The 2014 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I was an international women's ice hockey tournament run by the

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. The tournament took place between 26 December and 28 December 2013 in

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

, China and was the first edition of the Women's Division I competition under the

IIHF 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 ...

series of tournaments.

won the tournament after winning all three of their games and finishing first in the standings.

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is bo ...

finished in second place and

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...

finished third.

Overview

The 2014 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament began on 26 December in

, China with the games played at Mega Ice.

returned to international competition having last played in 2007 at the Hong Kong International Women's Ice Hockey Tournament while

and the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

all made their debut appearance in international competition. Hong Kong won the tournament after winning all three of their round-robin games and finishing first in the standings. Thailand claimed second following their wins over Singapore and the United Arab Emirates, finishing four points ahead of third place in the standings. Singapore finished in third place following their overtime win against the United Arab Emirates. Thailand's Nuchanat Ponglerkdee finished as the tournaments top scorer with 11 points which included seven goals and four assists. Jenny Kai Chin Lee of Hong Kong finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a save percentage of 100.00.

Standings

Fixtures

''All times are local.'' ( HKT –

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)

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

Tournament page
at IIHF.com {{IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia International ice hockey competitions hosted by Hong Kong