2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I

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2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I
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Tournament details
Host country Taiwan
Dates22–26 March 2016
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svg Chinese Taipei (2nd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svg Thailand
Third place Bronze medal blank.svg Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored123 (12.3 per match)
Attendance2,849 (285 per match)
MVPThailand Nuchanat Ponglerkdee
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The 2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I was an international women's ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament took place between 22 March and 26 March 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan and was the third edition held since its formation in 2013 under the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia series of tournaments. Chinese Taipei won the tournament for the second year in a row after winning all four of their round robin games and finishing first in the standings. Thailand finished in second place and Singapore finished third.

Overview[]

The 2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I began on 22 March 2016 in Taipei, Taiwan with the games played at .[1] Chinese Taipei and Thailand both returned after competing in last years tournament while Hong Kong did not send a team after previously playing in 2014 and 2015.[2][3] Singapore returned to the competition having last played in 2014 where they finished third and India and Malaysia made their debut appearance in Division I and in international competition.[3][4]

Chinese Taipei won the tournament after winning all four of their games and finished first in the standings.[4][5] The win gave Chinese Taipei their second Division I title after previously winning in 2015.[2][4] Thailand finished second after losing only to Chinese Taipei and won their third Division I silver medal in a row.[2][3][5] Singapore finished in third after losing to Chinese Taipei and Thailand and won their second bronze medal, having previously finished third in 2014.[3][5] Malaysia, who was on debut, won their first international game with a 6–3 victory over India.[4] Thailand's Nuchanat Ponglerkdee was named most valuable player of the tournament by the media.[6] Hui-Chen Yeh of Chinese Taipei finished as the tournaments top scorer with 22 points and was named the tournaments best forward.[6][7] India's Noor Jahan was named the best goaltender by the media and Sirikam Jittresin of Thailand won the best defenceman award.[6][8] Chinese Taipei's Tzu-Ting Hsu finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 94.44.[9]

Standings[]

Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
Gold medal icon.svg  Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 0 57 2 +55 12
Silver medal icon.svg  Thailand 4 3 0 0 1 36 14 +22 9
Bronze medal icon.svg  Singapore 4 2 0 0 2 16 26 –10 6
4  Malaysia 4 1 0 0 3 9 42 –33 3
5  India 4 0 0 0 4 5 39 –34 0

Fixtures[]

All times are local. (NST – UTC+8)

22 March 2016
15:30		India 1 – 8
(0–2, 0–4, 1–2)		 Singapore
Attendance: 100
22 March 2016
19:00		Malaysia 2 – 14
(0–4, 1–3, 1–7)		 ThailandAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 300
23 March 2016
15:30		Chinese Taipei 21 – 0
(9–0, 4–0, 8–0)		 MalaysiaAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 526
23 March 2016
19:00		Thailand 12 – 1
(3–0, 3–0, 6–1)		 IndiaAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 96
24 March 2016
15:30		Thailand 9 – 3
(3–0, 3–2, 3–1)		 SingaporeAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 88
24 March 2016
19:00		India 0 – 13
(0–2, 0–7, 0–4)		 Chinese TaipeiAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 149
25 March 2016
15:30		Malaysia 6 – 3
(3–0, 2–3, 1–0)		 IndiaAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 79
25 March 2016
19:00		Singapore 1 – 15
(0–8, 1–4, 0–3)		 Chinese TaipeiAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 521
26 March 2016
15:30		Singapore 4 – 1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 MalaysiaAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 197
26 March 2016
19:00		Chinese Taipei 8 – 1
(3–1, 3–0, 2–0)		 ThailandAnnex Ice Rink
Attendance: 793

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.[7]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Chinese Taipei Hui-Chen Yeh 4 14 8 22 +23 0 F
Thailand Nuchanat Ponglerkdee 4 15 3 18 +23 16 F
Chinese Taipei Ting-Yu Hsu 4 8 7 15 +17 0 F
Chinese Taipei Chih-Lin Liu 4 5 8 13 +15 0 D
Chinese Taipei Yu-Ting Teng 4 4 8 12 +14 0 F
Thailand Kritsana Promdirat 4 6 5 11 +20 2 D
Chinese Taipei Chih-Chen Hsieh 4 5 4 9 +12 0 F
Thailand Sirikam Jittresin 4 4 5 9 +22 6 D
Singapore Emily Wei Wei Kwek 4 4 5 9 +3 8 F
Thailand Minsasha Teekhathanasakul 4 2 7 9 +18 0 F

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[9]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Chinese Taipei Tzu-Ting Hsu 98:10 18 1 0.61 94.44 0
Thailand Wichaya Phangnga 182:13 97 13 4.28 86.60 0
India Noor Jahan 224:11 229 36 9.63 84.28 0
Singapore Caroline Leng Lee Ang 240:00 145 26 6.50 82.07 0
Malaysia Abdillah Azuma Tg 118:30 88 20 10.13 77.27 0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  2. ^ a b c "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  3. ^ a b c d "2014 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  4. ^ a b c d Merk, Martin (2016-03-26). "Taipei women defend title". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  5. ^ a b c "Tournament Progress" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-03-26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  6. ^ a b c "Media All Stars" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-03-26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  7. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-03-26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  8. ^ Ecker, Andy (2016-03-26). "India's first award winner". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
  9. ^ a b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-03-26. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2016-03-28.

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