Chinese Taipei at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

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]

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

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

• Ho Ping-Jui
• Wu Meng-Che

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	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 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 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 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 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 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	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	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
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tsao Chih-I	Men's	63.68	11
Lee Meng-ju		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]

• Huang Sheng-chun (G)
• Liao Yu-cheng (G)
• Ting Pang-keng (G)
• Chang Hsing-han (D)
• Chang Wei-ting (D)
• Chao Yu-tung (D)
• Huang Jen-hung (D)
• Shen Yen-lin (D)
• Yang Chang-lin (D)
• Yang Hsiao-hao (D)
• Chang Kai-hsiang (F)
• Chang Tse-wei (F)
• Chen Jui-tang (F)
• Chiu Yi-wei (F)
• Lin Hung-ju (F)
• Lin Tzu-chieh (F)
• Shen Yen-chin (F)
• Tang Yi-cheng (F)
• Weng To (F)
• Yang Chang-hsing (F)

Legend

• G– Goalie D = Defense-man F = Forward

Rank	Team	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

Game reference
				Referee: Hokkanen Kimmo Linesmen: Juris Barcelo Era Manabu
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	44	Shots	20

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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

Game reference
	28 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	39

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21 February 2017 12:00

Singapore

1–11 (1–3, 0–5, 0–3)

Chinese Taipei

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 200

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	16	Shots	43

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23 February 2017 12:00

Chinese Taipei

2–3 (1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 0–1)

Thailand

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 500

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	50

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25 February 2017 12:00

Mongolia

2–6 (0–1, 1–2, 1–3)

Chinese Taipei

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 500

Game reference
	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

• Lin Chung-Chieh
• Lin Xian-You
• Su Jun-Peng
• Tsai Chia-Wei

Women

• Lin Yu-Tzu
• Lu Chia-Tung
• Wang Kuan-Ming
• Yang Zih-Shian

Speed skating

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

Man

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

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