The field hockey tournament at the 2003 Pan American Games was held in the Santo Domingo Stadium, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic from August 1–17, 2003. It served as a qualification tournament for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. First place received a ticket for the Olympic tournament. The men competed for the tenth time at the Pan Americans, the women for the fifth time.

Field hockey was a sport at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo which took place from 24 July to 6 August 2021 at the Oi Seaside Park. Twenty-four teams competed in the tournament.

Zambia competed at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics, in Nanjing, China from 16 August to 28 August 2014.

Field hockey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games was held on the Gold Coast, Australia from 5 to 14 April. The hockey competition was held at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre. This is the sixth time that the hockey competition was held, following the sport's debut at the 1998 Games.

Field hockey at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang was held at the GBK Hockey Field, Jakarta, Indonesia from 19 August to 1 September 2018. A total of twelve men's and ten women's teams competed in each respective tournament.

Argentina competed at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018, as host nation.

Mexico participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Austria participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

South Africa participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Poland participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Uruguay participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Namibia participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Argentina competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

Cuba competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

Peru was the host nation of the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, from July 26 to August 11, 2019.

The United States competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019. The team included 313 men and 327 women.

Mexico competed in the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019.
Twelve teams qualified for the men's field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Twelve teams qualified for the women's field hockey at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Each of the Continental Champions from five confederations received an automatic berth. Japan as the host nation qualified automatically. In addition, the remaining six nations will be determined by an Olympic qualification event. As hosts Japan also won the Asian Games title, a seventh quota place was added to the Olympic qualification event.

Chile is scheduled to compete at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile from October 20 to November 5, 2023. Chile will be the host nation of the games, marking the first time the country hosts the games. This was Chile's 19th appearance at the Pan American Games, having competed at every edition of the games since the inaugural edition in 1951.