The Asturias tournament is the previous round of the

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. Organized by the

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, the Asturian teams in

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and the best teams of the

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(Group 2) non qualified to the

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(making a total of 12 teams) play this tournament, including

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s. Real Sporting is the only team who never played the Copa Federación due to playing in higher divisions.

Format

The tournament is played between July and October, and the champion of the tournament qualifies to the National tournament of the Copa RFEF. Since 1999, the final is played in only one game and since 2001, the qualifying round is composed by four groups of three teams where the four group winners qualify for the semifinals, except for the 2020 edition where it was a knockout tournament for reducing the number of games due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asturias. The first edition was held in 1994 and was won by

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. Since 2019,

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s were excluded of the competition.

History

Champions

Performance of Asturian teams in the National tournament

*In bold, teams qualified as Regional champions.Results Copa Federación 2000–09
; Eldeportivo.es; Retrieved on 19 March 2014

References

External links

Asturian Football Federation
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