Competition commenced on 6 October, and culminated with a finals weekend on 25 and 26 November in Canberra.

Teams will play a series of home and away matches during the pool stage, which will be followed by a classification round.

The top four ranked teams will qualify for the classification round, playing in two semi-finals with the winners contesting the final and losers the third place match.

Like the previous season, the finals will be held over a single weekend at a central location.

In addition to FIH sanctioned rules, Hockey Australia is implementing the following rules for Hockey One: Match points will be distributed as follows: The seven teams competing in the league come from Australia's states and territories, with the Northern Territory being the only team absent.