The 1998–99 Belarusian Cup was the eighth 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 18 July 1998 with the first of five rounds and ended on 29 May 1999 with the final at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk.
Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk were the defending champions, having defeated FC Dinamo Minsk in the 1998 final, but were knocked out in the second round by the eventual champions FC Belshina Bobruisk.
FC Belshina Bobruisk won the final against FC Slavia Mozyr after the penalty shootout to win their second title.
Round of 32 The games were played on 18 July 1998. Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk began the defence of their title with a 4–0 win against FC Veino. Belshina Bobruisk won 3–0 against Svisloch-Krovlya Osipovichi and BATE Borisov recorded the biggest win of the round after defeating Vedrich-97 Rechitsa 9–0.
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Round of 16 The games were played on 23 September 1998. Defending champions Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk lost 3–0 to Belshina Bobruisk and BATE Borisov again recorded the biggest win of the round after defeating Zvezda-VA-BGU Minsk 7–1.
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Quarterfinals The games were played on 29 April 1999. BATE Borisov defeated Dnepr-Transmash Mogilev 2–1, Slavia Mozyr defeated Gomel 1–0, Torpedo-MAZ Minsk won 3–1 against Molodechno and Belshina Bobruisk recorded a 1–0 win against Neman-Belcard Grodno.
Semifinals The games were played on 11 May 1999. Belshina Bobruisk advanced to the final with a 1–0 win against Torpedo-MAZ Minsk while Slavia Mozyr defeated BATE Borisov 2–1.
Final The final match was played on 29 May 1999 at the Dinamo Stadium in Minsk. After a 1–1, Belshina Bobruisk won the cup 4–2 on penalties.
BELSHINA: GK 1 Sergey Shalay SW 4 Igor Shustikov RB 2 Sergey Razumovich CB 3 Yevgeni Timofeev LB 8 Andrei Khripach DM 6 Igor Gradoboyev (c) RM 5 Vyacheslav Banul LM 7 Eduard Gradoboyev CAM 9 Aleksandr BorisikFW 10 Andrey Khlebasolaw FW 11 Andrey TurchinovichSubstitutes:GK 16 Sergey Zhemchugov MF 12 Vitaliy Gamanovich MF 13 Vitaly Mikhalev DF 14 Igor KovalevichFW 15 Sergey Ulezlo DF 17 Vasiliy SmirnykhMF 18 Dmitriy MigasManager: Ivan Savostikov SLAVIA: GK 1 Syarhey SinitsynRB 5 Oleg Malyukov CB 4 Valeriy ApanasLB 2 Igor BalinDM 3 Fedor Lukashenko DM 9 Oleg SamatovRM 7 Yury Antanovich CM 8 Dmitri Karsakov (c)CM 6 Dzmitry Chaley LM 10 Artur Matveychik FW 11 Valery StrypeykisSubstitutes:GK 16 Uladzimir Hayew DF 12 Mikhail Vavilov FW 13 Igors SļesarčuksMF 14 Dmitry Denisyuk FW 15 Vasiliy Kushnir DF 17 Ruslan Danilyuk MF 18 Maksim SukhoveyevManager: Aleksandr Kuznetsov
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