National Ice Hockey Team of the Republic of China
 National Ice Hockey Team of the Republic of China
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| Association: | Republic of China Ice Hockey Federation |
| First international match: | |
| Republic of China 2-2 Hong Kong March 3, 1987 in Perth , Australia |
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| Biggest Victory: | |
| Republic of China 30: 0 Macau March 15, 2015 in Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan) |
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| Biggest defeat: | |
| Republic of China 0:35 Kazakhstan February 3, 2011 in Astana , Kazakhstan |
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| Medal winners men: | |
| WM: | no |
| Olympia: | no |
| Asian Games: | no |
| IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia: | 6 × Gold: 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 |
The men's national ice hockey team of the Republic of China (Taiwan) is part of the Republic of China Ice Hockey Federation ( Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation ). After the 2018 World Cup, she is ranked 46th out of 50 teams in the IIHF world rankings .
history
The national team of the Republic of China (also known as Taiwan ) played their first international matches in 1987. The team took part in the 1987 D-World Championship out of competition . The first game against Hong Kong ended in a draw, the remaining three games were lost, including 3:31 against Australia .
In 2005 the national ice hockey team played three games, losing 6-2 to Hong Kong and winning 5-3 and 11-4 against Thailand . In 2008, the Republic of China took part in an official IIHF tournament for the first time when they prevailed at the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia with four wins in one defeat against the teams from Malaysia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore and Macau. Despite the success, the team decided not to participate again the following year. In 2010 the national Chinese were able to win this competition again. The Taiwanese suffered their biggest defeat, a 0:35 defeat against the selection of Kazakhstan , when they participated in the 2011 Asian Winter Games .
At the 2015 Challenge Cup in Taipei, they achieved their highest international win to date with a 30-0 win over Macau . In 2016, the team won the Challenge Cup of Asia for the sixth time.
In 2017 , Taiwan took part in a World Championship in Division III for the first time. After beating the United Arab Emirates, the team reached sixth place out of seven participating nations.
Placements
winter Olympics
- 1920 to today - did not participate
Ice hockey world championships
- 1920 to 2016 - did not participate
- 2017 - 6th place Division III
- 2018 - 4th place Division III
- 2019 - 5th place Division III
Winter Asian Games
Placements at the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
- 2008 - 1st place
- 2009 - did not participate
- 2010 - 1st place
- 2011 - did not participate
- 2012 - 5th place
- 2013 - 1st place
- 2014 - 1st place
- 2015 - 1st place
- 2016 - 1st place
- since 2017 - not participated