Queen's Park Oval in Trinidad and Tobago was initially a venue for some of the preliminary matches, but eventually was cancelled due to nonavailability of the ground on 4 January.
The top two teams of each group advanced to the knockout stage.
The knockout stage consisted of two semi-finals, a third-place playoff and the grand final.
The semi-finals had the top team of one group facing the second from the other.
The winners of the semi-finals played the grand final to determine the winner of the competition, while the losers of the semi-finals played the third-place playoff.