National Championship 1998 Port Moresby, July 23-26 Participating teams: Pool A University (Port Moresby) Guria (Lahi) Telikom (Goroka) Blue Kumuls (Mt. Hagen) Works (Port Moresby) Alotau United Pool B Guria (Port Moresby) Blue Kumuls (Lae) Guria (Goroka) Gaifar Misima Kaupa (Wabag) Semifinals: University (Port Moresby) 1-0 Guria (Port Moresby) Blue Kumuls (Lae) 1-0 Guria (Lahi) Final: University (Port Moresby) 1-0 Blue Kumuls (Lae) The only regular leagues are organized districtwise. Below the available information on the leagues of Port Moresby, Alotau, Goroka, Lae, Lahi, Wabag and Wau. Port Moresby Soccer League ========================== Round 2 Babaka awd PS United [drawn, awarded to PS United] Round 5 [May 23] Rapatonga 2-1 Guria Defence 0-4 Babaka Mamose 1-1 University Hoods 0-0 Blue Kumuls Telikom 1-1 Tarangau Kurti Andra 0-0 Adau Round 6 [May 31] Defence 1-0 Guria University 2-1 Kurti Andra Rapatona 2-1 Hoods Tarangau 2-1 PS United Blue Kumuls 4-3 Adau Babaka 5-2 Telikom Round 7 Adau 1-0 Rapatona Round 8 [Jun 14] PS United 2-1 Guria Kurti Andra 0-0 Rapatona Mamose 1-1 Babaka Adau 1-1 Defence University 2-0 Blue Kumuls Telikom 1-0 Hoods Sobou 2-1 Tarangau Round 9 missing Round 10 [Jun 27] Rapatona 3-0 University PS United 3-2 Adau Babaka 2-1 Tarangau Telikom 3-1 Kurti Andra Defence 1-1 Blue Kumuls Guria 2-0 Sobou Mamose 2-0 Hoods Round 11 [Jul 4-5] University 4-1 Babaka Rapatona 1-0 Defence Hoods 1-0 Sobou Blue Kumuls 5-0 Telikom Momase 4-2 Adau PS United 1-1 Kurti Andra Guria 3-0 Tarangau Round 12 [Jul 11,12] Mamose 2-1 Kurti Andra Tarangau 2-1 Hoods Rapatona 3-0 Telikom Adau 2-1 Sobou Blue Kumuls 3-1 PS United Babaka 4-1 Guria University 1-0 Defence Round 13 [Jul 18,19] University 1-0 Guria Babaka 5-2 Hoods Rapatona 2-0 PS United Mamose 2-1 Blue Kumuls Kurti Andra 4-1 Sobou Adau 4-2 Taranganu Defence 2-0 Telikom Match Moved Forward Adau 2-0 Babaka [Round 14 and 15 apparently missing] Round 16 [Aug 1,2] Kurti Andra 2-1 Babaka University 3-2 Hoods PS United 3-1 Telikom Defence 2-1 Mamose Blue Kumuls 5-1 Tarangau Rapatona 5-1 Sobou Guria ppd Adau Round 17? [Aug 8,9] Guria 2-0 Blue Kumuls University 4-0 Adau [also reported as 3-0] Hoods 2-1 Kurti Andra Rapatona 1-0 Babaka Tarangau 2-1 Defence Telikom 3-0 Momase Defence 1-0 Sobou Moved Matches Blue Kumuls 4-2 Babaka Guria 2-1 Kurti Andra University 0-0 PS United [Aug 22] Defence 1-0 Guria University 2-1 Kurti Andra Blue Kumuls 3-2 Adau Rapatona 5-1 Hoods Tarangau 4-0 PS United Telikom abd Babaka [abd 45' at 1-1] [Aug 23] PS United 1-1 Babaka Telikom 1-1 Guria Momase 3-2 Tarangau Rapatona 4-1 Adau University 3-2 Sobou Blue Kumuls 2-1 Kurti Andra [Aug 29] Sobou 2-1 Tarangau [Aug 30] University 4-0 Blue Kumuls Rapatona, Babaka, Telikom, Adau bye Momase, Hoods, Kurti Andra, Defence suspended!!! [Sep 5,6] PS United 3-0 Hoods Babaka 2-1 Sobou Rapatona 4-1 Blue Kumuls Adau 2-2 Telikom University bt Tarangau [Sep 12,13] Rapatona 2-1 University Tarangau 4-2 Babaka Defence 5-2 Blue Kumuls Adau 3-2 PS United Guria w/o Sobou [Sep 19,20] Sobou - Hoods Rapatona 3-1 Defence Blue Kumuls 2-1 Telikom Guria 2-1 Tarangau University 3-2 Babaka PS United bye Adau bye [Sep 26,27] [all matches postponed due to referee strike] Tarangau - Hoods Sobou - Adau Babaka - Guria Blue Kumuls - PS United University - Defence Rapatona - Telikom [Oct 3,4] Sobou - Kurti Andra Tarangau - Adau Telikom - Defence Babaka - Hoods Rapatona - PS United University - Guria Table: 1.Rapatona 67 2.ICF University 60 3.Guria 44 4.Blue Kumuls 40 5.PS United 40 [?] 6.FBH Defence 36 [suspension lifted; defending champions] 7.Babaka 35 - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8.Telikom 35 9.Tarangau 33 10.Adau Yellow Pages 30 11.Hoods 17 [suspension lifted] 12.Sobou 15 -------------------------- -.Mamose 29 [suspended] -.Kurti Andra 10 [suspended] Top-7 qualified for championship playoff. Playoff matches: First Round Blue Kumuls 1-1 Guria [Blue Kumuls on penalties] Defence 1-0 University PS United 2-0 Babaka Second Round PS United 4-1 Guria Rapatona 3-1 Defence Blue Kumuls abd University University 5-1 Blue Kumuls [replay of abandoned match] Third Round PS United lt University Grand Final ICF University 2-1 Rapatona ICF University Pt. Moresby champions 1998. Port Moresby First Division (Second Level) Table (after 8 rounds): 1.Simla 20 2.Cosmos 20 3.Ela United 15 4.GFC 15 5.CT Kings 14 6.Nomads 13 7.Maprik Gaindu 13 8.ICPNG Port Moresby Utd. 10 9.Nisco 10 10.Supadapek 8 [also reported as Supadek] 11.Cyclone 8 12.Keweh 7 13.Ilimo Bombers 6 14.WMI Togelu 6 15.Murat 4 16.Manzesi 1 [also reported as Wanzesi] 17.Besuresong 0 Final Second Level (First Division) Cosmos 2-0 Ela United Final Third Level (Second Division) YMZ 2-0 Bau-Futz Alotau Soccer League ==================== Final [Oct 31] Simla 3-1 Cameron Goroka Soccer League ==================== Table: 1.Murat 14 2.Goroka United 12 3.Guria 11 4.Rapatona 11 5.Lynx 10 6.Telikom 10 7.Morobe United 4 8.Elcom 4 9.Bridgestone 2 10.Tarakali 0 Final [Nov 8] Guria 1-0 Murat Lae Soccer League ================== Semifinal (?) Mopi 3-1 HC Wests Final Mopi (Bulolo) 3-2 Bulolo United Lahi Soccer League ================== Table: 1.Cellnet Sobou 31 2.Guria 26 [defending champions] 3.Telikom 21 4.Defence 17 5.Rapatona 15 6.Asiawe 14 7.Morobe United 13 8.Lae Bisket 13 9.Unitech 10 Round 16 of 18 [Sep 5,6] Asiawe 3-2 Defence Cellnet Sobou 2-2 Guria Unitech 2-0 Rapatona Lae Bisket 5-2 Morobe United Telikom bye Round 18 (?) [Sep 12,13] Unitech 1-0 Telikom Defence 0-0 Lae Bisket Asiawe 1-1 Cellnet Sobou Top of Table: 1.Cellnet Sobou 2.Guria [defending champions] 3.Telikom 4.Unitech ----------------- 5.Defence 22 6.Asiawe 22 [First four qualified for "Grand Final".] Playoffs "Major" semifinal Guria 2-0 Cellnet Sobou "Minor" semifinal Telikom 2-1 Unitech "Preliminary final" [Oct 4] Cellnet Sobou - Telikom (won by Cellnet Sobou) Final Cellnet Sobou 4-2 Guria (Sobou were earlier champions in 1994, 1995, and 1996.) Wabag Soccer League =================== Semifinals Blue Kumuls 1-0 Teachcom Elcom 3-2 Kykau Youth "Preliminary final" Elcom bt Teachcom "Grand final" Elcom 3-1 Blue Kumuls (Elcom were champions 1997 as well.) Wau Soccer League ================= Final MPTS Kaindi abd Saint Francis [abandoned at 2-2 due to bad light] Final Replay MPTS Kaindi 2-1 Saint Francis [by golden goal]
Source: Post-Courier, Port Moresby.
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