2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

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2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
City Kuala Lumpur
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates1–9 March 2019
Teams 7
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank.svgFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia (2nd title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank.svgFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Third place Bronze medal blank.svgFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Tournament statistics
Games played18
Goals scored174 (9.67 per game)
Attendance3,639 (202 per game)
Scoring leader(s) Flag of Mongolia.svg Gerelt Ider (17 points)
MVP Flag of the Philippines.svg Steven Füglister
Official website
IIHF.com
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The 2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia was the 12th edition of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The tournament took place from 1 to 9 March 2019 at Malaysia National Ice Skating Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [1]

Contents

Last year's runner-up Thailand will not participate for the first time since the competition kicked off in 2008 and made their debut in Division III qualification tournament of the 2019 World Championships. Kuwait also participates in Division III qualification tournament and India unable to participate in the tournament due to lack of money. Only Oman returned after one year absence, bringing the number of participants reduced from nine to seven teams. Mongolia won the Challenge Cup of Asia for the second straight year, by defeating the Philippines in the final, while Singapore defeating hosts Malaysia, to win their first ever bronze medal in the tournament. [2]

Participants

Group A

Team2018 Results
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Won gold medal last year.
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Won bronze medal last year.
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Finished 4th place last year.
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Host, winner of Division I last year.

Group B

Team2018 Results
Flag of Macau.svg  Macau Runner-up of Division I last year.
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Finished 3rd place in Division I last year.
Flag of Oman.svg  Oman Did not participate last year. Last participation in 2017.

Match officials

4 referees and 6 linesmen were selected for the tournament. [3]

Preliminary round

All times are in Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+8).

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 330002011+99Advanced to Semifinals
2Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 320012514+116
3Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia (H)310021518−33Advanced to Quarterfinals
4Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 30003926−170
Source: IIHF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
1 March 2019
20:30		 Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg2–6
(1–0, 1–3, 0–3)		Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 303
Game reference
14 minPenalties32 min
32Shots46
2 March 2019
20:30		 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7–4
(1–2, 4–1, 2–1)		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 233
Game reference
18 minPenalties16 min
55Shots33
3 March 2019
20:30		 Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg5–9
(1–2, 1–3, 3–4)		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 355
Game reference
12 minPenalties12 min
15Shots63
4 March 2019
20:30		 Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg13–3
(2–1, 6–1, 5–1)		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 127
Game reference
4 minPenalties8 min
53Shots20
5 March 2019
20:30		 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg7–4
(2–2, 2–2, 3–0)		Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 297
Game reference
24 minPenalties46 min
36Shots42
6 March 2019
20:30		 Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg3–6
(2–4, 1–2, 0–0)		Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 161
Game reference
12 minPenalties16 min
55Shots33

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 430011814+49Advanced to Quarterfinals
2Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 420021417−36
3Flag of Oman.svg  Oman 410031516−13Eliminated
Source: IIHF.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
1 March 2019
17:00		 Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg3–2
(0–0, 2–2, 1–0)		Flag of Oman.svg  Oman MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 188
Game reference
12 minPenalties10 min
46Shots23
2 March 2019
17:00		 Macau  Flag of Macau.svg3–6
(1–2, 2–2, 0–2)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 127
Game reference
10 minPenalties12 min
22Shots44
3 March 2019
17:00		 Oman  Flag of Oman.svg5–6
(1–3, 1–2, 3–1)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 107
Game reference
39 minPenalties22 min
28Shots51
4 March 2019
17:00		 Macau  Flag of Macau.svg6–1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)		Flag of Oman.svg  Oman MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 94
Game reference
4 minPenalties8 min
52Shots30
5 March 2019
17:00		 Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg3–4
(2–3, 1–1, 0–0)		Flag of Macau.svg  Macau MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 112
Game reference
14 minPenalties8 min
32Shots20
6 March 2019
17:00		 Oman  Flag of Oman.svg7–1
(1–0, 5–0, 1–1)		Flag of Macau.svg  Macau MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 82
Game reference
10 minPenalties18 min
37Shots32

Playoff round

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
A1 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 6
A4 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 7A4 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1
B1 Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 4 A1 Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 3
A2 Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 6
A2 Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 12
A3 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 8A3 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 6
B2 Flag of Macau.svg  Macau 1 Third place
A3 Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0
A4 Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 4

Quarterfinals

7 March 2019
17:00		 Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg7–4
(2–3, 3–1, 2–0)		Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 109
Game reference
22 minPenalties14 min
38Shots20
7 March 2019
20:30		 Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)		Flag of Macau.svg  Macau MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 211
Game reference
35 minPenalties20 min
38Shots21

Semifinals

8 March 2019
17:00		 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg6–1
(3–0, 2–1, 1–0)		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 136
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
37Shots28
8 March 2019
20:30		 Mongolia  Flag of Mongolia.svg12–6
(1–2, 6–2, 5–2)		Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 335
Game reference
8 minPenalties22 min
76Shots29

Bronze medal game

9 March 2019
17:00		 Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 294
Game reference
20 minPenalties18 min
23Shots21

Final

9 March 2019
20:30		 Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg3–6
(0–3, 1–0, 2–3)		Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia MyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 368
Game reference
24 minPenalties8 min
29Shots47

Final ranking

 2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 
Flag of Mongolia.svg
Mongolia
2nd title
RankGroupTeamFinal result
1AFlag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Champions
2AFlag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Runners-up
3AFlag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Third place
4AFlag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Fourth place
5BFlag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Quarterfinals
6BFlag of Macau.svg  Macau
7BFlag of Oman.svg  Oman Preliminary round

Source: IIHF.com

Awards and statistics

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

PlayerGPGAPts+/–PIMPos
Flag of Mongolia.svg Gerelt Ider 511617+114F
Flag of Malaysia.svg Wai Kin Tan 68917+28F
Flag of the Philippines.svg Steven Füglister 57815+74F
Flag of Singapore.svg Bryan Lee 68614+412F
Flag of the Philippines.svg Carl Montano 57613+64F
Flag of Malaysia.svg Chee Ming Lim 6761300F
Flag of Singapore.svg James Kodrowski 54913+76F
Flag of Indonesia.svg Ronald Wijaya 55611+42F
Flag of Mongolia.svg Erdenesükh Bold 55510+94F
Flag of Singapore.svg Jiaju Ryan Tan 6729+10F

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASV%SO
Flag of the Philippines.svg Paolo Spafford 200:00113.3012591.200
Flag of Oman.svg Mohamed Al-Balushi 239:54164.0018191.160
Flag of Singapore.svg Kenny Liang 259:04214.8615986.791
Flag of Malaysia.svg Shahrul Ilyas Shukor 243:46225.4216186.340
Flag of Macau.svg Leung Man-long 299:43255.0018186.190

Source: IIHF.com

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References

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  2. ↑ "Mongolia beat The Philippines to retain IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia title". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 9 March 2019.
  3. ↑ 2019 Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia officials
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