# Field hockey at the Summer Youth Olympics

Field hockey was introduced at the Youth Olympic Games at the inaugural edition in 2010 for both boys and girls. At the 2010 Games, field hockey was held in the outdoor format. From the 2014 Games, the Hockey 5s format, a 5-a-side tournament played on a smaller-sized field, has been used.

## Boys
### Summaries

| Year | Host Nation | Event | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Year | Host Nation | Event | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 2010 Details | Singapore | Field hockey | Australia | 2–1 | Pakistan | Belgium | 4–1 | Ghana |
| 2014 Details | Nanjing, China | Hockey5s | Australia | 3–3 (3–2) (penalties) | Canada | Spain | 7–4 | South Africa |
| 2018 Details | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Hockey5s | Malaysia | 4–2 | India | Argentina | 4–0 | Zambia |
| 2026 Details | Dakar, Senegal | Hockey5s | | | | | | |

### Team appearances

| Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2026 |
| Argentina | - | - | 3rd | |
| Australia | 1st | 1st | 6th | |
| Austria | - | - | 7th | |
| Bangladesh | - | 10th | 8th | |
| Belgium | 3rd | - | - | |
| Canada | - | 2nd | 10th | |
| Chile | 6th | - | - | |
| Spain | - | 3rd | - | |
| Germany | - | 9th | - | |
| Ghana | 4th | - | - | |
| India | - | - | 2nd | |
| Kenya | - | - | 11th | |
| Malaysia | - | - | 1st | |
| Mexico | - | 8th | 9th | |
| New Zealand | - | 6th | - | |
| Pakistan | 2nd | 5th | - | |
| Poland | - | - | 5th | |
| Senegal | 5th | - | - | Q |
| Singapore | 5th | - | - | |
| South Africa | - | 4th | - | |
| Vanuatu | - | - | 12th | |
| Zambia | - | 7th | 4th | |

## Girls
### Summaries

| Year | Host Nation | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Gold Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match | Bronze Medal Match |
| Year | Host Nation | Champions | Score | Runners-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 2010 Details | Singapore | Netherlands | 2–1 (a.e.t) | Argentina | New Zealand | 5–4 (a.e.t) | South Korea |
| 2014 Details | Nanjing, China | China | 5–5 (3–2) (penalties) | Netherlands | Argentina | 5–2 | Japan |
| 2018 Details | Buenos Aires, Argentina | Argentina | 3–1 | India | China | 6–0 | South Africa |
| 2026 Details | Dakar, Senegal | | | | | | |

### Team appearances

| Team | 2010 | 2014 | 2018 | 2026 | Total |
| Argentina | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | | 3 |
| Australia | - | - | 5th | | 1 |
| Austria | - | - | 6th | | 1 |
| China | - | 1st | 3rd | | 2 |
| Fiji | - | 10th | - | | 1 |
| Germany | - | 7th | - | | 1 |
| India | - | - | 2nd | | 1 |
| Ireland | 5th | - | - | | 1 |
| Japan | - | 4th | - | | 1 |
| Mexico | - | - | 11th | | 1 |
| Namibia | - | - | 8th | | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1st | 2nd | - | | 2 |
| New Zealand | 3rd | 5th | - | | 2 |
| Poland | - | - | 7th | | 1 |
| Senegal | - | - | - | Q | 1 |
| South Africa | 6th | 8th | 4th | | 3 |
| South Korea | 4th | - | - | | 1 |
| Uruguay | - | 6th | 9th | | 2 |
| Vanuatu | - | - | 12th | | 1 |
| Zambia | - | 9th | - | | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | - | - | 10th | | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 10 | 12 | | — |

## Medal table

    As of the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Australia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Argentina | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Netherlands | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | China | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | India | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (11 entries) | Totals (11 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 |