IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia 2018

The IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia in 2018 was the eighth edition of the by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF carried out competition . For the first time, the participants were divided into two divisions of four teams each. The tournaments were held from March 6 to 11, 2018 in the Malaysian capital Kuala Lumpur . The game was played in the Empire City Ice Arena .

As in the previous three years, the strongest Asian nations did not participate, so that only teams from the former Division I took part in the competition. This, however, with a record number of eight nations.

The title was secured for the third time by the selection of the Republic of China (Taiwan), which, however, competed for the first time with an U18 selection. The team laid the foundation stone for the tournament victory on the second day of the tournament, when they defeated New Zealand's U18 team defending their title 4-1. In Division I, hosts Malaysia remained undefeated in all three tournament games and won them.

Overview IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Top division	Kuala Lumpur	0March 8 2018 - Mar 11 2018	4th	1.009	6th	168
Division I.	Kuala Lumpur	06th Mar 2018 - March 9 2018 0	4th	1,774	6th	295

Participants, venues and periods

• Top division: March 8-11, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

  Participants: Republic of China (Taiwan) U18 (newcomer) , New Zealand U18 (defending champion) , Singapore , Thailand  

• Division I: March 6-9, 2018 in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia

  Participants: India , Malaysia , Philippines , United Arab Emirates    

venue

Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
Empire City Ice Arena Malaysia National Ice Skating Stadium (MyNISS) Capacity: 700	Kuala Lumpur Venue of the competition

mode

For the first time since the top nations left after the IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia in 2014 , the field of participants was divided into two divisions. The eight registered teams played a single round in two groups of four teams each.

Top division

IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia 2018
Number of nations	4th
First	Republic of China (Taiwan) U18
Second	New Zealand U18
Third	Thailand
Venue (s)	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
opening	March 8, 2018
Final day	March 11, 2018
spectator	1,009 (168 per game)
Gates	65 (10.83 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Wasunun Angkulpattanasuk
Best defender	Sirikarn Jittresin
Best striker	Hsuan Wang
Most valuable player	Nuchanat Ponglerkdee
Top scorer	Nuchanat Ponglerkdee (8 points)

March 8, 2018 3:30 p.m. (local time)

Singapore

3:14 (1: 4, 1: 3, 1: 7) game report

New Zealand U18

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 139

March 8, 2018 7:00 p.m.

Thailand

3: 5 (1: 2, 1: 2, 1: 1) game report

Republic of China (Taiwan) U18

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 207

March 10, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Thailand

10: 1 (3: 1, 0: 0, 7: 0) game report

Singapore

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 114

March 10, 2018 7:00 p.m.

New Zealand U18

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

Republic of China (Taiwan) U18

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 182

March 11, 2018 3:30 p.m.

New Zealand U18

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

Thailand

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 175

March 11, 2018 7:00 p.m.

Republic of China (Taiwan) U18

12: 1 (5: 0, 4: 1, 3: 0) game report

Singapore

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 192

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Republic of China (Taiwan) U18	3	3	0	0	0	21: 05	9
2.	New Zealand U18	3	2	0	0	1	16: 07	6th
3.	Thailand	3	1	0	0	2	13: 07	3
4th	Singapore	3	0	0	0	3	05:36	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats

Division I.

IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia 2018 of Division I.
Number of nations	4th
winner	Malaysia
Venue (s)	Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia
opening	March 6, 2018
Final day	March 9, 2018
spectator	1,774 (295 per game)
Gates	41 (6.83 per game)
Best goalkeeper	Azuma Tg Abdillah
Best defender	Mariam Al Mazrouei
Best striker	Kunzes Angmo
Most valuable player	Bianca Cuevas
Top scorer	Bianca Cuevas (9 points)

March 6, 2018 3:30 p.m. (local time)

United Arab Emirates

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

India

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 153

March 6, 2018 7:00 p.m.

Philippines

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

Malaysia

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 388

March 7, 2018 3:30 p.m.

Philippines

4: 5 (2: 3, 2: 1, 0: 1) game report

United Arab Emirates

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 164

March 7, 2018 7:00 p.m.

India

0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 3) game report

Malaysia

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 411

March 9, 2018 3:30 p.m.

India

2: 6 (2: 0, 0: 4, 0: 2) game report

Philippines

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 198

March 9, 2018 7:00 p.m.

Malaysia

5: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 2: 1) game report

United Arab Emirates

Empire City Ice Arena, Kuala Lumpur Spectators: 460

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Malaysia	3	3	0	0	0	13: 04	9
2.	United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	0	1	14:10	6th
3.	Philippines	3	1	0	0	2	11:10	3
4th	India	3	0	0	0	3	03:17	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats

Web links

• Overview of the tournaments