The Hong Kong, China Ice Hockey Association (HKCIHA) (formerly Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association) is the governing body of ice hockey in Hong Kong.
HKCIHA (formerly HKIHA) was admitted to the International Ice Hockey Federation on April 30, 1983. It is one of the IIHF's full members. The current chairman is Chan Yan Wing (Sherman).
HKCIHA is mainly responsible for organizing the games of Hong Kong's men's, women's and junior teams. The association also organizes the game operations for the Hong Kong League.
2025 marks the beginning of the Youth Pan-Pacific Series, created to showcase emerging ice hockey talent in Australia, Hong Kong, China and New Zealand.
In 2025, Hong Kong, China was included in the U-Series China National Youth Ice Hockey Championship for the first time, competing against provincial and city teams.
Hong Kong was awarded the hosting rights to the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division III, Group B, 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship Division II, Group B, and 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division III, Group A. Participants of the three tournaments include national teams from Belgium, Bulgaria, DPR Korea, Israel, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Mexico, Mongolia, New Zealand, Philippines, Türkiye, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Together, they will make up the largest internationally recognized ice hockey event to be hosted in Hong Kong.
At the Cathay 2025 Hong Kong Sports Stars Awards (HKSSA), the Hong Kong Men's Ice Hockey Team was awarded the Sportsmanship Award for their commendable behavior during an altercation with the Turkmenistan Men's Ice Hockey Team, which took place at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China.
Kan stepped down as chairman and was replaced by Chan Yan Wing (Sherman), who headed significant changes within the association. Chan particularly focused on increasing transparency in Team Hong Kong's election process and raising coaching standards, to general support from the local ice hockey community.
SCMP published an article which detailed multiple complaints against the association, from former coaches and players. They accused the association of lacking transparency in corporate governance, as well as conflicts of interest between the chairman and the association, causing the development of the sport to be hampered. Some of those interviewed claimed that they had been frustrated with the association from the 1990s, and that letters to the LCSD had not fixed anything.