Overview
- Organizers published the official draw that divides the 24 men's traineras into two groups of 12 and sets the start order, with Bermeo-Urdaibai first, Orio eighth, Getaria ninth and Castro closing the field.
- The men's qualifying is a contrarreloj time trial that will produce only seven boats to race for the Bandera de La Concha on the event weekends.
- Clubs completed final training in the Basque Country and coaches framed La Concha as a development test, saying it is a low-pressure chance for many debutants to gain experience.
- Meira and Tirán arrive with strong LGT form—Meira finished third in the Liga Galega tied on points with Tirán—and both teams see La Concha as a season benchmark rather than their final objective.
- The women's qualifier features 19 crews in two groups with Tirán's women in Group B, and teams plan to use both qualifiers as preparation ahead of the promotion play-off in Bermeo and Portugalete on 19–20 September.