European Club Cup of Champions

Template:Short description The European Club Cup of Champions, often known as the European Cup or ECCC, was a table tennis competition for European club teams. It was organized by the European Table Tennis Union (ETTU) annually for men's and women's teams. It was first held in session 1960/61 for the men's competition, and the women's competition three years later. However, the competition was replaced by the present European Champions League for the men's and women's competition in session 2001/02 and 2005/06 respectively.

Format

The competition was contested by the current national champion team of ETTU member associations of each season. In the 1960/61 season, the first competition for men was held and three years later there was also the women's competition. Since 1994/95, the "best of three" format was replaced, rather the new format that if a team won both the home and away match then it won the game. If each team won for a match, then a decision game would be played.

In the session 1998/99, a new competition of different format, named "European Champions League", was held for the men's competition. The success of the Champions League called for the discontinuation of the Men's European Cup in 2001/02, after three years' co-existence, and ultimately replaced the women's competition as well in session 2005/06.

Results

In the early years, the competitions were mostly dominated by the Eastern European teams, in the men's competition until the late 1970s, and in the ladies - especially by the Hungarian club Statisztika Budapest - by the end of the 1980s. This led to the promotion of table tennis in the Eastern Europe, where players had the best training facilities and good coaches available. Later on, Western European teams won more frequently, especially the German teams. This shift is owing to the growing professionalization in the sports and the sponsorship obtained in those countries, thus attracting some top foreign players playing for the Western European clubs.

Men full results: https://tt-wiki.info/champions-league-herren/

Women full results: https://tt-wiki.info/champions-league-damen/

List of Winners of the Men's Competition (1961-2001)

• • 1961 - Template:Flagicon CSM Cluj
  • 1962 - Template:Flagicon GSTK Zagreb
  • 1963 - Template:Flagicon BVSC
  • 1964 - Template:Flagicon CSM Cluj
  • 1965 - Template:Flagicon CSM Cluj
  • 1966 - Template:Flagicon CSM Cluj
  • 1967 - Template:Flagicon CSM Cluj
  • 1968 - Template:Flagicon Slavia Prague
  • 1969 - Template:Flagicon Slavia Prague
  • 1970 - Template:Flagicon Spartacus Budapest
  • 1971 - Template:Flagicon Spartacus Budapest
  • 1972 - Template:Flagicon Ormesby TTC
  • 1973 - Template:Flagicon GSTK Zagreb
  • 1974 - Template:Flagicon GSTK Zagreb
  • 1975 - Template:Flagicon Sparta Prague
  • 1976 - Template:Flagicon GSTK Zagreb
  • 1977 - Template:Flagicon Sparta Prague
  • 1978 - Template:Flagicon Sparta Prague
  • 1979 - Template:Flagicon Spartacus Budapest
  • 1980 - Template:Flagicon BVSC
  • 1981 - Template:Flagicon Spartacus Budapest
  • 1982 - Template:Flagicon Heinzelmann Reutlingen
  • 1983 - Template:Flagicon Heinzelmann Reutlingen
  • 1984 - Template:Flagicon Simex Jülich
  • 1985 - Template:Flagicon AZS Gdansk
  • 1986 - Template:Flagicon ATSV Saarbrücken
  • 1987 - Template:Flagicon Zugbrücke Grenzau
  • 1988 - Template:Flagicon Zugbrücke Grenzau
  • 1989 - Template:Flagicon Borussia Düsseldorf
  • 1990 - Template:Flagicon UTT Levallois
  • 1991 - Template:Flagicon Borussia Düsseldorf
  • 1992 - Template:Flagicon Borussia Düsseldorf
  • 1993 - Template:Flagicon Borussia Düsseldorf
  • 1994 - Template:Flagicon Sporting Villette Charleroi
  • 1995 - Template:Flagicon UTT Levallois
  • 1996 - Template:Flagicon Sporting Villette Charleroi
  • 1997 - Template:Flagicon Borussia Düsseldorf
  • 1998 - Template:Flagicon Borussia Düsseldorf
  • 1999 - Template:Flagicon TTV Hornstein
  • 2000 - Template:Flagicon Zugbrücke Grenzau
  • 2001 - Template:Flagicon Večernji Zagreb

List of Winners of the Women's Competition (1964-2005)

• • 1964 - Template:Flagicon Vointa Arad
  • 1965 - Template:Flagicon Vointa Arad
  • 1966 - Template:Flagicon DTC Kaiserberg
  • 1967 - Template:Flagicon Progresul Bucharest
  • 1968 - Template:Flagicon BSG Aussenhandel
  • 1969 - Template:Flagicon BSG Aussenhandel
  • 1970 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1971 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1972 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1973 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1974 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1975 - Template:Flagicon Sparte Prague
  • 1976 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1977 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1978 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1979 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1980 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1981 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1982 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1983 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1984 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1985 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1986 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1987 - Template:Flagicon Avanti Hazersvoude
  • 1988 - Template:Flagicon Spartak Vlasim
  • 1989 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1990 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1991 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1992 - Template:Flagicon SPVG Steinhagen
  • 1993 - Template:Flagicon SPVG Steinhagen
  • 1994 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1995 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1996 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 1997 - Template:Flagicon FC Langweid
  • 1998 - Template:Flagicon Team Galaxis Lübeck
  • 1999 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 2000 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 2001 - Template:Flagicon Statisztika Budapest
  • 2002 - Template:Flagicon Henk ten Hoor DTK
  • 2003 - Template:Flagicon FSV Kropach
  • 2004 - Template:Flagicon Müllermilch Langweid
  • 2005 - Template:Flagicon Müllermilch Langweid