[2] At the end of 1902, in December, all the Madrid clubs of the time participated in the Concurso de Bandas, a kind of precursor to the Regional Championship that began in the following year.
In this contest, named after the prize at stake, some embroidered bands played the first-ever tournament disputed exclusively by Madrid clubs.
Coincidentally, the two teams who reprised their participation, Madrid and Moderno, merged on 30 January 1904.
[4] The tournament was originally scheduled to have been held in the spring of 1903, but the proximity of the summer period led the competition to be postponed to autumn, lasting until the beginning of 1904.
The honor finally fell to Madrid FC as they were the only club to present themselves for the tournament, although it remains unclear why only Madrid FC entered the Qualifying Contest for the Copa del Rey.