The competition began on 12 November 1922, with the representative teams of Asturias and Biscay facing off at the
Molinón ground in a quarter-final match that ended in a one-goal tie, which forced them to play it again two days later at the same venue and with the same final result of 1–1, with a goal from each team's star man, Asturias'
Zabala and Biscay's
Travieso, the difference is that Zabala went on to seal a brace with a goal in
extra-time, but the Biscayan team managed to find an equalizer in the 111st minute thanks to
Domingo Acedo, which forced another period of extra-time where again both teams scored,
Barril netted for Asturias just for Biscay to equalize for the third time via a penalty converted by
Careaga, but just when it seemed that another replay would be necessary to decide the winner, Barril scored again with 6 minutes to go, and thus, after two extra-times of 30 minutes each, the two sides were finally separated as Asturians ended up winning by a score of 4 to 3. On the 19th of that same month, the other three quarter-final matches were played, and none of them needed a replay to be decided. On the
Amute, Catalonia eliminated Gipuzkoa, beating them 3–0, with goals from
Samitier,
Gràcia and
Martí, but the highlight of the match was the refusal of goalkeeper
Agustín Eizaguirre (a member of the Spanish team that won the silver medal at the
1920 Summer Olympics) to defend the goal of the Basques, thus earning a sanction of three months of inactivity imposed on him by his team,
Real Sociedad. In
Coia, the Galician team, who were playing the first game of their
history, produced one of the competition's most unexpected results by beating the two-time champions Centro team 4–1, with the Galician goals coming from
Chiarroni,
Pinilla,
Ramón Polo Pardo and
Ramón González. And last but not least, in the Valencian field of
Algirós, in the midst of enormous expectation, the South Team, made up entirely of Sevilla FC players, qualified for the semifinals after defeating the Valencian team 2–1, with
Kinké and León scoring the Andalusian goals while
Cubells scored the local's first goal in the team's history. ---- Note: Some sources list
Vicente Piera as the goalscorer of Catalonia's third goal. ---- ---- Note: Some sources list Gabriel as the goalscorer of Andalusia's first goal.
Replay After the end of normal time (1–1), one hour of extra time was played.
Semi-finals ---- ----
Final Note: Some sources list
Zabala as the goalscorer of all three goals of Asturias, and
Ramón Polo as the goalscorer of Galicia's goal. ---- Asturias line-up: Óscar; German, Comas,
Bango;
Meana,
Corsino, Amán,
Bolado;
Zabala,
Barril and
Argüelles. On the Galician side they played:
Isidro;
Otero,
Pasarín;
Queralt,
Torres,
Hermida;
Reigosa,
Balbino,
Chiarroni,
Polo and
Pinilla. ==Winner==