Asian Super Cup
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| Organiser(s) | AFC |
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| Founded | 1995 |
| Abolished | 2002 |
| Region | Asia |
| Teams | 2 |
| Most championships |  Al-Hilal Suwon Samsung Bluewings(2 titles each) |
The Asian Super Cup was an annual football competition between the winners of the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup.
The competition started in 1995, but came to an end in 2002 after both major AFC tournaments were merged into the AFC Champions League. The most successful clubs are Al-Hilal of Saudi Arabia and Suwon Samsung Bluewings of South Korea.
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Key:
Qualified as ACC winner Qualified as ACWC winner Abbreviations: ACC = Asian Club Championship ACWC = Asian Cup Winners' Cup | ||
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The Asian Super Cup was started in 1995 by the AFC, it was played in two legs. The Asian Super cup pitted the winner of the Asian Club Championship against the winner of the Asian Cup Winners' Cup. In 2002, the Asian Club Championship and the Asian Cup Winners' Cup merged to form the AFC Champions League, as a result, the Asian Super Cup was discontinued. On only three occasions, the winner of the Club Championship lost in this competition: in 1995, 1997 and 1998.
