The 1968–69 European Cup Winners' Cup was the ninth season of the
European Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA 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 UEFA. The tournam ...
, a club
football competition organised by
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
for the cup winners from each of its member associations. The tournament was won by Czechoslovakian side
Slovan Bratislava, who beat Spanish club
Barcelona
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3–2 in the final in Basel, Switzerland. It was the first time a club from the
Eastern Bloc won the title. A number of withdrawals by Eastern European clubs from the first round as a result of the
Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia
The Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia refers to the events of 20–21 August 1968, when the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was jointly invaded by four Warsaw Pact countries: the Soviet Union, the Polish People's Republic, the People's Rep ...
led to several walkovers and byes that lasted into the second round.
First round
The following clubs withdrew following UEFA's decision to separate western and Eastern countries due to troubles in Czechoslovakia:
FC Spartak (Sofia),
Union Berlin,
Górnik Zabrze
Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning the second-most Po ...
,
Dinamo Moscow
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,
Raba Vasas ETO
1 The match was played in
Thessaloniki
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.
2 The match was played in
Esch.
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Second round
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First leg
Second leg
''West Bromwich Albion won 5–1 on aggregate.''
Quarter-finals
1 The match was played in Barcelona
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First leg
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Second leg
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''Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.''
Semi-finals
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Final
References
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UEFA Cup Winners' Cup seasons