The Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition between the winners of the European domestic league cups. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been run by the UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960/61 season, and the last in 1998/99. The competition was then merged into the UEFA Cup.
No club managed to retain the Cup Winners' Cup, although FC Barcelona won it on four occasions (1979, 82, 89, 97) and finished runners up twice (1969, 91). R.S.C. Anderlecht won it twice (1976, 78), and finished runners up twice (1977, 90).
During its existence, the CupWinners' Cup was regarded as the second most prestigious European club competition out of the three major tournaments, behind the UEFA Champions League/European Cup and ahead of the UEFACup, although many commentators felt the CupWinners' Cup was the easier of the three competitions to win.
The CupWinners' Cup was eventually discontinued mainly due to the expansion of the UEFA Champions League in the late 1990's, and the CWC's Super Cup place was taken by the winner of the UEFACup.
The cup was regarded by UEFA as its second most important club competition, even though the tournament was felt to be weaker to both the EuropeanCup and the UEFACup in terms of the overall quality of the teams taking part.
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