Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Vaudoise Aréna in Lausanne, Switzerland from 10 to 22 January 2020.

The top 15 countries in each respective (and hosts Switzerland), will be allowed to enter one goaltender each.

Each nation can enter a maximum of three players for the boys' competition and four for the girls'.

Each NOC (that organizes a skills challenge competition) will be allocated one quota spot.

All other spots will be awarded using a ranking list of all athletes that contested the skills competition across all countries, respecting the maximum quota per NOC.