I'm confused about what the cup winner's cup is? European cup winner's cup. UEFA champion league. European Cup. FA Cup, etc. Please give me some clarification.
2007-07-14 00:19:23 · 12 answers · asked by smsmgs2002 1 in Sports ➔ Football ➔ English Football
the cup winners cup was for the domestic cup holders in each country,it has now finished and wefa have put more teams in to the eufa cup
2007-07-14 00:22:11 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The Cup Winners Cup no longer exists.
It was the third UEFA European club competition, alongside the European Cup ( which is now the Champions League) and the UEFA Cup. It was generally considered to be less important than the European Cup, but more important than the UEFA Cup
In order to qualify for it , a club had to win their own nation's major knock -out Cup competition (so in England, the winners of the FA Cup would qualify for the Cup Winners Cup the following season)
In the late 1990s, with the further expansion of the Champions League to include as many as three or four teams from the top footballing nations, a continuation of the Cup Winners Cup essentially became impossible due to the potential lack of teams available to take part from many European countries, and UEFA took the decision to end the competition
It was last held in the 1998-99 season, the winners were Lazio of Italy.
More information here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Cup_Winners'_Cup
2007-07-14 05:23:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I am aware the Cup winners cup is now a apart of the UEFA cup. In this country the team that wins the FA Cup but finishes outside the top 4 of the Premiership goes into the UEFA cup. If they finish in the top 4 the runner-up goes in instead. If they both finish in the top 4 then an extra place is made available for the teams finishing 5th-8th instead of 5th-7th. The winner of the Carling Cup (or whatever they want to call it this year) also go into the UEFA Cup but if again they finish in the top 4 of the premiership they can't be entered as they are in the in the Champions league which I think opens up another place for finishing further down the league. Now if you get knocked out of the Champions league in the early stages you enter the UEFA Cup in the later rounds this is why there is about 50 games for team in the early stages to play to get to the final....but I could be wrong!!!..... Confused, I certainly am!!!
2007-07-15 22:05:35 · answer #3 · answered by gary6346 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Cup Winners Cup was the 3rd major European trophy,mainly for the winners of the national cup competitions,last contested in season 1998-99.When it ended,they increased the number of teams entering the UEFA Cup.
2007-07-14 02:31:56 · answer #4 · answered by duracell18 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the european cup winners cup is a defunct club competition, lazio won the last ever trophy in 1999. teams from all over europe who won their domestic cup (FA cup) all competed.
the champions league is europes biggest competition, the winners of each european league and more often than not the runners up and 3rd placed team all qualify for a place. england, italy and spain get 4 places in the champions league.
2007-07-14 00:27:47 · answer #5 · answered by Lammy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
FA Cup - Cup involving every English (some welsh teams) and is the oldest domestic cup in the world. one of the best to win domestically behind the premiership
Champions League- The best teams from around Europe enter this as the won it the year before, or won or came 2nd in the league etc the year before. the bigger the league the more teams they have enter eg England 3 teams and Germany 2 etc. This is run in a group format for the 1st round then goes to a knockout tournament over 2 legs for the later stages
UEFA Cup- This is a straight knockout tournament over 2 legs with the other clubs form Europe that didn't make the champions league (not as prestigious as the Champions league)
2007-07-14 00:26:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
In order of importance:
Champions league: cup competition amongst the top teams from europe, top 4 teams from England, Spain, Italy etc.
UEFA cup: european competition for lower down teams, usually winners of national cup competitions like FA cup and the teams placed 5th/ 6th in league
Cup winners cup: no longer exists but was a competition played between winners of national cup competitions
FA cup: This is national trophy just played amongst english teams including all from 4 professional leagues and other non-league teams that qualify
League Cup (Carling cup): Smaller version of FA cup only played amongst teams from 4 professional leagues and not as highly respected
2007-07-14 00:27:09 · answer #7 · answered by Stephen M 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
the cup winners cup was abolished a few seasons ago,the winners of the fa cup went into it,now they go into the uefa cup
2007-07-14 08:58:27 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There used to be a trophy called the European cup winners cup, but basically it's been replaced by the Europa cup.
2016-05-17 09:29:02 · answer #9 · answered by dorthy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I agree it sounds confusing, but I'd have thought a cup winner's cup is a cup won by winners.
2007-07-14 00:31:46 · answer #10 · answered by ivallrod 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋