The 12 teams remaining after the pool play competed in a four-round single-elimination bracket, with a bronze medal match between the semifinal losers.

The winners of the first 4 pools received byes in the round of 16.

An 8–8 tie would be resolved by touches received in victories.

Only as much fencing was done as was necessary to determine pool placement (in the first round) or the winning team (in the knockout rounds), so not all matches went to the full 16 bouts but instead stopped early (typically when one team had 9 bouts won).

[2] Ties between teams were broken by individual victories (in parentheses), then by touches received.