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.
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.
Participants Group A Team 2018 Results Won gold medal last year. Won bronze medal last year. Finished 4th place last year. Host, winner of Division I last year.
Group B Team 2018 Results Runner-up of Division I last year. Finished 3rd place in Division I last year. Did not participate last year. Last participation in 2017.
Match officials 4 referees and 6 linesmen were selected for the tournament.2019 Ice Hockey Challenge Cup of Asia officials
Referees Yu Jin Ang Chi Hongda Johan Magnusson Mohamed Faris Hakimin Yusoff
Linesmen Yong Elbert Cheah Chee Seng Loh Edmond Ng Eishner Jigsmac Sibug Tam Weng-leong Heru Wardana
Preliminary round All times are in Malaysia Standard Time (UTC+8).
Group A
Group B
Playoff round Bracket
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Final
Final ranking
RankGroupTeamFinal result 1 A Champions 2 A Runners-up 3 A Third place 4 A Fourth place 5 BQuarterfinals 6 B 7 B Preliminary round Source: IIHF.com
Awards and statistics Awards Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goalkeeper: Paolo Spafford Best Defenceman: Batgerel Zorigt Best Forward: Wai Kin Tan Source: IIHF.com
Scoring leaders Player Gerelt Ider 5 11 6 17 +11 4 F Wai Kin Tan 6 8 9 17 +2 8 F Steven Füglister 5 7 8 15 +7 4 F Bryan Lee 6 8 6 14 +4 12 F Carl Montano 5 7 6 13 +6 4 F Chee Ming Lim 6 7 6 13 0 0 F James Kodrowski 5 4 9 13 +7 6 F Ronald Wijaya 5 5 6 11 +4 2 F Erdenesükh Bold 5 5 5 10 +9 4 F Jiaju Ryan Tan 6 7 2 9 +1 0 F 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 Paolo Spafford 200:00 11 3.30 125 91.20 0 Mohamed Al-Balushi 239:54 16 4.00 181 91.16 0 Kenny Liang 259:04 21 4.86 159 86.79 1 Shahrul Ilyas Shukor 243:46 22 5.42 161 86.34 0 Leung Man-long 299:43 25 5.00 181 86.19 0 Source: IIHF.com
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