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
Games played18
Goals scored174 (9.67 per game)
Attendance3,639 (202 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Mongolia Gerelt Ider
(17 points)
MVPPhilippines Steven Füglister
Website
IIHF.com

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
 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
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

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

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
B2  Macau 1 Third place
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
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

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

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

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

 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: Philippines Paolo Spafford
    • Best Defenceman: Mongolia Batgerel Zorigt
    • Best Forward: Malaysia Wai Kin Tan

Source: IIHF.com

Scoring leaders

Player GP G A Pts +/– PIM Pos
Mongolia Gerelt Ider511617+114F
Malaysia Wai Kin Tan68917+28F
Philippines Steven Füglister57815+74F
Singapore Bryan Lee68614+412F
Philippines Carl Montano57613+64F
Malaysia Chee Ming Lim6761300F
Singapore James Kodrowski54913+76F
Indonesia Ronald Wijaya55611+42F
Mongolia Erdenesükh Bold55510+94F
Singapore 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
Philippines Paolo Spafford200:00113.3012591.200
Oman Mohamed Al-Balushi239:54164.0018191.160
Singapore Kenny Liang259:04214.8615986.791
Malaysia Shahrul Ilyas Shukor243:46225.4216186.340
Macau Leung Man-long299:43255.0018186.190

Source: IIHF.com

References

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