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2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia logo
Tournament details
Host country Flag of United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Dates 14–19 April 2019
Teams 5
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of Thailand Thailand (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Third place Bronze medal blank Flag of Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played 10
Goals scored 67 (6.7 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Thailand Nuchanat Ponglerkdee
(11 points)
MVP Flag of Thailand Nuchanat Ponglerkdee
2018

The 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was an international women's ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament took place between 14 April and 19 April 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates and was the seventh edition held since its formation in 2010 under the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia series of tournaments. Thailand won the tournament after finishing first in the standings. Chinese Taipei finished in second place and Singapore finished third.

Overview[]

The 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia began on 14 April 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates with games played at the Zayed Sports City Ice Rink.[1][2] New Zealand's under-18 team (New Zealand U18), Singapore and Thailand returned after competing in last years tournament.[3] The defending champions, Chinese Taipei's under-18 team, were replaced by the Chinese Taipei women's team and Malaysia joined after winning promotion at the 2018 Division I tournament.[3][4][5] The tournament ran alongside the 2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I competition with all games being held in Abu Dhabi.[6]

The tournament consisted of a single round-robin with each team competing in four games.[7] Thailand won the tournament after winning three games and recording an overtime loss to finish at the top of the standings.[2][8] The win was Thailand's first gold medal of the competition having previously won silver in 2017 and bronze in 2018.[9][10] Chinese Taipei finished second after losing only to Thailand and Singapore finished in third.[8] Thailand's Nuchanat Ponglerkdee led the tournament in scoring with eleven points and was named the most valuable player.[8][11] Su-Ting Tan of Chinese Taipei was named best forward and Thailand's Sirikarn Jittresin was named best defenceman.[8] Wasunun Angkulpattanasuk of Thailand finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 93.62 however the IIHF Directorate named Singapore's Qina Foo as the best goaltender.[8][12]

Standings[]

The final standings of the tournament.[8]

Team GP
W
OTW
OTL
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Flag of Thailand Thailand 4 3 0 1 0 21 6 +15 10
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 4 3 0 0 1 21 6 +15 9
Flag of Singapore 4 2 0 0 2 12 16 −4 6
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand U18 4 1 1 0 2 7 8 −1 5
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 4 0 0 0 4 6 31 −25 0

Fixtures[]

All times are local. (UAE Standard TimeUTC+4)

14 April 2019
12:00
Thailand Flag of Thailand 3–2
(2–1, 1–0, 0–1)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Attendance: 62

14 April 2019
16:00
Flag of Singapore

5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand U18
Attendance: 58

15 April 2019
16:00
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia 2–5
(0–2, 0–2, 2–1)
Flag of Singapore
Attendance: 46

16 April 2019
12:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 1–0 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Thailand Thailand

16 April 2019
16:00
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 13–2
(5–1, 4–0, 4–1)
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia
Attendance: 52

17 April 2019
16:00
Flag of Singapore 1–3
(0–2, 0–1, 1–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei
Attendance: 42

17 April 2019
20:00
New Zealand Flag of New Zealand 4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)
Flag of Malaysia Malaysia

18 April 2019
16:00
Thailand Flag of Thailand 9–1
(4–0, 3–1, 2–0)
Flag of Singapore

19 April 2019
12:00
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia 2–9
(0–4, 1–2, 1–3)
Flag of Thailand Thailand

19 April 2019
16:00
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of New Zealand New Zealand U18
Attendance: 40

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, a greater plus-minus, and then lower penalties in minutes.[11]

Player (Team) GP G A Pts +/– PIM POS
Flag of Thailand Nuchanat Ponglerkdee (THA) 4 6 5 11 +9 4 F
Flag of Chinese Taipei Tan Su-Ting (TPE) 4 8 1 9 +11 4 F
Flag of Chinese Taipei Ho Ping-Hsiang (TPE) 4 4 4 8 +8 0 F
Flag of Thailand Minsasha Teekhathanasakul (THA) 4 2 6 8 +10 4 F
Flag of Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-Chi (TPE) 4 1 7 8 +6 2 F
Flag of Singapore
Elizabeth Chia (SGP) || 4 || 4 || 3 || 7 || +3 || 2 || F
Flag of Chinese Taipei Liu Pei-Chen (TPE) 4 4 1 5 +6 14 F
Flag of Singapore
Tiffany Ong (SGP) || 4 || 1 || 4 || 5 || +6 || 0 || F
Flag of New Zealand Amber Metcalfe (NZL) 4 4 0 4 0 2 F
Flag of Thailand Varachanant Boonyubol (THA) 4 3 1 4 +7 0 F
Flag of Chinese Taipei Wang Hsin-Yu (TPE) 4 3 1 4 +5 0 F
Flag of Thailand Pijittra Saejear (THA) 4 3 1 4 +3 0 F
Flag of Singapore
Wen Lin Lim (SGP) || 4 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 2 || F
Flag of Malaysia Aisha Nuval Othman (MAS) 4 3 1 4 –11 0 F
Flag of Singapore
Valerie Cheng (SGP) || 4 || 1 || 3 || 4 || +3 || 14 || D
Flag of Singapore
Lovinia Choe (SGP) || 4 || 0 || 4 || 4 || –3 || 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.[12]

Player (Team) MIP SOG GA GAA SVS% SO
Flag of Thailand Wasunun Angkulpattanasuk (THA) 185:00 47 3 0.97 93.62 1
Flag of New Zealand Lilly Forbes (NZL) 184:34 64 8 2.60 87.50 1
Flag of Singapore
Qina Foo (SGP) || 140:00 || 41 || 7 || 3.00 || 82.93 || 0
Flag of Chinese Taipei Fang Heng-Yu (TPE) 120:00 11 2 1.00 81.82 1
Flag of Chinese Taipei Wang Yu-Chi (TPE) 120:00 22 4 2.00 81.82 0

See also[]

References[]

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  3. 3.0 3.1 Challenge Cup of Asia. International Ice Hockey Federation.
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  5. Merk, Martin (2018-03-09). Malaysia makes it. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-04-07. Retrieved on 2021-04-07.
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  7. Games. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved on 2021-04-07.
  8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Standings. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved on 2021-04-07.
  9. 2017 Final Ranking. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved on 2021-04-07.
  10. 2018 Final Ranking. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2020-09-30. Retrieved on 2021-04-07.
  11. 11.0 11.1 Scoring Leaders. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2020-11-23. Retrieved on 2021-04-07.
  12. 12.0 12.1 Top Goalkeepers. International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2021-04-07. Retrieved on 2021-04-07.

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