The 1998 FIRS Intercontinental Cup was the seventh edition of the roller hockey tournament known as the Intercontinental Cup, played in May 1998.
 This edition was disputed, for the first time, over one game only.
 FC Barcelona won the cup, defeating Unión Vecinal de Trinidad.
Tommy Allen, born 1946, is the Republic Of Ireland's most capped international hockey goalkeeper of all time.
 Tommy joined Monkstown Hockey Club as a fourteen-year-old in 1960.
 Following a number of years as goalkeeper on the third and second teams he became a regular first team member in 1968 on the departure of Tony Dodd to Railway Union.
 The following year he gained his Ireland under 23 International against Wales in Dublin.
 He got his first full International Cap also against Wales in Southampton in 1974.
 During his International career he played in the Intercontinental Cup in Rome in 1977, the European Cup in Hanover and World Cup Final in Buenos Aires in 1978.
 The following year he toured Australia and New Zealand with the Irish team.
 After Ireland's participation in the Intercontinental cup in Malaysia in 1981 he retired from the outdoor International scene amassing 28 caps.
 However, he continued to remain on the Irish team at Indoor Hockey getting a record equalling 60 caps of which 52 were consecutive.
 On the Leinster team for ten years up to 1983 during which the Leinster Regiment Interprovincial cup was won four times.
 In his years as Monkstown goalkeeper up to 1987, he was on winning league teams in 1976 and 1982 and the Mills Cup winners in 1974 and 1979.
The 1993 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on December 12, 1993, between A.C. Milan, runners-up of the 1992-93 UEFA Champions League, and São Paulo, winners of the 1993 Copa Libertadores.
 The match was played at the National Stadium in Tokyo.
 It was Milan's fifth appearance into the competition, after the victories in 1969, 1989, 1990 and the defeat in 1963, it was São Paulo's second appearance, after the victory in 1992.
 Olympique de Marseille, the winner of 1992-93 UEFA Champions League was not allowed to parcipiate, because of match-fixing scandal involving the club, which resulted in relegation to 2nd division of French league and ban from international club competitions including 1993-94 UEFA Champions League, UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
 Because of it, AC Milan was allowed to join UEFA Super Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
The 2016 FIBA Intercontinental Cup was the 25th edition of the FIBA Intercontinental Cup.
 The game was played by the 2016 FIBA Americas League champions (the top-tier level champions of Latin America), Guaros de Lara, and the 2015–16 FIBA Europe Cup winners, Fraport Skyliners, who at the time were the 3rd-tier level champions of Europe (FIBA Europe Cup is currently Europe's 4th-tier level league).
 The champions of the 2015–16 Euroleague, who would normally represent Europe in the FIBA Intercontinental Cup (EuroLeague is the top-tier level European-wide-league), CSKA Moscow, did not participate in the tournament, as a result of the 2015–16 FIBA–Euroleague Basketball controversy.
The 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship (originally named the Intercontinental Cup One-Day) was the first edition of a new limited-overs version of the ICC Intercontinental Cup.
 It ran from June 2011 until October 2013, in parallel with the first-class 2011–13 ICC Intercontinental Cup, and was contested by the same eight associate and affiliate member teams.
The 1998 Intercontinental Cup was a football match played on 1 December 1998 between Real Madrid, winners of the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League, and Vasco da Gama, winners of the 1998 Copa Libertadores.
 The match was played at a neutral venue, the National Stadium in Tokyo, in front of 51,514 fans.
 Real Madrid forward Raúl was named as man of the match.
Sportpark Het Schootsveld is a cricket ground in Deventer, the Netherlands.
 The first recorded match held on the ground came in 1975 when Dansk XL Club played The Forty Club.
 The ground later held four ICC Trophy matches in the 1990.
 The ground held its first List A match in 1999 when the Netherlands played Cambridgeshire in the NatWest Trophy.
 Two further List A matches have been played there, both in the 2011 Clydesdale Bank 40 when the Netherlands played Middlesex and Derbyshire.
 The ground held its first first-class match in 2004 when the Netherlands hosted Ireland in the Intercontinental Cup.
 Two further first-class matches have been held there, one in the 2009-10 Intercontinental Cup when Scotland were the visitors, and another in the 2011-13 Intercontinental Cup which saw Kenya as the visitors.
The 1981 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match between Liverpool of England and Flamengo of Brazil on 13 December 1981 at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan, the annual Intercontinental Cup contested between the winners of the European Cup and Copa Libertadores.
 Flamengo went on to play the Intercontinental Cup after having won the first ever Libertadores Cup they played.
 Liverpool were also appearing in their first Intercontinental Cup, having declined to take part in 1977 and 1978 after they won the European Cup.
Raúl González Blanco (] ; born 27 June 1977), known as Raúl, is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a striker.
 Raúl is considered one of the most important players in the history of Real Madrid, and regarded as one of the greatest Spanish players of all time.
The Afghanistan national cricket team played the Ireland cricket team in Ireland in July 2012.
 The teams will play a four-day first-class match as part of the 2011-13 ICC Intercontinental Cup and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) as part of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship.
 The Intercontinental Cup match will be played at Observatory Lane in Rathmines, while the two ODIs will be played at the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground in Dublin.
 Heading into the matches, Ireland led both the Intercontinental Cup and the World Cricket League Championship, while Afghanistan were second in the Intercontinental Cup and fifth in the World Cricket League Championship.

Question: What is the year of the event that occured first, the 1998 Intercontinental Cup was played, or Raul Blanco was born?
Answer: 1977