The teams are drawn into three groups of four teams. Each team plays the other teams in its group once, earning 2 points for a win and 1 for a draw. The three group winners, and the best runner-up progress to the semi-finals.
Kyle Coney 0-5 (2f); Niall Morgan (3f), Paddy McNeice 0-3 each; Plunkett Kane 1-0; Sean Cavanagh, Niall McKenna, Mark Donnelly, Ciaran McGinley 0-1 each