[1] The competition was held in a knock-out format on the road between 14 October and 23 December, and it was contested by 6 Parisian clubs, being won by Club Français after beating UA I arrondissement 1–0 in the final at Joinville-le-Pont, who thus won its fifth title in the competition.
In the preliminary rounds, which were held on 14 October, UA I arrondissement trashed Gallia 7–1, while Saint-Mandé defeated AS Française 4–1.
[2] In the semifinals, which were held the following week on 21 October, UA I arrondissement defeated Paris Star in a thrilling 4–3 clash.
[3] Club Français was at the peak of its golden age which won two consecutive Paris Championships in 1899 and 1900, but Saint-Mandé strongly contested their bid for supremacy and managed to hold them to a goalless draw,[3] which forced a replay that was played two months later on 16 December, in which Club Français confirmed their favoritism with a 4–0 win.
[5] Due to the absence of Laisné, CF played the entire first half with just 10 men; fortunately, at half-time, Gaston Peltier managed to discover a former CF player among the many spectators, Ernest Weber, who was described in the press as "ancient" not because of his age, since he was still only 23, but because he had not played a single match for at least three years, since 1897.