The tournament was held in various cities across Australia, and was contested from 2 March through to 14 April 2003.

[1] NSWIS Arrows won the tournament for the seventh time after defeating QLD Scorchers 4–2 in the final.

[2] The 2002 Women's Australian Hockey League consisted of a single round robin format, followed by classification matches.

The first four rounds of the pool stage comprised two-legged fixtures between states.

As a result, matches in rounds five to seven of the pool stage were worth double points, due to the single-leg format.