Chinese Taipei men's national ice hockey team

Chinese Taipei
Shirt badge/Association crest
AssociationChinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation
Head coachWeng To
AssistantsChou Hung-Hsuan
CaptainShen Yen-Chin
Most gamesShen Yen-Chin (57)
Top scorerWeng To (55)
Most pointsShen Yen-Chin (89)
Team colors     
IIHF codeTPE
Ranking
Current IIHF40 Increase 1 (27 May 2024)[1]
Highest IIHF39 (2022)
Lowest IIHF48 (2017–18)
First international
Chinese Taipei  2–2  Hong Kong
(Perth, Australia; 3 March 1987)
Biggest win
Chinese Taipei  30–0  Macau
(Taipei City, Taiwan; 15 March 2015)
Biggest defeat
Kazakhstan  35–0  Chinese Taipei
(Astana, Kazakhstan; 3 February 2011)
IIHF World Championships
Appearances6 (first in 2017)
Best result39th ( 2024 )
Asian Winter Games
Appearances2 (first in 2011)
Best result5th (2011)
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Appearances7 (first in 2008)
Best result 1st (2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)
International record (W–L–T)
50–31–1
Chinese Taipei men's national ice hockey team
Traditional Chinese中華臺北國家冰球隊
Simplified Chinese中华台北国家冰球队
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhōnghuá Táiběi Guójiā Bīngqiú Duì

The Chinese Taipei national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The team is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Chinese Taipei is currently ranked 41st in the IIHF World Ranking and competes in the Division IIB.

History

Chinese Taipei has only been active in 1987, 2005, 2008 and 2010. In 1987, they competed unofficially in the World Championship Pool D in Perth, Australia where their best result was a 2–2 draw against Hong Kong. Chinese Taipei was not a member of the IIHF at the time, but showed up to the tournament anyway, and was allowed to play one game against each other team. In 2005, they played 3 friendlies, losing to Hong Kong once, 6–2 and defeating Thailand twice, 5–3 and 11–4. In 2008, they won the inaugural Challenge Cup of Asia held in Hong Kong. In 2009, they failed to send a team to the tournament and in April 2010, they hosted the tournament (now recognized by the IIHF) and won it again.

As with other sports teams, under political opposition from the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China has competed under the "Chinese Taipei" banner as a result of the 1979 Nagoya Resolution.

Tournament record

World Championships

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
1987 through 2016 did not participate
(Competed unofficially in the
1987 World Championship Pool D)
2017 Bulgaria Sofia 46th place
(6th in Division III)
4 1 0 0 3
2018 South Africa Cape Town 44th place
(4th in Division III)
5 2 0 0 3
2019 Bulgaria Sofia 45th place
(5th in Division III)
5 1 1 0 3
2020 Luxembourg Kockelscheuer Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[2]
2021 Luxembourg Kockelscheuer Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[3]
2022 Luxembourg Kockelscheuer 40th place
(4th in Division III A)
4 1 0 0 3
2023 South Africa Cape Town 41st place
(1st in Division III A)
4 4 0 0 0
2024 Bulgaria Sofia 39th place
(5th in Division II B)
5 1 0 1 3

Asian Winter Games

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2011 Kazakhstan Astana 5th place 4 0 0 0 4
2017 Japan Sapporo 6th place
(2nd in Division I)
5 3 1 1 0
2025 China Harbin

Challenge Cup of Asia

Year Host Result Pld W OW OL L
2008  Hong Kong 1st place 5 4 0 0 1
2009 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi did not participate
2010 Taiwan Taipei 1st place 5 4 0 0 1
2011 Kuwait Kuwait City did not participate
2012 India Dehradun 5th place 4 0 0 0 4
2013 Thailand Bangkok 1st place 7 6 1 0 0
2014 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1st place 5 5 0 0 0
2015 Taiwan Taipei 1st place 4 4 0 0 0
2016 United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi 1st place 4 4 0 0 0

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 28 April 2024[4]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Australia 1 0 0 1 3 31
 Belgium 1 0 0 1 1 8
 Bosnia and Herzegovina* 1 1 0 0 5 0
 Bulgaria 4 1 0 3 8 24
 China 1 0 0 1 1 10
 Croatia 1 0 0 1 1 6
 Georgia 2 0 0 2 6 17
 Hong Kong 10 6 1 3 38 29
 Japan 1 0 0 1 0 18
 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1 0 35
 Kuwait 5 4 0 1 60 14
 Luxembourg 3 3 0 0 20 7
 Macau 3 3 0 0 50 0
 Malaysia 3 2 0 1 14 6
 Mexico 1 1 0 0 7 1
 Mongolia 5 5 0 0 49 9
 Netherlands 1 0 0 1 1 14
 New Zealand 2 0 0 2 2 17
 Singapore 3 3 0 0 27 4
 South Africa 4 2 0 2 21 19
 South Korea 2 0 0 2 2 46
 Spain 1 0 0 1 0 11
 Serbia 1 0 0 1 0 6
 Thailand 12 10 0 2 80 36
 Turkey 4 1 0 4 15 25
 Turkmenistan 3 2 0 1 10 9
 United Arab Emirates 10 7 0 3 39 39
Total 87 51 1 35 460 441

Note: Chinese Taipei was awarded a 5–0 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina in the 2017 IIHF World Championship Division III after Bosnia and Herzegovina forfeited the game.[5]

References

  1. ^ "IIHF Men's World Ranking". IIHF. 27 May 2024. Retrieved 27 May 2024.
  2. ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Ice Hockey In Chinese Taipei". National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Bosnia withdraws". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 7 April 2017.