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{{Infobox international hockey competition
| tourney_name = IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia
| year = 2020
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| country = Singapore
| dates = 27 April–1 May 2020
| num_teams = [[#Participants|6]]
| venues = 1
| cities = 1
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| prevseason = [[2019 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2019]]
| nextseason = [[2021 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2021]]
| website =
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The '''2020 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia''' was to be the 13th edition of the [[IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia]], an annual international [[ice hockey]] tournament held by the [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] (IIHF). The tournament was scheduled to take place from 27 April to 1 May 2020 in [[Singapore]] but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/static/5456/asia|title=Asian Competitions|website=International Ice Hockey Federation|accessdate=30 October 2021}}</ref> Singapore was selected to host the tournament for the first time.<ref name="CCOA 2020">{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/13688/new-season-in-asia-ahead|title=New season in Asia ahead|website=iihf.com|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|access-date=26 September 2019|date=5 September 2019}}</ref> The 2019 fourth-place finishers [Malaysia]] would not participate for the first time since the [[2014 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia|2014 edition]] and was to make their World Championship debut in the inaugural [[2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV|Division IV]] of the [[2020 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2020 World Championship]], but the Division IV tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18277/iihf-cancels-march-tournaments|title=IIHF cancels March tournaments|first=Adam|last=Steiss|publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation|access-date=8 March 2020|date=2 March 2020}}</ref> [[India]] was to return after a one-year absence, bringing the number of participants reduced from seven to six teams.

==Participants==
{| class="wikitable"
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! Team !! 2019 Results
|-
| {{ih|MGL}} || Won gold medal last year.
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| {{ih|PHI}} || Won silver medal last year.
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| {{ih|SGP}} || '''Host''', won bronze medal last year.
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| {{ih|INA}} || Finished 5th place last year.
|-
| {{ih|MAC}} || Finished 6th place last year.
|-
| {{ih|IND}} || Did not participate last year. Last participation in [[2018 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia – Division I|2018]].
|}

==References==
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{{IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia}}

[[Category:2020 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF Challenge Cups of Asia]]

{{Wikipedia}}

2020 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia - Revision history

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