2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was the second IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was held from 15 February 2012 to 19 February 2012 in Qiqihar, China. Japan won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating China's first team in the gold medal game. China's second team won bronze after defeating South Korea in the third place match.

2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details
Host country China
Dates15–19 February 2012
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Japan (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored54 (6.75 per match)
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Overview

The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia began on 15 February 2012 in Qiqihar, China.[1] The tournament expanded back to four teams from three in 2011 with the inclusion of a second Chinese national team.[1] That second national team was the Chinese junior team.[2] The opening game was played between the first and second teams of China with the first Chinese team defeating the second team 12–0.[1] Japan won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating China's first team in the gold medal game.[1] China's second team finished in third place after defeating South Korea in the bronze medal game 2–1.[1] Chiho Osawa of Japan finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with seven points including four goals and three assists.[3] South Korea's Shin Sojung finished as the tournaments top goaltender based on save percentage with 93.33.[4]

Round robin

The four participating teams were placed in a single round robin. After playing the round-robin, the top two teams advanced to the gold medal game while teams rank three and four advanced to the bronze medal game.[5]

     Team advances to the Gold medal game
     Team advances to the Bronze medal game
Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA GDF PTS
 China 133000192+179
 Japan32001205+156
 China 230102427–232
 South Korea30012413–91

All times local.

15 February 2012
16:15		China 1 12 – 0
(5–0, 5–0, 2–0)		 China 2Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 220
15 February
19:15		Japan 6 – 1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 South KoreaQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 1935
16 February 2012
16:15		China 1 3 – 0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 South KoreaQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 374
16 February 2012
19:15		China 2 0 – 12
(0–4, 0–6, 0–2)		 JapanQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 312
18 February 2012
16:15		China 1 4 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 JapanQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2012
18 February 2012
19:15		South Korea 3 – 4 GWS
(0–0, 2–0, 1–3)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 China 2Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 293

Gold medal game
19 February 2012
11:00		China 1 1 – 3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 JapanQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2312

Bronze medal game
19 February 2012
14:00		China 2 2 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)		 South KoreaQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2290

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.[3]

Player GP G A Pts +/- PIM POS
Chiho Osawa4437+32F
Saki Shimozawa4426+94F
Fang Xin4336+62F
Haruna Yoneyama3325+64F
Huang Haijing4325+510F
Haruka Toko4325+90F
Zhang Mengying4325+60F
Fuka Ishiura3314+90F
Ma Rui4314+62F
Kong Minghui4224+54F

Leading goaltenders
China's Shi Yao finished second among the goaltenders after conceding five goals and finishing with a save percentage of 92.06

Only the top goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes are included in this list.[4]

Player MIP SOG GA GAA SVS%
Shin Sojung209:57165113.1493.33
Shi Yao178:596351.6892.06
Azusa Nakaoku240:005961.5089.83
(2) Yang Jiaqi117:0361105.1383:61
(2) Jiao Jian127:5747188.4461.70

References
  1. "2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  2. "Ladies first in Asia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2012-12-14. Archived from the original on 2014-02-28. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  3. "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  4. "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  5. "Format". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
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