Australia won the title for the fourth consecutive and twelfth time total by defeating Spain 1–0 in the final.

[5] For the 33rd edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy, India was elected to host the tournament by the FIH on February 4, 2011.

Auckland's mayor Len Brown said: "this event should inject around $1 million of new money into New Zealand's economy.

The teams and officials directly involved in the event should generate over 4,000 visitor nights alone.

"[6] The new qualification criteria were determined by International Hockey Federation (FIH), as follows:[7] All times are New Zealand Daylight Time (UTC+13:00) As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.