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Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Field	Value
logo	Asian Cup Winners' Cup Logo.svg
imagesize	150
organiser	AFC
founded	1990
abolished	2002
region	Asia
current champions	KSA Al-Hilal (2nd title)
most successful club	KSA Al-Hilal
JPN Yokohama F. Marinos
(2 titles each)
website

JPN Yokohama F. Marinos (2 titles each)

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

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

Performances by club

Main article: List of Asian Cup Winners' Cup finals

Club	Title(s)	Runners-up	Seasons won
2	0	1996–97, 2001–02
2	0	1991–92, 1992–93
1	1	1990–91	1992–93
1	1	1997–98	1991–92
1	0	1993–94
1	0	1994–95
1	0	1995–96
1	0	1998–99
1	0	1999–2000
1	0	2000–01
0	1		1990–91
0	1		1993–94
0	1		1994–95
0	1		1995–96
0	1		1996–97
0	1		1997–98
0	1		1998–99
0	1		1999–2000
0	1		2000–01
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

Nation	Titles	Runners-up
6	1	7
5	1	6
1	1	2
0	3	3
0	2	2
0	1	1
0	1	1
0	1	1
0	1	1

Performances by coach

The following table lists the winning managers of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.

Year	Club	Coach
1990–91	IRN Persepolis	IRN Ali Parvin
1991–92	JPN Nissan FC	JPN Hidehiko Shimizu
1992–93	JPN Yokohama Marinos	JPN Hidehiko Shimizu
1993–94	KSA Al-Qadisiyah	CZE Ján Pivarník
1994–95	JPN Yokohama Flugels	BRA Antonio Carlos da Silva
1995–96	JPN Bellmare Hiratsuka	JPN Shigeharu Ueki
1996–97	KSA Al Hilal	CRO Mirko Jozić
1997–98	KSA Al-Nassr	CZE Dusan Uhrin
1998–99	KSA Al-Ittihad	SRB Dimitri Davidović
1999–2000	JPN Shimizu S-Pulse	ENG Steve Perryman
2000–01	KSA Al-Shabab	BRA Carlinhos
2001–02	KSA Al Hilal	POR Artur Jorge

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