The tournament used a round-robin system which had to be increased in size to five teams, with the winners from the Western, Central 1 and 2 and Eastern zones, as well as the host nation (Israel) competing for the title.

[2] Eleven of the 17 nations withdrew from qualification[fn 1] resulting in only one zone (a combined Central 1 and 2) playing any qualifying matches.

The two remaining teams from the Western and Eastern zones respectively qualified uncontested.

[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In keeping with previous editions of the tournament, all the matches were only 80 minutes in duration.

With two goals, Inder Singh and Mordechai Spiegler were the top scorers in the tournament.