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.

Summary

Men

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			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

Women

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd place	Score	4th place
1996 details	Harbin		China	No playoffs	Japan		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	None awarded
1999 details	Gangwon		China	No playoffs	Japan		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	South Korea
2003 details	Aomori		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	Japan		China	No playoffs	North Korea
2007 details	Changchun		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	Japan		China	No playoffs	North Korea
2011 details	Astana–Almaty		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	Japan		China	No playoffs	North Korea
2017 details	Sapporo		Japan	No playoffs	China		Kazakhstan	No playoffs	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)		14	14	14	42

Participating nations

Men

Team	1986	1990	1996	1999	2003	2007	2011	2017	Years
Bahrain							12th		1
China	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	4th	8
Chinese Taipei							5th	6th	2
Hong Kong						10th		9th	2
Indonesia								18th	1
Japan	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	8
Kazakhstan			1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	6
Kuwait				6th		7th	11th	16th	4
Kyrgyzstan							6th	12th	2
Macau						11th		14th	2
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	1
South Korea	3rd	3rd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	8
Thailand					5th	9th	7th	5th	4
Turkmenistan								11th	1
United Arab Emirates						6th	8th	7th	3
Number of teams	4	4	4	6	6	11	12	18

Women

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

List of medalists