# European Chess Club Cup

The European Chess Club Cup is an annual chess tournament for club teams from Europe. It is organised by the European Chess Union. The competition is held with the Swiss system over seven rounds. It consists of two sections, open and women's, with each team fielding six and four players respectively at every match.

## History

The tournament origins are from the former Yugoslavia, where chess club competitions were quite popular. In 1996, the women's competition was added.

## Winners
### Men's event

| Year | Location | Winner |
| 1956 | Belgrade | Partizan Belgrade |
| 1976 | Solingen | Burevestnik Moscow & Solingen SG |
| 1979 | Bad Lauterberg im Harz | Burevestnik Moscow |
| 1982 | Budapest | Spartacus Budapest |
| 1984 | Moscow | Trud Moscow |
| 1986 | Moscow | CSKA Moscow |
| 1988 | Rotterdam | CSKA Moscow |
| 1990 | Solingen | CSKA Moscow & Solingen SG |
| 1992 | Solingen | Bayern Munich |
| 1993 | Hilversum | Lyon Oyonnax |
| 1994 | Lyon | Bosna & Lyon Oyonnax |
| 1995 | Ljubljana | Yerevan city |
| 1996 | Budapest | Sberbank Tatarstan Kazan |
| 1997 | Kazan | Ladia Azov |
| 1998 | Belgrade | Panfox Breda |
| 1999 | Bugojno | Bosna |
| 2000 | Neum | Bosna |
| 2001 | Panormos | Nikel Norilsk |
| 2002 | Kallithea | Bosna |
| 2003 | Rethymno | NAO Paris |
| 2004 | Çeşme | NAO Paris |
| 2005 | Saint-Vincent | Tomsk-400 |
| 2006 | Fügen | Tomsk-400 |
| 2007 | Kemer | Linex Magic-Mérida |
| 2008 | Kallithea | Ural Sverdlovskaya oblast |
| 2009 | Ohrid | Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov |
| 2010 | Plovdiv | Economist-SGSEU-1 Saratov |
| 2011 | Rogaška Slatina | Saint-Petersburg Chess Federation |
| 2012 | Eilat | SOCAR Azerbaijan |
| 2013 | Rhodes | 1. Nový Bor Chess Club |
| 2014 | Bilbao | SOCAR Azerbaijan |
| 2015 | Skopje | Siberia Novosibirsk |
| 2016 | Novi Sad | Alkaloid Skopje |
| 2017 | Antalya | Globus Russia |
| 2018 | Porto Carras | Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg |
| 2019 | Ulcinj | Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova |
| 2021 | Struga | Mednyi Vsadnik St.Petersburg |
| 2022 | Mayrhofen im Zillertal | 1. Nový Bor Chess Club |
| 2023 | Durres | Offerspill Chess Club |
| 2024 | Vrnjačka Banja | 1. Nový Bor Chess Club |

### Women's event

| Year | Location | Winner |
| 1996 | Smederevska Palanka | Agrouniverzal Zemun & Merani Tbilisi |
| 1997 | Rijeka | Goša Smederevska Palanka |
| 1998 | Wuppertal | AEM-Luxten Timişoara |
| 1999 | Nova Gorica | Rudenko School Kherson |
| 2000 | Halle | Agrouniverzal Zemun |
| 2001 | Belgrade | Agrouniverzal Zemun |
| 2002 | Antalya | BAS Belgrade |
| 2003 | Rethymno | Internet CG Podgorica |
| 2004 | Izmir | NTN Tbilisi |
| 2005 | Saint-Vincent | NTN Tbilisi |
| 2006 | Fügen | Mika Yerevan |
| 2007 | Kemer | CE Monte Carlo |
| 2008 | Kallithea | CE Monte Carlo |
| 2009 | Ohrid | Spartak Vidnoe |
| 2010 | Plovdiv | CE Monte Carlo |
| 2011 | Rogaška Slatina | AVS |
| 2012 | Eilat | CE Monte Carlo |
| 2013 | Rhodes | CE Monte Carlo |
| 2014 | Bilbao | Batumi Nona |
| 2015 | Skopje | Batumi Nona |
| 2016 | Novi Sad | CE Monte Carlo |
| 2017 | Antalya | Batumi Nona |
| 2018 | Porto Carras | CE Monte Carlo |
| 2019 | Ulcinj | Batumi Nona |
| 2021 | Struga | South Ural |
| 2022 | Mayrhofen im Zillertal | ASVOe Pamhagen |
| 2023 | Durres | Superchess |
| 2024 | Vrnjačka Banja | TAJFUN-ŠK Ljubljana |