1998 Benson & Hedges Cup

The 1998 Benson & Hedges Cup was the 16th edition of the Autumn Cup as a British-wide competition. 16 teams participated in the tournament, which was won by the Nottingham Panthers.

Format

The Benson & Hedges Cup consists of the teams from the Ice Hockey Superleague and the top teams from the British National League. In the 1998–99 season, sixteen teams in total were split into four groups (two ISL and two BNL) playing each team in their group once at home and once away. All sixteen teams then progressed to a challenge round of a home and away game with the winners on aggregate progressing. The quarter finals and semi finals were also home and away aggregate rounds with the final being a one off game held at Sheffield Arena.

First round

Group A

Group A	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Bracknell Bees	6	4	0	2	25	20	8
Ayr Scottish Eagles	6	3	2	1	29	25	8
Cardiff Devils	6	2	1	3	21	25	5
Newcastle Riverkings	6	1	1	4	24	29	3

Group B

Group B	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Manchester Storm	6	4	2	0	19	12	10
Sheffield Steelers	6	3	1	2	20	18	7
Nottingham Panthers	6	2	2	2	19	16	6
London Knights	6	0	1	5	12	24	1

Group C

Group C	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Telford Tigers	6	4	0	2	26	20	8
Fife Flyers	6	3	1	2	25	20	7
Edinburgh Capitals	6	2	1	3	19	26	5
Paisley Pirates	6	1	2	3	19	23	4

Group D

Group D	GP	W	T	L	GF	GA	Pts
Guildford Flames	6	4	1	1	30	23	9
Slough Jets	6	4	1	1	25	19	9
Peterborough Pirates	6	1	1	4	25	32	3
Kingston Hawks	6	0	3	3	23	29	3

Playoffs

Note: The first home team is shown first

	Challenge round							Quarter finals							Semi finals							Final
	B2	Sheffield Steelers	15	8	23
	D3	Peterborough Pirates	2	1	3
								B1	Manchester Storm	2	4	6
								B2	Sheffield Steelers	2	2	4
	B1	Manchester Storm	7	9	16
	D4	Kingston Hawks	1	2	3
															B1	Manchester Storm	3	1	4
														B3	Nottingham Panthers	2	3	5
	B3	Nottingham Panthers	14	5	19
	D2	Slough Jets	0	0	0
								B3	Nottingham Panthers	3	4	7
								A4	Newcastle Riverkings	0	1	1
	A4	Newcastle Riverkings	3	6	9
	C1	Telford Tigers	2	2	4
																						B3	Nottingham Panthers			2
																						A2	Ayr Scottish Eagles			1
	A2	Ayr Scottish Eagles	14	9	23
	C3	Edinburgh Capitals	0	2	2
								A1	Bracknell Bees	1	4	5
								A2	Ayr Scottish Eagles	7	4	11
	A1	Bracknell Bees	11	13	24
	C4	Paisley Pirates	1	1	2
															A2	Ayr Scottish Eagles	6	6	12
														B4	London Knights	4	0	4
	A3	Cardiff Devils	13	9	22
	C2	Fife Flyers	0	0	0
								B4	London Knights	3	5	8
								A3	Cardiff Devils	0	4	4
	D1	Guildford Flames	1	3	4
	B4	London Knights	10	6	16

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