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Organising body | AFC |
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Founded | 1990 |
Abolished | 2002 |
Region | Asia |
Last champions | ![]() |
Most successful club(s) | ![]() ![]() (2 titles each) |
Website | 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," theββsecond seasonal inter-Asian club competition organised by Asian Football Confederation (AFC). The tournament was started in 1990β91 and ran for 12 seasons, with the final edition held in 2001β02, after which it was discontinued. And merged into the Asian Club Championshipββto form the AFC Champions League.
The winners of the Cup Winners' Cup usedββto 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.
Historyβ»
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 2001β02, 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 statisticsβ»
Performances by clubβ»
Club | Title(s) | Runners-up | Seasons won | Seasons runner-up |
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2 | 0 | 1996β97, 2001β02 | β |
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2 | 0 | 1991β92, 1992β93 | β |
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1 | 1 | 1990β91 | 1992β93 |
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1 | 1 | 1997β98 | 1991β92 |
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1 | 0 | 1993β94 | β |
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1 | 0 | 1994β95 | β |
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1 | 0 | 1995 | β |
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1 | 0 | 1998β99 | β |
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1 | 0 | 1999β2000 | β |
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1 | 0 | 2000β01 | β |
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0 | 1 | β | 1990β91 |
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0 | 1 | β | 1993β94 |
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0 | 1 | β | 1994β95 |
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0 | 1 | β | 1995 |
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0 | 1 | β | 1996β97 |
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0 | 1 | β | 1997β98 |
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0 | 1 | β | 1998β99 |
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0 | 1 | β | 1999β2000 |
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0 | 1 | β | 2000β01 |
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0 | 1 | β | 2001β02 |
including Nissan FC.
Yokohama FlΓΌgels was merged with Yokohama Marinos to Yokohama F. Marinos in 1999.
Performances by nationβ»
Nation | Titles | Runners-up | Total |
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6 | 1 | 7 |
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5 | 1 | 6 |
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1 | 1 | 2 |
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0 | 3 | 3 |
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0 | 2 | 2 |
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0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 1 |
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0 | 1 | 1 |
Performances by managerβ»
The following table lists the winning managers of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.