2015 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

2015 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details
Host country Taiwan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates14 – 19 March 2015
Teams5
Final positions
Champions  Chinese Taipei (5th title)
Runner-up  United Arab Emirates
Third place  Mongolia
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored101 (10.1 per game)
← 2014
2016 →

The 2015 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia became the 8th IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 14 and 19 March 2015 in Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

Top Division

Participants
Team 2014 Results
 Chinese Taipei Host, Won gold medal in 2014
 United Arab Emirates Won silver medal in 2014
 Mongolia Won bronze medal in 2014
 Thailand 4th place in 2014
 Macau Winner of Division I in 2014

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 0 52 6 +46 12 Gold medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United Arab Emirates 4 3 0 0 1 22 8 +14 9 Silver medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Mongolia 4 2 0 0 2 17 17 0 6 Bronze medal
4  Thailand 4 1 0 0 3 8 21 −13 3
5  Macau 4 0 0 0 4 2 49 −47 0 Relegated to Division I 2016
Source: IIHF

Division I

The Division I competition was played between 18 and 25 April 2015 in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

Participants
Team 2014 Results
 Kuwait Host, 6th in Top Division in 2014
 Kyrgyzstan 2nd in Division I in 2014
 Singapore 3rd in Division I in 2014
 India 4th in Division I in 2014
 Malaysia Did not participate in 2014
 Oman No previous participation[2]

Preliminary round

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Kuwait 5 5 0 0 0 30 8 +22 15 Promoted to Top Division 2016
2  Singapore 5 4 0 0 1 36 11 +25 12
3  Kyrgyzstan 5 3 0 0 2 27 22 +5 9
4  Oman 5 0 2 0 3 20 36 −16 4
5  Malaysia 5 1 0 1 3 29 23 +6 4
6  India 5 0 0 1 4 12 54 −42 1
Source: IIHF

See also

References

  1. ^ "Challenge Cup of Asia grows". iihf.com. 2014-09-09.
  2. ^ "Challenge Cup of Asia grows". iihf.com. 2014-09-09.