[1] Defending champions France cancelled their participation just after the UEFA Euro 2013 draw, because of too many European opponents in the tournament.

[3] The twelve invited teams are split into three groups that played a round-robin tournament.

Groups A and B, containing the strongest ranked teams, are the only ones in contention to win the title.

The group winners from A and B contested the final, with the runners-up playing for third place.

In the case of two teams being tied on the same number of points in a group, their head-to-head result determined the higher place.