Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup

Spanish stage of the UEFA Regions' Cup
Country	Spain
Confederation	Europe (UEFA)
Founded	1999
Number of teams	19
International cup(s)	UEFA Regions' Cup
Current champions	Castile and León (2nd title)
Most championships	Basque Country Castile and León Catalonia (2 titles each)

The Spanish stage of the UEFA Region's Cup is a Spanish football tournament for amateur teams which represent the Spanish Autonomous Communities. Its winner qualifies for the UEFA Regions' Cup, played the next year.

History

The tournament has been created in 1999, after the 1999 UEFA Regions' Cup where there was not any qualifying tournament and Madrid represented Spain in the international contest.

It is played by all the 19 Autonomous cities and Communities, being Navarre the last team to join it in 2005. Only amateur players between 18 and 35 years old, who never signed a professional contract, are eligible for this tournament.^[1]

Finals

Year	Host	Final			Losing semi-finalists^{[n 1]}
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Losing semi-finalists^{[n 1]}
2000	Aragon	Madrid	3–1	Andalusia	Aragon and Castile-La Mancha
2002	Madrid	Asturias	0–0 (3–0) ps	Basque Country	Madrid and Murcia
2004	Madrid	Basque Country	3–1	Asturias	Galicia and Murcia
2006	Basque Country	Basque Country	0–0 (3–0) ps	Catalonia	Asturias and Castile and León
2008	Catalonia	Castile and León	2–2 (4–2) ps	Andalusia	Basque Country and Catalonia
2010	Galicia	Galicia	2–1	Andalusia	Balearic Islands and Canary Islands
2012	Asturias	Catalonia	2–1	Asturias	Castile and León and Murcia
2014	Castile and León	Catalonia	0–0 (5–4) ps	Andalusia	Castile and León and Murcia
2016	Castile-La Mancha	Castile and León	2–0	Asturias	Castile-La Mancha and Ceuta

Notes

↑ No third place match has been played; losing semi-finalists are listed in alphabetical order.

Finalists

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Finalists
Basque Country	2 (2004, 2006^*)	1 (2002)	3
Catalonia	2 (2012, 2014)	1 (2006)	3
Castile and León	2 (2008, 2016)	–	2
Asturias	1 (2002)	3 (2004, 2012^*, 2016)	4
Madrid	1 (2000)	–	1
Galicia	1 (2010^*)	–	1
Andalusia	–	4 (2000, 2008, 2010, 2014)	4

* hosts

References

↑ "IX Copa de las Regiones de la UEFA" (in Spanish). Contrameta. 2 December 2013. Retrieved 28 February 2016.

External links

Royal Spanish Football Federation website

Football in Spain

National teams

Men's national team
- U-23
- U-21
- U-20
- U-19
- U-18
- U-17
- U-16
- U-15
Women's national team
- U-20
- U-19
- U-17

League system

Level 1	Primera División

Level 2	Segunda División

Level 3	Segunda División B (4 groups)

Level 4	Tercera División (18 groups)

Levels 5–10	Divisiones Regionales (Andalusia Aragon Asturias Balearic Basque Canary Cantabria Castile-La Mancha Castile and León Catalonia Extremadura Galicia La Rioja Madrid Murcia Navarre Valencia Ceuta, Melilla)

Women's league system

Level 1	Primera División

Level 2	Segunda División (7 groups)

Levels 3–5	Ligas Regionales (Andalusia, Aragon, Asturias, Balearic, Basque, Canary, Cantabria, Castile-La Mancha, Castile and León, Catalonia, Extremadura, Galicia, La Rioja, Madrid, Murcia, Navarre, Valencia, Ceuta, Melilla)

Youth league system

División de Honor Juvenil (7 groups)
Liga Nacional Juvenil (21 groups)

Domestic cups

Women's domestic cups

Copa de la Reina

Youth domestic cups

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