Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games was held in Astana (males) and Almaty (females) in Kazakhstan from 28 January to 6 February.

Ice hockey preliminaries actually started two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games on 30 January.

Kyrgyzstan and Bahrain made their debuts at an international ice hockey tournament.

The top division was consisted of five teams, North Korea withdrew and replaced by 2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia winner Chinese Taipei.

* India and Qatar withdrew, and the format changed into a round robin competition.