The team competition was a single-elimination tournament among eight teams. Quarterfinal losers continued to play classification matches to determine final placement from first to eighth. Each team match consisted of a set of nine individual matches, comprising a full round-robin schedule among the three fencers on each team.
As there were nine teams in the competition, one preliminary match was held to reduce the field to eight teams. The losing team, South Africa, therefore had a final classification of ninth place in the tournament.
