The Racing Club was initially positioned to become the champion of Paris (the team representing Paris in the Union Championship), having won against Le Havre A.C, but were disqualified because one of their players was not properly licensed. Subsequently, the Stade Français managed to qualify, by beating Le Havre 14–0.
SOET were the champions of the Garonne Region, qualifying after beating Stade Bordelais (8–3).
FC Lyon beats Grenoble 6–0 in Lyon on 22 March. Despite having already beaten them in a previous match on 15 March, FC Lyon and FC Grenoble faced each other again. Due to an error in the previous game, where the referee had forgotten to make the teams switch sides of the field during overtime, an appeal had been issued for a rematch by Grenoble.
