2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details
Host country Malaysia
CityKuala Lumpur
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates1–9 March 2019
Teams7
Final positions
Champions  Mongolia (2nd title)
Runner-up  Philippines
Third place  Singapore
Tournament statistics
Games played18
Goals scored174 (9.67 per game)
Attendance3,639 (202 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Mongolia Gerelt Ider (17 points)
MVPPhilippines 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]

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

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Group A

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Team 2018 Results
 Mongolia Won gold medal last year.
 Philippines Won bronze medal last year.
 Singapore Finished 4th place last year.
 Malaysia Host, winner of Division I last year.

Group B

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Team 2018 Results
 Macau Runner-up of Division I last year.
 Indonesia Finished 3rd place in Division I last year.
 Oman Did not participate last year. Last participation in 2017.

Match officials

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

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 3 3 0 0 0 20 11 +9 9 Advanced to Semifinals
2  Mongolia 3 2 0 0 1 25 14 +11 6
3  Malaysia (H) 3 1 0 0 2 15 18 −3 3 Advanced to Quarterfinals
4  Singapore 3 0 0 0 3 9 26 −17 0
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 2–6
(1–0, 1–3, 0–3)		 MalaysiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 303
Game reference
14 minPenalties32 min
32Shots46
2 March 2019
20:30		Philippines 7–4
(1–2, 4–1, 2–1)		 SingaporeMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 233
Game reference
18 minPenalties16 min
55Shots33
3 March 2019
20:30		Malaysia 5–9
(1–2, 1–3, 3–4)		 MongoliaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 355
Game reference
12 minPenalties12 min
15Shots63
4 March 2019
20:30		Mongolia 13–3
(2–1, 6–1, 5–1)		 SingaporeMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 127
Game reference
4 minPenalties8 min
53Shots20
5 March 2019
20:30		Philippines 7–4
(2–2, 2–2, 3–0)		 MalaysiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 297
Game reference
24 minPenalties46 min
36Shots42
6 March 2019
20:30		Mongolia 3–6
(2–4, 1–2, 0–0)		 PhilippinesMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 161
Game reference
12 minPenalties16 min
55Shots33

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Indonesia 4 3 0 0 1 18 14 +4 9 Advanced to Quarterfinals
2  Macau 4 2 0 0 2 14 17 −3 6
3  Oman 4 1 0 0 3 15 16 −1 3 Eliminated
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 3–2
(0–0, 2–2, 1–0)		 OmanMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 188
Game reference
12 minPenalties10 min
46Shots23
2 March 2019
17:00		Macau 3–6
(1–2, 2–2, 0–2)		 IndonesiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 127
Game reference
10 minPenalties12 min
22Shots44
3 March 2019
17:00		Oman 5–6
(1–3, 1–2, 3–1)		 IndonesiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 107
Game reference
39 minPenalties22 min
28Shots51
4 March 2019
17:00		Macau 6–1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)		 OmanMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 94
Game reference
4 minPenalties8 min
52Shots30
5 March 2019
17:00		Indonesia 3–4
(2–3, 1–1, 0–0)		 MacauMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 112
Game reference
14 minPenalties8 min
32Shots20
6 March 2019
17:00		Oman 7–1
(1–0, 5–0, 1–1)		 MacauMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 82
Game reference
10 minPenalties18 min
37Shots32

Playoff round

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Bracket

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

Quarterfinals

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7 March 2019
17:00		Singapore 7–4
(2–3, 3–1, 2–0)		 IndonesiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 109
Game reference
22 minPenalties14 min
38Shots20
7 March 2019
20:30		Malaysia 8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)		 MacauMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 211
Game reference
35 minPenalties20 min
38Shots21

Semifinals

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8 March 2019
17:00		Philippines 6–1
(3–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 SingaporeMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 136
Game reference
8 minPenalties12 min
37Shots28
8 March 2019
20:30		Mongolia 12–6
(1–2, 6–2, 5–2)		 MalaysiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 335
Game reference
8 minPenalties22 min
76Shots29

Bronze medal game

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9 March 2019
17:00		Malaysia 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)		 SingaporeMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 294
Game reference
20 minPenalties18 min
23Shots21

Final

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9 March 2019
20:30		Philippines 3–6
(0–3, 1–0, 2–3)		 MongoliaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 368
Game reference
24 minPenalties8 min
29Shots47

Final ranking

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 2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia 

Mongolia
2nd title
Rank Group Team Final result
1 A  Mongolia Champions
2 A  Philippines Runners-up
3 A  Singapore Third place
4 A  Malaysia Fourth place
5 B  Indonesia Quarterfinals
6 B  Macau
7 B  Oman Preliminary round

Source: IIHF.com

Awards and statistics

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Awards

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Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

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Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Pos
Mongolia Gerelt Ider 5 11 6 17 +11 4 F
Malaysia Wai Kin Tan 6 8 9 17 +2 8 F
Philippines Steven Füglister 5 7 8 15 +7 4 F
Singapore Bryan Lee 6 8 6 14 +4 12 F
Philippines Carl Montano 5 7 6 13 +6 4 F
Malaysia Chee Ming Lim 6 7 6 13 0 0 F
Singapore James Kodrowski 5 4 9 13 +7 6 F
Indonesia Ronald Wijaya 5 5 6 11 +4 2 F
Mongolia Erdenesükh Bold 5 5 5 10 +9 4 F
Singapore Jiaju Ryan Tan 6 7 2 9 +1 0 F

Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA SV% SO
Philippines Paolo Spafford 200:00 11 3.30 125 91.20 0
Oman Mohamed Al-Balushi 239:54 16 4.00 181 91.16 0
Singapore Kenny Liang 259:04 21 4.86 159 86.79 1
Malaysia Shahrul Ilyas Shukor 243:46 22 5.42 161 86.34 0
Macau Leung Man-long 299:43 25 5.00 181 86.19 0

Source: IIHF.com

References

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  1. ^ "Asian tournaments set". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 24 August 2018.
  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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