The final was played over two legs at the Stade Armand-Cesari, Furiani, France, and at the Philips Stadion, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

It was won by PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands, who defeated Bastia of France by an aggregate result of 3–0 to claim their first UEFA Cup title.

Playing in their first European final, PSV Eindhoven became the latest of the Grote Drie trio of big Dutch teams to win a European title.

On the other hand, Bastia was the only French team to reach a UEFA Cup final until 1996.

The original allocation scheme was as follows: Poland and Switzerland were the two associations selected to have a third berth for this season, while Hungary and Romania went back to two qualified teams.

UEFA invalidated this game and awarded a 3–0 victory to Schalke 04 as Fiorentina fielded an ineligible player, Gianfranco Casarsa.

Carl Zeiss Jena won 6–5 on aggregate.

1–1 on aggregate, Eintracht Braunschweig won on away goals.

2–2 on aggregate, Widzew Łódź won on away goals rule.

3–3 on aggregate, Standard Liège won on away goals rule.

2–2 on aggregate, Barcelona won in a penalty shoot-out.

2–2 on aggregate, Carl Zeiss Jena won in a penalty shoot-out.

3–3 on aggregate, Barcelona won in a penalty shoot-out.

3–3 on aggregate, Grasshoppers won on away goals rule.