2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14–19 April 2019
Teams5
Final positions
Champions  Thailand (1st title)
Runner-up  Chinese Taipei
Third place  Singapore
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored67 (6.7 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Thailand Nuchanat Ponglerkdee (11 points)
MVPThailand Nuchanat Ponglerkdee
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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 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
 Thailand 4 3 0 1 0 21 6 +15 10
 Chinese Taipei 4 3 0 0 1 21 6 +15 9
 Singapore 4 2 0 0 2 12 16 −4 6
 New Zealand U18 4 1 1 0 2 7 8 −1 5
 Malaysia 4 0 0 0 4 6 31 −25 0
Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times are local. (UAE Standard Time – UTC+4)

14 April 2019
12:00		Thailand 3–2
(2–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 Chinese Taipei
Attendance: 62
Game reference
16 minPenalties12 min
18Shots27
14 April 2019
16:00		Singapore 5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1)		 New Zealand U18
Attendance: 58
Game reference
8 minPenalties4 min
21Shots10
15 April 2019
16:00		Malaysia 2–5
(0–2, 0–2, 2–1)		 Singapore
Attendance: 46
Game reference
10 minPenalties18 min
4Shots22
16 April 2019
12:00		New Zealand U18 1–0 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 Thailand
Game reference
10 minPenalties14 min
12Shots23
16 April 2019
16:00		Chinese Taipei 13–2
(5–1, 4–0, 4–1)		 Malaysia
Attendance: 52
Game reference
18 minPenalties12 min
29Shots4
17 April 2019
16:00		Singapore 1–3
(0–2, 0–1, 1–0)		 Chinese Taipei
Attendance: 42
Game reference
2 minPenalties2 min
4Shots24
17 April 2019
20:00		New Zealand U18 4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 Malaysia
Game reference
16 minPenalties30 min
15Shots4
18 April 2019
16:00		Thailand 9–1
(4–0, 3–1, 2–0)		 Singapore
Game reference
2 minPenalties8 min
31Shots9
19 April 2019
12:00		Malaysia 2–9
(0–4, 1–2, 1–3)		 Thailand
Game reference
2 minPenalties6 min
6Shots31
19 April 2019
16:00		Chinese Taipei 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 New Zealand U18
Attendance: 40
Game reference
2 minPenalties4 min
20Shots7

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
Thailand Nuchanat Ponglerkdee (THA) 4 6 5 11 +9 4 F
Chinese Taipei Tan Su-Ting (TPE) 4 8 1 9 +11 4 F
Chinese Taipei Ho Ping-Hsiang (TPE) 4 4 4 8 +8 0 F
Thailand Minsasha Teekhathanasakul (THA) 4 2 6 8 +10 4 F
Chinese Taipei Wu Fang-Chi (TPE) 4 1 7 8 +6 2 F
Singapore Elizabeth Chia (SGP) 4 4 3 7 +3 2 F
Chinese Taipei Liu Pei-Chen (TPE) 4 4 1 5 +6 14 F
Singapore Tiffany Ong (SGP) 4 1 4 5 +6 0 F
New Zealand Amber Metcalfe (NZL) 4 4 0 4 0 2 F
Thailand Varachanant Boonyubol (THA) 4 3 1 4 +7 0 F
Chinese Taipei Wang Hsin-Yu (TPE) 4 3 1 4 +5 0 F
Thailand Pijittra Saejear (THA) 4 3 1 4 +3 0 F
Singapore Wen Lin Lim (SGP) 4 3 1 4 0 2 F
Malaysia Aisha Nuval Othman (MAS) 4 3 1 4 –11 0 F
Singapore Valerie Cheng (SGP) 4 1 3 4 +3 14 D
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
Thailand Wasunun Angkulpattanasuk (THA) 185:00 47 3 0.97 93.62 1
New Zealand Lilly Forbes (NZL) 184:34 64 8 2.60 87.50 1
Singapore Qina Foo (SGP) 140:00 41 7 3.00 82.93 0
Chinese Taipei Fang Heng-Yu (TPE) 120:00 11 2 1.00 81.82 1
Chinese Taipei Wang Yu-Chi (TPE) 120:00 22 4 2.00 81.82 0

See also

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