IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 2010

	IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
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	Winner: Republic of China (Taiwan)

IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 2010
Number of nations	9
First	Republic of China (Taiwan)
Second	United Arab Emirates
Third	Thailand
Venue (s)	Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)
opening	March 29, 2010
Endgame	April 4, 2010
Gates	121 (5.04 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Khaled Al Suwaidi
Best defenders	Likit Andersson
Best striker	Kim Loke

The IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia in 2010 was the third edition of the by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF carried out competition . The tournament was held from March 29 to April 4, 2010 in Taipei , the capital of the Republic of China (Taiwan) . The game was played in the 800-seat Annex Ice Rink .

For the second time since 2008 , the Republic of China secured the title after beating defending champions United Arab Emirates 3-2.

Attendees

The following nine national teams took part in the tournament: (in brackets, the previous year's position)

Group A	Group B
United Arab Emirates (1)	Thailand (2)
Hong Kong (4)	Malaysia (3)
Mongolia (5)	Singapore (6)
Republic of China (Taiwan) (-)	Macau (7)
	Kuwait (-)

The groups were composed according to the placements of the previous year . While last year's participant India did not participate, the winner of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 2008 , the Republic of China (Taiwan), was added to the field again. For the first time Kuwait took part in the competition.

mode

A total of nine teams took part and played in two groups for a place in the finals. Due to the odd number of participants, one group played with four teams and the other with five teams. The two best placed in a group reached the semi-finals after the preliminary round. The teams in ranks 3 and 4 played the final positions for places 5 to 8 in a further round.

venue

Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan)
Annex Ice Rink Capacity: 800	Taipei Venue of the competition
The Annex Ice Rink (left) is part of the Taipei Arena building complex

Preliminary round

Group A

March 29, 2010 5:00 p.m.

Mongolia

0: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

United Arab Emirates

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

March 30, 2010 5:30 p.m.

Mongolia

0: 7 (0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 3) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

March 31, 2010 2:30 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

3: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0) game report

Hong Kong

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 1, 2010 5:00 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

0: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Hong Kong

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 2, 2010 2:30 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

2: 1 (2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 2, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Hong Kong

2: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Mongolia

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	0	03: 01	7th
2.	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3	2	0	1	11: 03	6th
3.	Hong Kong	3	1	1	1	03: 04	4th
4th	Mongolia	3	0	0	3	01:10	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualifier for the placement round

Group B

March 29, 2010 2:30 p.m.

Malaysia

5: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report

Kuwait

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

March 29, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Singapore

0:11 (0: 6, 0: 2, 0: 3) game report

Thailand

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

March 30, 2010 2:30 p.m.

Kuwait

0: 5 (0: 0, 0: 3, 0: 2) game report

Thailand

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

March 30, 2010 8:00 p.m.

Singapore

3: 3 (0: 2, 2: 0, 1: 1) game report

Macau

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

March 31, 2010 5:00 p.m.

Macau

1: 7 (0: 4, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

Malaysia

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

March 31, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Kuwait

4: 2 (2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Singapore

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 1, 2010 2:30 p.m.

Thailand

6: 1 (1: 0, 4: 1, 1: 0) game report

Malaysia

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 1, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Macau

2: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) game report

Kuwait

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 2, 2010 12:00 p.m.

Thailand

6: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Macau

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 2, 2010 5:00 p.m.

Malaysia

3: 3 (0: 2, 1: 1, 2: 0) game report

Singapore

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Thailand	4th	4th	0	0	28: 01	12
2.	Malaysia	4th	2	1	1	16:11	7th
3.	Kuwait	4th	1	1	2	07:14	4th
4th	Macau	4th	0	2	2	06:18	2
5.	Singapore	4th	0	2	2	08:21	2

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins, U = draws, N = defeats
Explanations: qualifier for the final round , qualifier for the placement round

Placement round

	Placement rounds 5-8					Play for 5th place
	B3	Kuwait	1
	A4	Mongolia	4th
						A4	Mongolia	2
						B3	Hong Kong	5
	B3	Hong Kong	2
	B4	Macau	0
						Game for 7th place
						B3	Kuwait	2
						B4	Macau	0

April 3, 2010 12:00 p.m.

Kuwait

1: 4 (0: 3, 1: 1, 0: 0) game report

Mongolia

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 3, 2010 2:30 p.m.

Hong Kong

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Macau

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

Game for 7th place

April 4, 2010 12:00 p.m.

Kuwait

2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) game report

Macau

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

Play for 5th place

April 4, 2010 2:30 p.m.

Mongolia

2: 5 (0: 2, 1: 2, 1: 1) game report

Hong Kong

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

Final round

	Semifinals					final
	B1	Thailand	2
	A2	Republic of China (Taiwan)	4th
						A2	Republic of China (Taiwan)	3
						A1	United Arab Emirates	2
	A1	United Arab Emirates	4th
	B2	Malaysia	1
						3rd place match
						B1	Thailand	5
						B2	Malaysia	2

Semifinals

April 3, 2010 5:00 p.m.

Thailand

2: 4 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 3) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan)

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

April 3, 2010 7:30 p.m.

United Arab Emirates

4: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 2: 0) game report

Malaysia

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

3rd place match

April 4, 2010 5:00 p.m.

Thailand

5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 1, 2: 1) game report

Malaysia

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

final

April 4, 2010 7:30 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan)

3: 2 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2) game report

United Arab Emirates

Annex Ice Rink, Taipei

Final placements

Pl.	team
1	Republic of China (Taiwan)
2	United Arab Emirates
3	Thailand
4th	Malaysia
5	Hong Kong
6th	Mongolia
7th	Kuwait
8th	Macau
9	Singapore

Web links

• Overview of the tournament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Martin Merk, Jukka Tiikkaja: Chinese Taipei wins at home. United Arab Emirates loose Challenge Cup of Asia title. International Ice Hockey Federation , April 5, 2010, accessed March 7, 2017 .