It was notable for its chaotic development and the fact that Athletic Bilbao won the trophy without playing a game.

Then two more teams from Madrid, Moncloa FC and Iberia Football Club, were admitted into the competition, forcing a change to the schedule.

As a result, the four Madrid teams were scheduled to play a single-elimination tournament to decide their representative for the Copa del Rey final against the automatically qualified Athletic Bilbao.

The captains of both teams agreed not to play extra-time, but failed to reach an agreement on when they should replay the match.

[2] The qualification of Español was disputed; after much deliberation, and due to logisticial and various other issues, the Final was scratched and Athletic (who were not required to qualify) were awarded the Cup.