The 2015 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 6 November and 7 November 2014 in

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and was the second edition held since its formation in 2013 under the

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series of tournaments.

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won the tournament after winning all four 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

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 ...

finished third.

Overview

The 2015 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I began on 6 November 2014 in

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, Taiwan, with the games played at Annex Ice Rink.

and

returned after competing in last years tournament and

made their debut appearance in Division I and in international competition.

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and the

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did not send a team after previously competing in the 2014 edition. Chinese Taipei won the tournament after winning all four of their games and finishing first in the standings. Thailand finished second with four points and claimed their second Division I silver medal. Last years winner, Hong Kong, finished in last place after managing only one shootout win against Thailand. Chinese Taipei's Hui-Chen Yeh finished as the tournaments top scorer with eight points and Tzu-Ting Hsu finished as the tournaments leading goaltender with a

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of 100.00.

Standings

Fixtures

''All times are local.'' ( NST –

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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 Taiwan