| Tournament Name: | 1998 Charity Challenge |
| Venue: | Assembly Rooms |
| Location: | Derby |
| Country: | England |
| Organisation: | WPBSA |
| Format: | Non-ranking event |
| Total Prize Fund: | £130,000[1] |
| Winners Share: | £30,000[2] |
| Highest Break: | (141)[3] |
| Winner: | John Higgins |
| Runner Up: | Ronnie O'Sullivan |
| Score: | 9–8 |
| Previous: | 1997 |
| Next: | 1999 |
The 1998 Liverpool Victoria Charity Challenge was the fourth edition of the professional invitational snooker tournament, which took place between 26 February and 1 March 1998. The tournament was played at the Assembly Rooms in Derby, and featured twelve professional players.[4]
John Higgins won the title, beating Ronnie O'Sullivan 9–8 in the final.[5] __TOC__
| Final: Best of 17 frames. Assembly Rooms, Derby, England, 1 March 1998. | |||
| John Higgins | 9–8 | Ronnie O'Sullivan | |
| Afternoon: 79–4 (79), 85–6 (85), 21–74 (74), 70–53, 16–101 (62), 0–98 (98), 52–68, 77–16 (64) Evening: 66–26, 96–0 (79), 65–0 (57), 66–70 (66, 70), 24–64, 67–39 (54), 0–67 (67), 1–74, 84–1 (61) | |||
| 85 | Highest break | 98 | |
| 0 | Century breaks | 0 | |
| 8 | 50+ breaks | 5 | |