Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team

     IIHF codeTPERankingCurrent IIHF26 Steady (28 August 2023)[2]Highest IIHF26 (first in 2022)Lowest IIHF38 (first in 2017)First internationalChinese Taipei  21–0  Malaysia
(Taipei, Republic of China; 23 March 2016)Biggest winChinese Taipei  21–0  Malaysia
(Taipei, Republic of China; 23 March 2016)Biggest defeatGreat Britain  8–0  Chinese Taipei
(Jaca, Spain; 3 April 2022)World ChampionshipsAppearances6 (first in 2017)Best result25th (2022)Challenge Cup of AsiaAppearances3 (first in 2015)Best result1st place, gold medalist(s) (2015, 2016)International record (W–L–T)23–15–0

The Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team is the ice hockey team representing Taiwan internationally in women's competition. The team is overseen by the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. The team was formed in 2014 and competed in the IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament, which it has won on two occasions, currently competes in IIHF Women's Ice Hockey World Championships Division 2B.

History

The Chinese Taipei women's national ice hockey team played its first game in November 2014 at the 2015 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament.[3][4] Chinese Taipei won their opening game of the tournament against Hong Kong and went on to win their three other games which included a second win against Hong Kong and two wins against Thailand.[3][5] Chinese Taipei finished the tournament at the top of the standings and won the gold medal.[3][5] The team returned to competition in March 2016 for the 2016 IIHF Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I tournament.[6] The tournament had expanded to five teams and included India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand.[6] Chinese Taipei finished at the top of the standings after winning all four of their games and claimed their second tournament title.[6][7] The tournament also included the team's 21–0 defeat of Malaysia, their largest win in internal competition.[4]

International competitions

World Championship

  • 2017 – Finished in 33rd place (1st in Division IIB Qualification, Promoted to Division IIB)
  • 2018 – Finished in 29th place (2nd in Division IIB)
  • 2019 – Finished in 29th place (1st in Division IIB, Promoted to Division IIA)
  • 2020 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[8]
  • 2021 – Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[9]
  • 2022 – Finished in 25th place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2023 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division IIA)
  • 2024 – Finished in 26th place (4th in Division IIA)

Women's Challenge Cup of Asia

All-time record against other nations

Last match update: 18 March 2022[10]

Key
     Positive balance (more Wins)
     Neutral balance (Wins = Losses)
     Negative balance (more Losses)
Team GP W T L GF GA
 Malaysia 2 2 0 0 34 2
 Singapore 2 2 0 0 18 2
 Turkey 2 2 0 0 12 5
 Romania 2 2 0 0 13 7
 New Zealand 2 2 0 0 8 2
 Iceland 3 2 0 1 10 8
 Bulgaria 1 1 0 0 13 0
 India 1 1 0 0 13 0
 Hong Kong 1 1 0 0 10 1
 South Africa 1 1 0 0 7 1
 Croatia 1 1 0 0 3 0
 Belgium 1 1 0 0 2 1
 Thailand 2 1 0 1 10 4
 Kazakhstan 1 0 0 1 1 7
 Italy 1 0 0 1 0 7
 Spain 2 0 0 2 1 10
Total 25 9 0 6 162 50

References

  1. ^ "Chinese Taipei" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  2. ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "2015 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Div. I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  4. ^ a b "Taipei vs Nations" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  5. ^ a b Springfeld, Harald (12 November 2014). "Chinese Taipei cheering". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 30 September 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  6. ^ a b c "2016 IIHF Ice Hockey Women's Challenge Cup of Asia Division I". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  7. ^ Merk, Martin (26 March 2016). "Taipei women defend title". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 9 April 2016. Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  8. ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  9. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Chinese Taipei Women All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 18 March 2022.

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