Tournament details | |
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Host country | Thailand |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 17–23 March 2017 |
Teams | 5 |
Final positions | |
Champions | United Arab Emirates (3rd title) |
Runner-up | Mongolia |
Third place | Thailand |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 10 |
Goals scored | 112 (11.2 per game) |
Attendance | 1,468 (147 per game) |
Scoring leader(s) | Juma Al Dhaheri (14 points) |
The 2017 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia was the 10th edition of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It took place from 17 to 23 March 2017 at the ice skating rink of the CentralPlaza Grand Rama IX shopping mall in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] Five nations participated, though a sixth, Kyrgyzstan, was supposed to but cancelled. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament, their third time doing so.