| Most recent season or competition: Field hockey at the 2016 South Asian Games | |
| Sport | Field hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1995 |
| First season | 1995 |
| Organising body | SAOC |
| No. of teams | M: 5 W: 3 |
| Confederation | South Asia |
| Most recent champion(s) | M: W: |
| Most titles | M: W: |
Field hockey was introduced to the South Asian Games as a men's competition at the 1995 Games in Madras, India, with five teams, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, taking part. A women's competition was introduced in 2016.
| Year | Host city | Teams | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | 4th place | |||
| 1995 | Madras | 5 | India | No playoffs | Pakistan | Bangladesh | No playoffs | Sri Lanka |
| 1999 | Kathmandu | No hockey tournament | ||||||
| 2004 | Islamabad | |||||||
| 2006 | Colombo | 4 | Pakistan | 3–2 | India | Sri Lanka | 2–0 | Bangladesh |
| 2010 | Dhaka | 5 | Pakistan | 1–1 (aet) 4–3 (pen.) | India | Bangladesh | 2–1 | Sri Lanka |
| 2016 | Guwahati & Shillong | 5 | Pakistan | 1–0 | India | Bangladesh | 4–1 | Sri Lanka |
| Year | Host city | Teams | Gold medal match | Bronze medal match | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold | Score | Silver | Bronze | Score | 4th place | |||
| 2016 | Guwahati & Shillong | 3 | 10–0 | Last placed team in Round-robin table | N/A | |||
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |