Hong Kong Women’s Ice Hockey Team Bags Gold at World Championship

Hong Kong women’s ice hockey team made history on Sunday, having crowned champion for the first time in the group A event of the Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship Division III, in Romania.

In the Group A competition, which consisted of six teams, the Hong Kong team defeated Estonia by 3-0 in their final group match, securing 13 points with 4 wins out of 5 games.

Meanwhile, Lithuania, who had been leading the group and defeated Hong Kong earlier, lost to Ukraine by 1-2 in their final group match and dropped to third place with 11 points, while Ukraine finished second with a total of 12 points.

The Hong Kong team’s win will also earn them promotion to a higher division for next year’s championship.

Annie Kwan Yuen-yee, head of the city’s ice hockey team, expressed her gratitude for the support from various sectors of the community on the ice hockey players, she also thanked the players for their dedication to the team over the years.

She added that the team understands the importance of the national anthem and will make sure the correct version is played at the award ceremony, calling on the chief executive and sports officials not to worry.

Sports chief Kevin Yeung Yun-hung congratulated the Hong Kong team on the win on Monday morning, and praised the team for putting on a remarkable performance.

Yeung wrote in a statement that the Hong Kong women’s ice hockey team outperformed its best results in the past and reached new heights with its excellent performance.

“We would like to send the team our congratulations,” he said.

The Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association has recently been ordered by authorities to submit a report detailing plans to improve its governance, after a protest song was played in place of the city’s national anthem at a tournament featuring Hong Kong in Bosnia in February.

The Sports Federation & Olympic Committee has begun suspension proceedings against the association, and the government has indicated that it may reduce its subsidies if the association fails to submit a satisfactory proposal to address its problems.