2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

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.

2019 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates14–19 April 2019
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Thailand (1st title)
Runner-up  Chinese Taipei
Third place  Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played10
Goals scored67 (6.7 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Nuchanat Ponglerkdee
(11 points)
MVP Nuchanat Ponglerkdee
← 2018

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
 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

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
14 April 2019
16:00		Singapore 5–2
(1–0, 2–1, 2–1)		 New Zealand U18
Attendance: 58
15 April 2019
16:00		Malaysia 2–5
(0–2, 0–2, 2–1)		 Singapore
Attendance: 46
16 April 2019
12:00		New Zealand U18 1–0 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 Thailand
16 April 2019
16:00		Chinese Taipei 13–2
(5–1, 4–0, 4–1)		 Malaysia
Attendance: 52
17 April 2019
16:00		Singapore 1–3
(0–2, 0–1, 1–0)		 Chinese Taipei
Attendance: 42
17 April 2019
20:00		New Zealand U18 4–0
(1–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 Malaysia
18 April 2019
16:00		Thailand 9–1
(4–0, 3–1, 2–0)		 Singapore
19 April 2019
12:00		Malaysia 2–9
(0–4, 1–2, 1–3)		 Thailand
19 April 2019
16:00		Chinese Taipei 3–0
(2–0, 1–0, 0–0)		 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
Nuchanat Ponglerkdee (THA)46511+94F
Tan Su-Ting (TPE)4819+114F
Ho Ping-Hsiang (TPE)4448+80F
Minsasha Teekhathanasakul (THA)4268+104F
Wu Fang-Chi (TPE)4178+62F
Elizabeth Chia (SGP)4437+32F
Liu Pei-Chen (TPE)4415+614F
Tiffany Ong (SGP)4145+60F
Amber Metcalfe (NZL)440402F
Varachanant Boonyubol (THA)4314+70F
Wang Hsin-Yu (TPE)4314+50F
Pijittra Saejear (THA)4314+30F
Wen Lin Lim (SGP)431402F
Aisha Nuval Othman (MAS)4314–110F
Valerie Cheng (SGP)4134+314D
Lovinia Choe (SGP)4044–34F

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
Wasunun Angkulpattanasuk (THA)185:004730.9793.621
Lilly Forbes (NZL)184:346482.6087.501
Qina Foo (SGP)140:004173.0082.930
Fang Heng-Yu (TPE)120:001121.0081.821
Wang Yu-Chi (TPE)120:002242.0081.820

See also

References
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