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1898–99 KNVB Cup
Tournament details
Country	The Netherlands
Dates	27 November 1898 – 7 May 1899
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	RAP Amsterdam (1st title)
Runner-up	HVV Den Haag
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	57 (4.75 per match)
	1899–1900 →

The 1898–99 KNVB Cup was the 1st staging of the KNVB Cup. The final was originally planned to be played in Utrecht on the Hercules ground, but it was later moved to Heemstede and played there on 7 May 1899.^[1]

The cup winner was RAP Amsterdam, beating HVV Den Haag in the final. RAP not only became cup winners this season, but also national champions, making them the first Dutch double winner.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Format

All ties were played in one game, and if the result was a draw, two extra periods of 7½ minutes were played to determine the winner.^[1] If there was no winner after that, another extra period of two extra periods of 7½ minutes was played, and if there was still no decision after that, the game was replayed on the opponent's pitch. If the third game also ended in a draw, the game went into extra time until a goal was scored.^[1]

Results

First round

District 1

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Ajax Sportman Combinatie	5–0	HFC Haarlem
Swift Amsterdam	0–5	RAP Amsterdam
Volharding Amsterdam	3–1	Quick Amsterdam

^[a]

District 2

Team 1	Score	Team 2
BVV Breda	5–0	Victoria Rotterdam
Celeritas Rotterdam	5–0	DSV Concordia Delft
HVV Den Haag	5–1	Rapiditas Rotterdam

^[b] ^[c]

District 3

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Be Quick 1887	0–7	Victoria Wageningen
EFC Prises Wilhelmina	5–0	Go Ahead Wageningen
UC & VV Hercules	3–0	Vitesse Arnheim

^[d]

Second round

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RAP Amsterdam	4–1	Ajax Sportman Combinatie
Celeritas Rotterdam	1–6	HVV Den Haag
EFC Prises Wilhelmina	5–0	Victoria Wageningen
Volharding Amsterdam	Bye
BVV Breda	Bye
UC & VV Hercules	Bye

^[e]

Quarterfinals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
EFC Prises Wilhelmina	3–1	UC & VV Hercules
BVV Breda	1–7	RAP Amsterdam
HVV Den Haag	Bye
Volharding Amsterdam	Bye

Semi-finals

Team 1	Score	Team 2
RAP Amsterdam	3–1	UC & VV Hercules
HVV Den Haag	2–1	Volharding Amsterdam

^[f]

Final

7 May 1899

Final

RAP Amsterdam	1 – 0 (a.e.t.)	HVV Den Haag
Hisgen 116'	Report1 Report2

Koekamp, Heemstede, Netherlands

Referee: Bill Dijxhoorn

Notes

^ Not played, HFC Haarlem did not compete
^ Not played, Victoria Rotterdam did not compete
^ Not played, DSV Concordia Delft did not compete
^ Not played, Go Ahead did not compete
^ Not played, Victoria Wageningen did not compete
^ Replay, the game on 19 March 1899 was canceled at 1–1 in the 70th minute due to snow and hail.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Nederlandse voetbalbeker 1898-99" [Dutch Football Cup 1898-99]. www.voetbalkroniek.nl (in Dutch). 23 November 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ "1899: R.A.P. wint den holdertbeker" [1899: R.A.P. wins the holding cup]. www.totoknvbbeker.nl (in Dutch). 31 January 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
^ "Ook in de eerste bekerfinale stond een ploeg uit Amsterdam" [A team from Amsterdam also appeared in the first cup final]. sportgeschiedenis.nl (in Dutch). 16 April 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2024.