Format The 2023 Hockey One season followed the same format as seasons one and two. Teams will play a series of home and away matches during the
Pool Stage, which will be followed by a Classification Round. During the pool stage, teams played each other once in either a home or a way fixture. The top four ranked teams qualified for the
classification round, playing in two semi-finals with the winners contesting the final and losers the third place match. Unlike season one, where Team 1 hosted Team 4 and Team 2 hosted Team 3, the finals were held over a single weekend at a central location.
Rules In addition to
FIH sanctioned rules,
Hockey Australia is implementing the following rules for Hockey One: • When a field goal or penalty stroke is scored the same athlete will have an automatic one-on-one shootout with the goalkeeper for an extra goal. • Outright winner: There will be no drawn games. In the event of a draw, teams will contest a
penalty shoot-out to determine a winner.
Point allocation Match points will be distributed as follows: • 5 points: win • 3 points: shoot-out win • 2 points: shoot-out loss • 0 points: loss ==Participating teams==