1997–98 Belarusian Cup

1997–98 Belarusian Cup

Tournament details
Country	Belarus
Teams	32
Final positions
Champions	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk (1st title)
Runner-up	Dinamo Minsk
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	92 (2.97 per match)

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.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
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 (a.e.t.)	Kommunalnik Slonim
Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi (III)	1–1 (a.e.t.) (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 (a.e.t.) (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.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Dnepr Mogilev	1–0	Torpedo Minsk
Dinamo Brest	0–0 (a.e.t.) (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 (a.e.t.) (2–4 p)	Dinamo Minsk

Quarterfinals

The games were played on 30 April 1998.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Dinamo-93 Minsk	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Molodechno
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	2–0	BATE Borisov
Dinamo Minsk	1–1 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p)	Slavia Mozyr
Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev	1–0	Neman Grodno

Semifinals

The games were played on 14 May 1998.

Team 1	Score	Team 2
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk	0–0 (a.e.t.) (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 (a.e.t.)	Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk
Downar 37'	Report	Rahozhkin 90' (pen.) Razumaw 112'

Dinamo Stadium, Minsk

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Brest)

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