Competition commenced on 11 October, and culminated with a finals weekend in Hobart, from 30 November to 1 December.

Teams will play a series of home and away matches during the Pool Stage, which will be followed by a Classification Round.

During the pool stage, teams played each other once in either a home or a way fixture.

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

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.