The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia was the third

IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia The IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship (formally 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 and Oc ...

, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the

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(IIHF). It was held from 15 February 2012 to 19 February 2012 in

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, China.

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won the tournament for the second year in a row after defeating

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's first team in the gold medal game. China's second team won bronze after defeating

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in the third place match.

Overview

The 2012 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia began on 15 February 2012 in

, 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

with the first Chinese team defeating the second team 12–0.

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

in the bronze medal game 2–1.

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of Japan finished the tournament as the top scorer after finishing with seven points including four goals and three 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.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.

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.

References

External links

International Ice Hockey Federation
{{IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia

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