The Chinese Taipei national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of the Republic of China (Taiwan). The team is controlled by the Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation and is a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Chinese Taipei currently competes in the Division II B . As of December 2025, it is ranked 38th in the IIHF World Ranking and 6th in the specialized Asian Ranking.
History Chinese Taipei has only been active in 1987, 2005, 2008 and 2010. In 1987, they competed unofficially in the World Championship Pool D in Perth, Australia where their best result was a 2–2 draw against Hong Kong. Chinese Taipei was not a member of the IIHF at the time, but showed up to the tournament anyway, and was allowed to play one game against each other team. In 2005, they played 3 friendlies, losing to Hong Kong once, 6–2 and defeating Thailand twice, 5–3 and 11–4. In 2008, they won the inaugural Challenge Cup of Asia held in Hong Kong. In 2009, they failed to send a team to the tournament and in April 2010, they hosted the tournament (now recognized by the IIHF) and won it again.
As with other sports teams, under political opposition from the People's Republic of China, the Republic of China has competed under the "Chinese Taipei" banner as a result of the 1979 Nagoya Resolution.
Tournament record World Championships YearHostResult1987 through 2016 did not participate 2017 Sofia 46th place 4 1 0 0 3 2018 Cape Town 44th place 5 2 0 0 3 2019 Sofia 45th place 5 1 1 0 3 2020 Kockelscheuer Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Kockelscheuer Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 2022 Kockelscheuer 40th place 4 1 0 0 3 2023 Cape Town 41st place 4 4 0 0 0 2024 Sofia 39th place 5 1 0 1 3 2025 Dunedin 39th place 5 1 0 1 3 2026 Sofia 40th place 5 1 0 0 4 2027 Taichung
Asian Winter Games YearHostResultGFGAGD 1986-2007 did not participate 2011 Astana 5th place 4 0 0 0 4 1 85 -84 2017 Sapporo 6th place 5 3 1 1 0 34 13 +21 2025 Harbin 5th place 6 1 0 0 5 6 59 -53Total - 3/9 15 4 1 1 9 41 157 -116
Challenge Cup of Asia
Year Host Result GF GA GD 2008 1st place 5 4 0 0 1 20 6 +14 2009 Abu Dhabi did not participate 2010 Taipei 1st place 5 4 0 0 1 18 7 +11 2011 Kuwait City did not participate 2012 Dehradun 5th place 4 0 0 0 4 2 43 -41 2013 Bangkok 1st place 7 6 1 0 0 67 7 +60 2014 Abu Dhabi 1st place 5 5 0 0 0 53 8 +45 2015 Taipei 1st place 4 4 0 0 0 52 6 +46 2016 Abu Dhabi 1st place 4 4 0 0 0 46 6 +40 Since 2017 did not participate because of World Championship Total - 7/9 34 27 1 0 6 258 83 +175
All-time record against other nations
Last match update: 3 May 2025
+ Key Positive balance (more Wins) Neutral balance (Wins = Losses) Negative balance (more Losses)
Team 1 0 0 1 3 31 1 0 0 1 1 8 1 1 0 0 5 0 5 1 0 4 12 29 2 0 0 2 1 15 1 0 0 1 1 6 3 0 0 3 7 20 10 6 1 3 38 29 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 0 33 2 0 0 2 0 52 5 4 0 1 60 14 3 3 0 0 20 7 3 3 0 0 50 0 3 2 0 1 14 6 1 1 0 0 7 1 5 5 0 0 49 9 1 0 0 1 1 14 3 0 0 3 3 20 1 0 0 1 0 6 3 3 0 0 27 4 4 2 0 2 21 19 3 0 0 3 3 60 1 0 0 1 0 11 14 12 0 2 90 40 4 1 0 4 15 23 3 2 0 1 10 9 10 7 0 3 39 39 Total 97 53 1 43 478 507
References
External links
IIHF profile National Teams of Ice Hockey