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 Championahip to form the AFC Champions League.

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Asian Cup Winners' Cup

Organising body	AFC
Founded	1990
Abolished	2002
Region	Asia
Last champions	Al-Hilal (2 titles)
Most successful club(s)	Al-Hilal Yokohama F. Marinos (2 titles each)
Website	the-afc.com

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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 are Al Hilal from Saudi Arabia and Yokohama F. Marinos from Japan.

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Winners

Season	Winners
1990–91	Persepolis
1991–92	Nissan FC
1992–93	Yokohama Marinos
1993–94	Al-Qadsiah
1994–95	Yokohama Flügels
1995	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

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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.

• List of Asian Cup Winners' Cup finals

• Asian Cup Winners Cup – RSSSF