IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

The IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia are a series of international ice hockey tournaments in the continent of Asia. The purpose of the tournament is to provide competitive opportunities for Asian teams that are either in the lower divisions of the IIHF World Championships or did not compete in any IIHF World Championships. The first edition was held in Hong Kong from 24 to 26 April 2008, with the second edition held a year later in the United Arab Emirates. The third edition took place from 29 March to 4 April 2010 in the Republic of China.
The first women's tournament took place in Shanghai, China from 10 to 14 April 2010, and the first University Challenge Cup of Asia took place in Goyang-Si, Seoul, South Korea from 12 to 14 May 2010. Junior (under-20) and under-18 editions were introduced in 2012. On 31 January 2020, the women's and men's under-20 tournaments were cancelled, except the men's tournament, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
==Results==
===Men's===
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Host city 	Host country
2008	 	 	 	Hong Kong 	
2009	 	 	 	Abu Dhabi 	
2010	 	 	 	Taipei City 	
2011	 	 	 	Kuwait City 	
2012	 	 	 	Dehradun 	
2013	 	 	 	Bangkok 	
2014	 	 	 	Abu Dhabi 	
2015	 	 	 	Taipei City 	
2016	 	 	 	Abu Dhabi 	
2017	 	 	 	Bangkok 	
2018	 	 	 	Pasay 	
2019	 	 	 	Kuala Lumpur	
2020	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Singapore 	
===Men's Division I===
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host city 	Host country
2014	 	 	 	Bishkek 	
2015	 	 	 	Kuwait City 	
2016	 	 	 	Bishkek 	
2017	 	 	 	Kuwait City 	
2018	 	 	 	Kuala Lumpur	
===Women's===
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Host city 	Host country
2010	 	 	 	Shanghai 	
2011	 	 	 	Nikko 	
2012	 	 	 	Qiqihar 	
2014	 	 	 	Harbin 	
2017	 	 	 	Bangkok 	
2018	 	 	 	Kuala Lumpur	
2019	 	 	 	Abu Dhabi 	
2020	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Manila 	
===Women's Division I===
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Host city 	Host country
2014	 	 	 	Hong Kong 	
2015	 	 	 	Taipei City 	
2016	 	 	 	Taipei City 	
2018	 	 	 	Kuala Lumpur	
2019	 	 	 	Abu Dhabi 	
2020	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Manila 	
===University/Men's U20===
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Host city 	Host country
2010	 	 	 	Seoul 	
2011	 	 	 	Changchun 	
2012	MHL Red Stars 	 	 	Seoul 	
2013	 	MHL Red Stars 	 	Khabarovsk 	
2014	MHL Red Stars 	 	 	Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk	
2018	 	 	 	Kuala Lumpur 	
2019	 	 	 	Kuala Lumpur 	
2020	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Bangkok 	
===Men's U20 Division I===
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Host city 	Host country
2019	 	 	 	Kuala Lumpur	
2020	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Bangkok 	
===Men's U18===
Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host city	Host country
2012	 	 	 	Abu Dhabi	
==Medal table==
===Men's===
Countries in bold currently compete in the lower divisions of the IIHF World Championships.
Rank 	Country 	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1 	 	6 	0 	0 	6
2 	 	3 	5 	0 	8
3 	 	2 	1 	4 	7
4 	 	1 	1 	1 	3
5 	 	0 	3 	3 	6
6 	 	0 	1 	2 	3
7 	 	0 	1 	1 	2
8 	 	0 	0 	1 	1
Totals (8 countries)	Totals (8 countries)	12 	12 	12 	36
===Women's===
Countries in bold currently compete in the IIHF World Women's Championships.
Rank 	Country 	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1 	 	2 	2 	1 	5
2 	 	2 	1 	0 	3
3 	 	1 	1 	1 	3
4 	 	1 	1 	0 	2
4 	 	1 	1 	0 	2
6 	 	0 	1 	1 	2
7 	 	0 	0 	2 	2
7 	 	0 	0 	2 	2
Totals (8 countries)	Totals (8 countries)	7 	7 	7 	21
===Men's U20===
Rank 	Country 	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1 	 	3 	1 	1 	5
2 	 	2 	1 	0 	3
3 	 	2 	0 	0 	2
4 	 	0 	2 	2 	4
5 	 	0 	2 	0 	2
6 	 	0 	1 	0 	1
7 	 	0 	0 	2 	2
8 	 	0 	0 	1 	1
8 	 	0 	0 	1 	1
Totals (9 countries)	Totals (9 countries)	7 	7 	7 	21
==See also==
* IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships
==References==
==External links==
* IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia at eurohockey.com
Category:International Ice Hockey Federation tournaments