Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Asian Cup Winners' Cup
Organiser(s)AFC
Founded1990
Abolished2002
RegionAsia
Last championsSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal (2nd title)
Most championshipsSaudi Arabia Al-Hilal
Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
(2 titles each)
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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 the 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 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

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Winners
Season Winners
1990–91 Iran Persepolis
1991–92 Japan Nissan FC
1992–93 Japan Yokohama Marinos
1993–94 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah
1994–95 Japan Yokohama Flügels
1995-96 Japan Bellmare Hiratsuka
1996–97 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal
1997–98 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr
1998–99 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
1999–2000 Japan Shimizu S-Pulse
2000–01 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab
2001–02 Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal

The competition was founded at the beginning of 1990 by the Asian Football Confederation, following the example of UEFA, the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. For the first edition, seventeen clubs took part and Iranian club of Persepolis were the first winners, after defeating Bahraini Al-Muharraq in the final. Al-Hilal won the last championship in 2001–02, defeating Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors.

Records and statistics

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Performances by club

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Performances in the Asian Cup Winners' Cup by club
Club Title(s) Runners-up Seasons won Seasons runner-up
Saudi Arabia Al-Hilal 2 0 1996–97, 2001–02
Japan Yokohama F. Marinos1 2 0 1991–92, 1992–93
Iran Persepolis 1 1 1990–91 1992–93
Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr 1 1 1997–98 1991–92
Saudi Arabia Al-Qadsiah FC 1 0 1993–94
Japan Yokohama Flügels2 1 0 1994–95
Japan Shonan Bellmare 1 0 1995–96
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 1 0 1998–99
Japan Shimizu S-Pulse 1 0 1999–2000
Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab 1 0 2000–01
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 0 1 1990–91
Hong Kong South China 0 1 1993–94
United Arab Emirates Al-Shaab 0 1 1994–95
Iraq Al-Talaba 0 1 1995–96
Japan Nagoya Grampus 0 1 1996–97
South Korea Suwon Samsung Bluewings 0 1 1997–98
South Korea Jeonnam Dragons 0 1 1998–99
Iraq Al-Zawraa 0 1 1999–2000
China Dalian Shide 0 1 2000–01
South Korea Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 0 1 2001–02

1 including Nissan FC.
2 Yokohama Flügels was merged with Yokohama Marinos to Yokohama F. Marinos in 1999.

Performances by nation

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Performances in finals
Nation Titles Runners-up Total
Saudi Arabia 6 1 7
Japan 5 1 6
Iran 1 1 2
South Korea 0 3 3
Iraq 0 2 2
Bahrain 0 1 1
China 0 1 1
Hong Kong 0 1 1
United Arab Emirates 0 1 1


Performances by coach

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The following table lists the winning managers of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.[citation needed]

Year Club Coach
1990–91 Iran Persepolis Iran Ali Parvin
1991–92 Japan Nissan FC Japan Hidehiko Shimizu
1992–93 Japan Yokohama Marinos Japan Hidehiko Shimizu
1993–94 Saudi Arabia Al-Qadisiyah Czech Republic Ján Pivarník
1994–95 Japan Yokohama Flugels Brazil Antonio Carlos da Silva
1995–96 Japan Bellmare Hiratsuka Japan Shigeharu Ueki
1996–97 Saudi Arabia Al Hilal Croatia Mirko Jozić
1997–98 Saudi Arabia Al-Nassr Czech Republic Dusan Uhrin
1998–99 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad Serbia Dimitri Davidović
1999–2000 Japan Shimizu S-Pulse England Steve Perryman
2000–01 Saudi Arabia Al-Shabab Brazil Carlinhos
2001–02 Saudi Arabia Al Hilal Portugal Artur Jorge

See also

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