European Cup Winners’ Cup

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UEFA club competition continental football competition defunct football competition

The European Cup Winners’ Cup was a now-defunct UEFA club competition contested annually by the domestic cup winners from European football associations.

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All labels observed (16)

Label	Occurrences
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	32
European Cup Winners' Cup	7
Cup Winners' Cup	6
European Cup Winners’ Cup canonical	4
UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup	2
1960–61 European Cup Winners’ Cup	1
1963–64 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1
1971–72 European Cup Winners' Cup	1
1998–99 European Cup Winners’ Cup	1
Cup Winners’ Cup	1
European Cup Winners' Cup 1964–65	1
European Cup Winners' Cup final 1973	1
European Cup Winners' Cup title with Real Madrid	1
European Cup Winners’ Cup (historical)	1
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup titles	1
defunct UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T218373 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: European Cup Winners’ Cup
Context triple: [Sir Alex Ferguson, wonWithAberdeen, European Cup Winners’ Cup]

A. UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League is an annual European club football competition organized by UEFA for qualifying teams from domestic leagues and cups, ranking below the UEFA Champions League in prestige.
B. UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League is Europe's premier annual club football tournament, featuring top teams from across the continent competing for one of the sport's most prestigious titles.
C. Intercontinental Cup
The Intercontinental Cup was an annual football competition that pitted the champions of Europe against the champions of South America to determine a de facto world club champion before it was superseded by the FIFA Club World Cup.
D. UEFA Europa Conference League
The UEFA Europa Conference League is a European club football competition organized by UEFA, positioned below the Champions League and Europa League to give more clubs across the continent the chance to participate in international tournaments.
E. Commissioner’s Trophy
The Commissioner’s Trophy is Major League Baseball’s championship trophy awarded annually to the team that wins the World Series.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: European Cup Winners’ Cup
Target entity description: The European Cup Winners’ Cup was a now-defunct UEFA club competition contested annually by the domestic cup winners from European football associations.

A. UEFA Europa League
The UEFA Europa League is an annual European club football competition organized by UEFA for qualifying teams from domestic leagues and cups, ranking below the UEFA Champions League in prestige.
B. UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League is Europe's premier annual club football tournament, featuring top teams from across the continent competing for one of the sport's most prestigious titles.
C. Intercontinental Cup
The Intercontinental Cup was an annual football competition that pitted the champions of Europe against the champions of South America to determine a de facto world club champion before it was superseded by the FIFA Club World Cup.
D. UEFA Europa Conference League
The UEFA Europa Conference League is a European club football competition organized by UEFA, positioned below the Champions League and Europa League to give more clubs across the continent the chance to participate in international tournaments.
E. Commissioner’s Trophy
The Commissioner’s Trophy is Major League Baseball’s championship trophy awarded annually to the team that wins the World Series.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	UEFA club competition ⓘ continental football competition ⓘ defunct football competition ⓘ
abolishedBy	UEFA ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	European Cup Winners’ Cup ⓘ surface form: Cup Winners’ Cup European Cup Winners’ Cup ⓘ surface form: UEFA Cup Winners’ Cup
competitionFormat	knockout tournament ⓘ
competitionType	club competition ⓘ
confederation	UEFA ⓘ
dissolved	1999 ⓘ
eligibility	domestic cup winners ⓘ holders of the European Cup Winners’ Cup title ⓘ
finalFormat	single-match final at neutral venue ⓘ
firstChampion	Fiorentina ⓘ surface form: ACF Fiorentina
firstChampionSeason	1960–61 ⓘ
firstSeason	European Cup Winners’ Cup self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1960–61 European Cup Winners’ Cup
founded	1960 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	UEFA ⓘ
inception	1960 ⓘ
lastChampion	S.S. Lazio ⓘ surface form: SS Lazio
lastChampionSeason	1998–99 ⓘ
lastSeason	European Cup Winners’ Cup self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 1998–99 European Cup Winners’ Cup
mostTitlesClub	AC Milan ⓘ Chelsea F.C. ⓘ surface form: Chelsea FC FC Dynamo Kyiv ⓘ surface form: Dynamo Kyiv FC Barcelona ⓘ Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium ⓘ surface form: RSC Anderlecht Rangers F.C. ⓘ surface form: Rangers FC
numberOfParticipatingAssociations	varied by season ⓘ
numberOfTitlesOfACMilan	2 ⓘ
numberOfTitlesOfAnderlecht	2 ⓘ
numberOfTitlesOfChelsea	2 ⓘ
numberOfTitlesOfDynamoKyiv	2 ⓘ
numberOfTitlesOfMostSuccessfulClub	4 ⓘ
numberOfTitlesOfRangers	1 ⓘ
officialName	European Cup Winners’ Cup self-link ⓘ
organizer	UEFA ⓘ
participantType	men’s professional football clubs ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	integration into UEFA Cup ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
relatedCompetition	UEFA Champions League ⓘ surface form: European Champion Clubs’ Cup Inter-Cities Fairs Cup ⓘ UEFA Champions League ⓘ UEFA Europa League ⓘ surface form: UEFA Cup UEFA Europa League ⓘ
sport	association football ⓘ
stageStructure	home-and-away knockout ties ⓘ
successor	UEFA Europa League ⓘ surface form: UEFA Cup UEFA Europa League ⓘ
timePeriod	20th century ⓘ