2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

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2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
Tournament details
Host country China
Dates15–19 February 2012
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Japan (2nd title)
Runner-up  China 1
Third place  China 2
Fourth place South Korea
Tournament statistics
Games played8
Goals scored54 (6.75 per game)
Scoring leader(s)Japan Chiho Osawa (7 points)
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The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was the third 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.

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 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
 China 1 3 3 0 0 0 19 2 +17 9 Gold medal game
 Japan 3 2 0 0 1 20 5 +15 6
 China 2 3 0 1 0 2 4 27 −23 2 Bronze medal game
 South Korea 3 0 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
Source: IIHF

All times local.

15 February 2012
16:15		China 1 China12 – 0
(5–0, 5–0, 2–0)		 China 2Qiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 220
Game reference
Wang YuqingGoaliesJiao Jian
Yang Jiaqi		Referee:
Japan Miyuki Nakayama
1:53 - Zhang M (Fang)1 – 0
2:46 - Yu (Gao)2 – 0
3:41 - Ma3 – 0
12:02 - Fang (Huang)4 – 0
13:58 - Zhang B (Ma)5 – 0
23:22 - Kong (Huo)6 – 0
25:09 - Huang7 – 0
29:13 - Cui (Huo)8 – 0
34:16 - Huang (Kong)9 – 0
35:41 - Ma10 – 0
42:03 - Wang N (Fang)11 – 0
43:50 - Zhang M (Yu, Gao) (PP)12 – 0
4 minPenalties8 min
18Shots3
15 February
19:15		Japan 6 – 1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)		 South KoreaQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 1935
Game reference
Azusa NakaokuGoaliesShin SojungReferee:
China Liu Chunhua
9:25 - Osawa (Yoneyama)1 – 0
14:15 - Ishiura (Shimozawa, Toko)2 – 0
31:35 - Toko (Shimozawa)3 – 0
33:03 - Toko (Ishiura)4 – 0
4 – 134:37 - Han J (Han S) (PP)
41:49 - Morii (Shishiuchi)5 – 1
55:49 - Osawa (Yamaya)6 – 1
6 minPenalties4 min
66Shots5
16 February 2012
16:15		China 1 China3 – 0
(0–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 South KoreaQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 374
Game reference
Shi YaoGoaliesShin SojungReferee:
Japan Miyuki Nakayama
24:18 - Gao1 – 0
35:23 - Ma (Zhang B) (PP)2 – 0
36:41 - Fang (Zhang M, Jiang) (PP)3 – 0
10 minPenalties16 min
63Shots3
16 February 2012
19:15		China 2 China0 – 12
(0–4, 0–6, 0–2)		 JapanQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 312
Game reference
Jiao Jian
Yang Jiaqi		GoaliesAzusa NakaokuReferee:
China Lui Chunchua
0 – 16:36 - Yoneyama (Osawa) (SH)
0 – 213:00 - Yonyama (Takeuchi)
0 – 315:15 - Osawa (Eguchi) (PP)
0 – 418:31 - Shishiuchi (Morii)
0 – 526:59 - Shimozawa
0 – 627:28 - Shimozawa (Toko)
0 – 731:38 - Shimozawa
0 – 834:49 - Eguchi (Osawa, Yoneyama)
0 – 937:18 - Shimozawa
0 – 1037:50 - Takeuchi (Takeda)
0 – 1143:51 - Ishiura
0 – 1259:27 - Ishiura (SH)
10 minPenalties8 min
5Shots59
18 February 2012
16:15		China 1 China4 – 2
(1–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 JapanQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2012
Game reference
Shi Yao
Wang Yuqing		GoaliesAzusa NakaokuReferee:
China Liu Chunchua
11:49 - Kong (Fang)1 – 0
20:17 - Wang N (Huang, Huo)2 – 0
32:57 - Huang (Wang N)3 – 0
3 – 133:28 - T Eguchi (M Hori)
3 – 253:38 - H Toko
56:54 - Fang (Zhang M, Kong)4 – 2
6 minPenalties4 min
27Shots19
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
Game reference
Han Dohee
Shin Sojung		GoaliesJiao Jian
Yang Jiaqi		Referee:
Japan Miyuki Nakayama
29:57 - Lee K (Han S) PP)1 – 0
33:39 - Han S2 – 0
2 – 141:07 - Jiang X (He) (PP)
46:17 - Park J (Ko) (PP)3 – 1
3 – 248:04 - Yang M (Lu) (PP)
3 – 353:37 - Ju (He X)
Han S MISS
Park J MISS
Lee K MISS		ShootoutGOAL Jiang X
MISS Wen
12 minPenalties28 min
10Shots28

Gold medal game

19 February 2012
11:00		China 1 China1 – 3
(0–0, 0–2, 1–1)		 JapanQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2312
Game reference
Shi YaoGoaliesAzusa NakaokuReferee:
Japan Miyuki Nakayama
0 – 134:08 - Yoneyama (Osawa)
0 – 237:48 - Shishiuchi (Fujimoto)
43:25 - Zhang M (Yu)1 – 2
1 – 346:47 - Osawa (Morii)
10 minPenalties2 min
22Shots41

Bronze medal game

19 February 2012
14:00		China 2 China2 – 1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0)		 South KoreaQiqihar Icerink
Attendance: 2290
Game reference
Yang JiaqiGoaliesSojung ShinReferee:
China Liu Chunhua
0 – 14:55 - Ko (Lee K) (PP)
11:54 - Lv1 – 1
12:25 - He (Jiang)2 – 1
10 minPenalties8 min
21Shots21

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
Japan Chiho Osawa 4 4 3 7 +3 2 F
Japan Saki Shimozawa 4 4 2 6 +9 4 F
China Fang Xin 4 3 3 6 +6 2 F
Japan Haruna Yoneyama 3 3 2 5 +6 4 F
China Huang Haijing 4 3 2 5 +5 10 F
Japan Haruka Toko 4 3 2 5 +9 0 F
China Zhang Mengying 4 3 2 5 +6 0 F
Japan Fuka Ishiura 3 3 1 4 +9 0 F
China Ma Rui 4 3 1 4 +6 2 F
China Kong Minghui 4 2 2 4 +5 4 F

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%
South Korea Shin Sojung 209:57 165 11 3.14 93.33
China Shi Yao 178:59 63 5 1.68 92.06
Japan Azusa Nakaoku 240:00 59 6 1.50 89.83
China (2) Yang Jiaqi 117:03 61 10 5.13 83:61
China (2) Jiao Jian 127:57 47 18 8.44 61.70

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "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. ^ a b "Scoring Leaders" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  4. ^ a b "Goalkeepers" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
  5. ^ "Format". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2012-02-19.
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