2016 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia – Division I

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2016 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia - Division 1
Tournament details
Host country Kyrgyzstan
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates9 – 14 April 2016
Teams5
Final positions
Champions  Kyrgyzstan (1st title)
Runner-up  Malaysia
Third place  Macau
Tournament statistics
Games played10
Goals scored96 (9.6 per game)
Attendance3,445 (345 per game)
MVPKyrgyzstan Oleg Kolodii
← 2015
2017 →

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.[1]

Participants[edit]

Team 2015 Results
 India 6th in Division I in 2015
 Kyrgyzstan Host, 3rd in Division I in 2015
 Macau Relegated from Top Division in 2015
 Malaysia 5th in Division I in 2015
 Qatar Did not participate in 2015

Preliminary round[edit]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kyrgyzstan 4 4 0 0 0 37 7 +30 12 Promoted to Top Division 2017
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Malaysia 4 3 0 0 1 25 16 +9 9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Macau 4 1 1 0 2 13 21 −8 5
4  Qatar 4 1 0 0 3 7 18 −11 3
5  India 4 0 0 1 3 14 34 −20 1
Source: [citation needed]

Awards and statistics[edit]

Awards[edit]

  • Media All-Stars:[2]
    • MVP: Kyrgyzstan Oleg Kolodii
    • Goalkeeper: Macau Te Lin Chu
    • Defenceman: India Ali Amir
    • Forward: Malaysia Ban Kin Loke

Scoring Leaders[edit]

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Kyrgyzstan Oleg Kolodii 4 15 5 20 +25 6
Malaysia Ban Kin Loke 4 9 9 18 +8 4
Malaysia Bryan Chee Ming Lim 4 5 7 12 +6 4
Malaysia Nural Nizam Versluis 4 6 5 11 +8 0
Kyrgyzstan 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[edit]

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
Kyrgyzstan Elzar Bolotbekov 128:08 2 0.94 37 94.59 1
Malaysia Tengku Azlly Tengku Abdillah 214:56 11 3.07 109 89.91 0
Qatar Ahmad Alsulaiti 240:00 18 4.50 109 83.49 0
Macau Te Lin Chu 180.26 14 4.66 79 82.28 0
Kyrgyzstan 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[edit]

  1. ^ "Challenge Cup of Asia Statistics". iihf.com. 2016-05-22.
  2. ^ "IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division 1 Media Allstars" (PDF). IIHF. Retrieved May 22, 2016.

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