Runners-up Barcelona Start date 1968 | Champion ŠK Slovan Bratislava | |
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The season 1968-69 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Slovan Bratislava in a final victory against FC Barcelona, the first time a side 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 led to several walkovers and byes that lasted into the second round.
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First round
The following clubs withdrew following UEFA's decision to separate western and Eastern countries due to troubles in Czechoslovakia – FC Spartak (Sofia), 1. FC Union Berlin, Górnik Zabrze, Dinamo Moscow, Raba Vasas ETO
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Second round
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West Bromwich Albion won 5–1 on aggregate.
Quarter-finals
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Dunfermline Athletic won 1–0 on aggregate.
Slovan Bratislava won 3–1 on aggregate.
Semi-finals
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Slovan Bratislava won 2–1 on aggregate.
Barcelona won 6–3 on aggregate.