All games were played at the hockey centre within the Olympic Park in Sydney, Australia.

Defending champions the Netherlands won the gold medal for the second time after defeating South Korea 5–4 in the final on penalty strokes after a 3–3 draw.

[1] Each of the continental champions from five federations and the host nation received an automatic berth.

The European federation received one extra quota based upon the FIH World Rankings.

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.