Editor’s note: Hockey is not part of the Commonwealth Games 2026 programme in Glasgow. Along with wrestling, badminton, table tennis, squash and cricket, hockey was dropped after original host Victoria, Australia withdrew in 2023 over spiralling costs. Glasgow’s rescue plan reduced the Games to just 10 core sports held across four venues, and hockey, part of the Commonwealth Games since 1988, did not make the cut. There is no India men’s or women’s hockey competition, no hockey results, and no hockey medals to report at Glasgow 2026.
Fans searching for hockey final live updates from the Commonwealth Games 2026 won’t find a match to follow, because hockey isn’t part of this year’s Glasgow programme at all — see our explainer on hockey results at CWG 2026 for the full context. The sport was removed as part of a broader cost-cutting redesign of the Games after original host Victoria, Australia withdrew in 2023.
At the previous edition in Birmingham 2022, the men’s hockey final and bronze medal match were among the most watched sessions of the entire Games, as recapped in our piece on hockey medal winners. With hockey missing from Glasgow 2026, that spotlight has shifted to sports like athletics and weightlifting, where India has instead focused its medal push this year.
Hockey is expected to return to the Commonwealth Games when India hosts the event in Ahmedabad in 2030, meaning fans will have to wait until then to see a Commonwealth Games hockey final again.