LivePlayScore brings you field hockey live scores from the FIH Pro League, the Hockey World Cup, the Olympics, continental championships and the top club leagues, updated goal by goal. The score, the quarter, the match clock, and key events such as penalty corners and cards appear on this page as they happen. It's free, and you don't need an account.

Hockey has some of the most passionate fans in sport, from Amstelveen and Antwerp to Lahore, Amritsar and Bhubaneswar. But matches are played across every time zone, and a Pro League game in Europe or a tournament in Asia often clashes with work, school, or sleep. This page is built for that: open it, find your match, and you know exactly what's happening.

Each live match shows both teams, the score, the current quarter, and the time left on the clock. Once a quarter ends, its score stays visible, so you can see whether a team started fast or came from behind.

Tap any match for more detail:

• Goal timeline: each goal with the minute and, where available, the scorer, including whether it came from open play, a penalty corner or a penalty stroke.
• Penalty corners: how many each team has won and converted, one of the most useful numbers in the game.
• Cards: green, yellow and red cards, which leave a team short-handed for a spell.
• Shootouts: each attempt listed in order when a match goes to a shootout.

If you only need the result, the scoreboard gives you that. If you want to know how your team lost a 2-0 lead, the timeline usually explains it, and a yellow card or a run of penalty corners is often the reason.

If you're new to hockey, a few basics make the scoreboard easy to follow.

A match is played over four quarters of 15 minutes, with eleven players on each side, including the goalkeeper. Goals can only be scored from inside the shooting circle, the D-shaped area in front of each goal.

Penalty corners are the set piece fans wait for. They're given for certain fouls by defenders inside their own circle, or deliberate fouls in their own quarter of the pitch. A good drag-flicker can turn penalty corners into goals at a high rate, which is why teams often build their attack around one.

Penalty strokes are one-on-one shots from a spot in front of goal, given when a foul stops a likely goal.

Cards work a little differently than in football. A green card usually means a two-minute suspension, a yellow card means at least five minutes off, and a red card means the player is out for the rest of the match. Playing a player short changes the game quickly.

In some competitions, including the FIH Pro League, a draw after 60 minutes goes straight to a shootout. Each player gets eight seconds to beat the goalkeeper one-on-one, starting from the 23-metre line.

International hockey. The FIH Hockey World Cup and Olympic hockey for men and women, the two biggest prizes in the sport. We also follow continental events such as the Asia Cup, the Asian Champions Trophy, the EuroHockey Championships and the Asian Games.

FIH Pro League. The top teams in the world, including the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Australia, India, Argentina and England, play each other home and away through the season.

Club hockey. The Euro Hockey League for the best clubs in Europe, along with strong domestic leagues such as the Dutch Hoofdklasse and the Belgian league. We also cover the Hockey India League, which has brought top international players back to Indian franchise hockey.

For all fixtures, results, and team pages in one place, visit our hockey fixtures and results hub.

Our scores come from a professional real-time hockey data feed, the kind used by broadcasters and sports apps. The page updates by itself during matches, so you don't need to keep refreshing.

A few situations can make a score look odd for a moment. Here's how we handle them:

• Video referrals. At the top level, teams can ask the video umpire to check a decision, such as whether a goal should stand or a penalty corner should be given. If a decision changes, the score and events update to match the final call.
• Shootouts. When a match goes to a shootout, the result appears alongside the 60-minute score. In the Pro League, that decides how many table points each side gets.

If you ever see a score that doesn't match what's on TV, let us know through our contact page. Reader reports have helped us catch mistakes, and we'd rather fix them fast.

If you're checking in partway through, a few details tell you most of the story:

Penalty corners won. A team earning lots of penalty corners is pinning the other side back. Even if the score is level, that pressure often turns into goals.

Cards. A yellow card for a key defender leaves a team short for at least five minutes. Check the score before and after that spell.

The quarter. A one-goal lead in the first quarter is fragile. A one-goal lead with five minutes left in the fourth usually means the leading side will sit deeper and defend.

During a World Cup or a busy Pro League window, several matches can be played on the same day. The scoreboard puts live matches first, followed by upcoming fixtures and then final results, so you can keep track of your team and your rivals together.

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