page_title: Sport in Asturias
section_title: Asturias regional teams
hierarchical_section_title: Sport in Asturias / Asturias regional teams
caption_attribution_description: English: Pabellón de La Arena, sports pavillion located in Gijón. Photo taken during the friendly game between the women's volleyball teams of Asturias and Scotland.
context_page_description: Sport in Asturias has always been dominated by football. Other popular sport activities include basketball, cycling, handball, volleyball, roller hockey and rugby union. Asturias has also hosted a number of international events such as group stage games during the 1982 FIFA World Cup, series of the Davis Cup World Group, international roller hockey competitions, several cycling states of La Vuelta and several matches of the Spanish national football team.
  Asturias is also famous for several traditional sports, being the bowling the most important one.
context_section_description: Specially during the 2000s, Asturias developed several autonomous teams for promoting Asturias abroad and the sport in the region.
caption: Asturias women's volleyball team against Scotland.
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