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2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
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Tournament details
Host nation Flag of India.svg India
Dates 17 March – 25 March 2012
Teams 7
Champions Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates (2 titles)
Tournament statistics
Games played 18
Goals scored 159  (8.83 per game)
Attendance 4,627  (257 per game)

The 2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia was the 5th IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 17 March and 25 March 2012 in Dehradun, India. The defending champions Hong Kong, who claimed their first title in 2011, did not send a team to this year's edition. Chinese Taipei, winners of the 2010 tournament competed after skipping the 2011 tournament. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Thailand in the final and Malaysia finished in third after defeating Kuwait in the bronze medal match

Overview[]

The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Thailand 3 – 0 in the final.[1] It was the United Arab Emirates second title having previously won the 2009 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia.[2] Malaysia finished third after they defeated Kuwait in the bronze medal game.[1] Loke Ban Kin finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with 27 points including 16 goals and 11 assists.[3] The United Arab Emirate's Khaled al-Suwaidi finished as the tournaments top goaltender based on save percentage with a percentage of 100.[4]

Group stage[]

     Team qualified for Semi-finals
     Team qualified for Qualification play-off
     Team did not advance

Group A[]

Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 3 3 0 0 0 24 3 +21 9
2 Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 3 2 0 0 1 25 6 +19 6
3 Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait 3 1 0 0 2 14 16 –2 3
4 Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 2 40 –38 0

All times local. (IST = UTC+5:30)[5]

March 18, 2012
17:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 4 – 3
(1–2, 1–0, 2–1)
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 200
March 19, 2012
17:00
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg 2 – 12
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 157
March 20, 2012
14:00
Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg 0 – 6
(0–4, 0–0, 0–2)
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
March 20, 2012
21:00
Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg 14 – 0
(2–0, 6–0, 6–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg Chinese Taipei Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 153
March 22, 2012
14:00
Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg 8 – 2
(2–1, 4–0, 2–1)
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 227
March 22, 2012
17:30
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 14 – 0
(2–0, 6–0, 6–0)
Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg Chinese Taipei Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 184

Group B[]

Rk Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
1 Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 4 4 0 0 0 44 7 +37 12
2 Flag of India.svg India 4 1 0 0 3 12 37 –25 3
3 Flag of Macau.svg Macau 4 1 0 0 3 9 21 –12 3

All times local. (IST = UTC+5:30)[6]

March 18, 2012
20:00
India Flag of India.svg 3 – 5
Flag of Macau.svg Macau Dehradun Arena
March 19, 2012
20:00
Macau Flag of Macau.svg 1 – 8
(0–1, 1–5, 0–2)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 132
March 20, 2012
17:30
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg 13 – 2
Flag of India.svg India Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 476
March 21, 2012
13:00
Macau Flag of Macau.svg 1 – 5
(0–0, 1–2, 0–3)
Flag of India.svg India Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 124
March 21, 2012
21:00
India Flag of India.svg 2 – 18
(1–5, 0–6, 1–7)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 98
March 22, 2012
21:00
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg 5 – 2
(2–1, 2–0, 1–1)
Flag of Macau.svg Macau Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 105

Playoff round[]

Qualification play-off[]

March 23, 2012
17:00
Chinese Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg 0 – 3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 197
March 23, 2012
20:00
Kuwait Flag of Kuwait.svg 13 – 2
(4–1, 4–1, 5–0)
Flag of India.svg India Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 112

Semi-finals[]

March 24, 2012
17:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 15 – 0
(6–0, 7–0, 2–0)
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 312
March 24, 2012
20:00
Thailand Flag of Thailand.svg 5 – 4
(0–1, 2–2, 3–1)
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 337

Bronze medal game[]

March 25, 2012
17:00
Malaysia Flag of Malaysia.svg 5 – 3
(2–1, 1–1, 2–1)
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 280

Gold medal game[]

March 25, 2012
20:00
United Arab Emirates Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg 3 – 0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand Dehradun Arena
Attendance: 1113

Ranking and statistics[]

Final standings[]

Gold medal icon Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates
Silver medal icon Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand
Bronze medal icon Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
4 Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
5 Flag of Chinese Taipei.svg Chinese Taipei
6 Flag of India.svg India
7 Flag of Macau.svg Macau

References[]

External links[]


IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Men's tournaments

2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 (Div. I) - 2015 (Div. I) - 2016 (Div. I)

Women's tournaments

2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 (Div. I) - 2015 (Div. I) - 2016 (Div. I)

University tournaments

2010 - 2011

U20 tournaments

2012 - 2013 - 2014

U18 tournaments

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