UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
Founded1960 (1960)
(rebranded in 1994)
Abolished1999 (1999)
RegionEurope
Number of teams32 (first round)
Related competitionsEuropean Cup (1st tier)
UEFA Cup (3rd tier; merged with)
Last champions Lazio
(1st title)
Most successful club(s) Barcelona
(4 titles)

The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup (originally known as the European Cup Winners' Cup) was an association football club competition which took place every year between winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season, and the last in 1998–99. The competition was then abolished to make way for a further expansion to the UEFA Champions League, with domestic cup winners now gaining entry into the UEFA Cup.