The Chinese Taipei men's national under-18 ice hockey team is the men's national under-18
ice hockey
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team of the
Republic of China
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. The team is controlled by the
Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 m ...
.
History
The Chinese Taipei men's national under-18 ice hockey team played its first game in 1999 during the
1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Division II tournament being held in
Pyongyang
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, North Korea. Chinese Taipei lost the tournament and also suffered their largest defeat in international participation when they lost to
South Africa
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1–34.
Chinese Taipei remained in Division II for the next two year finishing in second place in both years.
In 2002 the two divisions were merged for the
2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship.
Chinese Taipei finished in fifth place after only managing one win against Thailand.
After a six-year absence from international competition the under-18 team returned to compete in the
2008 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III Group A tournament being held in
Mexico City
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, Mexico. They finished in second place losing only one game to
Mexico
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.
During the
2010 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III Group A tournament Chinese Taipei achieved their largest victory in international participation when they defeated Mongolia 18–1.
Chinese Taipei have continued to compete in the Division III tournament at the World U18 Championships and most recently finished in fifth place at the
2012 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III Group A tournament
and third place at the
2013 IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A tournament.
International competitions
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1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Finish: 4th in Division II (8th overall)
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2000 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship Finish: 2nd in Division II (6th overall)
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2001 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Finish: 2nd in Division II (6th overall)
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2002 IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championship Finish: 5th (5th overall)
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2008 IIHF World U18 Championships Finish: 2nd in
Division III Group A (37th overall)
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2009 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2009 IIHF World U18 Championships were held in Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota, United States. The championships ran from April 9 to April 19, 2009. Games were played at the Urban Plains Center in Fargo and the Moorhead Sports Cen ...
Finish: 3rd in
Division III Group A (39th overall)
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2010 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2010 IIHF World U18 Championships was the 12th edition of the IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was held in Minsk and Babruysk, Belarus, between April 13 and April 23, 2010. Tournament games were played at the Minsk Sports Palace in ...
Finish: 3rd in Division III Group A (39th overall)
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2011 IIHF World U18 Championships Finish: 2nd in
Division III Group A (38th overall)
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2012 IIHF World U18 Championships Finish: 5th in Division III (39th overall)
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2013 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2013 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 15th IIHF World U18 Championship and was hosted in Sochi, Russia. This was also a test event for the facilities to be used in the 2014 Winter Olympics. It began on 18 April 2013 with the gold medal ga ...
Finish: 3rd in Division III (37th overall)
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2014 IIHF World U18 Championships Finish: 3rd in Division III Group A (37th overall)
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2015 IIHF World U18 Championships Finish: 4th in Division III Group A (38th overall)
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2016 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2016 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 18th IIHF World U18 Championship. It was played from April 14 to 24, 2016 in Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA.
Venues
Top Division Officials
The IIHF selected 12 referees and 10 linesmen to work the 2 ...
Finish: 5th in Division III Group A (39th overall)
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2017 IIHF World U18 Championships Finish: 3rd in Division III Group A (37th overall)
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2018 IIHF World U18 Championships
The 2018 IIHF U18 World Championship was the 20th IIHF World U18 Championship. The tournament was played from 19 to 29 April 2018 in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia. United States lost to Finland.
Top Division
Match officials
12 referees an ...
Finish: 6th in Division III Group A (40th overall)
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2019 IIHF World U18 Championships Finish: 1st in Division III Group B (41st overall)
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2020 IIHF World U18 Championships : Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
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2021 IIHF World U18 Championships : Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
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2022 IIHF World U18 Championships Finish: 1st in Division III Group A (31st overall)
Team roster
''From the 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships Division III Group A''
References
External links
Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation
{{Men's national under-18 ice hockey teams
Ice hockey in Taiwan
National under-18 ice hockey teams
Ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...