2016 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia – Division I

The 2016 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division I was the third IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division I competition, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between 9 and 14 April 2016 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
==Participants==
Team	2015 Results
 	6th in Division I 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===
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	 	4	4	0	0	0	37	7 	+30	12
 	 	4	3	0	0	1	25	16	+9 	9
 	 	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
Promoted to Top Division 2017
===Awards and statistics===
====Awards====
*Media All-Stars:
** MVP: Oleg Kolodii
** Goalkeeper: Te Lin Chu
** Defenceman: Ali Amir
** Forward: Ban Kin Loke
====Scoring Leaders====
Player 	GP	G 	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
Oleg Kolodii 	4 	15	5	20 	+25	6
Ban Kin Loke 	4 	9 	9	18 	+8 	4
Bryan Chee Ming Lim 	4 	5 	7	12 	+6 	4
Nural Nizam Versluis	4 	6 	5	11 	+8 	0
Mishigsuren Namjil 	4 	3 	7	10 	+16	2
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes 
 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 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Elzar Bolotbekov 	128:08	2 	0.94	37 	94.59	1
Tengku Azlly Tengku Abdillah	214:56	11	3.07	109	89.91	0
Ahmad Alsulaiti 	240:00	18	4.50	109	83.49	0
Te Lin Chu 	180.26	14	4.66	79 	82.28	0
Rinat Mustafaev 	111:52	5 	2.68	24 	79.17	0
TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
==References==
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
*Challenge Cup of Asia - IIHF
IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Category:IIHF Challenge Cups of Asia