Netherlands won the third place match by defeating South Korea 3–2 with a golden goal.

For this tournament, the participating nations were increased from the standard 12 (as in the 5 previous editions) to 16 and each squad could consist of 18 players instead of the normal 16 after the FIH considered the hot and humid conditions in Malaysia.

[1][2] Each of the continental champions from five confederations and the host nation received an automatic berth.

The European confederation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings.

[3] The International Hockey Federation appointed 20 umpires for this tournament: All times are Malaysia Time (UTC+08:00) ——Tobita Hirata Yamahori There were 300 goals scored in 72 matches, for an average of 4.17 goals per match.