2013 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

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2013 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
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Tournament details
Host country Thailand
Dates16–24 March 2013
Teams10
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Chinese Taipei (3rd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Hong Kong
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Mongolia
Tournament statistics
Matches played28
Goals scored293 (10.46 per match)
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The 2013 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia was the 6th IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 16 March and 24 March 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand. The Chinese Taipei won the tournament after defeating Hong Kong in the final and Mongolia finished in third after defeating Kuwait in the bronze medal match. The defending champions, the United Emirates were knocked out of the playoff round in the quarterfinals by Hong Kong.

Overview[]

The 2013 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia began on 16 March 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] The tournament was split into two groups of five for the preliminary round, with both groups competing in a round robin format. Group A consists of Chinese Taipei, Kuwait, Malaysia, Thailand and the United Arab Emirates. While Group B is made up of Hong Kong, India, Macau, Mongolia and Singapore. After the preliminary round all five teams from Group A enter the quarterfinals along with the top three teams from Group B.[2]

Chinese Taipei won the tournament after they defeated Hong Kong 4–2 in the final, claiming their third IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia title.[3] Mongolia finished third after winning the bronze medal game against Kuwait.[3] of the United Arab Emirates was named the tournament's top goaltender by the IIHF directorate. Thai was named the top defenceman and of Malaysia was selected as the top forward.[3] of Hong Kong finished the tournament as the top scorer with 19 points including nine goals and ten assists.[4] Chinese Taipei's was the leading goaltender based on save percentage with a percentage of 0.937.[5]

Group stage[]

     Team advances to the Quarter-finals
     Team did not advance

Group A[]

Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1  Chinese Taipei 4 3 1 0 0 31 5 +26 11
2  Thailand 4 3 0 0 1 31 12 +19 9
3  United Arab Emirates 4 2 0 1 1 16 7 +9 7
4  Kuwait 4 1 0 0 3 8 31 –23 3
5  Malaysia 4 0 0 0 4 7 38 –31 0

All times local. (UTC+7:00)

16 March 2013
13:30		Malaysia 1 – 7
(0–1, 1–3, 0–3)		 United Arab EmiratesArena
Attendance: 140
16 March 2013
20:30		Kuwait 0 – 10
(0–1, 0–4, 0–5)		 ThailandArena
Attendance: 647
17 March 2013
20:30		Chinese Taipei 13 – 1
(4–1, 6–0, 3–0)		 KuwaitArena
Attendance: 236
18 March 2013
13:30		Thailand 16 – 3
(6–2, 3–1, 7–0)		 MalaysiaArena
Attendance: 125
18 March 2013
20:30		United Arab Emirates 1 – 2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0-1)		 Chinese TaipeiArena
Attendance: 267
19 March 2013
20:30		Kuwait 1 – 6
(0–2, 0–2, 1–2)		 United Arab EmiratesArena
Attendance: 95
20 March 2013
10:00		Thailand 2 – 7
(1–3, 1–2, 0–2)		 Chinese TaipeiArena
Attendance: 225
20 March 2013
17:00		Malaysia 2 – 6
(1–1, 0–2, 1–3)		 KuwaitArena
Attendance: 95
21 March 2013
13:30		United Arab Emirates 2 – 3
(0–2, 2–1, 0–0)		 ThailandArena
Attendance: 422
21 March 2013
20:30		Chinese Taipei 9 – 1
(2–0, 3–0, 4–1)		 MalaysiaArena
Attendance: 76

Group B[]

Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1  Hong Kong 4 4 0 0 0 47 3 +44 12
2  Mongolia 4 3 0 0 1 32 10 +22 9
3  Macau 4 2 0 0 2 16 20 -4 6
4  Singapore 4 1 0 0 3 19 23 -4 3
5  India 4 0 0 0 4 5 63 -58 0

All times local. (UTC+7:00)

16 March 2013
10:00		Mongolia 20 – 0
(5–0, 6–0, 9–0)		 IndiaArena
Attendance: 89
16 March 2013
17:00		Singapore 4 – 6
(1–1, 2–2, 1–3)		 MacauArena
Attendance: 121
17 March 2013
17:00		Hong Kong 10 – 0
(4–0, 4–0, 2–0)		 SingaporeArena
Attendance: 120
18 March 2013
10:00		Macau 1 – 6
(0–2, 1–3, 0–1)		 MongoliaArena
Attendance: 54
18 March 2013
17:00		India 0 – 21
(0–6, 0–7, 0–8)		 Hong KongArena
Attendance: 109
19 March 2013
17:00		Singapore 13 – 4
(4–1, 3–1, 6–2)		 IndiaArena
Attendance: 68
20 March 2013
13:30		Macau 0 – 9
(0–2, 0–3, 0–4)		 Hong KongArena
Attendance: 65
20 March 2013
20:30		Mongolia 3 – 2
(0–1, 2–1, 1–0)		 SingaporeArena
Attendance: 85
21 March 2013
10:00		India 1 – 9
(0–2, 1–4, 0–3)		 MacauArena
Attendance: 53
21 March 2013
17:00		Hong Kong 7 – 3
(2–0, 4–2, 1–1)		 MongoliaArena
Attendance: 89

Playoff round[]

Bracket[]

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
                           
  A1  Chinese Taipei 11  
B3  Macau 0  
  A1  Chinese Taipei 21  
  A4  Kuwait 0  
A4  Kuwait 4
  A5  Malaysia 3  
    A1  Chinese Taipei 4
  B1  Hong Kong 2
  A2  Thailand 4  
B2  Mongolia 5  
  B2  Mongolia 3 Third place
  B1  Hong Kong 4  
A3  United Arab Emirates 3 A4  Kuwait 0
  B1  Hong Kong 6   B2  Mongolia 11

Quarter-finals[]

All times local. (UTC+7:00)

22 March 2013
10:00		Chinese Taipei 11 – 0
(8–0, 0–0, 3–0)		 MacauArena
Attendance: 54
22 March 2013
13:30		United Arab Emirates 3 – 6
(1–2, 1–1, 1–3)		 Hong KongArena
Attendance: 86
22 March 2013
17:00		Thailand 4 – 5
(1–2, 2–1, 1–2)		 MongoliaArena
Attendance: 437
22 March 2013
20:30		Kuwait 4 – 3
(1–2, 3–0, 0–1)		 MalaysiaArena
Attendance: 65

Semifinals[]

All times local. (UTC+7:00)

23 March 2013
17:00		Mongolia 3 – 4
(0–2, 0–1, 3–1)		 Hong KongArena
Attendance: 228
23 March 2013
20:30		Chinese Taipei 21 – 0
(4–0, 10–0, 7–0)		 KuwaitArena
Attendance: 115

Bronze medal game[]

Time is local. (UTC+7:00)

24 March 2013
14:30		Kuwait 0 – 11
(0–3, 0–2, 0–6)		 MongoliaArena
Attendance: 235

Gold medal game[]

Time is local. (UTC+7:00)

24 March 2013
18:00		Chinese Taipei 4 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 Hong KongArena
Attendance: 545

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.[4]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Hong Kong 7 9 10 19 +21 0 F
Chinese Taipei 7 11 6 17 +16 8 F
Mongolia 7 4 13 17 +15 6 F
Mongolia 7 4 12 16 +16 33 F
Chinese Taipei 7 8 6 14 +19 2 F
Hong Kong 7 6 8 14 +18 6 F
Thailand 5 10 3 13 +4 8 F
Chinese Taipei 7 10 3 13 +16 2 F
Hong Kong 7 9 4 13 +18 2 F
Hong Kong 7 5 7 12 +16 2 F
Chinese Taipei 7 5 7 12 +20 4 F

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[5]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS%
Chinese Taipei 271:09 95 6 1.33 93.68
Hong Kong 345:13 155 13 2.26 91.61
Mongolia 392:53 156 18 2.75 88.46
United Arab Emirates 244:22 101 12 2.95 88.12
Thailand 184:10 63 8 2.61 87.30

References[]

  1. ^ "Statistics". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  2. ^ "Format". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  3. ^ a b c Merk, Martin (2013-03-25). "Chinese Taipei wins in Bangkok". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2013-08-24. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  4. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-08-24.
  5. ^ a b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2013-08-24.

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