It was one of the two sports which started before the opening ceremony of the Games, the other being football.
All events took place at the Gachibowli Hockey Stadium, Hyderabad, India.
Eight teams each for the men's and women's events participated in the competition.
Two rounds were held - league matches, and finals.
Ghana 0 - 3 South Korea Malaysia 1 - 1 South Africa Pakistan 4 - 3 Nigeria India 5 - 1 Egypt Malaysia 5 - 0 Ghana South Korea 3 - 0 South Africa Pakistan 3 - 1 Egypt Nigeria 3 - 5 India South Africa 5 - 0 Ghana South Korea 2 - 1 Malaysia Egypt 4 - 2 Nigeria India 4 - 2 Pakistan Fifth-eighth place classification Ghana 0 - 1 Egypt South Africa 4 - 0 Nigeria Seventh-eighth place classification Ghana 2 - 3 Nigeria Fifth-sixth place classification South Africa 3 - 2 Egypt Semi-finals South Korea 0 - 2 Pakistan Malaysia 4 - 6 India Bronze medal match South Korea 2 - 1 Malaysia Gold medal match India 3 - 1 Pakistan