The tournament was constituted as part of the different Asian zonal tournaments which were held at centralised venues with the winners of these zonal tournaments progressing into the main tournament which was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. The champions of the Southeast Asian nations were selected to face each other consisting of teams from Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei, Philippines and Burma however, the two teams from Philippines and Burma withdrew their names. The matches were held at Jakarta and Bandung in Indonesia. It was a precursor tournament among the Southeast Asian nations before the start of ASEAN Club Championship.