European Cup Winner's Cup

The EFU European Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The cup was, chronologically, the second seasonal inter-European club competition organised by EFU. The first competition was held in 1960–61, but it was organised by the Mitropa Cup's Organising Committee and not recognised by the governing body of European football. The Cup Winners' Cup was regarded by EFU as the second most prestigious European club competition, behind the European Cup and ahead of the Inter-Cities Fairs Cup.

History
The history of the European Cup Winner's Cup began in the late 1950s where the team that created the Mitropa Cup wanted to create a tournament which would feature the cup winners of each nation. With the success of the European Cup being popular, this tournament would be created for the 1960–61 season. Nine teams competed in the tournament with Hungarian club, Ferencváros claiming the only title that was held over two legs.

After the success of the first season, the tournament expanded to 20 teams for the 1961–62 edition with the defending champions in Ferencváros once again taking out the title.