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Asian Cup Winners' Cup

{{Infobox football tournament

| logo = Asian Cup Winners' Cup Logo.svg

| imagesize = 150

| organiser = AFC

| founded = 1990

| abolished = 2002

| region = Asia

| current champions = {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal (2nd title)

| most successful club = {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal
{{flagicon|JPN}} Yokohama F. Marinos
(2 titles each)

| website = {{URL|http://www.the-afc.com|the-afc.com}}

}}

The Asian Cup Winners' Cup was an Asian football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was started in 1990–91 and ran for 12 seasons, with the final edition held in 2001–02, after which it was discontinued and merged into the Asian Club Championship to form the AFC Champions League

The winners of the Cup Winners' Cup used to contest the Asian Super Cup against the winners of the Asian Club Championship.

The most successful clubs in the competition were Al-Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Yokohama F. Marinos from Japan with two titles each.

History

class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center; font-size:85%"

|+ Winners

SeasonWinners
1990–91align=left|{{fbaicon|IRN}} Persepolis
1991–92align=left|{{fbaicon|JPN|1870}} Nissan FC
1992–93align=left|{{fbaicon|JPN|1870}} Yokohama Marinos
1993–94align=left|{{fbaicon|KSA}} Al-Qadsiah
1994–95align=left|{{fbaicon|JPN|1870}} Yokohama Flügels
1995-96align=left|{{fbaicon|JPN|1870}} Bellmare Hiratsuka
1996–97align=left|{{fbaicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal
1997–98align=left|{{fbaicon|KSA}} Al-Nassr
1998–99align=left|{{fbaicon|KSA}} Al-Ittihad
1999–2000align=left|{{fbaicon|JPN}} Shimizu S-Pulse
2000–01align=left|{{fbaicon|KSA}} Al-Shabab
2001–02align=left|{{fbaicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal

The competition was founded at the beginning of 1990 by the Asian Football Confederation, following the example of UEFA in Europe, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. For the first edition, seventeen teams took part registered and it was the Iranian club of Persepolis who were the first winners, after defeating the Bahraini Al-Muharraq in the final. Al-Hilal won the last championship in 2001–02, defeating Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors. In 2002, Asian Club Championship, Asian Cup Winners' Cup and Asian Super Cup tournaments combined to form the AFC Champions League and after that, the domestic cup winners entered the AFC Champions League.

Records and statistics

=Performances by club =

{{Main|List of Asian Cup Winners' Cup finals}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable"

|+ Performances in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup by club

scope="col" | Club

! scope="col" | Title(s)

! scope="col" | Runners-up

! scope="col" | Seasons won

! scope="col" | Seasons runner-up

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Hilal

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |0

|1996–97, 2001–02

|{{sdash}}

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yokohama F. Marinos1

| style="text-align:center;" |2

| style="text-align:center;" |0

|1991–92, 1992–93

|{{sdash}}

align="left" scope="row"|{{flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|1990–91

|1992–93

align="left" scope="row"|{{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Nassr

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|1997–98

|1991–92

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Qadsiah FC

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |0

|1993–94

|{{sdash}}

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Yokohama Flügels2

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |0

|1994–95

|{{sdash}}

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shonan Bellmare

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |0

|1995

|{{sdash}}

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ittihad

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |0

|1998–99

|{{sdash}}

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shimizu S-Pulse

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |0

|1999–2000

|{{sdash}}

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Shabab

| style="text-align:center;" |1

| style="text-align:center;" |0

|2000–01

|{{sdash}}

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|BHR}} Al-Muharraq

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|1990–91

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|HKG}} South China

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|1993–94

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|UAE}} Al-Shaab

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|1994–95

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|IRQ}} Al-Talaba

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|1995

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|JPN}} Nagoya Grampus

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|1996–97

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|KOR}} Suwon Samsung Bluewings

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|1997–98

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeonnam Dragons

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|1998–99

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|IRQ}} Al-Zawraa

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|1999–2000

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|CHN}} Dalian Shide

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|2000–01

align="left" scope="row"| {{flagicon|KOR}} Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

| style="text-align:center;" |0

| style="text-align:center;" |1

|{{sdash}}

|2001–02

1 including Nissan FC.

2 Yokohama Flügels was merged with Yokohama Marinos to Yokohama F. Marinos in 1999.

=Performances by nation=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" style="text-align:center"

|+Performances in finals by nation

scope="col"|Nation

!scope="col"|Titles

!scope="col"|Runners-up

!scope="col"|Total

scope=row|{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}

|align=center|6

|align=center|1

|align=center|7

scope=row|{{flag|Japan}}

|align=center|5

|align=center|1

|align=center|6

scope=row|{{flag|Iran}}

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

|align=center|2

scope=row|{{flag|South Korea}}

|align=center|0

|align=center|3

|align=center|3

scope=row|{{flag|Iraq}}

|align=center|0

|align=center|2

|align=center|2

scope=row|{{flag|Bahrain}}

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

scope=row|{{flag|China}}

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

scope=row|{{flag|Hong Kong}}

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

scope=row|{{flag|United Arab Emirates}}

|align=center|0

|align=center|1

|align=center|1

=Performances by manager=

The following table lists the winning managers of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.{{cn|date=October 2024}}

class="wikitable"
YearClubCoach
rowspan=1| 1990–91

| {{flagicon|IRN}} Persepolis

| {{flagicon|IRN}} Ali Parvin

rowspan=1| 1991–92

| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Nissan FC

| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Hidehiko Shimizu

rowspan=1| 1992–93

| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Yokohama Marinos

| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Hidehiko Shimizu

rowspan=1| 1993–94

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Qadisiyah

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Ján Pivarník

rowspan=1| 1994–95

| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Yokohama Flugels

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Antonio Carlos da Silva

rowspan=1| 1995–96

| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Bellmare Hiratsuka

| {{flagicon|JPN|1947}} Shigeharu Ueki

rowspan=1| 1996–97

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al Hilal

| {{flagicon|CRO}} Mirko Jozić

rowspan=1| 1997–98

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Nassr

| {{flagicon|CZE}} Dusan Uhrin

rowspan=1| 1998–99

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Ittihad

| {{flagicon|SRB}} Dimitri Davidovic

rowspan=1| 1999–2000

| {{flagicon|JPN}} Shimizu S-Pulse

| {{flagicon|ENG}} Steve Perryman

rowspan=1| 2000–01

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al-Shabab

| {{flagicon|BRA}} Carlinhos

rowspan=1| 2001–02

| {{flagicon|KSA}} Al Hilal

| {{flagicon|POR}} Artur Jorge

See also

External links

  • [https://www.rsssf.org/tablesa/as2.html Asian Cup Winners Cup] – RSSSF

{{Asian Cup Winners' Cup seasons}}

{{Asian Cup Winners' Cup winners}}

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