2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

The 2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia was the fifth IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It occurred 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 third after defeating Kuwait in the bronze medal match.

2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	17–25 March 2012
Teams	7
Final positions
Champions	United Arab Emirates (2nd title)
Runners-up	Thailand
Third place	Malaysia
Tournament statistics
Games played	18
Goals scored	159 (8.83 per game)
Attendance	4,627 (257 per game)
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Overview

This will be the first IIHF-sanctioned tournament in India and will be expanded to seven teams.^[1] The teams will be split into two seeded groups. Group A will include the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Chinese Taipei, and Kuwait and play in a round-robin format. Group B will consist of Macau, Malaysia, and India, playing in a double-round robin format. The top two teams in Group A will receive a bye to the semi-finals, while the bottom two will play a semi-final qualification against the top two teams from Group B.^[1]

The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Thailand 3 – 0 in the final.^[2] It was the United Arab Emirates' second title, having previously won the 2009 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia.^[3] Malaysia finished third after they defeated Kuwait in the bronze medal game.^[2] Loke Ban Kin finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with 27 points, including 16 goals and 11 assists.^[4] The United Arab Emirate's Khaled al-Suwaidi finished as the tournament's top goaltender based on save percentage with a percentage of 100.^[5]

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	0	0	24	3	+21	9	Semi-finals
2	Thailand	3	2	0	0	1	25	6	+19	6
3	Kuwait	3	1	0	0	2	14	16	−2	3	Qualification play-off
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	0	0	3	2	40	−38	0

Source: IIHF

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

18 March 2012 17:00

United Arab Emirates

4 – 3 (1–2, 1–0, 2–1)

Thailand

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 200

Game reference
	Ahmed al-Dhaheri	Goalies	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Baek Min-hwan Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Hong Hyun-kook
	0 – 1 10:09 – C. Supadilokluk (L. Neimwan) (PP) O. al-Shamisi (M. Eljachi, J. al-Dhaheri) (PP) – 15:33 1 – 1 1 – 2 19:34 – P. Jirachai (V. Maklamthong) S. al-Mehairi – 34:33 2 – 2 S. al-Mehairi (A. al-Dhaheri) – 41:52 3 – 2 3 – 3 42:08 – T. Chartsuwan (C. Supadilokluk) M. al-Mazrouei (S. al-Mehairi) – 45:14 4 – 3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	27	Shots	27

19 March 2012 17:00

Chinese Taipei

2 – 12 (2–5, 0–4, 0–3)

Kuwait

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 157

Game reference
	Yang Ning-ya	Goalies	Jasem al-Sarraf (out 46:36) Shuaib Shuaib (in 46:36)	Referee: Ichikawa Shunsuke Linesmen: Henri Neva Dion Robben
	0 – 1 04:46 – M. al-Shatti (Mo. al-Ajmi) 0 – 2 09:45 – S. al-Ajmi (A. Shetail) Chao T. (Yang N-Yu) – 13:38 1 – 2 1 – 3 14:40 – Me. al-Ajmi (PP) Liu Y. – 14:58 2 – 3 2 – 4 15:47 – Mo. al-Ajmi (A. Shetail, A. al-Ajmi) 2 – 5 19:32 – A. Shetail (A. al-Ajmi) (SH) 2 – 6 21:24 – Me. al-Ajmi 2 – 7 22:56 – A. Shetail (S. al-Ajmi) 2 – 8 30:25 – A. al-Ajmi (A. Shetail) (PP2) 2 – 9 30:35 – A. al-Ajmi (PP) 2 – 10 48:37 – S. al-Ajmi (A. Shetail) 2 – 11 51:07 – Me. al-Ajmi 2 – 12 59:14 – F. Atallah (H. al-Shayji)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	20	Shots	45

20 March 2012 14:00

Kuwait

0 – 6 (0–4, 0–0, 0–2)

United Arab Emirates

Deharadun Arena Attendance: 173

Game reference
	Jasem al-Sarraf	Goalies	Khaled al-Suwaidi	Referee: Baek Min-hwan Linesmen: Qiang Du Dion Robben
	0 – 1 07:59 – S. al-Nuaimi (M. al-Mazrouei, S. al-Mehairi) 0 – 2 13:09 – S. al-Nuaimi (S. al-Mehairi, M. al-Shamisi) (PP) 0 – 3 16:14 – S. al-Nuaimi (S. al-Mehairi) 0 – 4 17:11 – A. al-Sarour (J. al-Dhaheri, O. al-Shamisi) 0 – 5 43:08 – J. al-Dhaheri (SH) 0 – 6 49:37 – S. al-Mehairi
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	11	Shots	37

20 March 2012 21:00

Thailand

14 – 0 (2–0, 6–0, 6–0)

Chinese Taipei

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 153

Game reference
	Prawes Kaewjeen	Goalies	Yang Ning-Ya	Referee: Yong Chun Lim Linesmen: Hong Hyun Kook Jian Cao
	8:51 - Krongsakunsuk 1 – 0 10:02 - Chartsuwan (Rattanachot) 2 – 0 22:15 - Kullugin (Thamwongsin 3 – 0 23:17 - Suphankomut (Rattanachot) 4 – 0 23:34 - Chartsuwan 5 – 0 26:51 - Chartsuwan (Supadilokluk) 6 – 0 28:06 - Jirachai (Thamwongsin) 7 – 0 31:09 - Supadilokluk (Rattanachot) 8 – 0 45:01 - Rattanachot (Chartsuwan) 9 – 0 46:09 - Chartsuwan 10 – 0 49:02 - Chartsuwan (Supadilokluk) 11 – 0 49:40 - Rattanachot (Likit Neimwan) 12 – 0 54:04 - Rattanachot (Neimwan) 13 – 0 59:28 - Thamwongsin 14 – 0
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	76	Shots	12

22 March 2012 14:00

Thailand

8 – 2 (2–1, 4–0, 2–1)

Kuwait

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 227

Game reference
	Prawes Kaewjeen	Goalies	Jasem al-Sarraf	Referee: Baek Min Hwan Linesmen: Hong Hyun Kook Jian Cao
	5:33 - Rattanachot (Chartsuwan) 1 – 0 1 – 1 15:49 - Me. al-Ajmi (Mo. al-Ajmi) 17:12 - Jirachai 2 – 1 25:13 - Chartsuwan (Suphankomut, Neimwan) (PP) 3 – 1 28:06 - Kullugin 4 – 1 30:44 - Supadilokluk (Chartsuwan) 5 – 1 32:57 - Tengsakul (Jirachai) 6 – 1 6 – 2 43:18 - Mo. Al-Ajmi (PP) 46:54 - Rattanachot (Chartsuwan) (SH) 7 – 2 54:50 - Chartsuwan (Rattanachot) 8 – 2
	8 min	Penalties	20 min
	43	Shots	26

22 March 2012 17:30

United Arab Emirates

14 – 0 (2–0, 6–0, 6–0)

Chinese Taipei

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 184

Game reference
	Khaled al-Suwaidi	Goalies	Yang Ning-Ya	Referee: Yong Chun Lim Linesmen: Chae Young Jin Dion Robben
	11:00 - al-Dhaheri (al-Sarour) 1 – 0 12:20 - al-Nuaimi (al-Mehairi) 2 – 0 29:49 - al-Muharrami (al-Zaabi) 3 – 0 31:43 - al-Haddad (al-Dhareri) 4 – 0 32:34 - Al-Dhaheri (Budebs) (PP) 5 – 0 35:23 - al-Muharrami (al-Zaabi) 6 – 0 37:57 - al-Zaabi (al-Suwaidi) 7 – 0 39:24 - al-Shamisi (al-Dhaheri) 8 – 0 41:43 - Budebs (al-Mehairi) 9 – 0 43:34 - al-Jneibi (al-Suwaidi) 10 – 0 43:43 - al-Zaabi (al-Muharrami) 11 – 0 48:25 - al-Sarour (PP) 12 – 0 48:54 - al-Dhaheri (al-Sarour) 13 – 0 54:59 - el-Jachi (al-Haddad, al-Shamisi) (SH) 14 – 0
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	9

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Malaysia	4	4	0	0	0	44	7	+37	12	Qualification play-off
2	India	4	1	0	0	3	12	37	−25	3
3	Macau	4	1	0	0	3	9	21	−12	3	Did not advance

Source: IIHF

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

18 March 2012 20:00

India

3 – 5 (1–0, 2–2, 0–3)

Macau

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 247

Game reference
	Sonam Gurmet	Goalies	Lou Kuan-leong	Referee: Chiang Chih-yuan Linesmen: Jian Cao Liu Jiaqi
	M. Giri – 15:44 1 – 0 M. Iqbal – 29:05 2 – 0 2 – 1 38:09 – U C. (PP) 2 – 2 38:21 – Leong C. (Mok K.) A. Ali (L. Tsewang) – 39:15 3 – 2 3 – 3 45:39 – Choy P. 3 – 4 50:06 – Leong C. (Wong K.) 3 – 5 52:11 – Leong C.
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	18

19 March 2012 20:00

Macau

1 – 8 (0–1, 1–5, 0–2)

Malaysia

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 132

Game reference
	Lou Kuan-leong	Goalies	Vincent Shiao (out 30:58) Tengku Abdillah (in 30:58)	Referee: Sakchai Chinanuvatana Linesmen: Chae Young-jin Qiang Du
	0 – 1 05:34 – Loke B. 0 – 2 20:57 – Loke B. (R. Isa) 0 – 3 26:33 – A. Chang (B. Tan, Tan Ka.) Leong C. (U C., Mok K.) – 28:34 1 – 3 1 – 4 35:46 – E. Ng (Tan Kh.) 1 – 5 37:28 – Teh T. (J. Chee (SH) 1 – 6 39:15 – Loke B. 1 – 7 41:08 – Moi J. (Loke B.) (PP) 1 – 8 48:14 – J. Chee
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	6	Shots	44

20 March 2012 17:30

Malaysia

13 – 2 (6–2, 3–0, 4–0)

India

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 476

Game reference
	Vincent Shiao	Goalies	Sonam Gurmet (out 35:00) Sonam Paldan (in 35:00)	Referee: Ichikawa Shunsuke Linesmen: Liu Jiaqi Henri Neva
	0 – 1 07:12 – A. Belwal Loke B. (Tan Kh.) – 07:42 1 – 1 Loke B. (Tan Kh.) (PP) – 09:55 2 – 1 Loke B. (Moi J.) (SH) – 14:16 3 – 1 3 – 2 14:35 – G. Tanshi (PP) J. Chee (M. Yusoff) – 15:20 4 – 2 Loke B. (R. Isa, Tan Ka.) – 16:48 5 – 2 Tan Kh. – 18:11 6 – 2 Teh T. (J. Chee) (PP) – 23:33 7 – 2 Khoo S. (G. Ong) (PP) – 35:00 8 – 2 Tan Kh. (G. Ong) – 39:48 9 – 2 A. Chang (Moi J.) – 49:12 10 – 2 Loke B. (N. Versluis) – 50:30 11 – 2 Loke B. (Moi J.) – 56:27 12 – 2 A. Abu-Safian – 59:17 13 – 2
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	55	Shots	15

21 March 2012 13:00

Macau

1 – 5 (0–0, 1–2, 0–3)

India

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 124

Game reference
	Lou Kuan Leong	Goalies	Sonam Gurmet	Referee: Sakchai Chinuvatana Linesmen: Chae Young Jin Henri Neva
	0 – 1 30:30 - G. Tashi (R. Tundup) 0 – 2 31:35 - D. Namgail (G. Tashi) 37:24 - U (PP) 1 – 2 1 – 3 41:25 - R. Tundup (Giri) 1 – 4 42:34 - Iqbal (Amir) 1 – 5 59:16 - Punchok
	22 min	Penalties	12 min
	22	Shots	32

21 March 2012 21:00

India

2 – 18 (1–5, 0–6, 1–7)

Malaysia

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 98

Game reference

22 March 2012 21:00

Malaysia

5 – 2 (2–1, 2–0, 1–1)

Macau

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 105

Game reference

Playoff round

Bracket

Qualification play-off

Semi-finals

Finals

A1

United Arab Emirates

15

A4

Chinese Taipei

0

QP1

Malaysia

0

B1

Malaysia

3

SF1

United Arab Emirates

3

SF2

Thailand

0

A2

Thailand

5

A3

Kuwait

13

QP2

Kuwait

4

B2

India

2

Third place

SF1

Malaysia

5

SF2

Kuwait

3

Qualification play-off

23 March 2012 17:00

Chinese Taipei

0 – 3 (0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Malaysia

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 197

Game reference

23 March 2012 20:00

Kuwait

13 – 2 (4–1, 4–1, 5–0)

India

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 112

Game reference

Semi-finals

24 March 2012 17:00

United Arab Emirates

15 – 0 (6–0, 7–0, 2–0)

Malaysia

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 312

Game reference

24 March 2012 20:00

Thailand

5 – 4 (0–1, 2–2, 3–1)

Kuwait

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 337

Game reference

Bronze medal game

25 March 2012 17:00

Malaysia

5 – 3 (2–1, 1–1, 2–1)

Kuwait

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 280

Game reference

Gold medal game

25 March 2012 20:00

United Arab Emirates

3 – 0 (0–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Thailand

Dehradun Arena Attendance: 1113

Game reference

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

	United Arab Emirates
	Thailand
	Malaysia
4	Kuwait
5	Chinese Taipei
6	India
7	Macau

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.^[4]

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	POS
Loke Ban Kin	7	16	11	27	+20	8	F
Tewin Chartsuwan	5	11	5	16	+17	4	F
Juma al-Dhaheri	5	6	9	15	+13	4	F
Meshal al-Ajmi	6	12	2	14	+6	35	D
Tan Khia Peng	7	7	7	14	+17	4	F
Suhail al-Mehairi	5	4	8	12	+14	0	F
Teerasak Rattanachot	5	5	6	11	+16	4	F
Mohammad al-Ajmi	6	4	7	11	-5	4	F
Moi Jia Yung	7	2	9	11	+13	4	D
Brandon Tan Wai Kin	7	5	5	10	+15	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.^[5]

Player	MIP	SOG	GA	GAA	SVS%
Khaled al-Suwaidi	240:00	49	0	0.00	100.00
Prawes Kaewjeen	160:00	49	5	1.88	89.80
Tengku Muhd Azlly Tengku Abdillah	225:10	98	11	2.93	88.78
Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	140:00	56	8	3.43	85.71
Jasem al-Sarraf	321:29	179	28	5.23	84.36