Liu Longtan

Liu Longtan
Date of birth	February 14, 1988
size	171 cm
Weight	90 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
2002-2008	Qiqihar
2010-2016	China Dragon

Liu Longtan ( Chinese  刘 龙潭 , Pinyin Liú Lóngtán ; born February 14, 1988 ) is a Chinese ice hockey player who was under contract with China Dragon in the Asia League Ice Hockey until 2016 .

Career

Liu Longtan began his career as an ice hockey player in the youth division of the Qiqihar ice hockey team, which won the Chinese championship in 2006. In 2010 he moved to China Dragon , the only Chinese professional team, for whom he made his debut in the international Asia League Ice Hockey in the 2010/11 season and where he was on the ice until 2016.

International

For China , Liu Longtan took part in the junior division in 2003 at the U18 World Cup in Division III. In 2005 , 2006 and 2008 he played with the Chinese U20 team in Division II, while he had to compete with the team after relegation in 2006 at the U20 World Cup in 2007 in Division III.

In the senior division, the defender was in China's squad at the World Championships in Division II in 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 and 2015 . He also represented his colors in the Olympic qualification for the Winter Games in Pyeongchang 2018 .

Achievements and Awards

• 2006 Chinese champion with the team from Qiqihar
• 2007 Promotion to Division II at the U20 Junior World Championship of Division III
• 2015 Promotion to Division II, Group A, at the World Cup Division II, Group B

Asia League statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	6th	201	3	7th	10	102
Playoffs	-	-	-	-	-	-

(Status: end of the 2015/16 season)

Web links

• Liu Longtan at eliteprospects.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Squad list of the U20 World Cup 2008 , which shows the date of birth. The information at www.eliteprospects.de, after which Liu Longtan was born in 1986, is wrong, because in this case he would not have been allowed to compete in the U20 World Cup in 2007 and 2008.

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Liu is the family name here, Longtan is the first name.