2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
The 2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia was the 12th edition of the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia, an annual international ice hockey tournament held by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament took place from 1 to 9 March 2019 at Malaysia National Ice Skating Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Last year's runners-up Thailand will not participate for the first time since the competition kicked off in 2008 and made their debut in Division III qualification tournament of the 2019 World Championships. Kuwait also participates in Division III qualification tournament and India unable to participate in the tournament due to lack of money. Only Oman returned after one year absence, bringing the number of participants reduced from nine to seven teams. Mongolia won the Challenge Cup of Asia for the second straight year, by defeating the Philippines in the final, while Singapore defeating hosts Malaysia, to win their first ever bronze medal in the tournament.Participants
Group A
Group B
Match officials
4 referees and 6 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
;Referees
- Yu Jin Ang
- Chi Hongda
- Johan Magnusson
- Mohamed Faris Hakimin Yusoff
;Linesmen
- Yong Elbert Cheah
- Chee Seng Loh
- Edmond Ng
- Eishner Jigsmac Sibug
- Tam Weng-leong
- Heru Wardana
Preliminary round
All times are in Malaysia Standard Time.Group A
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----Playoff round
Bracket
Quarterfinals
----Semifinals
----Final
Final ranking
Source: Awards and statistics
Awards
Source: Scoring leaders
Source: Goaltending leaders
Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
| Player | | | | | | |
 Paolo Spafford | 200:00 | 11 | 3.30 | 125 | 91.20 | 0 |
 Mohamed Al-Balushi | 239:54 | 16 | 4.00 | 181 | 91.16 | 0 |
 Kenny Liang | 259:04 | 21 | 4.86 | 159 | 86.79 | 1 |
 Shahrul Ilyas Shukor | 243:46 | 22 | 5.42 | 161 | 86.34 | 0 |
 Leung Man-long | 299:43 | 25 | 5.00 | 181 | 86.19 | 0 |
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