Queensland and NSW have been dropped from what's now a three-horse race to host Hockey Australia's centre of excellence.
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Perth has been home to the high-performance program since 1984 but Hockey Australia, with its office currently based in Melbourne, wants to create a single hub combining the departments.
Hockey ACT, Hockey Victoria and Hockey WA have survived the cut and will present their "best and final offers" to be the home of Australian hockey beyond the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The five bids were presented to a panel, compromising two HA board members, the HA high performance director and two independent members.
A final decision is likely before the end of 2022.
It's understood Hockey WA remains strongly backed and have presented a strong case to continue the sport's presence in Perth.
But with Brisbane's 2032 Olympics on the horizon, HA is buoyed by the level of interest from rival associations.
The Kookaburras recently won a seventh straight Commonwealth Games gold medal after settling for silver at the Tokyo Olympics in a shootout loss to Belgium.
The rebuilt Hockeyroos were third at this year's World Cup and claimed silver at Birmingham's Games.
Australian Associated Press
