Rod Keogh]]
| interchange3 = 20 [[Matthew Young (Australian footballer)|Matthew Young]]
| interchange4 = 42 [[Brett Cook]]
| interchange5 = 26 [[Joe McLaren]]
| interchange6 = 21 Ben Thompson
| coach = [[Stan Alves]]
}}

==Knock-Out Chart==
{{16TeamBracket-Compact-Tennis5
| RD1=Round Of 16
| RD2=Quarterfinals
| RD3=Semifinals
| RD4=Final
| RD1-team01=[[Carlton Football Club|Carlton]]
| RD1-seed01=
| RD1-score01-2=
| RD1-score01-3=
| RD1-score01-4=74
| RD1-team02='''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-score02-2=
| RD1-score02-3=
| RD1-score02-4='''119'''
| RD1-team03='''[[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]]'''
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-score03-2=
| RD1-score03-3=
| RD1-score03-4='''125'''
| RD1-team04=[[Fremantle Football Club|Fremantle]]
| RD1-seed04=
| RD1-score04-2=
| RD1-score04-3=
| RD1-score04-4=103
| RD1-team05='''[[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]'''
| RD1-seed05=
| RD1-score05-2=
| RD1-score05-3=
| RD1-score05-4='''112'''
| RD1-team06=[[Richmond Football Club|Richmond]]
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-score06-2=
| RD1-score06-3=
| RD1-score06-4=108
| RD1-team07='''[[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]'''
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-score07-2=
| RD1-score07-3=
| RD1-score07-4='''90'''
| RD1-team08=[[Collingwood Football Club|Collingwood]]
| RD1-seed08=
| RD1-score08-2=
| RD1-score08-3=
| RD1-score08-4=36
| RD1-team09=[[Port Adelaide Football Club|Port Adelaide]]
| RD1-seed09=
| RD1-score09-2=
| RD1-score09-3=
| RD1-score09-4=99
| RD1-team10= '''[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]'''
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-score10-2=
| RD1-score10-3=
| RD1-score10-4='''119'''
| RD1-team11=[[Hawthorn Football Club|Hawthorn]]
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-score11-2=
| RD1-score11-3=
| RD1-score11-4=52
| RD1-team12='''[[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]'''
| RD1-seed12=
| RD1-score12-2=
| RD1-score12-3=
| RD1-score12-4='''125'''
| RD1-team13=[[Sydney Swans|Sydney]]
| RD1-seed13=
| RD1-score13-2=
| RD1-score13-3=
| RD1-score13-4=93
| RD1-team14='''[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]'''
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-score14-2=
| RD1-score14-3=
| RD1-score14-4='''105'''
| RD1-team15=[[Geelong Football Club|Geelong]]
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-score15-2=
| RD1-score15-3=
| RD1-score15-4=81
| RD1-team16='''[[Footscray Football Club|Western Bulldogs]]'''
| RD1-seed16=
| RD1-score16-2=
| RD1-score16-3=
| RD1-score16-4='''144'''
| RD2-team01='''[[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]]'''
| RD2-seed01=
| RD2-score01-2=
| RD2-score01-3=
| RD2-score01-4='''125'''
| RD2-team02=[[Adelaide Football Club|Adelaide]]| RD2-seed02=
| RD2-score02-2=
| RD2-score02-3=
| RD2-score02-4=70
| RD2-team03='''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]''' 
| RD2-seed03=
| RD2-score03-2=
| RD2-score03-3=
| RD2-score03-4='''110'''
| RD2-team04=[[Essendon Football Club|Essendon]]
| RD2-seed04=
| RD2-score04-2=
| RD2-score04-3=
| RD2-score04-4=63
| RD2-team05=[[West Coast Eagles|West Coast]]
| RD2-seed05=
| RD2-score05-2=
| RD2-score05-3=
| RD2-score05-4=64
| RD2-team06='''[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]'''
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-score06-2=
| RD2-score06-3=
| RD2-score06-4='''162'''
| RD2-team07='''[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]]'''
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-score07-2=
| RD2-score07-3=
| RD2-score07-4='''88'''
| RD2-team08=[[Western Bulldogs]]
| RD2-seed08=
| RD2-score08-2=
| RD2-score08-3=
| RD2-score08-4=64
| RD3-team01=[[Brisbane Lions|Brisbane]]
| RD3-seed01=
| RD3-score01-2=
| RD3-score01-3=
| RD3-score01-4=55
| RD3-team02='''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| RD3-seed02=
| RD3-score02-2=
| RD3-score02-3=
| RD3-score02-4='''100'''
| RD3-team03='''[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]'''
| RD3-seed03=
| RD3-score03-2=
| RD3-score03-3=
| RD3-score03-4='''102'''
| RD3-team04=[[Melbourne Football Club|Melbourne]] 
| RD3-seed04=
| RD3-score04-2=
| RD3-score04-3=
| RD3-score04-4=65
| RD4-team01='''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| RD4-seed01=
| RD4-score01-2='''14'''
| RD4-score01-3='''13'''
| RD4-score01-4='''97'''
| RD4-team02=[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]
| RD4-seed02=
| RD4-score02-2=12
| RD4-score02-3=11
| RD4-score02-4=83
}}

== Scorecard ==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:1em auto; font-size:90%; text-align:center; width:65%;"
|-
! colspan="5"|'''{{AFL NM}}''' vs {{AFL StK}}
|-
!width=25%| Team
!width=10%| Q1
!width=10%| Q2
!width=10%| Q3
!width=10%| Final
|-
|'''{{AFL NM}}'''
|4.2 (26)
|6.6 (42)
|9.7 (61)
|14.13 (97)
|-
|{{AFL StK}}
|3.4 (22)
|9.8 (62)
|11.11 (77)
|12.11 (83)
|-
! colspan="5"|
|-
! colspan="2"|Venue:
| colspan="3"|[[Waverley Park]], [[Melbourne]]
|-
! colspan="2"|Date:
| colspan="3"|Saturday, 21 March 1998
|-
! colspan="2"|Attendance:
| colspan="3"|63,898
|-
! colspan="2"|Umpires:
| colspan="3"|
|-
! rowspan="2"|Goal scorers:
| '''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| colspan="3"|Carey 5, Abraham 3, Blakey, Grant 2, Scott, Sholl
|-
| '''[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]'''
| colspan="3"|Loewe 3, Everitt, Sierakowski 2, Jones, Winmar, Keogh, Sziller, Hall
|-
! rowspan="2"|Best:
| '''[[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]'''
| colspan="3"|Carey, Abraham, Pike, Archer, A.Stevens, Grant
|-
| '''[[St Kilda Football Club|St. Kilda]]'''
| colspan="3"|Jones, Loewe, Sziller, Lappin, Winmar
|-
! colspan="2"|Reports:
| colspan="3"|
|-
! colspan="2"|Injuries:
| colspan="3"|Nill
|-
! colspan="5"|
|-
! colspan="2"|Coin toss winner: 	
| colspan="3"|
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Michael Tuck Medal]]:
| colspan="3"|[[Wayne Carey]], [[North Melbourne Football Club|North Melbourne]]
|-
! colspan="2"|Australian television broadcaster:
| colspan="3"|Seven Network, commentators: [[Sandy Roberts]] & [[Ian Robertson (Australian rules footballer)|Ian Robertson]]
|-
! colspan="2"|[[Advance Australia Fair|National Anthem]]:
| colspan="3"|
|-
|}

== Final Placings ==

# North Melbourne 
# St. Kilda 
# Melbourne 
# Brisbane 
# Western Bulldogs 
# Essendon 
# Adelaide
# West Coast 
# Richmond
# Sydney
# Port Adelaide 
# Fremantle 
# Carlton 
# Geelong 
# Hawthorn 
# Collingwood

==See also==

*[[List of Australian Football League night premiers]]
*[[1998 AFL season]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

*http://www.users.on.net/~pwong/1998_ansettcup_r4.htm#Teams
*https://web.archive.org/web/20130507051335/http://footystats.freeservers.com/Special/1998review.html

{{1998 AFL season}}
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[[Category:1998 Australian Football League season]]
[[Category:Australian Football League pre-season competition]]