2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	15 February – 19 February 2012
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Japan (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	54 (6.75 per match)

The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was the second IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was held from 15 February 2012 to 19 February 2012 in Qiqihar, China. Japan won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating China's first team in the gold medal game. China's second team won bronze after defeating South Korea in the third place match.

Overview

The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia began on 15 February 2012 in Qiqihar, China. The tournament expanded back to four teams from three in 2011 with the inclusion of a second Chinese national team. That second national team was the Chinese junior team. The opening game was played between the first and second teams of China with the first Chinese team defeating the second team 12–0. Japan won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating China's first team in the gold medal game. China's second team finished in third place after defeating South Korea in the bronze medal game 2–1. Chiho Osawa of Japan finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with seven points including four goals and seven assists. South Korea's Shin Sojung finished as the tournaments top goaltender based on save percentage with 93.33.

Round robin

The four participating teams were placed in a single round robin. After playing the round-robin, the top two teams advanced to the gold medal game while teams rank three and four advanced to the bronze medal game.

	Team advances to the Gold medal game
	Team advances to the Bronze medal game

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GDF	PTS
China 1	3	3	0	0	0	19	2	+17	9
Japan	3	2	0	0	1	20	5	+15	6
China 2	3	0	1	0	2	4	27	–23	2
South Korea	3	0	0	1	2	4	13	–9	1

All times local.

15 February 2012 16:15

China 1

12 – 0 (5–0, 5–0, 2–0)

China 2

Qiqihar Icerink Attendance: 220

Game reference
	Wang Yuqing	Goalies	Jiao Jian Yang Jiaqi	Referee: Miyuki Nakayama
	1:53 - Zhang M (Fang) 2:46 - Yu (Gao) 3:41 - Ma 12:02 - Fang (Huang) 13:58 - Zhang B (Ma) 23:22 - Kong (Huo) 25:09 - Huang 29:13 - Cui (Huo) 34:16 - Huang (Kong) 35:41 - Ma 42:03 - Wang N (Fang) 43:50 - Zhang M (Yu, Gao) (PP)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 5 – 0 6 – 0 7 – 0 8 – 0 9 – 0 10 – 0 11 – 0 12 – 0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	18	Shots	3

15 February 19:15

Japan

6 – 1 (2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

South Korea

Qiqihar Icerink Attendance: 1935

Game reference
	Azusa Nakaoku	Goalies	Shin Sojung	Referee: Liu Chunhua
	9:25 - Osawa (Yoneyama) 14:15 - Ishiura (Shimozawa, Toko) 31:35 - Toko (Shimozawa) 33:03 - Toko (Ishiura) 41:49 - Morii (Shishiuchi) 55:49 - Osawa (Yamaya)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 4 – 0 4 – 1 5 – 1 6 – 1	34:37 - Han J (Han S) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	66	Shots	5

16 February 2012 16:15

China 1

3 – 0 (0–0, 3–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Qiqihar Icerink Attendance: 374

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Shin Sojung	Referee: Miyuki Nakayama
	24:18 - Gao 35:23 - Ma (Zhang B) (PP) 36:41 - Fang (Zhang M, Jiang) (PP)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	63	Shots	3

16 February 2012 19:15

China 2

0 – 12 (0–4, 0–6, 0–2)

Japan

Qiqihar Icerink Attendance: 312

Game reference
	Jiao Jian Yang Jiaqi	Goalies	Azusa Nakaoku	Referee: Lui Chunchua
		0 – 1 0 – 2 0 – 3 0 – 4 0 – 5 0 – 6 0 – 7 0 – 8 0 – 9 0 – 10 0 – 11 0 – 12	6:36 - Yoneyama (Osawa) (SH) 13:00 - Yonyama (Takeuchi) 15:15 - Osawa (Eguchi) (PP) 18:31 - Shishiuchi (Morii) 26:59 - Shimozawa 27:28 - Shimozawa (Toko) 31:38 - Shimozawa 34:49 - Eguchi (Osawa, Yoneyama) 37:18 - Shimozawa 37:50 - Takeuchi (Takeda) 43:51 - Ishiura 59:27 - Ishiura (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	5	Shots	59

18 February 2012 16:15

China 1

4 – 2 (1–0, 2–1, 1–1)

Japan

Qiqihar Icerink Attendance: 2012

Game reference
	Shi Yao Wang Yuqing	Goalies	Azusa Nakaoku	Referee: Liu Chunchua
	11:49 - Kong (Fang) 20:17 - Wang N (Huang, Huo) 32:57 - Huang (Wang N) 56:54 - Fang (Zhang M, Kong)	1 – 0 2 – 0 3 – 0 3 – 1 3 – 2 4 – 2	33:28 - T Eguchi (M Hori) 53:38 - H Toko
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	19

18 February 2012 19:15

South Korea

3 – 4 GWS (0–0, 2–0, 1–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

China 2

Qiqihar Icerink Attendance: 293

Game reference
	Han Dohee Shin Sojung	Goalies	Jiao Jian Yang Jiaqi	Referee: Miyuki Nakayama
	29:57 - Lee K (Han S) PP) 33:39 - Han S 46:17 - Park J (Ko) (PP) Han S Park J Lee K	1 – 0 2 – 0 2 – 1 3 – 1 3 – 2 3 – 3 Shootout:	41:07 - Jiang X (He) (PP) 48:04 - Yang M (Lu) (PP) 53:37 - Ju (He X) Jiang X Wen
	12 min	Penalties	28 min
	10	Shots	28

Gold medal game

19 February 2012 11:00

China 1

1 – 3 (0–0, 0–2, 1–1)

Japan

Qiqihar Icerink Attendance: 2312

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Azusa Nakaoku	Referee: Miyuki Nakayama
	43:25 - Zhang M (Yu)	0 – 1 0 – 2 1 – 2 1 – 3	34:08 - Yoneyama (Osawa) 37:48 - Shishiuchi (Fujimoto) 46:47 - Osawa (Morii)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	22	Shots	41

Bronze medal game

19 February 2012 14:00

China 2

2 – 1 (2–1, 0–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Qiqihar Icerink Attendance: 2290

Game reference
	Yang Jiaqi	Goalies	Sojung Shin	Referee: Liu Chunhua
	11:54 - Lv 12:25 - He (Jiang)	0 – 1 1 – 1 2 – 1	4:55 - Ko (Lee K) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	21

Scoring leaders

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

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Osawa, ChihoChiho Osawa	4	4	3	7	+3	2	F
Shimozawa, SakiSaki Shimozawa	4	4	2	6	+9	4	F
Fang Xin	4	3	3	6	+6	2	F
Yoneyama, HarunaHaruna Yoneyama	3	3	2	5	+6	4	F
Huang Haijing	4	3	2	5	+5	10	F
Toko, HarukaHaruka Toko	4	3	2	5	+9	0	F
Zhang Mengying	4	3	2	5	+6	0	F
Ishiura, FukaFuka Ishiura	3	3	1	4	+9	0	F
Ma Rui	4	3	1	4	+6	2	F
Kong Minghui	4	2	2	4	+5	4	F

Leading goaltenders

China's Shi Yao finished second among the goaltenders after conceding five goals and finishing with a save percentage of 92.06

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

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%
Shin Sojung	209:57	165	11	3.14	93.33
Shi Yao	178:59	63	5	1.68	92.06
Nakaoku, AzusaAzusa Nakaoku	240:00	59	6	1.50	89.83
(2) Yang Jiaqi	117:03	61	10	5.13	83:61
(2) Jiao Jian	127:57	47	18	8.44	61.70

External links

• International Ice Hockey Federation