# Ice hockey at the Asian Winter Games

Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Asian Winter Games since 1986. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1986 Asian Winter Games and the women's tournament was introduced at the 1996 Asian Winter Games.

## Summary
### Men

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | 3rd place | Score | 4th place |
| 1986 details | Sapporo | China | No playoffs | Japan | South Korea | No playoffs | North Korea |
| 1990 details | Sapporo | China | No playoffs | Japan | South Korea | No playoffs | North Korea |
| 1996 details | Harbin | Kazakhstan | No playoffs | Japan | China | No playoffs | South Korea |
| 1999 details | Gangwon | Kazakhstan | No playoffs | Japan | China | No playoffs | South Korea |
| 2003 details | Aomori | Japan | 7–2 | Kazakhstan | China | 6–2 | South Korea |
| 2007 details | Changchun | Japan | No playoffs | Kazakhstan | South Korea | No playoffs | China |
| 2011 details | Astana–Almaty | Kazakhstan | No playoffs | Japan | South Korea | No playoffs | China |
| 2017 details | Sapporo | Kazakhstan | No playoffs | South Korea | Japan | No playoffs | China |
| 2025 details | Harbin | Kazakhstan | 5–0 | Japan | South Korea | 5–2 | China |

### Women

Final placement in the women's tournament is determined via round-robin, rather than single elimination.
| Year | Host | Winner | Runner-up | 3rd place | 4th place |
| 1996 details | Harbin | China | Japan | Kazakhstan | None awarded |
| 1999 details | Gangwon | China | Japan | Kazakhstan | South Korea |
| 2003 details | Aomori | Kazakhstan | Japan | China | North Korea |
| 2007 details | Changchun | Kazakhstan | Japan | China | North Korea |
| 2011 details | Astana–Almaty | Kazakhstan | Japan | China | North Korea |
| 2017 details | Sapporo | Japan | China | Kazakhstan | South Korea |
| 2025 details | Harbin | Japan | Kazakhstan | China | South Korea |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 7 | 2 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | China (CHN) | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 10 | 1 | 14 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |

## Participating nations
### Men

| Team | 1986 | 1990 | 1996 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2017 | 2025 | Years |
| Bahrain | | | | | | | 12th | | X | 2 |
| China | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | X | 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | 5th | 6th | X | 3 |
| Hong Kong | | | | | | 10th | | 9th | X | 3 |
| India | | | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Indonesia | | | | | | | | 18th | | 1 |
| Japan | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | X | 9 |
| Kazakhstan | | | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | X | 7 |
| Kuwait | | | | 6th | | 7th | 11th | 16th | X | 5 |
| Kyrgyzstan | | | | | | | 6th | 12th | X | 3 |
| Macau | | | | | | 11th | | 14th | X | 3 |
| Malaysia | | | | | | 8th | 10th | 15th | | 3 |
| Mongolia | | | | 5th | 6th | | 9th | 8th | | 4 |
| North Korea | 4th | 4th | | | | 5th | | | | 3 |
| Philippines | | | | | | | | 13th | | 1 |
| Qatar | | | | | | | | 17th | | 1 |
| Singapore | | | | | | | | 10th | X | 2 |
| South Korea | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | X | 9 |
| Thailand | | | | | 5th | 9th | 7th | 5th | X | 5 |
| Turkmenistan | | | | | | | | 11th | X | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates | | | | | | 6th | 8th | 7th | | 3 |
| Number of teams | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 18 | 14 | |

### Women

| Team | 1996 | 1999 | 2003 | 2007 | 2011 | 2017 | 2025 | Years |
| China | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | X | 7 |
| Chinese Taipei | | | | | | | X | 1 |
| Hong Kong | | | | | | 6th | X | 2 |
| Japan | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | X | 7 |
| Kazakhstan | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | X | 7 |
| North Korea | | | 4th | 4th | 4th | | | 3 |
| South Korea | | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | X | 6 |
| Thailand | | | | | | 5th | X | 2 |
| Number of teams | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |