Chinese Taipei at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Chinese Taipei at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
Chinese Taipei at the; 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	TPE
NOC	Chinese Taipei Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro; February 19–26
Competitors	41 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Shen Yen-chin(Opening Ceremony) Amy Lin(Closing Ceremony)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
	1990; 1996; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2017;

Chinese Taipei is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.^[1]^[2] Chinese Taipei is scheduled to compete in all five sports (seven disciplines).^[3] The Chinese Taipei delegation consists of 41 athletes and 30 officials.^[4]^[5] This marks the nation's largest ever Asian Winter Games team in terms of athletes and officials sent.^[6]

Competitors

The following table lists the Chinese Taipei delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	1	3
Biathlon	1	0	0
Curling	5	0	5
Figure skating	2	1	3
Ice hockey	20	0	20
Short track speed skating	4	4	8
Speed skating	1	0	1
Total	35	6	41

Alpine skiing

Chinese Taipei's Alpine skiing team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman).^[5]

Men

Woman

Huang Pei-chen

Biathlon

Chinese Taipei's biathlon team consists of one male athlete.^[5]

Man

Wang Yao-Yi

Curling

Chinese Taipei has entered a men's team.^[7]^[8] The team consists of five athletes.^[5]

Men's tournament

Randolph Shen – skip
Nicholas Hsu – third
Brendon Liu – second
Ting-Li Lin – lead
Steve Koo – alternate

Key
	Teams to playoffs

Country v t e	Skip	W	L
China	Liu Rui	5	0
South Korea	Kim Soo-hyuk	4	1
Japan	Yusuke Morozumi	3	2
Chinese Taipei	Randolph Shen	2	3
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	1	4
Qatar	Nabeel Alyafei	0	5

Round-robin

Chinese Taipei has a bye in draw 2

Draw 1

Saturday, February 18, 9:00

Sheet A v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Japan (Morozumi)	0	2	0	0	6	0	3	X	X	X	11
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	3

Draw 3

Sunday, February 19, 9:00

Sheet C v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
China (Rui)	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	3	X	7
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	3

Draw 4

Monday, February 20, 13:30

Sheet B v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3
South Korea (Soo-hyuk)	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	7

Draw 5

Tuesday, February 21, 9:00

Sheet A v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	3	3	2	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	14
Qatar (Alyafei)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	X	1

Draw 6

Tuesday, February 21, 18:00

Sheet B v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Kazakhstan (Kim)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	3	2	1	0	2	3	0	2	X	13

Semifinals

Wednesday, February 22, 1:30

Sheet B v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
China (Rui)	0	0	2	0	0	2	1	3	X	X	8

Bronze medal match

Thursday, February 23, 1:30

Sheet C v	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Final
Chinese Taipei (Shen)	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	X	X	5
South Korea (Soo-hyuk)	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	X	X	10

Chinese Taipei finishes in fourth place.

Figure skating

Chinese Taipei's figure skating team consists of three athletes (two men and one woman).^[5]

Singles

Athlete	Event	SP		FS		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tsao Chih-I	Men's	63.68	11
Lee Meng-ju	Men's	44.49	16
Amy Lin	Ladies	47.15	10

Ice hockey

Chinese Taipei has entered a men's team. The team will compete in the Division one.^[9]^[10] Chinese Taipei finished in second place (6th place overall) in division 1 of the competition.^[11]

Men's tournament

Chinese Taipei was represented by the following 20 athletes:^[5]

Legend

G– Goalie D = Defense-man F = Forward

Rank	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Thailand	5	4	1	0	0	36	12	+24	14
6	Chinese Taipei	5	3	1	1	0	34	13	+21	12
7	United Arab Emirates	5	3	0	0	2	29	24	+5	9
8	Mongolia	5	2	0	0	3	25	23	+2	6
9	Hong Kong	5	1	0	1	3	27	27	0	4
10	Singapore	5	0	0	0	5	4	56	–52	0

18 February 2017
15:30

Chinese Taipei

10–3
(4–1, 1–1, 5–1)

United Arab Emirates

Mikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 290


			Referee: Hokkanen Kimmo Linesmen: Juris Barcelo Era Manabu

12 min	Penalties	22 min
44	Shots	20

20 February 2017
19:00

Hong Kong

4–5
(3–0, 0–3, 1–1, 0–0, 0–1)

Chinese Taipei

Mikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 180




28 min	Penalties	14 min
19	Shots	39

21 February 2017
12:00

Singapore

1–11
(1–3, 0–5, 0–3)

Chinese Taipei

Mikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 200




6 min	Penalties	14 min
16	Shots	43

23 February 2017
12:00

Chinese Taipei

2–3
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Thailand

Mikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 500




6 min	Penalties	6 min
40	Shots	50

25 February 2017
12:00

Mongolia

2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Mikaho Gymnasium
Attendance: 500




14 min	Penalties	14 min
23	Shots	28

Short track speed skating

Chinese Taipei's short track speed skating team consists of eight athletes (4 men and 4 women).^[5]

Men

Women

Speed skating

Chinese Taipei's speed skating team consists of one male athlete.^[5]

Man

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Sung Ching-yang	500 m	35.74	9
Sung Ching-yang	1000 m	1:12.46	16

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