Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team

The Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Taiwan internationally in women's competition. The team is overseen by the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team was formed in 2014 and competed in the IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament, which it has won on two occasions, currently competes in IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championships Division 2B.

Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei uses their Olympic flag emblem for their jersey badge.
AssociationChinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachYin An-chung
AssistantsHuang Jen-hung
Hsieh Chen-guang
CaptainLiu Chih-lin
Most gamesfour players (28)
Top scorerYeh Chen-hui (50)
Most pointsYeh Chen-hui (70)[1]
Team colors     
IIHF codeTPE
Ranking
Current IIHF26 4 (30 March 2022)[2]
Highest IIHF33 (2019)
Lowest IIHF38 (2017)
First international
Chinese Taipei  21–0  Malaysia
(Taipei, Republic of China; 23 March 2016)
Biggest win
Chinese Taipei  21–0  Malaysia
(Taipei, Republic of China; 23 March 2016)
Biggest defeat
Chinese Taipei  0–8  Great Britain
(Jaca, Spain; 3 April 2022)
World Championships
Appearances4 (first in 2017)
Best result25th (2022)
Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances3 (first in 2015)
Best result (2015, 2016)
International record (W–L–T)
20–9–0

History

The Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team played its first game in November 2014 at the 2015 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament.[3][4] Chinese Taipei won their opening game of the tournament against Hong Kong and went on to win their three other games which included a second win against Hong Kong and two wins against Thailand.[3][5] Chinese Taipei finished the tournament at the top of the standings and won the gold medal.[3][5] The team returned to competition in March 2016 for the 2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament.[6] The tournament had expanded to five teams and included India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.[6] Chinese Taipei finished at the top of the standings after winning all four of their games and claimed their second tournament title.[6][7] The tournament also included the team's 21–0 defeat of Malaysia, their largest win in internal competition.[4]

International competitions

World Championship
  • 2017 – Finished in 33rd place (1st in Division IIB Qualification, Promoted to Division IIB)
  • 2018 – Finished in 29th place (2nd in Division IIB)
  • 2019 – Finished in 29th place (1st in Division IIB, Promoted to Division IIA)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9]
  • 2022 – Finished in 25th place (4th in Division IIA)

Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

Team roster

For the 2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I[10][11]

#NamePosS/GAgeClub
23Chang Chia-YenFR28Girl Power
3Chen Syuan-HanDR25Girl Power
9Ho Hui-YuFR22Zhonghe
16Hsieh Chih-Chen (A)FR24Girl Power
15Hsu Ting-YuFL21Leopard
20Hsu Tzu-TingGL26Typhoon
5Huang Min-ChunDL23Girl Power
24Lan Yih-WenFR45Girl Power
17Lin Yen-LingDL24Girl Power
12Lin Yu-JungDL24Girl Power
19Liu An-TingFR26Icemen
6Liu Chih-Lin (C)DR26Silver Monster
10Liu JieDL22Zhonghe
21Sheng Mu-HengFR22Zhonghe
11Teng Yu-TingFR23Girl Power
22Tien Yun-ChenFL24Eagle
8Tsai Jia-JenDL24Leopard
25Wang Yun-TzuGL24Silver Monster
13Yao Wan-Chih (A)FL36Girl Power
18Yeh Hui-ChenFL22Zhonghe

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 18 March 2022[12]

Key
    Positive balance (more Wins)
    Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
    Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Malaysia2200342
 Singapore2200182
 Turkey2200125
 Romania2200137
 New Zealand220082
 Iceland3201108
 Bulgaria1100130
 India1100130
 Hong Kong1100101
 South Africa110071
 Croatia110030
 Belgium110021
 Thailand2101104
 Kazakhstan100117
 Italy100107
 Spain2002110
Total2590616250

References
  1. "Chinese Taipei" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 30 March 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Div. I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. "Taipei vs Nations" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  5. Springfeld, Harald (12 November 2014). "Chinese Taipei cheering". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 1 May 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. Merk, Martin (26 March 2016). "Taipei women defend title". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  9. "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  10. "Team Roster" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 22 March 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  11. "TPE – THA Line-ups" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  12. "Chinese Taipei Women All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
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