2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

The 2012 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia was the 5th IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place between March 17 and March 25, 2012 in Dehradun, India. The defending champions Hong Kong, who claimed their first title in 2011, did not send a team to this year's edition. Chinese Taipei, winners of the 2010 tournament competed after skipping the 2011 tournament. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Thailand in the final and Malaysia finished in third after defeating Kuwait in the bronze medal match
==Overview==
This will be the first IIHF sanctioned tournament to be held in India and will see the tournament expanded to seven teams. The teams will be split into two seeded groups. Group A will contain the United Arab Emirates, Thailand, Chinese Taipei and Kuwait, who will play a round robin format. Group B will consist of Macau, Malaysia and India, who will play a double-round robin format. The top two teams in Group A will receive a bye to the semi-finals, while the bottom two will play a semi-final qualification against the top two teams from Group B.
The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Thailand 3 – 0 in the final. It was the United Arab Emirates second title having previously won the 2009 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia. Malaysia finished third after they defeated Kuwait in the bronze medal game. Loke Ban Kin finished the tournament as the top scoring after finishing with 27 points including 16 goals and 11 assists. The United Arab Emirate's Khaled al-Suwaidi finished as the tournaments top goaltender based on save percentage with a percentage of 100.
==Group stage==
    	Team qualified for Semi-finals
    	Team qualified for Qualification play-off
    	Team did not advance
===Group A===
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	3	3	0	0	0	24	3 	+21	9
2	 	3	2	0	0	1	25	6 	+19	6
3	 	3	1	0	0	2	14	16	–2 	3
4	 	3	0	0	0	3	2 	40	–38	0
All times local. (IST = UTC+5:30)
===Group B===
 	Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
1	 	4	4	0	0	1	44	7 	+37	12
2	 	4	1	0	0	3	12	37	–25	3
3	 	4	1	0	0	3	9 	21	–12	3
All times local. (IST = UTC+5:30)
==Playoff round==
===Bracket===
===Qualification play-off===
===Semi-finals===
===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Ranking and statistics==
===Final standings===
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===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals, assists, and the lower penalties in minutes.
Player 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
Loke Ban Kin 	7	16	11	27	+20	8 	F
Tewin Chartsuwan 	5	11	5 	16	+17	4 	F
Juma al-Dhaheri 	5	6 	9 	15	+13	4 	F
Meshal al-Ajmi 	6	12	2 	14	+6 	35	D
Tan Khia Peng 	7	7 	7 	14	+17	4 	F
Suhail al-Mehairi 	5	4 	8 	12	+14	0 	F
Teerasak Rattanachot	5	5 	6 	11	+16	4 	F
Mohammad al-Ajmi 	6	4 	7 	11	-5 	4 	F
Moi Jia Yung 	7	2 	9 	11	+13	4 	D
Brandon Tan Wai Kin 	7	5 	5 	10	+15	2 	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 	 	 	 	 	
Khaled al-Suwaidi 	240:00	49 	0 	0.00	100.00
Prawes Kaewjeen 	160:00	49 	5 	1.88	89.80
Tengku Muhd Azlly Tengku Abdillah	225:10	98 	11	2.93	88.78
Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk 	140:00	56 	8 	3.43	85.71
Jasem al-Sarraf 	321:29	179	28	5.23	84.36
==References==
==External links==
*International Ice Hockey Federation
Category:2012 in hockey
Category:IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia