The tournament started in June 2014 in Singapore and finished in December 2015 in Rosario, Argentina.

Germany won the third place match by defeating China 6–2.

[3][4] Each national association member of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) had the opportunity to compete in the tournament, and after seeking entries to participate, 51 teams were announced to compete.

Scotland would have qualified as the nineteenth ranked team but will compete as Great Britain as in every Olympic Qualifying Tournament, giving its berth to twentieth ranked Russia.

Those nineteen teams, shown with qualifying rankings, were the following:[5][6] Reference:[8]