2016 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

The **2016 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia** became the 9th IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 12 and 18 March 2016 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

## Top Division

<big>**Participants**</big>
|Team|2014 Results|
| --- | --- |
||Won gold medal in 2015|
||Won bronze medal in 2015|
||Runner up of Division I in 2015|
||4th place in 2015|
||**Host**, Won silver medal in 2015|

### Preliminary round

|width=40||width=165|Team|width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||4|4|0|0|0|46|6|+40|**12**||||||||||||
|2||4|3|0|0|1|17|7|+10|**9**||||||||||||
|3||4|2|0|0|2|21|26|-5|**6**||||||||||||
|4||4|1|0|0|3|12|22|−10|**3**||||||||||||
|5||4|0|0|0|4|5|37|−32|**0**||||||||||||

#### Awards

- Media All-Stars:
    - MVP:  To Weng
    - Goalkeeper:  Ahmed Ald Dhaheri
    - Defenceman:  Yen-Lin Shen
    - Forward:  Hung-Ju Lin

#### Scoring Leaders

|style="width:225px;"|Player|style="width:50px;"|GP|style="width:50px;"|G|style="width:50px;"|A|style="width:60px;"|Pts|style="width:60px;"|+/−|style="width:50px;"|PIM|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|To Weng|4|14|5|**19**|+22|8||||||||
|Hung-Ju Lin|4|8|8|**16**|+22|4||||||||
|Yen-Lin Shen|4|3|12|**15**|+22|4||||||||
|Yen-Chin Shen|4|4|10|**14**|+19|4||||||||
|Mishigsuren Namjil|4|4|4|**8**|-1|6||||||||
<small>_GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes_ </small>

<small> Source: IIHF.com</small>

#### 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.

|style="width:200px;"|Player|style="width:60px;"|TOI|style="width:50px;"|GA|style="width:60px;"|GAA|style="width:50px;"|SA|style="width:60px;"|Sv%|style="width:50px;"|SO|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|Yu-Cheng Liao|185:16|4|1.30|64|**93.75**|0||||||||
|Ahmed Al Dhaheri|160:00|6|2.25|53|**88.68**|0||||||||
|Pirapong Lertkitsiri|236:12|20|5.08|116|**85.29**|0||||||||
|Khai Shene Eugene Chin|156.52|22|8.41|98|**77.55**|0||||||||
|Munkhbold Bayarsaikhan|194:00|19|5.88|80|**76.25**|0||||||||
<small>_TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts_
</small>

<small>Source: IIHF.com</small>

## Division I

The Division I competition will played between 9 and 14 April 2016 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

<big>**Participants**</big>
|Team|2015 Results|
| --- | --- |
||Did not participate in 2015|
||**Host**, 3rd in Division I in 2015|
||Relegated from Top Division in 2015|
||5th in Division I in 2015|
||Did not participate in 2015|

### Preliminary round

|width=40||width=165|Team|width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||width=40||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1||4|4|0|0|0|37|7|+30|**12**||||||||||||
|2||4|3|0|0|1|25|16|+9|**9**||||||||||||
|3||4|1|1|0|2|13|21|-8|**5**||||||||||||
|4||4|1|0|0|3|7|18|−11|**3**||||||||||||
|5||4|0|0|1|3|14|34|-20|**1**||||||||||||

## Other websites

- International Ice Hockey Federation
- Challenge Cup of Asia - IIHF

## Infobox (international ice hockey competition)

- **tourney name**: IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
- **year**: 2016
- **size**: 150px
- **country**: United Arab Emirates
- **dates**: 12 – 18 March 2016
- **num teams**: 5
- **venues**: 1
- **cities**: 1
- **winners**: Chinese Taipei
- **count**: 6
- **games**: 10
- **goals**: 101
- **attendance**: 1503
- **mvp**: To Weng
- **prevseason**: 2015 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, 2015
- **nextseason**: 2017 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, 2017


## Infobox (international ice hockey competition)

- **tourney name**: IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division 1
- **year**: 2016
- **size**: 150px
- **country**: Kyrgyzstan
- **dates**: 9 – 14 April 2016
- **num teams**: 5
- **venues**: 1
- **cities**: 1
- **winners**: Kyrgyzstan
- **count**: 1
- **games**: 10
- **goals**: 96
- **attendance**: 3445
- **mvp**: Oleg Kolodii
- **prevseason**: 2015 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division 1, 2015
- **nextseason**: 2017 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division 1, 2017