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2018 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	8–11 March 2018
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Chinese Taipei U18 (1st title)
Runner-up	New Zealand U18
Third place	Thailand
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	55 (9.17 per game)
Attendance	1,009 (168 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Nuchanat Ponglerkdee; Harriet Fuller (8 points)
MVP	Nuchanat Ponglerkdee
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The 2018 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was an international women's ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament took place between 8 March and 11 March 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and was the sixth edition held since its formation in 2010 under the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia series of tournaments. Chinese Taipei's under-18 team won the tournament after winning all three of their round-robin games and finishing first in the standings. The New Zealand under-18 team finished in second place and Thailand finished third.

Overview

The 2018 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia began on 8 March 2018 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia with games played at the Malaysia National Ice Skating Stadium (MyNISS).^[1] The Women's competition was split into two tournaments for 2018 due to the increase from seven to eight teams.^[1]^[2]^[3] The defending champions New Zealand's under-18 team (New Zealand U18), Thailand and Singapore returned after finishing in the top three of the 2017 tournament.^[3]^[4]^[5] Chinese Taipei's under-18 team (Chinese Taipei U18) was included as the fourth team in the competition, making their debut in women's under-18 international competition.^[5]^[6] India, the Philippines, the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia, who finished fourth through to seventh in 2017, were placed into the newly created Division I tournament.^[3]^[2] Both 2018 tournaments ran alongside each other with all games being held at the Malaysia National Ice Skating Stadium.^[1]^[2]

The tournament consisted of a single round-robin with each team competing in three games.^[7] Chinese Taipei U18 won the tournament after winning all three of their games and finished first in the standings.^[6]^[7] New Zealand U18 finished second after losing only to Chinese Taipei U18 and Thailand finished in third.^[7] Thailand's Nuchanat Ponglerkdee and New Zealand's Harriet Fuller led the tournament in scoring with eight points each with Ponglerkdee also being named the most valuable player.^[8]^[9] Wasunun Angkulpattanasuk of Thailand finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 94.12 and was awarded best goaltender by the IIHF Directorate.^[10]^[11] Chinese Taipei's Hsuan Wang was named best forward and Sirikarn Jittresin of Thailand was named best defenceman.^[11]

Standings

The final standings of the tournament.^[7]

Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Chinese Taipei U18	3	3	0	21	5	+16	9
New Zealand U18	3	2	1	16	7	+9	6
Thailand	3	1	2	13	7	+6	3
Singapore	3	0	3	5	36	−31	0

Source: IIHF

Fixtures

All times are local. (MST – UTC+8)

8 March 2018
15:30

Singapore

3 – 14
(1–4, 1–3, 1–7)

New Zealand U18

MyNISS
Attendance: 139




12 min	Penalties	0 min
9	Shots	54

8 March 2018
19:00

Thailand

3 – 5
(1–2, 1–2, 1–1)

Chinese Taipei U18

MyNISS
Attendance: 207




16 min	Penalties	4 min
12	Shots	64

10 March 2018
15:30

Thailand

10 – 1
(3–1, 0–0, 7–0)

Singapore

MyNISS
Attendance: 114




12 min	Penalties	18 min
45	Shots	34

10 March 2018
19:00

New Zealand U18

1 – 4
(0–2, 0–0, 1–2)

Chinese Taipei U18

MyNISS
Attendance: 182




10 min	Penalties	4 min
15	Shots	51

11 March 2018
15:30

New Zealand U18

1 – 0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Thailand

MyNISS
Attendance: 175




0 min	Penalties	4 min
38	Shots	25

11 March 2018
19:00

Chinese Taipei U18

12 – 1
(5–0, 4–1, 3–0)

Singapore

MyNISS
Attendance: 192




8 min	Penalties	8 min
46	Shots	20

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.^[8]

Player (Team)	GP	G	A	Pts	+/–	PIM	POS
Nuchanat Ponglerkdee (THA)	3	6	2	8	+7	4	F
Harriet Fuller (NZL)	3	2	6	8	+6	4	D
Jana Kivell (NZL)	3	3	4	7	+7	0	F
Beth Scott (NZL)	3	6	0	6	–1	0	F
Huang Yun-chu (TPE)	3	4	2	6	+7	4	F
Wang Hsuan (TPE)	3	3	2	5	+6	0	F
Pan Hsin-ni (TPE)	3	2	3	5	+7	2	F
Elizabeth Chia (SGP)	3	2	2	4	–7	4	F
Wirasinee Rattananai (THA)	3	2	2	4	–1	6	F
Tao Sing-lin (TPE)	3	2	2	4	+6	2	F

Leading goaltenders

Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.^[10]

Player (Team)	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO
Wasunun Angkulpattanasuk (THA)	119:11	102	6	3.02	94.12	0
Lilly Forbes (NZL)	151:56	78	5	1.97	93.59	1
Wang Yu-chi (TPE)	120:00	27	4	2.00	85.19	0
Qina Foo (SGP)	175:57	142	34	11.59	76.06	0

References

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^ ^a ^b ^c "2018 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I". IIHF. Archived from the original on 17 March 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Final Ranking" (PDF). IIHF. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ Swinkels, Logan (5 March 2018). "New Zealand's Under-18s look to defend their Challenge Cup title". Puck Yeah. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Challenge Cup of Asia". IIHF. Archived from the original on 8 March 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b Merk, Martin (12 March 2018). "Taipei's girls win gold". IIHF. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Tournament Progress" (PDF). IIHF. 11 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). IIHF. 11 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ "Media All Stars" (PDF). IIHF. 11 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). IIHF. 11 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 May 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Best Players Selected by the Directorate" (PDF). IIHF. 11 March 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.