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.
 Chinese Taipei uses their Olympic flag emblem for their jersey badge. | |
| Association | Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation |
|---|---|
| Head coach | Yin An-Chung |
| Assistants | Huang Jen-Hung |
| Captain | Liu Yang-Chi |
| Most games | three players (37) |
| Top scorer | Yeh Hui-chen (51) |
| Most points | Yeh Hui-chen (74)[1] |
| Team colors | |
| IIHF code | TPE |
| Ranking | |
| Current IIHF | 26  (28 August 2023)[2] |
| Highest IIHF | 26 (first in 2022) |
| Lowest IIHF | 38 (first in 2017) |
| First international | |
Chinese Taipei  21–0  Malaysia(Taipei, Republic of China; 23 March 2016) | |
| Biggest win | |
| Chinese Taipei 21–0 Malaysia (Taipei, Republic of China; 23 March 2016) | |
| Biggest defeat | |
Great Britain  8–0 Chinese Taipei(Jaca, Spain; 3 April 2022) | |
| World Championships | |
| Appearances | 6 (first in 2017) |
| Best result | 25th (2022) |
| Challenge Cup of Asia | |
| Appearances | 3 (first in 2015) |
| Best result |  (2015, 2016) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 23–15–0 | |
History
editThe 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
editWorld Championship
edit- 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)
Asian Winter Games
edit- 2025 –
Women's Challenge Cup of Asia
edit- 2015 Division I – 1st
- 2016 Division I – 1st
- 2019 Top Division – 2nd
All-time record against other nations
editLast match update: 18 March 2022[10]
| 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
edit- ^ "Chinese Taipei" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ "IIHF Women's World Ranking". IIHF. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2023.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Taipei vs Nations" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 June 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
- ^ "IIHF – IIHF Council announces more cancellations". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Chinese Taipei Women All Time Results" (PDF). National Teams of Ice Hockey. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
External links
edit- Official website
(in Chinese) - IIHF profile
