2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

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]

2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details
Host country Malaysia
Dates1–9 March 2019
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  Mongolia (2nd title)
Runner-up  Philippines
Third place  Singapore
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored174 (9.67 per match)
Attendance3,639 (202 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Gerelt Ider
(17 points)
MVP Steven Füglister
WebsiteIIHF.com
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Last year's runners-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
 MongoliaWon gold medal last year.
 PhilippinesWon bronze medal last year.
 SingaporeFinished 4th place last year.
 MalaysiaHost, winner of Division I last year.

Group B
Team2018 Results
 MacauRunner-up of Division I last year.
 IndonesiaFinished 3rd place in Division I last year.
 OmanDid 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
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
2 March 2019
20:30		Philippines 7–4
(1–2, 4–1, 2–1)		 SingaporeMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 233
3 March 2019
20:30		Malaysia 5–9
(1–2, 1–3, 3–4)		 MongoliaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 355
4 March 2019
20:30		Mongolia 13–3
(2–1, 6–1, 5–1)		 SingaporeMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 127
5 March 2019
20:30		Philippines 7–4
(2–2, 2–2, 3–0)		 MalaysiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 297
6 March 2019
20:30		Mongolia 3–6
(2–4, 1–2, 0–0)		 PhilippinesMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 161

Group B
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
2 March 2019
17:00		Macau 3–6
(1–2, 2–2, 0–2)		 IndonesiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 127
3 March 2019
17:00		Oman 5–6
(1–3, 1–2, 3–1)		 IndonesiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 107
4 March 2019
17:00		Macau 6–1
(1–0, 2–0, 3–1)		 OmanMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 94
5 March 2019
17:00		Indonesia 3–4
(2–3, 1–1, 0–0)		 MacauMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 112
6 March 2019
17:00		Oman 7–1
(1–0, 5–0, 1–1)		 MacauMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 82

Playoff round

Bracket
  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   Third place
  B2  Macau 1   A3  Malaysia 0
  A4  Singapore 4

Quarterfinals
7 March 2019
17:00		Singapore 7–4
(2–3, 3–1, 2–0)		 IndonesiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 109
7 March 2019
20:30		Malaysia 8–1
(2–0, 4–0, 2–1)		 MacauMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 211

Semifinals
8 March 2019
17:00		Philippines 6–1
(3–0, 2–1, 1–0)		 SingaporeMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 136
8 March 2019
20:30		Mongolia 12–6
(1–2, 6–2, 5–2)		 MalaysiaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 335

Bronze medal game
9 March 2019
17:00		Malaysia 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)		 SingaporeMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 294

Final
9 March 2019
20:30		Philippines 3–6
(0–3, 1–0, 2–3)		 MongoliaMyNISS, Kuala Lumpur
Attendance: 368

Final ranking
 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

Awards
  • Best players selected by the directorate:
    • Best Goalkeeper: Paolo Spafford
    • Best Defenceman: Batgerel Zorigt
    • Best Forward: Wai Kin Tan

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders
Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Pos
Gerelt Ider511617+114F
Wai Kin Tan68917+28F
Steven Füglister57815+74F
Bryan Lee68614+412F
Carl Montano57613+64F
Chee Ming Lim6761300F
James Kodrowski54913+76F
Ronald Wijaya55611+42F
Erdenesükh Bold55510+94F
Jiaju Ryan Tan6729+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.

Player TOI GA GAA SA SV% SO
Paolo Spafford200:00113.3012591.200
Mohamed Al-Balushi239:54164.0018191.160
Kenny Liang259:04214.8615986.791
Shahrul Ilyas Shukor243:46225.4216186.340
Leung Man-long299:43255.0018186.190

Source: IIHF.com

References
  1. "Asian tournaments set". International Ice Hockey Federation. 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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