# Ice hockey at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Ice hockey competitions at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, were held at the Harbin Ice Hockey Arena and the Harbin Sport University between 4–14 February.
A total of 14 men's and 7 women's teams from 14 NOC's contested the two tournaments.

## Competition schedule

| GS | Group stage | PO | Playoffs | QF | Quarter-finals | SF | Semi-finals | B | Bronze-medal match | G | Gold-medal match | FR | Final round | LR | Last round |
| Event↓/Date → | Mon 3 | Tue 4 | Wed 5 | Thu 6 | Fri 7 | Sat 8 | Sun 9 | Mon 10 | Mon 10 | Tue 11 | Wed 12 | Thu 13 | Fri 14 | Fri 14 |
| Men | GS | GS | GS | | GS | GS | GS | GS | PO | QF | | SF | B | G |
| Women | GS | GS | | GS | | GS | GS | | | | FR | FR | LR | LR |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (China)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | China* | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men's tournament details | Kazakhstan | Japan | South Korea |
| Women's tournament details | Japan | Kazakhstan | China |

## Qualification

The top 12 ranked NOC's in the IIHF World Ranking in May 2024 qualified for the men's tournament, meanwhile the top eight qualified for the women's tournament. India and Macau were later added to the men's competition, with North Korea withdrawing from the women's event. Bahrain later replaced the United Arab Emirates in the men's event.

### Men

| Event | Dates | Quota(s) | Qualified |
| IIHF World Ranking | May 2024 | 12 11 | Kazakhstan South Korea Japan China United Arab Emirates Chinese Taipei Thailand Kyrgyzstan Turkmenistan Hong Kong Singapore Kuwait |
| Wildcards | — | 3 | Bahrain India Macau |
| Total | | 14 | |

### Women

| Event | Dates | Quota(s) | Qualified |
| IIHF World Ranking | May 2024 | 8 7 | Japan China South Korea Kazakhstan Chinese Taipei Hong Kong North Korea Thailand |
| Total | | 7 | |

## Participating nations

* Bahrain (18)
* China (46)
* Chinese Taipei (40)
* Hong Kong (46)
* India (23)
* Japan (46)
* Kazakhstan (44)
* South Korea (46)
* Kuwait (22)
* Kyrgyzstan (19)
* Macau (21)
* Singapore (18)
* Thailand (44)
* Turkmenistan (22)

## Controversies
### Hong Kong x Turkmenistan Match

At the conclusion of the men's ice hockey match between Hong Kong and Turkmenistan, Turkmenistani players attacked members of the Hong Kong team. The Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China, issued a statement "strongly condemning" the incident. Three Turkmenistani players Erkin Kakabayev, Arslan Geldimyradov, and Begench Dovletmyradov attacked several Hong Kong players, with the altercation lasting several minutes before referees were able to restore order. While none of the Hong Kong players sustained serious injuries, three were taken to the hospital as a precaution, including one who required stitches on his hand. The IIHF ultimately suspended four Turkmenistani players Kakabayev, Geldimyradov, Dovletmyradov, and Novruz Bayhanov from the remainder of the competition.