2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was the second 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. The tournament expanded back to four teams from three in 2011 with the inclusion of a second Chinese national team. That second national team was the Chinese junior team. The opening game was played between the first and second teams of China with the first Chinese team defeating the second team 12–0. 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 finished in third place after defeating South Korea in the bronze medal game 2–1. Chiho Osawa of Japan finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with seven points including four goals and seven assists. South Korea's Shin Sojung finished as the tournaments top goaltender based on save percentage with 93.33.
==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.
    	Team advances to the Gold medal game
    	Team advances to the Bronze medal game
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1 	3	3	0	0	0	19	2 	+17	9
 	3	2	0	0	1	20	5 	+15	6
2 	3	0	1	0	2	4 	27	–23	2
 	3	0	0	1	2	4 	13	–9 	1
All times local.
==Gold medal game==
==Bronze medal game==
==Scoring leaders==
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	4	4	3	7	+3	2 	F
 	4	4	2	6	+9	4 	F
Fang Xin 	4	3	3	6	+6	2 	F
 	3	3	2	5	+6	4 	F
Huang Haijing 	4	3	2	5	+5	10	F
 	4	3	2	5	+9	0 	F
Zhang Mengying	4	3	2	5	+6	0 	F
 	3	3	1	4	+9	0 	F
Ma Rui 	4	3	1	4	+6	2 	F
Kong Minghui 	4	2	2	4	+5	4 	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.
Player 	 	 	 	 	
Shin Sojung 	209:57	165	11	3.14	93.33
Shi Yao 	178:59	63 	5 	1.68	92.06
 	240:00	59 	6 	1.50	89.83
(2) Yang Jiaqi	117:03	61 	10	5.13	83:61
(2) Jiao Jian 	127:57	47 	18	8.44	61.70
 
==References==
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
Category:IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
Category:2012 in hockey